The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-09
THE TOBACCO COUNTRY.
HOW NEW ORLEANS CtagLD SECURE
THE TOBACCO TRADE.
Politics i'm KentuCky-Wbat IN Thought
of the Potter Enyestigatlem--&
Church Festival.

towns on the kentucky side ST the Ohio river.
| The wealth Of her prominent men has become
historical, and you sec evidences of it in the
| handsome residences and tasteful grounds, In
the solid public buildings and in the massive
and extensive tobacco stemmeries in active OPP.
Grafton besides many factories in leaf tobacco.
| Mr.. John Barrett the Messrs. LOOpcr, and
| Kerr, Clark & Go. are all men of great
| wealth, and have amasscd their fortunes from
successful! handling Of tobacco. At one time,
| when New Orleans was in her prime, the
whole of the tobacco crop was shipped from
| this place to our city, and WAS sold and
shipped to foreign ports. This too, when the
depth of water on the bar was a serious inn
pe,iiment to- ships Of large tonnage. The old
tobacco men still talk fondly of the good old
| time when they made their shipments to New
| Orleans and realized handsome profits, when
| they made their annual trips down to th0
Crescent City with their dashing daughters,
and enjoyed the far-famed gayeties of the st.
Charles. These traditions of the old times
still live and ave recountod with a relish
| This sea son Mr.. A. G. Caultins, Of New Or
leans. visited Henderson, and influenced q
| large shipment Of tobacco over the old route
| Mr.. John Stevenson, | learn also made q sue
Ccssful visit hero in his line. In fact whom
ever Il New Orleans man comes here and ex-
| hibts his frelDtlt@, river and ocean, he never
| fails to do a good business. But it might as
well be understood now as later, that whoever
comes here musb carry his freights in his
pocket, and must be prepared to show
THE ADVANTAGES or SHIPPING VIA NEW Or
LEANS.
| Let no man come to the Ohio river towns
with his fingers ia his mouth. Figures will
| always tell tho tale and are always understood
| New York men come here and are always
| we'll fortified with assurances of satisfactory
| rates Of frcights, and are generally success
| full, because thCiE merchants and railroad men
| are perfectly harm OniOus and work together
| for the good and glory OF New York.
The general feeling here Is altogether favor
| able to the
REVIVAL or TRADE WITH NEW ORLEANS,
but, as | said before, figures will tell tho tale,
| and these figures must be satisfactory, and
| point directly to the interest Of the shipper,
| before he will enter largely and freely into the
! business II New Orleans will, or can ship
| to Europe at lower rates than New York, then
| will we get the tobacco m MUSE. There is no
| use in talking sentiment to business men In
| tercst, and not sentiment is the impelling
motive that obtains in business transactions,
| New Orleans may wait-and wait-fOr some
| thing to turn up in some marvellous mysteri-
| Gus way, to recover her lost trade until her
| wharves rot and her CustOm-H House be fin
| iRhed; it will never be done until decisive ac~
| ton be taken, and her business men do some
| thing
| AS TO
Henderson is intensely Democratic, and is
| likely to remain 50: With only d narrow
| river between Kentucky and Indiana it is not
| surprising that nearly all the river counties
on either side are largely democratic. A
| large number Of negroes work In the tobacco
| factories here, but they seldom vote or take
| interest in politics. They have learned better
sense The leading negro man Of this city is
| ThOs, Gaines, a retail dealer in groceries he
| is u Democrat, and Is very much respected
| by the best citizens Of the place. You will
| remember that Carpet-bag adventurous never
| got a fOOtbOid in Kentucky, and although the
negro element are mostly Obdurate voters
OF the Radical ticket they did not learn the
| trick from Carpet-baggers, but from that alb
| normal mOnstrOSty, the sCaawag.
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION
is the absorbing topic to day, to the exclusion
| Of all others. The few doubling Democrats
who thought with Alick Stephens, are now
IN the other side Of the fence and loudly pro-
claim that the investigation should proceed.
Red-headed Jim Anderson has opened up 80
| dirty n chapter Of crime that the whole cOun-
try will stand aghast at the spectacle of
SubSerViont people, who stood BtOltd and
dazed while their rights were stolen from
| them in the broad open day, with brazen
bIEOnteIy, ike Inc uHSH ana desperation OF
the highwaymen. In 1877 the government
was MexiCaniZed by the Inauguration Of
President who was never elected, and now it
seems that the people are for the first time
becoming aware Of the fact.
And you may write it down as fact, that
all those Democrats, like Stephens aud Key
and others. who were at Washington in 1876
and 1877, who opposed the Potter resolutions
when introduced in Congress, and who wrote
letters and sent kilograms broadcast de-
DOUuciDU the DrODOap6 Investigation 81 TpUn-
lutiOnary, are more
AFRAID or THEIR OWN regulations
than they are of injury to tho government,
or to the Democratic party. 1t begins to leak
out that too many Democrats about Wash
ington were cOgnzant OF the frauds;
and that too many aided and allotted,
either by actual COnniyanCe and intrigue
with the COnspiratOrS, or by mas
terly silence and reckless disregard
Of Consequences. Those tender-footed Dem
Hayes and fearful of M6xicanzing the gov
eminent, may we'll flutter and beat the air with
frantic geSticuations. 1t is feared that they
are guilty Of completely either directly or in
directly. II not, why all this newborn zeal
for Mr. Hayes, who was long ago admitted
to have Crept into the presidency by
crooked ways? It is pitifu to see the abject
fear manifested by some Democrats lest the
Investigation should bring out oil the facts,
If there should be any Democrats implicated
it is to be hoped that these "3Oiled doves"
will be rcpudated promptly, and if any one
has traded off the presidency for a minor
office, let them be exposed.
The elegant little 8creW propeller,
THE SUNBEAM,
now running between Henderson and Evans
vlc will, in all probability, be transferred to
New Orleans, to run in the excursion bust
ness between the city and CarrolltOn She is
q beauty and can make sixteen miles an hour
in dead water" All Of her appointments
are elaborate and tasteful, and altogether she
is one Of the most beautiful models ever Seen. |
sion may demand she can carry 500 people
with comfort and safety, and has wonderful
capacity for space. Capt Perkins, her owner, |
has proposition to place her in the Mande- |
be d SUCCESS as an excursion boat to Carroll |
ton and KeDnerviIIe. At all events she would |
be an ornament TO our local marine.
I0-niHht the citV Of Henderson is CAV with |