The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-02-18

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tions will have their cotton factO.
ries; your sheep ranches their
woolen factories, aud your sugar
plantations their refineries; for
what is more natural than where
the product is grown there to have
il manufactured into the various
forms, instead of shipping it away
of to Lowell, Boston, New York
and Europe, and bringing it right
back again with a big profit added
(as you are now doing making
others rich and keeping you poor.
Many of these establishments have
already been erected in different
parts Of the South and have proved
a perfect success, being unable to
supply the demand for even home
consumption. Gaming establish.
ments will soon spring up along
your coast aud help supply the
country with the delicious bivalves
OF the guilt, which either in size,
quality or flavor will compare with
any in the Union. Oranges, peaches
aud other fruits and vegetables
will be cultivated more extensively
and find u ready sale in Northern
markets. Your lumber, charcoal,
tar, pitch aud turpentine will be
more in demand, and business Of
every kind improved. Already
Eastern and European capital is
beginning to find its way South
and more will be compelled to fol.
low. 1t only rests with you to ex.
press the willingness to receive it
and to exert the proper energy to
utilize it.
Suppose you do ago West" aud
manage to make a living (Which
you can do right at home with half
the labor, trouble or anxiety you
will always feel like . sojourner in
q strange country, for your
thoughts and your heart will be
among your friends In the land OF
your nativity and OF your fathers.
Ny humble advice, though it differ
from the late Horace Greeley's,
land l acknowledge l am not so
distinguished or so learned as lie
was, which, however, consoles me
when l think l am not apt to be
defeated for president and die Of
modification from blasted hOpes)
is "Go South, stay there and
work." l do not mean to speak
disparagingly of the West, but
merely want to do justice to the
South. The prospects Of the West
are great, those of the South are
greater!
Leaving Omaha with The ther.
mometer at thirty four degrees be.
low zero, crossed over the river
to Council Bluffs, which, as l have
before stated is the Eastern termj.
nus of the Union Pacific railroad.
The town is situated on high,
rugged, barren bluffs aud q level
strip along their base (something
like Natchez) nearer the river. TIE
place is at a standstill, and if any.
thing it is retrograding as it's life
was chiefly its trade, but that
treachcrous stream, the Missouri,
a few years since made a new
channel and LETT the town nearly
three miles away, with the inter.
vening space a low, useless swamp.
The only building worth mention
ing is the Union Pacific railroad
depot, which is a large, handsome
structure we'll heated aud lighted,
containing bars, large dining rooms,
hotel accommodations and every
convenience. The town is built
with a few exceptions Of miserable
little frame houses, and everything
about the place has a dull, sleepy
appearance.
Soon after leaving Council Bluffs
our engine broke down, but after
some delay We got, another and
proceeded for ali hour orso when
we again came to a standstill, the
pumps Of the engine having frozen
up, but the train hands built a big
rail fire on either side of it and the
pumps were thawed out. Night
came on and We were running along
finely when suddenly the engine
plunged into q snow DRIFT some fif.
teen rect high, which cooled the
boiler and extinguished the fire.
Here we stuck for several hours,
but finally reached Des Moines
cold aud hungry.
O, how did wish about this time
for the gentle breezes OF your coast
and a piece Of baked, red-snapper,
stuffed oysters and a few OF those
soft. .shelIed crabs with some of Al
fred Davis delicious champagne or
WeIsIl's good old "ryep Finding
all the road blocked with snow and
ice TO the Northeast had 10 aban-
don my trip in that direction and
took the frst train for my Western
headquarters, st. Louis, where l
found the Mississippi frozensolidiy
clear to Cairo and the thermometer
twenty below, and yet / am still
here to sign myself,
Yours truly,
ADRIEN NJ. DE MAUPRAT.