The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-21
IN INDIANIAN IN THE
SOUTH SENDS GREETING
Hon. M. L. Bundy Visits Historic
Points During His Win
ter Travels.
,ndence of the Indiananolis journal.

Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. Isl left my win
ter retreat this morning for days sojourn
In New Orleans, the great metropolis of the
South, fifty miles distant. The city is
reached by the great Louisville q Nashville
Railroad, which runs four trains each way
from all points on the coast, at reasonable
rates The intervening country Is not at
tractive, being either poor pine land or cy-
press swamps, until within few miles of
the city cross over the southern end of
that great body of water, Lake Poncher-
train, which was named in honor of one
of Louis XIV's ministers, and for several
miles run on the lake shore. This lake, so
near the city, is said to be about forty miles
long by twenty-five miles wide, and is a
beautiful sheet of water, with high banks
on the north side.
New Orleans is often but incorrectly
called the Crescent City, because of the
bend of the great river on which it is To-
Gated. The new moon is the crescent with
a half circle but the bend of the river is
exactly like the letter IS" which is not
a crescent. That. however, is of little
consequence, as all our great cities assume
some name different from that by which
they are Incorporated.
The trade of New Orleans with the whole
world is something wonderful. One does
not have to search for statistics to be con-
WINGED of that, for a walk on the river
bank and view of the shipping and great
piles of merchandise awaiting transporta-
ton will satisfy any one. 1t has long been
known as the worlds greatest cotton mar
ket but of late years grain destined for
foreign countries Is coming here. New
York, which once had monopoly of this
trade is not slow to find out that she has
a rival, and this may be the motive for
charging the Erie to the capacity of a
ship canal which the people of that State
voted lately with so much unanimity. The
country must have water transportation
and the cities must have deep harbors, or
they will go TO the rear. These facts are
so monumental that "he that runs may
read"
This city contains many things of his
toric interest, not the least of which is the
battle ground, five miles distant, where on
the Sth of January, 1915, General Jackson
achieved his great victory over the British
under Packenham. 1t Is true the war had
been ended by treaty the oath of De-
cember previous, but there was neither
cable nor ocean greyhound to convey the
news. The victory was fit ending of a
land TO recover lost prestige for her defeat
in the revolutionary war. Visitors are
shown the place of the old slave market,
where forty years ago men and women
were sold on the auction block to the high
est bidder. 1T is probably known to most
of your readers that Lincoln had reached
4,
where he had been raised and removed to
Illinois. They may know also that the
first business he engaged in was running
a flat-boat TO New Orleans. On one of these
trips he saw advertisement that hand
some girl was to be sold in this market
and he and his hands attended the sale.
The auctioneer according to the custom of
his craft, before inviting bids, made an
eloquent speech extolling the qualities of
the girl and she brought a good price. The
party returning to the boat, Lincoln, stand
ing erect, six feet and one-quarter inch,
with sweep of his long arm, said: Boys,
IL ever have the power, L will hit slavery
hard" NJ L. BUNDY.