New Orleans

(287), the capital and largest city of Louisiana, is beautifully situated on both sides of the Mi i ippi, 107 m. from its mouth, with a curved river-frontage of 10 m.; is the second cotton port of the world, and the greatest sugar-market in the United States; is the chief trade emporium of the surrounding States, and the main outlet for the produce of the Mi i ippi Valley, which includes cotton, sugar, tobacco, wheat, and salt.