The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-12
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New Orleans,
Correspondence Of the Heraldl

New ORLEANS, March 81, 1919
Mysterious Weoth1-1he Deluge-Snoto air %
t,oefce feet dep Races Ihcatrdals- Elections
Il Dud.
DEAR BENNETT
The time is fast approaching when the 'birds OF
passage" who have been ALTERNATING ia the sunny
South. (have not his Sostitial Hghness for the
last thirty daysD will be seeking "tall timber"
either Tor the purpose of avoiding Yellow Jack OF
the expected deuge, which must inevitably be upon
us as soon as the warm weather in in the upper
country You may readily perceive the certainty
! OF this result, when inform you that the whole
surface OF The country is covered with snow at this
| time from Vcksburg the Rocky Mountains ON
| the one side, and the Alleghanes on the other
| gentleman, lately from Weston, Mo, informed me
the snow in that neghborhood was from six TO
twelve feet in depth, and further up the river II was
from twenty 10 thirty eet deep When all OF thus
melts, and finds It's wav IN liquid form. this
latitude. succeeding historians may possibly speak
of the Crescent City" as a place that
Our spring races terminated Yesterday, and be-
fore night the of the noble steeds together
with the trainers, stable boys. aud followers o the
camp, will be route for their homes, with the ex-
ceptlon OF some two or three stables, which will
leave to morrow for Havana, on board the steam
ship Alabama, there to conte nd for the large purses
offered by the tlabaneros.
Theatricals is rz since Caldwell left the stage,
and ceased To cater tor his own instead OF the public
business this winter The celebrated DR.. Lardner
has been lectnrlng at their theatre to well filled
houses. Mrs. Seton is doing very fair business
at the American, at which house the Italian Opera
| Company are engaged TO open on the 18th of next
| month. We shall sadly mss Rossl and Salvatore,
who at this time, believe, in italy Foster and
Robinson have been doing jam ~ business at their
new Amphithealre. They get up their pieces geOr-
| gcously, and go through them like clock work. BY
| the way, speaking OF theatricals your old friend
| Bill Dlnnetord had short lite and not very
th. Atnnv atfn 1'ad NuaH
closed it he would have succeeded, II he
| could have found friends to back him the first
month after he opened. He is snug, however, for
the present. having found friend IN wealthy old
planter named McDonough, who has given him
charge rent free OF his splendid garden and bowling
saloons opposite the city.
Our municipal elections commence on Monday
next, i. e,tor Recorders, members OF the General
| Council, and Aldermen. The Tylerites and Locos
| havemade a coalition TO put out the Peters Clique
in the second municipality, but they csnnot effect
their object-'Kln Sam" has too many SUBS to
| fall an easy victim.
| We have had but one duel during the present
| week il was between two young lawyers; two
| shots were fired but without effect. The best OF
| the joke was, one of them expected to he arrested
on the ground but the officers, unfortunately Tor his
nerves, did not until the affair was settled by
the Intervention of the seconds. Fuller particulars
| in the next from the GENTLEMAN IN GREEN.
p. S. Since writing the above, have heard OF
| two more duels The first came oil at Carrollion,
with pistols loaded with cork balls; after the first
fire OF the parties taken into custody by the
| police who had Just arrived on the ground the 9th
| er escaped to parts unknown. The other be-
| tween a fencing master named Saltoneite, ard q
| Mr.. Matthias, with small swords ] he former was
wounded in three places so bad that his HE Is des-
| paired OF. Yours, U. l. G.
! FLIGHT OF A FINANcIER IN MISSISSIPPI We see it
stated in the Vicksburg Sentinel OF the 18th ult,
that Graves, the Treasurer of the State of Mssis
sippi, firm advocate of reputation, has run of
with large SUM of money belonging to the State
Annexed the PARTICULARS
| From the Vicksburg Sentinel March %
Yesterday Mr.. Galloway, the Secretary Of State
and several others from Jackson, arrived IN city
| with the Governors Proclamation, offering S I 600
the Stale, $500 If caught IN Mississippi 1t appears
that he made his escape on Sunday evening just be-
fore dark ,thoua qua rded by five He aske them
TO let him take "a nap with his wife, and the guard
permitted but after they thought he had slept long
| enough and went to wake him up, they found a lady
in the blankets and The Treasurer Of the State of
Mississippi on his way to Texas or parts unknown
If Governor Tucker had Jumped the chasm at The
| proper time, when he pressed TO do so BY Co
| vernon McNHu, he would have saved more TO The
| State than he has by failing advertise murderers
and robbers, lest he might be suspected OF bribng
| the press. The State will lose one hundred and
| forty odd thousand dollars by the igno rance and
| imbecllity OF Governor Tucker and his legal adj
| wiser. We admit our share OF the blame in saddng
| the country with men so destitute of intelle CT and
moral courage to discharge such important dulles.
We knew but little OF either Governor L. had
| been honored with important trusts by the Peep e;
| and thought he possessed common sense to do
| his duty