The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-12

NEW ORLEANS, June l, IS49.
The City Mumdated-C Cost of the Works Abando,s-
ed-Neghgence of the City Authorit,es-Specul1-
ttons on the Rear of the City becoming its Port
and Point for Shipplng-Ntw Men Wanted to
Fill the City OGces--A Priest F2ogged-Aquatie
Anausements of the C,ty-Cotton and Suga,
Crop-Cholra and YeNo,c Ferer-Democyuts and
Whigs, &c.
The warm weather has now set in In good earn
est but think it will be greatly moderated by the
great body of water which surrounds us. 1t is
however, the hotbed of mosquitoes, which, next
to negroes, are the greatest evils we have to en-
counter In this latitude. Countless millions are
Matched every day, and, at night, fly in clouds
about our dwellings,, sparing no one from their in
ferna nips. Children's skins every morning look
precisely as it they had been punctured over with
a thousand pins
The engineer has just returned from the crevasss
at Carrolton, which he has abandoned to the father
OF waters. The breach is now nearly quarter
OF q mile wide, and twenty feet deep, roaring
and believing worse than thousand mad
bulls; In clear day it s may y, be very dis
forms vast lake in the rear of the city, and is
pushing its way up the perpendicular, while it is
gradually flooding the parallel streets, and will
very soon reach the highest part of the city, near
the river levee, inundang of course all the prin-
cipa hotels and the most beautiful portion of the
city;
the crevasse, that 1t has scoOped out for itself
channel that should the river continue for month
longer to pour its volume of water down upon us,
may become bayou, or In fact, portion of the
river, which, at no distant day, may become the
port and front of the city, thus reversing the pre-
sent order of things, and from what we know ofthe
freaks OF this great river to desert its natural
channel, it may, unfortunately for some, become
too true. This would be, however, a happy hit for
H. IL.
city. The abandoned works have cost the city
upwards of two hundred thousand dollars, while
the damage 10 the city will not be short of
ten millions. The crevasse could have been
dollars. So much for the ineficiency of the
present city authorities, who instead of attending
to the affairs of the city, may be all the time
at the cabarets and tipping shops squabbling about
Offices more illiterate and inefficient set of men,
from the Mayor down, could not be found in the
world Our city has been more than once ruinedby
their reckless and mprovident management. 1t Is
now time the people should rise in their strength and
eectnew men OF known integrity and abltyto ma
mage their affairs to devise ways and MEANS out of
the vast revenue, to pay off the city debt, and re-
duce the taxes, which now hang as milestone
around their necks.
Yesterday, we have to record the fogging Of
another priest, Father Louis for his too frequent
visits to the wife of gentleman of this city.
This, however, Is a matter OF daily occurrence
here. The reverend gentlemen of the priesthood,
here, are great adopts IN Onderdonklsm!
The principal amusement OF our city now Is
boating. The streets are filled with beautifully
painted boats and gondolas, rugged out in the gay
est colors. They have taken the place of carriages
as a mode of conveyance. In some of the wide
streets more than 100 boats may be seen at a time
conveying the fair and the beautiful from house to
house. At night, the scene is one of enchant-
ment, rlvalling the amusements OF old Venice her
self One can hardly believe that he is sailing
over the pavements of some Of the beautiful
thoroughfares of the great commercial South west
In the poorer wards, the distress can hardly be
described. ] shall not attempt IT.
The weather now favorable for Gotten and
sugar. The frost had, some weeks ago, will
not materially lessen the crop of either of those
staples.
Cotton is firm, and the stock on hand is decreas-
ing every day, by shipments to Europe.
The cholera has very much abated. 1t is the
impression of the physicians, however, we shall
have both the cholera and yellow fever here all
the summer through. In order, therefore, to fill up
the measure of our calamlties, we only want
great fire.
The democrats and wings have nominated their
men for the first Offices in the State; but it is con-
coded by the wings they stand no chance to elect
their governor. q. L. z