Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-17
New ORLEANS

We take the following skeleton of his.
tory from the Louisville Courier, the edi-
tor prefacing his article with the state
ment that he has before him reliable au-
thorities for all he says:
In 1928, New Orleans consisted of
about one hundred cabins, placed without
order, two or three dwelling houses. an
old building used as storehouse, and a
shed used as a chapel. The population
did not exceed two hundred souls. In
September, 1872, a hurricane leveled about
one-third of all the houses, and so injured
the crops as to cause a scarcity of provi-
Sions to follow, and the abandonment of
the colony to Ice seriously discussed. In
1927, the Jesults and Ursuline nuns ar
rived. The former remained until the
expulsion of their order from France.
Spain and Naples, by Pope Clement XIII,
in 1903, compelled them to leave Louis
lana. Their property was confscatcd.
Their lands, which were sold for about
SIS6,O00, are now worth probably not
less than S20,000,000. In 1863 occurred
the first visitation of the yellow fever, it
being it being introduced by an English
vessel with cargo of slaves from the
coast of Africa. In 1863, Spain took pos
session of the colony, and from that time
till lIIS the commerce Of New Orleans
suffered severely from the restrictive colo
NAL policy of Spain. In 177S, occurred
fire which destroyed nine hundred
houses. In 1855, New Orleans proper
bad 400 inha bitantS. In l79l, the first
company Of French comedians arrived,
and several private academies were estab-
ished-the instruction of youth having
previously been consigned to priests and
nuns. In 1872. the militia of the city.
amounting to 200, was organized and
drilled. In 1874, the first newspaper, Lc
AoHltetT, was published.
In 1875 the navigation of the Missis-
sippi was opened to the citizens of the
United States. Its population in 1906
was 5000. In 1904 it was made port
Of entry and delivery. The first act in
cooperating New Orleans passed the Ter
lilorial Legislature in 1905. In 1910,
seven years after the transfer of the Ter
ritory to the United States, the population
had increased to 1922. In 1854 gas
and water works were put in operation.
In 1920 New Orleans numbered 27,l16:
in 1880, 46,3l0; IN i ~, l02, 1872; and in
1850, 10000. This year, up to Nav
%, there were exported from New Or
leans ,467 ,2lS bales of cotton, valued at
S5S,6SS, ,5l0: also $3.50 Lcgsheads of
tobacco, 69,0l0 ,.osshcats OF sugar; 64,-
O45 barrels OF molass:S: IL, ,973 barrels
of pork; CAL ,l30 kegs ci lard; SO, 40a
casks bacon, and 40270l barrels flour.
The products received at New Orleans
landing are seen piled i'll places thirty
feet high; and often covering space Of
four and five hundred feet from The river,
and along it somewhat over four or five
miles.
The length Of New Orleans along the
Mississippi is seven and half miles its
depth, extending to Lake Fontchartran,
distant in the shortest line about four
miles from the river. The present area
of the city, says the Picap.ne, will hardly
fall short of forty square miles, being
double the area of The Incorporated limits
OF New York, which embraces the whole
of Manhattan Island, and presenting a
surface greater than that of tie presen;
area of London. The present area of
New Orleans may, without difficulty, and
in the course of human affairs, contain
100000 inhabitants. The present pop
ulation, during the business season. may
be safely estimated at not less than
| 10000.