American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-03-06
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, March =, go.

I
lry," says the Picdyune of to day, +,
at 6 \. NJ, was at 40 and by 10 ~
o'clock had risen to 43o. The at ~
nosphere is bright and balmy as "
lay in June, while the carols of n
birds and the green grass OH the n
awns are heralds OF the coming p
spring" But oh what calamity .
has betallen the country in the de, 4
of the fruit crop by the !
cold north winds and boar trosts of
the past week Peaches will he
peaches here next summer. Those
whose orchards have escaped IN
harmed Gf any will reap rich har-
veSt. i
March "comes in like a lamb,
aud, according to the old adage,
may "go out like a lion" If happi
ly You escape cold snap, about the
last of the month, the corn crop will
get a pretty fair start, and the plant
ers may hope to have good time
10 plant cotton. And the merchants |
are Gel tainly hopeful that there will
be good crop of the great staple !
gathered next fall.
All eyes are not turned towards
Washington, but as the ides of
March draw on, many an anxious
soul casts "a wishful eye" in that
direction. There are a great many
hungry spirits waiting for the new
crib to open. The great keeper will
have his hands full if he assays to
satisfy the cravings of the multitude.
Many a one will he glad to get but
crumb that falls from the table.
In Louisiana, the Legislature has
such patrimony to dispense, so much
money to give away, that it will
take some time to get around, and
the score waiting to serve their coun-
try will find ample scope for the ex-
CiNiSO VI tHCIl 'ONCl anu ShlIi III SC-
curing and improving the advant-
ages afforded by the extraordinary
legislation of our highly colored
general assembly" The journals
of our Legislature show as much
enterprise in the way of internal
improvements, as the Congress of
the United States. They project
! railroads, oh irIer canal companies,
establish ferries, build bridges upon
4 mammoth scale, and hesitate not
to vote millions upon millions Of
taxation upon the dear people.
l was present to day when the
vote was taken upon the passage Of
the Ship Canal BILL" the Govern
, Or's veto to the contrary notwIth-
standing. 1t was an exciting occa-
sion. His accidency, How come you
so2 Warmoth, did have the courage
/ to veto this bill. This was a little
, surprising, for it is very generally
understood that this was zig specu.
5 latiOn, and all our friends who have
; come down to us from the North
have exhibited snch wonderful pro.
ticiency in their familiar art of mon
) ey making, that We supposed our
1 youthful Governor, having promise
of long career, would not object to
. compromising his gains, and laying
| up still more for "rainy day" 1t
3 is quietly suggested that a certain
s ring, called the drainage commits
: sion," creased the gubernatorial ma.
: chinery so well that it ran up kill in
f this instance. This stupendous
!. swindle,' as Senator denounced
D the Ship Canal, endangers. aye, ut
n terly destroys the craft of the drain
4 age commission, aud hence their yea
s in opposing the measure.
c The new city charter seems tt
e have gone the way of my friends
J. little mule-''it is done dead" There
: is but little hope now that this meas
n ure, so vitality important to the pros
e perity of the city, will be secured
9 during the present session, and fail
Y ing now, we may not expect any
b change for the better, in the man
a agemant of city affairs for a Ion.
IS time.
e have learned through friend
70 from Mississippi that the work of re
q" construction is reviving among you
e that the ex-rebel officers of you
J. State are pretty generally invited t.
take lower seat, and give place t
the "trooly loil," or such as can TAX
IT certain oath. The very cleve
q military commander of your district
l. however, seems to deal as gently a
r he can and keep himself in his boo, S
l. His appointments, as far as l hav
F. seen and heard, are by no means a
9. bad as he could and some acould hav
)f made.
1t The receipts of cotton to-day, a
u reported in the afternoon papers
u from all points, foot up only 2Gl
y bales, not one good steamboat load
y Yesterday business summed up 100
& bales, at prices ranging from 243 t.
i 80 cents, according to classification
, Up to IL A. NJ, to-day, only 30
bales had changed hands, and a
lower figures. There is a slight de
J.: cline, and factors hold back-the,
Il await Il better time coming. Their
q seems to be sort of lock in the su
e gar and molasses trade. Buyer
J. wait the sell, rs to come down; bu
? the sellers say the buyers must com,
" up. Flour is almost dirt cheap, i