The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-02-28

a DESTRUCFSyE = IKE oH NA1aR s13Sh1S1N.----
4 Abont q o'clock on Tuosdpy naorning, . fire
broke out in the foutth story Of the build
40 No. rs Camp street, an upholstery
\ store belonging to ex-Afnyor Heath. The
sca,rcftys Of water rendered prompt relief
Impossible, and the resulting damage Is es-
s timated at 500, 900. So So es
THE FIRE ON BIENvILLE SrREET.-Sq,he
are on the aboVe street ON Wednesday
night, burned out twelve families, end de-
stroyed property to the amount Of So Gee
Among those who incurred loss on the oc-
CASTOR was Mrs Gardner, whose premises,
valued at $4,000, was only insured for $4,000.
/ We. sincerely sympathize with the family,
Z whose estimable head has for many years
*struggled TO maintain and educate q de-
pendent family. Z. :. 4 4.
THE OVERFLOW - We published last
week q petition addressed to the City Coun-
eil from residents in the rear of the First
lind Second Districts. !, We have received a
#imilar document from citizens of the Third
District, which we would publish entire,
<but the inconsequent result of the iirst does
hot encourage the hope of much relief from
khe city authorities. However, we give a
paragraph, showing ihe condition of the
Snhabitants:
lately SO frequent foundations than the Sec
lion between the st. BERNARD Canal and the
Railroad The whole surface
being one sheet of watef is no longer an
state of things--it lis the pre-
Nailing rule. Not to mention the numerous
~ ~ j
population of said section, these incessant |
bverfiows prove, as a matter of course,
most ruinous to them. Those depending /
Dn. letting houses or rooms, have them |
Standing empty. as nobody that can avoid |
&c wants to live in this unfortunate quarter
Rhe owners of horses or cattle are unable +
10 get the necessary food for them, and the |
Gardeners, seeing all their exertions buifieo !
10 recover the heavy losses sustained by the |
general inundation in October, will soon
&fave to give up their places as worthless
Ewamps, as in fact the whole section, unless
she city authorities at last deign to do some,,
hing toward its permanent relief, i'm a short
sime viii be abandoned, as unRt for human
beings to dwell ON, for, beside the damage
10 their property, always breathing damp
and wadipg through the water
rongh and gold weather, up TO their
znees, tthere being no bridges over The
sanals and wide and deep cutters, mist +
snalIy result in breakingd down the peoples
health. There are now some Instances
;nown of whole families-~eyery member
4 them-lying sick, without medical aid
no doctor could be sent for, or none
fould venture out in the midst of that sea-
ONE Per cENT. TAx.rhe Supreme
ourt ON Wednesday, reversed the siesi4ian 4
Z Judge Coilens; of the Seventh District
2ourt, in the case of Frellsen VS.. MaiIa,l,
tate Tax Collector. The people OF this
tate will hardly consider the reasoning
i Judge Ludeling convincing in the face i
the logical and mastery decision of ,
Judge Cofiens. We had hoped that ones .
|hstitution at least would escape the con-
amfnating Influences Of faction--bGt, like
bapy other dearly cherished hopes, they
issolve before the pressure of party expe4
|iency. D. j
VERDICT AGAINST THE CITY.--A man by
he name of Belets instituted suit against
he city, some time ago, for S27, 600 dam
|ges, for injury to his property incurred
luring the Presidential election. The jury
D the case--composed of nine negroes and
hree white men--readersd a verdict o.. /,
thursday, in favor of plaintiff, for 500 200.
Though the property was only aase .ssed for
no. 680.= fE=s-zzg
We congratulate orr friends of the Piea-
Eane on it's neat dress and improved ap
oaFaTco. It's numerous friends through.
put the South will greet this evidence of
Prosperity with pleasure, among whom we
re proud to rank ourselves. This region
fithout the Pic, would cause commo-
ion equal TO that which followed the dis
'ppearance of the lost Pleiade.
We have received the first. aalsfller of the
lo9theestera. Presbyterian, published under
Pc auspices of a board of trustees. 1t is
geographically neat, and it's editorials. as
plight be expected from the.appended list
d. DIS, cfeditabIe- in a literary point
i view. The use Of I" Ronafsh, !, q Ron,isb i
fiests, = 2 Romaniam, s-etc., may be mn to I
Presbyterian manners, but we doubt sbeti. i
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