New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21
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Local Intelligence.

EXTENDING QUARANTNE.-Ibls has been
b good year tor. unneighbOrly neighbors
According to an old State law our Cover
nor was in duty bound to quarantine Ger
tain designated porte, consequently COM
mercial gentlemen suffered in pocket, but
perhaps their financial loss was q blessing
In disguise. for had not q pestilence been
prevented from landing IN our midst, those
very GROWERS might have contracted the
plague and lost something far more yalu-
able than money. Then again, not. This
question 10 somewhat like the kix-fUOter
who was badly whipped by a little man
greatly mixed ~ 20. p. -rsi. - ..pg0aE
An island town somewhere on the shores
ef the Calf Of Mexico called Galveston,
has several shrewd merchants, men who be-
iieve in turning an honest penny" even
though it be under cover. These men
filled their warehouses with such com.
nodities as are readily disposed OF
in the interior of Texas and Mexico, and
then they contrived to make New Orleans
bad reputation, sanitarily. This was
easily accomplished and cost but little.
A big scare was manufactured, and
these fellows, all !, the time behind
the scenes, demanded that as. Calves
ton was q very healthy place, strict
quarantine should be- established, SO that
people and goods from the infected place
could not enter and pollute that island
sanctuary, Several citizens felt and &C
knowledge the, injustice, especially when
New ORLEANS cOnclusively showed that she
was healthier city than Galveston. The
fraud was SO apparent and the cries OF
shame 80 loud that the speculators were
coughed down. Gr0wls, loud and deep,
painted for revenge. The old yellow fever
stories were reysmped aud the fate of
Shreveport held up as a great terror. The
speculators triumphed, and Galveston built
a sanitary wall between herself and the
Crescent City. But other games than chess
have checkmate,i and in steps Houston,
whose Wholesalers and retailers desire to
weston, and other places quarantine Hous-
Con, and these ''0ther places" are In turn
Nuarantineds by eOmethlng.Hlturr -.t
The last step in this blockade business is
as sensible ~ any, Gretna might qnaran'
tine New Orleansl Jean Jacques might no
longer be- permitted to roll his milk and
water cart over to this city, and the ferry
boat be closely guarded. 1t would be. ad-
Visable for the active authorities over there
TO spread nets or seines along the river
front to prevent airing swimmers entering
the town. Prevent every scared body who
is fleeing from q real or imaginary pesti-
fence from stepping on your hallowed soil,
where there is only one doctor, and he re-
.ained simply for old women to vent their
l.rl a
This business of quarantining must be
Kept up, and it is suggested that the Fourth
District quarantine the Third. and SO on
until each section becomes fully isolated.
This accomplished, let the joke be carried
still farther. Tchoupitoulas street may
quarantine Carondelet street, and Poydras
street may lay an embargo on Canal street,
Lut how it is to be done is for wise heads to
arrange. True, it will require the services
of many intelligent men, but what of that,
30 that Tchoupitoulas street dealers can
prevent steamboatmen from passing to the
take side of that frowsy thoroughfare.
Pensacola and Mobile sandpipers have
seen fit to quarantine us, but they, in shut
ting their front doors, overlooked the i'm
portant fact that their back doors are not
only wide open, but actually inviting en-
srance of all who pass that way. Travellers
from New Orleans can find several routes
ty which they can reach those cities and
enter without question. All housekeep-
ers and servants in families, when they
wish to prevent intruders entering their
premises, understand that back doors, as
well as those in front, must be bolted. 1t
seems that some men, when acting for a
community, are not as wise as the stupidest
eervant.