The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-29
NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENTS.
NEW ORLEANS, }
July IS, lS74.{

Our enerSeLlC mayer, non. Louis
A. Wilt, who has labored faithfully
and persistently in the interest of the
overhowed, has announced. that no
more contributions for relief are need. !.
ed. Mayor Witt I believe has man.
aged the businesr connected with the
relief of sufferers in wise, judicious
and impartial manner. He selected
as his assistants men Of we'll known
integrity and honor, and to one and
all Of them the highest need of praise
is due. This is the unanimous testi.
timony Of all who have watched the
operations Of the several Committees
in the discharge Of their laborious
duties. A full statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures will be pub
lished about the first of September.
The reports from
THE GROWING CROPS
are very favorable. saw on Satur-
day sugar cane with some full and
well developed joints, and this was
said to be fine sample for the whole
neighborhood. The rice crop will be
larger than ever before. This arti-
Gle is yearly growing in Importance
in the list of Our agricultural pro-
ducts, and it pays. The first bale of
cotton has been shipped from this
city to New York, and the anticipa-
tions are good from that crop. With
all this however, business don't
brighten up "to speak of and we
must jog along as best we can until
the fall months come.
TIE THIRD TERM
question is being agitated every
where. The letter Of Governor
Hebert favoring a tn ird term for
Grant, created very little surprise
here. He has been in Washington
for months past, counting the good
graces Of Grant, and it is evidently
a stroke Of policy on his part-either
an axe or a Ratchet to grind. But
the indications are very strong that
Graut cannot be elected to a third
term. Some Southern Journals have
come out favoring Grants aspirations
s'provided he will relieve us of carpet
baggers and other kindred evils"
But / really cannot see what security
we can have that he will do so. He
may wink, and nod, and puff out vol
umes of ominous smoke, when inter
viewed, he might even go so far as to
speak, and say that he would see the
South righted, but after the strug-
gle was over and he was firmly seated
in the chair for third term, what as
surance have we hat he would change
the policy which has given us our
present set Of carpet baggers, scala
wags and imheciles? ] DO not believe
in this temporizing policy either i'll
national Or local p politics. Let ns
come out square footed and say what
we mean and stick to it! Those who
want Grant for third term arc wei
come to their preference, but those
who do not want him, will gain moth
ing by saying tina they do. On
Monday evening he Chamber Of
Commerce held a special meeting to
hear what Senator West had to say
about the
FORT ST. PHILIP CANAL
as he had promised to 'sexplanify"
his action in that matter. The ex-
PLANTATION was not satisfactory, and
was replied to by Hon. j. Hale Syph-
er in rather caustic manner. 1t is
4 pity that the Hon. L. A. Sheldon
was not present to tell "what he
knows about Canals" From all that
| can learn Sheldon has more inhu-
ence in Washington, then. any Sena-
tor or Representative from Louisiana
has had in years. 1t was through
his influence that the Canal bill was
passed by the House. He worked
for it constantly and by his own per-
sonal influence secured it's passage
If West had done as much in the
Senate VIC would, to day, have had a
brighter future before us. Sheldon
is II fine speaker, sharp, keen and
rather ornamental, his speech against
the notorious Ku Klux act was
splendid effort -andif he had
a good shot at West, he would no
doubt have made the feathers fly, so
to speak.
We are having PLEASANT weather
and although business has not i'm
proved, think a more hopeful feel
ing exists among our merchants.