The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-20

have been drue before this morning, unless The
heh south wind If Yesterday, which blew the
gsalh1 ,be ths oepsew work s'' nave
The Ppinte-a Ia l1ache nrevasse, forty three
miles below the, city, on ne eest hank OF M, ne
Rtste Engineer department. ehipped u oempty
aeche for aand BAGS to that point on Saturday
night l. ls doubtful. however, II they will be
needed. ......, -,
On FRIDAY small break occurred in the levee
of The Re. Rosaie plantation. owned by John
below The city. west bank Of the river. Thts
wae efIlrtnslly closed before Saturday night.
one more creyyaaSe has occurred h Il plaane-
This waa about fourteen days ago, IN the
Myrtle Grove levee, thirty elk miles b. l2w the
city II twenty ss assrn wide esa ss ee ass
had been In existence for thirty ELK hours,
This break was stouped by the Wilhinsens
seven houts after il occurred. The levses be.
low the city. save ln the reGl 'iis where the
breaks noted occurred are strong. apparentlFs
| terday's hah south wind was feared by the
planters III along the coast u ia more then
breahs y Viii BE- eeeyad '''
| Tbe susar crop IN tba parishes Of rlaune.
mines aud at. Bernard and In th" lower. part Of
abundant unlsss destroyed by the flood In The
| river, In lpauF mines the cane is IN fm,-
ther advanced condition for the cprraapend,
| ing season than II has been etnce he waF, the
| acreage being equal to that of the largest crop
| uro,luead in most belum tinea, and the etand
aud eign further advanced than that Of any
| utevious nrnr for the past twenty years. That
| pariph Ia likely TO raise is yield from t2 900
hoaaheals last ecason to i5 900 ths year The
N, 40 on tho Magnolia. Pointe Oeteste. Wood
| land Myrtle Grove and II. Clair places, which
viii all probably be above the 1000 hoRshead
| claaa for igan. :,
The tlca crop of last yeRr, as repeatedly pre-
dirted In the DEMOCRAT last spring, foil of mois
tban Az ppr onrt This year 1t pre,nlaaa acn-
| e nod hrfn del hlgrnll l.
nuai average of ag5 900 battels Of rough rice,
In 81. Bernard aud lower orl' nnsa the cen, cane
crops , a above the average, and VIII probably
Yield ,rger returns In 1870 than they did last
IL the end of the river trip on, the steamer
Martha the fact wae noted that there ara owe,
aiphty miles If travel over the mall route Of the
jowar MieaiaHlnpi with 10 freight Or passenaer
ram' weekly eteam aoa n,as MI, tssyee e1ser ~
: me,ronnlian city at one end and fleet Of seye
J raj hu dred eeil annually awaiting mall In
etrunt,ons at the other, and population o.
40 600 Intervening, ia granted q compensation o.
little more than $4,000. stage mail aervioe
one Of the star rou'ea, Of ai2 miles, through a.
almost uupopulatea country with no relatively
imnortapt com mercial Interests depending oi
> ii. IN Arizona aud New Mexico. is awarded an
punlly slan, 900 for delivery.
Thnae figures your representative gets IRON
the rostofIice Department. They will sneat
for themselves.
, The Cincinnati Comm ercu has been unfail
TO the author Of the ie,ties ~ South Faes, AM
has atutdly maint ,ined that Eaiss deep chan
nel wac Of leas depth than claimed, while, onl
T, traneitory at that. lts representative who is
far, on Sunday evening eaw deep draf
North German ehip towed up through the Jet
tie= by little tug without detention
ateamer Of 30 feet draft can now enter thi
\ port through the South rass channel
, Over Houlhwest Pass bar there, was yester'a
] channel only II feet danp, while over the ba
nj Paan a-lOutre only feet Of water could y
g eounded, according to the pilots' report at TIL
respective satiuna,
t Tho uprar end Of South Pass, whare It Leave
the river IL apparently somewhat danEeroual
7 contracted to about 400 feet In width by wing
q iarua buf through thia upper channel there
9 now 80 feet of water IA ort'ntallF reported.
Thie city, therefore, etill renaina port n
available to the veaaes of Jeep draft ocean 90 N
.ttnsrce as ts the support Of New York