The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-12-10

OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Republican .Joyements-Eoard of Health
Again Disputing-The Devereaux MUIR
derers-Railroad Iten-A new idea in
Connection with City Politics.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 90, 1881.
EDITOR. CHIEF:
Judge Taylor Beattie came to town, it
is said, to meet Senator Kellogg for the
purpose Of healing the differences in the
Republican ranks, but nothing positive
can be obtained as to the result Of the
conference, though the general impress
sion is that it was not satisfactory to
either faction represented. 1t is reported
that Judge Bcattio will yield nothing,
but wants to name every Federal official
in the State, and that when Senator KEEL
logg denied him this privilege, he left in
high dudgeon. Kellogg's desire to COM
promise is not entirely disinterested, nor
exclusively for the love Of harmony in
the party. He intends to stand for Con-
gress il the Third District, where va
cancy wilybxist at the period his time as
United States Senator expires. He is
accredited with q patriotic desire to be
DarralPs successor.
Notwithstanding the many changes in
its corporation, the Board Of Health con-
troversy still goes on with undated fury
| elimination and recrimination upon the
question of the new Butchers Slaughter
house has well nigh used up every polite
opithct in our language. What the
learned gentlemen will further resort to,
| we have yet to learn. It matters very
little to the denizcns of cur city where
tho abattoirs are situated, provided the
proper sanitary precautions are used ;
and the general public believe that this
wrangling over the site for the new com
pany is simply q fight in the interest q
the Crescent City Slaughter-House Com,
pany to maintain the monopoly enjoyed
by that corporation.
In the case of the Iiennessey cousins
charged with the murder Of the late Hon
! Thos. A. Devereaux, upon the request Of
the House Surgeon Of the Charity Hospi-
tai, Judge Davey admitted Mike Hen
Messy to bail in the sum of $4,000
| which was Immediately furnished, and
| he was removed to his home. Mike
Hennessey has been suffering for some
time from blood poisoning, and in view
| Of the crowded condition Of the hos
pital, it was considered his only chance
| of life to allow him to so home, where
he could have more quiet and greater
| comforts than in o public institution
Dave Hennessey still remains in the Par
| ish Prison without the benefit Of bail
John Logan, the accessory, is out OIL
$1o,o 900 bond.
| The Southern Pacific Railroad will il
a few days have closed the only gap
24-mi]e stretch-in Western Texas, ant
then direct communication by the Nor
CAMS Louisiana and Texas road will bt
tablshe,l between New Orleans ant
| San Francisco.
The Erlanger Railroad Syndicate after
. great deal Of humbuggng, has come tt
the conclusion that Mayor Shakespeare
and the Council can not be trifed with
and will not give away great monopoly
rights without a satisfactory return. Sc
| the syndicate now agrees to build 81
embankment along the shore Of Lake
| Pontchartrain from the Peoples Avenue
Canal to the Bayou st. John, where it is
to join the Spanish Fort railway. Thi:
will help to keep out the water driver
into the city by the annual northeast
storms, which does much damage during
our winter months.
| A bill is to be presented to the Legis
!ature at its extra session, authorizing {
| local parish convention in Orleans, ant
to give to said convention the power t.
frame new City Charter for New Or
leans. It is said that such disposition
Of this important question will foreve
set this matter at rest, and it will taxi
out of the subject fer consideration al
idea of country dictation. This is per
haps new feature in American politics
but if it brings us prosperity and peace
who will say us.nay7
| Yours, etc, W. Il. y.