The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-04-22
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
New ORLEANS, April IS, 1882.

Items of Interest from the Crescent CITY
by Our Regular Correspondent.
New ORLEANS, April IS, 1882.
I EDITOR CHIEF:
The water along the line of the Pacific
road continues to recede, and the traffic
| which now only extends to Dorseyville,
will soon be open to Baton Rouge. Mr.
lChas. H. Rohrbacker of the johnson sec
| ton reports that the road is to be raised
throughout and will in future be a good
protection levee itself.
Large quantities Of freight have been
| shipped coastwise to Galveston this week
the Morgan line withdrawing their pack
4 cts from the Havana trade to relieve the
block occasioned in this city by the over.
flow of the Texas road.
During the storm of Tuesday last d
slight shock of earthquake was felt
throughout the city, lasting about four
minutes. Great damage was caused by
the wind to roofs, chimneys, etc, and, as
usual, the draining machine was injured
so badly as to be perfectly useless; SC
the water of Tuesdays and Wednesdays
storms is flooding the low portions of the
rear city with little prospect of relief.
J. r. G. Pitkin, nominated by President
Arthur to the vacancy caused by the
death Of General Wharton, was on Friday
last confirmed without opposition OF
comment; he is on his way here and will
take charge in a few days.
Hon. II. C. Burchlrd, director Of Mints,
has failed to put in All appearance as yet,
although long announced, but dispatches
from Washington show that the charges
against Davis are meeting with consid-
Grafton and will doubtless produce the
long looked-for change.
The river is OH the downward grade
from ST. Louis to the Gulf, and i'll few
weeks We hope to be able to chronicle
the last Of the great flood Of 1882. Our
friends ;sloug the Teche are perhaps the
worst sufferers, and getting the overflow
latest will prevent crops being made on
many places in its fertile bottoms.
Hons. T. T. Allan and Geo. Drury are
in Washington pressing the condition of
Louisiana's necessities before the general
Government. We hope their labors win
produce beneficial results. There are
now about fifteen miles of levees entirely
washed away, besides large stretches
needing repairs and strengthening. Gen.
r. l.. Gibson's letter to the people, and
his talk with the correspondent of the
New York Herald cover the question at
issue as far as the lower valley is con-
cerned-could he but get Congress to
accept his views; but we fear there are
too many eastern axes to grind, for the
Mississippi to receive its just proportion
In connection with this question it may
be i'll place to recall Hum boldt's theory
back to life, and request Congress to re
strain the propensity of the northwestern
States from denuding their lands of the
timber which heretofore has maintained
the equilibrium between flood and drouth.
This is a question Of lnomentous impor-
tance, and the Union can not ask Louis
lana to stand the brunt of burden forced
upon her by the unnatural course pur-
sned III the States COMMANDING the WATER
shed OF tue Mississippi, Missouri aud Ohio
valleys. The river question can not be
trltied with any longer; these States Of
the South demanding that the Nation
shall deal with the issue on hand even if
it lets New York harbor take care of
itself for one year. Some day the West
will wake up and claim tie Mississippi
as its own. We only suggest that it be-
we only demand that the owner s7aii
take care of his property.
The Margaret monument fund still in
creascs Notwithstanding the gloomy
prospects ahead about $500 have
already been collected and the contract
for the work is about to be considered.
The proyelb of Hood 1--WE believe) that
ut never rains but it ponrs," is about to
be verified for, perhaps, the thousandth
time i'll the building of rival Cotton
Exchange to the New Orleans Future
Cotton Exchange. Certain New York.
Liverpool, Manchester and Hamburg
firms desiring more honesty and less sand
with their cotton, are the opposing forces.
As competition is the life Of trade. we
wish then: Godspeed. The contemplated
building is to be placed on Drya6es street
between Gravier and Common, and the
old nest OF corruption, lately there. is
beng torn away to make room for the
march Of progress.
The Carrollton railroad franchise is
now the all-absorbing topic in municipal
administrative circles, and the question
has been raised that the city can not
grant more than twelve months fran
elise or license, but that the companv
must annually pay a certain stipulated
sum as taxes, license, OF for the franchise
under the police power of the corpora
ton of New Orleans, and that no further
can be given. Deputy Mar
shall Wurzburger has seized the franchise.
present and contemplated, of this road
50 we look with interest upon tie case.
not knowing how they will get out Of |
the dilemma.
At the Giroa street depot in this CITY
IS to be seen one Of the greatest improve
nents of the day. A new sleeping car,