The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-04-01
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
ypy,- f1pyE.se march, ~ 1890 4

Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
NEW ORLEANS. March q. 1882.
EDITOR Cu;Er:
The Margaret monumental fund daily
increases and it is now certain that the
monument will shortly be in progress Of
constructions. 1t is said. it will be up
and unveiled long before the Lee statue
arrives in this city. Ladies of energy
and means have taken the matter in
hand, among them Mrs. Cnthbert Slo-
comb, Mrs. A. Baldwin, Mrs. F. Q. Minor,
Mrs. f. B. Mnsgrove aud others, with
Mrs. DR.. ]. II. Wicndhal as presiding
officer. Such an array of power gives
assurance the statue will soon be in
position. t
The judicial expense fund of this State
is now under investigation, and there is
q great deal of trouble in consequence
in certain quarters. During {, period Of
seventeen months, it is stated, 3l25, 900
was received for stamps, $3O, 900 of which
has been used to pay the constitutional
officers. The remainder would he suffi-
Gent to pay the clerks and provide sta
tionery for the use Of the courts, but the
Legislature failed to authorize its OK
penditure for these purposes. Conso-
quently, litigation is ut standstill in.
Judge Lazarus court and impeded in the
others.
An affair took place On St. Charles
Street the other day wherein, as seldom
happens, ths woman was the chief actor
and perhaps, unfortunately for humanity,
the only sufferer. Mrs. Marechal, lady
of French descent, was the victim of dis
appointed love and also tho loser of a
considerable amount Of cash in different
loans, at tho hands of Jules Myvin, q
knight Of the razor and comb. Owing
the lady's deceased husband money rep
resenting al interest in his shop, he
promised to liquidate by marrying the
widow, But lie failed OH every OCCASION
to come to time, and still kept OH draw
ing more money, until patience, wearied
by long waiting, found vent in rage. So,
on Thursday the lady proceeded to the
shop Of Myyin and shot at him twice,
but unfortunately wide of the mark !;
then she deliberately took vial from
her pocket and swallowed largo dose
of laudanum. She persiste in refusing
all antidotes, SO the probability is that
her death will result.
Mr.. A. L. Wilde, tho Chief Of the T. s.
Secret Service Bureau here, made great
blunder few evenings since. He lives
in a neishborhoo,l where the small boy
Is Il nuisance, and possesses favolte
mespilus plum tree which he jealousy
guards with unceasing care. Last
Thursday evening some children passed
by his sentrybox, shontia. in childish
glee; thinking this the fordlunner of All
onslaught on lis treasured males, he
fred at random, and shot the son Of Mr..
4. A. Weeks in the left side Of the face-
u handsome boy 12 years Of age, named
Albert. The weapon used was Il % cali
ire Mallard rife. No excuse can be
offered for this rash act; the life of
human being is Of far greater value than
~ host of plum trees. II the culprit had
been Il man, and upon the premises Of
Mr.. Wilde, and had resisted arrest.
allowance could be made, but child
passing upon tho high-roal was the VIC
tim. 10 say tile least, it vas a cowardly
act. The boy fell dead in the arms of
his two sisters, who ran horror stricken
home and brought his mother and neigh
bors to the SCENE. Wilde gave himself
up and now stands charged with wilful
murder.
Tho leyecs of tl.a Mississippi are per-
haps this week having their last strain
1t is to he noted that the many breaks
during this high water have hardly les
sened the great flow, except perhaps
within $50 miles of E;,hs' jetties; and of
course no one will be so insane as to deny
That Bonnet Carre and Story's crevasses
have saved this city from overAow-the
facts speak for themselves. The river is
still rising here and is abo,.t four inches
lower than the high water mark Of 1862
and 1874. We would perhaps have
steamboats, upon our streets were it not
Tor the crrvasses close at hand OF course
the break at Nillikan's Bend of 1000
yards wide, bein. above the Red river
can not Influence matters on tho lower
river, although having . baleful effect
upon the Contiguous district. The Story
crcvnsse las new widencd to 800 feet
with the prospect thas this mornings
Northwestern may have still enlarged it;
and great fears are expressed in respect
to the levecs in the roar Of our city.
There is no chccrin. news to report from
mp the river, which is still rising above,
and without prompt and energetic action
the lower valley of the Mississippi will
be sl'nnntd rs the Valley Of Death.
Changes and runners of more are in
course of operation at Republican head
quarters. Several gentlemen in the Fed
rral service have been requested to take
indefinite leaves of absence, to use their
own expression. Mr.. +. X. Jones is pre-
pairing the plans suggested for his and
Hon. P F. Hcrwis's guidance by the
mated in brave stroke Of tinesse. The