The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-07-29
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
New ORLEANS, July IS, 1882.

by Our Regular Correspondent.
NEW ORLEANS, July IS, 1882.
EDITOR CHEF:
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office at Washington, Hon. N. G. McFar-
land, has issued circular notifying the |
Receivers of Public Moneys and the pub
lie of the existence of large numbers of
fraudulent certificates of deposit, pnr-
porting to be issued at various United
States repositories, for moneys alleged
to have been deposited to cover cost OF
surveys, as provided for by sections 24ol,
24O2, and 24O3 Gas amended by the Act of
March 8, 1872 Of the Revised Statutes
| of the United States. All holders OF
certificates Of deposit are requested to
send them to the Washington office for
examination, to prove their genuineness,
when they will be Immediately returned.
The several railroad companies that
centre at our seaport have at last agreed
to give the people grand union depot
on Claiborne street, fronting Canal. The
CITY administrators have consented to
| the removal of the Claiborne market,
which is to be rebuilt at the intersection
Of Banks, Johnson and Common streets,
near the Hotel Deu. The railroads are
to build a largo iron draw-bridge over
tho new canal at Claiborne street, and
the Erlanger syndicate will approach
the city over the track Of the Spanish
Fort Road.
:, The agent of the Memphis and Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad Company, Mr.
= Henry Shaw, was in the city during the
week and reports that work upon tho
!, road is progressing favorably. They are
already grading just above Bonnet Care
, but have not yet decided whether to eros
the great crevasse upon trestle work o
build q dyke. If the parish and Stat
E would now cooperate with this roa'
the crevasse might be securely closed
The river will soon be within its bank
again and the time for energetic actio
has arrived. A few thousand dollar
y from the State and parish would enab]
the railroad to build a strong embanl
ment across the break, and it is
it's interest to make it permanent.
" Considerable noise and talk is beir
made here on account of the school fur
:, appropriation bill having been los
~ which it is said appropriated $3.50, 900
-. the support of public schools, and {
" amount inadequate to the Requirement
was appropriated. So the grand seer
80 of Democratic local self governmel
~ Intelligence" will fail henceforth
" Iva disseminated in our State. The e,
~ Grafton of all the future ignorance in Q
III commonwealth will perforce and trr
be laid at the door Of a policy foreign
eat America, adopted unwisely by the LOU
,ur ana Democrats.
MD The primary elections held OIL Saturd
sh- in this city resulted in fair walk-o'
md for the defaulting Administrator Of
~ provements. We do not envy the OPP
md sition in having such a man at the he
ttv Of their State executive committee,
al, time will tell. The mills of the g
}. it grind slowly. We can afford to bide
lin time.
VAT The Mint embroglio seems in a
md way to have an ending. The pres
lest Superintendent of that establishment
late seems, is about to be replaced by
ary Hon. P. F. Herwig, who is, If the ech
oro- of the granite building amount to ;
the thing, as good as appointed; and it
s. Of rest with him and "Silver Jones
or settle the question of further char
usl. The Republicans of Louisiana sho
alta give our Conner good rousing, beca
we believe he is good fellow if O
awakened to the interests of the peop
Nc" The Beattie men are working mp
was district thoroughly, but everything
near this time points to a walk-over for
n'h- logg, aud perhaps nomination upon
feu, first ballot.
WIN Yours truly, w. Fl.
evil ->.s----
,ery, Two co]ored boys, Henry Pitt
fore Jesse Brickerson, are charged with
on glarizing the Honma post-of1ice