The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-02-10
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
Nrv (IprrAys January % 1899

by Our Regular Correspondents.
NEW ORLEANS. January %, 1883.
EDITOR CHIEF:
We have had a week or more of weather
which could hardly be equaled off the
Orkney's. Rain has fallen almost inces.
sanity for week, and Friday morning,
abont o'clock, it seemed that the eli
max was reached. In u few hours 81 in
ches of water had fallen, and by 9 O'clock
the rear portion of the city was inunda-
ted and most of the streets beyond Clai-
borne were impossible. The second dis
triet appears to have suffered the most,
there being over three feet of water in
some OF the streets. 1t generally hap
lieBs that whenever any extra effort is
required Of the draining machines,
something occurs to mar their useful
ness. The present case WAS no excep-
ton, and rs HE water rose people dis
covered npoIl inquiry that there was no
coal at tile machines and that they would
have to await tho action of Providence
for relief. It luckily happened that the
wind remained in !, westcrlyy quarter
and so lowered the level Of the Lake
otherwise VIC would have perhaps had
the salt water from behind i'll upon us as
the nlicliine gates We're entirely uncon-
trolled, and had the wind changed
around to the northeast the poor apollo
gies for levees would undoubtedly have
fsuccumbed and another disastrous flood
have been the consequence. In the rear
OF the secontt district, on Saturday, d
funeral had to be conducted in skiffs Oh
account oftlle great depth of water.
Great preparations for the approaching
Carnival are i'll progress and Rex has,
through his Lord High Chamberlain, ex-
tended invitations to the Princess Louise
and Marquis of Lorne and suite. The
message las already been dispatched to
II. i. Majesty's Consul at Charleston for
transmission to the royal couple. This
event alone-:if the invitation is accepted
will no doubt make the festivities
doubly interesting to people who have
never seen II live princess. 1t would no
doubt be u great treat TO tho princess, il
her health will permit, for onco to mix
with commonplace people and take IL
turn of real old fashioned enjoyment I'M
der the lax rule Of King Rex. We hope
the subjects of our Carnival King will
rally their forces to make the fast ap-
proaching slroyctide surpass all Of
former years. One thing to be regretted
is that the Mystic Krewe Of Comss will
not give " street pageant this year, bnt
it is understood that they will entertain
their guests with "a masked ball.
Monday morning quite an excitement
was created in the post-ot1ice by til, ar
: fccsi; fagrante deficit, of one of'tlle colored
attaches, F. c. Anderson. Upon being
searched about tvSnty letters We're found
upon his person which he had distracted
from tho mails and some Of which he had
already opened. Numerous letters have
been missed lately, and no clue to their
disappearance could be obtained until
Anderson left the office and went to the
st. Charles Hotel to see Come friends.
Upon the way he was seen by detective
to open letter liurriedly, take something
out, crumplo up the envelope and throw
it into the gutter. The detective picked
it up and found that it was addressed to
M. A. Daupllst. the President of the Lot
terry Company. Upon the return Of An
'lelson to the post-oflice, in 90 course It
AN hour and a half, he was Immediately
arrested. The proper cllarges have been
'naae against him before U. S. Commits
sioner Lane, and he stands Il very good
chance Of boarding for the next five
years in the State ofNessw York at tho ex-
@pense of Uncle Sam.
On Sunday the friends of Mr.. Nj. A.
Ledet of Lafourche were very much graf
flied to hear Of his appointment as Con-
sui ut Tuxpan. This is the first full
Consul our government has ever appon-
ted ut that place. Tho previous ,lcum-
bents were simply commercial agents,
but traffic with that section has SO much
increased of late that tho government
Thought it was time to enlarge the pow
ers of the office. Mr.. Ledet has served
his fellow citizens III many Jpositions of
honor and trust, and has ever been true
to the best interests of his State. while
his fealty to his party and friends never
once failed. In lS74, his parish, against
II united and desperate Democracy, sent
him to the Legislature, but thciWheelcr
Compromise forbade him remaining in
the House, although Latourche has re-
turned IL Republican member ever since,
and even under Democratic manipula-
ton has one in that body to-day The
Republicans OF Louisiana generally greet
the appointment as returning conf
.Ience of the government in its support
ers i'll our section. Let us hope it will
not be the last. @
The City Governments is strainins ev-
cry lSs:rve in trying to COLLECT the licenses
and takes for 1883 i'll advance, and the
people are highly oincensed at the r;g,a-
s;ity II the newly installed government,
which every one feels was counted in by
fraud and u good many talk of rough
treatment for the officials who are thus
trying t" needlessly Cypress them. 1t