Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-04-25
Letter from New Orleans.
NEy ORLEANS, Apr,l l6. 1ssa

'the healthlest city ID the Un;on 90 "r;s sald there IS no proof of the pudline,s excellence by chewing the string. but m tue eating lies the proof. "Fur the wask ehding Saturday, April II. 1885 tb.re iZO deaths, of which fl were wh,te males, 32 white females; tot ,I whites. 'o; Zz were colOred males; p colored f.- m 1ies; total colored, 47."-Iimes-D ma cra1 April l4th. During the same De- rlod there We're four births and only two marriages. Now will some irh, nlng calculator tell us how long i, will take to depopulate the city of New Or leans at the above rate Of births and deaths? For three months-irom Japu- ary lst to April lst-the city remained in total darkness. At present, however. the Electric Light Company are doing good service in lighting the streets AAropos Of s;reets-great heavens what streets Get off of Canal, Camp. Maga zine aud Royal streets and Iuto any of the cross streets, either north or souih Of Canal, and they are simply impassa ole-mu and water, dead Cats and dogs, barrels of garbage ak the filth, aud more ;oO, that ever was Seen around |" Moquis vllisg- Is here to be found iu extra abundance. These cross streets aud back alleys must be seen and snelt to be thoroughly understood. New York city boasts of "the fines: police force In the world" wh ch may or may not be true; but l do know that New Orleau,
 has got u perlice force, too" Since coming here, l nave often wondered whether or not Iom FIIch had any refer ence to ihe police force Of thls city lu his lecture, the Invisible Police" I.- 'lslbie-weH. l ehOuld smile. Leave tue corners of Canal and Royal. St. Charles aud Can l, and east side corner Ot St. Charles and Common, aud the city pUlice are about as Invisible As hens teeth. While l am m my coutem- plating mood, l might as well fill our LhIs. my Ulll 0: Complaint vs. tue cIty of New Orleans. The only cheap thing Tn tue city Is the street Car fare, winch |, nve cents, let the distance be httIe or much. 1Le city Is literally Oyerruu with tuIeves and bad characters generally. but since the lighting of tue city by slect' iclty, crime Is certainly dImiuisL- Ing; a. least tne papers are not LOW 70 tuli Oi .. me Reports. There war a spell here, last mouth, when De ,ple were "neld up" iu bIoaI day lght, iu the streets of New Ooivans and the poilc,, oh, where We're they? Damtiuo. Go ask the nearest saloon keeper. The peo- pie of this city Use only rain water for culinary and irlukIng purposes, the rIver wager being unit for use. The draIuage of the cIty Is GOt very good at Jest, tine refuse not rannng into the Mississippi, as OLe would naturally sup pose, hnI away rom and into Canals, marshes aud vacant lots Iu the Tear of ihe clty, all of which adds to the un- reaithiuiness of ye Queen City of the South"
 Iue vendors, hucksters, boarding nous, s, etc, act upon the the, " mat every visitor Is pigeon tO be plIckrd, Sdd ugut vel they d. their work. IL you Complain, You are Treated with con- tempt, and lhr set of human chOuls who rob you are immaculate, aud you alone are d beet aud fraud. IhIs Is the tesgI mony of hundreds who have visited he Worlds Industrial Cotton Exposition at New Orleans. DIs.sini Ion Is tbc order of the day. A cIuZcn of the city can and dues get almu>t everything for half the mnuey that an outsider must pay d .uOle fur. The exposition au horI- ties and the street cars make thIs dls- .rlmIuRilon. However. IL would take volumes to enumerate the many wrongs IAIly put upon the many v.sI Urs to this place, and peThap- sometime Tn the fu- iure snme Une VIII write up and publish
 he truth, regard ess f who lIk-s or dis hkes the publicity of facts. There may Oe, and doubtless are, many citizens of New Orleans who are not Hctuated Snolly by selfish motives; fl SO. they are never met with, save by General ihIs and COlouel that, or some distinguished literaii of the NUrth-One to whom 1t I, absolutely necessary 10 show the other siie. though It toe only ham Slie. Yet other themes my thoughts engaGs, as for what 1 have already said has been dis nal enough.
 Ihpre are four theaters in the city, ": St. Char es Thea Academy Of Music, Grand Opera House and tue Mrr- hne Oprra House, wItb perhaps two or three other minor pla 'es Of amusement.
 he fret three (the lass named heIug ..lnseu) are very good theaters, with am- ole SC ,tIng capacity, and during the past two months have tffprded some very good entertainments for the pubilc. At tnis writing MT. Lawrence Barrett Is playing a two weeks eDgas semeBt at tue Grand Opera H ,use, snI always draws crowded houses. Mir. Barrett IS truly a .enius m his line, and IS meeting with upparalleled success here. The play of Victor Durand" by the Madison square c mpauy, at the St. Charles, was sue cess also, being a good play and good company, it could not well be other wise.
 As to parks, monuments, etc, there are several m the city. Lafayette Park or sauarr IS a handsome park with life-size statue of Ben. Franklin m the center, and laid out into walks and grass | lots. the whole surrounded with beau | tItuI trees. Jackson square, near the old French Market, Is perhaps the most ! beautiful park or squ"re m the cify, m h. center of wnicn IS an equestrian gatue of "Old Hickory, bearing tnis legend: "Ihe UnIon must and shall oe preserved" In the middle of Canal street and at the head or ot- Onafiee .treet Is the Clay monument, but as Z wnrk Of art it k notnIn,, tO be pro1i or, ne,ltctrd and dirty as it is. At the loot ! of St Charles street, or where St' ! Charles merges its-lf into St. Charles
 avenue. Is the lee monument, ny many
 called Lee Circle" and upon its sum
 init iu full military uniform. faclng the
 north. stands nfe-s'ze tigdre of Gen. l R. bert l.. Lee.
 By ihe way. there is a reptile down he e called the alligator; perhaps you have heard tell of It. Well thIs rep,he
 amt much on 'ailegatIn' bu' Is pIz-n on eatin': and what mouth for bnei-
 ne,s II ha-i IL may, perhaps, be ln'er- .-tiuy-to some of your readers to know ! how one of these uuEe apimals can at
 viii either sink inio or hJa; upon the
 water. The animal seems to be able 10
 suck in through its uostrlis an imm- r-''
 ouantit, of ar, witch cause~ it to sWtl !.
 mn. enabling it to float like a log ot
 wood: on the other hand, when II desires
 ;n sink into the water It simply e&Ieis
 ,be air and down It goes. like chnnS
 fl,4 Dtd you ever witness an nE