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pippi Eiver has occupied a large share of pub- 

 lic attention during the year. In the spring 

 a number of serious crevasses occurred, by 

 which a large amount of property in the State 

 was destroyed, and the city of New Orleans 

 was threatened with inundation. The Gov- 

 ernor, for the purpose of remedying the evil 

 at once, assumed control of them, and ordered 

 the State engineers to close the breaks. To 



meet the expense, $80,000 were advanced by 

 two New Orleans banks. Afterward the 

 Louisiana Levee Company was organized, and 

 by the action of the Governor its interests and 

 those of the State were made identical ; and it 

 is expected that under this new arrangement 

 the alluvial lands will be protected, its railroad 

 communications preserved, and the State re- 

 sources developed. 



CENSUS OF 1870. 



Included in the census are 71 Chinese and 

 569 Indians. The true value of property was 

 $323,125,666. The amount of public debt, 

 city, parish, town, etc., was $28,065,698. The 

 aggregate value of farm-products, including 

 betterments and additions to stock, was 

 $51,707,524; 140,118 pounds of wool were 

 raised; 50,749 whites, and 224,993 colored 

 persons, 10 years old and over, cannot write, of 

 whom 133,351 are males, and 142,391 are 



females. Of those 21 years old and over who 

 cannot write, 12,048 are white males. 



LUTHERANS. The General Synod of the 

 Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United 

 States met at Dayton, Ohio, on the 8th of June. 

 The semi-centennial anniversary of the body 

 was celebrated in the evening of the same day. 

 The Rev. Dr. Schmucker, of Gettysburg, Pa., 

 delivered an address on the circumstances 

 which gave birth to the General Synod. At 



