Th* teper Question.Says the New Orleans States: It lias been proposed to appropriate $ 10,000 per annum for the. earc of the lepers. 'I'llis is a very moderate appropriation, and if it is not enough to take earc of these poor creatures, who are a God-imposed burden upon their more fortunate fellow-bcings, then let the appropriation he doubled. At any rate, let us have no sueh hospital at. Fort Pike, and let us have no more of the contract system.