The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-28
rcorrespondenea of the Cre,oant.l

Eds city Is last returning to its compact
FORM the large waste in the CENTRE made By the great fire,
growing smaller daily The number Of buildings going
is matter OF surprise BroOklynite who cannot
but Join with the stranger in wondering where all the mo-
ney comes from to for and such ine houses
The great ire will be of material advantage to BROOKLYN as
the buildings destroyed will in almost every instance be
placed By much better Our principal business street.
too which has hitherto been about crooked the Rio
Grande, gets ugly knk taken out Of in exactly the
night place. while large angular space is formed at the
junction Of three four important Streets which will give
abundant turning for the vehicles aversng
the city, and prevent accidents
At the Presidential election Just past Brooklyn poed
9752 votes almost Oneh of the vote of New York city
and viii take but few years 10 increase their proportion
to onehaE The population falls but little short of
$1,000 and increases with great rapidy The city of New
York inaured towards and takes every occasion
TO show her bad breeding, but that fact viii Tetad the
growth the improvement Of Brooklyn. She is bound to
shine, and eventually to take the shine off of her elder
sister.
We badly supplied with water although that which
have of an excellent quality. Our authorities
quandary that behalf and losing themselves in expert
ments and Investigations daily. Whether shall have
water from the CrotOn, from big pump, Mount Plea
SAINT Fort Green question that time has to solve and
while our City Fathers talking about it, the city stands
fair chance Of being burned down. fires remarkably
frequent and destructive II is to be hoped that decision
will soon be made, if it should be to bring water
from the Mississippi which would cost probably less than
the delay are likely to suffer under Speaking OF long
aqueducts reminds me that company is formed in New
York for the purpose of leading the Saratoga and Baston
Springs into that city, with view of saving New York
the of yearly trip to those places The whole
affair has of course been far managed without the know
ledge of the ladies, but is now, will be- divulged
and all stock heretofore subscribed will probably be dead
loss, as success depends entirely upon seeresy.
The recent death of Mrs. Mat has furnished an extra
supply of garbage for portion of press baten upon
and such papers the Police Gazette Ned Buntnes Own
the Sunday Morning News and the Scorpion, which
nue disgrace the city of New York. crowded with de-
tails of the revolving subject In these papers they do but
little injury very people of any preensons to especta
by either of them but other papers contain references
the matter borrowed in sentiment at least from these
filthy We shall now in all probability, have the
whole subject spread in the columns of the Herald
and Sum-" in the shape Of Law Reports" for is al
ready before our Courts in two more FORMS
At the office window of Of the papers that have
named is display of interesting memorials connected with
the comca of this tragedy of which purpo to be
THE Identical Bag which contained the PORdre Subtitle
used by the Rev j. N Maf the night of his marriage he
being then 50 and 10 months DID, Another attached
by pins sheet of paper composed of two three pieces
of black POmHGde Hardye surrounded with an inscrp
ton in large letters, declaring it to be THE Identical Pom
made Divine which blackened the Rev Mr. Mathis gray
hair and whskers during his eOurtship and marriage, he
being them etc..
Every thing of this kind takes in New York and puts
money the purse of the unpnncpled pande to the taste
which adopts it. The city is cursed with host Of such
wetches Of whom beOw their talents the sun
day press and others upon the yellow covered literature
which floods streets and peneate with its infection
very nurseries. Within the past few days the authorities
have pretended to find interest in the city morals and
commenced the work of reform by the mockeTy of ordering
indecent paintings to be removed from the barTooms of
othee the three thousand and shops ofthe place.
Within these such pictures could do but little injury
few persons whose morals likely to suffer from SUCH
sights, frequent them. Besides these pictures not whit
indecent than hundred of the ataetOnspf gal
ees of the Fine Arts fequened by the youngaud the
ceptbe without warning or whisper of improperly They
generally pictures of naked women but few Of them de-
fine matters closely than IS done In the Ccassan Sa
of Dubeuf in the Greek Slave of Powers, the finely
drawn limbs of which form the pretext for the admiration
created by her nakedness And doubt whether there
of the prescribed pictures Sshameuy indecent the statue
of the Indian Girl whose baroness and posture insult
lady that passes through the Eastern door of the Capitol at
Washington City.
To the pure all things pure" and hence suppose
derived the consistency of the distinction observed between
these barTOom paintings side, and these beautiful
works of art" our Sunday press and our yellow covered
literature" the other. And hence also suppose, the
Herald" permitted without molesation to send its in.
decent police reports in quarter the SUM- to issue
its 55 600 eopies of Reste and Costello advertisements,
and assignaon invitations the Police Gazette to revamp
and epublsh the aocou of the seduction, rape and
murder reported in the past and present and papers of
the Scorpion order feed private character IepetiOn
strange that no politicians are to be found in New
York, except few wings. There is certainly in
the Cuslomhouse that heard Of Gen. Cas- and the
may be said general thing of the Navy Yard. The
democrats who used to be found in those parts in large
numbers have stepped out, and ose be
there be strongly impressed with the opinion
that great change has been going in the public mind
which viii probably have the effect amongst its conse-
quences shut them of the public crib Those who
expect Gen Taylor endorse the politician creed that To
the victor belong the spOi" and build high hopes upon
ch expectations doomed disappointment and those
also who hold their present fat offices by the of dirty
political services and who upon continuing to hold
them under an honest administration will be just badly
disappointed. Gen. Taylor has been indebted to poti
for his elevation and them nothing any score
offices viii have be given rewards for political
vices Some will have to be given for military and perhaps
personal services but general thing he will be perfectly
free to besow all offices upon the competent and the deserv
ing. No president has been thus free since 1924.
We very lively in both cities Brooklyn has the
ae other place of amusement but New York has enough
for both herself and The Asor Place, the Park the
Bowery, the Broadway. the National and Buttons thea
tres, all Opsn and all doing fine business while all
of minor exhibitions such circuses concerts museums
panorama etc. etc., scattered the city with lib.
era hand. The ball season win soon be with also.
4H rsUOr. Respectfully yours INDICATOR.
A FINANCIER IN FOR TIN the United States /
Circuit Court at Nayv York IN the 18th inst a /