New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-20
The Opening Season.

unusual rate Vessels do not come singly, bu
in squadrons. Steamboats,, too. arrive in larg
numbers, bringing back runaway citizens, stran
gers, and heavy loads Of produce The .leve
has resumed its accustomed hustle and no,
roars with The rolling Of drays and the noise /
many laborers Cabs and carriages have rnul
tiplied themselves in all directions and begun
lorna great professions on Canal street. Blind
long closed have been reopened and the sunligf
let into many dark rooms. Voices are hear
where for many weeks silence has reigne
supreme. and life and animation are rapid
taking the place Of absence and desertion.
Since the advent Of summer caused the ext
of citizens and business, every thing here ha
been quiet and monotonous enough to reconcil
us to the return Of both Nodisoiple Of Boy less
trejuvenatad by the TRANSMISSION Of fresh bioos
into his shrunken veins, could have reJolced NOR
sincerely than we do over the new life that nov
begins to pulse strongly through I'll the arte
! ries and avenues Of city being. The crack 9
! the drayman's whip and the rafting Of many
wheels are grateful in our ears. The crowds
that eongregate on street corners, and block VI
all passage through the post office, are not abb
y solutely intolerable. Even annoy are ac-
ceptable, since they are the inevitable accom-
j paniments Of pleasures and comforts We hal
every addition to our population, and look for
ward with bright hopes to a season 50 auspi-
ciously commenced. Il s
/ The cool days and cold. chilly nights that
have been with us for q week or two past have
not been without their effects on the city health
and business. When men are compelled to en-
case themselves in overcoats, or cover them
selves with blankets during one-haf Of the
twenty-fou hours, Yellow Jack takes his de-
parture and leaves the road open to energy
activity and business. It has been so with u.s.
and the effects are very perceptible whichever
way attention is turned. The shipping, the
steamboats,, the strangers reopened houses
hotels and stores convey the same testimony
The accommodating produce on the. leyee, and
the increases population that cares for il
strengthens the evidence, and causes US to be-
ieye that we are now entering upon Q season
destined to be no less profitable than than that
of 1923 and other notable years previous
We have had our trials and troubles here
why should We not also have our joys and plea.
sures Every occurrence. pleasant or unfortu-
nate, has its compensation in some other occur
renee of an opposite character. In our owl
case this can only be realized by the realization
Of the most sanguines hopes Of our citizens.
THE Thor. The G spin 2 over the Metairie
yesterday resulted in Black Thunder beating
the party in three straight heats to the surprise
apparently Of the g knowing ones.' who were
very sweet on Dutchn,aaa ut the start, but the
honest stride Of old Black would have overcome
even greater speed than his opponents could
show. Little Jim Hoodpeeker was well up and
his driver sanguine of winning to the last The
attendance was very good and the track in fine
order. We append summary: Il
MErnarE CounsE-Purse $5O-T rotting-Mile heats
best s in 81 to harness.
s. Rice b. &. Thunder. il
w. N. Rodgers g. g. DtclDlda q
j. Dixon, b. e. jan
III. Time, 2.54 e. ;52 22:51.
'THAR DRUM Our ears were greeted last eve.
ming, for the FIRST time in several months, with
the we'll known notes of that drum accustomed
through many seasons, to be beaten in front O
the auction store in the old Commercial Elk.
change 1t sounded as natural as life, and
seemed to summon back old friends, and call II
the strangers who are coming--to come along
It is another of the manifestations of revivine
business which breaks out daily in one spot OIL
another In a short time the hand-organ and
Dan Mce's inimitable band will make them
selves heard-and the city will be alive.
The FISHERY QuEsTIoN.--A dispatch Of tht
18th from Washington to the New York Times
Gays: ssi
aThe Government has acceded to the application o
ME- Perey respecting the free admission Of colonial fist
caught this season. and has given official assurance
Executive application to Congress refund any du
ties that may hereafter be paid such fish, and powe
10 cancel any warehouse bonds that may be given hence
forth until the treaty comes into full operation. Th
concession is made Of our fishermen hay
ing been promptly admitted to the nshore fisheries
the provinces and all the profits q the present
son y sas ss Y$s5 Nh
Mr. Per1ey goes to Quebec on ether business
connected with the treaty, which it Isl expected
will be finally completed in a few weeks salts.
factory information having been received from
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. y tsl
INDEMNITY REFUSED IN THE CASE OF CAPT
GIBSON A letter from the Hague announces
that the Dutch Government have assumed o
high tones and have refused any indemnity in the
Gibson case. The Ministry Of the Interior, in
announcing his determination, adds:
We have given to the American Government
oil the particulars relating to this matter, and
| have Insisted on this axiom in the law of ma
tions7 that when o foreigner on our territory
violates our laws, his crime may Justify his
punishment, but certainly not his claim to in
demnity : II s, Is &, - "
| FOREST FIRES an ERIE The Waterford IN. "
Dispatch says r For several weeks past there has
been fires in this vicinity. but more recently they
have broken out and have extended their de-
struction. Several hundred, and perhaps thou
sands, OF acres Of woodland in the swarnps, along
the Waterford and Erie plank road, are now on
fre and burning with unabated fury. The dam
age done by the FIRE within the past three weeks
loan not fall short Of one hundred thousand
tdollars.'' ssseeais5 iga fasei
The jackson tMiss.l Mercury Of the 18th
Estates that the neighboring town Of Brandon is
at present suffering terribly from the yellow
fever Three fourths Of the. population had
left, and the sick were greatly in need Of nurses
i and other assistance 81 s5as 9 s5af
fhe Secretary Of the Navy he's ordered re.
portto DO made by the Engineers Of the De-
partment. on Lynch's Marine Engine, which il
1 proposed BY MI. Lynch, Of NewYork, to be put
into the new steam higate, to be constructed Al
the BROOKLYN NAVY Yard T6;. ~,