New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-01
new Z Ears DAY.

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With those that were before; leaving behind Q
note book and memorandum, from which ages
/ that are born when we and our works have both
crumbfed to dust, She read strange and won
dsffnl legends Of Whist will cato them no less
miraculous than are the Pre- Adamite ages to
us. Eighteen hundred and fty-fye = born
twelve months ago. with SO $jubilant spirit;
4inauguratings 80 thorough 9 millennium pro-
missing 30 rich . life and such glorious .honors,
has passed through youth, maturity, old age,
! and. now, gone down to sleep with the many
years past in the great mausoleum Of time
II What has he done and what has he3le to-
be.done? what's the aggregate Of his achieve
Snents and how rich 81 prestig e has he bequeathsd
$tos his successor As the Egyp tians are re-
ported to have tried, ID 3 Campus Martins and
open field, the memories and repu tations of their
great men and rulers, before giving them the
rites Of cremation, it is fitting that We should
try the memory Of the year gone to decide on
his deserts. The first most prominent matter
that rises in response to the interrogatory is
the war for war has ever and at all times oc-
cupied q greater share Of mems eyes than the
gentle arts Of peace. So far as the present war
is concerned, there is nothing to be written not
already known so far as It's ultimate results
are concerned the best logic is but speculative
In its mere mention the whole history is brought
before the minds eye: CONSUMPTION, taxation,
bereavement; blood, suffering and death, for
q principle not yet clearly stated "a dogma
not comprehended by these whose blood has 50
richly colored it. II. 2
NJ After the great war, and the political rela-
tons aHected sby ii, have passed from before the
glass, the peaceful fgures Of agriculture, sheaf-
crowned and commerce, with its trident, sue
coed -sugg esting the labors Of the husbandman
and its reward, the perils Of the sailor and
their compensation. The mechanical arts and
the sciences follow in the long procession, with
banners indicative Of the growth they have
attained and the full development they have
reached. Education walks between them with
the gait and wand Of Minerva. The fine arts
are sketching the whole, and Apollo stands
ready to sing them for Immortality What
progress hos been made in them must be left for
the udgmentso Of those after-ages, which have
ever been the Rhadamanthos Of the present.
That much has been attempte in every depart
ment, We do know. That something has been
accomplished, We do believe. Buthow much has
been commenced and how much achieved, lis as
yet too early to say. The history Of 1892 is
mot told even fto this day-no not the history Of
the rst#day Of the first year Of this worlds
existence The RESULTS 50 near to the cause in
fact that il can only be separatedsby that arbi-,
5trsry will which judges Of the barren fact with
no correlatiye considerations cause not
allowable in trying the life Of one man; Why,
therefore. more justly in judging the lives and
history Of all men Is a Il sss
i But, it-7-as is the case--we cannot speak of
the achievements Of fly Five in their individ-
tual relations, nor in their ultimate results, We
can say Of them, broadly, that they have been
dictated BY nobler, purer and more enlight-
enedspirit fart, learning and intents than those
of any year previous. The considerations have
been wider and grande results, therefore,
slower and more gradual Men have aimed
their arrows at the sky, with the hope that
they might return learning laden, rather than
bury them to the shaft5in any doadered old oak.
They have pushed out farther and farther from
thelold roads. ever grading the path they trav-
eled, and ever hoping toftouch a channel which
should lead into the distant Aidenn and in
augurate anew the Age Of Gold.
Gontractin the resultsof the year to what
has been effected by il in our own city, State and
section, although there is not that unex pected
and unusual cause for thanksgiving which some
his brother years have presented, there is, new
ertheless. good and sufficient cause for joy: first,
in that things have been no worse than they
have; and, secondly that they have been SO
good. Il the crops have not excelled precedent
in one way, neither have they in another. If
great fortunes have not been suddenly acquired,
they have not been unavoidably lost Men have
beencompelled to work somewhat harder, which,
if they were gifted to learn it, is blessing in
stead Of an egil-the sloth being inactive, and
the lion fully himself only when spurred to ac-
ton. At present, business is Frightening up,
and the clouds that overcast some countenauces,
are whirled away in its eddies Each one who
has two good hands, q good heart and q good
head, is possessed ofthe seed of fortune, though
ne have to await its growth. The year coming
is heavily freighted with hope, and we ore glad
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ton, renewed energy accompany it, and the
fruitege Of 1856 shall do honor to the Seeding
of 1866.
With all his virtues, Gil his failings, the Old
Year has gone from us, not to return. The
breath of o fresher life fans cur cheeks and
strengthens our nerves We, all of as, set about
the search for our isles in the West once more,
let it be hoped with greater success than has
has attended our previous exploring expeditions.
And in the fartherance of this hope, we beg to
extend to the many readers and patrons of the
CarscENT-the old, staunch friends, who have
been with US from our beginning new and
cordial ones who have been dropping in by the
way with words Of approval and encourage
,nent--to all and eachs Happy New Year and
many returns!
May your pockets increase in size - your
wives in beauty-your children in numbers and
intelligence. May rich aunts and uncles soon
depart-may you al elect your own Sheriff,
with or without CONVERSATIONS, and generally
enjoy,
A HAPPY New YEAR!
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