New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-01-05
Elegant Extracts.

cinnati Price Current. That correspondence as i
usual with everything emanating from this distin
gushed house, which is as well known and as highly
honored here it is in Liverpool, London, Calcutta
and all other prominent commercial Inarts Of Chris
tendon and heathendom literally sparkles with men
tai gems of unprecedented lustre. We deem it oul
duty to reproduce some of them. Therefore, let al
the world preparefor something purely original rich,
Tacy and raresomething dverging directly from the
line that separates ordinary from extraordinary
events. Here goes
1 In the Cincinnati Price Current, of the 18th ult.
a letter from Messrs. " J. A. Morton 4 Co.. etc. ETC.
up stairs, back Office ETC., appears, under date
New Orleans, Dec G, 1866 We commence with
the following:
made address the Court which stated
member Of the church and christ and incapable Of
Poor Scott Barbarous Judge - horrid jury
Neither would believe word he said and the
= church, Of which he claimed to be member did
not rush to the rescue. Here we confess, the para
graph is rather obscure-he fruit of carelessneSs no
doubt. Great writers are proverbialy careless.
We quote again.
4 by The Fool, stole from room in one Of lie
leaving his carpet bag Oehind. There nothing i'll it but
What wonderful carpet-hag what a piously in
clined thief We venture the assertion that Foot DIFF
ers from all other cheraiierS dduSfrie in town. and
that no other sarpetbag be found at any of our
hotels containing prayer-book. Of course the Gin
cinnaans hugely edited over the foregoing item
Of Crescent City intelligence. The following brilliant
concludes the letter:
At the parish Of Rnpies in this State, late election,
of the y1tes deposited by muatoes and
| free negroes.
This will be news in Rapides 1t was news here
Rap.des must vindicate her reputation, or Rapiles
will find herself in unequivocay tight place"
In the terrible contest bound to ensue we shall de-
cline taking sides. We shall preserve strict neu-
tralty between the high contending parties; for we
are assured We would be utterly extelminated by
Messrs. J. A. Morton & Co.,, ETC., etc, up stairs
back Office etc, if took the side of Rapdcs as
/ against them and are quite confident Rapdes would
sorely damage us if took the side of . j. 4. Nor
ton Co., ETC., etc, ''up stairs, back Office etc.
as against her. In this monentous struggle, we
frankly acknowledge that for the first time in our
lives, We unqualifedly ." back down. We confess
we are unequal to the crisis.
But luminous as was the letter of the 9th Decen,.
Der, from which the foregoing extracts are taken it
bears no more comparison to that of the 18th which
appeared in the Cincinnati Price Current of the 9th
than the brightness of the moon does to the bright
ness Of the sun. That this illustration is not far
fetched shall proceed to prove b. extracting SOME
paragraphs from the latter communication. A. par
ticularity is requisite when touching matters of vast
moment shall be duly particular. Mcssrs. " J. 4.
Morton & Co., Forwarding and Commission Mer-
chants, 50 Magazine street, up stairs, back Office"
employ the annexed letters and figures in directing
and dating their epstle to the editor Of the CinCn
natl Price Current: New Orleans, December 49,
lSj6.' After abiding to bran and whisky, cotton