New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-08
gOtal gntelliNente.

YESTERDAY was worthy successor to its abomina-
ble predecessor. There was hot sunshine one half
the day, and de0ge Of warm rain the other half.
The town was roasted in the forenoon, and boiled,
steged and frcaseed in the afternoon. An occasoua
whid Of breeze, with an odor of freshness in it,
afforded some spasmodic touches of comfort, and
saved many vital sparks probably, from going out
suicidaly.
THE FEvER.-The Board of Health report 100 as
the number of yeo8 fever interments throughout
the city, for the thirty hours ending Monday noon
the largest thirty hours mortality yet reported.
FmE.-Y Yesterdays very watery afternoon wound
up with flash Of re-not of lightning, but of the
terrestrial article which so often damages the nsur.
auce companies. The material of the fire was the
stable of Messrs. Bell & Boylan, connected with the
Union Cotton Press, and situated on Front Levee
street, above Roffgnac The stable was entirely de.
stroyed, with large quantity of horse feed which it
contained, and sad to say horse aud four
mules. The ffemen were around with their usual
promptitude, and prevented the surrounding pro-
perty from sustaining any damage. The stable was
believed to have been set on fire by some unhung
sconndrel, Loss, between three and four thousand
dollars. Capt, Jack Adams, who gave us our items,
gave it as his opinion that stables never set them,
who think that rain is any obstacle to fire fairly
started in wooden building, are victims to pitt.
able and most childish superstition.
TuE CRESCENT EcLlPsED.-The Crescent office, so
renowned as center of light day and night, had to
suecumb last evening for time The gas,bunez
all through the building struck and after few titiII
spitetul flashes, left counting room, press room
editorial room, composing room. all, in the com,
pletest Cmmerian darkness and great, rs a matter
Of consequence was the simmer among the Crescent
men upstairs aud down.
The wellbehayed meter under our lower stairway
was charged upon at first, as the cause of the dark
ness, and under the hands of different amateur doc
tors, had much water squifcd into it and let ou
of it if it had taken poison and about to re
tire from active life. 1t was black enough outside
but there black tongue or other frghtful dis
order inside and the spashing and squirting Of wate
in it and around it showed at last, that it was al
right, and not the least to blame for the prevailing
inYsibility. The street lamp over the way flare
outingly at us, and for time rendered our darknes
a phenomenon. Hope, for season, babe tile Cres
cent office farewell, and at last all hands went misel
ably to work by the faint flicker of candles, who's
best efforts only served to render the darkness NOR
distinctly visible,
In due time it was discovered that the failure
the gas was caused by the gas-pipe repairs in pro
gress on Graver street at the junction Of Camp ane
by the afternoons deuge of rain stopping the work
men and flooding the trench, and leaking into th'
Camp street pipe so extensively as to offer sort
hydraulic opposition to the passage of the gas,
gentleman from the gas office came around and po
Htely explained the matter assuring that the fai
ure was caused by the rain stopping the work i
Grayer street, and further assuring us that 50 500
as the nine and ten O'Clock lights should be eXtil
guished around our part Of the city, the pressur
would enable the gas to fight its way to the Crescer
office ana bless us once more with light.
His last assurance was correct. About ten oCloe
the gas whipped the water, and again blazed for
as ambitously as ever. Had it not done so we woul