New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-02-23

that all passed of excellently well. The audience
justly predisposed to enthusiasm, were by no means
chary Of their applause and many a spontaneous
thnndering round was given, which will be forgotten
perhaps in week by those who gave it, but will be
laid away as the proudest OF memories in certain
heads now youthful till they shall be white with the
snow of future years We append programme Of
the exercises of the OCCASION
Anthem Of Praise by Pupils Of High Schools.
address" THE CHOICE OF PROFESSION
Composition" PERSPECTIVE OF NATIONS, -
so"g-ris the starry Flag Of our own native Land o
60 S"L1eHrs AND Shadows $50,
("LIGHrs OF ENGLISH LITER ATUREn
by Pupils OF High Schools.
Address-"THE sCHooLMAsTER Is ARRoAD,n
''A Miss A. NJ. MoRroN
THE GRAVE OF WASHINGTON,
Sung BY Pupils Of Girls Higu School.
OMAN NOT ALONE IN HIS CoUN-
'0"'''''' ("LEHHRS 70 LABOR, AND 70 RSlAA"D'
wAIT,'............Miss Q. PESrEcosr.
National Anthsm-"My Country, it's of Thee"
composfio"-'The IDEAL. and the REAL"
son0-"E PLURIBUs UNUM," by Pupils of High Schools
DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS,
To the High Schools with Remarks BY DR.
WM. B. LINDSAY President OF the Board of Directors.
Parting Song by Graduates Of Girls High school,
Comp sed Tor the octas. On " T. V. La HACHE)
vaedicory to Girls High School. Miss MARY WALTON.
'HqF o''~ "'"'"'''' Jp'a'a:" High seGSseE v..s.
soHg-"Keep step to the music of the Union',
by all the Pupils.
The recitation OF the piece entitled 1.-The Iustri-
ous Dead,' by Master Benedict, was the gem of the
exhibition 1t beautiful composition, still more
beautifully recited and sent thrill of delight to
the hearts of the audience which was answered not
by single round of applause but by storm Of
noisy enthusiasm which seemed to have no wish to
go down. The yaledictory address by Master Marks
was diamond number two of the occasion, and drew
forth another tumultuous manifestation of delight
from the audience. We regret that we should not
have been near enough to better hear the other rec
tations and readings and say something of their re-
spective merits. But we were able to see that the
audience thoroughly delighted with all that took
place, and that the School Directors Superintendent
and Teachers, were fully entitled to the honor of
having done their duty, and done it well.
PELI0AN Hook AND LADDER COMPANY.
Pelican Hook and Ladder Company in the after.
noon, went down to the steamship Cahawba and re-
ceiyed the splendid new truck and ladders recently
made to their order in New York. They passed our
Office with their new apparatus, preceded by Jordans
band and looked properly proud of what they had in
tow. We were present, afterwards, at their truck
house, Basin street. The officers of the company,
in due form, submitted the new apparatus to the in
specton of Chief Engineer Gruber and Assistant En-
gineer Bradbury, who pronounced it good, and &C.
cepted it formally, in the name of the Firemen's
Charitable Association. Immediately thereafter there
was a grand explosion of champagne and other good
things, in which every body present got more or less
wet.
OF the new apparatus, we may say that finer COM
bination Of the ornamentally elegant and the sodly
we have SEEM The truck possesses
III the strength yet is much lighter and springer
han any other truck in the city. The wheels are |
higher and the pivot machinery much lighter and far
more graceful than the old truck could boast Of The
antern, the arch, and all the armament, are ex-
Iusitey shaped and plated with silver, whilst the |
mhlem Of the company, pelican feeding her young,
handsomely carved and gided on different parts of
he apparatus,
When we left, the officers and members of'the com
,any having high time with the officers of the
Fire Association and their other guests in the warfare
If champagne, toast and speech.
EVENING FESTIVITIES.
Though the weather in the afternoon degenerated |
INTO the dismal, cold rain falling, with chilly wind
md disseminating universal sop, the turnout to the
night festivities still very large. The St. Charles
heater full, to Miss Cushmans Neg lerrilies !;
he Amphitheater was jammed, to the Marsh chill
lren, on the occasion of their first appearance the
'ther places were literally patronized; and at our
attest observation, gay crowds of people throng
ng to the ball Of the Continentals at Odd Fellows
Hall, and to the ball of Professor Gherard at Ma
onie Hail. Altogether, the night was as handsomely
celebrated as the day, in spite of the bad weather.
CO The Sheriff sells to-day, at II O'Clock NJ, at
be City Hotel Common street. sundry accounts surrendered
y Jos. Israel to his creditors. See advertisement
.