New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-17
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THE FEvgR.-The number Of deaths by yellow fe |
YER throughout the city, for the twentyour ho urs
ending Wednesday noon, as reported by the Board
of Health, was IA. This, though an increase upon
the previous days mortality still decrease from
the mortality of the day before that.
The How AgDs.-We dropped in at the Office Of the
Howard Association yesterday, and found Captain
Ricardo who had just returned to the city up to his
eyes in his old business of benevoence
the books reading and answering letters, listening
to tales Of misery from distressed females sending off
nurses, and attending in general to the extensive
business of the time honored Howards " Capt. Ric."
has been the soul Of the Howards for years, and it
rejoices us to see him at his old post
THE WHARF REPArRs.-The contract for repair
ing the second section Of the wharves at the expense
of the old lessees was awarded by the Comptroller,
on Wednesday to Mr.. D. S. Graham, at $52 Is per
square Of 100 superficial feet.
FALsE.-The alarm of fire on Wednesday night was
empty. The Third District bells rang for the Second
District and the Second District bells for the Third
There was, in consequence, quite mass meeting of
downrushing and up-rnshing fremen at Esplanade
street. How the alarm started in that manner no
one could tell.
YOUNG MAN, SAVE THAT DOLLAR Keep out Of
that coeehouse, and let your friends treat themselves
They, doubtless can afford it better than you. Keep
your eye off that omnibus too you are young, your
legs stout and you foot it. wherever you want
to go. Nor look SO languishingly at the clothing
door, or t-wndow, or bootcase, you pass along;
all extravagancies catehpennies for spendthrifts
and fashionable butterflies. You can get along with.
out them; your old clothes are nice enough, for
several months yet whisky and tobacco are delete
rious and it is positive crime to ride when you can
walk go ont frocking at night to the great scan
dal of your virtuous bed at home.
Again say, hold on to that dollar; squeeze it till
the eagle shrieks, and save it till it rusts Grab at all
the other dollars you can, and when caught, serve
them the same way. Do this and you will some day
be rich. II you don't hold on to your dollar when
you have it, there's no knowing how soon you may
be oored Poverty hangs like the sword Of Damocles
over many head, invisible and letting go the dollar
too often the act which snaps the fatal thread. Be
temperate be wise; be economical; penny saved is
penny made; collect the dibs; gather the spon-
dulles accumulate the mopuses do anything, every
thing that is honest, to become the owner OF untold
pewter, and in after years repose your head on a
mountain of golden rhno. The best way to begin
all this, is to hold on to that dollar while you have it.
and let your fancy friends and the fancy shops and
stables 60 to the Ancient Nicholas.
| Are you ashamed to be economical? Let us then
| set yon bright example. There are two gentlemen
residing in this city. The other afternoon they went
up to Carroton Their errand was not idle pleasure,
but business and the business kept them far into the
night. They returned to the carhouse and the last
train was gone. They poked around, and found a
stable; and got the stable man up. How much for
carriage to the city?' -Four dollars" Four dol
lars for us three, and one ngger!" GThey had an
African companion, we should stated Four dol
lars--not cent less; it's worth SIX Four dol
lars robbery impost never pay it in the word.'
And the two gentlemen left in the prooundest ndig-
nation at the attempted extortion.
They returned to the carhouse. What shall we
| do?' says one. Walk" says the other. Good
a capital lea by Jove! " and off they started down
the track. What do you think OF this, young man !?
But hold on to that dollar, whilst go with our
illustration The night dark as pitch the track
travelled only by locomotive trains full of holes and
stumbles between. Bat did friends finch :?
Never. Bravely they trudged, the negro after. In
due time they made mile, and struck Greenyille
Though determined, they were breathess. Conse-
quently, lighted house and vacant carriage in
front inspired hope. The driver stood by. 'sWhose
carriage is that, boy {" q Massa -'s.n "A gen
tleman residing above Carrollton, who always comes
down in his carriage when he expects te return late.
/" Ah that's all right know who lives here! Let's
goin!n And in they went. They shook hands al
round told all about their being left by the cars til.
attempted extortion of four dollars the walk, etc.
and limited around, delicaely, that they would like tt
finish their journey in carriage.
The owner generous, and took. He Offered
the earriage; it was accepted of course; and afte
taking few tastes of cornuice to keep out the nigh
air, friends left, got into the carriage with thei
negro, and were soon safe and snug in the city, By
this they achieved the grand triumph of getting hom'
for fortyve cents less than it would have cost in the
cars; that is, for just nothing at ALL Their kline
friend waited at Geenville for the return of his
riage; and when it arrived the driver grumbled, be
cause neither one of the gentlemen ever thought o
giving him two bits for his extra trouble. For thi!
the black rascal should have been fogged.
Young man, how's your grip? Do you hold youl
dollar well? You don't? WE'LL just give it one
more hard squeeze, whilst iniss One of ou
heroes was about dfty.five years of age; the othe
about sixty.five; both stout and heavy one wortl
half million Of dollars and the other worth quar-
ter Of million. Now, young man, il you can't holt
on to that dollar, let it rip. II two old gray HEADED
men, jointly worth near a million, at Carroliton
after midnight, bound to get home, and the last car
gone, can hold on to four dollars they did, cam
you manage to hold on to the one you were going tt
spend for whisky and cigars just now?
If you can't, then you're not worth talking to
That's all. We have said enough.
THE DEATH, ,DEFYING timer ANTs.-The yellow
fever this summer put pretty much OF quietns upol
itinerant speculatons The lung-tester, strength
tester, weight.tester, electrical machine, telescope
microscope, evee animal shows, and other excite
ments which were wont to draw crowds and drai
the picayunes in those spots where the crowds mos
congregaed shut up, cleared out, incontinenty mii
zled when it became known that Yellow Jack ba
taken up his quarters in our midst for the seasol
We have, however, two brave exceptions to homo
with a notice.
One is the German who has ponderous machn
on wheels, which he calls model of wirehamme
ing machine, of his own invention. He drags
around himself, (work for mne), and after takin
his stand Canal street, Commercial Place, or othe
much frequented spot, puts it in notion There Is
large waterwheel attached, to signify that the ma
chine may be and ought properly to be run by waite
or steam though for the edifcation of the public h
works it with his foot When he gets it going, tn
incomprehensibe appearance OF the whole Affair." AM
the sharp catter of the hammer are sure to attract
crowd, who remain in hopeless endeaVor to undei
stona II opd do not therefore begrudge the pCaynne