New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-17
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IHAEKSGIFISG DAY passed OH napply anu Deaubt-
fully. The clements recognized the day with 5ecom-
ing grace, bap1 .zing the city in sunshine, and in
vigorating all humanity with just such temperature
BELTS a Southern winter holday-warm in the sun
shine without being hot, and cool in the shade with
out being cold
The appropriate observance Of the day, in reli.
gous way, equal to that Of any previous Thanks
giving and in the matter Of observing it according
to the dictates Of genality and pleasure the whole
population, more or less were punGtous. Though
the Courts and most of the Banks and great numbers
Of business houses closed all shopdom kept open and
were handsomely visited by shoppngd0m Pleasure
is pleasure; ideas Of pleasure differ; and if shop
keepers preferred skewering customer to carving
turkey, or giving change for bank bills to giving
thanks to the Great Rler whose business was it, if
both shopkeepers and patrons preferred such enjoy
ment?
The streets fairly swarmed all day with ladies and
children, who turned out to go to the shows, and
gaze at the shop windows and return to good din
ner and comfortable evening at home. At night
the crowd and rush was the same minus the children;
that is in the precincts Of gaiety and public pleasure
THANKSGIVING DAY was beautifully celebrated by
one of " u.s. of the Crescent. 1t wasn't the handsome
senior, nor the bachelor junior neither was it our
aagacOus q" talk-on-change," indefatgable
/" scissors" or this local. who writes We can't
well state which Of us it was but if our readers to-
day should find editorial paragraphs slim in guam
tity or wild in tenor, Or nowhere, and the theaters
not noticed in ertsnso, they must fix upon the
He staid at home all day, and wrote nary line
for he had paragraph in his "home department"
that absorbed him entrely-absorbed him 4" clean
through" It was gir-an adorable little thing.
And to think Of its coming on Thanksgiving Day
THANKSGIVING DAY was observed in most spirited
and striking manner in Camp street bankingh house.
An ex-Judge of the Criminal Court and the Cashier
had misunderstanding about some financial matter.
Each feeling himself in the right, and the spunk
being equal there one of the jollest rough.and-
tumbes ever seen within the dignifed portals of
bank. Whilst the two were rassng'' around on
the floor plugging each other and upsetting things,
another officer Of the bank rushed into the street for
help Seeing the Chief Engineer Of the Fire Depart
ment, and fancyng that he might be just as good in
putting out fight fire, he begged him for Gods
sake to step into the bank and prevent the pollution
of Thanks living Day by preventing murder The
gentemanly fireman stepped in, and finding the com
batants still tumbng around the Judge plying bis
mauey's upon the Cashier, and the Cashier beating
reveile over the Judges head with wooden ruler,
he nerered succeeded in dis mounting the Cashier,
and escorted the bloody and rate Judge to a neigh.
boring BARRIERS shop, for washing and readjust-
ment Of bis badytoused wardrobe. The Cashier
came out the Morrissey Of the affair." fairly quidang
all his Indebtedness to the Heenan Of Judge.
HoLDIEG A KNIFE, when drawn for fight, is mat
ter sometimes requiring science as well as istana as
was proven on board the ship Globus, lying in the
/ Fourth District on Wednesday evening. Two Ger