New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-27
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CHRISTMAS was nullity, so far az outdoor OBJ
sergances were concerned. The elements were in |
their meanest mood ; and nastier day, q more ag
gravating compound Of darkness, rain, cold, and
wind, we have not had this winter The boys could I
not fire the crackers in the Streets unless perfectly
desperate the ladies and children could not turn out
70 see the midday shows, and the shops and shop |
windows those who went to church, had to wade
through mud and water, and squeeze into damp
crowds in the omnbuses; the men that turned outr
mizzled into cofeehouse5 aud many got drunk, pure
y ia selEdeFense against the weather. The shop
keepers moped in their dark and silent caves, and
nothing that could be called life was to be seen any
where The streets were deserted cherries and dig
NAL. Outdoors, it was, without any exception, the
worst Christmas we ever saw.
The consequence was, very naturally, that Christ \
mas in doors was all sorts Of a Christmas The coal /
fires glowed, and the cake and wine crumbled and
sparkled, in many happy family parlor, followed !
in good time by smoking tables and smells Of turkey;
with the foaming egg-nog, and the dance and the
paror game, and the other hilarities Of the friendly
reunion or the happy home circle, the appropriate
obsrvances of day consecrated to friendship, love-
and merrymaking.
We may be pardoned for abiding to the manner in
which US of the Crescent celebrated portion of the
day. in the Crescent Office At the nstigation Of the
proprietor5 there were more delicate and delicious
things to eat and drink piled along on string Of
editorial tables, than, dare say, ever before dis
turbed the gravity OF an editorial in this city.
Proprietors, editors, reporters, book-keepers and
clerks, and the whole typographical force of the
Office assembled at noon and, fraternizing, became
the members of large and thriving newspaper family
like that the Crescent, did the amplest Justice to
the OCCASION all round each man doing his do at the
table, and saying his say.
But for the charge of egotism which might be
brought against the Office the writer would like to
record some Of the many good things in the way Of
toast and speech, that gotten off by typos,
with the technical play upon words for which typos
are famous the remarks that made in turn, by
the proprietors sagacious "talk change; our
indefatgable Scissors = pungent paragraph
| man our weatherdefying +" marine intelligence Y
our faithful iron chest Or minister ofthe exchequer
and dispenser of the sponducks; and the several
invited guests who were present. But for the modesty
of the Crescent these things about itself would be
given in ertenso and this local" who writes feel
ing it to be something in his line finds it hard to re-
strain himself from going ahead with a column
7 on the subject, anyhow. The blowout was one Of
the first class and served sodify still more the good
feeling which cements together the numerous gentle
men who conspire to get out Daily Crescent every
e morning.
Of one thing we will speak particularly and that
/, is, the superb manner in which the collation. was
if served up by Messrs Rhodes Moulin, of Moreau's
Canal street. The spread being ordered for the Ores
4 cent the ellied dishes were nIaid with starsand
stripes crsents and other devices indicative of the
name and feelings of the Crescent whilst the center
piece, large pyramid, and temple of liberty, made
\ of nuga, was surmounted by a glowing crescent
which was hardly less sweet to behold than it woulC
b. have been sweet to the palate, had any one beer
is cannibal enough to eat it, But of this Wehave per
u haps said enough.
u Though the weather in the evening was the wors
If of the whole day. the theaters were handsomely pat
er ronzed at night There were large crowds of peop
y who would turn out and seek merrment at the thea
e. tiers, anyhow. The proportion of ladies', however
Id was small
Late at night there were more drunken men abou
town than would have loaded several steamboats,.
good share of Them were secured by the police, an
ne will go through court ordeals this morning
nc The rain and mud were all that interered wit
rs Christmas There were no startling events of til
nc usual kind, sought by our reportoral pen.
WHAT TURNOUT of ladies and children viii ther
~ be- the first bright day! The miserable weather
Christmas, which cheated them out of their shoppin
and sightseeing rounds, will not and cannot be TO
W
a hone to-day will be dry and bright lust for the esp
he il a5 o,1,si,,o accommodates If tb s,irou -,
S'At alu VI VIC "'Aet "n
an lehderef parts Oh cfeaeioh
~ THE= COURTS all kent Christmas. consequently W
* to,o ~, oo,rt rororts 70 FF,r 10 , vostor3, a.
all haFe ~ '0ut tep0i'9 ~ 04ls. to'u"'' iu"y VI
to Recorders oil some oil the dstrlcs went TO the loci
mt ups aud relieved them from their plethora of Chris
49, nas drunkards Recorder Adams had nohodv tn r
iaaao rto,o ,,, ~ J., ,r,st ~ 49, 7-o.;,4;o,
ie'NSe IneiT .'a' my "n u 1uy
gu the Garden Dstrlct during the Whoie oil CHRISTINE
rds day and night.
not
all VERY SERIOUS VERDICT was rendered by Cor
ud ner Daunoy on Saturday in the case of the sa'
of woman Eudorl, belonging to Mr. Vean who died {
will ntr.1, ipt a. E;l, r,or,iro, i, ia Love 20,
will hnu,supy sps VI tlu'y ~ 'tiT e"V' S'
and OF MI H. W. Long, on GraVlef street, Inc lnqne
len was begun on Friday but not completed. The boz
rye was carefully examined by the CITY Physicians D
Use, rabo,n and DaIory who oava Il os tber mini,
"l"D"s,l 49,
THAT death resulted rom the lmnediate ehects OIL
no, severe and most unmercfnl Whipping.h The viii
rat ming apneared to have been inflicted by Mr. John
for Hatcher Of the slave ward The testimony ovnn W
ery ii"soo'' VI Wv ''' ~ e'''N "
> to as follows
5 Of DR.. Graham,-About O'Clock Friday morn
asa Mr.. John Hatcher called at my house. He asked
rom to come and see a negro girl who had gone to b
ad well the previous night, but who had died early til
morning. Mr.. H. insisted upon my going with hi
n dow tnl cd nhO tha par