New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-29
Sabbath Hour.
- onAaLns DLoNENs.


in many Of its internal regulations to consider How
The indomtable virtue Of its edicts therefore con.
tFastRg themselves occasionally with the weakness of
our mortal nature has obtained for it, from some the
designation Of the City Of Whted Sepulchres. Ineed
not say however, that such persons (who are rather
numerous, nevertheless are by no means taken any
account OF by our citizens but are spoken Of by them
with pity That is not very much akin to love- as The
Goddess, Our city washes her hands Of then-a moral
ablation at once so inexpensive and satisfactory that
it performs it on the slightest prOvocation-and is
pure. 1t was but lately proposed by one Of our
rulers that vessel shall be permitted to start upon
the Sabbath from our city's port and when some
unregenerate member of the council suggested that
that would not prevent the ship arriving upon the
Sabbath day at the ports Of Others be was met with
the characteristic observation Of that is their own
lookout
We do not indeed altogether object think, to see
the wicked misbehaving themselves; II affords Us
pleasant comparison, imparts certain sense OF Sc
curity, and provides iDtammaOe material iot the
fiery elOquenCe OF iagorite preachers, 10 look
| upon onehalf Of our respectable cty-that moety
| which comes principally nnder the observation OF
straugersy0u would imagine IT, and rightly 70 con-
tain nothing bat welttodo Responsible iahaDlaats,
who have each their sitting in this or that select
1 convertible admission to which is commonly only to
be obtained by ticket, and where the doctrines enan
ciated would suggest q somewhat snug arrangement
in future. The poor, the dirty, the lllodgeda the
miserable sinners, in short-are kept IN the other
half OF our respectable city to themselves and out of
sight To cross from one to the other on the Sab.
bath day, is to behold a very remarkable social con
trast In the wicked half the low shops Of the gen
eTal deaers-se low indeed that in some cases their
| whole neighborhood appears underground drive a
roaring trade in the other-the righteous moiety in
| which | have the great privilege OF residing-the
| very blinds in the private houses are drawn down.
| On the second Saturday Of my arrival with my
wife and family at these present lodgings, my land.
lady an elderly maiden lady Of extreme views, whose
stern ascetcism Of course precudes the suspicion Of
dramdrnkng which certain features Of her personal
/ appearance might suggest requested to say few
words to me before the Sabbath Should dawn as any
reference to earthly matters on such day must be
| put out of the question.
az beg your pardon, sir, but do hope that you
will give directions to have your nursery blinds
drawn down tomorrow. The neighbors have com
planned to me of their having been up last Sunday
"Qf whose having been upf | asked in complete
b wilderment
The blinds, sir, replied the lady, folding her
. Is it wrong, then, to let my children have the
Light and air on Sunday which they get IN the week
Y / know nothing about wrong, Sir" remarked the
my ascetic friend, with pious shiyer sine and you
are as different as light and darkness, happily but
it's not the custom in this city to have the blinds
drawn up on the Sabbath day, and it shall net be
done ia my house, assure YOU
With my usual desire to C0ncliate protested that
rather than hurt the religious feelings of the neigh
horhoOd, myself and family were ready to pass Ou
Sundays in the coal cellar
BY the bye Iadded, by way Of turning the con
yersation out Of its personal channel, how can
obtain my letters tomorrow morning, Mrs Macstarch
skim.
Tomorrow morning sir, is the Sabbath
did net wish to enter into the lists Of argumen
with this female theologian, who, in the matter o
quotation was, knew, a textreYoIyer Of the mos
tremendous nature 50 merely repeated my ques
ton.
From ten to eleven, believe she raid, reser
liz fEtaG
of letters upon the Sabbath to such as desec--"
Thank you" said |, interruptng her, "that viii
do, my good woman did not choose to tell he1
that the child, which we had left behind US in tbs
country was so unWe that bulletin was sent to uE
daily and if | had done SO, it would probably moi
have affected Miss Macstarcbskin's views.
The aspect Of the principal street in city, at II
o'clock upon Sunday morning, is that Of place
which the plague has recently depopulated ant
where the houses have gone into mourning for the
late inhabitants. The train Itself has hurried away
as if ashamed of an Erastign railway-the only on
which permits It's wheels to reYoge on the Sabbatl
dayat earliest dawn, by way OF long, dark tunnels
bearing all the wicked people that could be collected
into the unsanctfed fields The very statue OF thu
grim old Duke looks apologize and deprecat0ry, ii
consequence Of being seen mounted upon horseback
In our city upon such d day The pavement ha
scarcely living creature upon its surface except th
cats who are msled by the stiffness to imagine tina
it is quite early yet and see no reason for putting
stop 70 their tlirtRtions. But inside the p0rtic6
Qb LDlS occurring
81 scene which BELTS the pitd0Or Of minor theate
upon Saturday night much more than public OF
/ flee upon Sunday. The time (ane-haf hour1 al
lowed for giving out letters is SO short that even
the goddess we're 50 few as our city delights to repre-
sent them, they would scarcely be all served within
H. Moreover, although the righteous do not CONT
themselves for their letters, and plentifuy anathe
mat2e those who are bold enough to do So they sent
their servants upon that errand in considerable mum
beTs.
Opposite to those grated windows-to the bars OIL
i which those who have obtained good position al
/ first, hold on with wise tenaeity-s an expectan
crowd OF enormous size and of all conditions. The
Stone staircase IN the rear is filled TO such height
| that upon the upper part you can see nothing but
legs which it is the peculiar custom Of our city 10 es
4 hibt in primitive state
la the outer hall, beyond, there is even still more
| numerous thrung, who are only prevented from pour
ing in aud COMPRISING Us into jelly, by the efforts
of several gigantic policemen whose superior eleya
ton is oceasi0ned by their being raised BIZ tie uneeas
/ ing pressure eff their feet.
/ The heat, the smell, the crush is something ncon.
ceiYable On the occasion to which refer mere than
one person tainted One old man in particular Dc
| not say that be should have been there on such an
erand, or that it not an especial Judgment upan
him. but merely state the fact-Was carried ont in
sensible, and as white any conscience in the city
The horrors were rendered q believe pHrpOsey4 the
more plqnant by the reason Of our all being able tC
look in, at one or other Of the windows, upon an
enormous, wellaTed room, where the officials were
engaged in sorting the letters with quiet ease that
| was, under the circumstances, muddening. They
| made no more account Of US, as we heplessy Glib
bered upon them through those iron bars than did
the old Indian senuels Of old who watched the etrO
Cling sufferers in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
There was one bald-headed compIacent official eg
pecially whose venerable ear if could but have Oh
tanned nip Of it, | would have .5...-.. But [ an
sensible that no feeling which was aroused in any
rs on that occasion is subject tit to be here dwell
upon. The epithets flung about on all sides it wa
| easy to understand by the accompanying gestures