New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-30
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MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1858.
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decided change in the weather to record. Saturday
night came along, hot and sweltering as usual but
in the night there wasa change. Yesterday morning.
early we aroused by the chilness Of the atmos
phere and for comfort had to close the shutters and
haul up blanket, The coolness thus established, +
continued. Yesterday was one OF the brightest Sab
baths that ever shed happiness over the Crescent I
City yet the breeze, all day long was 50 cool and
refreshing that nobody perspired, or suffered with
prckiy heat and the hard laborers of the soda oun
tans had more rest than they had had any day for
month. The change, however, grateful as it was to
healthy people, was believed to be most prejudcial
to the multitude who were down with yellow fever.
We will not be surprised if the report the Board Of
Health, to-day, shows considerable increase upon
any previous days mortality.
THE FEvER,-The Board Of Health report II as
the number of yellow fever interments throughout
the CITY, for the twenty-four hours ending Friday
noon. For the twentyfour hours ending Saturday
noon there was no report the sections, in the exer
else of the large liberty with which they seem to be
blessed having neglected to send in their usual daily
reports to the Board of Health.
At Charity Hospital, for the twenty.four hours
ending Saturday evening, the yellow fever deaths
numbered I6; and for the twentyfour hours ending
last evening, 49,
ANOTHER CRESCENT PRINTER GoNE.-Last Monday
we had to record the DEATH by yellow fever, of Mr.
Samuel R. Brisbin, an estimabe young man, belong
ing to the corps typogJaphique of the Crescent
office. To-day it is our sad duty to announce the
death Of another of our printers by the same reent-
less destroyer. Mr.. Louis Hyman native of Ger
many, and for the last four years resident OF New
Orleans, took the fever few days since, and
breathed his last yesterday morning. Though
German by BIRTH he was a frstclass French printer,
having served his time in Paris, and was paFticu-
larly valuable man to US, in transatng and putting
up in French the advertisements Of that language
which appear in these columns. He was steady and
industrious, and by bis quiet and gentlemany de.
meanor held high place in the esteem of his fellow
craftsmen and Of oil Others who knew him. He was
26 years of age The Typographical Union paid his
remains the customary honors yesterday afternoon
turning out in force, and eutombing the body in
their marble mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.-T body met on Satur-
day forenoon, for the transaction of some business
which awaited their action, The official report of
the proceedings will be found on the fourth page.
PICTURESQUE FUNERAL.-On Friday, when we Wis
tied the Third District Guard House, we found an
ilSuuldu tLe dLLeuLlOn Ol Vic IOuuBtES
around He was drunk-and in a very lugubrious
mood half laughing aud half crying, was telling how
" that felly yonder" didn't want him to 20 to his
wiles funeral. He was as blOated, and dirty, and
ragged a customer as we had seen for a year. We
looked yonder,' and saw the Street Commissioners
wagon (the hearse OF the friendless aud moneyless
dead) standing nearly square off, down Greatmen
street. in of the driver whilst the horse was in
stable taking his midday feed.
In the wagon was a cheap fimsy coffin, containing
the unwashed, the unaid.out body of poor woman,
who had died Of yellow fever and by that obtained a
blessed relief from life of drudgery, poverty, and
indgence, with worthless drunken husband, Now
that the poor thing was dead and on her way to the
grave, the poor beast who had been her husband
drunk as be was, showed still enough of human feel
ing temper the disgust of the spectators with some
share of pity Some of the crowd told him it was nc
use to follow his wife to the graveyard-that tha
wagon was used only for carrying dead people, and
that the driver had orders not to let any but the
dead ride with him. Come Pat said one, " let's
go over and take drink; your old woman will be
decently buried, and there's no use of your going
along and raising fuss!' But Pat, for that time
was not to be ured by the offer of drink. He contin
ued to complain of the drivers treatment and in hs
ncoherent remarks seemed to want to find out if hC
hadn't the right to ride in the. wagon
Whilst he was talking, the driver brought out hiE
horse, htched him up, mounted his seat, and re
sumed his way down to St. Vincent de Paul Pa
was told of this. He Immediately started in pursuit
but his Shoes great large concerns ragged and torn
looking like old valises with the lids up, mpedeC
him He stopped, ierked them Off and flung then
into the street, disclosing feet almost bare-ther
being strip of dirty sock without toe heel, OF
each foot Free of his shoes, he took the middle o
the street, and ran staggering after the wagon. Il
good time he caught up, and clambered up on th
tail of the wagon. The driver stopped, and quarree
awhile In the distance we could see his violent ges
ticulatons and his threats with his whip but poo
Pat poor drunken Pat, never minded him and SO h
concluded to take him along without further fuss.
And as the wagon disappeared amid the dust dow
Greatmen street, the widowed drunkard could st
be seen hanging kimberly over the tail board of th
wagon, with his head bent down upon the coffin il
side-a sorrowful and at the same time a most dl
gustng spectacle. It was certainly one of the mos
picturesque funerals we ever saw.
GOING DowN.-PeopIe are becoming pretty we
: satisfied that the talk about black tongue had Il
foundation in fact, and the alarm is consequent
going down. A gratifying evidence of this fact ",
apparent in the markets yesterday morning Thel
was good supply of beef on the previously yacate
stalls aud it sold freely at pretty much the same o.
. prices Ii something would only turn up, just nov
J. to bring vegetables up to the usual flush in quant
and down to the usual fgurein price, the hard time
y so far as the markets concerned, would be at
9, end But there's no hope Of that soon. The search
and expensiyeness Of beef were caused by an emp
Il and senseess alarm. For the scarcity and eXpensy
ness of vegetables, however, there has been is al
il will for some time be, perfectly rational cause
T. SuERIFF's SALES The following sales, made
., Saturday by Mr.. Sheriff Parker, show that the val
of real estate is not in the least deprecated by Il
3. dullness aud unheathfuness of the season:
is Steamer Boomer to j. H. Phelps, for s42Ot
s' steamer Reub White, to James Nimmick, for $27O
- vacant lot of ground on Julia street, between Care
T. deIet aud St. Charles First District to John MOrg
Hail. for $240O improved property on Ferdina
street Third District 70 feet by l20, with Citizei
:, Bank stock, to Pierre PoutZ, for $3.50 improy
w. property, No. 3GG Royal street, Second District
feet 5 inches front, by rs aud 13S feet deep,
Miguel Avendano, for 5000; two improved lots, G.
ner of Maine and Nllere streets, Second District |
feet deep on Main by 100 feet deep and front on
Iere, to same, for 1850
,s RACKET.-Y Yesterday afternoon there was the usr
"a rush to the lake and the other spots around
b suburbs where fresh air and general change of
ed were to be enjoyed, We went to the most eXciti
II spot which was of course, the racket ground in
eI Third District. The darkeys were on hand in
F0rna os r,ore tho spnrtatnrs The hitter in fa