New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-14

NUMBER 7.
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vARIABLE WEATHER prevails ut present, with an
cverproporton Of moisture. Saturday was essen
TALLY rainy, and wretched for outdoor comfort Yes.
terdsy there were few small intervals Of sunshine,
and few small dsshes Of rain, with brisk breeze
| In the evening, and an atmosphere inclined TO sui
tripess.
| THE OLD CITIZENS drop Oh from our midst, not
like autumn leaves together, but in slow and never
ending succession. Quietly and mournfully they co.
after another their earthly missions fuded their
minds composed for the visit to the unknown land,
and their souls cheered with the hope which inevita
bly, guilds the sunset Of welspent life. Wide cir.
cles of descendants and relatives shed the parting
tear and don the sobre robes Of mourning Of
friends join the solemn march to the grave-and in
the death of the old man. all awake to consciousness
of the imperceptible but ebb Of time into eter
nifty, and Of their impotency in staying their
ward drift to the same inevitable goal.
sJudge George strawbridge was followed to the
grave Saturday he was ripe in years, being aged
A. and left name high among the golden ones in
our cty's annals
Yesterday, Mr.. Ducoing, Of the Third District, bade
good bye to earth. He very old, and left behind
him the two best of all evidences Of good citizenship
the record Of his services soldier in the citys
defense against foreign invasion, and family Of fne'
manly SONS. he was commander Of . piece Of ar
tery at the Battle Of Chalmette, and was conspieu
Gus among the heroes Of that memorable occasion.
u The DAILY PROGRAMME " suspended yesterday,
with neat valedictory to the public and its big
brothers Of the press Cause, not want OF patronage,
or it charged anything) but the departure Of
the circus, which the whole editorial staff have to
\ accompany. McCreary, the head quill, takes with
him our best wishes. The town will miss the Pro-
gramme, and st. Charles street will miss him. We
shall expect to hear of perpatetic and aquatic Pro
9 gramme once in while, as the Great Circus wends
its way by river or land. By the way, we may add,
b as piece of information, that Messrs Spalding
Rogers contemplate fitting out great circus expedi-
ton at st. Louis, to proceed overland through Mis-
l. souri, and on to the Pixies Peak gold country. "A
lodge in that vast wilderness is something ahead
r of ordinary circus enterprises
l. An Ir1sBRANT ExHoRTER dressed in full suit Of
Kentucky jeans, made his appearance in Lafayette
Square yesterday evening" and with bible and prayer
book in hand went through the devotional exercises
of the Methodist religion with zeal and earnestness
that would have done credit to any pulpit large
and rather noisy audience attracted to ths
it spot some OF whom seemed inclined to jeer at him
but the presence of Capt Dan Busby, and his devon
ID attention and venerable appearance, kept the crow
in order After hymn, prayer and short exhorta
ton the preacher blessed the crowd and left. He
evidently new arrival, and talks to the point.
A FIRE started accidentally in the Sixth Distric
Court on Saturday morning. negro was searching
RE with candle for leak in one of the gas-pipes
Del which made itself known to all healthy noses whe
IN the candle coming suddenly in contact with tn
re stream of escaping gas ignited. terrific blaz
was the consequence but it was put out before tn
he aid of the fremen was necessary.
w. FIRE started last evening in the tailoring estat
lishment of Mr. Arnold Weber, in the Arcade bult
ngs at the corner Of Magazine and Natchez street
1t was an incendiary attempts the store being close
es at the time no means Of an accidental fire. and IL
e flames having been communicated to mattress on
m mlnis counter. The fremen were there in an ncredb
'uu short space of time and quenched the flames befo
p's they did much DAMAGE the water thrown, howevt
" did considerable damage. There appears to be tx
wv incendiary design against the Arcade. Only tV
'pe nights BEFORE an attempt made to fire Mr. Ca
:. mans auction office, in the same buildings. tt
second attempt would seem to dictate the necessi
of close watch being kept around there hereaft'
s ,.ts A GENTLEMAN of our acquaintance who owns
IdSt anu IhuCy ttdIu " as tsth4ub 0HluS uoWA
Tho shell road the other evening, when another fast
,hts fancy team clipping up behind, the ribbons
,ro the hands of very handsome dapperlooking dan
Of boy, whose peculiar style of shouting G'long
NV, "Get up!" "Hiyah!" ETC.. proved him to be
wv fancy female in disguise. Our friend had mott
~. of being passed by such roadster, and quietly
quested his animal to clap on more steam. The a
, NAL obeyed, and there race, as there has be
on that road a Thousand times before. The Amaz
kept cracking her whip and shouting at her ate
-day till she up with friend, aud was about
Vest pass him. Our friend having the lead, With no int
ton of being passed. forgot to give roadway, and
ance consequence was collision and smash. Our ren
In buggy was smashed and upset, and himself sent
who ing over toward the canal The accident freeing
uiet animal from the ruined buggy the said animal CT
she tnued the race down the road, and soon ont
tents sight, after the yelling and screaming Amazon
atis We will not do friend any injustice in menti
in ing the fact that he lost his temper little. So
that friends who along in another team picked
The up, took him down to Dan Hickok's, helped him
the cover his horse and were getting him into to'
ce OF bly, good humor again, over fish, Lemonade etc., VI
de- all at once he discovered that ne mad ost MS wal
ands. a valuable concern with heavy chaln anu Jew
Irt at worth $500. He Immediately expressed MS DC
aould that the little Amazon had robbed him during
collision, and she being there, or at a house ac
the canal, he was for seizing her and searching
oeen on the spot
i ap- This would have created fancy dance ha
redg hoon ottemntea the little Amazon having nlent
ng Of aaur;no oa,lonts around her Our friends fri
ucn persuaded him not to act rashly, but to search
Jus road for the watch before accusing the female of
poht, berry. lot of candles and matches were proc,
aseo of Dan Hckok and the party returned to where
u inc smashed buggy lay, and at that point CONNER
the tho se.rcb growing along with their candles in
Ahe ROAD.
gen. A mile this side. the watch was found tic]
$ soo away unhurt, and not jewel gone. The owner
aes. SO well pleased at recovering his ticker, that he
ater not mourn his buggy, though it was sufcie
give mournul sight as came crippled into town, in
menus of one of the other buggies. ~
wnicn Our friend thinks he had quite frolic B
he takes another race down the shells with SCI
ertse ing female in boys clothes, he intends to secu