New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-20
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OF nectar, into which all the population plunged,
and disported gaily. Everything was pleasant and
beautiful, everywhere. The ladies were ont In great
numbers, and so were the peach-blossoms the lat
ter for the first Sunday this The grass in the
fields and parfss and the little baby leaves on the
lately eafless trees, stood erect in their spring
dress of dazzling virgin green, and wed sweetly
with the dazzle OF the sylphs and shanghais who
filed each street and square with the food Of their
peripatetic beauty. To quit as we began, yester-
day was most lovely day.
JoHs GOT AFALENTINE!-Yes he did! We mean
our former reportoriaI confrere of the Bee, and
present member Of the Legislature, John J. Lane.
He received it on st. Valentines day. It's boy,
and is doing well. Oh, John!
The POLICE AND FIRE ALARA TELEdrAPH.-The
wires now spread in all directions from the City
Hail. and are still steadily spinning their slender
lengths all parts of the city The telegraphic
| apparatus will soon be put to work in the City
! Hall, which is the center Of the system and
the police; and two of the machines are in the
Office of the Chief of Police, where the special Off
cera are taking daily lessons in the use of them
| We hear that it is in contemplation to have the
whole arrangement ready by the Fourth Of March,
the day of the fremen's annual parade /; and that
ire-bells all over the city are to be rung stimuli
taneously by telegraph, and that cannon stationed
in Washington, Jackson, Lafayette and Clay
Squares, are to be fired at the same time by tele-
graphic word of command from the City Hall. The
idea is fine one but we are not sure that it will be
| carried out.
| SOUTHERN LITERARY SocrErY.--The eleventh an
nyersary of this unobtrusive association was cele-
brated with appropriate exercises in the lecture
room of Odd Fellows Hall, on Saturday evening.
A large and select assemblage of ladies and gem
tiemen were present, and seemed to enjoy the &C.
| casion highly.
Mr. J. ]. Gidiere, the Critic Of the Society, read
very entertaining paper upon critics in general,
and the history of criticism from the earliest ages
to the present time. Next came the Annual Ad-
dress, by Mr.. H. r. Requier, on the subject Of
" Civilization" 1t was production which re-
Elected much credit on the society. Mr.. Requer is
fine eocutionist, and we regretted to see him
confine himself SO closely to the manuscript; for
had he spoken instead of reading, his speech would
have had much greater effect. However, his
reading was eloquent, and such as one does not
hear every day.
Mr.. NJ. f. Bigney was the Poet of the occasion,
and read humorous production, the title of which
we did not catch. The Essayist, Mr. J. NJ. Girls.
ham, kept the audience in state of hiliarity for
some fifteen minutes. We are not aware that his
production had any title. 1t ranged from heaven
to earth, from earth to heaven and gave broad fun
local habitaton and name. The " Oracle OIL
g Baalam Box Z Of the society contained three pro
auctions, which were read by Mr.. J. B. Durand
The longest of these articles evidently written by
Mr.. Durand himself, entitled :" An Evening Talk
; About Wonders and Mysteries closed with 4
poem, Over the Leaf which was read with eff
feet, and was received by the audience with mos
undisguised appreciation.
The debate on the question, whether an inter
national copyright law should be established, wa.
opened by MIR. r. Cline, on the affirmative, in
speech of fifteen minutes, and on the negative b,
Mr.. Charles Outlet, who made most admirabl,
speech. AT this point the brass band and drum .
the Sons Of Louisiana ball struck up in the othe
room and interrupted the proceedings, as the De
mostheneses of the Society did not feel dispose,
to deliver their speeches to sea Of music.
at 10 o'clock the Association adjourned to con
: tinue the debate at their next weekly meeting
i Altogether they had a pleasant time of it, an
have reason TO congratulate themselves.
HI WAS Bound no HAVE IT.-A splendid siye
:, fire trumpet was ratified off on Saturday night, q
: threw 50; but man who had FIVE chances tire,
= 40, and took the horn. The winner immediatel
made it present to Gus, to carry on the 4th G
March fremen's parade-he being foreman G
: jackson Fire Company, No. Is. Gus accepted til
horn with the happiest of smiles, and then a
+ hands smiled and took horns, several times Of TIL
: champagne kind. We may add that the gentlema
who won the silver horn and then presented it t
Y abarI Mr. ID, u;
9 pilot. Having steam whistle on his boat, he ha
II no use for fremans trumpet, SO he passed sal
trumpet, valuable as it was, over to Gus Richards
who will have many chance of putting it to pra,
u teal use.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE Too CAREFUL.-As TIL
- reporter was going home one night lately, it haI
: pened that he had to walk some distance behind
gentleman who happened to be walking just i
:, front of him. AT last the gentleman stopped
. turned about, took q good look at this reporte
and stopped on the curbstone till he got past.
s We took no offense at this, because we locke
upon it as an act of common discretion, which "
had ourself observed many time. At night, \
man should hear man or party of men walkin
behind him. for any distance, without hating to
2 him or them pass, or else crossing the street
81 taking other direction. Three-fourths of Il
re highway robberies this winter have been perp
N trated by couples or trios Of men who walked +
~ some distance behind the unsuspecting vct
" who fancied he was only accidentally ahead
them. And not only at night is this sort of cauti
rs valuable. We have lately published q number
IL instances of ladies in crowds, at auctions in ON
ie- buses, etc., who have had snatched from them
ay porte-monnaies which, in obedience to fool
". fashion, they will insist upon carrying in TIL
=, hands, or slung fancifully to their wrists. I
we town is full Of thieves, pickpockets and robbie
ny of the most genteel and daring description; a
all persons should have their eyes all about the
ng wherever they go.
na With this humble but wholesome advice we "
1T offer weighty illustration. We copy from one
yesterdays papers:
A gentleman living in the Third District, stew
w dore, came up town yesterday, and stopping at o
act of the banks in the Second District, drew SIT
ng upon check, which he placed in his bank boo
and placed the book in his side coat.pocket on Il
pic outside.
pse Having some business to transact up in the cit
to he came up town. and noticed casually that thr
IDS men walked behind him at the various times
aus was out upon the street, but paid attention to
whatever. He finally got into an omnibus for Il
purpose of going down to the Third District, VIII,
de the three men who had been following him hail
at the omnibus and got in also. This ut once eNct
MS his SUSPICION that possibly they might be follow