New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-17

hevies Of matrons and maids that softened and re-
| fined the grand masculine rush, and betrayed the
| secret inclnations of their souls by gazing upon
the shadowy reflection Of their pretty faces, not
in mirrors, but in huge panes of glass, lined with
the newest fall dry goods notions instead of quick
silver, (they carrying the latter articles in their
portemonnaies, or rather silver which goes quick
| though it may not be quicksilver in technical
sense these and other bright and pleasant scenes
4 of street life were never more stirring in their
Kaleidoscope beauty and variety than on yester-
day.
/ In short, yesterday was one of those rare and
| perfectly beautiful days which not only gladdens
and perfumes the fields and gardens at this season
of the year, but brings out and brghtens all of hu
manity that is busy gay and lovely. in great and
prosperous Southern metropolis like this.
| BELL AND EVERETT MEETINGS LAST NIGHT.-The
| Bell and Everett men of "Melpomenia u had a
rousing meeting last night beneath the arch of the
Dryades Market; the standing place of the multi
tude being the planks which covered and still
| cover the Melpomenian Canal which, in muddy
| and watery way, bifurcates Melpomene street.
1t was the meeting Of the " Bell Rangers" of the
First Ward. The neighboring clubs assembled in
strong force. The " Crittenden Guards'' and the
| Minute Memo COZ were on hand in strong force,
the crevices and chinks being filled up by the pop
ulation of that quarter, old and young, male and
| female
| Col. White of Jefferson City, Dr.. Read, the lion
| of the new Bell and Everett orators, Mr.. B. F.
Jonas, Mr.. Blocker and Col. Field, all addressed
| the meeting; so great was the appetite for the
spoken news to the condition Of national politics
and the prospects of preserving the ship of state
l
tosses, with cross-seas and breakers on all sides.
| 1t was large, patriotic and enthusiastic meet
ing, doing high credit to the vicinity Of Dryades
Market.
| CONSTITUTION CLUB-This Club had great
meeting last night at the Orleans Ballroom. Two
| splendid k-and-satin banners, from ladies in two
| different parts of the city were presented at the
club room by gentlemen proxies, and received by
| the more talented and eloquent members of the
| club.
| We will not mention names either of the lady
donors or of the oratorical gentlemen who received
the charming presents for the club; for the spirit
| of delicate galantry which surrounded the whole
| pleasant proceeding, caused different friends of
ours, good and true, and true blue in the right
cause, to request that we should mention no
names. W
new clubs and other interesting things which will
be visible tonight.
SERVED THEM RIGHT.-on Monday evening, as
two Well-known and respectable citizens Of the
/ Second Ward, Bell and Everett men, were quietly
! passing along Triton Walk, upper side, between
| Hercules and Dryades streets, two men seated in
front ofa doggery (ofbad fame thereabout) jumped
up and hurrahed for Lincoln, and of them
| thrust himself roughly between the two, and in a
/ jeerng way tried to rub his nose against the
of one of the gentlemen thus rudely interfered
with. The latter, believing their assailants to be
drunk, and not worthy the notice of gentlemen,
showed the head man off, and went on without say
| ing anything.
But before they had gone many steps, the ofen-
| sve fellow ran after them, jumped in their front
again and shouted out another hurrah for Lincoln.
| One of the gentlemen wanted to know why they
could not pass along quietly without being thus
assailed, and asked the man whether he was drunk
or whether he was sober enough to know that he
was interfering with and very seriously insulting
gentlemen who had offered no oiIense and who
wished no trouble. He answered that he was
Lincoln man, knew what he was about and intended
an insult.
Upon this. one of the gentlemen knocked him
other rowdies around the doggery ran up, shout.
ing for Linc6ni and piled in upon the two gentle
men. There was grand rough and tumble the
gentlemen had no weapons; they struggled, used
their fists as well as possible but were overcome
by superior numbers and considerably beaten and
bruised. They got away from their assailants as
soon as they could; but instead of going on to
Odd Fellows Hall, went back to the New Basin
| bod nf
ons and led the crowd to the doggery where they
had been SO wantonly waylad and beaten. TIL,
gentleman who had been first stopped and So
grossly insulted, entered the grocery first with
drawn dagger in his hand, and. recognizing the tw
rufians who had waylaid him and his FRIEND seize
them by their collars and introduced them to hi
friends.
The scene which followed was that of lot o
yagabonds getting the worst fsticutfing and boot
ing that ever a similar crowd received in New Or
leans. The grocery and its vicinity were cleare
in minute or two, without the use of any dangeY
GUS weapon, or any damage TO property; but til
believed that some of the yagabonds still quit
} sore, in different parts Of their bodies
! The keeper of the doggery was yesterday morn
ing visited by one of the gentlemen waylaid, an
} notified not to allow vagabonds to stay aroun
there who felt like insulting or assauting gentle
men when quietly passing by and it is quit
likely that the dog of the doggery will respect thi
notification.
Il is not to be supposed that the vagabonds wel
actually Lincoln men, though they harrahed tia
way. They were members of the lessest strasnl
Of society; men unsought by the Bol party, East
cited by the Douglas party, and Gllbought by til
Breckenridge party; vagabonds TOO loathsone Il
: recognition by the decent of any party; eol
a seienceless yagrants, despsed ~ ALL and adoptin
the cry of Lincoln probably as a provocative
], assault, that their superior number in the Oar
t might give them the advantage over ansnspeetin
+ and unprepared gentleme2, in the prosecution c
3 their actual design picking and plundel
THE FAMILY TRAGasY.-- Tho youth Richar
Swan, who, as we yesterday mentioned, the eve
ming before killed his stepfather, 7. W. Wilson, a
theirresidenee on I1aerpe, was yesterday arraigne
h before Recorder Emerson. and sent to prison
await the aetie,n of the Coroner. After killing tn
old man, SWIM did not attempt to escape but wer
into the str ee and gave himself up to the first off
:. Ger he N ct.
The widow of the deceased (and mother of th
accps sed) and one of her younger sons, were th
: or.iy witnesses examined before the Coroner ye