New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-09

Public Libraries, Institutions and Societies m the
United States and the British Provinces of North
America" which contains mass Of information I
upon the subject Of the literary taste and iutellec-
tual development Of this country, that win nrove I
interesting and valuable to many people. One MI
its most noticeable features are statistical tables Of
the public libraries in the United States. Y,ortian
of which we transcribe for the edification Of the
readers Of the Crescent
According to Mr.. Rhees, the following ID
!. General Summary of Libraries in the United
States in the year 1859:
Libraries with volumes reported. 1877 4xnas
:. :. with volumes estimated. LES 10000
saada Mayhem ssha sieols s sSssS
Grand aggregate. 1000. 5o,s9e i57s1sso
The number of volumes In the Public Libraries
are distributed among the different States of the
Union as follows:
A Adams. S;s ss Nsw yxsrssy g 70
California North cs1oin.
Connecticut 1868 Ohio 2I2s42
ssas
HSsss s ss T snsa Ssseaa i Ss
ssSs ssss x xsassa ssss
District y columbia assss
assisaa New sssFs ssaiso SO
aaasssss sss s%F Washington
New Hampshire. sa9i5 Total. sos6s
Mr. Rhees book also furnishes the following
statement Of the number Of volumes in public libra
ries in the principal cities in the Union:
f Fsz q ss. ass1.
Boston 1922 Chicago a5s7s
d Ssansss ssss f EsH Gisaas z ss
The subjoined list is given as comparative show
ing Of the principal libraries in our county
Asss assi.S NV s sss asss s
Union Theological. 5sGSo
Ahsnsun Boston 300
Harvard University crmbridse S
Yale College New Haven odd
Assdsny Sstasi sssaess
University Il virginia. Charlottesville " oe0
Gsorgetos9S Coegs Seo,qgasewn D
smithsonian Institute, $500
The State Libraries reported ii, the volume ara
pslaysrs Bossr s9O S New Hanpshire consard
ssss 5 iHssis 1sssS
ndlsns aa,.'s @
iowa Dee I.,us
Baton Rouse CaroiIns
Msni ausas Teaa
Massachusetts Boston Vermont Montpelier . 7lOl3
Mn nassa st. Paul. Wiseonsn aason @
As creditabe as this showing is to the intellec-
tuaI development of the people of the United
States, we must remind the reader that the number
of public libraries in our land furnish but imper-
feet for Judging Of the literary culture of our
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:, "a the morning alluded to the how arose Il
7ss esS tour, lighted his lamp and attaching Il Z
nus nat Or cap IN front tas i the cussen of miner
Z I - convenient arrangement, by the WayA Al,
preached key, which stood in the room. an
which was at the time about half filed wit
powder, for the purpose of taking therefrom
supply OF powder for the mining operations Of Thu
day. As he advanced that way he was admonshe,
BY his mother not to go too near, lest by SOM
means spark from his lamp might fall into TIL
powder and cause an explosion; but ere she has
more than warned him, the much dreaded result
folloWed--a spark from the lamp communicated
with the powder, which exploded with terrific
force and alarming effect E
The boy was blown through two partitions, and
INTO the yard some feet from the house, Strange
to say, at last accounts he still survived though no
hopes Of his recovery are entertained One side
Il OF the house was blown out--the roof blown off,
the ceiling raised, and falling back, alighted on the
bed IN which Mrs. Fritz lay, injfring her to con
siderable extent though it is thought not fatally
In fact, the building was completely demolished
little girl that had been sleeping in the bed with
her mother was found N the yard after the explo-
| sion, almost frantic. 1t can hardly be supposed
that she was blown from the bed into the yard as
she was not injured bodily, and yet the family can
| not account Tor the manner in which she reached
| the place where she was found.
1 % SWAPPING JACKETS. - From any window in
i Beaver street, between Broad and William. one
| can see, almost every hour Of the day, trucks
| laded with bales of cotton,
1 tE Ever moving with slow unrest Es=5 e
From west to east, and from east to westtt a h
To the uninitiated observer the scene presents a
curious aspect. As each truck carries lust four
bales, and as for every truck coming east there Is
one going west; as one truck so laden appears the
| counterpart of every other; as between any two
given truckmen there is observable difference
the typos first impression is that these trucknen
are set Of merry gentlemen of independent means,
who in order to kill time thus disguise themselves
and cart the same bales of cotton continually back
| and forth, along the narrow thoroughfare. The
second impression is that the dealers in cotton are
forced, in penance for some fearful crime to re-
move all of the staple which is stored on the HuSl
son river side to the East river sde and vice versa
every day of their lives; that this must be what is
denominated the movement i'm cotton.n Last of
all, one arrives at the right conclusion, viz: that
| this movement is owing to q lot of fellows known
as spectators, whose entire lives are spent in
| an employment very like the one last mentioned
but who unfortunately for the world at large, are
allowed to receive pay for their useless exchanges
taking heavy toll out of the pockets of that I'M
fortunate class-the consumers. Luckily, however
the latter won't always submit to It, AT such
ts,ses the middle men anuse themselves by swap
ping jackets, one-half paying to-day the expenses
of the spert and the other half standing the loss
tomorrow. New York Tribune.
In one Of our courts lately, man who was
called on to appear as witness could not be
found. On the Judge asking where he was, a
grave, elderly, gentleman rose up, and, with much
emphasis said:
.Your honor, he's gone.'
Gone gone" said the Judge, .'where is he
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