New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-10
am 33 !. -
gofal gntfIIiqslltf.
TIE WEATHEh-Ye Yesterday was another delight
fully bright and beautiful day.

statue, In Canai street, on the 18th April will cause
great demonstration, from all we can hear, on
the part of the population. The Free Masons have
signified their intention Of turning out, and it is
probable that the Odd Fellows and other organza-
tons, civic and military, will do likewise.
The Monument Association have made every ar
rangement to render the celebration one worthy Of
this city. VIM. Il. Hunt, Esq, has been chosen
for orator Of the day. and Col. ]. G. Seymour,
editor OF the Bulletin, has been chosen for Grand
Marshal.
Ihe beginning of the work on Canal street ar
rests the attention Of crowds daily. The builder
of the pedestal is Mr.. Newton Richards. He is now
laying the foundation within the large circle which
is already laid out and curbed. The style Of the
monument will be this: A tagged footway all
around, six feet wide fight Of five steps all
around, in octagonal shape, ascending to an octa.
gon PEDESTAL; all this, Of neatly trimmed granite.
On the pedestal will be placed the colossal bronze
statue, twelve feet and half high, and facing the
river. The height from the street to the top of the
statue will be about thirty feet. Situated in the
very heart of the city, in the very center of the.
chief intersection, and visible from the river and
the rear, and up ST. Charles street and down Royal
this monument or statue will be noble object,
and among the first to strike the strangers eye
upon entering the city.
THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE THIRD
DrsTRIcT--The Rev. Cornelius Moynehan, rector
Of st. Peters Church, in the Third District, is
bringing the arrangements for the building of his
new church to the practical point. The plan of
the church has been drawn up by Messrs. Howard
d Diettel, the architects, and adopted.
We have taken look at the drawings, and find
that the church will be an elegant and commodious
brick edifce, capable Of seating over 700 people.
1t is to be erected on Craps street. below the rail-
road. 1t will have front of Is feet and depth
Of 12l feet. II will be Of the Romanesque style Of
architecture; most snowy and elegant front,
with small tower at one corner, and large and
tall tower and spire at the other corner; the ex-
tree height, from the earth to the top Of the cross
on the spire being It's feet. Inside, the inishings
viii not be splendid costly but will be neat and
elegant, and well suited to the needs of the con-
gregation.
The Reverend Rector now adyertses to builders
for sealed proposals to do the building of the
church. The drawings and specifications are to
be seen at Messrs. Howard d DietteIs office on
Commercial Place. We refer builders to the ad-
vertisement, in another part Of this paper.
CANAL STREET-This thoroughfare is decidedly
spectacle just now. The alteration of the street
repaying it, narrowing the neutral ground, and
widening the banquettes, is in itself an immense
work, which gives the street the appearance Of
being knocked into pi. Besides this, there are
the alterations of awnings, the finishing of splendid
new buildings, the rebuilding of Hyde 4 Good
rich's, preparations for other new buildings, and
a Nav oil roiup abaad d,yitb \,
50 much improvement was never before seen in
progress at once on one street in New Orleans
and probably will not again be seen, at least in
this century
The stoppage Of the crossing from st. Charles
to Royal sets the yehcular tide into Ghartres and
Camp, and the tearing up Of street and banquette
compels the pedestrian tlrong to take all sorts OF
zigzag ways, and to walk planks, spring over mud
holes, climb over dirtheaps, and TO look out for
their skirts and patent feathers in all sorts of ways
The people can't do without Canal street, you
| know; especially in pleasant weather What q
street it will be when finished!
Last evening, glut Of vehicles occurred at the
crossing from Camp to Ghartres, and it was the
largest gut or blockade we ever saw in this city
From Camp street all the way down to Ghartres
and Bienyille, the street was dense mass of omn
busses, carriages, cabs, drays, carts, big trucks
| and wagons of every descriptions and Custom.
house, for square on each side, was blocked up
the same way all owing to the vehicles of several
streets seeking the same crossing. As much as
five SQUARES of the open streets was thus ehoked
up by one gut. On the lower side Of Canal street
| foot.passengers could not cross for the vehicles
| and 50 they stopped and waited until the corners
| were perfectly choked up with them. These block
ades are Of daily occurrence and must continue to
occur until the streets get their full rig of square
| granite blocks.
THE KIhL1su OF THE SLAVE WILsoS.-Coronei
Beach Yesterday held his inquest into the death o
the slave Wilson, belonging to Mr. Stewart, who
as we yesterday reported, was shot on Tuesday
night, by Charles Cavanac, watchman at the new
| Marine Hospital on Common street.
The case was peculiar, for the Coroner wouli
have had no witness, had not Cavanac, who did thu
shooting, himself voluntarily appear to testify
i His testimony was Just the same as the statemen
| which the day before he Voluntarily made to th'
4 Chief of Police. One of the men whom he hat
/ called TO assist him in capturing the negro, wa
brought M by him and eorrohorated, SO far as h
knew. the statement Of Gayanac. verdict wa
rendered that the negro died by shooting at til,
| hands of Charles Cavanac.
| The verdict necessitating an arrest the Corone
sent Cayanae in charge Of officer to tile Chief o
/ Police. That officer released INN upon his owl
reeognizance, just as he did the day before whei
he came to him; the nature OF the case not justify
| ing extreme measures.
pAupERIsM, Juan Michael Morton, beggar
4 tal,en nm near the Barracks as a. pauper, wa