New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-12
NEW oRLEANs AcApemY oE scIENcEs.

NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF SClEHCEo.
Tire regular meeting of this institution wa4 held
last erening at their lcsture rom in the UnlVe3ty
buildings, on Common street. A large and apgre-
ciative audience was in attendance.
DR.. Cartwright delivered lecture replete with
facts and arguments, sustaining the theory, pre-
vously announced by him, that either the white
man; or the serpent (ths incarnation OF SATAN
must govern the negro race; The learned lecturer
elaborately referred to the writings Of both proiane
and sacred historians as viadica,ing the positions
that be had in previous lec:1re oceaped and still
held.
The lecturer commented n.cst forc3oly upon the
efforts that had been made te assail his position
It is nat possible that we shoUll do ustice to his
erudite and eloquent remarks in this brief notice.
DR.. Barns replied at length, contest5Dg the posi-
tons assumed by DR.. Cartwright!
On motion, it was ordered thai DR.. Cartwright s
lecture be published and that committee be ap-
pointed by the chair to investigate the facts in
volved in the controversy. TIE Academy, on
motion, then adjourned.
THE CRESCENT RIFLES
Capt. GLADDEN. and his gallant and elegant COM
pany, the Crescent Rifles, were ont last night on a
serenadng tour blast Of music5 at the mid hour
| of night, acquainted with this fact The COM
pany honored the Crescent office with as fine and
acceptable military serenade ever said office
! had the pleasure of enjoying.
We have a great many namesaEes in the Ceres
cent? way. There's the celestial Crescent, which
began before Adam, and has bcen honored and
adopted as. an emblem and ornament by mankind
in all ages Of the world. Here's the bend in the
great river, which has given to this city the name
of the "Crosaent City" And from the city's PEI
name there are more "Crescent' Institutions thar
we we'll count.
The Crescent Mutual Insurance Office has both
cred zone OF US not little, by reason OF its being
our uis,a-0i3 on Camp street. and BY the very an
tedeluviaI surname which is Cor Was) claimed by
gentleman in each institution.
As to the other "Crescents,' ," shere have been
and still are, Crescent Dry Docks, Crescent Rows
Crescent Restaurants Crescent Redneries, Crescen
Lodges of different Orders, and Crescent Clubs o
many kinds Crescent Fire Company Crescen
Beer Gardens, Crescent stalls in the markets
Crescent this, Crescent that, and Crescent every
thing, to make long story short
This Crescent, the only Crescent newspaper
takes snch pride in its name, that it cannot affor
to acknowledge kin with aD its namesakes abov
enumerated. 1t recognizes many of them as hor
oratle and worthy of their name; but to none {
them does 1t claim any particular relaIlouslp. W
say this, the better to give force to this uteranct
that there is one Crescent concern of later namin
than our paper, with which we have the warmes
ties of knship-and that is the military inst;tutio
whose title heads this article,
May the Crescent Rifles" prosper, in peace c
! in war--should the latter come-and as they al
Gladden-ed upon their brave and chvalr:e journe.
may they in like manner gladden. the State and cit
+ of which they are among the choicest represents