New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-01
snndar-HoN the nav Passed.


The life Of the busy city commences at an early
hour Sunday morning. Or, perhaps, it ought rather
to be said that it keeps on as unfinished business
from the evening previous, with certain class
Saturday night, with good many, being the
period of rest, which is succeeded by no carking
cares of the morrow, the night is celebrated in a
ldiSser alter manner which is hardly countenanced
by the grave instructions which we hear the next
day.
This class continues on through the small hours
without stop or intermisson-now at the places
of amusements, now playing billiards, now at the
dance houses, or still more disreputable places of
resort; or quaffingt in an indefinite, undeter-
mined sort Of way, first at one place and then an
other. But it is what we shall eat, rather than
what we shall drink that awakens the slumbering
world, and starts them off with basket upon arm,
and if YOU would see in what direction the crowd
gravitates, your inquiries would soon be answer
ed by finding yourself at one Of the markets.
The one known as the French Market would prob
ably offer most attraction-frst, because of the
traditions of its black coffee, cup of which you
will want to drink secondly, because prices are
there said to be cheaper; thirdly, because there
is more notified stream of life, composed as it
is, of so many different races and elements But
when your basket is filled with meats and vege-
tables-with the daily bread for which you, per-
haps have prayed for at early mass, as you
passed the Cathedral-there follows period that
is something like rest, and for several hours there
is nothing to Go but read the daily papers or the
bible, as your conscience or inclination may sug
: gest.
After the pavements (and sometimes the bes
suit of the passer-by) are spashed with water O
scrubbed with brick-dust, and the neWSboys hav'
: ceased crying their literary wares, and you hav
been shaved at the barbers, and have taken you
letters from the postofce, there is but little to
but go to church, and if you will take our advice
l. you will go every time.) Mamma and the childre
n have already been arraying themselves in thei
l. best bib and tucker; the old gentleman, your gov
:, ernor, has for the time being closed his edgers
a and is setting you a good example, which we re
d gret to see you sometimes forget to follow. Bat
after the churches have disgorged their pious an
" prettiy dressed congregations, the dull part G
the day commences, and it is astonishing how FEY
r people are now to be seen in the streets
,e The dullest part of the week is undoubtedl
Il that which follows the expiration of th
" church service; the cars come and retur
empty, the streets are no longer nois
of with drays, and the banquettes look hot and sol
OF tary. The world retres to sit under its vir
at and fig tree in shirt sleeves, or goWnike negge
n or to eat dinner at the restaurants or the lakes.
n, you have no household gods to worship or co
ce science to look after, you are in q bad way uu
of the cool of the evening, and are likely so suhe
We don't know that we can suggest anything bt
ng ter than for you to hunt up the back numbers
at the CRESCENT, and that you read them over
ok second time. About four or five the crowd aga
oe- get their clothes on and either sit around
ed open doors. or more towards the extremites
he town If you live in the lower part of the ci
you are apt to gravitate towards Prytania a
OF jackson, and if in that neghboSh0od your dom
ac happens TO be- you will likely as not find yours
ing at the foot of Esplanade.
& The crowd which has been ehbing aad flow
ard congregates at one point and then at another
TO divides into minute streams. littla after Dis
he they concentrate on st. Charles street, DIR.
ZEN thither by the band at the Academy
concourse that is gathered together is iInme
lge The people stand or sit down where opportu
1ail offers in those reserved boxes, the doOr-sills
by pertaining to the Masonic Hah There is no o
e OF place to go to; it is one Of the cheap pleas
lica. which can be bought without money
ding without price, and you are rather sur
used ed at discovering how much more
of music almost every one is than you had
7een agined. More than one, whom you had tho
rail- too busy ever to dream of anything but do
'ties and cents, pause for moment and yield to
olson seductive influence but for most of the thrOr
Mont is cheap pleasure-there is nothing else t
run 1t is one Of the few transitory moments ofple
when the everyday world can forget the l
arrest they have, for little While, shaken of, and