The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-06

IuxuTiant. "Hsve running water in our streets"
should be engraved upon the memory of every
councilman, the street commissioner and each of
ais employees.
Cart. B. K, formerly of the United States
and afterwards OF the Confederate navy. who is
now IN New York, has sent q friend of his in the
CRESCENT q copy in pencil of cdricdture OF Gen.
Grant. he general, booted and spurred, Is rep
resented balancing himself a rope over an
abyss, onelend of the rope being fastened to one
Cliff by means Of musket, the bayonet of which
is firmly planted in the ground, whilst the other
end is held by negro standing on the other side,
who grinniDgly exclaims: Whar you be, Massa
Grant If lef' go? Yah! YAH" The general
has the inevitable cigar in mouth and the pratica
beard covering the face. brandishes huge cutlass
in ooe and, whilst holding on to the rope by the
otLer be cries "Il fight it out on this line, etc
We ARE INFORMED by gentleman who came
down the Jackson road on Tuesday evening that q
negro was brought down on the same train, who
had attempted to throw a previous train from the
track near TaDgipahoa, probably for purposes Of
robbery. The would.be perpetrstor Of this inhu-
man outrage bad laid an ir n bar and log across
the track and fastened them there by means OF
slaves driven into the ground. Wecoule not hear
how the attempt was frustrated or how the negro
was caught. At all events he was on the train,
bucked and gagged, and was subsequently deliV
cred TO the authorities.
The ACADEMY OF Music is undergoing ex-
tensive repairs and improvements, and will be
thrown open to the public about the middle Of
next monlh, when a company of negro minstrels
will open the season.
THE WICKED FLEA abounds in the legislative
halls. Thin.skinned people find that to remain
ten minutes inside the building is productive of
two or three hours of subsequent scrAtchy dis
comfort.
TIE THIRD DISTRICT Boys were out in process
sion, few nights ago, with transparences, the
laigest of which bore the inscriptiOn-"N Myers,
but no carpet baggers." Nicer Is the original
Latin word, from which the Italians, Spanisrds
and Portuguese derived their term negro, the
French their negTe, and we our nigger. SO the
boys were uDccnsciously but radically correct in
the spelling on their transparency.
DUTY is as a general thing so hard to discharge
that to ny person who makes the rough paths of
right il any degree smoother, society owes as cor
dial vote ofthsnks as it does to him who alleviates
any Of those temporary and temporal ills of human
ity, which, however apparently infinitely more
grievous, are really but petty ones when compared
TO the grand i'll of doing wrong. This reflection
forcibly brought to our mind last night by our
presence at a chdrens fair held for the benefit
of the Chdrens Home, at the house OF one of
our prominent citizens. The scene was a beauti.
full one. Imagine an assemblage- of laughing,
hsppy maideDs, decked with gay ribbons; Of their
youthful gsllants, whose incipient manhood shows
itself, as it should, in increased devotion to the
fair; Of smiling fond mammas; of papas so
much engrossed with what is going on around
TO forget for q moment cotton and stocks;
of demosees and their cavaliers, all talking,
laughing, jesting, all happily casting dull care
aside. Place these people in garden,lit to day.
lights brilliancy by Chinese Lanterns, many
colored, dancing in the breeze place In one
corner gypsy tent attractive enough In itself,
but made perfectly irresistible by the presence
therein Of such gypsies, and around the garden
tables laden with refreshments and the various
knick knacks which are indispensable to a fair.
Imagine the flash of white dresses through the
foliage, the soft strains of music which mingle
-, Atatr alaes ali
scene has been created SO that little children
may rot lack for bread, either temporal or
spiritual. and you know what thoughts filled our
mind. Would that all well doing were so pleasant
as the attendance at that fair was 10 US. Fewer
would then be the sinners and more the saints.
AEAu NAmED nsrDEKsvE v0vu zrr-s4aa
and confined at the Third District station, charged
with having thrown into the river lad named
Holsen, thirteen years OF age, an act which re-
suited in the death Of the latter IL appears that
the two parties were standing together at the edge
of the wharf and that the former, who Is said to be
an eccentric parsonage and frequently teased by
the juveniles for his peculiarties, threw the boy
overheard in sport, supposing that be would have
no difficulty in swimming ashore. But unfortunate
ly the boys head struck spike projecting from
the woodwork, inficting blow which must have
stunned him and rendered him incapable Of any
effort. His body was not recovered.
sEvEN COILS OF ROPE were stolen on Monday
night from the premises of Blackmore Wool
uTl0ge. NO. lS3 NOmuOu eutct, DJ uuhuOWu
thieves, who effected an entrance by means Of
false keys.
SAM WILSON. the colored man who tried to
shoot land KILL street car during Saturday
| evenings disturbances on Baronne street, has
been put under $500 bonds to preserve ths peace
| (and save the pieces)
A MAN FOUND LYING iu a sick and destitute
condition. near Barracks station, on Tuesday,
died before the officer could procure him medical
attendance or shelter.
A CHIMNEY OF A HOUSE on Sixth street, be.
| tween St. Denis and st. Patrick streets, caught
FIRE on Tuesday night. No great damage done.
| QUERY Does the Camors who runs restaurant
on st. Charles street belong to the family of tha
Csmors about whom popular book was recently
| written?
| A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE is that which hangs IL
the window of Eyrich's Qate Blelock's) book
| store. on Canal street. Ii represents cavalier
| whose face is radiant with a mild serenity anC
| noble courage that might have sat on Sidney
| countenance, holding on bis wrist falcon, wht
ia STOPPING down 10 oaress her masters cheek with
her bill maiden, too beautiful for anything but
picture, is clingiDg TO the gallant, and seemingly
| but wanting an excuse for so doing, in feigneC
fear of the Bird is nesting close to the bosom o
her lover. The expression on both faces, th
cOloriug, the surpas,ing beauty Of each face, TO
| eetbeT form q picture which demands more thai
a single look We commend our friends to pas
by Eyrichs to-day, and ere il is removed, take on
glance at this excellent work OF art.
THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS of the House sprea
themselves yesterday on the resolutions 'agains
intolerance" offered by Faulkner of CAldwel,i
ISABELLE said yesterday in the House. IF
man is fool enough 10 be Democrat, why, lie
him be one for all care" II every colorea rad
ical in the State should hold these views and &C
on them, we should have soon in the State sncl
peace as would satisfy even the insatiate crav
ing of the general Of our armies for tha
article.
| TIE FOLLOWING OFFICERS were announce
Yesterday as Temporarily constituting the staff o
General Buchanan, commanding the department
| Of Louisiana:
Captain /. D. DeRussy, first infantry, aid de
camp.
Captain Geo. Baldsy, thirty ninth infantry, aid
| de-cSmp. - -
Breyet Brigsdier General Thomas H. Neil
major, twentieth infantry, acting assistant adJu
ant general.
Bfevet First Lieutenant Nathaniel Burbank
second lieutenant, thirty seventh infantry, actin
assistant sdjutant general.
Breyet Lieutenant Colonel G. N. Lieber, major
U. S. army. judge advocate.
| Brevet Major B. B. Keeler. captain, thirty mint
infantry, assistant Judge advocate.
| D.f-