The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-30
Eural SnteIligente.


OF yellow fever, cholera or small pox; fruit
drug IN The market; vegetables fresh and plenty
as backberIies in spring; mutton fat, luscious
and ehesp; beef fit for London lord MAYORS
inauguration table, with but few buying cisterns
full; town dull people anxiously watching the
maneuvers of the carpet knights in power; river
falling rapidly niggers threnging the State
House neglecting labor and seeking office. Such
IS the epitome OF yesterdays events in the great
city of the South. l.. ..l re
TIE MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN as exhibited
in The weekly reports, is noticeable as compared
with the total mortality. OF one hundred and
ten deaths which occurred last week fifty, being
nearly one-half were of persons under ten years
OF age, and of these thirty three were under one
year Of age, including eleven stillborn infants.
Too great care cannot be exercised by parents in
guar dug their children from exposure, either TO
the hot sun or in the chilling draft. In many
cases csreless nurses, when out Of the parents
slghta neglect these precautions, and the inn0-
cent children are thus taken sick, while anxious
parents vainly speculate upon the causes of the
TIE PRESENT NUMBER of regular employees 10
the Custom House averages 800. of whom so or
60 are to be discharged at the end Of this month.
A decrease Of business is the cause assigned for
this diminutiOn of the force. I G f-l-.L 4
The WATER is flowing in a considerable volume
down the upper side cutters of Canal, Common
and other streets, from the Mississippi to the
swamps. Would that the same streams were
made TO flow through every street divergng from
the river. This welcome water proceeds from the
iron building at the foot OF Canal street; but the
volume poured out overruns the thoroughfare aud
the levee in the immediate neighbOrhood of the
building, greatly to the Inconvenience OF COM
merce and travel. -.r'
TIE MILITARY CHANGES announced in the
Washington dispatches Of yesterday will not OF
course take effect until the receipt of the official
order, which will probably reach here in due
course of mail on Monday next. Gen. Buchanan
will thereupOn at once turn over the State of
Texas TO its commander in the new regime Gen.
Reynolds, aud will himself assume charge of the
new department of louisiana" including this
State and Arkansas. He also remains commander
of the district of Louisiana, consisting of this
State only, Gen. Smith, at Little Rock, command
ing the district of Arkansas. Gen. Buchsnan's
command of the department thus newly created
will terminate with the arrival of Gen. Rousseau
who. however, has four months leave, dating
from June 18th, and will not in all probability as
sHme command before the expiration of that
period, or possibly until November lst. He may,
however visit this city previous to that time, and
remain here.
An EXCURSION TO MOBILE, via the Passes upon
the favorite Creole under her new commander
Capt. Jas. McC. Baker, will prove delightful
recreation to those fortunate ones who, throwing
aside business, can start at noon today from the
foot Of st. Ferdinand atreet upon the trip. The
Creole will touch at Point Clear and the other
watering places on the eastern shore Of Mobile
e.,
leaving again at P. M, with a promise of land.
ing her passengers at Lake End in time for the
first train on Saturday morning. We are indebted
to Peter Marcy, Esq. agent, for an invitation TO
be one Of the excursiOnists upon this pleasant
voyage.
D. A CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING has been preferred
against lady OF this city, who, 1t Is said, during
visit TO Memphis last winter, became attached TO
a child, and induced his parents to allow her TO
bring him here to raise him. The boy has re.
ceyed, from all indications, the best of care and
treatment, but it seems that the parents, anxious
10 recover their child, have several times asked
his return, and finally have taken legal measures
for his recovery. -.tr
ANOTHER ACCIDENT came very near beng re.
corded asst evening, the scene being the same as
that Of the melancholy catastrophe OF Sunday
evening. A lady who endeayOred to embark upon
the five O'Clock train from the Girod street depot,
after the cars were in motion. caught her dress
in splinter on the platform and fell against the
cars. She was fortunately rescued by seme work
men who rush ed to her assistance, and thus pre-
vented repetition Of the horrible accident of two
days before.
THE TEMPERATURE yesterday, as shown by the
thermometer at @. Duhamels, removed TO Ill
Csnal street, was as follows: AT AM II de-
grees; IL N. IS; Pm. 81; s P. N. 79.
THE ST. CHARLES INsTITUrE.-The pupils of
this school gave to their friends last nigLt the
musical and literary entertainment which has been
so long and so anxiously looked forward TO by
those fortunate enough to hold invitations. The
foyer of the Opera House, which was the place
selected for the entertainment, proved far too
small to hold the many invited guests who Assem-.
bled to listen to the exercises and the b ails aud
lobbies around were crowded, not with the usual
sTrsy of black coats but with ladies, who had
arrived few minutes after the appointed hour,
and who found il impossible to obtain even stand.
ipg room in the foyer.
The very limited time which the pressure of
other duties compelled Us 70 spend there, was
sufficient to make US very l0athe to leave, and to
assure us, judging from those we heard, that the
manner in which the various musical and literary
performances were gone through with, was
amply worthy Of the high reputation which the
school enjoys. Nothing would have afforded Us
more pleasure than to have stald long enough
to have given thorough criticism Of all
the performances, but, alas! since the days
when Eden was the world, duty and pleasure have
but seldom gone hand 10 hand and so, with
parting glance Of envy at those to whom tate was
kind enough to permit them to remain, we turned
away with reluctant steps from pleasant frag'
ment of an evening.
A YENIRE has issued from the Sixth District
Court returnable on the lith proximO, the jurors
to be selected from which to try the cases of
contested election, seven in number. These trials
will possess great deal Of interest.
Col. MAXWELL, the civil sheriff. in common
with Mr.. Wurtzburger, and other officers Of the
parish and city, has received an Official nouhca'
secretary OF state to the effect that the Repuo
Hcan newspaper Is the legal medium for adverts-
Jog all court and other processes. The fact Is
hardly SO important in itself, but shows that the
officers addressed are considered de tdcsO and
de jtue fixtures iG their places.
We ARE REJoICED to learn that our I'M
fortunate friend and neighbor, Mr.. Knight,
who was so badly injured in his devoted
efforts to save his lamented wife, IN the ca
tastrephe which resulted in that lady's death
on Sunday evening at the POntchsrtrain Raul
road depot, is in fair way Of recovery. Dr.
Stone thinks il will not be necessary to smputste
| Mr.. Knights broken leg. IL will give our cit
zens generally no greater pleasure to read this par
agraph than the writing Of il has caused Us.
IrrsA MArrER Of congratnlstion for the peo.
| pie Of New Orleans TO learn that Judge Fisher, oil
| the Supreme Court, District of Columbia, has or
| dered patent to issue to our ingenious fellow
| citizen, A. Barbsrin, Esq, for an improved me-
| thod Of lighting gas, Notwithstanding the strenu'
| ous opposition Of scharit, Lyman Hudson, pi,
rates. who were endeavoring to steal the fruits OF
| his ingenuity from him.
| BURGL ARIEs.-The room Of Mr.. j. Emilien Tru
| deau, who boards on Royal near St. Louis street
| was entered Wednesday night and robbed OF