The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-12
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| yesterday, that the sensible and prudent advice
OF the Republican newspaper would be followed
ano tne demonstration postponed 70 future time );
but the nat has gone forth and the grand affair
comes on as advertised. The panic and the sud
den anxiety TO leave for the North on pressing
business, have died away pretty generally among
the csipet-baggers but what will have been lost
to the procession by the absence Of the white
fugluves, Will be made up hundred fold by the
arrivals CT distinguished colored agrculturalists
| from the surrounding country, and from the
shores OF the river as far up as Memphis.
We do not fear any outrsges during the organi-
cation and march Of the procession we think
there is very little danger Of any collisions during
the march; for every sensible Democrat, whom
business does not require TO be on the street after
night fall, will be certain TO be in the bosom of
his family at home. The coffee houses are to be
closed at O'Clock this evening, By proclamation
1 OF Mayor Conway; there Is no probability that
any stores will be kept open after that hour; and
thus the infurating influence Of bad liquor and the
i enucing sight of gaudy calicoes and glittering
i gewgaws will be shut of from the negroes.
| The danger, II any, will be towards midnight
| aud in the wee short hOursn OF the morning.
Fully five thousand country negroes, irresponsible,
without roof TO shelter of them, will perforce
be roaming the streets Of New Orleans. The po-
lice lnnst he far more vigant and efficient thsn
usual II il lies with them TO guard against robbery
and outrage.
| In order that the readers of the Crescent may
be aware of what streets the procession will take,
| we give the line of march:
/
| up Camp and Prytsnia TO First street, to Maga-
zine, down Ms gsZine TO Julia, 10 Camp, TO Canal
| down Chartres TO Elysian Fields down Elysian
| Fields to Dauphin, up Dauphin to Canal, where
the procession will be dismissed.
Such as live on those streets, or may be COM
PEELED to visit them will thus be enabled TO take
| the proper precautions to avoid the danger Of
| collision.
"THIs REPORTER" in his rounds last night,
stumbled upon Radical colored CLUB, away up
| in tfe back part Of the Fourth District. We use
the term colored advisedly because the voters, or
| Dou-voters, for some half of the thirty or forty
| members of the club were mere boys, were many
coiored-ther panaloons black their shirts white,
their bread collars blue, their caps white and the
/ tops of their caps red. Thus gorgeously arrayed,
| with small hsg bakers dozen of torches, and
| crowd OF attendant twilight makers, they stood
| drawn up in line before little house, out of
| whose windows some dozen or more duskY
danes and demoisees leaned and lost them
| selves IN admiration of their dark.sknned
champions. At arrival a little muatto
Gtdt six, or thereabouts. was delivering
| sn address, which, however, was swallowed
| up by the crowd before il reached Us. The faint
4 applause with which the conclusion of her speech
| was hailed having subsded, patriarchsl looking
| old dsTky addressed the club on the subject of
| cheering. BE told them it wasn't fair for one or
/ two to do all the q" hOllering," as had been the
case, but" ssio be. gemman, when hollers
rah for Gran an COlfax, you mus all hoer too =
now den." So saying, he exercised his lungs
1
| time we eliminated ourselves, and while walking
away from the soul-stirrng scene, and as our dis
| tance from the club increased, we could hear
cheers repeated, ever growing fainter and fainter
| until at last we could just distinguish a faint
" boiler" borne upon the breeze.
my country It's Of thee,
| Sweet land Of Liberty"
| La NUT, LES CHATS soNT GRIs.-An occurrence
took place few evenings ago in the upper part
of the First District which we consider too good
TO be lost. A procession Of Radical negroes
passed along street which had not hitherto been
bOnored with a similar demonstration by either
party. number of Democratic ladies who we're
enjoying the evening breeze upon their balcony,
and who had witnessed but little Of professions,
| seeing the array of torchhghts advancing to the
strains Of martial music made sure it was Dem
| ocratic affair. As the line came up they began
| to wave their handkerchiefs, wherest the dusky
supporters Of the commander of our armies, set
| up a shout which nearly "tore hel's concave and
beyond irighted the reign Of chaos and old night"
The procession stopped, the banners waved,
and the band played. At length one of the
ladies, with better eyes than her companions, dis
covered that it was niger procession. "0h.
| but they are Democratic negroes" was the re-
moDstTatng reply. The handkerchiefs continued
| to wave. But just as the procession was about to
march on, the children Of the family, who had
gone down TO view the demonstration more closely,
rushed up stairs with the horrifying news that 1t
| was q Grant and Colfax club. OF course the
balcony Was deserted in the twinklng of an eye,
and the front doors closed.
Next morning, to add to the modification Of the
fair inmates the children Of the family next door
| who are bitter Rsdicas) blurted out with: Oh
| no, SO you have all turned Radicals, have you?"
mo, We have not; it was all a mistake-we
wouldn't cheer Grant club for the world"
"Ies, but at their next meeting the club are
coming TO serenade you again." Oh, heavings-
there is considerable talk in that family of max
| ing short journey across the lake.
THE FOLLOWING resolution was unntentionauy
L q Of tha
| Council, published in the CRESCENT last Wednes-
day
"0n motion of Mr.. John Breen the thanks of
the council were unanimously rendered Mr.. Camp
for his active eXerticns in causing the passage
through the General Assembly Of an act entitled
An act TO enable the city of New Orleans to pro-
cure a loan OF money to meet its current liabli
ues."
Mr.. Camp, although not a Democratic member
Of the council, deserves the thanks Of the whole
community for the success which has attended his
exertoBs with the senators aud representatives Ia
the Legislature. We MAKE this statement with un
| feigned pleasure.
DIR. J. L. BlANcHINI, an old and highly respect.
| able practising physician, committed suicide on
| Thursday, in Greenwood Cemetery, on Metarie
| Ridge. He shot himself through the heart, beside
| the tomb Of his deceased wife, aud near his body
| was found a note asserting that be was tired of
| life, aud had determined to die by his own hand
| The doctor and his wife had been married many
years. and were deVotedly attached TO each other
| After her death, some time ago, the bereaVed
SgbeNBySFs hdfif6g sbmsef up in hi. house and sur
| rendering himself to grief and lamentations. Dr.
| Biaucbini was about 60 years old, and was an
Italian by birth. Verdict according to the facts
| ABOUT SUNSET, last evening, whilst strolling on
| BaToBBe street, we were much edited by decent
/ ~ dressed woman of fifty summers, apparently
/ German, who was walking over the cobble stones
in the center of the street. regardless Of mud and
/ the rOUghness of the pavement. she had an open
| umbrella over her head, and was probably doing
| some peDance; for after walking as far as Gravier
| street, she quietly got upon the sidewalk, and
made her way down to ST. Alphonsus' church,
where she entered the sacred portal and disap
pesred from view.
| A PROCESSION Of sixty Radical coored men
| passed down Camp street last night ABOUT 10
| O'Clock, with torches and transparencies. We
| mention the iscs 10 order that Ne may eongrato-
| late them upon the perfect decOrum and order
| which IeTvaded their ranks as far as our eyes
| could follow them. There was not a rabble fol-
| irxver on the sidewalk with the faabi1na HE fva