The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-10
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posted near the Dryades Market notice in which
he offers to rent room. "City money pre-
ferred." .
An anti-wsrmoth meeting of Republicans was
held last evening at No. Sc St. Charles street. DR..
Belden was chairman and Mr.. Paige secretary Of
the meeting. Committees were chosen, and an
organization effected with view. We understand,
to putting in nomination State ticket in opposi-
tion 10 that Of the Warmoth party
Five companies Of the lst infantry drilled yes
terday On Lafayette square, together with two
companies of artillery. also armed with muskets.
As will be seen by our report, published else
where, the Reconstruction convention adjourned
yesterday having sat for eighty one days. embrace
ing period between the 2lst of last November
and the present time. The racket was SO great
during the closing hours Of the session that the
clair broke of the head of the gravel by his vigor
ous thumpinss, and sent it flying over to the sec
retary's desk.
The removal of the military printing Office and
material from the building corner OF Camp aud
South streets to the location Of headquarters,
corner Of Julia and st. Charles streets, was &C.
complished yesterday.
The great annual ball of the Hebrew Benevo-
lent Association takes place tomorrow at the
The Temperature, yesterday, as shown by the
thermometer at G. Duhamels, corner Bienville
and Chartres streets, was as follows: At A.
NJ, CA degrees; of IL NJ, 70 at ) P. NJ, 70; at
6 Pm, ".
PRAlsEwoRrHY MovENENr-A movement has
been, or will be shortly, started in this city to
raise, by subscription, sufficient sum OF money
for the purpose Of erecting monument to the
memory of the lamented Father Turgis, whose
demse few. days ago, has so much afflicted our
people, If any man has deserved that his name
shall descend to the posterity OF every true
Southron, that man was Father lsodore Turgis.
1t is not proposed to build gaudy or expensive
mausoleum to this departed soldier OF God. but a
simple and unpTetending monument, upon which
his name may be read with veneraticn by our
children Let il be Of the hardest granite, firm
as bis character solid his virtues and lasting as
his love.
NEGRO BAPTIsM NEAR FoRr PARAPET.-The col
ored residents in the vicinity of Camp Parapet,
tism in the river last Sunday. Several candidates
of both sexes presented themselves for INNER
sion. Two lrsty preachers and two stout assist
ants took their position 10 convenient depth the
turbid current, and as rapidly as subjects were
| led forward from the crowd on the brink OF the
| water plunged them into the river, and handed
them over to two other assistants to be escorted
| to the shore. A bath in the Mississippi river in
| March might be supposed to have somewhat
cooling, not to say refrigerative effect, but the
| contrary proved the fact on this occasion. No
| fruit of Bourbon county or OF vintage rare could
| have lent more potent exhiaration than the abb
sorbed waters Of the Mississippi 10 those immersed.
A strange spectator might have supposed that the
| Father of Waters had its source in the very
Fountain Of YOUTH" and that he was witnessing
its reiuvenatng effects in the antics Of the drip
ping, screaming. struggling beings in the hands Of
| the assistant baptisers- II it can be said the
brethren were noisy and musically demonstratve,
| what shall be said Of the sisters Once dipped
| and passed over to the assistants, they seemed
fully bent on repeating the bath, drowning them
selves OF striking out in bee line for the other
| shore. Some of them absolutely refused 10 walk,
and were borne from the water horizontally, but
not without the vigorous resistance OF the lower
limbs, which were held together with difficulty.
! One brother who assumed the duty OF confning
these flying extremites, lost his footing in the
struggle. and was subjected to an involuntary
immersion. Some OF the sisters we're taken out
in a state of ecstatic rigidity, and all, whetheI
| quietly or demonstratively happy, were conducted
TO tent at the base of the levee where they were
assisted by many devoted and active female friends
to cool of and cool down. trsI
MoRruARY REPoRr.-The following is the list Of
interments occurring in this city last week, ac
| cording to the report made by DR.. Geo. Wan
Dirmeyer, secretary Of the Board Of Health,
Total 90, of which l died Of bydrophobis.
was killed accidentally, IL died Of pneumonia, ls
of consumption 3 Of apoplexy, congestion ol
the brain, softeniDg of the brain, 6
various fevers, l old sge, were still
born, and the balance died OF various ordinary
diseases; 48 were males; Al females and In
fsnts; SO were whites l6 blacks; l3 mulattoes
and not classified; 81 were natives Of the United
States; IL not stated, and 20 were foreigners; ~
were under year Of age; 10 between and lO
between 10 aud 20; between 20 and 3O III be-
tween 80 and 40; between 40 and so; 10 between
and so.
FIREs.-About y o'clock Sunday evening a FIRE
broke out at 65 Exchange Alley. but was extin
guished before much damage was done. The
cause of the fire was another explosion OF Goa
| oil lamp.
About II O'Clock the same night, another fir,
broke out in the grocery store OF Mr.. Jacob Ind
corner of Felicity Road and Annunciation streets
and was also extirguished before much oamag'
was done the property. The cause again the ex
| rlos;op - a coal ofI laun
Rich, RARE. RAcY AND RASK.-Eyery mer
chant, and many others, some unhsppily to thei
great annoyance and discomfort, are acquainte
with this month"; as the one, probably, durin
which the heaviest and greatest number OF obliga
tons such as promissory notes, drafts and bills Q
exchange, fall due (; but the following promssor
document may never have been met with by th
most experienced. We, therefore, give our read
ers the benefit Of learning something new by pub
lshiDg il:
"NEw ORLEANS, March Z, 1868.
-"I hereby promise 10 marry. Richard Barnes
, ESQ.,, ca Earonne, corner of Grayier.
EMMA K BROWN"
, mark.
: The above was handed to the mayor yesterda
morning by q middle aged blind negro man, WI
! Was accompanied by the aforesaid Emma Brow
7 his blushing bride, with the request that they
1 made man and wife, forthwith. Mayor Heath Il