The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-15

testimony ELECTED from me correborstss the tss-
tmony Of John Schnechenberger.
The verdict was that Thomas Sim OFT came to
his death by pistols shot inflicted at the hands of
Timothy Hayes. The jury came to no conclusion
as TO whether the shooting was accidentally or
pnrpoeely done. The certificate Of the attending
physician, DR.: Logan, showing the nature OF the
-"NEv ORLEANS, Nov. I3, 1858.
This is TO certify that Mr.. Thomas Sinnots died
Of the Effects Of small pistol ball. which entered
the lower part OF the thorax, passed through the
spleen and entered the abdominal cavity:
SAMUEL LOGAN. NJ D.,
Eros '0cs Attending Surgeon
Mr.. Sinnott was buried from his home on Wash.
ington Avenue yesterday afternoon. The funeral
cortege was immense, embracing not only num-
ber Of personal friends Of the deceased gentle
man, but also large delegation from the Hberna
Benevolent Association, Of which he had been a
member. Mr.. einnott was, q man respected by all
his acqusintsnces and loved by his intmates, and
he is mourned by all who knew him. He leaves
family to weep over his untimely death. I SCI I
We are informed that the most cordial relations
had always existed between him and the man wio
killed bin, Mr.. Hayes, who was man highly
thought Of and enjoying the respect and esteem
Of large circle Of friends. Not half an hour be.
fore the wound was inflicted Mr.. Sinnott had lent
Mr.. Hayes two dollAss to hquidate some little
aSA S3% 4 "a ssa s.o IA bs a. %:
. is death Mr.. sinno,t expressed the wish that
there should be no prosecution-that his death
was accidental. The affair has cast deep gloom
upon the friends Of both parties. II is terrible
thing to contemplate. How the courts will
eventually decide the matter it is, of course, i'm
possible here to say. s r t.
FoR THE FsNrNINz MND-Nof TO be read by
GeHtemeJa-As q local reporter and one bound to
give all information that he may obtain to the
public, TO be by them used, the writer hereof is
forced TO allude to subject which his natural
bsshfulness dsinclnes him to discuss, and for his
approach to which his only plea is that duty which
compels him to keep other people posted, at what
ever cost to his own feelings. To plunge IN me-
dios res, what he has TO tell about Is the Asatic
wrigge. This IL one of the invariabe aocompani.
menis Of the Hellenic sinuosity. alias choc stoop,
alias Ionic agony, alias Saratoga mulligrubs, alias
Eolic arch, alias Corinthian curve, alias Grecian
bend, and may be described in o few words as the
graceful oscillation, unduation and palpitaton OF
the 1--WE blush as we write the word) buste 1t is
not percevable n,tbe earlier stages OF the disease,
as the patient islthen too much occupied with the
stoop to psy any attention to other things but
when the s,oop bas become q fixed fact, when the
Unjust we write that word again, hustle has be-
gun to feel quite natural, then, by slow degrees,
for 1t requires an artistic hand to properly work
it, the protuberance is taught to move, and at
length, in all the glory of ultra fashion, the happy
feminine walks the street and accomplishes at
every step the Asiatic wriggle. There is nothing
higher than this--ambition takes no lofier Fight,
and for the present the very goal Of every fashion
able lady's endeavors, that for which she sighs,
that which distinguishes the creme de la creme
from the skim milk of lie bon ton, that which alone
is worthy of striving for by feminine minds, Is the
successful accomplishment of the Asiatic wriggle.
And this thing is now in our midst. Our re-
porter has seen one, and In the anguish OF the
sight hastens to lay the horrible fact before yon,
ladies, that apprised of your danger you may
shield yourselves from III. The wriggle is infec.
tious For the bend is contagious and the wriggle
is the inevitable successor of the bendand as the
young lady is bent so is the wriggle inclined.
We entered on this subject with reluctance; we
leave it with Joy. 1t is q moving subject and
effects our feelings-but let that pass. We have
now discharged our duty. We have stated the
fact that the wriggle is here; we have defined the
wriggle; we have told how the wriggle originates
We have pointed out the way to avoid the wrig-
gle and now we have no more to say. II after
this warning and exhortation the ladies persist in
bending and wriggling; If knowing how absurd II
is, and how ridiculous they will bend and will
wriggle, why all we have to cay is let 'em wrigge.
We wash our hands of the matter. r..-,---.------
HKApouARTRs' CENTRAL COMMITTEES OF INDE.
PENDENT HHs0cRAFIC CLUBs.-An adjourned
% neeting of the above committee was to have been
held last evening at the rooms OF the Hancock
club over the Imperial Saloon, on Carondelet
street, but owing to an insuficiency OF members
present, to act on important business, it was
deemed advisable to adjourn to the next regular
meeting.
DISTRICT CoURTs.-AIl the District Courts were
open yesterday for the purpose Of calling and
fixing cases. In the Third District Court Judge
Emerson stated that there was proclamation OF
the president Of the United States, making Thurs
day, the 26th inst, day of fast and thanksgiving,
and he would like to know from the members OF
the bar what action they wished to take upon Il.
The members of the bar and the judge came to
the conclusion that il was not dies non and that
cases would be fixed as usual.
THE TEMPERATURE yesterday, a. shown BY the
NJ I'm n
lately corner Bienville and Chartres streets, was
as follows: At 6 A. II. "a degrees IA n. 81;
Pm. 6S: 6 p. n. t7.
BY CONSENT OF THE COUNSEL, the writ Of quo
wsrranto. sued out by Robert Diamond, ap-
pointed chief of police by the mayor, against
lice by the Police Board, having been called yes
terdsy in the Sixth District Court, Judge Cooley
| presiding, was reassigned for Tuesday, the lTth
inst, at P. NJ, for argument.
TIE UNION Soldiers and Sailors Democratic
Club held q meeting last evening and among other
business elected Maj. Ii. G. Crickmore treasurer
| pro TEN. After completing arrangements for
settling up all the accounts of the organization,
the club adjourned, to meet on the 18th proxmo,
notice Of time and place to be published in due
season.
RAMH.-we were favored yesterday with a
| call by Mr. Bruckner, of this city, who brought
| with him several specimens of the product OF
| all of them heard and seen more or less during
| the last year Of the virtues of this plant, which
il is said by some, is destined TO eventually take
the place of cotton in the South, and would
doubtless be glad to know more of II. What Mr.
Bruckner showed us was, first the fiber just as
| il is taken off the bush second, the same fbeI
| prepared bv a chemical process third, thread
spun from this last, ard fourth, cloth woven from
| the thread. The wooden fiber looks simply like
long strips Of wood or vine, and is the bark OF
| the plant.
The same fiber prepared chemically can be
| compared TO nothing bat coarsely woven cotton
| about feet long; the thread looks like cotton
thread and is very strong; the cloth varies consi
derably in appearance, some looking like ordinary
white cotton, other portions looking like silh
mixture, others something like worsted. Each
| sort may be woven from the same fiber by slight
ly changing the process. The clolh looks strong
Its wearing properties, however, can only be prov
! ed by experience. The ramie can be, we are told
raised earliest in sandy soil and is therefore vel
adapted to this country. lts cultivation . By M
means complicate and the crop seldom fails. The
raw fiber is worth In this market 10 cents pc
! pound in specie; after il is chemically prepared
1t is worth G5 cents. The processis expensive
| and long and there are no factories now In thi
country for carrying it on. There il project Of
foot though TO erect one In this city during tn
| coming spring.