The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-06

interested in the statement that the first sew
case ofpdnier which has yet come under this re-
porter's notice, obuuded itself upon him yester-
day. He (ye locsl) was quietly and inodensivey
promenadiDg the grand boulevard, thinking about
well no matter what he was thinking about
but his meditstions were interrupted by the sp
pearance Of person near him, clad as he has read
about, but had never seen BEFORE and this was
the manner of her habiting. Her dress was au
ndtu7el, that is usual, in front, but the rear. ah
there was the hitch, and II was literally hitch
for the dress seemed TO have been originally of
the customary length, that is about three yards
too leng, but this lady, by curious contrivance
OF knots and ribbons, and bows and pins, which
only feminine maid could concoct, had 80 drawn
II up into bunch that it actually was about two
inches from the ground, the remaining two yards,
some mysterious manner about her waist.
Long time ye local gazed at this crown
ing triumph of millinery and msntus making
until at length the object Of his observation
passed slowly out Of reach Of vision, when he
proceeded to collect his thoughts, which had
been somewhat scattered by the sppariion he
had witnessed on his homeward bound march to
the Crescent ONCE. and In bic after musings over
elaborate reflection, could assign but one reason
for this strange behest of fashion. which is, that
as short dresses are now all the go,o and as the
milliners ere determined to obtain some expedient
whereby they can justiaably charge as much for
q short dress as for a long dress, they have hit
upon the Ingenious device of tucking dozen
square yards or SO of stuff around lady's waist,
christening the protuberance thus formed pdnie1,
calling it the fashion, and then, the vital point.
pocketing the increased cost. But mind, II the
dear creatures themselves like it this reporter has
nothing to say against 1t. Pantaloons nowadays
too tight and coats too bob-tailed for any mas
culine to tilt against feminine eccentricities.
for the house In which he lives is too decidedly
CLASSY for any stone throwing to be safe. There
fore we say If the ladies like 1t it s all right This
reporter is dumb. -.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER used to be teacher In
New Orleans, in the basement of the old Presby.
teran Church on Lafayette square. That was In
ls42. Henry was young man then, and could
jump the old barriers OF the square with the
agility Of a billy-Roat. Henry was newly mar
ried at the time, and had kid" about year old.
He had two little nigger servant girls as chamber
maid and as nurse, and the style In which he
would larrup them for any disobedence or neg.
lect was contrary to the Italian mode of penman-
shIp-the heavy strokes up and the easy down.
Those little Niger girls had a severe time with
Henry, who was only an assistant teacher then.
Henry was good teacher, but hard on his schol
ars and his niggers in 1872.
A RAMBLs through Poydrss. Tchoupitoulas or
New Levee streets, on bright day, such as yes
terday. when on every side may be seen men
bestirring themselves in the pursuits of trade,
goes far TO make one forget the cares or dsap
pointments OF politics, and remember, on the
other hand, that, after ALL commerce is of mighty
elected. she now appeals to everv one of Us for
that appreciation too long withheld. Let any one
stand al noon on the corner OF Poydras street and
any of the great thoroughfares which intersect 1t
between Magazine street and the river. and watch
the moving panorama before, behind and all about
him. Drays going iD one way laden with flour, pork
or whisky foats rumbling along in another with
their bales of cotton piled story high men darling
hither and ihher, in and out of doorways, jumping
over the dray skids. or lodging under the mules
heads-all intent on business. Street cars pas.
sing every few moments, tinkng their approach
coal black darkies smacking their whip Washes or
dancing break down on the houry or moasses-
stained pavement. All this you may see there on
any such bright November day as yesterday. And
then looking further you see in one direction the
steamers at the levee. and the hazy vista beyond,
or IN another the busy market to which the street
gives its name, while far away up and down town
stretch away the long lines Of bare, forbidding
brick walls. t - r.--..
So SUCCESSFUL was the "iutimid alton schemeu
impaired to the Radical nvoks by thois lesders,
that good many colored families living in the
back part of the city are said to have laid in
stock Of provisions sufficient to last over election
day, hung upon the outside of their houses pla-
cards "1o Let" and then shut themselves up to
await events. How must they have felt when
they came out again and found how groundess
had been their fearsi
CONFEDERATE GRAY.-we saw yesterday on the
street man who had on an old Confederate Uni
glossy, to be sure, but still with its army look and
its braes buttons, seeming very much like old
times" when everybody wore gray clothes and
nobody wore store clothes" when bacon and
cornbread were scarce and high, when pinetop
whisky was luxury and apple brandy heaven.
These things and many more did sight Of that
old coat call to mind. t ."- t.t1-
c,-,,o,-s Irxr.pos,r,ox n, Tr.adev Al
,ha oo,osr - 81 1,hsrlss snd Fnterns stree,.-
.a,ha. ~. s;r,,ar " soana yss nrsssntsS nagro
@ .h s,snS .ad votaa an onsn Democrsr,c
.;aLe. IT, ,san o,s rsshsr vaii rno~n IN
sone' ,,o.ns 1 h;.s IA Ie r,.aS sn 49, psa;,a,
Wmn, iohoweu i,i.n o,u 'oeou on ofeu sse1Aee'
ticket; behind the white man came anosner ne
gro, who voted an open neke. Ior seymour us we
nope tne "nite man ieis ssnsmeo oi ninsen' ~
JUDGE DuhkL, ot ne unnse ss o.ases nssiSs ~
ssas s &c nr, iii m nrohsbi, he covvsnsS on
~. - ~ ~ 49, -. ~ ~. =. r r en-. -.
'ne "onu'y VI iuesu"y ioNo""A' .ra.Ishat
d CoxsrrrrrtoN C,uR.-Rerular meeting for the
rr,nosa ~ transacfioc the final businesa Of the
rsmna;cn and Also ~ reorranize.
Tbs cinb ratnrnea N Edvin Harris the beausiful
o,,t bannsr of Ieso which had been an faithfully
tsnt hv the family NJ that gentleman for the mast
a;db, ysars The heantifni new hammer presented
to the clnh nv The ladies of New Orleans during
.I;s naua,r was ;n,rrs,sd 70 The safe Zee nino af
their warthS nresident' II r. Austin who return.
"a ,h.,La - tho ,lrb for tha honor confarrad