The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-03


Fourth, Mr.. Baldwin Duff. Mr.. Espinola ia q
young gentleman whom we have the pleasure OF
knowing 10 an extent which authorizes Us to state
| that he Is fully competent for the place. The
press. when they come TO know him. win b..
happy 70 have SO intelligent, obugng aud gentle
! manly an official TO deal with. Dr. Duff we d,
not know and it il not a reporters province n
revive the past, except when necessary 10 The
The flibustero case, before the Hon. John B
Weller, q. 8. commissioner, was postponed fr ON
| yesterday until this afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
| good of the community.
From what we have seen, Doctor Bradford has
lett the coroner's Office in woful aud needless con.
fusion. His books show the admirable adapta.
biily Of rsi-sPlitiers and qusck vendors from the
lead mines OF Illinois for responsible positions in
great metropolis. The names of Streets and
the most familiar surnames are spelt in a stvle
which dehes recognition or discovery. Cloot for
Olouet street, Zero for Girod, aud so on dd infn.
dU'n. Even the names Of ordinary weapons are
mispelt. Could such inquests hold?
Our old and esteemed friend, James B. Prague
fsmlliarly known as " the Commodore" formerly
chairman OF the finance committee of the lower
board. has been appointed secretary of the streets
and landings committee in the City Council Mr.
Pragues intimate knowledge of the duties de-
Volving on the committee, and of the require.
ments OF The city, Is well calculated to make him
an excellent officer.
j. Rene COmmuny, than whom a more CONNIE.
tent person or uuer gentleman, is not to be
found on this ground, has received the appoint.
ment OF chief clerk under Mr.. Surgi, the new city
Sr. G. W. Smith, 200 Chestnut street. Fourth
District, whilst sitting In his back parlor on Wed.
nesdsy night, was fired at. bat missed, by some
person unknoSn. The would be assassin got of
with impunity.
fire broke out in a soap factory corner Jack.
son and Liberty streets, Fourth District on Wed.
nesday night, but WAS extinguished before il did
q great deal of damage.
We acknowledge obligations to Father Jere.
mil MIN han Of lA...
street, for an invitation which enabled US 10 be
present during the performance of " King Henry
W. and 1.-The While Horse of the Peppers,r
last evening at the exhibition hall of the school
room, under the direction of the Nuns of St.
Mary's Dominican Convent. of which we will
speak further as soon as time aud space will per-
nit. The present pressure of political events
and the excitement among all classes of our citi.
ztns, occupy 80 much Of our time and attention,
that we are temporarily unable to attend 10 other
matters which, in ordinary times, claim our con.
sheraton.
We acknowledge our obligations TO Sister Anne
De Sales for courteous attentions whilst attending
the distribution OF premiums at the 81. Joseph's
School, Napoleon avenue, yesterday. NJ. j, Far
rell, special aid to the chief of police, placed us
under similar obligations, for details of the pupils
in the above mentioned school. Want of space
compels Us to defer publishing the details of the
exercises until an early day.
The city yesterday looked like New Orleans
just alter Buffers arrival in 1862. Lafayette
Square was occupied by a squadron of cavalry
and battery of artillery, every man and every
morse, end ell the arms, ready for immediate ac-
zion. We must here pay a tribute to the beauty
and excellent condition of the animals in the u
S. cavalry and artillery service. The men who
groom those horses, when discharged from the
service, could get position in any gentleman's
establishment as grOOms and hostlers. The
horses may be a little too fat, aud the Off.
GERS little reluctant TO drill with severity
tins hot weather, but we can state positively,
from what we have seen within year or two Just
past Of the military service, that better horses,
more serviceable or finer in appearance are not
10 be found anywhere in America. We speak
from the card; we know a good from snowy
borse, and We know and appreciate the value Of
careful and intelligent grooming. No prlvate
saddle or carriage horses in New Orleans can sur.
pass in their general keeping the horses of the ar.
uliery and cavalry stationed in and around the
Crescent City.
MIR. Roche the new coroner for the First and
Fourth Districts, has his Office in the City HALL
Every person living on the upper side of Canal
street viii DO well 20 remember this, for accidents
happen in the bestregnlated families, and a walk
Of half a mile may be saved by the remembrance
OF this item. There are two coroners now as
well as two sherihs. One coroner at the CITY
hall, the other at the old "calabOose" as 1t was
called formerly, or cdldbOSO, a. the Spanish
tern ed it, corner ST. Peter and Charities streets.
There was g lull in the pressure for Office at
tins moment as far as regarded the body of the |
Senate but Mr.. Dunn was besieged by a crowd |
of boys of all coors, big and little, among whom
was six.foot youth of eighteen or twenty years.
standing full six feet in his unheeled plantation
brogans and weighing at least $50. This inter-
estiDg young claimant for the presidency pre- |
sented his card for a place as page" The |
lieutenant gubernatorisl dignity was completely |
upset with the preposterous idea of such corn
cious roiundity which filled the speakers s chair chair
shook with suppressed laughter, and we over
heard the soto UOce rebuke, "You a page-you
big. overgrown lummox!" This episode was an
oasis in the desert-Nisus and Eufyalus.-CREs.
CENTS LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
Oh, Oscar j.,
hope and pray
Dat you will not forget dat promise;
Make me page,
Despite my age, |
Don't keep me here, doubling Thomas.
I'm rough, own,
And overgrown;
But dose is very trifin' matters;
has to strive
To keep alive
Now jes' look at desc rags and tatters
So now. I say,
Dear Oscar j.,
APpint me page in dis we're Senate
III fly about,
Rush in an out.
And take dat oah in half a mint
TIE STREET CoMMIssIoERR.-The major gene.
a. SohiAebNIbs ecDt Odpt D6hussy round 10 the
street commissioners Office yesterday, with in
struetons TO place Mr.. Joseph Murphy in posses.
sion, vice William Baker. To prevent crowdiug.
Capt. DeRussy called on the chief of police for
officers to be placed at the chief entrances to the
building. Major Williamson promptly furnished
Tie number required; and, however reluctantly
VT. Baker surrendered to inevitable fate and Mr.
N urphy took possession. The commanding gene.
raj ms inclined to act vigorously with all the
eca'cltTent officials, who were clamorous for |
election and civil government, and after the cleo.
ion, became rebelous against the DEGREES of
popular suffrage, simply because they did not
'et The greater number Of votes. So mote it be
With all of them.
REcAETATIoS.-The Hon. J. a. Hardy, secre
airy OF State for Louisiana, received the follow
rg document, fe| days ago, and filed it as OF
ecOrd in his office, to-Wit:
NEW ORLEANS, June Is, 1868.
hereby voluntarily certify, that ! ackno Wedge
be late rebellion 70 have been morally and poll.
icsDy wrong, and that regret any aid aud com.
OFT may have given it.
(SgDed) cHAs " EMERSON.
The ORLEANS RAMRoAD-Yeste afternoon
hout six O'Clock, a company Of invited guests
nCeT the charge of Col Gen CLARK nrasidanf |