The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-14
SOral Sntelli9enre.

REPoRToRIAL BREYITIES.-ln the ever varying
caricature window, at the FRENCH book store on
Cbartres street. below the st. Louis Hotel there
is q representation Of the inventor of the Chase.
pot rifle running the gauntlet ofhis myriads Of vic
TINS. These are all skeletons, wrapped in mill
tsTy cloaBs and they close, grinning, threaten.
ing and gibbering around the hapless engineer,
with their feshless hands upheld in token Of re.
prOach. What q commentary upon the military
life and achievements Of the commander Of our
armies, whose prowesshas fsrtilized every battle
field in Virginia!
There is parrot at one of the corners Of st.
Peter and Chsrtres streets, in the immediate
neighborhoOd of the police station, the recorders
Offce and the First District Court, that smusss
himself at short intervals every day crying ont, in
alarming and perfectly human tones, Murder"
There is something so distressing and anguished
in the cry that the stranger inyoluntarily stops,
and feels like rushing TO the rescue, until he sees
the bystanders all laughing at him.
To 60 down TO see party Of friends off by the
twelve O'Clock boat from lake-end find the train
which brought you out disappearing in the dis.
tance long before the boat starts, and then to
wait until hafpast two Tor the next train, is not
the plessantest possible series of events which
may befall man of business on warm day.
The airy, safe aud comfortable steamboat
Albert G. Brown will continue her usual Sunday
trips to-day between the city and CarrolltOn,
touching at Jackson street, Fourth District, and
the Stock Landing, going and returning. The
BrsWn will leave the foot Of Canal street at l.
and O'Clock, and CsrTolton at 2, and 7 in the
evening. cheaper, plesssater or more health
full means Of pastime cannot be procured any
where in the city or its envrons.
A curious instance of mercantile Indifference is
that Of the Poydras street shoe merchant who ex.
poses sign stating that " Profit is no object"
We learn from a gentleman who takes great
interest in the yachting on our coast, thst grand
regatta is in prospect at Mobile. The famous
dsys $50 In excellent trim; bu. that, the next
dav she ran for q wSger with the Gladiola, a boat
which We think was never in these waters suuSk
upon one of the distractions lald In Moole
barbor during the war, and sunk TO the bottom'
The gallant little vessel was raised the same oay,
and taken without further mishap, to Arlington,
near Mobile. She will be very soon, or already
is, as good as ever. -,.
the Carrie Weeks, has Just been constructed IN
the shipyard of Mr.. Andrew Weeks at Bayou
Bridge. Judging from her symmetrical llnes ana
neat model we expect her to display sailing quail
a nile of empty barrels was burned, at the
corner Of Commerce and Calliope streets, on FIJI
Mayor Conway and Chief of Police williamson
Jobn ?. Becker oficiated as recorder Of the
First District yesterday for the first time. Two
new clerks have been appointed by MN 70 Ill va
canCies. ,.I ,,,,.
come off on Friday, has been postponed to Wed
Opr enterprising fellow-citizen, G. II. thinner
| mann, has gone to New York on business
DTv cisterus are the rule throughout the city
| lust now Won't AquariGs and Piu7ius please
| tip up their watering pots 8 little :
| The temperature yesterday, as SHOWN by the
thermometer at @. Duhamels, corner BienVill'
| and Chartres streets, was as follows AT b A N
| rs degrees; II N. S5; 3 Pm. SO; p. N. SS.
| The Camp street - sign on the lamp at IN
corner of Delord is written backwards. II
cause is not apparent.
This portion of country is suffering very mnc
| from want of rain. The horizon is daily oveRcas
| with heavy clouds, but they "hOld the word o
| nromise', TO the eye and break it to the hopes
| They make a sign, bat it is on empty one go fal
oh for an hour Of sBoh floods as We mad as1 VII
ter A..
| fact that q greet majority of the popular an
| CHEAP eating houses on 81. Charles street nav
| closed for the season. Some OF them are IN 70
| hands of that charitable and benlgnant personag
the sheriff. Others have better prospect Il
re-Opening in the fall.
In another column appears the report Of q
finance committee Of the Fete Ckampeue at u
Fair Grounds, for the benefit of ne Charitable
| sociations of this city, which closed on the 30
| ultimO. The report shOwR thSt the neat SUM
| slO6l9 "a ia ascertained to have certainly be'
I | netted, and requests parties in arrears to MAJ
| returns forthwith Of the tickets turnisAed OF q
: funds derived from their ssAe. :,
, | stout straight stick o. club Is the sure, dl
| tinctive mark OF the plantation negro OF free
man. In old timeSl, Of Sunday, when be JoI
) neyed with his u ssteT's consent to nelgnoori
9 plantation, the same stick was his nVarlsS
e companion. To show Uncle Horace greeley nc
ingenious and original creature is the favored
. | of the Goddess Of Freedom by the original hs
e the negro b. s never learned the arr OF SELF
Q | fense, or, q, il would be called in the Old Wor
!. | of single tick, All he knows of the advantat
| of that v eapon is to strike downright DIG
whether upon the impenetTable sconce oil q o
d ther M .nhood oTithe coil Of an exssPerated ISt
z snake. A herculean American negro Win
n hicR ~ beam could not Withstand tne onseI
; Coz nsugbt ranger, with STOUT snlnslau ID
: fst for five seconds. The darSy Is g
n iF ..itator. ike the Chinsman, but his genus
sr 40 further than imitation.
q In our report Of the grand tournament ana
:. tiyal, which took place at the Fslf OIoun5s
y Friday, we regret that we omitted 70 eAteau
III | thanks 10 Mr. j. Stuart Skinner for attenu
"A shown us. To the enterprising spirit and enc
= | of Mr. Skinner is due in great part tne lusa
0e success OF the benefit 10 Lieut. braines ) iau
who rhall have realized handsome sum Dy
festival. -
"a TIE FrRrBEN's FIVE DAYS FEsrIyAL.-
'u grand FIVE SUNDAYS festival OF theotHem
eL Charitable Association commences to-day ~
ic- Fair Grounds, and will probably attract
ing largest concourse of people that ever assem-
an. at that place on any occasion.
Itis useless to relate the merits OF tnls =
citation, which, as everybody kno"s,ls cOllPyys'
re, the most respectable element OF our popuh
be combining wealth, intellect, honest labor, en-
NJ | ard courage in its body. The festival Is glyeI
- the benefit of the widows and orphans OF tne
'ls' Deuartment of New Orleans, the tund OF Whl
Of depleted by the constantly recurring neces'
of their charges, while the financial condia'