The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-12
GuraI SntelIigenre.

| night to the dwelling of Lieut.. Gov. Oscar j.
Dunn, and performed sentry duty around his
| premises, without an application having been
made at headquarters by that quasidistingushed
individual.
We have the best authority for stating hat our
contemporaries account was incorrect. The night
| OF the anticipated outbreak 1.-THE second night,
We believe. sitter the Inauguration of the legisls.
tUTe,) Oscar J. Dunn did request a guard of sol
dels TO be sent TO his dwelling to prevent his So
called and much.feared assassination. The guard
was accorded and sent from headquarters-for
that night only, it is true; for Dunn's courage
recuperated in the meantime. and he made no fur
Their requisition. II the Republican doubts this
statement, or If Oscar j. Dunn has forgotten the
fact, the proof can be had on application TO the
reporter Of the CRESCENT. IL is only re -adapta-
ton Of the moral of the old Latin fable: PdTtri-
mt monies, ndscetlu ridiculous mus; and the Dun.
cOlored mouse is the magnanimous, long
qusdruped, in lions hide, that must bear the
nd cule of the recent fable.
In A REPORT which appeared two days since
in the CRESCENT, relating to the charge of false
Imprisonment preferred by cOlored woman
against Mayor Elan, Of Baton Rouge, and the
issue of & warrant by U. S. Commissioner Shan
non for that officials arrest the following remark
wa made: g Thus it Is that, upon trivial charges,
tired and worthy officials are subjected to annoy.
ance In the discharge of their duties"
The writer Of this comment was yesterday
informed by the commissioner that he had
deTed himself thereby liable TO action for
tempt. he desires in reply to say, and to say
most distinctly. that while discaiming in this
case any intention of throwing contempt upon the
court, he most emphaticaIly denies the authority
of Mr.. Commissioner Shannon TO restrict news
paper comments upon any matters of public
nature; and, furthermore, proposes to continue
writing such as the above, whenever, in his
| opinion, 1t may be necessary and right.
TIE FIREMEN's FEsTIvAL.-To. day, at the Fair
Grounds, occurs the GROWING event of the festi-
val which during two or three Sundays past has
been held there under the auspices Of that worthy
organization, the Firemen's Charitable AssOcia-
ton. We refer to the carcature tournament,
which was to have taken place week since, but
the deierment of which was rendered necessary
by incement weather. Since that time there has
been such influx of gallant competitors that the
number of knights is now fifty odd, including
some with very odd names indeed. They will ride
in review IN full costume, through the principal
streets this morning, starting az O'clock and will
afterward rendezvous at the Fair Grounds, where
there will undoubtedly be a large crowd to
receive them. Pennants will be displayed during
the day from the Crescent Hall, New Lnsitsnos
Hall and the Louisiana Hotel. In case the enter
tsinmeDt is postponed, these pennlnts will be
taken down. Besides the tournament the enter.
tanment will include a number of races-fOOt,
sack, scrub, running and hose carriage-and will
conclude with a grand ball on the dancing
platform.
A SERENADE.-We have to thank very cordially
the young men of the Pic Mic Club for delight
ful strenade last night. The rain had no effect
on their enthusiasm, but the bugle was little out
of tune. These gentlemen give an entertain
ment, to-day, back of the City Park, and they
have our best wishes for pleasant day.
LAST EVENING, about eight O'Clock. any one
possessing the entIee Of the First District lock-
up might have stroed in and witnessed a novel
scene. The sounds which greeted one approach
ing the interior were az once the most dscOrdant
and ridiculous. The LIQUID utterances of the Ital-
ian tongue mingled harshly with the shrill falsetto
pipiDgs Of an intoxicated female, and the profundo
bassO Of an ENGAGED African, eOntrasted strangely
with the sobbngs of a vsgrant boy. But the gist
| of the thing was in the sight rather than the
sound. In the first cell on the left, upon enter
irg-it is one Of the dark cells in which are con-
| fued the refractory-was a swarthy Sician, his
black hair over his face and forehead his eyes
flashing veDgeful fire. and his lips uttering such
| jargon as Csraho, vo6 vingt qustre piastres,
| puniatero, go to-h-l." He had mounted on the
first crOsspiece of the narrow grating, and beat
ing fercely with his knuckles on the sheet iron wall
! beside him. Dsgo Joe was his name, the book said,
but one who closed his eyes. and listened to the
| melhfuous flow Of those words, might have
| imagined himself in some sunny Italian vineyard,
| pluckiDg the purple clusters and listening to the
evening song of the keeper. so gently, yet with
| such poisoned sweetness did the words come at
| his bidding.
stood looking through the bars, and exclaiming in
passionate accents, They've got me in for moth
| ing ct ALL" A glance at her unsteady position,
| her blOated face, her tattered garments, denied
l
posite. scoBling face looked out, a face silent
| but full of hatred face bad in all its features.
| Its owners companion in the cell was poor
| drunken fellow who lay stretched upon the floor
in the dark corner, almost out Of sight, insensible
for time to his degradation. In another cell lay,
| at full length, woman in a similar condition. In
| another, man decently dressed, aud apparently
conscious Of shame at his position, walked to and
fro, and turned his face from visitors.
Without looking further, without listening
longer to the oaths and the Obscenity which shock
the ear at every step, let Us leave this place and
try TO forget that such scene is of daily occur
renee within its walls.
NEW FIRE COMPANY is, we learn, in process
| Of organization in the rear portion of the Fourth
District, the recent rapid growth of that section
| rendering the presence of such q public safe
| guard extremely desirable. The enterprise is in
the hands OF our worthy fellow-citizen, j. II.
| Keller, and by Messrs. JnO. Ellerbusch, Frank
schsfer, Andrew Geier and Jno. Muller, aud we
learn that nearly all the required funds have been
raised for carrying out the plan.
THE TEMPERATURE yesterday, as shown by the
| thermometer at G. DuhamePs, removed 70 Ill
| Canal street., was "a follows: At A.M.76 de-
grees; II NJ. "a; Bpm. 81 81.
THE RECEIPTS of internal revenue during the
| IaH week were sl9,S29 81.
AMONG THE NEW APPOINTMENTS made by Mr..
| Murphy, street commissioner. we notice that OF
| Mr.. Daniel Curran, as assistant deputy Tor the
| eth ward. We congratulate the residents OF
that ward npon having so efficient and obiging an
| official among them.
| YESTERDAY, for the first time since the le0isa-
tire assembled, the president of the United
States was prayed for in the Senate.
IRIS CONFIDENTLY believed by several of our
best info rmed cotton factors that five thousand
! bales of new cotton shall have-hson received at
this port on or before the end Of August.
| The " ISDEPENDENCE HELLEUQUE" is a French
| journal published every Thursday in the good old
Grecan city of Athens, and Der of 1t, dated
| March %, 1865, has been presented Us as a speci
| men Of the style in which they publish paper 10
| that fer of ancient burgh. We search its col.
umrs in vain for local intelligence, and are forced
! 10 the conclusion that matters ore unusually dull
in Athens. or that the reporters are too indOlent
to foot it up the steep steps of the Parthenon
where, no doubt, in these degenerate days, tnt
Athenian chief Of police has established hi'
| fHica