The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-06
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| by shooting down the federal soldier who was aim
gressng the bounds Of propriey in stating that the
l gentleman who did 1t is our friend and fellow
citizen, Andrew Jackson Wagner.
In our report Of the fremen's procession Of
| the fonit tn OF March we stated that Mr. j. L. ia.
cobs is foreman Of that gallant American Hook
and Ladder Company No. 2. which is an error.
| Mr.. George Waterman is the foreman of Ameri-
can. How the mistake occurred is nexplicabe,
for we knew better all the while. We forgot
also TO mention Brown Dick" Americans
horse, finer or nobler animal than which could
not be seen in the procession. Brown Dick
| took several drinks on the fourth, and we would
not be sstonished in the least to learn that he also
had a nightmare. -,
| Mr.. L. N. Jacobs. ex-treasurer of the Relief
| Society Of Pbenix Fire Company No. 8, was on
/ Wednesday presented with a beautiful gold
medal voted to him BY the society as compli-
| for the humane and faithful manner in which
| he had discharged the duties Of treasurer. The
/ presentation was made by Col. Louis Power, a.
| president Of the exempts, who acquitted himself
in bis usual happy style, and Mr.. Jacobs made
4 brief response appropriate TO the occasion.
/ Mayor Heath has appointed Mr.. A. ID. Guesnon
| conmissary Of the IRENE Market. -
| coored woman found dead yesterday
on the sidewalk Of Julia street. between Basin and
| A house, owned by Mr. Eugene, on the Hopkins
| Plantation, GENTLY road, was destroyed by fire
about IL O'Clock yesterday morning.
| ihe temperature yeslerosy, as snown oy i,e tne
4 and Cbartres streets, was as follows: AT A.
NJ, IS degrees; at IL NJ, 81; at P. NJ, 70; at
i p. NJ, 67.
| The following appeared in the markets and
other portions Of the city in the shape Of poster
i Of the size Of an evening paper:
:. Notice 10 ue Public-A0 More City Money
| 7dken.-We, the butchers and vendors of bread,
fish and vegetables in the public markets of this
| city, will and after the 10th inst. receive
more city currency in payment for what we offer
| for sale. Greenbacks being the standard, on and
after the 10th we will only take city money in
| payment at what it may be worth in greenbacks
| or national currency.
New Orleans. March 1868
/ No signatures are athXed. faa
We have conversed with a gentleman, promi-
| nently connected with the Butchers Association.
| organized about year ago, and composed Of q
| large majority of the butchers of New Orleans
| and vicinity, who declares TO that this assoca
ton did not ndorse the subject of the poster, and
had no relations with any parties assuming TO call
| themselves the butchers OF the public markets.
| We make this statement in order TO place the
butchers association in proper light. We shall
| soon have the occasion OF speaking Of some very
4 important changes which they propose to bring
| about in the system OF butchering ia this city,
the result Of which will cause q sensible decrease
K in the price OF meats- The above poster not be-
i ing signed, we are at loss 70 know who the par
/ ties are that have caused its issuance, and by
| what motives they were prompted in so doing
i We sincerely hope that no malicious purpose of
i deprecistpg the city currency from motives Of
/ speculation, was intended.
1 BURIAL OF THE LATE ABBE TURGIs.-The re-
mains of the Able Francois Isidore Turgis were
/ buried last evening in the new st. Louis Gene
/ iery, on Esplanade street. A solemn requiem
i mas was celebrated in the morning for hls soul
| 10 ST. Anthony's Church, Of which he was the
| pastor. The temple is small, and was incapable
/ Of holding the crowds who went to join in the
| services.
During the day q constant tide of people visited
the church to offer up prayers for the repose Of
the soul Of the good and faithful priest, and be-
| fore the hour appointed for the funeral had ar
| rived. which was O'Clock, Rampant street was
throDged, on both lanks Of the church, with q
| multitude OF the most respectable, people in tse
city, and the galleries Of the houses and side
walks fer several squares were occupied By per-
sops OF Doth sexes waiting for the procession to
| move.
Shortly after thetime designated the coffin was
put in the hearse, and the procession formed
under the direction OF. Col. q. A. Breaux, OF the
30th Louisiana regiment, of which the deceased
had been the chaplain. There were eight pail
| bearers, among whom were General Beauregard
and General K. L. Gibson, in the command of the
latter Of whom the late able was on duty, dur.
ing the seige OF Mobile. A number Of carriages,
in which the Catholic clergy ofthe city, preceded
the hearse, which was followed by the lay
| mourners, headed by the Pelican Benevolent As
| seeiation, whose band performed dirges as the
funeral passed through the streets
| The c0rtege, on leaving the church proceeded
| mp Rampant street to Canal, mp Canal TO Royal
| down ROy al 10 EsplanaQe aud out E2planade 10
| the cemetery. II was one of the largest funerals
ever in this city. 1t is estimated that 10000
| persons were in the procession, and the gentel
| sex were the most numerous in the multitudinou.
| train. -Four thousand men, il is computed, walked
two and two in the Fiddle Of the streets, and q:
long as this line was, there was an equal length o
procession OF ladies on the sidewalk. Be
sides forty or fifty carriages brought up the rear
occupied chiefly by ladies.
Ii Was demonstration surprisingly impressive
and suggestive The beloved and venerated sbbs
lsbad lot perhaps single relative in Louisiana
| He was far away from those to whom his mem
| CRY would have been dear, by ties of blood. bu
| his eminent virtues and his many graces had en-
oeared him TO Q host Of people, among whom h'
came stranger few years ago. The demon
siTsiion an emphatic rebOke Of the cynics
idea that mankind respect wealth and position
above moral worth, for the abbe's charities KEEP
him always poor, and he never had place or powe
TO bestow. 0bsequies are rarely seen conducte'
with such solemnIty as these were. ln that lonl
sDd decorus cslum there was no sign of levity
there WAS but one expression TO be seen-tha
| expression was sorrow, and well might 1t be, 70
il is seldom that this earth is blessed with q ma
!. whose memory deserves such veneration as tina
. OF the Able Iurgis-
r TIE BALL OF CoLUMBfA FIRE COMPANY No
I. | FIyE-Decidedly the best attended ball this ses
son was the magnificent entertainment given b
Columbia Fire Company 40. s, at the Masoni
Hall On the night OF the Fourth Of March, and "
T doubt very much whether the Hall has ever bee
as crowded as IL was upon this occasion. Mare
GIss night, not excepted, there has not bee
2 his season q larger or more varied number Q
). fancy costumes and masks congregRted at an
place than were present 81 this BAH. THE prettc.
faces sDd figures thai cue can realize were tber
(; snd the enr6in with which everybody engaged i
I the maizes Of theda iaduced us to try ou
hand (shonld we say foot p at it. One Of the mos
:, noticeable features Of the eveLing we're fou
( naskers, three of the gentler and one Of th
sterner sex, who sat for good while ia perfec
mutoness, IN a corner of the Hall, attracting ID
attention Of everybody present They represents
Z; 70 perfection. group OF Choctaw Indians as CO
: be seen every Sunday lining the curb OF "a
a Bazaar at the " French Market selling can
baskets, gunlbo fele and aromatic herbs. Tn
ladies' wore the loose gown Of blue calico, d0tte
with white and trimmed with white aud red tape
e and moccssins, and even their hair was combe
l. in the Indian way, the chignon being tied with th
; inevitable red wooden tape. The gentleman II
}. presenting the protector Of the group, whom "
afterwards recognized as no other than that BRAY
: fireman, Bill swsn, foreman Of Hope Hook an
. Lscder No. 8, was perfect type of the Chocta
g Indian, and we congratulate him upon the succei
OF this idea OF the trdrestisment which we ar
/, | told was due 10 him The ball did not break u