The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-03
Eural 9nteuisenrs.

MATTERS ARE REMARKABLY TRANQUIL IN aud
about the Custom House ow-adays. and the
echo of ones footsteps sounds dreariy through
the dark corridors and halls. As we had annci'
pated, the opening of the business season, the ar
rival Of cotton and the impetus given to every
branch of business. from the toOthpick trade up
TO banking has dispersed the hOrdes OF Office
seekers who whilom were wont to stand about the
offices of the two collectors, snufhng their coming
from afar and pouncng upon them when they
came. We are glad to thus find the number of
unemployed diminishing and glad too that many
of them discardng the hope OF obtaining gov
eminent position, uncertain at best and useless as
a stepping stone to advancement. have gone to
work at outside labors, which, while at first less
remunerative, are yet more permanent and profit.
able in the end. And yet, spite of the pressure OF
applications of late, business has been gong
steadily on and all the departments are IN excel
lent working order. Our reporter frequently mas
occasion TO wander in and out through the various
Offices and is always observant OF the quiet, bus-
ness like air which prevails from end to end OF the
building. In fact the Custom House Is, between
in the morning and in the afternoon, little
world OF itself, in which hundreds Of men Tor
the time busy themselves, forgetful Of the great
city without. At noon lunchis brought them from
little stand which an enterprisng dealer has set
up in the main portion OF the buildiug, and AZ
evening they put coat and hat and forget Once,
business everything, until O'Clock the next day.
In this regard they are envied by the reporter,
who drives his quill until midnight.
No one ever enters that building without ex-
pressing both wonder and regret at its non-com-
pletion. Even the pigeons, we wager, which ny
about smoDg the rafters, and with their little
claws track the dust, which must have been col.
ecting for years on top of those huge pillars and
cornices, ask themselves with wondering salts
facton why such an elegant rookery has been
built for them, upon so magnificent foundation
~ granite and marble. Many can recall the day
when, with pomp and ceremony, the foundation
stone was laid. How many then present fuly be-
lieved they would live to see the green bough ny.
ing from its summit TO indicate completion OF
how the building is to look in future go and look
at the iron model of it, which stands in the corner
of the great court up stairs.
We have often intended making an Illusion tc
those sisirways. Alas, how far their wooden steps
| and shaky framework fall short Of the architects
design. Bat they have done well enough you "a!
| for the last few years. and will do well enougl
| for as many more. All right, if that satisfies you
| The United States Courts will soon open, com
| merce v i'll increase again, and the next montl
will probably see the interior Of the great granit
pile teeming with life and bustle.
| AFArAL SpsEE.-An Englishman named Johl
Nathing, journeyman caroenter, has for som
tine hack been in the employ OF Mr.. Pitman, tn
builder. He was sober and industrious man
| and o good workman. short time since he re
ceiyed a remittance of GOO In gold from bis rela
tives in Birmingham, England. He seemed to be
|
pected piece of good fortune, and to show his jo
az once went on big spree. The spree termina
ted in congestion of the brain. which ended "a
tally. An inquest was held yesterday on th
body. and verdict rendered in accordance wit
the facts.
THg TOMB of the new Lusitanos Beneveler
Association, at the Grod street cemetery, wa
Yesterday thrown open to the public. tis mas
nifcent structure. It's two rows OF vaults insic
were handsomely and appropriately adorned
| Some Of the tombs in the came cemetery wei
yery tastefully dressed. There were few VII
arches of flowers over them-life around death
which were particularly noticeable. The gener
appearance Of the cemetery was not, however,
dne as Il has been In past years. The tomos OF u
various colored benevolent societies, of which Il
Girod street cemetery is full, were all decorate
some very plainly. others more elsborately. III
colored people were out there in great number
SPECIAL OFFICER MARKS yesterday arrested
| coloTed woman named Mary Lewis, who has De.
| EMPLOYED for Q month past as servant at
| l5i Julia street, upon charge OF having iro
J | time TO time committed larceny by taking arnci
: Of one kind OF another from the house. Arm
with search warrant, Ohlcer MARKS vlsi,eo
( house on Orleans street, where the accused
: IN the bsbit of going, and there, sure enoue
> IL ouDd Heterogeneous collection OF plates, cuE
. | goblets, pncushions. brushes. books, oedoio
clothing-in short, everything that servant