The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-15

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NEW YoRK. March Z, 1868.
New York ID very quiet just now; that is, this
everressless of humanity is As near calm - it
well can be; that is to say still further no great
food-tide of sensations is sweeping over rs. The
impeachment has lost its first charm Of novelty,
and though it Is still talked Of good deal, tits in
quiet way. There are few things in the line of
defslcations, bank robberies or ghastly murders,
to record. The political world is only Just waking
up; and altogether the weather has Just gotten
back to its old place in the catalogue Of topics
The weather, this time, 1t happens, viii bear talk
ing about, for the Oldest Knickerbocker has hardly
seen the like. After o winter OF almost 10.
cessant showing and blowing, March was hailed as
the end Of our meteorological suferings, and we
thought we could see just ahead Of Us the grass
and the birds, and the blossoms, and the more
imaginative got so far along that they thought
they could smell the odor of new-mown hay. We
were very shortsighted. There came q furious
snow storm and tremendous frost and we
have suffered. And now we have q thaw and
visions of vernal growth and bloom come TO us
again. Meanwhile the streets are in q dreadful
state and everybody, save the street cleaning con-
tractor, is In state Of febellion.r The
aforesaid contractor is q philosopher; he has
learned the secret OF contentment, and probably
makes lots Of money thereby. But poor fellow
enviable as he is in regard TO the money bags, he
is uneDyiabe in everything else; for the people
demand too much from him. IL is simply impossi-
bic to remove the mountains OF ice and snow
which cucumber our streets and fret everybody
and are fast killing all the HORSES and stimulating
to an intense activity the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, etc. He has learned TO
labor and to wait. he doubtless says to himself,
Come Spring, ethereal mildness, come" know.
ing that day Of sun will do more than all his
carts. But the people. Notwithstanding their re-
bellion, are getting philosophical too.
Our Central Park, our pride, our pet, Is to be
made this spring more symmefrically largely
beautiful than ever before. Besides improve
ments IN the general landscapes, new statues are
and terraces are to be sculptured in bas relief
Some Of these bas relefs have been in cutting for
some time and promise beautiful effects. We are
20 have more music too. The work planned for
the year is In full accord with that which has pre-
ceded, and this Is sufficient warrant that IL will be
q credit TO the citizens and to the park commits
soners. The park, all in all, has been the best
managed Of all our public works for many years,
and suggests what may be expected In other pub
lie departments in the good years coming, when
none but true citizens shall be placed in authority
This change for the City Hall at least, if it come
at all, will probably not greet US till many years
hence. Our City Hall people How much they
have been denounced, and vet how much more
should be said Their rule and misrule Is getting
worse and worse, and that rapidly, to the point OF
utter unbearableness. The City Hall is simply q
moral Augean stable, and the question with good
citizens of all parties is how TO clean il out This
must be done. There is some salt there, but how
little The mayor has tried TO stem the tide Of
corruption. but the council pass ordinance after
ordinance over his veto. The stupidest
man can see that many of their measures,
absolutely injurious 10 the public, can only be
adopted because the members of the Common
Council make money by their action. Money will
buy the passage Of almost any measure, however
wicked. wli,e this because know of what l
affirm. Recent briberes in that dreadfuIly corrupt
council which have been made known TO me
would, If recorded, emphasize all this Judgment.
1t is safe TO assert that body of rulers earth,
who hold Office of equal dignity and power, is So
boldly corrupt. Some gsod citizens suggest
San Francisco coup detdt-a Montana cleansing.
1t may come to this for aside from the influence Of
the Common Council on the morals Of all with
whom they come in contact, their legislation has
too potent an effect In the finances of the people
70 warrant safety forever. The great Law Of self
observation will at last assert itself.
The long looked for. long talked of Arion ball,
has come and gone. 1t was 80 bright, so success.
fais that the participants could say. with some
show of truth, '''twas what our fancy painted
it." The Academy of Music looked ike an en-
cbanted palace. The Arions do everything well,
and for several years their entertainments have
been attended by the elite of both German and
American society. The society was formed in
1854 by thirteen seceders from the Lederkranz.
For several years they had up hill work, but at
last they came TO be rivals Of even the Lieder-
kranz, winning over the latter the first prize in
the great prize singing contest at Buffalo, about
eight years ago.
A serious riot occurred on the 9th inst on
Wards Island, between the Irish and German
pauper emigrants, who reside there, owing to the
stagRation Of business. The number Of these
emigrants has increased to nearly two thousand
within the last three months. IL was
not until a large detachment Of policemen
used their firearms that order could be restored
and the ringleaders arrested. Fourteen persons
were wounded and about eighty prisoners made.
Qune q number Of citizens of athe Emerald
lsle" and five Teutons were sentenced to three,
six and nine months hard labor.