The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-26
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THE EXCITEMENT throughout the city during the
forenoon Yesterday was intense. The sidewalks
on Canal street, from Chartres down as lar al
most IS Claiborne were inll OF men VINO ap-
psrebtly we're on the alert for some serious I'M
pending danger. The crowd around the State
House and Radical headquarters. NO. IL Dryades
street was very dense one, and composed al
most entirely OF negroes and mulattoeS. Inrough
the exerons of the police, large number OF these
people were induced to go away, Dut they
gathered In groups on every corner away down
frtm Canal street to the lower portion OF the
Third District, and in the back streets OF tue FRS.
and Second Districts. At the corner OF IRENE and
Ct Mi streets a negro club had assembled at their
headqusrters, ard were exceedingly menaclng
and violent; on Love street, from Espianade very
neer 10 the Pontchartrain railway they were as
tfick as bees around honey comb. But towards
midday, hunger OF dread of danger, or some other
cause began TO thin their numbers, ana IN the
afternoon the city resumed look OF quiet and
security.
Il was piteous to see the uneasy and terrified
appearance Of the females who peered timidly
through the blinds or the half ifopened shutters OF
their dwellings. The school children, too, who
had wisely been dismissed about hslf-psst lO 10
the forenoon, and sent home by order oil the
duectots FASTENED thitheTward as fast as their
little feet could carry them, eyeing with fright
every negro they had to pass on their homeWard
way.
upon tie weaker and more tmorous portion oil
the population may be attributed to two causes:
First the killing Of negro in the vegetable Mar
ket Of the Second District early In the morning
and, second. TO the installation OF Baker ana ms
Board Of Registrars.
calm quiet air Of resolution and readiness which
has characterized their conduct for weeks past.
YEsTERDAY MORNING a gentleman living IN the
Eleventh Ward applied 20 the supervisors to be
registered. They commenced by asking him II
be had been in the Confederate army. says our
a 1.tr.rw 70 urTIl al
oath laid down in the las, and you can't go be-
hind that" The registrar seemed nonplussed,
but continuing his investigation. finally asked tue
applicant whether be had voted for or against the
Constitution. Disgusted. our friend said: " Inat
is none Of your busiBess-either administer the
| oath and give me 8 certificate, or give me your
reasons ia writing for refusing 10 register me-"
Upon this the satellite Of virtuOns ex.street
commissioner caved and gave the gentleman his
certilit ate.
Now. we call attention 10 this. in order to warn
all persons against these tricks Of the registrars
They have no right put any questions' put SIMPLY
to administer the oath to which, the applcanS ssY
] he will take unless he (the registrar can bring
forward Witnesses 20 prove the applicants inehgl'
/ bility. A strict examination OF the registration
| law (which may be found in foil IN the CRESCENT
/ Of Sept. l3th) will show this fact concluslVey
| Therefore let us be watchful against the tricks
| whereby our enemies would cheat ms out OF our
rights. and show them that we know to Wha'
The aw entities Us. and will have il.
A RrroRTER or TuE CRESCENT went down towr
! Yesterday, about noon in order to see how mat
! teIs we're going on 10 the lower portion oil the
| city. Rumor was rife that schdOl-houir or
! Bienville street and another on Claiborne street
| fgd been attacked aud o little girl murdered
| ard that three thousand srmed negroes wer'
mustered on Love street, near the place wheri
the colored man who had been killed 10 the mar
ket was laid out. The reporter found everything
Quiet ss could be expected, under the circum
stances.
THE CHANGE. yesterday morning, from excessiv
| heat 10 autumnsl GOODNESS was not az al pleasant
| Up 10 Wednesday evening II was the general re
| marx that the week or ten days previously Wet
! the most omfortable OF the whole summer
| such sudden changes are sure to bring on colo
and other complaints, and our citizens cannot .
| too cautious in their manner OF profolng again,
! the yiCissitudes of the climate. Inc sycam0rSs
I afavette Square are beginning TO shed the
folisge They are in the sere, the yeiloN Tea
III and The grass in the fields near the outsArtS
town are beginning 70 put on russet gray coio
| The summer sojOurners At the watering plac
. | along Mississippi aud the western gull coast
, | Louisiana are returning in numbers, aud u
J ! placsrds ''to be let are becoming less Ireqne
I | Than they have been since last May.
: Cailles de laurier, rail, snipe, wood ducks sl
teal are getting TO be plentiful and fat while u
: fisb markets are well supplied with abundance
{ the finest hsh that frequent oui waters
+ The hustle on the levee increases as the seas