The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-06
Tufal Sntelli9enfe.


of Democratic clubs when the cOlored orator,
Rollins, is announced ss a speaker The Demo.
Gratis do not crowd about the headquarters Of the
radical party, nor do they jeer at or interrupt
their speakers or menace their professions. Ii
there is any intention TO excite riot during the
present campaign, the intention surely cannot be
laid at the door of the Democratic party. The
radicals have q majority in the legislature, and
full blooded negro presiding over the Senate. The
HOuEe was organized under the temporary speak
eTshIp of q man Of mixed blood; but the legisls.
ture has not been obstrucied in its proceedings,
no matter how uDjusuy and sweeplngy partisan
those proceedings are, and have been db Inato.
But when a thorough bred negro Democrat ar
rives, and begins to address quiet and respect
able sesembage of all colors, in favor of the can
didates Of his free choice, he ia brckbatted aud
hooted at, pursued and fired upon, stabbed,
driven from q CRY car, and finally arrested by
policeman on the grave charge of melting to riot
and bloodshed-that is, one man, fleeing from a
thousand merciess and painting blood hounds,
is arrested and locked uD In prison for speaking
his 81 'iments aud convictions whilst the rioters
with knives and pistols and missiles in their hands
are looked upon by the liveried guardians of the
public peace as quiet lambs that have been trans
mogrifed from their innocent, gentle nature by
the feTOciOus tup that has appeared 10 neighbor-
ing field A soldier in the army Of Tennessee
vi as once caught in the act of killing a sheep
en- oflense punishable with death. :" Do you
think Pm going 10 let a dog gone sheep bite me
No, Sir, I'll kill any darned sheep that attempts
it," And so it is with the radicals they are after
Rollins, swearing that his eloquent conservatism
has bit them and his life must be the forfeit of
his crime.
"a. TN,
The clouds which obscure the sun and the earth,
render the weather delightful. When old Sol
comes to a hole in the clouds, however, he makes
or even thinks of the pessihilitv of a visitation
from yellow fever or from cholera this year.
tIo,, r,,-n,,s,,,,c oro .ho o;rorr,s,.Doas .oooo
o;onsd by tba non'nsyment Of tba c;tv amnIoySs
NAV he IMAGINED rom tbe fact that the chid Of a
noiica oficer little gi,I seven vears Of age diad
trscontln from shsoInts vant ~ nonrisbmsnt Sbe
haS hen ot,anre5 hv fayar hn, q cartiscate
vo ,ha b1s;cian csryiSas tbat hsd tho necasssrv
food apj pned;cina haen afforded She Uould have
tscovered Ioagine a man walking a heat ali
niobt long with snob a woe az this at home.
MATTERS are exceedingly dull IN and about the
great granite plle on canal street Whieh, tnoug1
half constructed, serves as the nesoquareers OF
innumera1le custom revenue ana other ieoerai
Otheers. The United States court room Is deserted
and drear and in the marshals ohice bat little is
dong IN the way OF sales or seizures. Ihere Is
no longer any criminal business brought before
commissioner urban ana as ior tne registers 10
bankruptcy the expiration of the specified time
for the receipt OF peutions from those totally
bankrupt has greatly diminished ther WORK. 10
the collector tot customs once the quetude
which prevails has been suinclently evidenced oy
the recent discharge OF sixty or seventy en-
Ployes' Inc oaly receipts OF lnternsl revenue
have fallen TO compsrsuVeiy small hgure. Zen.
Steedman ana MT WOoney. the newly appninteh
assessor are oaiiy eAPeo'eu'
Mr. J. S. BossIER,' the survivor in the recent
tragical duel, below the barracks. was arraigned,
Tuesday, before Judge Toca of the parish OF st.
Bernard. After the hearing of testimony, the
matter was dismissed and Mr. Bossier's bond can
celled
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the writer, VINO, AItet an absence ol ~ hlneeee1
years lh OaIiloIna anu nus Just VI nou
10 DIS nauVe Guy, ueclaIes tnse & nc - W
cognlze the ne" OrlesnS VI ioI9 as oens sne sas
on MS adVehturous ana uls.ant voyage' even tnins
De'Oheheu tne moss SAT slsoOiy ny SoIuitlou a, VI VI
Wes,'n, pIosPsriy aud s. bo.ns rnoS
with tiers OF vessels, the carriage ways thronged
with heavy-ladened drays TO such degree that
person crossing from one sidewalk 10 anomer was
irequently delayed ten or ntteen minutes in
making the mp. Inc new orleans Osnks s
were hourlsnlng ana thelr notes preferred 70 golu
and silver; the wblte popuiation were lnten, upon
business, there was employment Tor all and nap
piness, energy and hopefulness Deamed upon
every face.
The negroes in the markets, and those tnat
visited the city on sundays IN their holiday cos,
Sn; taS "a shinn oonrtanancss f1Il of epod
t',,s "a onn.snt.nt peonis than vsra 6on.
az in he
oorraa liberal trnsfing and trn.tvortbv.
Tnrn We 70 ,hs nTsssnt The Isvea throughout
;,s sXtant is as fdrIorn dilanidated and forssken
as ~ ,ba mighty volumes III the MIssissippi had
nsssed into snotber channel: a dozen shios
sr,aorsrs scbooners and steamboats lie scattered
At long intervals: the streets fronting the river
are as silent and deserted as the aisies OF grave
yard at night. and the immense warehouses oin
and closed Ike the tomos IN II.
But, Notwithstanding the squahdlfy ana idienes'
that have taken possession Oh New otleSns, tnels
is one circumstance Whlen makes tne conras @
more incredible than anything else IL Is tne rev W
olutlon which mas occurred IN t1e popuIsuonItWns W
| sight OF Wnue men 0I solnty, euuca.oI M anu 4, eA
Perience thrust ASIDE rom ~! the conuol OF t9en
OWE affairs ana lhelr places nilea Dy osners OIL al
inferior ana totally ahtsgonlstlS as race.
Our irend is gong pAcA 70 Oanlornia'
IT, co,,or. have dovolored ;nsact I;f.
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