The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-03
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1853
CITY TOPICs.

cheerier, more jovisl or substantial Old gen.
tleman than Doctor holly, the good samaritan for
weak and broken umbrellas, it is rarely ones for
! tune to meet with in New Orleans. To Thackeray
or Fielding the doctor would have proved an in.
s valuable prototype. Genial full of kindly humor.
healthy and wholesome in bis advancing years az
an autumn apple, Doctor Holly is always welcome
in every counting house and public office in New
Orleans. His stock of umbrellas, which he car
RES under his arm, is an indispensable portion of
5 himself. These umbrellas are in every stage of
. umbrella existence-from the span-new and deli.
cate parasol, the silk of which is as gaudy az the
tail Of peacock to the mere whalebone skeleton
from which the cotton covering hangs in shreds.
The doctor is an Irshman of the old school, sturdy
faeetious, and "ss independent as a wood SAWYER
but s1cden to resent any implied OF intended af-
front to bis station as a man of the world and
gentleman. The writer loves the old doctor, not
for bis skill in ministerng 70 the ills of the nm.
brella f3mily-an adjunct the writer never owned
or cared for-but on account Of his resemblance
to Sir Toby Belch, in Twelfth Night" Hilarious
and moderately addicted to social glass, his Jolly
face and his rich brogue are a continual reproacb
to puritanical asceticism. Dost think, because
thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes
and aleu-
A bill is now before NE Legislature giving $500
each to the widows OF Pope and Chase. thu
woOld'be sheriff and judge of st. Nary parish
who were killed in October last What possible
claim these two ladies have upon the State we
cannot imagine, and the only one hypothetical is
fne fealty which their husbands displayed to tina
Bsdcal party. Many men have been murdered
Il times past in Louisiana and yet the State has
sever assumed the guardianship of the fam. |
les they left behind them. The bones of many of |
the sons of the Pelican State lie scattered on |
every battlefield from Virginia to Texas, and their
soved ones, deprived of the aid of their strong arms
are now, too many of them, cast dependant upon /
ihe world, and yet Louisiana does nothing forthem
;sut when two comparative strangers come TO the
state and are Enthusiastically or not does NOT
Affect the questionable Legislature of Louisiana.
or the men who now hold the power withou. en-.
J0yiDg any of the respect that that body oace did
propose to pay sum of money to their widows.
AZ any thing we're needed to prove how utterly
and entirely the men who now meet at the corner
81 Royal and Cont streets misrepresent the
State, the donation of this appropriation would
sompete the evidence.
The last person whom the model Legislature
|
tisckeT, of the First District. What Mr.. Becker
has done to merit their righteous wrath, we do
not know. IL is supposable, however, that he has
discharged his duties with fidelity and even
sanded justice; refusing to favor his Radical
'rlends who elected him. OF course, # he has
tone this, he is hardened criminal, and should
~ once be removable Investigated" or
/ addressed" or ousted out of his Office in some
Way.
The difference between being confirmed by the
olshop OF Louisiana and being confirmed BY the
senate Of Louisiana lies in the fact that to be the
'ee man must possess godliness aud virtue, and
70 be the other he must be endowed with dis.
honesty and rascalty. Still, however, in both
eses there may be sometimes an exception; and
> Doth cases, also, if the applicant is known TO
'e an exception 10 the general rule, he is refused
Confirmation. I
: 4 new parish, to be called Grant parish. is in
,htemplation by the Legislature. 1t is proposea
y be carved from the parishes of VIM and
tpides. t
Hlur Legislators may not have all the ssperb G
sAtal characteristics Of the great German states
en- but 1t is certain that, in bodily appearance.
,aSi1y of them resemble Bismarck.
" .
). ihe CRESCENT dainty DOTS the handsome and !
ssAionaole hat she wears to Auditor G. W. Wick. d
= = and apologies. The petition in the case was
~ 81 hand wherein B. Saloy sues the auditor in y
e siNin District Court at the time local took n
~ OIL mlcAhfe's answer. Now, Mr.. Wickline. b
- see mat your foes can apologize for an unin Q
sNionsi wrong, and you should show the same -
Y ,nsnimify IN your official capacity towards
ssS5a. lie good fellow, and treat men of vour
e., and complexion as you would that thew n
I, tld treat you. =
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