The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-21

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Of philanthropy have been sustained only by thu
precarious bounty of some grateful patient.
In consideration Of these facts. your petitioner
must be excused for saying that the Legislator
who would unwittngly tax these imitators anc
followers of Jeeus would, with equal propriety
their time, for performing similar acts. Your
| petitioners are well aware that much imposition
has been practiced upon the public under
the name Of Spiritualism, but they would
lied into regular corporate body styled the
Central Association of Spirituasts OF Louis
lana" organized under an act of the Legislature
Of this State, and that By the provisions Of said
charter they are empowered TO grant letters o.
fellowship to such Of their members as they shall
find worthy; and that by these provisions all i'm
| positions may In future be prevented, and sill im-
posters unmasked.
They would further represent that a grateful
public can bear witness to the benefits conferred
| upon suffering humanity by healing medicines,
and that to prevent them by taxation or otherwise
from fulfilling their philanthropic and charitable
mission would result in great injury to the poorer
class, who, unable to pay the high fees Of regular
| physicians, avails themselves of this method Of
freeing themselves from the ills to which they are
liable.
Tomorrow will be the anniversary Of the
birthday Of the purest patriot whose name the
page of. history bears. Once it was the day Of
all others, next to the anniversary of the fight
at Chalmette, which the Orleanois delighted to
honor, and our citizens will not forget that when
Louisiana, In 1861, severed her connection with
the government which no longer was an expo.
s-ns ~ sh. P-i.oiPiss for-whieh Washington
she'd his blood. Washington's birthday
was selected a. the occasion ON which
to celebrate that great event. Times are changed
since that. We are "trooly loil" now. We are
reconstructed. We are harmonized, and We even
as Josh Billings did to prove his rloilty,r have
blue buckets and wear cottonade. But the gov.
eminent is no nearer now than then to being
republican one. Still, we can all yet reverence
the virtues of the great dead. We can separate
him from bis successors, and we can all with
grateful hearts to God THAT such q man has
lived, and that such page of history has been
written, rejoice that Wsshington's birthday has
again come, and hope that each preceding an.
niversary shall see us farther advanced in the
path Of virtue to that government of which he
was the founder, and his life the illustrative.
Velocipedes continue to engage the attention
of 1.-THE honorable Legislature in the Intervals
of more serious-to other people-business. A
bill to organize velocipede school was brought
in on Friday and yesterday bill to incorporate
the Louisiana Velocpede Company. So we are
bound, not only to have velocipedes in Louisiana,
butte learn how to use them.
The Mechanics Institute, since its abandonment
by the Legislature. has received an impetus from
Its rightful members and owners which is destined
to benefit the city of New Orleans and its people
to an extraordinary extent. Ever mindful of the
practical wants of their fellow citizens and par
ticulary of the rising generation, the Mechanics
Society have appointed q committee of three of
the most intelligent, industrious and influential of
their members to open communication with men
Of science and experience in order to establish
classes, and invite lecturers practical subjects
to address the young people who may desire to
improve their knowledge of the mechanic arts !. 4
Felis Oates asserts that the young men Of the
period, if they keep on, viii probably come to q
full stop.
Pete says this is more than comma-cal.
Both remarks are pointed.
A case in point. (Not point blank, however.)
Cldrd-Tomouow will be the 22d. Ipresurne
the cannons will be fred off; the anniversary, you.
know.
Prince-You mean the cannons will be fred on
the ed, not of.
Card-Well, anyhow at intervals, off and on
il don't matter particle. Il
Who doesn't 60 to the Postofice on Sunday
morning? What an exchange 1t is on the morning.
Of the first day of every week and how much |
solid comfort in the way of letters and papers for
home perusal, the thousands who 60 there carry i
away with them. If on Sunday morning you are |
anxious to see Fitz Doodle or Don Jones upon
some matter Of pressing importance, look for him
1t the Postofice; if, on Saturday afternoon,
Charles Augustus makes an appointment for the |
following day, he invariably says: "Mest me on
The Postofice steps at 10 o'clock tomorrow il
strange, underlined rumors are abroad, of which |
The papers say nothing, where will you lind thera |
more substantially verified than in the crowd |
around the Postoffice; good many people go /
here, doubtless, for mere FORMS sake, perfectly |
,ertsin that they viii get no letters or papers |
but just to hear the gossip-so altogether, |
nail or no mail, male and female, the crowd IL |
,ebdomadaly great one, which disperses with |
he closing Of the massive doors, as at the stroke
If the midnight bell disappeared the shadow
,osts that beleaguered the walls Of Prague.