The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-21
CITY TOPICS.

Another neat fabrication in the report Of the So
called peace and order committee of our piebad
! Legislature came to light yesterday. party by
the name Of Huston in the report asserts that in
| st. Helena parish, "had the election been fair
one, the Republican ticket would have had from
two to three thousand majority" Now, Mr..
Kent, Democrat and a gentleman, tells rs that
the registered UOte of st. Helena parish is but
1850. and In that number there is white majority
of 100 votes. And yet the fellows who compose
the committee had the audacity to give circula
| ton to q statement which Huston, when be made
| it, must have known to be false, and which they
themselves, had they been influenced by anything
else but party mslignity and desire of SANDER
ing their betters, would never have inserted with
out an investigation which would have proved its
mendscity. And yet these rsscsls now sit in the
high seats of the State. Truly, the ways of Om-
impotence are inscrutable.
That was pleasant though rather biting remark
made by lady who the other day received an
invitation to the Boston Club ball, which took
place last night. al am glad to see," said she,
viewing the biz of pastehoard which conveyed her
the compliments of the club, " am glad to see
that the members Of the Boston Club are at
home at least one evening in the week."
A carpet.bagger's idea of courage, as he stated
it to gentleman in this city short time since,
is this: " You Southerners," said he, " excel us
in physical courage, for you risk your lives and
limbs to support cause; but we Northerners
excel in moral courage, for though we are 10th to
expose ourselves to personal danger, but will en-
dure any amount of abuse and face public opinion
in any way, in adherence to principle which you
at fha rot iufim
that popular clamor was against you" About
one portion of the carpetbagger's statement there
can be no doubt, for it is not to be denied that
members of his fraternity will take any amount Of
abuse and insult without resentng It, and face the
opinion of honest men in every way in adherence
to the grand principle" which sctuates them
the principle of plumber, the hopes of putting
which into practice have drawn them hither like
iron is drawn by the magnet. AS 10 the balance
OF the carpetbagger's assertions, our readers can
place the proper value upon them.
The steamboat Aloe came up yesterday from
the lower coast very deeply laden with sugar and
molssses. AS she neared the wharf her guards
struck against the stern wheel of the Annie Wag-
ley, smashing three half barrels of molasses.
When boat arrives with so large a cargo as to
submerge her lower deck almost up to the en-.
gine-room, it proves pretty conelusively that
freights are active and boats in demand. Steam.
boats, therefore, have no business to be laid up
at the left bank.
There was to be seen yesterday in the appra
sers office at the Custom House a singular freak
Of nature. A grape vine by various turnings had
turned itself into the form of a man. Head,
body. arms, legs, all were perfectly formed, and
the concluding shoot of the cratic vine went off
in a musket, the rsmrod being represented BY
small tendrll, while little offshoot with return
ing curve constituted fair representation of
trigger guard. This drbor.trdry " son of a gun u
attracted, as might be expected considerable at
tention. This natural soldier is. we understand,
intended TO guard the garden walks of one of our
down town citizens. From the style of the |
wooden gun, it is said that the vine is of the |
musket dine variety. Those old ancients who |
personifed every tree and shrub would, we |
opine, be somewhat astounded 10 find !
that there were indeed men in trees. It is
worthy of note that, though men have often been
seen in vinous state, no vine was ever before
discovered of human form.
II seems IS if the vexed question as to whether
the patriots who served on committees of the Leg
islature during the recess shall receive payment
for their ar6uous abors, is at last likely to be set
tied. The original bill appropriated 100000 to
pay expenses of this session, and it was on the
Senate amendments to the bill, setting aside a
portion of the money to pay the per diem of the |
sd interim legislators that the two houses split |
and finally came to a dead lock. But yesterday |
the Senate passed new bill, making the amount |
s25O,OOO, and including IN the appropriation the |
warrants Of the committees. From the temper of |
the House yesterday, it would appear that they |
will pass this bill. After all, you know, the money |
is paid by the people of the State, and the lovely
creatures composing the Royal street menagerie
not having to foot the bills it is not expected that
they should be stinted in their expenditures. 1t
has been suggested that the reason of the in
creased amount of the second appropriation over
the first, is that the money, or portion of it, has
to be employed in persuading members of the
House to vote for the payment of the committees.
This has been suggested. we say, but any one
knowing the purity and uprghtness which actuate
the noble legislators of Louisiana, will repel the
Immediately. But still that extra
$4,000 is there, and will not be explained in any
other way.
A very intelligent dorg visited the Crescent
sanetum yesterday. her cognomen ls Lolita, and
when we say that as dog she is worthy to bear
the name of the sweet little FREELY, we praise her
highly. Her color is black and tan; as to
whether she is " trooly loil p" like other black and
tans now in town, we cannot say. Her master,
Mr.. Deisler, chsperoned her, and showed of her
Accomplishments. She stands on her hind legs.
sits down, lays down, goes TO sleep, walks on two
legs, three legs and four, wales. polkas, jumps,
gets On her masters back, aud sings in a melo-
dious voice at the simple word of command per.
tanning TO each trick. She was requested by her
master 10 get him handkerchief, when with
dexterity worthy of Johnny snapper himself,
she flliped one out of the pocket of the writer
hereof, and laid il at his feet. As 9 fitting close
TO the performances Of this wonderful animal we
would state that she throws a somersault with the
grace of Hanlon, and jumps with the agility of
a Pau. She is truly /" one of them Though
we should say lot % them"