The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-06
CITY TOPICs.

session of the black and tan collection of pick.
pockets end gori,ss. 1t was born Of infamy, lived
10 disgrace and died in dishonor. May its dust
be unhallowed and its grave be defied and its
memory an Immortality of shame.
On the night when the black and tan Legisla-
ture closed its session, a gentleman belonging to
one Of our Oldest and most respected families
Mr.. Oscar Dupeire-who had been invited within
the bar Of the House by member, was roughly
pat out and ordered under arrest by Gen. McMil.
len, the representative from Carroll parish. As
this was done during the session of the House
when the generals privilege as a member pro-
tected him, Mr.. Dupeire awaited more favorable
occasion for righ,ing himself. This offered
during the day yesterday, when the two met on
| Royal street, opposite the Gem" Gen. Mem.
| received Gaming which he did not resent, posi-.
| bly, thinking that tit for tat" was fair play.
This evening the Deutsche Company, that asso-
citation of gentlemen who are so accomplished in
the art OF entertaining, will give children's ball
| st their hall, corner of Bienvle street and Elk.
change Alley, and very pretty affair it undoubt-
eddy viii be. We have been placed under obliga.
tons for tickets, which we shall certainly use.
music, whose members had evidently, after the
procession, been 10 see q man." or rather sew.
ersl men, passed along Canal street. All of their
Instruments were going, but ali going Ddepend
entity. The general tenor Of the tune was Cham.
payne Charlie, but the dearest lover of that time
honored melody would hardly have recognized it
in its new guise. The bulk of the band, With q
few occasional trip ups got along very fairly,
Int the haas druu HAVING foraaunrn oil ala
gieDce TO the rules Of musie got on tear and
refused like certain boys in gray we wot Of to be
"harmonized"-th carrisr of the druu dstri-
butiDg the blows of his drumsiick equally upon
the parchment and the wooden frame, with an
iDpsrtislity and perfect even.hsndedness that
would be commendable in judge of the Supreme
Court. The general effect of the whole can be
hkened to nothing but the fearful sounds that
would result should the orchestras Of all the
theatres in town get together and all at once
go through the tuning up usually preparatory to
the overrures in the respective temples of Momus
1t was hideous, and yet the jolly disciples Of
Bscchus marched along footing away as if each
man was the angel Gabriel and the eternal saliva
ton of every mortal depended upon his individual
efforts in the wind instrument line, and serenely
unconscious that they were causing much sin in
the way of suppressed damns" in the persons
whose ears they were splitting, and evidently
believing, with druken solemnity that they were
ravisbing the senses of the multitude. They must
have had awful headaches yesterday.
The infamous Legislature died UNANIMOUSLY. Our |
readers will remember, probably, that bill ap-
pointing WarmOth and two or three Of the lesser |
lights of the Radical party in Louisiana, board |
of csnvsssers, to whom all election returns shall
be referred, and who ehail pass upon the validity
Of each election, passed the Senate. It was |
brought into the House on the morning OF Thurs |
day, the last Day Of the session. At the evening
session the bill was called up, when the speaker |
announced that it was indorsed as having passed /
It's first ard second readings and was on its final |
passage. Nov, the Democrats had been watch |
log the bill al day. knowing its infamous chaIac-
ter, and they knew that il had never passed a 1
sngle reading, and that as the Consultation re. |
quires that each bill shall be read on three
several days in each house, unless four
fftbs Of the members agree to suspend tie rule,
The Democrats being more than one-6fth could
compel it TO he laid over for day, and |
thus postpone it until the next session. They
therefore strongly protested that the bill had not
been read single time and that the Endorsement
on the back of the bill was a false oue which
assertions were true, the writer hereof can
amply testify. long debate ensued. when
finally the minutes were referred to and it was
found that the bill had never been before TIE
House at all, and that the Endorsement on the
bscK Of the bill was false one. Then the Radi.
Gals were very sorry; but mistake had been
made ETC., ETC., and they quietly acknowledged
the failure of their attempt to palm lie upon the
Democratic members. When it had been decided
that it required four.fths vote to place the bill
upon its final passage, the roll was called and the
vote stood As to %, which being long ways from
q four-ffths vote, the bill had to lie over.
We would here add that this is not the drst time
that bills have been tempered with in this present
Legislature. IL is aspecies of rsscaity not alto.
gether unfamiliar to the Radical members of that
body. But in this case through the boldness and
determined stand of the Democrats, the villainy
did not succeed.
The latest style of ladies' walking dress is an
underskirt made very skimp, so tight that locomo-
ton lie just possible and very short. SO short thstit
extremely popular with the Canal street loungers.
A pufed overskirt completes the costume.
Mr.. W. NJ. Conner, otherwise known as "Our
MaIius," the clever and accomplished correspond.
ent OF the spirit or the Times. left the city last
evening for flying visit to New York, taking
Baltimore in passing. May his trip be IS pleasant
to him as his society is to his friends and that is
wishing him most enjoyable journey.
As We predicted, the barriers in front OF the
Legislature did rot deter the Gre
men from marching by. On the 4th, two or three
companies came along, and, when they got in
front Of the State House, the barriers were
quietly removed and replaced when they had
passed. Wouldn't It have been jolly thing If
The Legislature had tried to keep them there aud
force the hremen TO take another street, The
might in that csse have adjourned
several hours earlier than Il did.
Vsiocipedng, now 90 popular In he North. bids
alr 70 soon become - general here. Tor not only
ave Ne machines among o.. but We have q school
4 tue vsiocipede. Lat evening - veTe favored