The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-09
CITY Tories.

over the whole city By the death Of General Rous.
seau. He has always been SO courteous to our
citizens in every relation which he has sustained
to them, SO regardful of their interests, has
proved himself so honest gentleman and SO true
man, that his death is misfortune, not only to
the country at large, which loves a valuable SER
vant-to the army, which is deprived of bright
ornament-to his family whose loss ia simply in-
expressible, but also TO each and every inhabtant
of the Crescent city, all of whom have loved him
for his many good qualities, were proud and happy
to welcome him amongst them as an adopted cit.
izen. 1t is well Anowu, we suppose, that General
Rousseau, some time before his death, expressed
his intention of making Louisiana his permanent
home, and often said that when the hour came
that he was ordered away from New Orleans he
would resign his commission and once more re.
turning to civil fe would settle amongst the peo-
pie whose tastes and inclinstions so conceded
with his own. This fact will make his death
doubly regretted; for he was a man who would
adorn any city, and whom any man would be hon
ored to call afeIlow townsman.
The flags of the various newspaper officers were,
yesterday draped in mourning, while those of the
public buildings in the city few at half.mast. The
portico of the building used as headquarters on
Camp street, on Lafayette Square, was draped in
mourning.
The funeral ceremonies are to take place this
aftt rnoon at three O'Clock, at Christ Church, on
Canal street. The remains will be inferred in
Lafayette Cemetery, No. l. A large escort of
troops will be present to do the last sad honors TO
the dead patriot. Doubtless, there will be vast
concourse of citizens assembled to testify their
esteem and respect for one who, in his life,
proved himself really their friend.
Yesterday, about meridian, young man was
passing along with q velocipede up Camp street.
When he had reached Mr. Palmer's store, opposite
the CRESCENT, policeman stopped him. The
young man expostuated. He turned and twisted
his vehicle; he raised it from the ground with one
hand, he gesticuated with the other, and pointed
vehemently to a negro propelling wheelbarrow
on the sidewalk right behind him. We could not
hear bis language, but never saw more en.hus-
ilsiic follower of Demosthenes' oratorical pre-
cept-action-action-a The policeman was
deaf TO his entreaties and blind 70 his gestcula-
ton. II was pantomme OF excellent merit, from
our standpoint. But, like the miller on
the stage, the metropolitan was memorable.
The young fellow whether one Of the Hsnlon's
or an amateur is not decided) was game and ebul.
lient-he resisted. The metro. seized the two
wheeled caballo by the hind part, whilst the
owner held on like grim death to the fore. Then
began a struggle like unto that of Achilles and
Hector, or rather Of Cassaudra with the Trojan
generals-a windy struggle-all about wooden
horse. A crowd assembled, the policeman won
the day and gallanted the velocipede and its rider
TO the police station. Now what harm had this
,-stb -. oI0 aJo9 ho
hind him was negro with wheelbarroT heavily
laden, who pushed his way regardless Of men,
women and children, police and velocipedsts.
minute after, on the opposite side Of the street,
passed another negro and another wheelbarrow,
and the wheelbsrrow and its black locomotive
pursued their way in peace, the INCREASED wheel
creakIng a warning to wsyfarers like the bell Of
the Pontchartrain cars. On Camp street, between
Poydras and Common, are a number of negroes
with tin placaIds letteTed and numbered in Ger.
tain fashion, who use their own discretion as to
whether they shall propel their hsnd-carts on the
sidewalk or On the carriage way. Their election is
immaterial TO the guardians of order, because
they are the nations wards and the nations bu.
reaus. They are the darlings Of Gen. Howard and
Gen. Mower, and the idols of the great
statesmen and editors in New York and Wash.
nsnI' tho great in their bsbsIf s.n.
ciaD,, and Mast is the illustrious artist who POI
trays their projections and eccentrictles for the
enlightenment of those benghted people who
don't know the blessings Of negro population
and, therefore, if Oscar Dunn, or Bnrrell, or
Mensrd, or Pinehbsck should, after punch sym.
postum with Wickliffe, take it into his thick head
to air his person and diuse his scents with light
fantastic velocipede, where is the metropolitan
that would dare arrest him. Arrest Oscar as
velocipedist? Why, man, he doth bestride this
narrow world like Colossus. 1t would be trea-
son-high crime and misdemesnor. But a poor
white boy What right has he to perambuIate
with "notion" that is to be met with on almost
every square in New York and Paris. The New
Orleans Police Board should have lived contem.
poraneously with those two fine old gentlemen,
Dogberry and Verges. They want all vagrom
men comprehended, and let those go that will not
submit to arrest. The antics of Dunn and his fol-
lowers are almost equal TO those of Dunn's rela-
tives on the coast of Guinea.
The Eighth of January lacked celebration. The
most joyful event of the day was that the Legis-
lsture took twenty hours recess from their labors
thus causing a fervent wish for sixty Fights Of
January between this and March lst could such
a blessing be expected on each OF them. All the
public buildings displayed their flags, but they
were at half.mast in honor of the memory of Gen.
Rousseau. There was no public celebration of
the day aud but little private COMMUNICATION Of
it. Altogether the Eighth passed of very much
as the seventh had done.
A city topic just now is the entertainment to
come off on Monday and Tuesday evenings of
next week, at the Odd Fellows Hall. II is to be
a fair, at which fancy articles and refreshments
are to be sold in addition to these attractions
the ballroom is to be devoted to dancing. The
object of the entertainment is one that commends
itself to every one. 1t is the completion of a
tomb in which are to rest the remains Of the Con-
federate dead, which are now inferred in various
cemeteries in the vicinity of the city. We know
that the entertainment win be successful, for we
cannot think our citizens would allow such pro-
ject to fall to the ground.