The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-05
CITY TOPICS.

hour appointed the streets about the new State
House, on the corner of Royal and Cont,
commenced 10 wear an appearance similar TO
that of Dryades street last summer, Groups of
ragged negroes were sauutering around gazing
with open.eyed wonder at the building where their
! fir ends were allowed 70 sit "side OBJ white gem.
men ~ apple vendors and sellers of cakes and
pies were numerous. while metropoltsns were
"tbick as leaves in VaIlambrosan OF these last
it should be said that they were good looking
| set Of men, and presented an appearance highly
creditable TO themselves and the force. How
| they would behave in an emergency is, how
ever, different question. Inside the building
was full Of life. AS twelve O'Clock approached
| members tegan 10 come in, and soon the halls Of
| both the houses were filed with crowd com.
! posed of negroes end their white pretended
| friends, conversiDg familiarity with each other;
carpet-bag members, who had gathered again to
| the feast like vultures who had smiled a carcass
| from afsr; scalawag members, who had remained
in the city since the last session and who had re-
/ turned from their "constituencies'- save
| the mark Lobbyists, who had some neat JOB to
work through and who were busy buying up votes;
| white pages, rushing hither and thther, at the
beck of negro members. and colored pages kindly
| coDsening to wait upon white ones. All
| these Termed a motley crowd and one that might
| well make any lover of Louisiana think sad
thoughts. In the House at IL O'Clock the speakers
| gavel came down. The first roll call showed
| quorum not present, when recess was taken for
half an hour to allow the laggards time. At its
| expiration ifty-fve members nswered to their
names. when the House was declared organized.
In the Senate the first roll call showed a quorum
present. In each house prayer was made by
colored man. A glance around the house revealed
many faces made only too familiar last summer.
There was the silver-tongued Murrell, the wild
boy of Lsfourche, who used go often to transix
the house with his simple but commanding
eloquence there was Reese, the originator of
thai neat little cotton factors bill which some of
our readers may remember; there was Isabelle,
the virtuously indignant over the governors veto
of the civil equality bill ; there was Morey. the
would be congressman; there was Carr, the in.
PRODUCER Of the bill to make the electors of the
State to be chosen by the Legislature, instead of
oy the people, which bill he decided not to press
there was Douglas, the negro member who signs
his name with mark there was Lee, one of the
propretors of the Republican; there was Ray.
mond, the highly cOlOred member from Jefferson,
who is heavy on " de prebious question, )" besides
hest Of minor luminaries in the great galaxy
From each of these the public will, we suppose,
soon sgain hear. The business done did not
amount to much A little bill appropria.ing $780,
600 was introduced and the governors message
heard, when the patriotic members, wearied
out with their exertions in their country's
service, adjourned till to-day, when they will
commence serious busness-snd serions business
indeed it will be to the people of this State.
Sebastian the farnons eouas.rian ,vbo Il ,,-. q.
the Academy, performed with Cniarini in the city
of Mexico during the reign of Macmillan, and
by bis skill and daring so won the admiration of
the emperor, himself a rare horseman, lover of
manly sports, and at that time patron of amuse-
ments for the people, that the latter in person
presented him with solid silver bride and &C.
coutrements, and with watch chain set with da.
monds and worth at least $4,000 in gold. These
costly gifts were shown US yesterday at the
Academy, and having such a history possessed |
double beauty in our inspection of them. The |
bride is very heavy aud is beautifully wrought;
the chain, sparkling with gems, is elaborate 10 its
workmanship. Would it not be we'll to exhibit |
these rich mementOes in some Canal street win. |
dow, in order that every one may have an oppor- |
tuDity to see and admire them?
query now being anxiOusly pressed by a great
many people is, What did those levee bonds bring
which Mr.. Lynch negotiated in New York last
fallg large and attentive audience are waiting
to hear Mr.. Lynch's report. In this connection
we might mention another little question which
is now agitating certain circles. 1t is this: How
does it happen that while the famous-or rather in
famous printing bill authorized the selection of
one official journal in each parish of the State,
that the parish of Orleans is blessed with t,go of
q Al H. 1
and the journal devoted to literature, country
and the denOuncing of honest men, known to the
world as the Advocate, and run by the imnacu
late Person Newman. D. D.! The Advocate has
published the proceedings of both houses in fall.
Now the parson would have done no such thing
unless he expected to be paid for it. The public
is therefore, the qi sire to learn if the parson
is to be paid, and if so, by what authority We
pause for a reply.
True to their instincts the first bill upon which
the House of Representatives ESQ called) OF the
State Of Louisiana took any action was one appro-
priating money 1, was bill setting aside
100000 to pay the expenses of the present
Legislature. Well, it is only for one year more;
and then the representatives OF the people of
Louisiana will contrO. the State and the States
money.
Now that the Legislature has re assembled, the
education question comes up again. The Tribune.
the organ Of the eolored men, strongly urges the
colored members to devote their every energy to
the passage of bill giving educational facilities
to the blacks. A bill providing for forced mixed
schools was presented at the last session but never
passed beyond its second reading. What will
now be done yet remains TO be seen.
HOMICIDE IN JEFFERSON, TEXAS Cant. WIR. |
Perry Shot by Soldies.-We are panied to learn
BY private dispatch from L. II. Norwood to
speake & Buckner, of this city, that Capt VIM
Perry was shot and killed at Jefferson, Texas. on
he night of the I'd inst, by United States soldiers
We are unappiised of the circumstances of this
ad affair, but the soldiers say that the deed was