The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-12
CITY TOPICs.

be hung up in the new ball TO be erected by that
body. The mayor, well judging that no more
competent person could be found, intrusted the
task Of ipainting the coat of arms to Mrs. Elliott,
who has produced painting that will reflect
credit upon New Orleans. 1t 10 in the form of q
circle some eighteen inches in diameter. The
periphery Of the circle s gold band prettiy or
namented. Inside the circle, with mountain in
the back ground, stand an Indian warrior and an
Indian seuaw leaning upon shield which Is be.
tween them. On the shield is represented an old
man lying at full length, vessel near him, out Of
which refreshing stream of water Is pouring.
Behind him is river, the father Of waters, we
suppose. At the feet of the two Indians is an al
ligator, ugly enough to be perfectly natural. just
above the Indians heads. in semi circle, are the
words Mayoralty of New Orleans"
The picture is now on exhibition in the window
of Mr.. Tyler, the well known jeweler on Canal
street. There are probably many Of our readers
who never, before perusing this, knew what the
arms Of New Orleans are. To them we commend
q sight of the painting before it is sent away.
After falling IN the effort to get all the official
printing laws, journals, etc., printed in German,
the projectors Of that enterprise have constructed
bill ordering all judicial advertisements in the
\ paIbnee VI Ofiea1s ana Jeuer3Ou 10 De printed IN
! German as well as English. The bill was intro
duced into the lower house yesterday. Whether
it can be bought through not is yet to be seen.
A happy suggestion is that of several of the
| gentlemen in this city who have been to school
at Spring Hill College, near Mobile. There are
upwards of one hundred men in this metropolis who
have attended Spring Hill, and who still preserve
their love for Alma Mater. Nine. tenths of them,
strange to say, are lawyers, and among them are
| some of The first members of the New Orleans
bar. The suggestion is to hold meeting Of
Spring Hill students, the object of which is to
adopt measures for the relief Of the college. The
Supreme Court room win probably be the cham
Der selected, and Monday or Tuesday next the
| day.
A bill providing for an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State, making the district judges,
after 1871, to be appointed by the governor,
instead of elected by the people, was yesterday
| introduced into the lower house. The mover OF
the proposition was the coloIed delegate from the
third ward, surnsmed Isabelle, Christian cogno.
| men Robert, sometimes famiiarized into Bob.
However unsound Bob may be on the great politi-
cal goose question, he is certainly all right the
| judiciary subject We hope Bob will put his bill
through.
| A resolution was last night introduced into the
| Board of Assistant Aldermen by the standing
| committee on railroads granting to the jackson
| Railroad Company the right of laying a single
track road through the city from their depot to
the river. The route proposed is through Euphro-
sine, Delord, Triton Walk, st. Joseph. Front,
| Tchoupitoulas and Water streets to the upper
| line of the city. where direct connection could
be made with the grain elevator and with what is
destined to be the great ship landing of the city
also from the corner of st. Joseph and Front
down to Girod. Steam shall only be used on the
end of the track to the rear OF the city as far in
| as Baronne street. But on Front Tchoupitouas
and Water streets, steam may also be used; the
cars, however, on that portion between Baronne
and Tchoupitoulas must me propelled by horse
| or mule power. No greater speed than five miles
| per hour to be attained on any portion Of the
route. The ordinance was ordered printed, and
will come up again next Tuesday night
We regret to say that certain individuals WHO
loaf at the corners Of Canal street have recently
been conducting themselves in q shameful man
ner, by making vulgar comments upon lady
passers-by in such en- audible manner that the
selves. We gather this information from one of
the police officers on the beat, who has promised
to use his authority in the matter by arresting
any one who may hereafter conduct himself in
such reprehensible manner. man who would
thus act is no man.
No little excitement existed yesterday in certain
circles, which had for its cause that deadly duel
was to be fought about five O'Clock between
Creole gentleman and an officer of the United
States army. The affair was in fact to have taken
place at the time mentioned; the weapons, duel
ing pistols loaded with one ounce balls; the dis
lance, ten PAGES. The difficulty originated in one
Of the numerous balls on Mardi Grss night, where
it is reported that for some cause or another the
officer remarked that he was an American, while
the other gentleman was only a half Frenchman.
The repartee from the Creole was striking one
and led to the challenge. The seconds in the
matter being men with cool heads, the affair was
settled amicaby, and instead of the popping OF
pistols there was q popping of corks, and an
agreeable chat over couple of bottles of Krug.
We congratulate the gentlemen upon their happy
termination of an affair which might have proved
fatal to one if not TO both Of them.
in the CRESCENT yesterday condsmning the
criminal negligence, from whatever source 1t
arose, which caused the fall of Mr.. Paul ]. Chris
tian's gallery, on Mardi Gras night, has already
borne good fruit. A resolution was, last night,
introduced in the Board of Assistant Aldermen,
creating the Office of inspector Of buildings, the
incumbent Of which shall be empowered to in
spect all buildings, public and private and report
as to their safety. 1t was referred to thel COM
mittee on improvements and buildings. That this
would be a most excellent move does not admit
of doubt. 1t is a mark of lack Of civilization in
its brosdest sense that no such provision has yet
been placed on our statute books.
An ordinance authorizing another ferry from
the foot of Esplanade street last night passed the
lower board. As there is nothing now running
from Esplsnade street but little tug, it will be
piece of good news to the denizens of the Third
District that large steamer, capable Of transport
ing vehicles CT every size, will, probably, soon
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