The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-21

women have appeared on the stage of the Acad
envy who possessed youth, beauty, freshness, good
nature, an entire absence of envy, and q constant
desire to please, to such degree as Louisa Ro-
berts. She always has looked. to the writer, like
Millions Euphrosyne, $50 buxom, blithe, and de-
bonaire." Her companions Of the stage, as well
the frequenters Of the dress circle and the par
quette, eli tender Miss Roberts their best wishes
and are glad to welcome her back.
The CREscENEfees sincere regret in announcing
the death of DR.. Peter W. Mackin, good and ex.
emplary citizen of New Orleans. He died ct sea
in December last, whilst on q voyage TO Liver
pool on the Inflated Southern Empire. Not many
days after his body had been solemnly consigned
to the great deep, the vessel herself was swsl-
lowed up by the waves and it was with great diff.
fculty that the bereaved widow, the officers and
crew were saved. The writer knew Mackin init
mately, and loved his kindly nature and his socisl
| qualities. He was generous and convivial to a
fault, and had no enemy but himself. he pos
sessed q sprightly wit and fine literary acquire.
ments. His untimeIy death viii be deeply regret
ted by numerous friends in Louisiana, Mississippi
and Virginia.
| The stout gentleman who occasionally illumi-
mates this Office with his presence makes valu-
able suggestion, which we commend to those of our
readers interested. 1t is that the denizens Of the
rear portion of the city, which is so liable to over
now, -a.1s rusure tsr.as essh %
sary) the floors of their houses, SO that when the
| floods come and the great waters rise upon them
| they shall, with their wives and their sons and
their daughters, their live stock and their house
hold supplies float calmly on the troubled tide and
serenely smile at that fate, which, willing to
drown them out, has only rocked them in the
cradle Of the deep-the rock referred to being the
lone rock by the sea-and made them, for q short
time. to live life on the ocean wave. This hint
is given in good faith and in the hope that it will
be usefu! to somebody.
A Pair of spectacles- two places of amuse.
ment on ST. Charles street.
We find, BY ticket Of invitation on our table,
that the Young Mems Social Club, whose managers
are ali honorable men, viz: Hon. Kelso, Hon.
Monette, Hon. Antoine, Hon. Lott, Hon. Matthews,
Hon. Hurtchison, Hon. (another) Antoine, Hon.
Vigers, Hon. Bell Hon. no, be was too gal.
liant a soldier at Shiloh and elsewhere to put his
name in the same cstegory-contemplat the
giving of grand ball, Wednesday night, March
Sd. The invitation committee, to whom the CREs-
CENT is indebted for this signal honor are Hon. j.
P. Heating, Hon. Antoine, Hon. Colburn, Hon.
Ghevalier; floor managers Hon. Colburn, Hon.
Barrett, Hon. Heating, Hon. Antoine the Second.
" There's honor for you," said Lean Jack Fal.
staff. These colored gentlemen, who are SO fond
Of the prefix honorable" seem to get their cue
from Pope's line:
." Honor and shame from no condition rise.v
But they should recollect, whilst passing all
those infamous bills in the Legislature, the sue
ceeding one:
"Act well thy part-there all the honor lies"
The weather will be pretty warm in all proba-
bility on the Sd proximo, but March is noted for
catarrhs, and stopped nose is apt to lose the
fragrance Of musk and other sweets, which are
expected to exude after the dancing shall have
been fairly begun on the light fantastic heel.
The CREscENr's sprightly and energetic young
friend, ]. NJ. scanland, left town yesterday for |
Nstchitoches, where he will remain few days,
and thence proceed to Shreveport to take charge |
of the Shreveport News, the entire ownership of |
which he has purchased, and which he intends to |
infuse q vigorous and wholesome life into. There
are few men in the State of Mr.. Scanland's youth
who possess more enterprise, perseverance and |
real newspaper talent. Besides, he ia a true |
Southerner, fearless and outspoken in his views.
We wish him and the Shreveport News happiness |
and big list of subscribers and advertisers.
The people across the river complain bitterly, |
and with reason, Of the impossible condition of |
the road from the ferry landings to the Algiers |
Cemetery. Even the banquette is ankle deep in /
mud and sIush.
contemporary took occasion a day or two |
since 10 describe in ertenso the working of the /
cotton worm exterminator, whose proprietor
modestly requested 100000 from the State for the
privilege Of its use by the planters of Louisiana
But our contemporary seriously erred In its &C.
count. However useful and simple the plan 1t set
forth, II is not the plan. The real method pro.
posed is this: The patented article is 9 peculiar
powder whose composition is of course the iBven.
tors secret. A tablespoonful of this powder Is
placed in quart of water and thoroughly dis
solved. You then take one of the worms and
give him teaspoonful of the liquid three times q
day for five days. On the morning Of the sixth
day he is corpse. The thing is infallible, never
having been known to fail. For particulars Of
.ne experiment. ->As. the plantation on which
uled ana otner interesting partscus---. .aa dozen. |
mouts VI uics uItuef lufOrmaCOQ can be OBJ
tanned by addressing "City Topics" care of
CRESCENT Office, New Orleans, La.
By provision of the present tax law, all spirit
usiists are taxed 800 each. This enactment was
made because many spirituslists being "hesling
mediums" are supposed to make rather neat
thing, pecuniariy, out of their mediumship. 1t
seems however. that this has included the spirit.
nalists say. some persons who make nothing at
all out Of spirtualsm, and therefore the spiritual
lists of New Orleans have petitioned the Legisla-
ture to repeal the law. The following are some
extracts from their petition, which is too lengthy
10 be reproduced entire, which show the grounds
that they take:
Your petitioners are aware that this obnoxious |
feature of the laws existed in previous legisla.
ton, and that it must have passed unobserved In
the present license bill. They think, therefore,
that 1t will be sufficient to call the attention of
Jour honorable body to this gross Injustice, to |
enable you to recognize that 1t is incumbent on |
your liberal and progressive body to strike this
relic Of barbarian for ever out of the statutes of
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