The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-21

have hard time to do 30 SATISFACTORILY 10 the
court.
There are two balls now on the taps, both Of
which promise to be very pleasant ones. The
first in order of time will be the grand dress,
regalia and mask ball of Delta Lodge No. Is,
]. o. OF. or course this will come on at the
temple of Odd Fellowship. The next is the third
annual calico soiree of the Hope Social Club, to
be given at Carroll Hall. corner Of Elysian Fields
and Greatmen streets, on Saturday evening, April
Sd. To all who know the members of the Hope
CIub the bare announcement OF this fact carries
with it prediction of q delightful entertainment.
Msy both affairs be as pleasant as they deserve
to be.
A letter was picked up between st. Charles
street and the Postofiee the other day, and ss il
was not sealed we take the liberty Of sppropri-
ating its contents. 1t speaks for itself, and seems
to have been written by ~. B." to his pal in Chi.
csgo:
NEW ORLEANS, March 18th, 1869.
Dear Bll-Hurrah for New Orleans The
flood gates are opened at last and We are having
we just allowed the old coves, members of the
Legislature, which lately adjourned) to win few
hundred each until they began to look upon our
benevolent institutions as public necessity"
gambling establishment that would come down
with IS 900. The result lie we are having things
our ewn way here. Five institutions opened
during the past week and five more will soon
come into our ranks Bully for Us
We are now just appropriating all the loose
change that is lying around loose. Tom, Dick
and Harry, and all their relatives and ali their
wives relatives, pay rs nightly calls and deposit
in savings banks the contents OF their wallets
We are bound to skin EN- all In the end. SO just
hurry up your cakes, and get down here as soon
as you can. Bring Long jim, Fox, Big Bill.
Swsggers and IS many more OF our friends as You
can scare up along with you. There is no time
to lose. We muet make hay while the sun shines,
you know. The millennium has come at last the
devil is unclaimed and the game is ours!
Stir your stumps and come by rail.
Ever yours. j. B.
grand concert for the benefit Of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, corner of Liberty and Cas-
quet streets, we learn from tickets laid upon our
table by the managers, will take place at Odd
Fellows Hall on Wednesday evening next. We
trust that the most sangune expectations of the
protojecrs will be realized.
As specimen of how spiritually minded men
can assume carnal weapons. we would state that q
pastor Of certain church in town we wot Of
during the intervals of ministrstons to his flock,
eoi'os 90 y wi Poioi VI PohOos
Concerning the suit brought by Mr.. HippoIyte
Sparricchio against Bernard Avegno, Esq, claim
ing possession, lessee Of certain portions of the
buildings of the New Orleans Thester, we were
yesterday shown q certificate, purportng to be
from the register of conveyances for the parish of
Orleans to the effect that the property In litigation
was reconveyed by Mr.. Avegno to its former
owner, Mr.. Paylange, on the 10th Of February,
1867.
We tender our thanks to Mr.. Louis Armand, the
energetic and amiable minute clerk Of the Second
District Court. for the valuable assistance he has
given us in reporting the interesting case in the
matter of the introduction of Anthony Fernandez
and other circumstances.
There was pleasant little gathering last even
ing, at Mr.. Loring's velocpede school, No. l6e
Canal street, many guests, both gentlemen
and ladies, having assembled with pardonsble
curiosity, to view the working Of the two wheeled
machine which promises to make such complete
revolution In the ordinary methods Of individual
locomotioD. There was music to enliven the occa-
sion, and with it comminged the whirr Of wheels,
as several Of Mr.. Loring's pupils, evincng won
drous proficiency, whirled about the room. all
too much pent up Utica to restrain their pow.
ers. The visitors were evidently pleased, and we
wager not one of them departed without an In
ward resolve to learn forthwith to ride the ve-
locipede.
Vice President Colfax and wife and Senator
Ben Wade and wife, are to leave Louisville on the
steamer Richmond on Tuesday next, for trip to
New Orleans. Office seekers make q note ont.
Our Acknowledgements are due to President
Keller, Mr.. Bercejoi, secretary, Mr.. John Kooas
man and other amirable members Of the Young
Mems Benevolent Association, for their liberal
contributions to the pleasure we experienced at
the ball of the association on Friday night last
The well known modesty Of the gentlemen al
luded to forbids our further mention of the pleas
ant moments we spent on that occasion in their
hospitabIe company. We are happy to learn that
the lady friends of the association are preparing
for them an exquisite banner, as a mark of their
appreciation Of the young mems successful en-.
deavors to amuse them.
A good many people don't deserve to have their
letters reach any other destination than the dead
letter office, for they will persist in stamping them
improperly. either by usinR old stamps internal
revenue stamps or no stamps at all. They may
take all the pains in the world to make their let
tiers pointed interesting, but it will all go for
naught, provided that one thing needfu, the
stamp, is lacking. Take heed careless and act
accordingly.
From one Of the passengers Of the steamship
Josephine. on her celebrated excursion "trip to
Brazos Santiago last spring, We have the follow
ing account Of q most extraordinary duel which
was fought on Brazos Island during that memora
BILE excursion:
A couple of army officers had slight misunder.
standing In O cofeehouse, which they finally
agreed to settle according to the code dhoane,z
Their seconds were chosen, and the terms of the
duel agreed upon: time, Immediately; weapons,
revolvers; distance, ten PAGES. Bat here an un-
foreseen obstacle presented itself. But one
pistol could be found on the island, and
that without ammunition. What was to be done t,