The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-08


There is no reason why velocipedes should not
be brought into general use among our peo-
pie saving ns.they do time, labor and leather
and at an expense comparatively trifing. How
convenient for a merchant to propel himself
rapidly down to business in the morning, and
rapidly home again 70 dinner in the afternoon; or,
how jolly for q reporter when he hears a FIRE.
alarm bell sound near midnight to jump on his
bicycle and in brief time reaching the scene Of
confagration, get back in good season with full
report of the affair.
These thoughts are suggested by the announces.
ment (which we now make that tomorrow morn.
ing at 10 O'Clock, on Lafayette Square, the Hanons
will give public exhibition of their velocipedic
skill for the benefit of ladies and children, or any
one else who may desire to see them. We shall
expect TO see the square rs crowded as it was at
the great Seymour and Blair mass meeting, and
would beg of the managers that there be al
lowed none of the delay which customariIy at.
tends public affairs of this kind The superinten.
dent of police will attend to the preservation of
order during the exhibition.
The Louisiana State lottery lost, we are in
formed, one day last week $1,000, $500 Of the
money being won by poor old woman.
An occurrence demonstrating the ineffable
stupidity and complete ignorance CT a portion
Of the members Of the lower house took place
yesterday. The House had been adopting
certain rules of order for its own governance,
the last one being that, whenever the rules
then adopted were silent, Barclays Digest
should be considered authority. motion
made. of course to print the rules for the use
Of the members, when some sap-head, whether
negro, carpet Dagger or scalawag, we could not
discover, moved that one hundred and fifty copies
Of Barclays Digest be printed for the use of the
members. The debate on the proposition con.
tinued in good earnest for some minutes, when
one of the members informed the House that Bar
clay IS Digestwas a book of some 200 or 800 pages,
to print which would be rather large job and that
the book was copyrighted and the State had no
right to reprint it. The mover of the proposition
after this explanation, reapsed into silence, and
the last seen of him he was hunting a dictionary
to find out the meaning of the word copyright.
Mr. Curell, in discussing the question Of printing,
suggested that only sufficient copies be printed to
supply those members who could sign receipt
for them, in which case the expense would have
been materially reduced. This proposition was !
Indignantly rejected.
Thepublc school children are to have holiday |
TO day, and may celebrate in their own delightful
way the anniversary of that battle in which Old |
Hickory won the victory over the British forces
at Chslmeite. The Customhouse offices will also |
be closed after IN.
A man who has dabbled in classics came rushing /
up TO another yesterday and asked hurriedly to
what range Of mountains did Mount Parnassus be-
long. Don't know" said the other; saint posi-
tive, but strikes me it belonged to the Happy
Nine"
There was no opera, either French or German,
last evening, but the three theaters were crowded
with spectators, and presented an appearance
which wildly recalled the prosperous days gone
by, when managers had never cause, as of late, to
oomnlain of ennntv hor,bas o,1 o..o-s - Ia |