The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-14
NorLnern CORRESPONDENCE.

IL ND1 tEltlAA Wi 70 fSAAONAASOS
NEW YORK August q 1913
Among the long resident literary and professional men
m no ordinary event Of the last few months has caused
ore .rnahy and talk than the DEATH last Monday, Of Mr.
mp,on of the Park theatre, Going by the Park, cary that
mc morning stopped few minutes to look at the work
eu busy in their plans Of demolition and reconstruction.
lower front of the theatre with the steps and entrance
H. all taken down and the innefegons thoroughly dsem-
howgej without saving item 1t looks indeed like
Aqy Of revolution to such work as this for the Park
e the last thirty years had become associated in the
nds of New Workers with " the stability of our insu-
E1n. make attack upon It something beyond
rOst daring minds. There those old boards we saw
h. Knight in her palmy days. before her voice had settled
0u e one Tone, than which she sings nothing else
Rshngss Calban how sweety she could then play and
h. me gentle Ariel. And poor Fisher with his Trnculo
p, shall forget him And Mrs. Chapman, too,
ldb.use Mrs. RichaHson) she too in the spring Of
rh and ygor then all the dry goods clerks in the pit
r u love with her She was famous in sentimental young
kla--Oue two of whom in every old English
y Then Mrs, Wheatly O,Lodl to see her in Miss Lu.
ya NarTub and in the Old Nurse ia Romeo and Juliet
n nd Iu Mr. Duberly-ah those were treats indeed Her
mghters, Emma and Julia used to dance in a way that
,, innocent souls all thought then quite divine.
aDd Young Wheatley, remember we-so straight that
\ bent over backwards Mrs. Vernon, tOo-and Placlde-
ban whom better players Obey the intellectual as well
the .hy,lca Of comedy) never trOd the boards.
On Ore Par, stage fS Fanny Kemble. Hers loaS
saUng She " did Marianne, in The Wife; and many
m who had visited the theatre for years then saw playing
Drta tnt time. We well remember the impressIon-caused
the a'dcnce, Gas full and fashionable as New York
d n0st) when the heroine of the piece came sailing M
stage the startling announcement OF the Duchess,
IL n. mad Of her husbands camp, while his treacherous
oarryas pouring out tale of aehoOd and cruelty. Miss
ele about the m Of the long tram OF English stars
b. ,ase, that have since poured IN among US with unin
ErurH succession. 1t IS somewhat singular that with
y au Ngapion the principal peHonages Cterary as well
afra,c who have been thus lionized returned Yankee
ii nn.uy with SANDER and fppant insoence.
Iu -H later times the Park has introduced more modern
u.e. specially worthy Of mention is the way brought
IN hing John, three ago, with Mrs and Nj. Charles
u Beyond question this was the most perfect in It's
pom uent, and general getting up, of anWpece that has
II .. been rr0'ucsd upon the American stage.
Bat she Park has passed into hands, and Mr. Simp-
IN dead So the world marvels" along. And perhaps
d ra,rsO The old must give place to the new those
koaga long at table must or later yield TO fresh
eur.f gracefully and Cheerully the better for both
The advent among of a whilo New Yorker, but more
rrp resident Of New Orleans Mr. Jacob Barker has given
.o several newspaper paragraphs all Of them good
hrL Mr. Barker fine specimen Of the enteTprising
~ LugHuder-always ready, whether successful
h dJwu" for a speculation and for business enterprise
II" Hermann not in yet, but it is not improbable she
hay br before sundOwn The city pleasant appear
bepany attributable to the delightful weather have
b. lof the last two days. MANHATTAN.
New YORK August 4, 1913.
s considerable portion Of society," has after ALL gone
In of town. Iuraze and fashiOnize, and achieve for
an-1cs more annoyance from the change of habits liv
BIZ and thing else that cOnduces to comfort than if
h. a stand the city Many persons CO. merely because
Hi The fashion" In reality, however, New York. with
ID myriad channels Of communicating with pleasant spots
Inn d-aut-Wh Brooklyn, Staten Island HOboken, and
ID detachable retreats within sigh-aOrd about
b table quarters any other place; good many
III uuaDc resorts. Every body knows that there is
a much hot weather at those resorts in town Such
- oa philosophy with which We who have to stay in New
No. console ourselves and make out the case in
III Ur The members Of the Common Council, do not seem
It'd ,ou.,e this view Of the Those sage grave
de" died 10 take month suspension from their labors
Tr steamer Cher IS to be the New World, ,
oued Of my late letters could not be induced to
III . ycsleday-to which zine her launch had been post
~ She was TO have been pulled aoat to-day, and pro-
. has, BY this time She is tremendous craft, the arg.
II Thousands disappointed here yes
teray rom her not going off.
Among the poeuiares Of the season, here, may be
to0el the public pc-ncs. Every pleasant day,
more or less Ofthee Sunday Schools, Temperance
HSo.rIe, Unions" and all sorts of associations, have
,u.. ONE go by water and some by land. Very many
b. rachpeuny affairs some crowded to suffocaGon-as
uo money being made possible and tickets sold without
auy proportion 20 the accommodations engaged. 1t
r that the steamboats, hired for these occasions not
noGr often the fields Of terrible accidents and lile-losug
these boats OF morning, with children, women,
taud men all clustered like bees in a swam-a black
ar, OF hGmanity without room TO turn about When they
re the appointed place. but something very
OHaut TO The general comfort has been neglected went
the other day, crowded in the manner just described,
kDd not drop of cold water TO drink, board which,
u consider that two thirds the passengers Juve
rs aud Icmales you may well conceive the awkwardness
b. Ru. then the baT-keeper made a capital job out of it,
The weather has been and dry for the last few days.
mc OF the journals publish statements of the potato rot,
generally thought yet, that there is any reason
f.. alarm All the other crops continue TO do well and to
tuu. well.
o. bs got be quite the fashion among certain of
pew ors bachelors to lOsgo the old and pleasant custom
counhp before ma'rmony, and seek for wife by
paper adv esmeut Here, for instance. specimen from
IN. morning Herald.
M,TRIvovy. gentleman Of twenty-five possessed Of
ufcnor education, and more than ordinarily kind and
s0ugta natural temperament, would be happy marry
worthy girl OF lair personal appearance sound health and
ahe education, from seventeen to twenty five yeaIs OF
be ady possessed Of some property preferred. For fur
.r aruamrance address ]. r D.. Posotfce. The sub
u. Dr- 10 assure his fair readers that whatever motives
Rave prompted matrimonial Advertisement 10 other in
.urp- ms own intentions sincere and honorable; and he
.n 10 tls idea Reliance may be placed upon strictly
confidential Treatment Of all communications j. 7. D.
The above no doubt advertisement in good faith and
cry likely, will secure the object aimed At Moreover
you know that Of late years, there two three
mat monia exchange here offices where bachelors,
o.ys, maids and wdowers, furnished with husbands
end wives, to order
We are last receiving the first guns in the way of election
riuus from North Carolina No Judgment OF the ultimate
suit can be formed from them. Though, from this moment
D. bail may be said have opened For three months we
Bail have plenty Of excitement But then Is both whole
me aud necessary. What in other countries, would be
'rowu Oh by a revolution or attempt at one exhauts il
u here in politics MANHATTAN.
Political Movements,
Obio.-Thc Germans Of Cincinnati have organ
bed Free Soil or Bamburners Club. The Gin
fmuati Signal says that the club is already eight
hundred strong
p,uytgdaia.--A large and enthusiastic meeting
b Free Soil republicans, favorable to the election
tf Martin Van Buren,, was held at Westchester on
he LIST inst.
Ladaao.-The Free Soil County Convention held
t South Bend on The 22d ult appointed eight dele
gates 10 Buffalo
Vrmoni-The Independent Free Soil State Con
"a lt4tint4- mel il Mddlebnry on the lst inst. join
kNr'Iogg was chosen President and Horace Everett
aud others Vice Presidents. The committee report
I The nominaiqpS. for State officers, as follows
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