New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-09

other coins flowed in The doctors boy gave
his half penny, and / think the charity boys
made up faFthing between them was anx-
ious to see how the fellow would get out Of the
dilemma, and determined, as thought, to cover
all expenses, threw him q shilling Stragglers
joined the group, and as the wizard still kept re-
peating his speech, picking up the pennies all
the while, they pitched him coins also, until ut
length / calculated tkat he must have gotten
three shillings tsterling) But the thin man
gave nothing. He seemed ashamed, and fun
bled awkwardly in pocket in which he knew
there was no money, and then endeayored to
look if he had nothing but large notes about
him. The magician, however, still went ON with
his speech and his collection. but gave no indi-
cation whatever Of any intention Of performing
his promised feat Presently murmurs began
to be audible, and the charity boys, on the
strength Of heir joint farthing, observed that
81 they'd Ike to know if he was q comm to the
pint COS, if he warn't he might as well give
back the browns" The latter suggestion
was received by the crowd With considerable ap-
plau-e, and the medical young gentleman who
carried the basket declared emphatically that
IT was all in his eye,' but whether he meant
the eggs, the magician, or the great Ego Of which
Emerson discusses, he did not take the trouble
70 explain The demonstration demanded an
explanation from the egg-soreerer. who, without
ingly.
he commenced by giving short dissertation
upon the value OF labor, in which he took occa-
sion to advert to the agricultural distress then
prevailing, and wound UP by declaring that,
though be placed as small value on his exertions
as any man, nevertheless his labor was worth q
certain sum, under which he could not think Of
performing his little transformation. He re-
GREETED to say that, notwithstanding the liber-
b M Ike St d 1dgsg he Rd@ ndasd DE- gently
deseension seemed to propitiate, for he immedi-
ateiy commenced whistling a popular melody,
as if his mind had been suddenly relieved from
some dreadful burden-he regretted that as yet
the necessary sum, triAing as IL was, was Just
sixpence short a subdued groan q disappso-
baton followed this climax, and the charity
boys declared vehementiy that be was do"
and that if they had their money hack -
the coming resolve, whatever it might have
been, was suddenly lost in the interior of the
watery orange.
at first / was tempted to give the fellow the
sixpence, and see how he would get cut of the
affair; but on reflection, having natural SYM
pathy and admiration for humbugs, Thought
it would be a pity to interfere with the clever
rogue, and so desisted. A few struggling half
pence were now thrown in by over-curious people
with vague hopes that still the Transformation
would be performed; but their calculations
were vain The magician pocketed the coins,
and still regretted that {" there was sixpence too
little.' This was repeated three or four times
in succession, until the audience, Disguised at
this cabalistic sum, which no amount of half
pence seemed to reach, grew gradually less and
less, as the bystanders wandered away, until at
last the propriety of departing myself struck me
forcibly but as | turned the corner Of st. Mar
tins lane, looked round and saw the magician
still explaining with exemplary patience to the
two charity boys who alone remained, that un-
fortunately there was :" just sxpence too little
1t is always the same, thought /, as wended
my way to the coffee-house where l usually
dined-every man is sixpence short. Fortune
seems to be an infinite spiral; with many rest
ing places on the way, that men disdain, and go
on climbing-climbing after the ever-receding
sixpence, until they grow dizzy from the gran
deur of their position, or make false step, or
tread upon weak spot and tumble to the earth,
grieving piteously after that visionary point
which an immutable law of their own natures
forbids their ever reaching Russia was Napo-
Icons sixpence, and in pursuing it he lost q
crown. Fouquet, not content with being the
most powerful man in France, not excepting the
King, had some visionary sixpence which led
him to his ruin. While Colbert, whose sixpence
at first ended where Fouquet's began, strove
upwards to the prize; but when he had reached
it, and pushed his rival from the seat. 10 !!
another sixpence danced before him in the fu-
ture, and his pilgrimage recommended Nations
join in the chase Cuba is our little sixpence.
Russia's sixpence nightly resembles Turkish
piastre. And there is a little coin once lost on
the field Of Waterloo, and shining across the
British channel in the eyes Of France, for which
Napoleon the Third would gladly give stou
John Bull change. New York Times.
=--=--
e FRANcoNIs MAMMOTH HIPPoDRoNE-A dress
rehearsal was given at Franconis Hippodrome
on Friday evening, April 20, to which all the
editors of the NewYork press were invited
The performances are spoken of as magnificent
/ md bpt1l md r,t,itn Il IL i
i character from those of the ordinary circus
> The Herald thus describes the interior of the
llippodrome, which is located in the vicinity Of
the Crystal Palace:
'' The Hippodrome is capable Of containing at
least six thousand persons, comfortably seated
and there is room for three thousand more in
the passages The interior, which is of an oval
shape, is three hundred feet long, by two hun
dred wide, and the course is about one SIKH OF
: mile round The middle of this vast area is laid
out in beautiful parterres-the verdure of which
presents admirable and striking contrast Il
| the dull brown of the course These parterres
! are ornamented with illuminated fountains aut
a handsome flower vases The stadium, which
contains these attractions, is separated from tht
course by slight fence, and is entered by foui
gates The course itself IS about forty feet wide
and is covered over with loose earth The Who'll.
interior is most imposing in appearance and
when illuminated by its one thousand gas
HghtS the spectacle 1t presents is brilliant be-
yond description The roof is formed by an i'm
mense canvas covering 10000 feet square, and
supported by five poles masts, each Of which i.
eighty feet in height. The seats are constructed
with great strength, so as to prevent the re-
motest possibility of an accident, and are ar
ranged in such admirable manner as to give
every spectator an opportunity of seeing the
| performances.
The company consists of one hundred and
forty performers, of whom about thirty are
women. Besides the horses, of which there are
about eighty, there are ten ostriches, four deer,
five camels, two elephants, and large number
of monkeys, whose performances excite consider
able merriment.
| VOICE FROM THE QUARTER DEcK-At the late
party on board the ship Queen of the Clippers,
at NewYork, Captain Eldridge made an excel
lent speech In alluding to the difficulties
which ship-masters are compelled to encounter,
that are not incident to the professions practioed
on shore, the astute and ready skipper said:
II the merchants clerk is delinquent in his
duties, if he is not up in his books, accurate in
his accounts, attentive to his duties, he has only
to pay him his wages, disrniss him civilly, with.
out sacrifice of dignity and employ another
but on board ship the masters word must be