New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-21
DAILY CRESCENT
THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY CRESCENT.
New York Letter.
esrrsspsnstnss Of TIT Crfstfnt.

NKw Yo,x December IL, 1858.
One Of the 6rst ipjunctions hear in youth is to
Make hay while the shines" The Of the heavens
and Of apparent property and Of plsssure is glowing
warm just in this latitude and oil sides OF you
turn which ever way you like in the fashionable quarters
Of the city aties and crowds clouds rather of gayiy
dressed and gay looking people surround you obsying the
Injunction to the very utermost Of their capabilities
Down and up Broadway, . vast, variegated changing.
bot alwsys magnificent panorama Is constantly passing
along and that grand thoroughfafs at all hours Of the
day and late into the night is lsd to overnowing Try
to make your way in haste you josted every
Stop before the showwndov of Q fashionsbs store and
you only make one Of great number who looking in
ct the elegant and costly articles tastefuy dspsyd
Lotsr along though business and you utter srsng
srs and from the Park to Union square you hundreds
who look a. though they too like you only trying
pass OF that dreadful half hour before dinner.
Once in great distance you happen to long weary
face and occasionally you may meet begging beggsr
but they only at interv a and they terribly
out Of place In that gay thrsng With these occasional
exceptions all you meet to bc acting upon the prn
sipe that the trades all nourishng that
active, enterprsng fortunes enjoyed BY everybody
Is natural right and that time made for slaves
You hear to be sure Of people failing times but
this rare not more than two three times week. and
these you see-they consong bsmsees In their
splendid residences the dslicsciss Of the
You hear that banks robbed geres committed etc
but what banks made for II the money In them is
not to be used and forgery the very easiest thing
hush up The friend with whom you walking amsns
to you. you both salute the occupant Of splendid
carriage sAs wife s driving him very fast to the dev" "
You houses models Of convenience and luxury Of the
most costly materials and workmanship going up in every
direction. You know that living s desperately high
higher than in Paris, London-you know that
men commencing with few Thousands fail in year
90 for millions Everybody is wondering you how every
body else manages TO be drsadfuy extrsvagant and
as you wander along wonder little and think little
where it oil going to end and Of these bright days
you think there will be crash perhaps In the mean
while must not AS wife have her carriage bis
butchers bill 10 unpaid, Must not B. have his pair
even II bis tailor has to be pat on another month"; II
not dit plenty! Have not those who choose the right
to run in debt il any will trust thsm Are people At
liberty to break II they make 1t profitable! Who
what to hinder speculation and who what can pre-
vent rscklesness in i'll And who who ruined by
it, Certainly net the people you zee around you The
butcher may perhaps feel the want Of AS little BILL
and the tailor think he has waited long enough B.
for those who dependant upon the last who
up most Of the night to be the st In market the
vest who put on in consequence and wonders
whore she to get tie whsrewthal satisfy garret
wants why, they may little and cry little and
have to their froEen fingers III the night be eold
over chuuo uAhe put VINO cares Iof tn2ts VINO sees
it, The glare Of thousand lamps light the street up
like daylight The doors Of the theatres beseged by
persons who ooms early to get good ssats everything
in whirl, and the hustle Of multitude enough
to drive everything like ssntimentaity far enough
yeur head; you easily forget all your reflections about
unpaid bills sxtravagance and cold fingers and lookins
at the pleasure seeking pcpusce around you you
after ALL they are only making hay while the SUI
shinss'n
glad to that the reports OF cholsra have bser
sontradcted by the New Orleans press 1t was believed
here that you to be visited by another and NOR,
dreadful scourge It that spidsnics never effect
least with you expressed surprise at this
. person who has some knowledge upon the subject
politics. adding that had supposed great many nata
ralised persons had died He replied, Yes no doubt
great many Of them did die but then you sse their nat
| uralsation papers not buried with themn
The suit Of Fry against the Herald vii interesting
to the newspaper world The question to be decided
right to criticss the performances Of any theatrical
psny comment upon its manag without subjsc
ting himself to action Of slsnder and damages! Tn,
next thing, suppose will be the establishment Of Gov
ernmsnt censor who will be assisted by the diferen
managers of theatres / wonder whether In case an,
uckess creature who had been trapped into theatre
flaming hand bill should bring an action Of damage
for loss Of time and being humbugged wonder, say
whether such unfortunate would recover any thing
Would be get his money back! Not quito, fancy
erEcTAToR