The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-03-25
Editorial Correspondence.
New ORLEANS. March IA, lS

New Orleans is just now like swarming
i've, and am told has been so for two months
never saw such numbers of strangers in the
streets before. One would think that the levees
had all broken away above and let the entire
population down upon this devoted city. Ifyou
want to see everybody you ever saw or heard
tell of in all your life, just stop at D'Arcy's on
the corner of Canal and Chartres for ten min
utes and they will pass. The tremendous cot
ton crop of last year is being spent here, and
if the merchants don't all get rich it is their
own fault.
The1e are all kinds OF amusements going on
and the walls of the streets are fairly papered
with immense handbills setting forth their at
fractions heard Madam Bostwick the other
night for the first time. She is not what con-
nseures call first class singer but her style Of
vocalzation pleases me quite as well as that of
more celebrated singers. Her voice is full and
flexible and she annunciates both notes and
words with perfect distinction and apparently
without effort. She sings 81 KNOW THAT MY
REDEEMER LIvETH,' from the Messiah, most
beautifully, and though not quite as brilliantly
as Jenny Lind, with quite as pleasing an effect
We do not wonder that Madame Bostwick is
such general favorite with the Orleanians.
There are great numbers of people here from
all parts, under the treatment of DIR. Turnbull,
the Englishman, who advertises to make the
deaf hear, the blind see and the dumb talk
have had no opportunity to judge of the efficacy
of his practice, but believe he has effected sew
eral astonishing cures. An acquaintance of
mine assures me she has heard several persons
speak who had been dumb from their birth I'M
til he relieved them. His rooms are crowded
all day with patients waiting there to be treat
ed for blindness, deafness, &c. He charges
50 so per visit, and the cost is paid him after
each application of the means of cure. Some
days. they say, he makes 81 .000--and what is
more he has (which is not always the case
where money. is made. am told that half the
adults that come here deaf, have been made
so by the use of quinine. In New Orleans peo-
pie are substituting other remedies for fever
not perhaps quite as effectual in their action as
the Peruvian drug, but less baneful in their eff
fects.
Mrs Mowatt is drawing crowded houses at
the st. Charles. Her own play Fashion" has
had long run, and is still as popular as ever.
Tonight she takes benefit in it-a farewell
one the papers say-but much doubt whether
it will be positively her last appearance. She
is beautiful woman, and is justly entitled to
her fair reputation an actress. / do not
wonder at the great success she has met with
wherever she has been. More anon.
MARCH 17-Yesterday the remains of
Ex-Governor johnson were escorted to the
steamer Gypsy to be carried up the coast
for interment Governor johnson is uni
versally regretted. He was man of fine
abilities and possessed those amiable quail
ties of heart and manners that made him
eminently popular as public officer, and
much beloved as man.
The spirit rapping mania is not quite dead
here yet The favorite amusement of small
parties is table fitting. The other night !
was present with few choice spirits when
a certain table cut up more antics than I
thought it possible to be exhibited by any
thing inanimate. We all sat around heavy
workable and pressed the palms of our
hands hard upon its surface In about eight
minutes the table began to rock. 1t was
requested to indicate the medium present,
which it did by showing strong proclivity
to turn over upon him. Several questions
were then asked, but It only replied by tilt
lngs instead of raps. The spirit was re-
quested to spell out its name, and our invisi- |
bic companion answered, David. The
sirname we could not make out as it was
Spanish. So we did nos know whether we
had the honor of communicating with King
David or David Crockett I rather incline
o the opinion that it was King David byl
the musical and dancing talents it manifest
ed. david was very politely asked if he
felt like taking a jig-yiolent BOOKINGS of the
table told an affirmative. One Of the COM
pany then whistled cotillion and he ball
anced himself on the four legs Of the table
and danced perfect tune. Then be waltz /
I'd the Croccoyienne and Mezennka, Whirl- |
inc round the room and changing time with
.he precision of French dancing master
,1ne doubling Thomas present. said he was
rel quite satisfied and required Dave