New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-29
DAILY CRESCENT.
The Know-Nothings, or the cat out Of the
Monday. May 10.


The Know-Nothings, or the Cat out Of the
Bag.
AS our neighbor of the Courier is fond of civ.
ing his readers, occasionally, what he considers
developments Of the principles Of this Order, we
respectfully invite his attention to a new publ
cation recently made in New York, purportine
to bring the whole mystery to light.
We regret that want Of space prevents our
extracting literally from this work, but the
Courier will, undoubtedly, derive satisfaction
from the following account Of the initiatory
process:
Name and Decisions. -Acoord;nc IN ths
pamphlet the real name adopted by the order in
general is Babelorium, from the tower of Babel
The order IS divided into three degrees each
separate from the other The first is called the
Mumsome degree; the second, Mummore; the
third, Mummost. While the order in general
takes the name of Babelorium, the individual
societles IN different places, called Toweretts
The number of Toweretts in the city of New
York at this date, is almost two hundred and
NIFTY, and applications for new ones are so nu-
merous, that the mating officers are overwhelmed
with business
Aaiafion.--Th officers are dressed in reyolu
tionary and Indian costumes The candidate is
hoodwinked, and string tied around his tongue
After certain questions asked and answers re-
turned, the conductor withdraws the FOOLS can
from tne eyes OF the candidate; the usher seizes
him behind by the coat color with both hands
and pulls back as If determined to cause straneu
latlon; the Wampum Master, in front, draws on
the cord tied to the candidates tongue: and the
Captain Mum stands q little on the left. with
an appraised tomahawk
The candidate, with lclling tongue, choking
throat, and distended eyes, gazes around, and in
addition to the figures directly before him, is
struck with iudIcrous yet painful amazement,
on beholding the room filled about him with the
most indescribable images. Every man Of the
assembly has on a FOOLS cap coming down over
the eyebrows, and tapering back at an angle Of
forty-fiye degrees, about eighteen inches in
length. Every man has the forefngers of each
hand in the corner of his mouth, and, with q
broad grin on his face, tugs on the corners of mis-
potato trap, to see which can produce the most
horrible grimace, and exhibit the deepest
cultural cavern studded with the longest rows
of bad ivory.
Oath.-The candidate then proceeds to make
oath to string of the most absurd attempts at
fun that we have ever seen. One clause is suf-
foient
$ To the true and faithful performance of all
OF which, pledge my most pertinacious logos,
binding myself under penalty no less than
having my boots drawn off over my head, my
of my coat cut into forty nine strips, and in
this unfortunate plight suffer myself to be rode
on a three-cornered rail- nine feet long, over the
railroad track of a Hamburg rocket, at the rate
of ninety miles per hour
GREAT BIIIdARD MAToH-The New York
Yimes, in publishing the following from the
Syracuse Republican, remarks that it is IS with
out doubt the best played game that was ever
played in this country:
The match at Billiards, for 5000, five hun
bred up-eafrom game--was played at the NAL
colin Hall Billiard Room, Syracuse, on Saturday
night the 18th inst, between two of the best
players in the world, Joseph N. White, of 1872
Broadway, New York, and George G. Smith, of
Rome.
The interest in the game increased by the
knowledge that White had given q challenge
fand which now stands open) to play any man
in the world for from $1,000 to $4,000, and
which has never been accepted; and Smith had
previously played seven match games for large
sums of money, all of which he won with ease,
which of course gave him the confidence of his
friends, who were qnite ready to back him large
y, and which Was ready to be taken by Whites
friends if offered.
At about nine o'clock the competitors took
their positions ut the table, surrounded by a
"cloud of Witnesses composed of the most res
pectable people in town. and amateurs of the
game from abroad, who were on the qui pipe to
see the play. The competitors were in good |
spirits, and sseager for the fray" each conf
dent of winning and thereby sustaining high
reputation. They strung for the lead, which
was won by Smith, who also made the first
count. White then took up the game and
turned the first corner 40 ahead, Smith making |
small runs. White also turned the second corner
IS ahead, the third 103 ahead, the fourth l5l, |
when Smith commenced gaining, and White
turned the fifth 81 ahead At the sixth corner |
Smith turned Sd ahead, white having bad |
brakes,) and the seventh So, and the eight 40,
and at the ninth 33-when White commenced |
gaining and when Smith had made 4S4 points, |
White had made 467 and had the play, upon
which he run up rs, putting him 8 ahead and |
left the balls comparatively safe, when, Smith |
not counting, White ran the game out and won
by 16 points
Thus ended the most beautiful, and at the |
same time the best contested, most exciting
game, that perhaps was ever played in the coun-
try as both players exhibited the strength of I
the game. Smith, although beaten, could not
lose any reputation, as he played very strong
game; and White still retains his cognomen of
ssPope's Nuncio,a as his friends have humor-
ousy styled him
A gentleman in one of the towns Of Massachu-
sets had q pet dog, which (as the law required)
he wished to have licensed. He inquired of the
clerk if the dog had to make personal applica-
ton. "No," was the reply you, as next of
KIN, can take out the papers.
IL.