New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-28
New York Letter.
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NEw YoRx, Feb. 49, 1854
1t was supposed not long since, that the glory
OF Barnum had departed. People wondered at
1T, but they were convinced of it nevertheless.
They had become so used to the airs PLAYED by
his band in the balcony, that it IVES bore to
the passers-b. A little diversion was created
in his favor when he announced that the Giraffes
ana the Bearded Woman, together with al his
other curiosities, could be seen for the wonder
fully low sum Of twenty five cents. But after g.
while these novelties began to wear out--the
glrates- had been looked at enough, and the
bearded woman been beared enough by all who
had curiosity to find out how hair on o woman's
face feels. When ss Uncle TOMS Cabin" was
brought upon the boards there, with all the
addenter of three or four large pictures and
hal1 dozen smaller ones--all miserable dauks,
without any merit, unlifelike and stupid-it
was thought that perhaps he might gain a little
OF his, lost ground. But it was soon discovered
that his representation was not comparable to
the one at the Nationalist he had to give it IN
Meanwhile the Museum with Menagerie com
blnedl" up Broadway had been started and OBJ
tanned foothsld A large number of tigers,
Iohs' e,:' monkeys and cats, together with the
Slamese tWlns--Mr. Hellis, man without arms.
and little dwarf-wilh o stuffed ostrich as a
sort OF frontlspiece below. This rivalry, it was
predicted, would knock him up. The prediction
was false. The hero, Of Jenny Lind, Tom Thumb
and Washington's nurse, has been true to him
self and his greatness. He has emerged from
the cloud that surrounded him--and, gathering
together all the big chickens of the country,
shlhes out IN all the splendor of his former re-
putation. 20 INTO his Museum now, and, on all
sides, you are overwhelmed almost with the
growing OF cocks and cackling of hens By the
way, 1t struck me that ss the cock, that is the
trumpet to the morn,'' which ssdoth with his
lofty and shrill-sounding voice awake the god of
day, IS certainly not Shanghai Of all the
awful croaking voices that ever struck the ear.
certainly his is the most detestable- but this,
en- passant In every-direction you see piled
one on top of the other, cages containing the
AFORESAID shanghaes- gray, white, speekled and
brown. Poutras, Polanders, TURKEYS wild and
tame, pigeons, doves, barn-yard fowls, geese.
cranes, interspersed here and there with 4
deer, gazelle, and every variety of rabbit
though how they came to be classed among the
fowls Of the air it is hard to conceive. And
above all, what to the President is most inter
estlng, these coops are surrounded, from morn
Ing until night, by gaping and open mouthed
crowds: Not one thinks of looking at anything
else. The girafes are allowed to chew their
hay unmolested. Tom Thumbs carriage ia no
longer an object of curiosity. The happy family
are lett TO the quiet enjoyment Of their hapni-
ness 1t is nothing but chickens, chickens,
chickens, and among them all it is universally
admitted that Barnum is the cock of the walk.
happened to have an opportunity Yesterday
OF seeing the, steamer Ericsson She was re
turning from a trial trip am sorry T can
not say much in her praise. Her wheels were
moving, and that was all The wind was in
her favor, blowing quite fresh, and she had
several sails set. With these ADVANTAGES, she
was net going more than one mile an hour.
1t is stated this morning that something was
the matter with the machinery There is al
ways screw loose somewhere about it. | don't
see what good is ever expected to come out OF
the complete success of the invention. All the
inventor claims is. that a speed of seven or
eight miles an hour can be obtained This is
no OBJECT; steamers are ofno great use, except
IN navigating the northern part of the Atlantic
The fastest of them will be necessary only for
the transmission Of the mails in the Pacific
ocean but, take them on long voyage
from here to San Francisco, for instance--and
clipper ship will beat them all Witness
the runs made by the Sovereign of the Seas,
White Cloud, ETC.
There is to be grand anti Nebraska meeting
tonight The first was a decided failure This
oaels called by mechanics of every description,
with a few merchants Whenever the ,necban
les are wanted as tools and instruments, they
are very much glorifed. Before elections, they
are generally made of much Importance. It is
astonishing, after the votes are counted, how
the politicians who crayed them, and cajoled
and caressed them before, ignore their existence
even; or, if they do coldly return the familiar
salutations Of one, he then apologies to the
friend he is with, saying, g q rude fellow, but
hohest, peileVe; has influence among q GER
tain class; have to know those sort Of people
slightly" They are made to feel this very
often for they have some sensibilites, if they
do have to get up early in the morning., and a
few days after an election they all swear off
from being imposed upon. Bnt it's no use.
When the next &C crisis ;, comes, and they are
called upon and told that they are tile patriotic,
they believe what they are told, and allow
themselves to be made tools of again.
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