New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-09
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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1853.
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aned Of the How the people the evee sur
vved the oons Of scarcely
Imagine. Rain ia deyoutly wishedfor
PERSEVERANCE FIRE COMPANY made fine ap-
peaance they passed Office yesterday on their wzy
Mobile join Hrcmens city
place to-day They all Bney dressed
chine along sumoupted by pretty little juvenile fireman and
golden ek's head and We envying them the
pleasure and ezeieme I Of their trip.
LUcK.-The capital prize OF the last Havana lot
terry said have fallen upon New Orleans and holders
Of the fractions OF the lucky cketeach Of the sixteen e
drawing trie s5OO-ars supposed be properly
happy. We would have d bought that ticket ourse
had had the certainty would draw cool hun
drcd thousand. Yes wouldi
THE CALICO BALL.-Being possessed OF fair
of curiosity which is said descended
Eve night before
o Union Hail. the Fourth District that might how
the charms the fair Of Eve would be dmn
ied enhanced by their blazing forth in cheap calico We
much pleased by ys aud eshed the ball for sundry
good
In the FIRST place the attendance large ard fashionable
We recognized amid gay hronE Of the pretty up
bellies who Spper either syphs
ordinary balls In the place. the general Of the
ball pretty could wish look The variety
in the calico quite fancy dress
ball the all neatly handsomely made
there aounce other effort visible
the Blazing jewery and CANDY head dresses eft
home and the jey brads and golden curls borrowed
flower tucked the The effect altogether charm
ing, and tile gentlemen with accord so There
all the luser ordinarily ballroom but appearing
in the raren it aouby captivating ia the bright pretty
faces Of the The ladies in their personal
merit, merit dress artificial ornament We
have said that the novelty afforded the unanimous at
gentlemen present We add that the
ed gentlemenwho know what it is buy dry goods-airly
eeztacies and-and-we Of that
What anees spectacle inspired Whilst gazing
the joyous ihrong in its pomenadng and music whng
roupd required little effort imagine oursef whisked
back into the century and behodng the beauou girls and
Of the republic only cheap and plain
fabrics bnt spun and them with their pretty hands
That fancy made feel patriotic and gave birth the idea
that weuld be great thing the United States houd
with all the world and, by breaking the foreign dry
goods trade restore the bard and
usefulness Of their grandmothersbng about abolition Of
cnoine lace and general ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bonnes to
their ancient privilege ofcovenr the headsuppess fahi
,zines-hang the French minersand disspafe finally
the delnson which prevails that the
| finer the dress is the greater the lady.
But here fancy took War with all the world
Oh, no-thAt wouldn't do. Such would thin of the
ladies would have dye their black for
slaughtered husbands sons and the girls would have
black for slaughtered fathers and brothers. and pine hope.
esy through the weary for those Of earthly
blessings ,nds Just hirk hese splendid shops
Charres CanL would have shut up Seaman,
Holmes Reilly Levo Benthuysen and the rest ofhl crowd
have splendid silks, robes, and shaw adver
/
vertsng stop-and would drop
its horns luminous but sadly deuuet institution This writer
would be turned adrif and would have to be patriot and
join The army stay at home and sell peanuts fight
vaon in other ingorous way. No, indeedwar would
never do!
If calico and primitive and could he
nstaed without war; All that would be the thing But how
could such change be brought about without war; This
poser which respectfully solicit for
have The only approach solution Of which
capable is that the Empress Eusenie and her
should get mp grand calico ball. without hoops any kind
facy aub-dubs, and continue calico for month
do their sewinggo avisitng foocarry and suck
their baband otherwise sensby exercise the gifts witt
which the Creator ladies Americ,
might seriously think of following their example. No mat
the wrinkle may just let in Paris and it's Ill
right Amt it so ladies'! Bus bless us wandering of
from calico ball
The managers the ball. Rice and Buter, having
determined give calico ball made arrangements have
all calico nothing They discreet enough to know
that the admission Of gingham would provoke the
hostility Calico and render the ball anything pleasant
So, mistakes, they placed experienced
feminine judges of dry goods in the ladies' dresngroo Al
ladies entering the dressing had their nspee
and upon the Judges uszeel pronouncing the word
| "calico they permitted the ballroom.
the the evening ladies clad very
plain barege which little distance resembled calico
The judgesses shook their heads and said Baregeno adms
sion W The ladies demonstrated asserting that the ereu
trhine be needed they knew the manager,
the managers mp and aer politely
greeting ladies' thousand apologies He very
sorry but he permitted the rule be broken the and
harmony Of the would be broken he under the pain
| fd necessity of refusing them the eatrse.
The ladies then explained that they we'll knew calic
bal, and had days previously buy calico
make their but the dry goods clerk had Offered
them barege something better and had assured them tina
the Of the ball. bng particular friends of theirs
would think of refusing admit them in barege which
looked much like calico On this assurance they had pur
chased the stuff and made up they felt little baf
that they should have to all their trouble and TO
nothing and have experience besides the modification
being urned away The expressed his snceres
gets that they should have imposed upon by rasca
dry goods clerk but really, it was impossible for him
break the rule The ladies then retired giving vent
of modification and Indignation which, it must be
fessed quite natural under the circumstances.
We mention this incident show that the calico ball
without humbuggery 1t of the New York hum
bugs, in which calico is till h, and then throw
aside for splendid dress. The ladies in Calico sad II
calico, and in calico, after having enjoyed
the delightful epchoean reunions Of the
have devoted the ball than habit but
because a move ty and agreeable
which would like initiated iberay hereafter.
HIS LAST DAY.-old George stovall, who mur
dered his mistress, Mary Ray Duand, is be hung to-day
within the walls Of the Parish Prison. We learn that
ing be perfectly reeonced his DOOM ard talked
fully all who approached him. He expressed himself per
cy resigned his fate and having but the kiudes
feelings toward ybody He has for days past
receiving Christian yis minister
Of The Baptist Church.
STEAMBOAT RoBBERY.-Mr. e. B. Simms of Texas
robbed OF $780, board the Virginia. during he
last trip frem Mobile He had the money in his saddebags
and his his BERTH On his he
two arrested on suspicion but hsvng proof brn
against them, they discharged by Recorder slh.
FRE.-A shanty on Water street, between jackson
and Josephine Fourh District went puff of fire an
smoke yesterday morning
BRUTAL OUTRAGE-Mrs. Caughlin, residing at tn
of Edward Streets horribly beate
yesterday morning by mah whose given as Col
ns husband had just left home work at III
Ban the sc1undre entered the he
She taken the police Office, and thence Charity
pita Robbery supposed have been the
ject, though the object effected Mrs. Caughln ha
81 900 with her, reaching the police Office
FIRST DISTRICT CouRT.-The only trial yesteria
that Of James Waters, larceny. He acquitted
Oscar Merrhan plead guilty to charge OF larceny and
| remanded wait sentence
/, iucien Adams and VIM Tenbrnk were dismissed by mol
prassqi from cha ges of assault and batter.
RECORDER STIFH's CoURT-Mary Keenan, Ellie
RYAN AND Catherine Johnson yesterday rol
the charge having aided aud abeed the sabbng
Bnyer house Girod street. the oath u Buger
ufying they had nothing whatever to do with IT,
badly stabbed laid the hospital time WI
stabbed him he could not tell.
George Sick aTaigned charge Of having severel
beaten kicked and wounded Henry Xiii the