New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-03-22

7 THE MrCAREME BAILs.-The festivities Of st.
Joseph's Night Cast Friday night were fully as
extensive, brilliant and delightful as we had expected
they would be. Uptown, downtown, in the middle
OF town, and all around and all through town, the
shirt Of the occasion was manifest in the troops Of
briliantlydressed ladies and fancful gentlemen in
mask riding or walking here there, and everywhere,
to the different balls, or from one ball to another.
The balls at the St. Charles and St. Louis hotels
and the Orleans theater we may characterize as
equally magnificent. All were crowded, and the dis
play OF fashionable dress and fancy costume rich,
beautiful and picturesque in the extreme The divine
forms that were visible all the night aud the bewtch
ing faces that we're visible after the warmth of the
dance led to unmaskng, we will leave to the descrip
ton Of the poets, II there were any present-and
surely there was beauty enough, and other material
of inspiration, to make every man who mingled or
danced more or less poet. We could only pile up
prosy superIaves or resort to stale quotations, and
then not half tell OF il as il should be told. The
hotel balls were far ahead Of the Others as matter
Of course by reason Of the sumptuous suppers which
claimed portion of the time-suppers which showed
the caterers to have ransacked the whole region of
good things, and the cooks to have abored II for
fame.
Decidedly lively feature Of the night was the ap-
pearance, at the St. Charles Hotel, OF The Imps Of
Satan''-a band of fifteen spenddly dressed devils,
with golden horns on their heads, claws on their
fingers boots on their feet, and the most approved
internal wings connecting their wrists and ankles.
We felt kindly towards them at first sight, on seeing
biazoned on their head gear a crescent--a symbol
that we are somewhat partial to- They first appeared
suddenly, and in a heltersketer, devilike manner,
ID the rotunda OF the hotel - pitching in through
doors and windows, and leaping over counters and
chairs on all sides, at the same instant--to the no
small establishment of the quiet, unromantic gentle
men who didn't care for balls and sitting about
specializing the newspapers or talking oId-iogy. The
head devil mounted the table in the center pped bis
whistle, and the others formed, with spread WINGS in
a nucleus around him. They then proceeded to prove
that they were devils by going through series OF
pantomimes, expressive Of Pride, Envy, Licentous.
ness, Drunkenness and Anger and wound up With q
fancy drill, which is supposed to be all the go on
holidays down below The internal crew, leaving
the astonished rotunda, went to the room OF Mayor
Waterman, and subjected that gentleman to a repe
tition OF their establishments. His Honor, though
surprised, wasn't scared bit but sat out some Of
his choice "o-be,joyful; !" and after taking good
Satanic swig all round, the crew were joyful, and
pitched into the ballroom. After ag.eeably enlven
ing the ball there awhile, the head DEVILS whistle
piped them of, aud they pounced into the ball al
the st. Louis hotel They were decidedly the feature
OF the night.
The balls in the Third and Fourth Districts were
well attended likewise, and the festivities of St.
Josephs night ceased only with Saturdays dawn.
disappearing has always been a great feature OF
New Orleans in the winter season but we have
never seen that species of amusement more largely
or splendldy INDUCED in than during the present
season.