New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-21
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800 "','S saao uay iouBut WIN the sunshine bravery
10 the afternoon, the clouds triunphed and threat
ened all sorts Of things though the gusts of the ca
PRECIOUS underbreexe enabled the dust to frolc mad
everywhere In the evening the cloues concluded
their caucus by coalition, from which enough
moisture fell to render the banquettes shiny the dus
sober, and cabhire just little higher. As we write
the prospects are that Monday will be blue way
or another blue in its sunshiny Ornament or elst
blue in the faces Of all who may be exposed to it,
possible reverse of rain and mud.
TIE POPULAR NOVELIST, Mrs. Anne 8. Stephens
is at present in the city. would be great pleasure
to the thousands here who have uxnraed in the sto
ries which have flown from her pure and truly femi
nine pen to see her, or take her by the hand if the
proper opportunity could be offered She is not
however, one OF that family of the iterati who take
pleasure in being publicly lonized. For this, all will
naturally commend her and if there be regret with
any that she cannot be SEEM that regret will give
way to the anticipation that something pleasant from
her pen will in good time picture forth the memoirs
of her visit here. We say this because we know
with Others that novess and storywrters are much
like reporters in one respect They never travel OF
visit unfamiliar spots, without "taking notes. to an
pear in print in shape or other, at some future
time.
PIccoLoMINI, as we hear, yesterday went on
pleasure and curiosity excursion to sugar plantation
below the city. The visit Of so sweet song.bird to
SO sweet spot as sugar plantation must have been
an epoch of sweetness for entry in the fediaries of
all who there, if net very sureit of sweetness
at the time. II the owner of that plantation be
speculative, let him listen to our suggestion, which
s that instead Of putting the sugar Of his next crop
tn co1tt
it up in small kegs and ship at double price to the
confectioners throughout the country to make up
into Piccoomini kisses candy kisses, we mean. All
sorts OF Pccoomn CONSIDERATIONS catch enthusiastic
dollars at the North how much more popular would
the sweets Of the South be, if duly manufactured
into and certified to be Pccolomini kisses!
PEACE prevails to an uncommon extent throughout
the city just now. Saturday night, so prolific of
drunken broils and Of shooting and cutting left clean
books at all the police Offices; that is so far as fight
ing and bloodshed were concerned not even
weapon being drawn in any one of the four Districts
It may be, that the impressive lesson of Fridays
hanging will account for the unusual fact We hope
SO, at any rate.
WITH PLEASURE we notice new crossing over
Camp street, opposite the Merchants Bank. This
has been done at the sole expense of the bank and is
one of those required improvements which it would
afford US pleasure to observe going on in other places
We hope our contemporary, the Price Current, will
hereafter see that his sidewalks are not INSTRUCTED by
casks, crates, boxes and other notions interfering
with the public making use of this much desired
crossway.
A BRILLIANT SEASON of entertainment is antici.
pated by the children and nurses who patronize the
greensward of the Lafayette Square Varieties Dan
lei Bnsby, Esq, the acting manager, having made
himself popular and established that popularity on
firm basis, by his discriminating management hereto
fore, is determined to add the climax to the public
favor be has already gained.
We learn that he has effected an engagement with
Little George Marsh OF the Marsh Troupe, to appear
in the square on pleasant evenings during the stay of
the Troupe here, with his Lputian carriage drawn
by goats, and his pet jennet (faminne jack which
appeared with SO much eclat at the Amphtheater on
Saturday night The license of the Mayor is want
ing but as the Mayor is about as partial to children
and as fond of seeing them excited as is Old Dan
himself, we may safely promise that this engagement
will not be hampered by any official restriction.
Manager Busby, we learn, is in negotiation with
the Punch and Judy show for few exhibitions after
awhile, and is constantly on the lookout for hand
organs with new tunes. Several nurses, Bridgets
and Dinahs, having made themselves sick lately by
ncessant whrlng of the ropes for the mutisndes of
little ropejumpers that flock to the square on pleas.
ant evenings, Dan has written to Vermont to know
whether in the innty of Yankee invention any such
thing has yet been contrved as machine to substi-
tute for Brdgets and Dinahs in whirling ropes for
children. He says he has received an answer, to the
effect that no such thing has yet been invented but
mat IL VIII be so soon as some prior requirements for
hitherto impossible things shall have been attended to-
Whatever Manager Busby may provide for the
future entertainment of the little patrons of the La
fayette Varieties, quite sure he will render
entire satisfaction for he does everything on the
square.
The INTELLECTUAL BALLOON ASCENSION took
place last evening, at Congo Square, in all respects
up to the published programme Some fifteen hun
dred or two thousand people paid for the privilege of
standing within the canvas, whilst at least ten thou
sand more collected in the vicinity, walng in the
square and gorging the streets on every side The
gusty weather, dusty streets, and lowering heavens
augured badly for the success of the ascension but
the afternoon loungers having no place else to CO.
and the weather being dry, despite its threatening
aspect, the agglomeraton of humanity was not to be
wondered at.
Inc uepate On WoHanS Rights TOOK place accord
ing to announcement Miss Mary Way, unquestiona.
bly, one of the strongest of the strong school
Of ladies, mounted rostrum and dashed universe!
mankind for their arrogance and assumption of supe
riority in keeping womanknd under. The chief
point Of her discourse being the disposition of man to
Keep woman down, it was generally supposed that
Ter final argument the ascension in the balloon was
20 prove the capabty of woman to soar infinitely
Ibove all mankind.
The " distinguished member of the Kentucky bar"
Who was announced to respond to Miss Way, did so,
fter sort of way, and added the feature of nov
y if nothing else, to the afternoons entertainment.
Whether the bar at which the gentleman had become
the bar of the courts or the bar of
he cotfeehouses we did not ascertain. He however
ave satisfaction for it takes little to tickle oung
ng crowd on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
The ascension was successful and pretty. The new
alloon Paul Morphy :" flew mpatienty upward to
Is bridal with the sky; Samuel Wilson, the eronaut
oing along as groomsman to the " Paul horphyn |
nd Miss Mary Way as bridesmaid to the sky. we
'ere not able to witness the nuptials an mpertnent
loud enfodng the voyagers in its vapory embrace,
nd tantalizing the admiring thousands below with
s refusal of even glimpse of the ceremony.
AN ExEcuTIoNER ON SPREE is not common
hing. free negro, whose name we suppress-be-
ause We believe that business is business, and that
ID well done should not be reproached--was taken