New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-25

ter was presented with "prize ring /" and an en-
velope containing a cheque for ten thousand and
thirty odd dollars The Boy, brave as he is in the
use of his hands, proved coward with his tongue,
afraid to take up the words that struggled toward
his lips, and, in spite of prompting, made feeble
response to Blankmans luency. Mcdonald and
Cusick also received addresses and rings, and
manager Nixon triple Of hearty cheers. Thus
ended the shoulder-htters fete at Jones' Wood.
The principal actors in it seemed to enjoy it i'm
mensey and laugh in their sleeves at the public
for viewing with such intensity Of interest their
playful and careless pugilism. The champion and
his fellow knights of the mauleysn are going to
repeat this exhibition in the principal cities Of the
Union, and Mr.. Nixon is to pay the head man S1O,-
600, and the others in proportion for their trouble.
The excitement next in order is the grand BAN
quet, to be given at the Academy Of Music to the
Prince Of Wales, by our merchant princes, Messrs.
w. B. Astor Roht. B. Mintnrn Jno. A. King, w.
+. Hayemeyer, WisG1 g. Hunt, Hamilton Fish, r.
L. Kennedy and host Of others, those named being
about to proceed to Canada to tender invitation
to the heir apparent Of the British crown. Gen.
Scott is the committee, and President Buchanan
and the members of his Cabinet are expected to
attend. The parquette of the academy is to be
boarded over; the decorations are to surpass any
they have ever before beheld in this city, and
to render the feast the most delicious and magnlil-
| cent that can be conceived our best cooks and
confecioners are to be nearly tortured to death,
and proportionately paid for their pains. In COM
| parison with this affair, an Aldermen's Japanese
| ball will afterward be regarded as disgracetul
and riotous pic mic. The ladies, however, are be-
| ginning already to complain that they only to
be allowed to look on from the boxes and serve as
| ornaments to the festival; but, of course, they
/ will vastly prefer to submit to this arrangement
than to remain away, and many are filled with dis
may lest they shall be reduced TO the latter ne
| cessity.
Massachusetts, has commenced to send her dis
| eased and dying vagrants to this city, which al
| lords Us fair opportunity to retort upon State
| that plumes itself upon its superior morality Our
| famous Mayor Wood has left US to take care Of
ourselves and his " single eyea is only looking to
| his enjoyment at Saratoga and his political inter
ests at the Syracuse Convention The knife has
| lately been buster than ever with human victims
in this city, the stabbing cases frequently number
ing half dozen in day. Several cases Of wife
murder and iniantictjfie nave also occurred during
the week. John Riley, in one case, stabbed hi:
wife in the skull with a pitchfork with so muef
force that it required the united strength Of twc
men to pull the prongs out of the hapless woman:
head. In another, Mrs. Finnegan is accused Q
lowering her child, II years Of age, into well by
| means Of a rope tied around its neck
The minor histrionists are swarming in this city
preparatory to their engagement and flight to tft
theaters so fortunate as to secure their services
What, with the 1'Gllti,6e Of Forest at Nibos, an(
Miss Charlotte Cushmans temperance at th'
| Winter Garden, and other forthcoming events, VI
expect brilliant theatrical season this autumn.