New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-13
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Special to the New orieaHss f5sese-ss., !, 55e8

80, = Wfi'e TO you " In the dead yasfe
A"u niiauls ot the summer in tie city. Wehaye
sueeuhoea 70 tne weather, and live without our
nenoomiaai sensation depending principally upon
ce"oiers,' sfnashes," ices. iuleps and other
refrgratory beverages for our deleetasion. The
idea Of graphing with anything lnomentous or
vast at this season. seems little short Of madness
Foitlcs' in their present state OF involution and
: snostihess," are too complicated and tough a
subje ct for any one but professional Ia undav
take to urayelr and our poticai Malyofios IN en-
deavoring - appear knowing and assured do
smile their faces rsto more lines than are in the
new nnp, with the augmentation of the Tndes:;
Never were they so puzssed and perpIexed before.
Even onr most rampass minister's Of the gospeilsy
whose tongnes were osre proIfs TO tang with
arguments of State, avoid politics NOV and prove
dumb dogs in the hour of need. Inparsias spec
tators of the contest consider that LsseeIn and
Harhiin, and Bell snd Everett, arc tae only Presf
DENTAL candidates that have any chance 81 sue
cess The followers Of the UDfoB nominees held
iafge ana snthusastic meeting Issc week In View
ARK, and Q rational conviction and awakenfn@ Hs
theE favor II taking place on all hands
i some very strking figures loom up ia fhe Eng~
MEDIATE future. and though some places Of afnuss-
Il ment nave lately presented no novelty, our pros
4 pecfs are very brilliant and Hattering. On Mon
day next Aagust 10, "a day always esensful TO
yonr correspondent the champion Of ehampiona.
John G. Heenan, win take his beneft at Jones'
Woods, present d fac-simile Of the late interna-
tonal contest at Marlborough. sustain the onsets
Of Jack Mcdonald, Jim CusicA, G. r Ottisaon and
Ned Price, and at the climax Of the ovatisn re-
eeiye and return thanks for the purse containing
the thousands Of dollars that have been collected
| iof MIN fgem grateful aad admiriag public.
Dodsworth's double band is engaged to add the
charm Of sweet sounds to that OF hard knocks.
Arrangements have been made to afford $4,000
persons convenient chance to witness the puga-
istic proceedings, and il is confidently expected
that as many will attend. The fastest Of the fair
will be there, and all the fancy hereabouts to d
man. The stndent Of comparative phgsiognomy,
who believes that bull-Deck and pug-bulidog
mugs" indicate in man the qualities for whiek
the respective brutes are distinguished, will here
meet with an extensive field of contemplation
and as Messrs. James n. Nixon (of NibIosl and
Henry Wood tour Mayors brother and recent
negro minstrel manager) have the whole under
their supervision, it viii doubtless be conducted to
the satifacton of sill.
The Mr.. Nixon, already mentioned, is carrying on
the palm for superior management, and eclipsing
= the renascent Barnum. He has engaged the levi
] athan tragedian Of America, Mr. Edwin Forrest
for six months Mr.. Forrest will make rentge
after three years absence from the stage, on the
nth of September next at Niblos, and be sup
, ported by Mr.. Charles Fisher, Mr. Fenno, two lead
I, ing ladies' and company selected with special
view to the great actors requirements. Our cham
pion tragedian, as well as our champion pugiliat
after eleetrifyng the Gothamites, will proceed to
crafty the Iongings Of the inhabitants Of the pri
4 cipa cities of the Union There has been very f-
r. tie change or novelty at our theatres since last
o wrote to you. Laura Keene has returned to New
i. York; Charlotte Cushman is at West Point and
:. Patti at Saratoga. Mr.. Thomas Hanlon nearly
n broke his neck and sprained his toes, while per-
> forming astonishing feat at Eblo's the other
IN evening, making happier escape than did lad
named Jerry Duke who had his great toe bitten Oh
ID by shark while bathing in the East River on
Id Thursday evening last
an The Japanese swindle las the bill of expenses
contracted by the Common Council Committee, IN
RS their entertainment of the Japanese Embassy ID
of now Familiarity caledI lacked but one vote to ensure
70 its success but now the repentant Conn Gilman,
~ Lent, refuses his vote for the appropriation Of
~ sl05 600 to pay the bill t its items are furnished
yh and satisfactorily explained. This disgraceful
y. squabble consequent upon the hostility shown the
In japanese princes and suite, has awakened the ap-
prehension of British residents relative TO the
Prince of Wales, whose advent they so fondly en-
pect and they propose to for his entertainment
50 Immediately out Of their own pockets. They came
or however, to no practical conclusion on the sub
- iect at the meeting they held the other evening
"a and it il be hoped that they will think better oi
ie their determination leave others to play the fool
r. il it must be DONE and save their money and them
:, selves much notification.
" Their feelings have been much narrowed up by
the disgrace which the pride Of their hearts, the
Great Eastern, has heen subjected. The storm o
,es indignation which her shabby and ludiereus ex
=, cursion to Cape May brought down upon her direc
tors and the innocent vessel herself has been dep
INT recated in vain lame excuses only serving TO maxi
of the matter worse. She afterward accused O
eyading and violating the United States coastine
. laws and finally. suit has been brought agaiBs
H. her captain for Infringement of IN Ameriea
~ S patent consisting in peculiarly combined use o
a ea the side paddle wheels and the stern screw, as
II; motive power. The damages are laid at fift,
~ ~ thousand dollars. The beauties of her model an
N the improvements most admired in her are said &
" " be copied from American originals, and she ha
entered into our home carrying trade, the plagiar
~ ~ isms OF the builders rendered liable to expo
sure and punishment. The Great Eastern's ill.lucl
y ID as great as herself Poor Henry Jones was lille
=; last week by the premature explosion Of cannoi
III III | used in sautng her on board the steamer Mont
y gomery and several others were badly injured q
- the same time. #fa8& .+8#
ey a great excitement exists at Long Branch, n. J.
y consequent upon the discovery. on the shore of tn
Z, traces of dreadful murder. huge club eovere
''h with blood, human hair, brains, pools of blood
and d sangnine trail leading TO fishing skif II
~ which bloody sail and other evidences OF tho CON
,y nys mission of homicide were tonnd arc doubles
oa the marks of some desperate deed, riyalng tn
~ enormties of the Pirate Hicks, hut the victim an
m .no the perpetrators are yet undiscovered. Piste
s ", shots aud cries of murder heard early .
haf haf Monday morning by persohs employed in q
h 'ae neighhofing hotels.
w On Sunday night Martin Haligan, living in II
III Tenth Avenue beat in his wa's skull with poke
a Mary Murphy, resident Of the First Avenue ser
up ed her moiher-in laws skull in the mannt
ie iie with il conch she'll Adam Jager, who stabbed
Jug fellow German named Henry Paehler, few nigh
,ef. aro while possessed with drunken fury has bee
her convicted of the murder Of his friend. might CO..
'ht tnue this list Of homcida acts to the end OF m
we letter but refrain from disgusting you with u
-; | recital.
esl- The Rev. J. Gardiner Spring, on Sunday Las
:. preached his semi centennial anniversary serms
n before the congregation that used to assemble
CO. the Old Brick Church in Beekman street. I
on: Spring is now in his sevents-itty year and hol
ol forth as vigorously ever III his splendid ne
nee church id Fifth Avenue. Not male member
his congregation fifty years ago is now living, b
s several of his female hearers still eStant got
'tep TO prove that ladies' stand preaching bett
no" than men. Mrs. Susan Spring, the wife OF Il
= rs US veteran of the Gospel died yesterday morning,
'eis in the 72d year OF her age.
rhe gallant Morton Fairchid. Breyet Major
pen the First Regiment uf the N. Y volunteers, dled
Duse hs nfv an FRIDAY last aged tF-foHr years, al