New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-26

opera until the Havana season Is aver. Ned
segain, who has just come back from Europe, and
is the . image Of bis father,n (what good artist
he wasl thinks Of getting up some new English
operas c. Satanella,r " The Rose Of Castillo, /, and
" Luriine') in the spring but he lat frst find q
rrs,ta donna and decent tenor, two very rare
and therefore very costly articles
Think on the whole, we shall he obliged to be
contented with the fheaters. We are to have For.
rest with d Till the Ist Of Nav. This week he
relieved his mind Of Orchard IEIr Neither that
performance nor his Macbeth made any very strong
impression upon the public, although il parts Of
both characters he i very fine. The critics who
,araapa,iv dfslika Eorraat and tba n, n raaiav
iv have en- n ont Of him, In, nufts for Edwin
Rooth Who has made no nnonev. but has reapef q
an,endid harvest of compliments from he newspa
ners and billet dour from the ladies. He uIays "A
Roqoeo 10 The .5J;et of a struck vonno woman
named EIIio.t and closes his engagement an cat
nrdav m Monday Teffaraon onens at.tEa w,ntar
Garden in Rim Vaa Wjntze the version played bv
the late Charles Rurke and Hackett. II Il veyv
eood holiday niece and r,resnme tf,at Tosaph viii
i make 4 nice thing of If.
Wbat to do mon The oet.,;o,,ta II Niblo,s Garden
"a a onastion which has hotbered he managers
eonsiderat,,v II dasnair tbev bavs aI,owed IN
;,,atons n,t IN, suael tta rradEea1sf
8. sttIl waters RIM Deen md .a;ae 4a Jioue-
ROLES ], for himself and his wife bst lie pnblic
Iet The Conways alone. yery severely. ana the
to grief Now thew have dramatic "a
comnany Of zouayes. said to be the same who
4 nlaved Il The trenches hefore sevastonoI. These
4 iokers annear d, SATURDAY. night next ana NAV tin
the 9Th of January when tbey are to he succeeded
bv Rarey. The horsetamer. Who returned hopne II =
short time AGO and il nov visiting hs reIatsves III
. Ohio. The Zonayes do a niece illustrative OF the
incident in the Crimeau war. where in the middle
of one of their performances they were calednpan
: "a resist 4 Russian sortie After walioping the
Cossacks, they returned and finished the play.
: 41,ronos 10 theatrical matters: The BROOKLYN
7 people are Growing over their New Opera House.
which ia now receiving its finishing touches It's
! estimated cost was sl5Oo00, but the real expense
E Will be near 100000. 1t is really first class
theater in every respect much superior to any In
= New York, the Academy not excepted. The in
terror is decorated in the Moorish style quite
dodge for theater The effect issaid be very fine.
u The house is to be opened in about fortnight.
9 Terpsichore has the first chance, and Euterpc
e comes in with the Philharmonic concert, on the
y 18th Of January
e So you see Colonel that we are not quite bereft
= of all amusement.
Is For people who like violent exercise the Central
Park offers a fine field. / went there yesterday,
s and found FIVE or six hundred excited individuals
If skating away for dear life and thousand
# looking on with cold feet frigid noses and blue
le hands. The ladies have their reserved ice,p
Y (that's pretty goode and there is also pond for
children and learners.n There are bowers where
people can warm their toes drink coffee or ale and
ut smoke Fillanous cigars. There are women of
n various kinds roughs, sperleecer and very
re large amount of imitation swells and cheerful
Id small boys. Skating is good fun when man
se doesn't rise twenty. fve after that it works
the bones and makes you feel queer next day. The
ly middle.aged maniac on skates is charming study
lir for Christian philosopher.
ne we have also other tonics of queter character,
;r but still excessively entertaining. The Aldermen
have revived their pleasant little Japanese comedy,
ee " How to Pay the Bills First they told US they
spent sl05 goo for the entertainment Of the No
he Kamis. Then We all said, OH come now, that's
al cutting it little too fat Can't you take little
ie off of that Then they cutit down to 800 o00 and
Iar now they want $4,000. It reminds me good deal
al of tbe jllustrions Haekett who used to wear an
india rubber stomach for Falsta One night there
~ s was screw loose, and Fat Jacks pannch grad
LA uay dwindled down to the dimensions Of ordinary
individuals.
hol Charles OConnor, too, has amused rs vastly HI
I'D was invited to crate at Union meeting Of olt
,if fogies, and Immediately went to work and mad,
led the srangest kind of speech in favor of secession
m De Then we have the most pathetic accounts OF lh
incidents attendant upon the arrvalof that mucl
day abused patriot, Mr.. William Mulligan, at Sing
ne Sing prison. Mr. Mnlligan wept when the,
q. shaved his luxnriant moustache. Mr. Muigan re
marked that his health was delicate and that b
wished to be employed in the hospital. When MI
Mulligan's educational facilities were examine
into, it was found that, like the knights Of old,
i, had looked upon the art Of writing as too yulga
5 for gentleman, and had never acquired it. So
win shut up in cell like the other guests Of th
may State but in the night he set up such howInj
nal and really appeared SO ill., that he was removed
20 the hospitai. uutthg on Mr. Muihgans hquo
ray probably knocked spots out of his nerves.
~ ~ Inc medical stuaeht u always an ehtertaaniLl /
go person, put m what brothef beechef naiVeiy cai
+. nos lively times, the " juvenile sawbones come O
i - very strong. That's what's the matter now IN u
a, ana medical department OF the New York Universit
ins which employs Southern professor named Ayetl