New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-07
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY Z, 1861.

it. Last week they opened with the E'Jniramehto
to $500 receipts-expenses, without Colson, bfig
noli Ferri, Lusini Or Muzios salaries $500. "ea-
nesday, Miss Hinkley made her debut IN i'tcsa,
and the house was little better, but not much.
Hnkley, as have told you already, is from Albany
educated abroad. She is young, and rather gooa
looking brunette with inst the least shade OF a cast
in her eye. Her voice is mezzo soprano, IN |
quality resembling Piecolomini's. She sings very |
we'll but cannot act. She made respecianle
success but hear will upset it all by trying at the
"Trovatore y an opera which should judge was far
beyond her powers. However, suppose she thinks
if Patti can do it she ought not to be afraid to try
| To return On Friday they sang the ''Guramento'
again receipts $400
| During the same week, the artists opened the
Brooklyn house, playing two nights, and taking
there 1920, to $1,000 for three performances in
Irving place. Perhaps the Brooklyners don't
crow Oh, no! The consequence is, they have
three performances this week and we only two
ala sicnorina Elena,' (Miss Ellen Conran, all
the way from Naples, by way of Dublin) IS 10
come out on Thursday here. Her friends are
making great fuss about her, but from the taik
among the artists, don't believe she'll set the
North river on fire.
Governor Wallack is going ahead with his thea
ter and it can be finished easily within four weeks
from this time. He intends to play his company
in Brooklyn if he can get the new Academy for a
| week, while he is moving from the old to the new
house. The business here ("Dame de Saint Tro-
pez'') is just fair. Barnum has brought out the
e same piece. ..a..-...
/. spalding & Rogers have got sick of the old Bow
erv theater and closed there last night, to open in
:. Boston next week. Charles Dillon, an English
. | bare on
:. and has since been looking about for opening
He got it at last at the Winter Garden last Thurs
!. day. and played Bephegor He is a very good
IT actor Dillon, and reminds one of Gustavus Brooke
3. The sort of thing he does however, is not wanted
A. here lust now, and so the best thing he can do
e to 90 back which he don't see, but intends to tr
e, again at Nibo's Garden, which is open for any
r thing on Forests off nights. The wizard Anderso
W tried on "Rob Roy" here, but the people did'r
Of like it overmuch. Anderson's Highland costum
s is immense, but his acting is like Pretty Jane
of the balad-very shy. So he has subsidized.
saw Mrs. John Wood dashng about Broadwa
to in neat little brougham yesterday. hear ths
e- she is engaged at the Winter Garden.
It's Laura Keene has patched up her Seven Si
nv terg. and makes them 60 like Brandreth's pill
nd nv column advertisements and tremendous poster
As Anna Bishop has formed new opera compan
TO out of the debris of the Cooper troupe, takir
ba Annie Kemp for contralto, Brookhouse Bowler #
N tenor, and Aynsley Cook for baritone. They ope
Eer Mt Nbo's with the "Elixir of Love next Tuesds
T week.
or 7 see that the papers all about the country a.
sv telling fhe most wonderful stories about Lola Mo
re tez One of these and the most widely circulate
mt comes from Mackenzie of the Philadelphia Pres
The old fellow has wonderful Hibernan talent f
ing mixing things up, and he has exercised it to
ON charm in this instance. He states that Lola W
lev killed by incratitude that she hired an age
ris- in California that he died in Australia leaving
ant daughter, whom Lola adopted and educated
hot Mrs Wilard's school in Troy; that this young la
cen married an officer in the navy; that she cut L
will dead that Lola had paralysis in consequence, e
ors. Now, the fact is, that Lola's last love wa
no Young man named Follen, whom she picked NJ
ion. San Francisco, and took to Australia. He had
to girls under his charge and bearing his name
der thew were, no one knows. They could not hi
me- been his daughters unless he married at the ca
,red age of ten. Lola and Foen quarreed like c
and dogs and he committed suicide, they say
vor order to get rid of her. This was in 1856. l.
are returned to the United States in l857-'5S, with
gar girls. She called the elder Minnie Mont
en- and, as she was very pretty, put her on
at stage, and made money by the operatl
lest More than two years ago, this girl was MARI
are not to an officer of the Navy, but to genten
u of who was once our Minister to Nicaragua-ot cou
and I do not give his name. So there could have b.
lion nrecious little education for her at Mrs. Wiar
fter where the term is four years! Lola did tell
Van doctor that Minnie --- had cut her, and that
Bel had had Mysteries and smoked great deal
Dan much in consequence, and heard the story at
rles time. Knowing all the parties pretty we'll ne
are believed a word of it. In which state OF min
,een remain,
save i0"'', ,'rrr ~, a xr rrpPrpr
mo. ...sess~s.-