New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-09

ties OF i've or SIX sometimes ten OF uonsu, iooheu
at the ladies rather stupidity, answered few
! routine questions, took drink and vanished The
questions are very entertaining Voici:
/. Fine day, Cor bad day, as the case may bed
Repty-yery! ttwirl haiti
2. Have you made many calls?
= Reply-Yes, no, that's dontmean- few
this Is the second-or, no, mean that this
8. Will you take some refreshments?
Reply--No thank you-yes, if you insist,
whereby she don't), I teM take glass of wine.
Then the youth mutters something about com.
pliments of the season, swallows his drink, gulps
a picked oyster or two, and awkwardly bows
himself out. The fascinating creature who has
been entertaining him sinks into chair. lets out
a sigh of relief, comforts herself with thimble-
full of sherry, and, presently calling the crinoline
1 watch together gives God thanks that they are
rid of parcel of fools. --.-.
This goes on from 10 in the morning till II at
night and as may be imagined it gets worse as the
day wanes. Then the young man has three sheets
in the wind and the other shivering; then he re-
marks that the sseenery is toory-looral:" then he
spills wine on the ladies' dresses, shakes hands
/ roughly, and pays coarse compliments. Then he
i declares that Araminta is deyilish fine gall
!. and half winks to his companions, as much as to
4 say, Araminta rather likes me, when the truth is
/ that Araminta wishes him in Kamschatska or
Nova zembla. But he don't go there. He reels
| along from house to house until near midnight,
| when he staggers off to his hallbedroom in Mrs.
Skinem's " genteel boarding establishment goes
4 to sleep his boots, and wakes with headache
that you might cut with knife.
| 1t is quite true that there is q good deal of fun
| going on amid all this excess, but there is not
enough of the former to atone for the evil effects
| of the latter. The women, however, who are the
chief sufferers keep the thing up in order to crafty
the love of admiration with which even the best of
them are afflicted. Even if the Union should be
dissolved, presume we shall still get happy"
upon New Years day The institution is some
what older than the Constitution.
In the way of general topics, the week is, as
usual at this time of the year, quite dry. The
opera has been smashed all to pieces, the artists
living upon the "reminiscences of their once fat
salaries, and the theaters are doing old pieces to
patient and long suffering audiences.
Waack has given US Dumas rather wicked play
"Pauline.o Pauline was female who loved not
wisely but teco we'll That is, she had two SPLEEN
did young fellows in love with her at the same pc
Rod. The heaviest sven 81 tfG waln p.~f r'oSes
the duel Ia ralo't, drawing pistols, che loaded,
gnu 1S ouiISi empty, Al o uti4ei liie tdDIs ciOti,
He happens to get the harmless weapon, and is
shot as dead as a door nail by the walking gentle
man. serves MIN qaite right, too for he is pre-
sumed to be terrible rascal. This part is one of
Testers pets. He played it first with Laura keene
before she seeded from Walack's and all the
ladies' said he was perfectly lovely if. The re-
ylv.i has not been very successful, but that's no
matter, SO John has good part. Keene is run
ming her sSeven Sistersn to moderate business;
and Joe Jefferson is playing to what the actors
call "shy,' houses at the Winter Garden. Forrest
has fallen back upon the Gladiator, and had ter
rifle house the first night Phew what a jam it
was! All The butchers and Bowery magnates in
town turned out, and gave the sold mani recep
ton which made Niblo's actually shake. heard
one Of the cold boys say to another, however,
that s'Ned didn't play that there part nothin like
what he did fifteen years ago, now did ne, say"
All 1 can say is, that he played it good deal, and
if he played it any more fifteen years ago, it must
have been rather an extensive thing to do.
The next sensation we are to have is Rarey, who
has been here several weeks working up things for
his first appearance at Niblo's Garden next Sat
urday His celebrated victim, Cruiser, came over in
the ship Moses H. Grinnel, which arrived last Sun
day, and it is understood that he has several other
severe specimens IN tne way Oh lofSeuesH IarGy
was always very much liked here, and his friends
say that his trip to Europe has improved his man
ners as well as filled his purse. He accumulated a
snug fortune in Europe, and, as soon as he has
made all the money he can here, he is going across
the water TO spend it.
To-day We have the Governors message, CO.
ercion views from Washington, general advance
in the price of stocks and evidences of general
disposition to snub South Carolina. / have avoided
political topics, and do not propose now to allude
to them otherwise than incidentally. Every one
calls upon the President to do his duty at the
risk of civil war. The Republicans were frighten-
ed little at first, but they have now got over all
that and it is stated to-day that Mr. Seward will be
Lineoln's Secretary of State. have the best au-
thority for stating that the Senator from New York
has yielded to the wishes of his friends, who want
him in the Cabinet SO that they can be taken care
off, and will take the position of premier under
Lincoln. That does not look much like backing
down, and think that things look bluer now than
ever.
ssz " AS ever, yours,
I'ENFANT TERRIBLE.