New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-30


deal of money in California, cut Jersey, married
Washington belle, went abroad, brought up
French bonnie, ana does the heavy swell generally
night or two ago the Colonel was at party VI
town, and taking offence at something youns
swell said to lady, (they were all doing the Ian
GERS at the time) walked over from his place anG
deliberately pulled the nose of the youth before
the whole company! This would be pretty steer
thing for anybody to do considering the time and
place. hut for Sparks it was wonderful. In Cali
fornia he was not considered fighting man by any
means, and the idea of his pulling any ones nose
is at first sight utterly absurd. However, he did
it, the young swell has not yet taken any means to
square accounts and "a Colonel Sparks is now
the lion of the day. Colonel Fuller is nowhere
now, and General kerrigan is of no further &C.
| count.
Theatrical business is duller than usual at this
| time of the year. Ted Booth has come back to
town, and appeared at the Winter Garden as B,qt-
tas, on Monday, to q shocking bad house. DR..
E1ots daughter essayed Julia in the &c Huncl1-
back" last night, and made a mess of it. House
nearly empty, The French Theater is on its last
legs, and Lester Wallack is playing in La Dame de
Saint Tfopez to half houses. Laura Keene has
interpolated Yankee comedy into the "Seven
Sisters" B. G. Rogers is the Yankee, and her
house is better attended than any other in town
except Niblo's where Forrest has fallen back upon
the Gladiator Rarey bled them heavily and
has stopped for the present. The ustrious Pro.
fessor Anderson turned up the other day, with a
large story about his Southern engagements being
cut off. It appears he was engaged by Spalding s.
Rogers to appear in New Orleans in February, but
now declines to go on account of the disturbances
in the South. So he comes back to Yew York aud
fayors us with his idea of " Rob Roy" Anderson
did the Aacgregor, Ponis N1S. lNacgrego7 Annie
Kemp (now Mrs. Brookhouse Bowler-Phobus
what name!) Diana Fersnona, Fisher Rqs7,leigt,
e. Pemson the Battle; Aynesey Cook, Major Cat
6rGlft, and Bowler Frdncjs-a pretty fair cast
The performance was only soso nobody spoke
the dialect, and Anderson was the worst Of ALL |
reckon that he likes to play Rob Roy " more than
any one likes to see him do it, The songs were
eaptally done, and Kemp looked pretty enough to
eat
Ihe Brooklyn folks are making grand row
about their new opera house. They are as ticklcd
as cat with two tails, or woman with her first
baby. The theater is really a very fine one,
ton good perhaps. They opened it with Colson,
Bflgnoli & Co., last night in the &c Guiramento'' a
very sombre opera by Mercadante. The artists
intended to give ala Traviata," but Beechers
people kicked up such q row about poor Vioettas
peccadiloes that she was turned out in the cold.
The house was full. In the city proper the opera
IS, as usual, in shaky condition The q associated
artists u are playing on the commonwealth system,
and opened on Monday to poor house, not enough
or actual expenses, to say nothing about salaries.
70 night, when Miss Hinckley comes out in "Lucia
Ii Lammermoor,' they expect to do better. am
fraid, however, that they'll be obliged to hang up
heir tiddles and take back seat for the present.
90 much political fuss going on for art to flourish
he ilustrious Brigno will soon get sick of singing
pr nothing, and then the whole thing will 20 to \
ieces t
You will see good deal in the papers about the t
rand Jury investigations in the matter of treason
esigns on the navy yard, General Sanford offer
e the first division State militia to the Governor L
t., etc. It is all CANNON, gotten up by the two 5
iques who are fighting for the Federal spells at f.
lis port They are doing it well, but it is all hum Il
1g. nevertheless. h
Yours, in the faith, II
LiENFANF TERRIBLE g