New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-23
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.


! that the new Administration will offer such conces
sons as will heal mp the difficulty. For my own
part do not believe in the latter part Of this pro
position. You can decide as to the former better
than any Of us here. With the exception of few
rabid Black Republicans every body Expresses the
kindest feeling toward the South, and if praying,
or singing, or shouting, or cheering for the Union
| would save it, the work might be considered as
already accomplished Last Saturday night the
| National Guard band gave a concert at the ACad-
| emy Of Music before an audience Of more than
four thousand persons. Toward the end of the
second part, the vocal artists who assisted the
band sung the solos OF the "Sar Spangled Banner y
the chorus being taken up by the whole audience,
who rose and stood uncovered during this exciting
| episode Cheernpon cheer for the Union succeeded
the song, and the boys and girls went home in high
spirits. Then, as you will perceive, the distin-
| guished Helper had his nose put out Of Joint last
night. few days ago. Helper, the author of that
delightful work, "The Impending Crisis in the
South,' thought he would take advantage of the
prevailing excitement and turn a dirty penny or
two, by lecturing upon the "Two Systems Of
14abor.n He hired the hall of the Mercantile
! Library Association, Asor Place, put out his post
ers-admission 2j cents, Of course-and was duly
| pufed in the Times and J'Eibuna. Tie police COM
mssioners anticipating trouble sent platoon OF
men to preserve order; but the audience was very
slim, and no disturbance occurred. Helper post
| ponad his lecture to q more convenient season. ard
the public, numbering forty-two persons went
about its business. Helper resolved to trE it on
again, and announced his lecture for last night,
when the trustees Of the hall refused permission
for him to speak in it. pretty large crowd as
| sembed about the place, and while the police
were engaged in dispensing the people, one
| Colonel" Titus, who has distinguished himself in
| various ways in Nicaragua, Kansas and Arizona,
resisted the officers, and was taken TO the station
| house, where, very much to his disgust he was
locked up all night. Titus gave another name and
tried to pass himself off for Jcrseyman but the
dodge wouldn't work. He declared also that he
was not armed; but, upon searching him. the Off
GERS found revolver in his pocket. Bad look out
for Titus he may have to 60 and see lis friend
Mulligan at Sing-Silg prison.
| Our Brooklyn friends have two sensations at the
| same time-a new operah and singular case
of Child murder. The opera house is to be opened
with cencert this evening, and there will be an
opera " season. Of six whole nights, if the sub
scriptions Justify such hazardous speculation.
As for the murder its incidents seem more like
those Of French novel than of real life. man
quarrels with his wife and threatens to beat her,
when she declares that she will have him locked
up. In fit Of frenzy, the husband rushcs to the
bed where lis infant child was sleeping and cuts
Its throat. He then leaves the house, walks about
till he finds policeman and gives himself up.
The officer proceeds to the murderer's house, and
finds the wife sewing away as calmly as if nothing
had happened. In reply to the inquiries OF the
policeman the woman declares that her husband s
statement was false, and upon examination the
child was found washed and dressed, composed in
bed so as to appear to be sleeping, but quite dead,
and killed in the manner above described Evil
dently the woman hoped to screen her husband,
even though he had been guilty of the murder of
her child. This is one Of the most curious cases
on record. In New York city proper we get off
this week with only two murders, both caused by
rum. The number Of petty thieves, and beggars
and vagabonds, is largely on the increase, how
ever On an average, six hundred poor creatures
apply for lodging every night, at the several
police stations and several very bold attempts
at highway robbery have been recorded during
tie past few days.
Trade is wofuIly dull and the newspaper business
is the only branch of industry unaffected by the
panic. The annual struggle for the postoffice ad-
vertising develops the fact that the circulation Of
the Herald is $4,000 of the Sun G2 600. hear from
reliable that the Times prints from 81 900
to $1,000, the Tribune from 30 600 to 80 GOO ana the
World from 10000 to 5000. The Herall's en-
penses are enormous. Bennett pays an average
of $1,000 per week for special te!eeraphc dis
patches, and the Associated press bills are pretty
heavy now, rs you may be aware.
In the amusement way Rarey is still the great at
traction He has converted a good many people
who didn't believe in him at first by his victory of
refractory horse owned by The Hudson River
Railroad Company, and called Peacock. Peacock
was very ugly customer, an awful kicker, and so
savage that his collar had not been taken off in
several years. Rarey had hard fight with Pea
cock, but the latter gave in at last and became as
meek as kitten.
Rarey makes pretty good thing out of his ex-
hibition. He gives three in each week and the
receipts so far have averaged $500. OF this he
gets sixty per cent, $500 for each exhibition.
At this rate he will be able to buy out Forrest d.
vorce suit and all. By the way, this intermnable
suit comes up for argument final it is to be hoped
in the Court of Appeals this week. The question
now is whether the report of the referee, allowing
Mrs. Forrest $1,000 per year aimony, with her back
dues, amounting to near $l0O0O shall be con-
firmed. Before the referee, Edwin was unable to
recollect how much money he had earned between
1850 and 1856, when he stopped acting till 1850.
So the books of the Broadway Thcater have been
overhauled, and it is ascertained that he took as
his share in four engagements, the handsome sum
of $50 500. During this engagement he has played
fifty nights and received. hear, over $4,000. He
can pay his wife off and still have small balance
in bank.
Forests last role is Damon, and in which he is,
as the girls say, "perfectly splendd.' He gives
the patriotic speeches (bathcr they sound like to
me) with infinite gusto, and the house appauds
him to the echo.
Wallacks latest antique has q cheerful plot. A
privateersman marries nobleman's daughter, with
prior attachment. The villain of the play finds
out that the wife has confessed her little Weakness
and there3pon proceeds to poison the husband
claim his estate and throw the blame on the lady.
Before the mariner dies, however, he detects and
denounces the real assassin. The piece is all for
one part, and it is hardly necessary to say that
part is played by Mr.. Lester Wallack. 10 Jeffer-
son has not made very good thing of it at Winter
Garden, has cancelled all his engagements in the
South, and is about to cut for California.
We are to have some Italian opera next week,
but the secession fever has already broken out
among the " associated artists" The fascinating
Brignoli can't see the fun of singing for nothing
and finding his own maccaron; so he draws ont