New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-08
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In the earlier part Of the evening I had contente
myself with dancing the lancers' quadrilIes, etc
with Mademoiselle. But as the hours sped al way
grew holder. The champagne flowed like water
:. whatever that may be-. found courage to tell he
in words that were the debris of two language
what were my sentiments in reference to herself
and what desperate acts might be led to coToni
10 case my suit was rejected. Just then the musi
her struck up and did not allow Of her making am
| answer, Bat her manner babe me hope. Sht
| pressed her head 50 confdjngly against my shoul
der that have never had the courage to brush Of
| the chalk from my coat to this day.
| The crowd was SO immense and the scene so ami
/ mated that can only compare it to the battle O
the Arnazons. Maskers and mumniess of every agt
and cline figured conapieaousiy in the fght---fol
sndeedit was fierce scuffe to elbow your way from
one end of the room to the other. think it might
| surprise some of yonr readers were to mention
| the quantity of aounces. trimmings, scraps OF
| drcases and pettsoats, bits of whalebone and
/ off " -
Bet the dance was now at its height Every one
was exercising his heels if for life and DEATH
There were, however, several Of the walters who
shone prSeminent, and who seemed to feel that the
| success of the evening in some measure depended
| on them. -Four or five couples led the dance, who
could make two or three revolutions around the
room to any body else's one. The contest between
them was spirited, and they Kept together and side
by side, so long their sfnews or the music lasted
h. myself was not idle. nor did suffer the ground
| to grow under me. Though had more weight to
/ carry than any other man 10 the room yet, eIated
| with hope and assisted by an able partner, the
first revolution found US but little behind the fore
most Of the throng. On and on we swept around
the room like whiriwind- The third or fourth
round, 1t became evident that q Highland chief
| who might have worn more clothing. or have
| washed his knees, was beginning to be blown, and
| a fortunate pirouette which just then made in
| which ground my boot-heel uDorfhis light fantas.
tic toes, soon compelled him to relapse into the
| obscure crowd The spurs of noble cavalier be-
| coming involved in Captoa, his partners train.
he also was left behind. On the seventh round /
| was neck-and-neck with Cupid, who was pressing
! short-skirted Psyche closely to his bosom as
almost completely to destroy her butterfly wings
| but as sailed past him, coming up the back
stretch of the eighth the bow of the luekiless god
was broken, and his arrows driven into his own
| breast: There was smart brush now between
myself and a bandy-legged Indian, who was
| dancing with pale-faced maiden. Bat it Jared
with this wild of the forest as it had with the
| the room, with his back almost parallel with his
partners shoulders and perpendicular to his cur
| velinear legs, be came in collision with heavy
| freight train, which making full speed in an
| opposite direction, and he not seen or heard
| of more.
| I had thus achieved the front rank almost, 80 to
speak, without wetting hair. 1t is true that nv
partners Dress which pink tuIle Illusion when
| we commenced, now appeared TO have changed to
white; but hoped that its color might somehow
be satisfactorily restored without any aiminution
| of material. (
At any rate, satisfied with my achievement for
the night, had mentally resolved that the fifteenth
| round, which | was then dancing should be nv
last. Suddenly, when we were almost in the act Of
taking our seats, we became involved in q whirl-
pool of walters eddying and dancing to and fro,
hither and thither, and in manner which preend-
ed egress. 1t was in vain that we endeayored to
escape from the tangled and inextricable web into
| which we had fallen. Struggle as we would, we
found ourselves continually hemmed in and cut off
| and momentarilY in danger of being pulled tc
| pieces. Before we could make good our retreat
my blue coat was split from the tails to the collar
| Chated as was at the treatment | had received
| when at length glanced at my partner, saw that
/ had but little cause to complain. The elaborate
| toilet with which she had entered the room was
nothing now but splendid ruin. Icannot attempt
to describe the rage that written in her coun-
| tenance, and saw in moment that with womants
| justice, she regarded me az the cause of her mis-
| fortune. There was evidently no need of making
any apology She made q fierce gesture which |
| ingroom; and, having escorted her thither re.
turned for the fragments of her dress.
The rest of my story is soon told. A wretched
| being, who was bankrupt in love, might have been
| seen returning home about daybreak with pile
| of hoops over one arm and the mother of his in
amorata on the other. He had not the courage tc
breathe a word in explanation or apology to the
daughter, nor is it likely that he ever will.
THE CowARDLY MEssESGER.--'' NJ Of the Soutl
| Carolinian, writes from this city:
| Col. Lamon was day in our city under falls
MISUNDERSTANDING his name as from Virginia
and lurking about the Charleston Hotel. On pre-
tended mission about postal matters, he never Wis
tied the Post'oflce, but got permission to visit An
derson, as bearer of dispatches. 1t is general,
credited that Anderson refused to receive Verba
communication, and the sneaking attorney returned
to Washington to report what he saw of harbo
matters.
Some of the b'hoys at the hotel played off a iok,
upon him, which put him in bodily terror, and, NJ
TAtrl, t1n II halt,
scheme Of assassination for lin as was to have
been executed upon the great ape of Illinois
| While in the reading room enjoying paper sew
eral young fellows accidentally strayed in, and
talked at him as if they not aware of his pre-.
sence, and one recommending suit of tar and
| feathers for q sneaking attorney named Lamon,
reported to be in the city; the alarmed individual
sneaked out in double quick time and took the
| first train for relief from the mischievous ways
gu may look out for report in the Herald of the
extraordinary escape.
| SPANISH NrRIGUEs IN ST. Observation-Disclosures.
ton, April l. lS6l-Senor Alvarez arrived here this
morning, direct from St. Domingo, with dispatches
for the Spanish Minister. He left this afternoon for
| New DIRK, and will return at once to st. Domingo
carrying with him dispatches from the Spanish
| Minister here.
The high-handed and outrageous conduct of
Spain, in sezing that island, may lead to serious
| complications between our Government and that
| of Spain. The Administration are in full pos
session of all the particulars of the recent action
of Spain, and it is very evident that the new Secre-
tary of State intends to take the necessary steps in
this matter and will immediately call the attention
of the Spanish Government to it. Here is another
embarrassing difficulty which must be met and dis
| posed of.
| The proceedings under the auspices of the Span.
| ish Government upon the island of ST. Domingo
| have produced q deep sensation in administrative
| circles. Mr., Patterson, bearer of dispatches from
the United States Consul at Havana, in reference
| to the expedition of Spanish army of occupation
arrived here yesterday and had two protracted in
| terviews with Mr.. Seward. 1t is known that the
| information brought by hm.ha been the subject
of consultation between the President and the Sec
rotary of State 1t is expected that the latter will
/ immediately address an energetic protest to the
| Spanish Government. This is all the Federal power
will be able to do in its present crippled condition.
| Strange to say, the prospect of trouble with a
European Power is hailed with anything but regret
by many public men. They assert that a war with
a foreign Power would be perfect godsend in the
present danger Of civil strife, as it would at once
| revive the national sentiment in the South, allay
| the secession fever, and in the end result in re
| consolidation Of the country.
| BEAUTIFUL GooDs.-Spriug time is the season
o. beauty natnro then is onu her choicest robe whilst
gardens clothc themselves with the exquisite taste in
coors that rival the ranbow the plain forest
place in their n of varied hue ii is certainly
hn all those who appreciate these beauties of nature shoud