New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-22

by the authorities. Last year they were foroldaeh
to appear masaued on foot; this year their six or
seven balls lat the Tacon) were reduced to two. III
A few years more they must mourn their great holi-
/ day as lost forever. The balls at the Taeon are
certainly well worth seeing, not only on account
4 of the immense crowd with its Kaleidoscope
A changes, but also on account of the dance pecuaf
II to the Cubans, 1.-THE Ketdjo.) One redeemmg iea-
ture of these gatherings, however, and one ho'ioe
able, universally in Havana, is the aosenoe VI
, drunkenness and disorder. crowd mere is al"ass
f as quiet and polite as any social galherihs Vi
American gentlemen. That this is due in great
measure to the stringency of the laws there can
be no Doubt but the frugality and the temperance
A. the lower classes have much to do with it. A
1 drunken man here, except among the foreigners,
Lis ,,aya apis, and we cannot but feel that the
people of the United States might borrow this
leaf from their book with considerable profit to
| themselves.
The revolution in Spain is at last beginning to
excite more attention among these apathetic peo-
pie. Notwithstanding the improbabity, if not i'm
possibility, Of any disturbance arising here, yet
precautionary measures, it is rumored, have already
been taken. The feeling among the Spaniards and
Galatians is universally in favor of Prm, and even
the Captain General himself is said to be very
leniently inclined towards his old companion in
arms. But the creoles seem to be Indifferent.
They look to the United States as sort of politi
cal redeemer, and are satisfied to grow listlessly
at everything until their millennium shall arrive.
Like all tropical races they seem to be destitute
Of energy and independence, and measured by
the adage fwho would be free, themselves must
strike the blow" must be pronounced entirely un-
deserving.
Grau's opera troupe still grows in public dis
favor. On Tuesday night last, Gazzanega was
Kissed in Lucretia Borgia. Although the season
will not prove improbable pecuniarily, owing to
the generous encouragement extended towards
the enterprise in advance, yet ST.. Grau will carry
away with him a prestige anything but enviable.
The oracles of pufery must have been invoked to
outrageous extent in the States to have ever given
such troupe the reception that heralded its arrival
here. Formes and Gazzanega are but the vocal
shadows of their former Selves and the satisfaction
awakened at their performance is very much akin
to that experienced in museum when looking at
Wellington's sword or the great Napoleon's boots.
The opera going public consider themselves badly
'done,n but are content to make the best of it,
Of news items there is literally nothing worthy
Of record As we have no submarine telegraphic
communication with the outside world, nor rivers
for steamboats, to blow up upon, nor noisy eenters
Of legislative contention, we have grown to be
{ slow Even rumor seems to have lost 99S of
her thousand tongues, having just enough left to
tell both sides of story. One little on dit,
however, seems to be sneaking about, as though it
were ashamed to be caught abroad, and is to the
effect that serious rupture has just occurred in
| the council between the Captain General and the
creole party, heretofore his staunch supporters.
1t appears that the new government (progressestd)
in Spain have consented to receive commissioners
from Cuba to represent their wrongs (real or fan
cied) and detail their wants. limiting the franchise
Of their election to three classes of citizens. The
Captain General insists upon its being extended to
four by which means, it is said, the Spanish infu-
ence will preponderate over the creole, and thus
defeat the object to be gained. The creole party
are, consequently, about taking independent mea.
sures, and intend making representation at the
court OF Madrid on theif own NOOK MOI oelng
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