New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-19
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Special Correspondence Of the orescentl

Special Correspondence of the Crescentl
! NEW YORK, Sept. H. 1866.
4 Comparisons are at all times odous, but one
cannot help, in public well as private, COM
pairing the addresses of the two conventions which
have lately held sessions in Philadelphia the one
coming from the conservatives, or Unionists, being
temperate, cordial, plain publication of facts
and exposition of principles for the approval of
the people; the other coming from the radicals,
or disunionists, being wild, outrageous, scurri.
Il lous attack upon the President and that is all
simply nothing but personal bitter opinions OF
few men protesting to represent the people, when
some of them had not been in the States from
which they hailed for more than year. The
general opinion here of the great" convention
of Southern oyalists,a is that it was failure in
Il every respect; collection of fanatics who, like
i Ben. Butler, could only see clearly out of one
eye.
The political war is now positively declared, and
when it is finished the historian might present
picture of strife with pens and mouths, equaed
only in magnitude by the late conflict with the
sword. The radical State convention of New York
has already its nominees before the people, and
the conservative convention, consisting of all who
indorse the Presidents policy and the Phi
ladephia convention, is now in session at the
capital of this State; the contest for the
nomination lies between the friends Of John I.
Hoffman, present mayor of this city, and those Of
/ Gen. John A. Dix, both of whom are first rate
men, and either of whom would, without doubt,
transfer the last Republican majority of $4,000 to
the other side Of the account. 1t is general i'm
preston, however, that Dix will be able to turn
more Republican votes than Hoffman, and it is to
be hoped that such good feeling will exist in the
| convention as to look at the case without preiu-
| dice and give us man who will roll up most
positive majority in favor of constitutional policy
which will guarantee the South representation
in the councils of the nation while they are sub
jected to taxation, wipng out the present unCon
stitutional outrage of recognizing the Southern
States States for taxation but not for represent
tation. The radicals are showing signs of en-
couragement from the result of the elections just
held in Maine and Vermont. and why, no one can
tell for those States have for ten years past gone
the same way, and there is no reason for looking |
for change in that quarter and the Internal mis-
representations made by the radical faction Of
Southern ideas and feelings, and especially of the
p" New Orleans Massacre" as they term it, has OBJ
tanned for them larger majorities in the New Eng
land States than they had last election. The fact
is, the real Union men have got to fight lies of the
most infamous nature as well as our political OPP.
ponents, therefore signal and decided success
this fall is not confidently looked for as it will
be when the Presidential election of 1868 rolls
around.
The city Of New York has at last awakened to
the requirements of our militia by appropriating
to their use for drilling purposes Tompkins Square.
1t has been put in good shape the grass plots and
curbs having been removed, and the park pre-
sents one large plaza which provides ample room
for the exercises of drill. The ground was for.
mally opened by parade and drill OF the Seventh
Regiment, National Guard, last week, winding up
with review by Mayor Hoffman and others.
The contract for a new reservoir for the storage
of croton for the use of this city was signed on
the LIST inst, being awarded to Roach & Jenkins
Of New York. 1t is situated in the town of Kent,
near this city, and the site selected is large level
tract of meadow land shut in by rocky hills, and
across the narrow gorge below this land and
through which, branch of the Croton river
flows, is to be builts dam Of stone masonry,
thereby forming a lake about 10000 feet long i
1000 feet wide and covering nearly 800 acres. The
reservoir Withhold 2, 400, 100000 gallons of water
The foundations of the dam will run down to the
solid rock, which in some places is twenty feet
below tie surface. The entire work will cost
about $3.50, 600. Several dwellings, a church and
q school will be removed to make way for this
great necessity to the people of New York The
work will be constructed under the superinten
denee of Gee. S. Greene, Esq, late major-general
q. " volunteers There are to be gates in the
dam 50 that whenCroton lake, which now supplies
the city, is low, the gates will be opened gradually
to keep the lake up to the level and while the
lake does not require the gates opened during the
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weather neeessitates the opening Of the gates.
The reservoir will be fully completed in about two
years.
Amusements are doing well. The opening
nights promised good season. AL the theaters
are doing we'll, the city being full of strangers,
and the residents returning rapidly to town.
Ristori is to arrive tomorrow, and welcome she
will be, for all New York are awaiting anxiously
her performances. The troupe she brings are all.
first class artists very many of them stars and of
course the expense Of such company is enor.
nous, and it is almost impossible to see how Grau
IS going to be repaid, unless he succeeds in max
ing extra good terms with all theater lessees
throughout the country; which if he does mot ac-
complish, he will be compelled to pass all places
where he is obliged to submit to terms, which will
so materially increase his already immense ex.
penses as to render it impossible to be repaid for
the outlay. The Importance, to all people Of dra-
matte taste of seeing Ristori, suggests the neces,
sity for lessees and owners of theaters to offer as
easy terms as possible. New Orleans is on the
list and it is to be hoped that your generous man
ayers will not, by high figures deprive your talent
approaching people from seeing herwhom foreign
critics pronounce the greatest tragedienne of the
age. EYES ANb EARS.
Michael Angelo once cameinto palace in Rome
which Raphael and his pupils were decorating, and
he saw that tie. heads of the figures were too
small He found no fault hut taking crayon he
drew one huge head proportional to the room and
left 1t, aud there IL remains, TRANQUILITY true and
superior. So came Shakespeare INTO literature
He found plenty Of noble figures Of men but the
ethereal essence Of women was distorted and
9"aftetlnto goddesses aud mistresses and slaves.
But nature and his own heart were Un6H rpnprh