The New Orleans crescent., 1868-12-06
LETTER FROM ST. LOUIS.



step and ruddy counienaDces. Promenaders Of
both sexes pass up and down Fourth street on the
"double quick" enveloped in furs and heavy
winter clothings. As usual, the ladies predomin-
ate bad weather seems to possess no such terrors
for them as it does for men. Whether It Is that
their hearts are so much warmer and dihdse gen.
eral feeling of warmth and comfort through their
entire system on such days as would almost maze
statuary Of Us. forlorn male bipeds. Know not,
but that they will go out for pleasure IN weather
SO severe that nothing but dire necessity would
compel a man TO venture out in the chilly blast
know from personal observation TO be TACT. et
We cannot chide them, for 1t Is positive delight
10 take q stand on prominent street corner, and
in silent and respectful admiration watch the dear
creatures az they pass. On meeting :" the queen
of my souln to-day, "girl of the period" i
could not refrain from perpetrating Don mot
she looked so cold and ruddy. remarked to her,
Ny love is like the red, red rose |" and IN view
of the fact that her cheeks glowed with the rose
tint of health" fatter myself the observation
was not absolutely mai propos. DID you
everi"
With the advent of cold weather confagrations
are becoming more frequent. A disastrous hre
occurred at the corner Of Second and Elm streets,
on Monday night, destroying the large warehouse
Of Bloomfield Co., together with its contents,
comprising hundreds of tons and bushels of grain
and a large quantity Of miscellaneous goods on
storage. The loss above insurance will amount to
considerable. During the progress of the fire,
some Of the burning timbers and debris fell upon
the dwelling of an aged Frenchmsn adjoining, and
il was with difficulty that the old man and his wife
were rescued from their perilous position.
Business of all kinds is "stale, fat and unproft-
able" Even our saloon keepers complain of dull
times; and when people commence economizug
as TO their daily allowance of ''6re water"-re-
ducipg their rations cay from twenty and twenty.
FIVE to five and ten "snortsn daiy-it is safe even
for the most careless observer to gamble" on
the conclusion that business is dull; and he might
in fact, with degree OF propriety prefix quite
robust adjective to the word dull,n and still keep
within the bounds of truth.
On the landing matters wear very quiet and
serene appearance. The Cornelia commenced
loading for New Orleans at greatly reduced rates,
and other boats of course had to follow suit or
get no freight. The Cornelia will enter the New
Orleans and 0uachita trade, which accounts for
her engaging freight so low, as she was bound to
leave for New Orleans, freight or no freight, and
the only way to quickly secure trip Vas to "cut
under.n The Lizzie Gill lett to-day, and will be
followed on Saturday by the mammoth Bismarck.
Probably no boat in the trade has, in so short q
time, become such general favorite with ship.
pers and travellers as the Bismarck, and she will
as usual 90 out with big trip. Among the boats
first due from below are the Commonwealth and
Kinney.
The following New Orleans guests were
registered at the hotels yesterday:
Planters-M. }. Lewis, h. Ingermsn; Claren-
don-Rev. j. V. Quinn.
tions this week. At DeBar's the youthful and
mirthful Lotta is performing her new play " Fire.
Fly to large-and as is always the case when
she plays-deighted audiences. Persons afflicted
with "the buesn have but to witness Lotta o
performance, when their equilibrium and repose
Of mind are restored as if by magic. She viii re-
main with us three weeks altogether. John f..
Owens, well known 10 frequenters of theaters
everywhere as an actor unsurpassed, If indeed
equalled in his line of characters by any gentle.
man who tresds the boards, is at the Olympic.
He sppears TO night as Joshua Butterfly In the
comeoy of The Victims and in his specially
''soion Sbingle." Following so soon as he does
after MIR. Hsckett, frequenters of the Olympic
Will have fine opportunity to judge OF the rela-
tive merits OF Owens and Hackett in the charac.
| ter of rip Van Winkle," in which Mr.. Owens
will appears during his presen. engagement. At
the Varieties we have three legged male dancer.
| whose performances are wonoerful; also Mile
| Galleth, danseuse, In the " Bee Dancer and
"CaD Can" Houses tolerably good.
N. Hartz closed his three weeks engagement at
| Philharmonic Hall on Saturday night, and left in
| the minds of those who avaied themselves of the
opportunity Of seeing his slight-of-hand tricks,
| the impression that he is the very king OF ma
| gicisns. On Friday night the second contest be-
tween common-sense and spiritualism took place
| at the hall. and resulted in the utter squelchng
| of "PTof. G. W. jackson, test medium, etc.n Two
| gentlemen from among the audience we're chosen
as committee, as on previous trial. but unfor-
tunately for Jackson, one of them happened to be
| police commissioner, who from force of habit,
| forthwith proceeded TO search him, and, to be
| brief two ropes, exactly alike, we're found con-
cealed about his person, together with q sharp
jack knife lin his boot) and sharp blade, with a
screw at one end. The dodge was to stoop down
| ard pick up the knife after kicking of his boot,
and cut loose the rope tying his hands and the
blade with screw attached was TO be screwed into
the back part of the cabinet inside and for which
hole was found already prepared, when by care.
fully pressing his wrists against the blade the rope
would be cut ard the work of the spirits per-
ha put IN ha olad
| and the whole one would be presented to the su-
| dience as " the Simon pure" The committee,
however, tied him with twine, and after remain
| ing in the cabinet about three minutes, be cried
hold, enough" and was i'd" by the au-
dience, some demanding that he be hanged. and a
little hanging, firmly believe, would have been
beneficial TO him, but he was simply sdmonished
to " go and sin no more" He looked like be Aad
stolen sheep and swallowed the wool, and like
the boy whom the calf ran over, hadn't a word to
say. We are frequently visited by dead beats''
but the professor " capped the climax.
Nine Parepa Rosa, assisted by Brookhouse
Bowler, tenor P. Ferranti, baritone brilliant
Carl Rosa, vionst; Geo. W. Colby, pianist, and
j. Levy, cornet piston player, will give two
grand concerts, commencing on the 7th inst, at
Mercantile Library Hall, on her return from Cali
| fornia, by overland route.
An opening musical soiree was given at the new
music store of Messrs. Balmer 4 Weber, at 206
North Fifth street, Thursday night last. Messrs
b. and W. are the Oldest music dealers in this
city, and the soiree was given as an Inauguration
of their new store into which they have recently
moved, and it is really Of the finest and most
ably conducted establishments of the kind west
of New York. The CREscENr's correspondent
was honored with an invitation to the soiree but
previous engagement prevented his being
present.
Josh Billings will lecture on "milk" tonight at
Polytechnic Hall. RAINBOW.