The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-20
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Special Correspondents of the NJ. orl.an. cr..csntl
NEW SnRK. Sent. Ii. ls6

Special Correspondence Of the Ne Orleans crsscentl
NEW SgRK, Sept. ID, 1865.
The " wickedest Man : New York" and his
prayer meetings are justsapw attracting great
deal Of attention, and u.p difference OF public
opinion In his sincerity isiTety wide. To turn
low den such as was John Allsn's in Water street,
into place Of prayer IL, without any reference to
its religious advantages, good thing for the com.
munity, IL II be done with,a purpose Of hnprov-
ing the condition Of maf.Sips, but IT, as 10 10
alleged Allen has dene, th4 dance-hous for want
of patronage, Is turned inkp g." meeting house T"
on q speculation, 10 ordE to- relieve those who
might attend from curiosity, II nothing else, Of
any valuables they NIGH erShance have about
them, then the remedy b9conas worse than the
These prayer meetings afs held daily, under the
direction Of Rev. Mr.. VaSi Meter. Of the Home
for Little Wanderers" apa Allen, when called
upon delivers himself of ds exhortation. TO all to
abandon vice and wickssness, and turn their
minds to religious mstteryi ID, ferent stories arc
told of Aliens sincerity Nv bis neghbors, and
they positively assert thy} h4 holds his prayer
meetings il the day and&runs his dance house,
women included, &C High9
The conversion of AwfuE fsrdner has been cited
as a reason why the cCaEelsion Of Allen will
result in good, and this msS be true, as Gardner,
as far as any one can kntSs has been, since his
conversion, q CONSISTENCY Christian man, but
although Allen says has experienced a
change of feeling co ncern1 g religious matters, he
still declines TO do anythg further than be pres
ent at his own "shop" Avery day. This looks
very much as though the khoe thing was sort
of Job" to entrap people in, that the pick.
pockets may have a shtS5, and if that be so,
then, as matter of cour& Allen and his friends
go snacks in the proceeds, inasmuch as tho
"wiokedest man" does b share of the work by
running the prayer meetI3. Time will tell, how.
ever, which way the wiLA blows, and then the
facts will come out, eithextO substantiate con-
trsdict what has been saik about the conversion
of John Allen. the wickedEt man in New York. a
The Grecian Bend " lEs not had a very good
run here, as the appearance of a woman trying to
make her " sit down a,lout twice its real size.
and giving people an idea that she has violent
growing in her bowels, b came so perfectly ludi-
crous that the women Il mselves became dis
gusted with it, the conses uence being that the
operators in that particular style Of &" shapen
are few and far betweens At the watering places
about here the stuing q undeveloped females.
has become 30 universal Curing this season that
the young fellows have GOT had wha. they term
"a pleasant season." as.a great share OF their
pleasure has always BEN obtained from the
privilege of feastirg thei5eyes upon the grace
ful and elegant forms of tsp gentler sex bat this
Internal I" Bend " has inIituted all descriptions
of false charms, which sCSdeceiVe a fellow as to
almost make him hate his tOther.
New Workers are gracefully coming to town,
and another month will seTthe city in full blast
when IL is expected that 81 many feminine sum
mer fashions will be m:orted FROM Newport,
Saratoga and the Branch, hat those who have re.
NAMED at home all summet will hardly recognize
their old acquaintance.
From the appearance oemstters now, the COM
ing winter season wilt be xtne OF the gayest the
city has seen for years. }eVenty three places of
amusement are slreadyj licensed aud how
many more there may be Ks at present impossible
to imagine, but if there sb1 ud be no more, there
are already enough to grs$ all kinds and grades
Of taete from the legitimsS drama down to the
Bowery eccen'rcities. III pre- appears 90 be less
room in the city now ths1 there has been any
previous year. and If emig3tiO fi0urishes during
the fall, people will have 4 1--we in the street.
EYES AND EARS.