The New Orleans crescent., 1869-01-31

generals legs are long and lank but the boots are
longer, and either could easily contain his entire
| corporosity. His spurs are Of an extrsvagance
| that no Texan or Mexican guerillero has ever
| dreamed of. His mouth is Of dimensions sufficient
to take in o "a pound ball easily as the reader
| could blue pill. Mr.. Fisher must have had
nightmare to give him the ides of the historically
correct picture of Gen. Jackson at the battle of
New Orleans. That figure has haunted the writer's
| sleeping dreams and his waking ones. Mr.. Fisher
is an artist of extraordinary capacity.
| A bluff and sturdy citizen had some business,
day or two ago. which, to his great disgust,
| REQUIRED bis presence at the State House. Open
| ing one of the doors of large office, he popped
his head inside, when chocolate colored page
| rushed forward, seized the inner knob, and cried
in an impressive stage cultural: DE gubuor
wants to be alone" "D-n the governor =
he may keep alone till HI freezes over and then
slide on the ice, 90 far as l am concerned was
the reply that reached Wsrmoth's ear.
Even in the reign of those military heroes, Bat
| Ter and Banks, there were some few breaks in the
| darkness which enveoped New Orleans. In 1864
nobody was allowed to hunt or even to keep
fowling piece. unless be proved himself "trooly
loiln and obtained permit which cost from S. to
| $50. Under these circumstances game became
abundant and very tame. A friend tells the writer
that, having borrowed a gun and a permit, he
| crossed the river and started down the levee
bank to stacklouse's plantation, about Is miles
below the city. The fields were under water at
| the time, and wherever there a knoll that
dry it was packed more thickly with fine fat jack
| sDipe than sardnes in box. The number he
killed was fabulous. After giving away many
| dozen, and reserving enough to last his large
family for a week, our friend sold the remainder
for sixty-seven dollars.
That was not such a very extravsgant travesly
| upon the appropriation bills which are now multi
plying in the model Legislature, when Mr.. Pratt
the young Democratic member from Claiborne,
yesterday, gave notice of bill appropriatng ST..
| 600 GOO to improve Lake Bisteneau and D0rcheste
| bayou in Claiborne parish. Mr. Pratt does not
see why, while State money is flying, he and his
| friends should not have some of it, aud therefore
makes move for big thing. And really the bill
| is as good one ss many that have passed, and
differs from others similar to ii only in the amount.
| We will guarantee, however, that were Mr.. Pratt
| in earnest in the matter, he could, without the
slightest difficulty, buy the bill right through both
houses, and, If the governor charged too much
for his signature could pass it over his veto. We
assure the public that such things could be, "and
overcome Us like summers dream without our
special wonder"
The Pic " does us proud in asserting, as it
does, that we are one of the number of gentle
men to whose presence upon the principal prom
enades is to be attributed the crowds of ladies
which throDg them. 1t is true that, with sour
ness natural to old age, and particularly old
bachelorhood, it styles tie gentlemen "young
swells," and says they have "killing moustaches"
and " lssby tights" and that they stare ladies
out of countenance." but We can make allow
ance for such little Slips knowing as we do, what
the Pic means to say. To the charge brought
against us we are reluctantly compelled to plead
guilty that is to the first count in the indictment,
which is that we sometimes go on our
principal thoroughfsres; to the accusation
of having killing moustache,n our
modesty forbids any reference. Bat that one
connected with a newspaper, who knows the
constitutional impecuniosity of the makers of
| novelties, should accuse Us of wearing fsshy
! tights-which, being translated, means pants-
looms fashionsbly cut-and who also knows the
high prices at which fsshy tights range, is a
matter of wonder. In reply to the Pics last
countenance, we would bIushingly own that,
however often we have tried so to do, we have
never yet succeeded, as the dear creatures, owing
to our inherent difidence and timidity, invsria-
bly, stare Us out of countenance. With the re-
mark that we are not at all restive under the
accusation the Pic. has brought against Us, but
rather glory in the truth of those we admit, we
close our defense. Csl the next case.
Last Wednesday the writer was sauntering in
front of the CRESCENT when a national ward in
blue accosted him Boss, will you tell me if
dis is gold?" handing a card marker of base
metal, about the sze and appearance of a double
eagle. He said he had bought it Of another
negro in Baton Rouge for s23 in greenbacks. On
one side was the inscription, " In Initiate For
titudo" - on the other, "Compos. spiele
msrcke." OF such are many of our legislators
in joint assembly convened.
At last the announcement is made. The musi
cal entertainment rendered Wheat and Farmer by
the Central Hancock Club, and to which we have
frequently of late alluded with pleasant antcipa-
tons, is to come off at Lyceum Hall, on Wednes-
day evening. Were we promised alone the per-
formauce of Mr.. Wheat upon the piano, or of Mr..
Farmer upon his magic flute, it were promise
enough. But when TO these are added those of
Madame Bourgeois Carlo Patti, and the Mendels
sohn Quartette Club, we feel reasonably justified
in anticipating an occasion in which discriminating
musical tastes may fairly revel. The programme
will embrace choice selections from the fayorite
composers.
shensndo, I'm bound to leave you
Hip, hoh! the rolling river;
Shensndo, Pm bound to leave you
Ah-ya-yi, I'm gwine away"
Such was the melodious chorus that swelled
upon the breeze last evening, as Vicksbarg
packet backed into the stream and turned her pad
dies on her upward way.
The music of the negro deckhands is rarely
haard In thoaa ana aInncr the hanlra Of tha Nj,