The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-11
NUMBER l76.
AN U7EM ENTs.


THE OPERA-Affer several days of interruption
the performances at the Opera House viii be re-
sumed Tonight. The comic opera of Mid
summer Nights Dream" and 0fienbach's charm
ing operetta, ' Fortuuio's Song" will be sung.
Should Mr.. Picot be sufficiently recovered,
"Faustn will be performed on Saturday. with our
first tenor for the first time in the part OF Faust.
Van Hufen, of course, In that Of hephtstohhetess .
Sr. CHARLEs.-Mrs. Lander gave last evening
her third performance OF Marie Antonette," be-
fore house none too well filed for an entertain
ment so full of attractive merits. OF the repre-
septation. we can bat repeat our remarks pre-
viously made, that the cast of characters Is good,
ard the play, itself. put upon the stage with ex-
ceent costumes and mountings. Mrs. Lander re-
pests Marie Antoinette" this evening; and to-
morrow night, on the occasion OF her benefit. viii
appear as Queen Elizabeth. Ii was she who hrst
appeared in this character In English, after the
Ristori fi1ore, playing it in Washington for the
first time with Mr.. Charles Pope as Esser. Since
then she has won deserved encomums in the i'm
personation, and IL is with no little pleasure OF an
ticipaton that we look forward to her appearance
in the character Of the virgin queen tomorrow.
The VARIETIES THEATER.-The Lancashire
Lass " was played last night to an audience that
was more than an average one-and with all It's
thrilling scenes and stage effects. was rendered
with the usual care and vigor of the Varieties
troupe. To night it will be repeated. and will We
presume, draw q large house. Tomorrow, we are
glsd to notice, we are TO have Sheridsn's adni-
r-ble comedy, " The School for Scandal" Il
will be treat.
SPALDING Il MANNING's MINsTREIs.-The an
nouncement of the first performance to be given
by this company drew together at the National
Theater last evening such throng as must have
sent thrill of satisfaction to the managerial heart.
An additional attractveness was perhaps given
the occasion by the distribution Of one hundred
gifts, consisting of provisions, clothing, books,
ETC., to those in the audience holding numbers
identical with those drawn from hat by blind
folded boy. The mnstrels themselves include
r F. A.
New Orleans boards. Fred Shaw and Ned Banker,
both old favorites, are among them, and so, too,
as leader is Mr.. De Berger, who was once wont to
entertain patrons OF the Academy by his humor
and vocalisms. A great feature OF the programme
were the feats of veutrloquism and legerdeman
by Mons DuverDi, while Mr.. John Schneider, with
his violin, executed the Carnival of Venice" in
artistic style. "The Statue Blanche. or the 9culp-
tors Dream,' a sketch including Miss Louisa
shaw and Ned Shaw in the principal parts, con-
cluded the entertainments proper, after which
came the mirth provoking distribution aforesaid.
The entertainment will be repeated this evening
and every night until further notice. There is
about the company dash and sprightliness which
commend it TO amusement seekers.
ACADEMY OF MUsTC.-The "Brave Girls of the
South" and the f" Female Forty Thieves" are to
be repeated this evening. Misses Belle Boyd and
Maude st. Leone appearing In each. and imparting
to their respective characters interest and life
which cannot fail to render the entertainment
doubly as attractive as IL would be without them.
Pastors benefit last evening was not attended SO
numerously as either we or the beneficiary would
have wished, although the house was fair. Ralph
did good business as Ethiopian delineator be-
tween the plays, and by the way in turn comes in
for his own benefit tomorrow evening.
CRESCENT CRY MUsEUM.-Col. Ames, in his
efforts to provide for curiosity and amusement
seekers pleasant place OF resort, meets, we are
pleased to fnd with an ample support from the
public, for daily at almost any hour now the visi-
tor will find the spacious museum on st. Charles
street lively with visitors. The two-headed wo-
man, Christine Milly, gives daily levees. and Mr..
Richards, the manfrog, performs at and each
evening and at noon on Saturdays. In addition to
these the visitor will find offered for his inspection
thousands of curiosities. animate and inanimate.
animal, vegetable and mineral, all of them worthy
his inspection.
LYcEUM HALL.-The spontaneous movement
now being made in our midst toward the rebuild
ing of that time.hoBored institution OF learning
recently destroyed by fire, the Spring Hill Col
lege, near Mobile, Ala. finds sympathy on all
sides, among poor and rich. The cause of edu-
cation and Of charity 60 hand in hand in this case,
and we are certain that the very many among us,
now grown men, who in their early days have, at
that pleasant, picturesque retreat, been moulded
into the ideas and habits of manhood, will not fail
to respond to the generous appeal made by Mrs.
DR.. Webb, who, on Saturday evening, at Lyceum
Hall. is TO give reading, " The Beauties of Hope
are the Victories of Life" one-hslf the proceeds
OF which are to be donated to the object men-
TONED. We hope sincerely IN see crowded at
tendance, and cap promise our readers that tho
entertainment will amply compensate them for the
good they will be doing.
SPRING HILL COLLEGE ENTERTAINMsNTs.-The
efforts of the friends of this essentially Southern
Institution which it is proposed to rebuild on q
scale that will afford better accommodations for
the instruction of the youth of the South, are
meeting with much success. The first entertain
ment will be sacred concert of the highest order,
to be given at the Jesuts' Church on Baronne
ofr af m. MI tr. nf
Messrs. Cslabrisi and Collignon, and viii consist
Of Rossinis stabat mater and other gems Of reli-
gous music. The second entertainment will take
place at the Opera House on Wednesday next.
Due notice Of the programme will be given. We
thank the managers for an invitation 70 attend.