The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-24

streets, each with . new trunk on MS snouioe..
The reason they gve.for this action Is: Tnat tney
'has got some clos, and dey wants something 10
pnt 'em in. and aey is tired of being suited oy
bein' Tux for ''catpet-baggers.' "-lVicksoars
Herald. fl
The toilet worn BY the empress on the day she
left Compiegne was chameleon silk, red brown
and black shades. The weather was lovely and
the sun quite warm. Her mantle was kind OF
Hungarian cloak. Of black velvet. richly braided
with gimp and trimmed with black lace; her
feathers in the velvet diadem hat were suited to
the shades Of her silk robe. Her fsvorte color at
present Is tobacco or cigar Herald Paris Letter.
The crowd of business men and spectators on
the levee last evening. about the time of the de-
psrture Of the usual crowd of Saturday steamers,
were entertained W the performance of q CAL
Hope on the steamit Alice Dean. The performer,
surrounded by q cloud of steam on the upper
deck. dscoursed niany popular airs with no little
artistic effect. This mngling of music with the
crowd and hustle snd merchandise of the leyee
was not a little odd and pleasing.
Some fault has been found with Mr.. Booth for
proposing TO sell atauction the seats for the open
ing night at his new theater. he cannot be blamed,
however, for the Immense demand for seats on
these occasions, and we know of no ulster way Of
settling who shall have the best seats than at auc
ton. The sale will be held at half past nine next
Monday morning, a. Irving Hall. There will un.
oouDtedly De some lively bidding. What success
sor to Genin viii WIN an easy notoriety by Uaying
the most txtravsdant price for q seat I'm. Y.
Mail.
Reverdy Johnsol, in another speech to the
London workingmeh falls into garru GUS asser-
ton Of the equality of the blacks and whites.
Hear him:
we in America Thought at one time there was
Q dinerence-not ip the white skulls, but between
me oisck and the white ones. We have changed
that opinion now for we have evidences in the
colony OF LIBERIA settled by blacks rescued from
slavery twenty thirty years SINCE that they are
fully equal TO the whites and have seen state
papers written by the president. black man,
which would do honor to any that Disraeli or a
Gladstone could write. (Cheers.) IL IA idle.
therefore, to tell ME that We run any risk in eman
cpatiDg our blacks.
The Worlds Paris correspondent mentions the
following Americans who were present at the
debut Of Miss Hauck, at the Paris Italiens: Mrs.
c., of Jack Bowling parentage; the two hand
some Mrs. R mot together however, Mrs.
P, grandmother of wonderful beauty. with
her accomplished daughter; Mrs. P, of New
York, so much admired for the lively maternal
interest she has taken in the present Madame ds
BIS welfare Mrs. Col. L, so hospitable
and oblgiDg; Mig. M, always noticed for her
eyelashes and sdfired for her fine voice; the Ba.
ronness DE, and her beautifu! sister. all
dressed in exquisite taste, ELECTED the admiration
Of the Psrisians., The Spanish colony, which
shares the sumptpous exile of the dethroned
queen, alone could vie in style and beauty with
our American ladies, both married and single.