New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-04
The Case Of Baron Us. Plaoide.

Eds. Crescent-You publish in your paper of to-day,
from the New York Mercury communication which l
have the honor understand addressed to by Mr.
Maugn lately Ballet Director of the Theatre Varieties
and principal witness for plaintiff in the of Miss
Baron and Placide
Mr.. Maugin,s predicament has been somewhere ind-
caied by Pope who says He who tells lie Is not sensible
of how great task he undertakes for he must be forced
to invent twenty more to maintain that one.n
The following paragraph from the letter of the Hon. p
A. Rost is not complained of by Mr. Maugin although
least important the other contained in his commun
cation. Both are fully justified by the record.
You elsewhere speak of this witness (Maugin)
impeached His testimony is contradcted in it, material
facts by Rowe Dued and other witnesses and is
Trajectory as well as improbable in itselfn
The letter OF Mr. Maugn referred to in his testimony and
in his communication was not supposed to be very i'm
portant document and not to have been taken
fcient Of Mr. Maugn's admission, upon OATH that
he had written such letter. answers all purposes.
The following testimony, like Mr. Margins letter,
Isl oaks for Itself:
TESTIMONY. g.4
E. Maugin. for plaintiff Stco,Y says--I Director of
the Ballet Corps Mt Pacdes All the dancers both male
and female, under my control Mr. Placide asked
T. bo Sgs him By joining the actors and conducting the
he asked consented thinking it would be the last
time he would ask Mr. Pacde having requested me
and the other dancers 70 dance This Polka second time
consented believing would be the last time Miss Baron
danced the Polka about ten times. to obge Mr. Placde, Nth
out being bound to do Il.
advertisement uhich on three fur minutes after e
Polka Miss Baron had not reasonable time change
costume The she gave for refusing to dance the
Polka was that she had not sufficient time between the
Polka and the advertisement to change her costume
Cross eraminatial-1he only reason heard Miss
Baron give for refusing dance The Serious Family
is the already stated that she had sufficient time
change her costume There is time fixed by the Theatre
for drawing up the curtain after the Comedy Tam
and the advertisement The Polka in The Serious Fam
B was the last part of that play The drawing up the
curtain depended altogether upon Mr.. Placide.
When The Serious Family first brought out Mr..
Pacde sent for the principal dancers including Miss Bar
on and asked us to obge him by dancing the Polka in
that Comedy to which all consented except Miss Hi
larot Miss Baron made no objections This in the
season Of 1880 This ,ras on The first occasion Of bringing
gu. Inc ne serious Family The serious Family was
twas not performed twenty times do not think it
played thirty times but not certain not Miss
Baron danced in 1.-THE Serious Family every time it
performed up to 26th November 1850 ate of dismissal
Mr. Pacde made any other formal request in
tim with her dancing in that piece ,eroe letter 10 Mr.
Placde hich Istaed that thought Miss Baron bound
to dance in that niece.
George 7. Rove for defendant, sworn, says-I am
curtain depends entirely upon me. Miss Baron always
danced in The Serious Family" She danced the Polka
which is the last thing in the piece When dance
until the dancers ready and till they tell they
ready. have waited twenty minutes between the
NEEDY and the advertisement before raising the curtain and
on occasions as long thirty minutes On these
sions OF waiting thirty minutes l was delayed by no
other cause than waiting for the dancers to be ready
When Miss Baron danced have always waited for her
She complained to of my not giving her suti-
cient time to dress We always wait for Miss Baron to
get ready.
s. b Du6fed for defendant sworn, says-a The Serious
Family performed in this city eighteen times and
in Louisville eight times. The time that the curtain is
that follows The time varies from ten to thirty minutes
depending upon the will of the dancers never knew
the curtain to be raised three four minutes after the
Polka in The Serious Family That is cut of the qes-
on-the stage could not be prepared for it. There
two carpets to be taken up heard of Miss Baron
complaining of want of time to dress
certify the foregoing to be true extracts from the
mony taken in the of Emile Dreyie dit Barren ys
Thos Plaeide, and on file in my office.
June 8, 1862. W. p BEpLocK
Clerk Third Dist. Court of NewOrleans.
Here then are not the notes in Court but the state
ments of Mr.. Maugn taken down from his own mouth.
read to him afterwards and commented in argument
before the court The portions itacsed improbable
contradictory cont,adicted And yet Mr. Maugn gets
letter written and published in which he is made to say
testified the simple truth in plain manner defy
any to sustain their false assertions to the contrary
And again. II ay contradict the above statement etc
II did not admit in my testimony that wrote letter to
Mr. Placide, giving my opinion upon the contract with
Miss Baron.n But perhaps, as MT. Maugn contradicts
himself habua it is reasonable that he should con-
tradict ME.
Therefore say in conclusion the naked mpudence of
the Director of Ballet, or is not clothed in flesh
ing or gauzeo requires no further notice. 81 know no
friendsn says Lavater more inseparable than impu-
dence and es'' suppose these principles of Iavater
and OF Pope apply to dancers although the Baron con-
tract did not. am, gentlemen, etc.
Neto Orleans, June 8, 1852 T. IT, HOWARD
Mn. WEBSTER PoErRY.--The Hon Daniel Webster
although well yersed in international law and constitu-
ona1 affairs it appears has grown somewhat rusty the
English classics. Some months ago Boston bookworm
caught him tripping with Milton, and correspond
ent Of the Philadelphia Ledger has detected his Fan
eu Hall speech of Saturday great error ascrbing
to johnson what properly belongs to Goldsmith much
better poet The quotation referred to is follows
u How small of all that human hearts endure
Ihat part which Kings Or laws can cause or cure
Those lines were written by Goldsmith. not johnson
and will be found in the latter part of the Traveller
Missouri NoMiNArroNs-The Wing Central Committee
Of Missouri have nominated James Winston for Governor
and Andrew King for Lieut. Governor place of the first
nominees who declined.
TRIAL FOR MuRpER.-William Peterson young man
about twenty CT age tried Memphis last week.
tor the murder of Thomas Meriwether. There Is but
little doubt he murdered him for his money as his own
confessions at the time of his arrest the clothes and
'ther articles found him. and recognized by broth
81 of the deceased and bookseller in Memphis settled
,onc,svey The jury returned verdict of murder and
he prisoner will doubt be hung unless his counsel get
new trial.
NOVEL SUMMER ExcuRsroN.-We under stand that a
party of St. Louis ladies gentlemen intend visiting
Lake Superior during the summer This is something
new and will be delightful the fishing is excellent in