New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-08
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Seeing the Real Elephant.

well known gentleman of this city, whose
locomotion when in the street is characterized by
calm dignity which renders him somewhat
noted, was enlightened as to the dimensions Of
| the real elephant few nights since, in a
manner which completely upset all his ideas Of
propriety Indeed, g Sir Charles Coldstream''
would have given half his fortune for the emo
ton which the sight produced in the impertu-
rable mind of the g well known gentleman
aforesaid; and the ssturn up which SO startled
| him would have driven Wilkins Micawber, ESQ.
wild with delight. The swell known gentle
man had closed his ledgers for the day The
exhibit was pleasing to look upon, and after an
affeetionate glance at the pathological speci
men which, with ontstretched wings and fiery
glance, keeps watch by day and night over
his fortunes, he proceeded with stately stride to
propel himself towards his domicil. It was past
III o'clock, and as he slowly wendell his way
along Hevia street, all was quiet No rude
gaze fell upon him, and, although no one heard
him utter those potential words, ss am the
House of Dombey," and no one knows that he
was thinking Of anything of the kind, there
Is no doubling the fact that he was upon the
best possible terms with himself But bark !!
His reveries are disturbed He hears a pat
ing upon the side walk behind him but he
turns not his head TO the right or left He is
not wont to do SO. He thinks that some denizen
q back town is journeying home, and he heeds not
The sound. 1t comes nearer and nearer: and
as the well known gentleman thinks the SUP.
posed individual is about to pass him, a soft
substance, yet one of considerable propulsive
power. comes in contact with his shoulder In
dignant at such familiarity, he turned iercely
around, and saw, amid the gloom Of half-ob-
scured moon and stars-the upturned trunk
ana burly form of a real ive, elephant A
strong, cruelty strong, brick wall was all that
prevented him from jumping into the lower
part OF town. All sorts of thoughts chaced each
other With such rapidity through his brain, that
none OF them left any trace, and they are lost
forever This deponent knoweth not what the
result would have been, had not the keeper,
who was on the outside of the animal tenderly
attached to his ear, stepped round and dispelled
the mortal terror Of the gentleman against the
wall. He gave slight cough it is asserted by
an apple woman who was on her way home and
passlngat the time, that he coughed twice but
we distinctly state that we do not assume the
responsibility of this assertion He started
slowly on his way again, and the same apple
woman says that he INDUCED in a low whistle,
indicative of the most profound uneoncern
TINS may be malicious on the part of the apple
woman, also. Some two squares distant he dis
turbed the slumbers of quiet and inotfensiye
word, ''funny," His countenance was perfectly
calm at the time; and when the Watchman fell
asleep once more, he was slowly proceeding on
his way home, all else of his cogitations being
lost to the world
1t appeared that Dan Riee's Elephant was out
taking little exercise, and, as is his custom,
even in the shortest journey he carried his trunk
with him. Not having the pleasure of a per-
sonal acquaintance with the gentleman of whom
q va GTnnlra n,.1 Ini,,
his baggage, the catastrophe which we have
faithfully set down occurred We believe the
Elephant did not appear in the ring for a few
night past, and some of the audience On each
occasion expressed hard feelings towards Mr.
Rice, charging him with keeping back a very
interesting feature of the show We assure
them that no blame whatever attaches to Mr.
Rice. The Elephant is aware of what he has
done, and very naturally breads the conse-
quences. lie Is DESTROYS Of leaving town, and
can be led in any direction, except towards
Camp street. Force has been tried, but without
success The man who draws up certificates
for patent medicines tried his hand at the fright
ened animal, but without any satisfactory re-
suit. Unless the affair is arranged in some way,
the Elephant will appear no more in the arena
this season.
ANOTHER MuRDER.--Pat Burke, who was
stabbed on the evening of the 9th of last
month by John Joyce, in house No. 81 St
Thomas street, died yesterday morning in the
Charity Hospital. An inquest was held upon
the body and verdict rendered that he came
to his death from wound in the left side of
the abdomen, inflicted with a sharp pointed in
'trument, and producing inflammation The
verdict also charges TWO men named Michael
o'Neil and Thos. Rafferty, with having assisted
the murderer, Joyce, to escape They have
been arrested, and are at present in the First
District lookup