New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-07
NEWS OF THE CITY.

| GOOD lDEA.---We are glad to learn that meas
ures are about being taken by the officers of the
police for more effectnally protecting pedestri.
| ans from the dangers and Inconvenience of the
long lines of drays, carts and other vehicles
which pour through some of our principal
streets in an incessant stream from daylight till
dark. Capt. Tenbrink yesterday made arrange
ments for stationing policemen at different
points In the city for the purpose of compelling
drays to travel through the streets at proper
distance from each other, say eight or ten feet
this regulation, we are informed will hereafter
be established and strictly enforced.
SCENE IN THE ST. CHARLES THEATRE.-A
scene occurred night before last in the ST.
Charles Theatre, in one of the private boxes OF
the second tier, which. although such things are
common in that establishment, created rather
more than the usual amount Of noise and con
fusion in consequence Of not being down in the
bills
A couple of rough looking fellows, one large
man and the other o small one, who it appears
were fresh from the Australian gold diggings,
had posted themselves in the private box above
mentioned, and in close proximity to a couple
of young ladies, who, We are told, were in com
pany with their brother. They had scarcely
seated themselves when the diminutive Austria
liam leaned back in his cushioned seat and ex-
tended his legs across the front railing, permit
Is
trous shape which had probably been very
useful to him in the diggings in the way Of
crushing out the precious ore from mud and
quaftz-to project over the heads of the aston
ished and 'insulted pit. The house shook with
the laundering cry of e Beotsl' but the little
digger looked on with the air of one who does
not concern himself about other peoples tastes,
and for all that sound and fury could have
done the offensive appendages would have re-
manned there until the present time or longer /;
but, as he did not choose to haul them in him
self, they were forcibly hauled in for him, he,
by way OF renionstrance, remarking that he
came from Australia, and in that country PEG
pie put their lega where they pleased Order
was restored, the play went on, and the digger,
naturally wearled with its monotony, began to
cast about for other means Of amusement.
His eyes fell upon one of the young ladies
seated near him She was very pretty Her
head was adorned with curious, coquetsh
locking opera cap, her swan like neck was en-
circled by q string of rare pearls, upon her
snow-white polished bosom Cleft reasonably
bare} diamond cross flashed as it rose and fell
with the gentle heayiug of its lovely resting,
place, and altogether the digger was much as
tonished that he had sat so long near the beau
tifut creature and looked at anything else. He
saw no longer the audience, nor the perform
anee; uuconselonsly his arm rested upon the
back Of her seat; it crept like secret and eau
tons serpent around her waist, then up to
where the raven curls swept the rounded, snowy
shoulder, and-we don't know what possessed
the Observation-Disclosures, and his long sojourn
in the savage, Australian wilds, had perhaps
sharpened his perceptions of female charms
we don't pretend to account for, or give a
cause for, his conduct; we emily state the fact,
the amazing, incredible fact, that his ruf6anly
and marauding hand, after thus travelling
where it had no business, actually slid down
into her warm and unsuspecting bosom. The
effect of this singular introduction (for the lady
had never seen him beforel was similar to that
which fire brand would probably produce if
thrust into barrel of gunpowder The two
ladies' screamed loudly and repeatedly, and all
the ladies in the house, not knowing what was
the matter, screamed in concert; the brother
leaped to his feet, drew a large knife, and en-
deayored to rush upon the insulter, but his fair
and frightened companions chung to his coat
tails and held him back; the pit and galleries
vociferated, yelled, stamped and roared and the
| officers finally entered the box and dragged the
diggers ANONYMOUSLY out, bestowing upon the
offender many muttered curse and many a well
deserved thump and kick. They ware taken to
the calaboose, and were yesterday morning
fined FIVE dollars each, Richard Argell, the
larger one, We believe. conducted himself prop
erlg enough, but he should have been severely