New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-22

| been more IMAM mat distance from uneir hedus
Every thing In the house was in the most sim
gular confusion Articles were passed from. one
room to another, cards from q rack were found
behind mirror, which hung opposite, a piece,
Of meat which hung in the cellar way was found
on the second floor, and a pouch OF powder was
found perfect nSthe road. The stove was shat
tered and broken, crockery were driven IN all
direction, fragments of furniture pierced the
partitions, and every thing mysterious in its
disposition The clock was stopped at three
minutes to eleven, the pendulum was displaced
and has not been found. Had keg Of powder
exploded in the cellar, II would not have made
more perfect wreck. But yet, strange as it
was, not one Of the seven inmates was injured
A scientific friend whom we induced to visit the
spot with us, enjoins upon us to present it as
one of the most remarkable illustrations of the
protection afforded by feather bed from the
effects of lightning, as it is his opinion that this
| alone saved them from instant death.
Crowds Of PEOPLE have visited the spot, and.
are still going, and the house is looked upon
here as one worthy Of the attention Of the
curious.
JUDGE LYNcH--The trial of Shoot for MUIR
der, at Paris, Monroe county, Illinois, had pro-
duced gveat excitement in that section. The
4 people crowded about the court house, and had
4 determined not to permit the prisoner to leave
/ the county for trial, in case his Honor, Judge
Reese, should change the venue.
1 The people determined that Shoot should be
i tried in Monroe county, and should be tried
during the present week, and that no continu-
ance under any circumstances should be al
lowed. They stated, as We are informed, to the
i prisoners counsel, that If the court changed
4 the venue, they would take the prisoner away
from the sheriff, and subject him to an imme-
date trial before Judge and jury selected by
Il themselves, and proceed at once to execute their
own Judgment. And that if Judge Reese should
continue the trial to another term of his court,
4 or to any subsequent time. they would take the
prisoner and subject him to a like trial, and
\ execute their Judgment without regard to the
order or Judgment of tho court, whose duty it
was to grant the accused continuance, if he
should make application and show good cause.
Circumstances making such a course Of con-
duct as that necessary on the part OF the people
of the respectable county of Monroe are greatly
to be deplored and regretted by all law abiding
and order-loving men every where The situa
| ton of the accused and his counsel was indeed
fearful. To proceed to trial at that time, anc
, under the circumstances, must end in certain
/ conviction, and to obtain a change of venue Of
continuance must subject the accused to certain
, and immediate death at the hands of the people
We learn that the accused finally PLEADED
guilty to the indictment, and that the court
passed sentence of death upon him, to be exc
! cuted sometime during the following month.
8 GRIsI IN A TUB We remember, by the way
a scene .amusingly sketched to us by lady il
: Paris, when we were last abroad, which is peri
+ illustrative of Crisis natural self possession
and, indeed, Eve-like imperturbability. Sh
! (the lady narrating) had been out driving tn
8 day before in company with an English lady
who entertained great deal, but who, thougl
much admired for her style and hospitality
was eccentrically self willed and unceremonious
One of her errands for the morning was to cal
and pay Grisi twenty Nspoleons for singing a
: one Of her parties. The carriage stopped at tn
y prima donna's lodgings La Signora "was no
at home" g But know she u.s." exclaimed tn
, imperious lady. eyes, madam, but she is jus
i now in her BATH ssPooh T'that makes n
: difference; just the time to see her; come, m
:. dear" she said to her companion. getting out I
= her carriage, 'slet us GO straight to her room
: know the way" And in another moment tn
two ladies pushed by the astonished dressin
J, maid, who met them at the bed-r room door, am
y penetrated to the dressing room beyond, wher
l. lay the magnificent Grisi-in her tub!
1, The reception and transaction of business wa
Z a scene of undisturbed self-possession on bot
= sides. The greetings of the morning We're fam
g liarly exchanged without the fair singers risin
: from the water; but, with the announcement {
the errand, she gracefully drew In her masse
Of jet black hair, which fell nearly to her knee
= as she arose, and stepping out upon the oil
:, = cloth, aproned completely with her proius
= ringlets, she dried her hands with towel, too
!, the money. and gave receipt. This done, 81
- stood perfectly self-possessed, (like Naia
II Queen, who had received pearl-rent for
- grotto, in dripping inconsistencies of HI
y beauty,) and with her dark veil held befor
: her, courtesied out her visitors most digniiedl
!, and gracefully, giving to of them only I'll
= lady who told us the story,) ludicrous fir
realization of the machinery with which court
= sizes are made. She declared, however, that ST
', had more admired Gris for her behavior durir
y that call than for the finest triumphs of her pr
fessional acting. Home journal.
Y LOVES STRATAGEMs.- Tribunal Of Go
~ rectional Police yesterday tried a man name
y Morand for robbery. He had, it appeare
81 fallen in love with Mmlle. Celine, but 81
3 would not look favorably on his passion unles
=. he would furnish room for her. AS he W.
u without farthing in the world, and had n
10 even place to lodge in himself, her requir