New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-01
The Rival ! anseuses on sIae stage.

Tne Rival = anseuses sEe Stage
EXTRAORDINARY SsEzE IN AN AUSTRALIAN
THEATEK.-Miska Hansen, the violinist, thus dc.
seribes an exciting scene which he recently witt
messed in Melbourne, Australia.
The curtain rose. French dancer, an elegant,
supple young lady, of nc great beauty, but much
expression, and apparently OH perfect good terms
with herself, appeared in the scene in her short
lace dress, received by an outbHrst Of applause,
and BY the martial tfampets Of the orchestra. Bat
from the other side came g youthful, blooming.
Spanish creole with beautiful eyes large and soft
inpefsonatioH Of Terpsichore. She bowed modest
ly+-lt was her ffst appearance at Melbourne land
the enthusiasm Of the public, surprised by her
beauty, manifested IN vehement cheers
The two dancers struggled for the palm Of VIC
tory in graceful faYentala. Like two glitteTing
butterflies they whirIed ABOUND accompanied BY
music and applause. The mercuriaI Partisan made
use Of her most seductive wiles, of her most re-
fined pnoatettes, of her most enchanting attitudes
but the creole seemed patgonized by the Graces
themselves. laundering applause greeted her !,
and as often az she came forward with her grace
full nodesty nosegays, rings and bracelets were
thrown az her feet The French lady struegled
with her last strength against the triumph Of her
rival, until disheartened and exhausted she fell to
the ground.
The creole approached with compassion to raise
her, when suddenly the Partisan started up, and
with looks full Of hate and fury boxed the ears Of
her rival. The audience Kissed and hooted, while
she exclaimed, with much passion, :. The wretch
tripped me & The poor creole declared with dig
nifty that she was innocent Of the meanness; but a
vulgar word which slipped out Of the lips of the
French dancer against her, suddenly aroused all
the passions of the South in her bosom. and sin
gular struggle began.
The two excited ladies rushed upon each other,
and wrestled anE tere, and pulled one anosher's
hair, while the thunders Of the gallery made the
whole atmosphere vibrate. never saw more
natural performance. The better class Of the pub-
lie did not interfere, bat seemed rather to be
amused by these Olympic exercises until the Gre
ole, bleeding and fainting, was carried awaJ from
the scene. Some officers, who, from box, had
witnessed the spectacle we're revolted at the con-
duct Of the Partisan, and sent for the police to ar
rest her, but her friends collected and resisted the
constables. riot ensued portion of the pabs
lie rushed on The stage they jumped across she
the ladies were faintfng; children crying and
took to my heels with my fiddle and ran away,
| without stopping until reached my hotel
FATAL CARELEsssEss letter Of Sunday last
from Jefferson City, Mo-, to the ST. Louis Republic
| can, has the following:
case Of legalized murder occurred on the Pa
cidc road, about half a mile below this place, on
| Saturday afternoon. At haifpast o'clock, when
| wood train was expected from below at every
| moment, a reckless fireman took upon himself the
responsibility of starting down the road with To-
| connective, for the purpose OF pumping water into
the boiler. AS Ileara, he was warned before start
| ing that the wood train already within hearing,
| but he denied this, and went of upon his mad and
| murderous career Passing round the corner 1T
the foot OF the bluff in front of Gen. Minors resi-
dence he found himself at once within few yards
| of the approaching wood train. He and the young
4 man on the locomotive with him managed to
escape unframed by leaping from the engine. Not
4 so with the hands on the opposite train. The COL
4 lision severe, making partial wreck Of both
/ locomotives and two OF three burden cars. One
man, a Mr. Shultz, an employee upon the road, was
killed instantly, having both his legs severed from
his body, besides other mortal INJURIES Another
M an vybn 7
torn off in shocking manner, that his leg had to-
be amputated. His recovery is considered very
i doubtful.
i SoMNAMBULIsM ExTRAoRDINAgY.-The Pittsburg
Dispatch relates the following singular incident:
/ a strange instance of sumnambulism occurred a.
4 night or two since in the Sixth Ward. The name
4 is suppressed for obvious reasons. "A young girl
4 often subject to wanderings in her Sleep arose
from her bed during the night, put on her night
clothes, and went out into the rear yard There
she Invested herself of article of dress aftel
| another, hanging them clothes line, unit
J every piece was thus disposed OF. When the vic
/, tim of this singular freak awoke, she was en-
deavoring to tie piece of the line to her ANGLE d;
: If to post. The girl had been washing clothes
the day before, which fact probably accounts fol
( the strange vagares Of her dream Il
HOMICIDE IN MIssIssIPPI.-We learn that VIM
Cooper was killed at shubuta the 2lst inst, b.
|, George Cherry. The circumstances of the case
{. as we learn them, seem to he about these:
9 MFR. Cooper, in exchanging money, had receives
9. a counterfeit BILL which he reported he had re
ceived from Cherry. The day following he wa
passing the residence Of Cherry, who called TO hin
n and went out and asked him if he had stated tina
he had received counterfeit money from hiI
n Cherry, to which Cooper replied that he HAD
4 Cherry gthen said it was ie-Cooper replyin
: that he would swear to il Cherry then slappe
him on the shoulder, and laughingfy said he Woul
o swear to a id lie; wherenpon Cooper put hi
4 hand in his breast and drew his pistol, Cherr,
d simultaneously drawing his, bat Oooper's pisto
Q being self:cocker, he fired before Cherry, tn
d ball striking Cherry's hand. Cherry shot immed
ately, and at the same time Cooper shot the secon
!. time. They then clinched and were separated
), At this time Of the friends of Cooper came u
d and told those holding him to let him go, and lie
d them fight it out. They then released Cooper
4 when he Immediately advanced on Cherry, VIII
was still in the arms Of some OF his friends and a
Cooper came up to attack him, Cherry stabbed hir
. in the side producing death in few minutes. LII
u above are the facts as we learn them.
!.
# WHAT 4 Coon PRINCE CAN Do.-According I
all accounts the late Grand Duke of Mecklinbur
Strelitz was an old trump. While all the rest {
the German sovereigns, without single exception
sought their pride in being leaders of troops rattle
or than civil governors and testified TINS feeling
never appearing in public otherwise than 10 militar
ia uniform, Prince George steadfastiy chung to ID
plain black coat and his civil duties, and employee
his army in road making and drain cutting 4
lit course the good Grand Duke was vastly laughed
he on account of these doings by the prncely mar
nets OF the neighborng countries, but he appeare
y to take little notice of their sneers and never we
visiting them nor sent ont invitations. In his lit
he threadbare suit of black he trotting da
d. after day, for than half century, the stree
ne of his capital now stepping into the shop Of bak
an and examining the size and quality of the loaFe
and then again looking into crowded schoolhous
to see if the teachers were doing their duty, an
1T his little subjects getting on with their readin
writing and arithmetic The .Duchy Of Meckle
burg Strelitz is but very small country; but y
at It il something to say in favor of the late Graz
Duke that he found this country in utter desoatio
'st in ignorance and serfdom, and left il toursfn
US little State, within whose confines not sing
ne beggar is to be found, and where every man, w
les man and child can read and write, and has som
~ q, thing to eat
al PRENrrcIANA.-gThe editor of the Maysyile d
er press says that if the army of the United Stat
marches through Kentucky to restrain the Peep
of any State in attempt at secession, it will ha'
to march over his dead body. We sincerely hol
he that Humphrey Marshall will not adopt o simil
determination The army might encounter as mn
Ike difficulty in marching over his body as Hannib
/ in sdH53 KS