New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-06

tableau by Mailer. It is a scene in Paris prisol
during the Reign of Terror an officer calling th'
roll for the guillotine stands in the center, and
surrounded by q large number Of well known per
sonages. This picture will make splendid en-
craving. People who are fond OF good pictures
have had still another treat in Wertmnllers Dance
J. which, after having been withdrawn from exhibi
. ton many years, has appeared again. 1t is very
ine piece of work--a little high-aayored, perhaps
but we are getting to be good deal like the Paris
/. ians about that sort Of thing. The Academy O
Design has walked up at last to the absolute neces
sity for new gallery, which will be built at the
corner Of Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street
In the show line our sensation for the present i.
ssLa Juiye,' y with which Ullman commencedhis sea
son last Monday Fabbri, Formes, Stigelh ant
Madame Anna Bishop sung the leading parts, ant
Il the Others were slaughtered by . lot Of NUTS
The piece was gotten up very well indeed; quite
the best thing in the spectacle way / have ever
seen in this country. The people paid little no
attention to the singing, but were on the lookout
for the effects. Ssgelli was splendid in the tenor
role. one of the finest ever writton. The house
was crowded with the sons and daughters Of Israel
and the receipts reached $2s0o, an almost fabulous
sum. considering the run operate business has
Z had lately. The opera was hit. Ullman was
called out, and appeared unshaven, and in a bad
state Of snnn and his star ia bright again. Ullman
II is queer customer. Tho other day he was so
j awfully hard up that he was compelled to ask his
bitterest enemy, Maretzeksfor the loan Of ten dol
! lars, and now he is at the head of concern, the
expenses Of which must be at least $4,000 per
| week.
The theaters are not lively. Laura Keene has
4 broughtout burletta, called The Seven Sistersn
i I haven't seen it, but everybody says it is vile
/ trash, only redeemed by splendid scenery. Laura
! has had luck about the plays she gets up; the
hits have been made BY plays which cost little
| or nothing for scenery, etc. Wallack has new
version OF Mime de Grardin,s !" Lady Tartufe in
preparation the part Pirgisie to be played by
an uptown beauty, Miss Henriques. She has been
coming out for long time, and if she can't find q
pieasanter role than that she has chosen, NAV as
well not come at all. Edwin Booth has commenced
an engagement at the Winter Garden in .s HamIet.p
| which has been played twice to thin houses
Booth does not improve, and am afraid he will
never be anything more than clever mountebank
He is full of stage trickery, and often fails to make
good use Of his fine physical qualifications for the
stage. should Judge that he would be very fine
in the French sensation dramas Shakespeare is too
subtle for his mind.
The works of the divine William Colonel. are
not to be fooled with by babes. Forrest is play
ing his old parts to full houses as ever. They have
been getting up & Macbeth Y en- spectacle, and pur
pose to do it next Monday. The stock companies
at all the theaters, except Walack's are yiIe and
the managers are trying to conceal their short
comings in this respect BY piing up the agony on
scenery, etc. The following extract from the re-
cords Of the Superior Court, gives curious chap
ter in the history of Wallack's theater:
Hssu oouss ss q gEENes w..s is
Rodgers, Adainistratrx, ag Edwin F. Christy.
In this case, originally commenced by Charles |
w. A. Rodgers, now deceased, d motion was made I
to open conditional default taken against the /
plaintiff early ia the present term The order
sought 70 be set aside directed that the plaintiff
should, within ten days from its date, deposit in
the Life and Trust Company to the credit of the
action, sufficient money to make the whole sum
s2400, or else the defendant take final Judgment
against the plaintiffs.
The history Of this case is interesting In 1850,
Mr.. Brougham. the comedian, leased from The +
Jones estate the two lots on which WaIlack's
Iheater now stands. Being short of funds, he an 4
Piled TO Christy, the minstrel manager who ad-
vaneed aim Sl0 800, and he received voluntary
contributions from various friends amounting to
about $4,000, which sum was to be applied 10 the
finishing Of the theater. the work upon il having
been disco ontinued for want of funds This sl0 800
L
which provided that s25 month interest shonid
20 paid on the 2sth day of each month oommenc.
Ing in April, 1851. On the 9Th of November.
Brongham executed second mortgage TO Christy
10 secure the payment Of S25 a week during the !
term the theater should be open TO be paid 10 the
agent Of Mr.. Christy who should supervise the dis
1ursement of the 900 in the building of the !,
heater, and who should thereafter watch the bust.
less carried on IN the theater, and that the in
erests OF Christy were protected against forfei-
ures nine In number, contained in the original ;
ease.
] In April 1859, Rodgers the husband Of the :
llainth In this action, took possession of the
heater under subsequent marriage, and agreed
yith Brougham that he would pay to Christy not
,ny the monthly payments and interest as they
hould fall due in the mortgage Of the sth of No
emhers hnt would also pay the s25 week secured .
9 pc paid by the agreement Of the 9th. Rodgers
aid various sums which were credited by Christy
a the principal on the remainder. The surplus
Fas ereaited upon the agreement of the 9th Of No
ember, which provided for the payment of SIS
er week. In 1853 he flied his bill in this Court.
citing up that the agreement OF the 9Th of NoYen-
Fas usurIous and void, and asked the Court to I
I rredlt AL payments which he had made, and which
,rougtam had made on that agreement ON the prin- :
ipal sum secured by the mortgage of the sth of / !
lovember; and he obtained an Injunction against {
'nrlsty, restraining him from forecosing either
Mortgage. 8a l
In 1867 sI700 were deposited By the plaintiff in :
ae Life and Trust Company, under an order Of the
ourt, 10 the credit OF the action. Subsequently
ae cause was tfled before Judge Duer, who found
u defendant and directed reference for the pur-
ose OF accounting, but at about the time Of Judge
uers death. the papers either lost out of the
ouft or stolen. Mr.. Rodgers having died, the suit
now proceeding in the name of his wife, as ad-
linistratrix of plaintiff. r
IN the early part Of the November term defend e
nt toek plaintiff default and An order was made :
nat the sum of s24o0 in all should be placed on
epost in the Life and Trust Company
The motion Of plaintiffs counsel now is to modify
lat order, and to allow him to come in and prose-
ite. Defendant opposed this on the ground that n
e security Of the mortgage will cease the LIST Of
ay next, when the lease will expire.
The Judge took the papers to see if he could
AXE any modification of that order, or would still
I'D the plaintiff to its terms.
That's all for this week. Colonel,
Bless you, vatre ben devoire, 1.
L'ESFANT TERRIBLE 4
Return OF Capt. West from Honduras.
RUBLER TO BE REIEAsED