New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-01
Special Correspondence of the Crescent.
LrrTER FROM PARIS.

Especial Correspondence OF the Crescent
LETTER FROM PARIS.
MYSTERIES OF P4RIs-rRIEsTs AND 7BEdGA Rs-THE
MARRIAGE OF BARON CAPoNNrER DE LANET--
ACCIDENT ON THE E1rrERoR's FIRST ALMoNER--
DOGS IN GENERAL, AND THAT OF NINE. oHERERA
IN PARTIoULAR--INyAsIoN of FRANCE BY To-
CuSTs-LITERARY GOssIP-THE SECOND EDITION
OF COMEDY REVISED AND CoRREGTED--GAM-
BLING IN THE PARTISAN CIRCLES.
PARIS, May Sth 1866.
We are often tempted to believe that all the
world is doomed to be the victim of fear or impo.
siton. Not long ago the public was greatly occu,
pied in discussing the fearful amount of pauper
ism in London, and we were inclined to congratu-
late ourselves that our capital was exempt from
such an evil. 1t seems, however, that we cried
before we were out of the woods, for recent sta
tistical accounts of the condition of the poor of
Paris shows lis that we are but little in advance of
our neighbors do1ttre manche.
The Quarter of la Mason Blanche is one of the
poorest in Paris. 1t contains $4,000 inhabitants,
IL 900 of whom are assisted by the bureauT de
bentdtsance. The clergy of this parish when
visiting their flock have the habit Of giving two
or more francs, according to the necessity of the
family visited. 1t appears that the poor are not
content with this charity, and have resort to an
artful dodge to augment the sum left by the cler-
gymen. One of the family feigns to be danger
ously ILL., and sends for priest to give him the last
sacraments, which being done, the good pastor
generally bestows a small aims before leaving the
house. It frequently happens that five or six
members of the family repeat this dodge in the
same day, always taking care to send for differ
ent confessor and thus respectable sum is
] 1,1,+ bag ir,,,p alas for+ ham,
the trick has been discovered by the police, and
the authors of It viii have time to recover from
their imaginary illness in prison,
The tribunal correctional of Paris has lately
been occupied withra trial Of most singular ma
lures, which serves to prove that there are still q
! good many'rogueslout Of prison A certain Tap
onnier, Swiss, has been condemned to the gal
leys for having swindled and obtained the hand o.
the daughter Of a neblemau under false pretences
Taponnier began life by being stable boy, and
appears to have been gifted with certain amount
of natural talent which enabled him to carry OIL
his nefarious schemes. For some time lie was as
sistedlin his rogueries by persons holding more
or less respectable position in society-whch suf
fioienty proves the state of corruption of the
higher classes in Paris,
| 1t seems the fashion nowadays for the world
both men and beasts, to be afflicted with some
malady or other. Last year the cholera reigned
triumphant then the poor pigs fell i'll, and now il
is the turn for the canine race to be seized with
madness. Even dogs of high degree are moi
exempt from discourage, one of the King Charles
spaniels belonging to the Empress having bitten
the first aInoner, Monsignor Tiremarche. This
sorrowful event has greatly afflicted His Majesty
Napoleon III, the venerable prelate being an old
and faithful friend of his, having been chaplain Of
the fortress of Ham at the time that the Emperor
was prisoner at that place. 1t is well known thai
Napoleon never forgets those who were kind to
him in the days of his adversely and he therefore
surrounds Monsignor Tremarche with every pos
sble comfort, nevertheless his state causes great
uneasiness.
Whilst on the topic of dogs and their diseases
we must not forget to mention the death of the
favorite spaniel of Theresa, the celebrated dtUo
of the Alcazar, The poor animal has suecumbe6
to an inflammation of the bowels which deied al
medical skill. ..# ... .-
But it is not only of epidemics that must speal
to you to-day. We are threatened with something
| still more terrible-one Of the yertabe scourgei
of Egypt. Immense quantities of locusts have
arrived from the south and devastated our fertile
| colony of Algiers. Letters received thence in
form us shat the sun was literally darkened during
the passage of these destroying insects, which
continued for several days. Wherever they alight
they deyour all before them, and it suhlced few
hours for them to lay waste the surrounding
country The march Of the lOcusts is towards the
north and it is considerably to be feared that they
will make descent on France. Should they dc
50, the damage they would cause to our crops
would be incalculable,
1t is rare to see literary authors revise and cor
rect their works after once they have been pub.
lished. However, there is no rule without
exception, and we have lately had an example of
the kind,
Monsieur Emile Angler, member of the Academic
Franchise, and author of the piece entitled La
Conmgion,' which was performed during the
winter at the Odeon and which was at first
severely criticised, has entirely remodeled his
work and added fifth act to it, which is greatly
superior to the others, 1t is popular saying,
that laws are made to be broken;n however the
cause may be, it is certain that stolen fruit is
always the sweetest.
The project Of police has lately forbidden the
game of " baccarat Ia game of hazard to be
played in Paris clubs or circles" as they are
called. The consequence has been that instead of
gambling being put an end to- it has, on the con
trary, been increased, It is true, the game of
baccarat no longer exists, but there is more than
one game of hazard and cards have given place
to another sort Of game equally dangerous, called
jeo du Jouchon.
This game consists in placing piece Of money
on cork and throwing at it the player who sue
ceeeds in knocking the coin off the cork wins all