New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-07
a Good Burlesque.



DAN. R1c EnEFoRE THE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
Fwshi ngton Correspondence Cincinnati Commercially
ma ~ mmittee on Reconstruction still persists
IN sunni essing the most important testimony
eIicited b efore it. Dan. Rce has recently been
al ORC ms tour through the lately rebelious
States AMI has had opportunities such as are af-
forded fo few for observing the conditions of the
Southern % eople as 70 loyalty His testimony will
e found IL show the true feeling that exists IN the
gnuth when the thin crust OF pretended loyalty is
melted ava ana true character is revealed as
under tie xhilaratiig influence of menagerie,
when man q lands ID the presence OF the untamed
forces Of nat ure separated therefrom only BY the
thin partition NJ an iron cage. Mr.. Rice being
dulv sVToYn i, tstifed thus:
D. Yon Ray . an unrply animal, known as pet
mule, with yot circus, have you not?
al Wbatare the idiosyncrasies of that beast?
A. He IS niue b given TO kicking.
0. It is almo ct impossible TO ride him, is il
It'll IL morally offer twenty-five dollar:
to any man who will ride him ronnd the ring.
O, ON vour1att y visit to the South did you re-
ceiye any offers ride that mule
r 5tafs what y, acurred Or these occasions.
In Richmond discharged Confederate sol
der attempted tot 1de him, but was Immediately
3. What nat did the Confederate soldier say to
this?
4. He said the mu le was id Yankee ouss.
so. Did any others make the attempt?
a. Another Of Lee sYeterans tried to ride him,
q. What did he say
<. lie said after 6e had dismounted that il he'd
had a regiment o Il mm 'ere cavalry he'd have
whipped fitzpatrick all to smash and that in the
next war against the II nHees he intended to raise
cross rss ezamined by Mi stevens
O. Is that d he mule, a she muie2
al. It's a he mule.
O. Tou have monkeys IL your show have You
not
3. Have you ever heard Of any disoyal remarks
in relation To those monke ys
A. can't say that hay E.
d. Have YOU ever heart anything said in their
Z. couple Of young ladies' were one day
standing IN front Of the ca ge, and heard one Of
them say it looked like fire edmen,s bureau
@. How Was this remark n ieelFed!
A. IT created much laughtt ~
@. We're there any person a. ainsions made on
4. Some one in the crowd said, pointing to the
oura pg-ontang, ats Sunni ler.n
Q. Did that Please the bystal 1dersg
Q. DFd yea ever h,sar any observations about
the beaEss
that lie looked like ben. Butler and abont
grizzly til at it ought to be called Ben. Wade.
81 Wert. tlle points oil resemblance statea2
on the tot ensemble, with special reference, per
haps, to tha cular deformty ~ the case Of the
one-eyed animal.
81 state if you have ever heard disloyaI re-
marks inreiati, IN to them
AL I believe i heard some thing of the kind once
about Daniel in the den Of lions.
O. State what it WIS.
Il. A young ady asked me Fyhlch was Danlel
and which was til lion.
@. What was 20 M reply
4. / told her it was easy to distinguish Daniel
from the lion as the former wore a swallow
tail coat. and had q cotton umbrella under his
8. What did she 50
sptefaIIy that Daniel looked like mean Yankee,
snd she wished the lio.9 would ehaw him Up.