The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-27

points, and which is reached IN few hour-
pleasure and the health seeker and Colonel Mar
got is the host to cook cou1fb0uiil0h or any
thing else in the gastronomic world.
AN AUDIENCE IN THE DARK.-Resder. have y,u
ever been attacked by phsntasmsgorisl II you
haven't, we have, and we can recommend the
complaint as an admirable dspeler Of the blues.
The symptoms came on last evening, as, entering
the Coliseum Place Baptist Church. we found
there collected goodly number OF people. most
of them young people, ell anticipating an attack
similar TO that which threatened Ourselves. In
the chancel there had been erected white screen,
sDd, looking toward this, some ibdefnable mis-.
giving crossed our mind. But, casting aside these
foolish fears. and sinking quietly down into vel
vet cushioned pew, we resigned ourselves to the
attack.
IL came on as dreamingly and pleasantly as the
effects Of narcotic gently stealing over the
senses. and soothing them to rest First came
music, "Flee as q Bird into the Mountains" sung
| by quinieite, with piano accompaniment. and
sung very charmingly, too. Then, of a sudden,
! out went the lights. Aha, we thought, now the
pbsntasmagoris come on spsce: Light after
light, TO The very last one was extingnished, aud
To- the whole interior Of the chnr n was Ia utter
darkness. Whether or not young couples man
aged to carry on their conversation uader such
ADVERSE circumstances; whether diff lent swaius
were embodened by their invisibility to say what,
| in the light they would never have ventured upon;
| whether others, anxious TO clear themselves from
all suspicious, sat bolt upright out OF reach OF
",
the black darkness came young babies began to
| expostulate with their mammas, and hilarious
boys about the outskirts Of the assemolage, made
| bold TO applaud, especially when upon the white
screen there appeared In rapid succession series
Of Illuminated pictures, representing scriptursl
scenes. such as the Good Samaritan, the Virgin
| Mary and her child, and various others Each Of
these the boys welcomed with that prolonged.
bushed, Oh.h-h,n indicative OF most intense
| boyIsh satisfaction, while the older folks looked
on, evidently equally, though less demonstrativey
/ appreciative. Once Ia while, when The rehsc-
tion was dim, the boys would cry I" More light"
/ which pTaisewoTthy desire was promptly gratiied
/ by the doubly invisible manager behind the
/ screen.
In the basement of the church three or four
beautifully decorated tables had been spread with
| an abundance of delicacies, and hither after the
| exhibition above had concluded, the assemblage
adjourned. We were obliged TO bid farewell TO
| the pleasant scene, some time before the enter
taiDment ended, butleft with memories Of a warm
hospitality, and with the assurance that attack
OF phantssmagoria is by no means so deplorable
an occurrence as one ignorant of its nature might
! imagine.
| THE KILLING OF MAJOR MANEY.-The coroner
/ gathered jury, yesterday about A. NJ, at Vic.
! tors restaurant and held an inquest over the
corpse of MejUr Frank Nancy, laie OF Nashville
! Tenn. The jury we're long time delioerating
! upon their verdict one of the number seeming
determined 10 find Colonel p. N. Luckett guilty
| as accessory, and it was not until after o'clock
\ was discharged. 10 the testimony which ensues
/ the name of the party accused Of the murder is
left blank, at the request of the chief OF police
and the coroner himself. We look upon this
| an altogether unnecessary and futile precaution,
as If the party charged with the crime Is really
guilty, he must surely have known long ere this
paper is published that his identity has been dis.
/ covered.
Msjor Nancy was a young man OF thirty to
thirty five years of age elegant in bis person and
! manners, well educated, and exceedingly mild and
| retiring In his natural disposition. He was
graduate Of West Point Shortly after leaving
that academy, impeed by spirit Of adventure.
be went TO Italy and engaged in the cause of
Victor Emmanuel in the volunteer corps of Carl
baldi. In this service he behaved with distinc-
ton, and was more than once complimentary
noticed in the bulletins Of Garibaldi and of Gen.
AveZZans, one of the commanding officers of the
regular line of the Italian forces. We learn that
be was as brave as lion, that he rarely if ever,
indulged in strong drink, (although he certainly
had been drinking the day OF his death,) and that
be belonged 10 one OF the weslthiest and most
aristocratic families in Tennessee.
II is impossible for us TO assign any reason for
the homicide. The testimony which follows is
all that we have been able to bring together with
relation to the matter, and prefer to leave the
evidence for the reader TO weigh in his own mind
rather than to offer any coDjectures OF our own,
or to repeat the many rumors that are circu-
MQroueTite Jules slpOrn-She lived at l59 Gus
tomhonse street. Had known deceased since
January. he had been stopping in her house.
The deceased was pesceable man. always very
quiet. Came in and went out without exciting
undue attention. The deceased was not a drink
ing man. Heard that he was about leaving for
| New York.
Clement Gdnos s,oorn-vhsre were four gen.
temen present when the killing occurred. besides
the deceased and his friend. Mr.. Hare, q custo-
mer Of the house, was in the restaurant at the
time. and must have known everything. Did not
see the difficulty.
/ N Mai nj
Nancy; have known him four or i've years.
Took plate of soup with the deceased last night,
at balf-past o'clock, in the restaurant never
saw the cutting, witness at the time was stand
ing outside of the 1oor. The man that killed the
deceased never said word. The one that it was
said had killed him had been eating in the restau-
rant. After finishing supper, witness and de-
ceased started TO leave. Witness was leaning up
against the door on the outside awaiting bis friend,
when the killing occurred. Witness had sup.
posed that deceased was following Immediately
on behind him. Could not have been leaning up
against the door more than minute when man
passed going out. Did not notice him any more
than he would any other man In public house.
Thinks Col. Luckett was with him; he had been
eating dinner with the man that passed going out.
They had both gone of together, and came back
| together TO the restaurant. 4
John Picket, a cab driver, without being
sworn, stated that he heard the cry OF watch" !"
and came TO the door Of the restaurant, szppos-
ing that g cab was wanted. At that time there
the man fall, and Victor come to the door and
call for the watch. Saw man in panama hat
pulled over bis eyes moving rapidly past George,
and stepping of pretty lively into fast walk
toward Burgundy street. Thinks he was running
before he got there. The man turned the Bur.
gundy corner. l.s
Charles Myers, of the First District police,
without being sworn, states that he was standing
at the corner Of Burgundy aad Canal streets at
the time he heard the cry Of watch" He
went TO the restaurant, and was the first person
that entered after the affair occurred. At that
time there were only two guests IN the restaurant
eating-one near the keepers stand, the other
half way down the room, at a window. There
were then four waters present. At the cerner
of Burgundy and Canal he saw a man with a
panama hat and black coat, the hat pressed over
his eyes. The man was walking fast.
The Post MOJteD ELdnindtiOn.--I hereby GER
tfy that posttmortem examination was held on
, body Of Major Francis Nancy, at Victor's Restau
, rant, No. 1856 Canal street. There were two
, wounds in the chest on the left side, one passing
between the cartileges Of the fifth and sixth ribs
wounding the lung and piercing the ascending
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