New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-26

LOCAL INTELLlGENCE.
rvu FESTIVITIES OF MARDI GEAs.-
~ morning produced but few
Hs,kers on the streets, and those
~ were sad specimens of mum
ara being almost entirely composed oil
.s,lsren and the "fallen pair" There ap-
s..sod TO exist some restraint or fear that
narties from indulging in the vagaries
~ 10 the day. The principal thorough
Nv ~. we're well lined with citizens who were
-. .so,v out to see what was to be seen.
.saro were few or no attempts to assume
- neculiar or striking characters. Cheap
s-s.ses and gaudy colors were plentiful,
s,ie all the boys were intent on assuming
s..,icoats aad hoops, while the girls affected
.,sloous and immense boards. There
20 hundreds with blackened faces, max
~ moor attempts to initiate the stage min
All "whited sepulchres' rolled luxuri-
nav through the streets in fine carriages
%a,ssticalIy tricked, mostly in costly array,
vhstthere was of it.
W. noticed one small concourse of
Nscteued carpet-baggers, who, had they
hepn a little more obseryant OF manners,
vouId deserve extended notice. u
N night the entire city left their homes
"a conferred on Canal, Charities, Caronde-
n a. Charles, Julia, and Camp streets, all
.vnectaut Of the coming Mystic Krewe. They
me. as all the city knows, and went as they
,ssmselyes know. Every succeeding year Co
-rs has exceeded himself in brilliant dis
0Isys but this time he didn't surpass himself
= any OF the other numerous mummers on
~ thoroughfares. There was decided
mack of tinsel, cambria, and muslin in the
,hte us that seemed cheap, and the ele'
oA.uts we're not bully However,
A. members composing the Krewe are
v0ted very kind in spending enormous sums
x money to furnish the people with free
show, and the people admire it. There
we're many coDjectures as to whaI was in
landed to be represented. As near as we
ean guess they made faint effort to initiate
umething oriental--it's funny how they did,
but they did. A
Day and night passed off with a small
\ humber of arrests, and Chief Of Police ]. j.
williamson deserves much praise for his
!. Management, although the duties on the
3 men we're too heavy.
4 This is Ash Wednesday, and the com,
Z nencement Of forty days of Lent.
!, SUICIDE OF Son TO AVOID CHAsTIsEMEN1
TaIs FATHER Coroner Bradford held an
suuest yesterday on the body Of boy
s.yenteen years old, and a shoemaker by
trade, named Louis Brandmier, who shot
himself on Virtue street about four O'CLOCK
Z Monday afternoon, under the circumstance
! ;slated in the following testimony by one
81 the witnesses in the case. This witness
: nys:
\ About four o'clock P. N. Monday saw thu
7 aeeeased come out Of the house, and hi
!. hther followed him he father had nothing
Z 1 bis hand then witness saw saw tn,
Immediately after the father, the deceased
Z nid, "You shan't whip me any more, yol
z - the father asked, SIS this what
!, hare raised you for ~ and picked up piect
81 rome, when his wife caught him arounC
q his arms and held him; she is stronger thar
he Is: then the deceased said, "lf vol
n don't let me alone l will shoot yol
Y O shoot mysen can 4ot Gel
= r-'Sn n sbont ono handed and fiftv feet
q vas in my own garden at the time lookizl
v hrough the cracks in the tencei then dc
" rased went into the house and took GU
v hls pistol and shot himself; | saw him pu
Z III mnzzle of the pistol under his chin AM
hfe it off; he fell backward and fell just a
\ le now lies; my VIE saw inc same thl91g ~
III p my, No came he bonse an,
4 Jaw the body; when we came in the mothe
vas clasping her hands and exclaiming,. "
4 sSssI tho tSer nSS ls M0I nrvi I toI
: kep Il was better he shot himself than
he had shot his father; that it was better {
ave whipped MN Wnen young .tah h nov v
IA Tree never. tbis is all I know about IL
The iurv rendered verdict in accordanc
= with the facts.
= The coroner informs our reporter this
a. was the most horrible case of suicid,
ID sans;daring ali the aurronndings. he eve
-, ,i,r., was a young man oniv sevel
\. leen wears ola carefully raised by h
1. hther and mother, ana yet at this ag
Rhen be should be the help OF their d
tlining years, calls his father opprobriol
u lames. She who loved him almost to q
traction, from mistaken kindness IN :
y EARLIER years, prevented him from BEN
n punished, and even few minutes befol
q ihe fatal act clasped her husband IN III
y .sns as he was about TO chastise the &c
4 ~ a gross misdemeaner. While I'M
y .aieiding hor son from punishment ne d
M iberately stepped inside the door, drew