The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-24

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fbis is about the general standard of the car
| pet bsggers. who pretend to call themselves the
| representatives of the people of this State both
In the Legislature and in other capacities.
! TIE MOSKIEs.-A fortnight ago party of high
| IL respectable aud very wealthy gentlemen ar
rived in the Crescent City from a neghboring
| State. Finding the restaurants and other places
OF refreshments exceedingly attractive. they dis
| sipsted considerably more than was usual with
them at their rural bones. After q weeks sojourn
among us, they determined to visit the French
Opera. -Four Of them procured q close box on
| The same 1oor with the parQuette, whilst fifth
| distinguished and gallant officer of Lees army,
| accompanied three ladies', who occupied box ia
| the dress circle. During the performance one
Of the four, lued with the strains of music, fell
asleep. As soon as the act was over, his CON-
rsdes went out TO breathe the fresh air and TO
| take emile, leaving him to the undisturbed en-
| joymeDt Of his slumber. One of the employees
| Of the tbeater-the prompter, we beeve-pos-
| sesses large pet monkey, SO tame and obedient
as generally TO require restraint upon his antics.
That night, whilst the monkeys owner was employ
| ed in his duties, spirit OF adventure prompted
| the monkey to explore the mysterious regions Of
| the stage. Probsblyfthe mimic representation OF
| some tropical scene familiar to his early youth
! had caught the monkeys eye, and put into his
head the desire to seek for 1t again. At any rate
he made his appearance 10 front of the curtain, to
| the great surprise and amusement of the audi
| ence, who clapped their Hands. and laughed and
chattered at his grotesque figure 1t was Miching
impromptu actor, ,whicblr0used the sleeping gentle
man just at the moment the monkey was grim
acing in front of the box in which he was reclin-
ing The gentleman is man of nerve; bat the
unexpected sight of the hideous face, in SO arsto-
cratic thester, forced him to the belief that he
| had premonitory symptoms of "red monkeys
or msnia potu. Seizing his hat, he darted out of
| the edifice, end met his friends the steps.
| Noticing his CONSERVATION they stopped him with
| the question, whats the matter?" He said he
was going to bed, and to send for doctor, for
| he feared the consequences of the un.
seemly hours he had been keeping and the
quantity Of bad whisky he had been
drinking would bring on fit. of the
boTrors. Indeed" he continued, when woke
up just now, l saw a monkey staring at me, and
before morning Iexpect to see thousand" SYM
pathiziDg with bis distress his three comp anions
went with him to his chamber, put him to bed,
| called physician who administered a sedatiye,
and all three sat up near his bedside. Next morn
| ing. the three met the officer at breakfast, and
| to- him of their friends visitation. " But, saw
that monkey, myself, at the opera last night" he
said. TIE three advised him to 60 to bed, too,
aud send for the doctor; but he told the ladies',
| who substaDtiated the fact and the four Jolly
companions had the laugh turned upon them.
On SATURDAY NIGHT gentleman was going to
his home in the Fourth District, about nine ten
| O'Clock. with bis little son. He stopped at an
alley'way for what purpose It Is not necessary to
! say. metropolitan colared him and bore him
| of 10 the Pecaner station. Here he was incarce.
| rated. He appealed to the persons u charge for
| a messenger. They told him it would cost him
| three dollars to send somebody to carry MESSAGE
| TO one of his friends. He refused this princely
! arrangement, and directed his son to go TO
| one of his friends in order to procure his
release. The little boy was away a long
| time-he couldn't fud the way, or became
| frightened al the solemn stiffness, aud went home;
tie imprisoned father finally became impatient;
he called-again he called. louder and still louder;
DO answer came. Impatiently he kicked at the
| door Of his cell-no answer. Another kick more
| vigorous-no answer. The third kick, made with
all bis might, BURT the paddock ard he was at
| liberty. But his only path TO the street lay
through the Office where the night guardians are
| generally supposed, by an infatuated population,
| TO be unsleepingly on the qu vive. he peered 10
st the door, They were all reclining in the arms
of The dIowsy MCrpheus-every one Of them, He
the thoIougbfsre in safety, and went quietly
home. This is a tue account, and the here Of II
is ready TO vouch for its truth.
THE CoNFLLoRATIoN on sr. CHARLES STREET
| II was about O'Clock yesterday morning that a
dense volume of black smoke was discovered
| apparently proceeding from the rear portion of
the olympic Theater building, on st. Charles
street. 1he patrolman on that beat, upon becom-
ing spprzed Of the fact, fastened to the City Hall
! to give the alarm, but before it was sounded the
flames had burst out through the roof of the
| building mentioned, and it was evident that de-
struciive fire was inevitable. From all directions
| the fire engines, trucks and hose carriages came
dsshDg up, transforming the scene so quiet but a
I
| Tue fsmes had, however. gained such headway
that TO the interior OF the theater, its ward
| robe, scenery and property, was found to be i'm
! possible. All OF these were destroyed.
Beneath the auditorium aud stage Is the carriage
| depository of Mr. j. A. Lum, lessee Of the entire
! building, and owner Of another Immediately in
| the rear. By the exertions of the fremen, about
/ one hundred carriages or other vehicles were
saved from the flames without material Injury.
| Some smaller carriages, such as are used by
children, and which were slowed away upon
shelves, are alone said 10 have been destroyed.
| In the front portion of the house was the cigar
stand of Mr.. +. B. Flores. and to this much dam.
| age unavOidsbly resulted from the heavy streams
of water thrown into the building. Ii ia stated
that in addition to the damage done the stock the
Iretor suffered the loss, by theft, Of two cases
] of neenchaums.
/ The a6joiuiDg restaurant of Mr.. N Miller.oext
caught. upon the root, and was damaged by fire
| and water to O serious extent. The wine closet
| in the rear of Taterssls Saloon kept by Mr.. Dan
| Malone, was crushed by tie falling wall OF the
theater building, sabjectng the proprietor to
serious loss which, however, Is said to have been
| fully covered by insurance.
The origin OF the fire is not positively known;
| although il is said to have commenced upon tue
! stage, aud is supposed TO have been caused by
! sparks from frecracker thrown upon the stage
| during the performances Of the previous night,
and which, for q time smouldering unnoticed
among the scenery, may have broken out at a
| later hour into q fame.
| Upon the building leased by Mr.. Lum there was,
we Learn. an insurance of $4,000, and upon the
rear building owned. by him an insurance Of
$40 eco. There was also policy of $4,000 on
| his stock, and an insurance. though we do not
know the amount, upon the furniture Of the thea.
| ter.
Mr.. Flores was insured for $1,000, and Mr.. Miller
| for about half the amount OF his actual loss.
Nor SUICIDE, But AN ATTEMPTED MUaDER.-
| Affidavit has been made against the coloxed man
| Bradley, upon whose premises, on Monday night,
| wes found the body OF man, supposed TO be
Mexican, lying with shot in the head. and at the
time reported 10 have attempted suicide. The
wounded man was removed on that night to the
Charity Hospital, where, instead Of dying, he has
| shown signs of recovery, and has so far regained
his sense as TO be able TO state that colored man
attempted TO kill him. Based upon this was the
| affidavit against Bradley, who, however, up to
eleven o'clock last evening, had not been ar
| rested.
Apropos Of this matter, Corporal Creagh, clerk
at the central station, states that the night in
question colored man, supposed to have been
| Bradley, came there and reported that stranger,
q white man, had come into his house and he was
! unable to ret him out.