New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-02

mount autHOrlty. IL was as under tNe
regime of Boadicea, or Anne, or Victoria,
or Isabella, and not as in the "Mock Duke. =
Nine. Caldwell kept her authority in her
own hands, and the deputy sovereign
like Philip, or Albert of later days, was con-
tent to "take the good the gods provided
him." which in this case consisted of money,
good cheer, and the society Of the ladies.
This last the Queen cOnsort could not sub
NIT to. So after some very stormy sessions
of her domestic cabinet she is reported to
have said, "This matter must come to an
end. l will be troubled with you no
longer. How much do YOU demandH'
Caldwell, as subsequently appeared, had
not entire confidence in his conjugal title,
60 he laid his damages at $4,000. The
price was accepted and paid on the instant,
and now she asked, in the most friendly
manner, "What are you going to do when
you cease to loaf on me!'
II want a saloon"
"Good. That on St. Charles street is for
sale; go and buy it and will make you a
present of furniture, and those paintings"
They always continued in amicable rela-
tions, though the separation had been more
abrupt than if it had been effected at Chi
cago. Caldwell had too many friends of
both sexes, or was too indulgent, or unfit
for business, and SO, after time this prop.
erty became again for sale and passed into
the present hands.
Mine Host-''This was precipitated by
somewhat such cOntreteMps as had be-
fallen his celebrated namesake New Or
leans was then very far from the centres of
public news. Individuals who resorted
here were forgotten in the land from which
they had come, unless, perhaps, by their
creditors or others especially interested in
their welfare. The story Of Caldwelrs g
prosperity had been carried by some means
to the home Of his youth. He had, as it
seems, contrated matrimony at very
early period. Like the maid in Shake
speare, he never told his love, but let con-
cealment have it's own way about it. So
he was one day astonished at the appear
ance in this city of lady claiming to have
been some years before the wife of his
bosom. This he denied, and she by suit
for alimony or some other settlement
brought the legality of the marriage into
controversy. As this involved the respecta-
bility of Nine. Caldwell No, ,, she be-
came party to the action. The effect of
superior wealth and influence was
soon apparent, and Nine. Caldwell
No. des cended rapidly in the scale of
reputation. Her forlorn condition and the
merit OF her coDjugal credentials excited
sympathy, and a gentleman in the block
and tackle line came to her aid and gave
her pretensions hoist. The lawsuit, how
ever, termina ted in favor of Caldwell, and
so reinstated the good fame of Nine. No. ,
The disappointed plaintiff was consoled
and made reputable by marriage with
her patron and friend with whom she lived
long and happily. The allotted time of
Nine. Caldwell being up. she departed, but
the Phoenix, which she had in effect founded
and endowed with this gallery, passed into
the hands of its present owner who has held
it ever since. 1t has entertained men of
great celebrity in peace and war, in the
actual and mimic drama. But we will not
open this interesting catalogue this even
ing"