The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-16
An Infamous Outrage.
From Don Piatt's Capiinl.l

4
Upon last Tuesday night we retired al
the hour Of II, having up to that time
been deeply Interested In the study oil
Ncwman's travels In China and japan
and the latest Patent Office report, with
occasional dips in the learned emana-
tions Of the Agricultural Bureau. Owing
to our quiet conscience and childlike
innocence, we sleep the sleep or peace
so profoundly that an ordinary sound,
such rs u steam whistle or the Mighty
Mullctts soothing voice. has no power
to alarm or disturb us.
| Somewhere between the hour Of mid
night and u. m. our domicile was en-
tered and robbed. At tho last hour
mentioned our faithful housekeeper
knocked Mt our bedroom door, and in u
voice exhibiting considerable agitation,
informed US that there was nothing left
in the house. Surprising, In our dreamy
condition, that this referred to q flnan-
eial view Of the subject, we reached for
our oh-no- we-never- mention-ems and
were about searching for our pocket
book, when the startling words OF
Robbed, sir; we've been robbed y
not take anything from the said o. n. :
w.-D. IN. -ems-we put ourselves inside
them, and donning wrapper and slip
pers, fastened below to inspect the
promises,
The appearance OF things in the
pantry was not encouraging We put
1t mildly when we say that 1t was far
from cheerful. We found table
spread, and on it the fragments Of a
feast. The chairs indicated the late
presence Of four festive housebreakers.
Empty. champagne bottles and cups
with slight deposits In them Of that
volatile and costly liquid, told OF pota-
tons; while the scant remains OF cold
ton OF sharp appetites satisfied. The
gas, with a malice prepense only ex-
celled by that flend In human shape,
Thomasson, had been left burning. We
could forgive these enemies OF man for
what they ate, drank and made merry
on our stores, but to aggravate the ex-
listing. differences between ourselves
and the gas company, showed that the
midnight raiders were instigated by the
devil, with no moral restraint upon them
whatever.
The sight Of the empty bottles sent us
Immediately to our wine cellar We
found this precious receptacle broken
open and completely cleared of its
champagne, three bottles OF Rhine
wine, one demijohn OF whisky and q
box OF cigars.
Our loss was gricvous. We could have
wept and almost wished we were
dead" Here were stolen all our stores
-our ammunition, SO to speak-accu-
INFLATED for the purpose of assailing
Congress this winter, and through ac-
tive manipulation Of the lobby, to pass
our various schemes
And they were gone, all gone, with
Othello's occupation.
No other article in our house was dis
turbed. This indicated no common bur-
glars-no ordinary theft.
Our first thought was that Manager
Ford, failing to destroy US through
cards, had gathered together his sticks,
after theatre hours, and sought to ruin
us in this nefarious manner. But lit
tie reflection caused US TO abandon such
belief. The performance was too we'll
done for any company now under CON
troll OF Manager F.
Then our suspicious fell on Downing.
late subterraneSn promoter OF Congress
ional indigestion under the House Of Re-
representatives.. Downing was So infatu-
ated as to believe that he could retain
bis subtetrauean excavation d djaboIi.