The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-03

on his tOmb-and these were Jean Provost and Pau
line his wife
/ A Cure fpr Love.
The. court ciEcles Of Baltimore have been much
agitated BY a trial which has been going before
the County Court Of that city, in which the claims
81 Ms. Julia, wife Of Lewis Levin, M. c., TO be
esteemed peaee-respectng and Iaw-abiding eili
zen, were brought into serious question: Itssems
that Mrs Levin was. the widow Of Mr. Gist, BY
whom she had a daughter, Miss ThoHlisiani Gists
passing fair; and this daughter IS suPposedto have
The advantage Of Jepthah's Inflated offspring in
being great heiFess. Hard by the residence Of
Mrs. Levin, d1Eelt a swain by the name OF Fite,
dealer in shoes, who was attracted by ths varied
charms Of the heiress and did not let eoueealmsnt
like worm, prey upon him at ALL but made some
demonstrations OF regard which the proud mother,
who had a soul above leather, resented BY giving
him cowhiding on the highway, he having pro-
voked the punishment, as she claims, BY looking
into her carriage for the imPertinent purpose Of
baskiBg in the radiant charms of The Tovely Thorn
siaRi. The remaining particulars Of the case are
| detailed as follows in.the Baltimore Sun
Mr.. Fite proved the assault, testifying tlai, at
the time OF its occurrences he was riding along the
road1h buggy, and passed the carriage Of Mrs.
Levin, into which he looked on passing it, as he
would have looked ints any other. The carriage
afterwards passed him, and soon afterwards the
| Inans -Mebiakin, who driving carriage in
/ front Of that In which Mrs. Levin was got down
/ and came to bum and seized his horse stopping
1 HIM upon the road. Mrs. Levin also Immediately
droveup and charging the witness with imPerti
.nence, struck him three blows with the whip:
McMakin still holding the horse attached 70 WIT
| ness's buggy.
/ On the cross-examination it appeared that Mr..
Fite had formed an intimqeyof limited extent EIth
Miss tfist, the daughter Of Mrs. Levin By a for
met husband This young lady, not quite sixteen,
was. receiving her education under the charge and
tutelage Of Mr.. aud Mrs Daniel Mr.. Fite adj
i mitted that he bad met her and walked with her
several tmes; stated that his manner had RiWays-
been respectful that he had been introduced BY his
| aunt had accompanied her, upon an invitation
| from Mrs levin, to visit her house
| An affidavit wast introduced from Mrs Powell,
| who was in The carriage with Mrs. Levin at the
time Of the Affair." which represented that Mr.. Fte
had passed the carriage two or three times, looking
into IT on doing 50 in very offensive and insulting
manner, That Mrs. Levin, indignant at his COR
duct, desired McAakin to stop his horse and pun
| ish him. McAiakin first required Mrs Levin to
hold him harmless, and then the young man
sNNsk R9 SCI sArs. LEVIN and McMakin-
I 1iss esas called a the stand, gave gem
ssal history q tne extent o. her aaquaihtance with
" Mr. Eie. She had been shown his uicisre Nv hrs
l. aunt taken when heVvss twelve wears old and a3
e passed an opinion hatitwas handsome-had chan
ged her opinion since. Had been Introduced 10 him
a on a nsit he bod made, >iH company with his aunt
to her mothers house, He was NOT invfed IA
( met hun several times afterwards and bad s,Tns
: intimacy with him. The young lady underwent 4
long examination, in the course Of which a NOTE
was proauced and read, addressed to her grand
iatter, SHELL Hammond in which she desired
him to ehastse Mr.. Fite conplaine,i az 10 ;,,t.r
1hence, and the association Of her name with his
among circles in Baltimore. A paper was also
ihuoduGed3 which had been transmitted 70 her in a
book called the Floral Dictionary he psner con-
tanned number Of very 'lackadaisicaI selections
from the work itself, Astounding in loves doves
hearts darts angels etc, each extract being signed
with she INITIALS II. r, and the whole concluding
WIN yourlover,, Henry The State objected To-
the Introduction Of this paper, on the gronnd that
mr. rte knew nothing Of It, and had not authori-
zed the gse Of his naRe
MI. Hammond, the grandfather Of Miss ofist
was called and made some statements as to what he
had heard of the Intercourse between Mr. File ana
Miss Cist, and that he had threatened If M F;te
acted IN an improper manner with reference 10 the
| use oil Miss Gisfs name, 40 switch him we'll The
cause OF thls was the runiors that had reached him
Of various understand methods reserted 10 by Mr..
: tite, through servants aud by prowng about tn,
woods near the residence Of Miss Gist, to establish
a correspondence with her.
Mrs. Daniel testified that Miss Ciist had been
under her charge as her pupil. That upon one oc-
casion they were out together on horseback and
passing Mrs. Flies place. when Thomisiani Miss
G'st asked the servant in the garden fora sprg Of
geranlum Il he servant asked what kind she
! would have, and said he would bring a book from
| the house, Tor hen to choose from. He went and
hroughtthe book, and witness observing paper in
No =
It was only SOME quotations. Witness afterwards
gave the book and paperinto witnesses possession,
and subsequently, asked for and received thsn
again.
Mr.. Daniel testified to some minor facts in the
cfse He represented the indignation Of the friends
Of Miss Siist upon discovering the paper Of quota
tons and learning the TUpors in relation TO efforts
made by Mr.. Fite, through servants &c, to ac-
e9mplish an intimacy and correspondence with
Miss Gist, and the suspicion Of a plot to effect
runaway match, II was aseeFtained that MANY OF
these rumors were not true. lin the course OF
the examination Of this witness, Mr.. Levin ex-
claimed m an undertone, that lie ;" it reached
the ear oil the Witness however, and he clai1Red the
protection Of the court against the insolence OF Mr.
| Levin. It was explained by counsel that the re-
mark OF Mr. Levin applied to the statement-,Fheh
had been made relative 70 the association Of the
: young lady with Mr. Fiie.l
II lad, named Spencer, was called 70 the stand
who stated that his mother and himself had been
invited to spend some months at Mr. Fite's house /.
I that while there he copied the extracts from the
book which had been introduced and laid the baler
( on the book. He wrote them without the knovyl-
edge Of young Fite, and signed them with bis mi
. tials without authority, Did it for a irole. His
mother apd aunt saw the paper Knew the book
| was TOR Miss Gist; Understood it was brouubt
from Baltimore for her.
Mrs. Fite stated that she received an. invitation
: @ VISIT Mrs Levin, and took Henry With her hs
> was not invited,
E The case was closed here, and submitted to.ths
SoN'' without argument, with the simple- refnatk
that the assault was proved against both he parties
. charged, The evidence in mitigation being left 4
the bench. The decision Of the couttwas heId over
= Cor LEHMANowsEY.- This gentleman Ia.
again made his appearance in the United Sates-
at least ms public appearance. He is nov leturias
at Memphis. II any one has forgotten the dis,ia
y gnished colonel, he may be recognized BY the az
q serPtion accompanying the announcement Of n
:, lectures ia the Memphis papers This .peb,le
: man has been well known in The IIpae3 Sf.tss .