New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-29

HTEaEsBBs $50.
rapidly, addressing his son, 81 dropped a
| pocketbook near the fore hatchWay--the fare
! hatchway mind fetch it me at once. And you,
| sir !" He looked at me. Lieutenant Armstrong
nodded affirInatively, and / followed the lad up
the companion stairs. The boy went forward,
but l., prompted by curiosity, remained about
! midships where, unobserved myself, could dis
Germ through the long open skylight, what was
going on at the further end Of the cabin, and
pretty well hear what passed. / missed some
words, eithero of anger or remonstranee, they
seemed, and then Lieutenant Armstrong ex-
claimed passionately-
Will you answer me, or not: Say yes or
no!''
ss Yes--yes,' shouted Harrison, fiercely grasp
ing what had taken for bell-rope. g This
this, atrocious tyrant--this is nv answer!'
| Aterrible volume of bright flame, accompanied
| by the roar as Of a thousand thunders, instant
| ly burst forth felt caught and whirled into
the air by a fiery whirlwind, and I remem ber
nothing more till several days afterwards, when
l awoke to turning consciousness in an hospital
at Cape Coast Castle. | had been frightfdlly
bruised and burnt, and fever had supervened;
but the loss of two left hand fingers was the only
permanent injury sustained The lad Johnny
had been also picked up, scarcely hurt; and
from him, and others of LIE Requin's crew, the
mode by which the explosion, which blew the
after-part Of the schooner into fragments had
been effected, was pretty accurately ascertained
| 1t was Harrisons fixed resolye--especially after
he had added piracy to his less hazardous trade
| Of man -stealing-leyer to be taken alive With
this view, barrel of gunpowder was placed be-
meath his cabin floor, into which, when about to
engage in any perilous enterprise, a flint gun
lock was inserted, the trigger of which was at
tached to the bell-rope hanging in his sleeping
berth. Both himself and Lieutenant Armstrong
must have been blown to atoms-~a sad fate to
befall so jealous and promising an officer, more
especially just as the we'll earned honors and
rewards OF his profession were within his reach
and time had begun to sensbly mellow and
soften an unfortunate rigidity of temperament
to which, as we have seen, the sudden and mel
ancholy catastrophe was mainly owing.
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Groom ISsrALLEp-A correspondent Of the
N Y Tribune, writing from Rome gives the following ex
raordnary account OF the progress English Jockey
Mr.. Ward-or Baron Uard-has made himself somewhat
conspicuous lately and few notices about him may be
| Interesting He is an English groom who sent to
Lucca ten years ago with horses to the Duke
of Lucca Being smart fellow. he kept in the en-
poy by the head and after himself succeeded to
the OF chief OF the stables The household of the
Duke OF Lucca was mseraby mismanaged and Ward pro-
posed to the Duke keep larger number of horses of
the first quality carriages, etc. for smaller than
was tiren expended This proposal resisted by the
mobiles about the court who plundered the Duke.
question whether the groom would be about
MS business Tor hiss discretion however His Hghness
having decided upon trying MIR Wards plan, for few
months discovered that he was better provided than for
mery, and at much smaller But Jockey having
once got seated In the saddle not to be stopped by
trites. He proposed similar arrangement for ducal
housekeeping and Mrs Ward takes charge the kitchen
linen. furniture and clothes The change was again ad-
vantageou to the Royal Duke. who lived better at less
cost The influence of Mr.. Ward became paramount in
the stables and housekeeping and would have satisfied
moderate ambition. but jockey aimed higher
ofces-he complained to his royal master that he could
continue to keep the horses supply the dinners
nj. he finds
therefore that he must take charge the public
which in deporabe condition. Here the acuteness
of Yorkshire jockey ptted against court intrigue
and aristocratic prejudice Ward in fair way of
losing all he obliged to leave Lucca, his wife aud
the Duke, who was partial to him Ward secretly pro-
ceeded to Vienna while he supposed to be taking
baths for his health He presented his the
Duke john showing the financial ruin of the Duchy He
got the support from that quarter, returned to Lucca
banshed his and became Minister Of Finance
and in short of everything all the others merely
his nominees.
About that time the political agitation Of 1871 pervaded
Italy, and dir Ward, who had superintended the educa
ton of the heir the Duchy found that young mar
much more manageable than his father whom he there
induced to ahaicate Ae oaFgained sale of Luce
possession Of the Duchy OF Parma.
4 | DEATH PoisoH-Suicide or ATnder.-On Wednesda
night week Emeine Johnston died at her fathers hous
on 7th street in the Northern Liberties, Washington
married but her husband had not resided with her 70
two or three years 1t is generally stated that durin
this time she has received the familiar visits of Mr. ",
sasscer clerk in the Sixth Auditors Office marriet
man, aged about thrty-tw years.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mr.. purchased at an
apohecay store Seventh street two grains strych
pne and several quinne pills remarking that the
strychnine to kill troublesome dog On Wednesday
night at o'clock he called Emeline Johnston and
rode out with her in carriage, and returned to the house
again in fifteen twenty minutes. couple of hours
later the family of her father alarmed by her cries
and broke into her where they found her in great
agony They sent for DR.. Began. who came promptly.
when she mpored him to bleed her DR. b thought she
of fhprla laTnr
approaching She told him that she had been for month
taking medicine to produce abortion but being
unsuccessful had Just tried medicine consisting
powders. DR.. B. examined her condition, and told her
she had murdered herself She told him she bound
under oath not to tell who had given her the medicine
rival
A Coroner's jury met Thursday Drs Howard and
Burrows They testified that they had found
the stomach ntiamed, and indicating the presence of
active poison which they believed to be strychnine
After the postmortem examination Sasscer held to
bail in $4,000 for his appearance at further examination
MANUFACTURED MrlA.-snce the railroads dverging in
all directions from city have been in operation
much milk has been brought to the various depots that
almost all NewYork has come to think that all is pure
milk that bears the Now let us what vile
mixtures may be concocted to deceive the eye We will
nothing of the diseased state of the animals who live
short lives in long stables up town. and MIXED long
as they have strength stand up This story has al
ready been repeated often enough but here is the
which stiled made to produce Orange county
milk writer in the Evening Post who has studied the
subjsst gives the following account of the method of
pursued Dy MIX Transforming
blue sickly looking milk into the richest Orange county
material Hear him:
To every quart of milk about pint of water is added
and then due allowance Of chalk plaster of Paris
which takes away the blush appearance given to it by
the water Magnesia generally forms component part
and flour, starch and occasionally egg is mixed up
with to give it consstenee After all these ingredients
employed certain quantity of nolasses is added
produce that rich yellow color which good milk generally
possesses
The method of detecting this spurious article in the
milk line is thus described by the writer in the Post
"By allowing it to lie until is decomposed, the
chalk, magnesin molasses and all be discovered Il
any eggs have been used in its manufacture yelowsl
slime will be found floating upon the top but it is very
seldom that mkman is found guilty of this expense
The liquid all water blush white appearance
magnesia may easily be perceived" [NewYork Times.
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I4o THE PooR PRINTER MIR. Buckingham, in his re
cent work Personal Memoirs and Recplectons of Ed
toria Life makes the following mention of Jourueymer
Printers, most worthy class of mechanics. who away
found friend in the author of this pleasant book
Many persons who condescend to iliumiue the darl
world with the sparkngs of their genius through tn
columns of newspaper. and Others who publish
and tracts religious moral and political little think tn
labor Of the printer, who sits up till midnight till day
light to correct his false grammar bad orthography an
worse punctuation.
once the manuscript of sermon in the hands
printer, which was entirely without points, and
line began with capital letter. if it had been poetry
Suppose these productions had been printed they
written The disgrace would have fallen upon the prnte
After experience of than fifty years, " ho
this truth to be seevdent'' that there is no class
working men so poorly paid printers. For wi
makes himself rich by printing disconnected with Il
business OF publishing y barely live above poverty