The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-03

The following paragraph and letter we copy, says
the Nsv Orleans Crescent, from tho Baton Rouge
ken Of had two brothers. One lOrrn Brd) was
killed in l847, on Common street, New Orleans city
In fight in which he was the aggressor. Another
Theodore Brd) was killed in the barroom OF the
Verandah Hotel, In 1851, by man whom he had
slapped In the face. Tho third Of the family, DR..
John G. Bird, came to his end in like tragical
manner, as will be seen by the following extract.
Inc brothers were all young men OF ntelligence and
married but short time previous to their death.
THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY.
few years ago there lived on Lafayette street, in
New Orleans, family whose multiplied misery and
Louisiana. The recollection is yet too fresh In the
memory of our people, the grief too poignant, and
the footprints Of the cruel fend too fresh to admit
Of detail Of the heartrending scenes which our
people were called upon to witness as they followed
one another in quick succession under the root Of
that fated family
A daughter, in the morning of her existence, with
the rose-tinge on her cheek bghted-a brother
butchered in his effort to avenge the wrongs of his
sister-and an honorable and high-mnded old man,
who had weathered the storm of life to the frosty
period of f0ursc0re years, cut down, with the mad
dening evidences Of his daughters shame and
broken heart, to the grave. All this was stern rea
ty, with the most aggravated details, and took place
but few brief yearsago to stain the fair fame Of our
quiet little city, and add another page to the volume
Of crime. He who caused it has Just finished his in
famous career. We knew him-most of our citizens
were on terms OF intimacy with him. He was affi.-
BILE and courteous, and readily won his way into IA
vor. After the tragedy on Lafayette street, he was
aided to escape the ignomnous death he would have
met at the hands of our Infatuated people, had he re-
manned an hour longer He fled. The following
private letter which has been kindly furnished us for
publication, will show how the author Of 80 much
misery ended his existence:-
Birds trial BE was tried at the fall term of the supe
riN Cn,r< nft n volup
tary When the jury rendered the verdict
he requested the Court by his attorney for delay OF his
sentence for few hours. Our judge being q man Of
amisble disposition granted the request without hesits
ton Bird remanded to JAIL there other prise.
in the dungeon who stated that after the door
locked Dr. Bird shaved himself put clean linen clean
accustomed to hang them, all very quietly, and the
prisoners state with the coolest and most perturbabs
sang od BE then took out his pencil and wrote quite
aec.ioDate farewell to his aged parents, (boh of
whom at the hotel in which he denied that he
guilty After folding and addressing the note to his pa
rents he took phal from his pocket poured the
tents into glass placed himself on the bed locked his
hands upon his bosom snd in eternity in two minutes
he had swallowed one ounce Of prufsc acid
gined. There lay in that dismal place. on q mean bed
the inanimate form Of DR.. John G. Bird, who had
been raised in the very best circles Of society, who
the darling of his parents and therefore had every sd
vantage OF education. In that gloomy strange
assembage of characters; the physicians busting and
busy in the rutess effort to rekinde the spark that had
forever edthe curious crowd that had instantly rushed
into the prison when the alarm was gven-a with one
exception yielded to the effect Of the narrowing tragedy
the efectthere the poor old mother weeping
her SOD, in whom conferred all her tepderest off, ctons
and whom she had blessed he going out into the
world fanguine that such son would win for himself
honor and fame-there also the father poor old
tear to relieve his intense agony-erect, rigid
cold and coloress stood the gray haired srehe blow
seemed TO have frozen ard ch0ked up the fountain
OF his tears The sturdy trunk stood withered
bare-the lightniDg's fash had rent and blasted it,