New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-10

A TERRIBLE TRIAL FOR WEAK NERvEs.--Ms-
dame G. does not live dozen squares from the corner Of
Canal and Usrondeet streets Her husband has great
relish for sporting amusenents and returning the other
evening from drive to the Lake, he swallowed hasty
supper, and made immediate preparations to go out
agsn-perhaps he said, to meet . pressing business
engagsnent-snd perhaps to realize more the un-
trameled prerogativsa of single In vain did his
lovely wife employ every conugal endssrment to proong
bis stay he must 60; business must be attended to
nothing went right when he wasn't there to superntend
II, and he gone before she could call rown to her
beautifully chisssled rosy lips This little domestic
occurred in Madames bed room Mr. before going out
had laid aside his of fine, flesh
colored leather-and cat Of tender age and sportve
disposition, seizng of them toyed with 1t awhile,
and cued here and there until firing Of his paythng,
he abandoned 1t in such position that it half
cealed upon the carpet by the drspery of the bed
Meantime Madame G. endeavored to forget her recus-
ant lord in the pages Of the last new novel but vany
Her beautiful eyes would all with tears and wander from
the book; when suddenly and most unfortunately they
fell upon the unucky glove. Mercful Powers. 1t was,
course the paw Of gigantic and hairy robber lying
uneasy sprawl beneath the bed She was not alone in
the house. but she dared not CRY ont moveshe could
not she fell back her large armchair pstrined with
fear helpless the young infant in the cradle by her side
her dsting eyes fixed upon the fearful object and her
teeth ohatterpg like cassnets to her the
'B1sody Hand upon the midnight curtain" would not
have had such appalling and threatening significance Of
crime and horror that clean innocent glove She
could see the fingers slowly open and close as if to clutch
at her white slender neck. 1t fist terrible to be-
hold in the dim light her startled fancy plainly read
its three great in size
Of shape, relentless of grip.
The audacty and confidence of the desperate in thui
carslsssy exposing himself seemed to shut out from hs1
all hope Of from his power. But relief came in
she least expected The juvenile grimalkin sud
denly took It into his head to his gymnastic
cises He crouchsd and ept along the carpet for in
sant Considering it necessary to be very wary in h
manner Of stack and then bounced with the fury Of
Liputian tiger upon the unresisng hand tore it from
the imaginary arm and darted Immediately under
Madams's CHAIR who started to her feet bunch
re-craekers had exploded beneath her The celebrity
the movement prevented her being undecsved; sh,
could account for this feature of the affair." and
struck with amazemsnt and horror, she reganed he
strength and her voice at the time and had tn
whole household, besides two or three watchmen, rum
magng about the room In search Of the bugbear Of be-
fancy.
Madame did not recover from the shock to her nerve
for time but she finally managed to cast the who'll
blame of the occurrence upon her husband.
RIVER IrEMs.--The clerk of the r. M. Stock
well informs that the Ohio river is at very low stage
and many boats were aground at smthland The Stock
well was detained repeatedly by sand-bars fogs etc.
boat hard aground at Island 49, and the Laton
at Prophets island steamboat-men above are waitin
mpatently for a favorable condition of the rivel
when shall have feet of the largest boats dow
upon u.s. and business will commence in earnest.
A very small business was done yesterday il
the way Of rascality and rowdyism. Probably this du
state Of things may have its in latent regar
the loafers and bsekguards have for the Sabbathday