New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-27

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The Quebec Observer Of the 14th inst ha 8
the following history Of Henrietta Robinson, the
murderess
There lived, not very long ago, opposite the
gate ofthe English Cathedral, in Garden street,
rather good looking genteelly dressed woman,
named Campbell, who kept tavern She soon
became notorious. OF free and easy dispoei
ton, loose notions Of morality and winning man
ners, she attracted hosts of admirers, and among,
them was sergeant Of the line to whom she Was
afterwards married Mrs. Campbell indulged
in variety Of freaks, as most Of our readers
will reeollect, before her last departure hence.
She was, even in court, the observed Of all OBJ
servers, and sat unveiled. By her first mar
riage we'll connected, this loose, unfortunate and
dlsorderly woman, now convicted of the heinous
crime OF murder. under the name of Mrs Robin
son, obtained the assistance Of the late Robert
Wood, Esq, merchant Of this city, on sundry
occasions. Married to the late Henry Campbell.
she was the wife of son Of an old and esteemed
friend of the late Mr.. Wood, whom Mr. Wood
always took an interest in He forwarded him
in the world as far as his influence or money
even would do it. Nor did he content himself
with serving to the utmost the SON Of an esteemed
friend. When the son had followed bis father to
the grave, Mr.. Wood recoliected the wife That
woman repays such kindness by representing
herself to be Miss Wood 7 The miserable con-
vict was some time Presbyterian On one oc.
casion. after the death Of her husband, through
the services of a clergyman, to whom she had
applied for spiritualaid, Mrs. Campbell obtained
sum of money to enable her to 90 to the United
States. where she represented that she had
friends. Mr.. Wood gave her e20, and the late
Hon. John Nelson gave her e20 With this
rv1lo -%a
and returned to Quebec again. Mr.. Nelson called
to inquire of her friends whether or no Mrs
Campbell had safely reached her destination,
and found the individual whom he had so hu-
namely assisted '' at home" The good old
man whistled, danced round her, and withdrew
That was Mr.. Nelson's mode of saying, s. /
have been sold'' Mrs. Campbell, naturally
worthless woman, yearly became worse She
is now reaping the fruits of her worthIessness,
and endeavors to escape from Justice by an af-
fectation Of madness, and pretending to be one
of the daughters of her husbands patron. OF
course Mrs Campbell knew all about Mrs Nc
Intosh and about all the other Misses Wood, and
she has improved her knowledge in the most
extraordinary way to her temporary advantage,
inasmuch as many people did believe that Mrs.
Robinson was not Mrs. Campbell, but a Miss
Wood Murder, however, will out
1t seems that there is always room for one
more in an omnibus, as we'll as in the pit of
theatre. The New York Tribune has the fol-
lowing exemplifcation of this old saying:
The question of ss What is the capacity Of q
stage or rail-car J" has been propounded at
least several times, but with an invariahle an
swer akin to the designation of the new order Of
Americans. Last evening, somewhere near II
o'clock, one of the Bulls Head stages might have
been seen Gathering down Chatham street, with
the modest load of seventeen inside, of which
four ladies) contented themselves with appro-
priating to their own use the knees of their mas
ouline neighbors. Gonceiviug seventeen to be
about the fair average load for stage built os-
tensibly to carry twelve, a MIR. George Copeland,
who sat next the door, determined to prevent
the entrance Of any more outsiders, In pursu-
ance of this determination. when the stage
stopped to take up another passenger, he held
the door close. This exasperated the new conner;
he resented the conduct of Mr. Copeland, and
from words they got to blows. Soon crowd
gathered, and the unfortunate gauger of the
capacity of an omnibus found himself in a still
tighter fix Every accession to the crowd only
added fuel to the indignation which so fragrant
act as his necessarily must engender Find
ing that his chances of escaping a severe t1ruh-
bing were growing momentarily simmer, and
having tasted a sample of the treatment he was
likely to get. he drew a pen-knifa and prepared
was severely pummeled by the mob. Fortunate
ly, policeman took pity upon him. and arrested
him and the beating at the same time. Let this
be warning to the presumption which ventures
upon judging what makes a stage load.
THE CHoLERA.--This fatal disease appears to
be spreading through the country, and has visit
ed some of the cities on the Atlantic. Now is
the time to take every precaution against its in
PRODUCTION into our city; and we trust that the
Council will make proper provision to enable the
health department to subject the city to COM
plete purifying process. Nothing should be left
undone to prevent the approach Of this dreadful
epidemic. Streets, lanes, alleys, cellars, all
should be thoroughly cleansed, and kept in
pure condition. As the disease is supposed to
be atmospheric, particular attention should be
paid to the selection of such agents as will keep
our atmosphere in wholesome condition. Bet
ter expend thousands in preventing the cholera
from reaching our city, than hundreds in expel-
ling it after its arrival We would, therefore,
have prompt action in this matter by the city
authorities. Exchange paper.
THE CLERKS WIFE.-A merchants clerk. of
the Rue Hauteville, recently married His
master had niece of Spanish birth, an orphan
She is not pretty, though very sensible and we'll
informed. At the balls last winter, little or no
attention was paid to her; indeed she seemed 10
inclination or amusement, as she seldom OF never
danced. But if she did not dance, she noticed
much and listened to more The clerk soon OBJ
served that the lady was only invited to dance
when no other partner could be obtained She
herself had already noticed the same fact Be
ing gallant man, he acted accordingly The
incidents that led to the aenouemeHt may be
easily deyined. In six weeks after his first
dance with the fair Spaniard, he obtained her
permission to ask her uncle for her hand in mar
riage. He, astonished, gave his clerks proposal
a very cool reception, and then had long IN
teryiew with his niece. Finally, however, all
was arranged, and the lovers were married on q
Tuesday. The Thursday after, at breakfast,
Adeline said to her husband, who exhibited con-
siderable chagrin at being compelled to return
to the duties of his Office thus early in the honey
moon
VERY WELL don't go there; so there no
more!''
my love- it is very easy to say so, but
Easy to say, and easy to do, both / have
million and half Nobody knows it but my
uncle. | always made a point of forgetting it
myself, because | wished to choose really dis
interested husband. There need be no more Of
flee work for you, if you do not wish it. Yet
still, my advice is, husband, that you neglect