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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-22


. POISONING OF FAMILY BY A SERVANT olRl,-
On Wednesday last the family of Mr James Il.
Armstrong, residing on freeman ST street, near
the upper terminus, was poisoned by servant
girl, a. is supposed, named Catherine Bryant.
Il appears that this girl had been receiving the
attentions of AN Individual whose character Mr..
Armstrong did not regard as good, and who, in
consequence was ordered by Mr. A. to stay
away from the house, The following morning,
after breakfast, two children belonging TO the
family were taken sick, and afterwards both
Mr.. and Mrs Armstrong. A physician was
sent for, who caused Q chemical analization to
be made of the coffee, which was found to con-
tain portion of arsenic The girl had not
partaken of breakfast that morning, assigning
some trivial reason for not doing SO. When u
was discovered that the coffee had been poisoned,
her room was searched, and g druggists iaosl
was found marked 'poison." During me eS
| citenlent attending the sickness. the girl lett
the house, and has not since been seen TN
| cinnati Commercial, 18th inst
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~ BON AND GREAT NORTHERN IN ys
the Now Basin. = = -"' ~ N N ''''''Ne"s
TRAIN daily tss misz New Orleans
ana uass Leave, she city q. A. Nj reSsheP OsykB
leaves Oayka p M Orleans at P NJ P.asen
sIarsesiyed and handed at all intsruedia.e atationa
AHAThIss eent per mile way. Children and servants
ID price. SH5 5TTT = N-''' - - -
FREIGHT TRAIN from the City to osyka and all
stations Tuesday, Thursday Saturday NJ and from
Syka 70 New oaans' and al intermediate asons over
WsdnsFday and Friday, at A. M, 80 5-1'
Ga SUNDAYS, Tickets sulug the holder 10 p IN
oSYRA and back, will bs eold for Two Dollars ff
~ Season tsets iRaasd application, price.
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a. ELLiNa OFF 10 IAE LADIES Al HALF
elegant sire for Dresses Richest Plaid SILKS in all syleh
style BocAdsd sksn eolo richest quality BafE alk
plain and pae Satin; Plain Saus all shades Also extra
Rich Silk proep with sS new STYLE Iasasa
Embroidered Riding and Evening Dresses with
Flounee Lsde Rich Ladies'
style French aud petorng Corselts
Gupure, oHitoD Maltese and Nasn
Lace Aso s~as ses 5000 LADIES' aud Ms9
Coaa anta the atest styles elegant Satn SILK
Meno LadieB,n style Opera coak and Hoods
cred Robes Caps and Hood style Grape Shaw, superb
quality Cobs ades Fancy ags Pnreea and
ppnass Dressing Rich
Msna and several other articles TOO numerous 70
name AS our presa Cioaks Grape Shawe aud
extensive will commence TO e AZ half oh usual
close his business early tins
Europe that LADIES going r
sh for Drussea Cloaks Grape shawa Emor9
call st i4s Canal street,
on for aaie also ohe them a. nall the
MAI STREET u. Il. KEEGAN. dss sm
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KNTAs brought to the City Police Jail on the 18Th
wv inst the negro woman BETSY; about 40 years
Old is feet IL inches high has mark says she
longs to widow Huntington, living in Bouligny The
is requested to call aud claim said slave according
to law.
u, BLANCHARD, Keeper City Police Jail
New Orleans, aug 10. 1865. aulT It
d as brought TO the City Police jan on the 18Th
wv inst the negro giri LOUISA, aged about 3S A.
years feet inches high, mark Says she belongs
MI Lauguiie, living this side of the battle ground
The owner is requested to call and claim said slave
cordipg TO law
E. BLANCHARD Keeper City Police Jail.
New Orleans August 16 1855 aul7 Tt
wv inst. the negro girl MARY ANN is feet 9 n-
ches high apparent marks. Says she belongs to Mr.
c. SALIVA living in the parish Of St. Bernard The
requested call claim said slave according law
u. BLANCHARD, Keeper City Police Jail
New Orleans, August 6 1866. auT l5t
VKTAs brought to the City Police Jail the 9th
NV inst, the negro boy LEVY is fleet 10 inches
high has mark the right foot Says be belongs
to Mr. Haydei of tine parish of st. john the Baptist
The owner is requested to cali and claim said slave
cording to law. Ii PLANgHAHD,
% Keeper City Police Jail
New Orleans, August 8, 1850 auT i5t
aATAs brought TO the City Police jail on the 10Th
wv July, the mulatto boy ION /; is feet So inches
high about q years old has across the
front teeth out Says he belongs to Mr Edmund Gay,
residing in st. Louis Mo The owner Is requested TO
Il. BLANCHARD, Keeper City Poliee Jail.
New Orleaps August l. 1866 au2 I'm
WMTAS brought to ths City Police jail, on tine l'th
wv November 1854 the negro boy SAM is b feet
inches high and 40 years old says he belongs to
Livingston Parrish La The owner is requested to call
and claim said slave according to law.
b. BLANCHARD, Keeper City Police jail
New Orleans, August l. 1850 ns au1 I'm
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" PRgss HNp MAIL ROUTE 1 is kssa ss

N PRESS AND MAIL ROUTE E4FY fSS SsassssssxSs
nom New oIisanb 70 all points North and East.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
Summer Arrangement.
Two Daily Trains CaSo Time from Cairo 10 New
York. hfsy hours. Fair, Thirty Dolsra =
Passenger will find this Cheapest and Rea
bic Route in every respect. -
fine Passenger daily O'clock NJ
for Csro eonnsctns with the Illinois Central Railroad sena
babaqGs ST. faai Coaneil Buh and all important points
Upper MisssLppi and Mssoun rivers.
Az GAsas as aos Central connects wi:h She Michigan ceae
Hsw York, Beson, Phisdephis Baisors aud Washpgion
Also from Chicago, by the New Albany Railroad. for
Loasvie. Cincinnati, and oil points Ohio.
At Niaaa Fas with Roae for Mon
a Qleoee saatoga Springs aud the White Mountains
Througn for oil poB oute oan bs pnrchssed
O. the corpap office No. ~ ST. Charles street. opposts he ST
charles Hotel, NewOrleans. W. &. REDDING,
uiy98u Agent Illinois Central Railroad.
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NEW YORK AND ERIE ifsSs ifs1Ss; .sss rs,ssss,lss;
4 RAILROAD Sfi3sS Aga9

= tEFsiK K4EsUhI1'
On suNDAYs, only ors Expresa Train, AZ $50 z: 81,
On and after Monday MEy 18th 1895 further notice.
ergsr aRs will leave the pier foot OF Duane street. follows
DUGE1RK EXPIRES, nt 6 A. NJ, for punk.rk, 7t'&
BUFFALO EXPRESS, at A. III. i0l Buffalo.
MAIL, at sstS A. NJ for Duaknk Buffalo,
and proceed the next raaynipg.
RockLAHD PASSENGER, p. M the of Chambers
sset,l via PeTnont for Suhuin'a anG intermediate
way PASSEfehR, at P. M, for Rewbulgh otissls
and Intermediate staiiona
NIGHT EXPRESS, nj $50 P. NJ for Dunkrk Buffalo.
ElGkAhT al p NJ for huukrk and Buffalo,
stations.
way EXPRESS 1880 p M Duakrk and Buffalo, and inter.
mediate stations.
There Express Traina connect Ema Nht he
CARA ala Railroad for Niagara a buffalo and Duakk
the Lake Shore Railroad for CLEVELAND Cincinnati Toledo Detroit
Chloao s and with 6rs.csas splendid ports
Lake Erie. -
uy3I It D, c. McCALLUAI, General Supaflntendant.
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tAsWIBILL t. AITKIN, Gas FILTERS, NO. lzo
Comnlon street, under Grs Office, New Orleans. A.,
My AIrKiN hss besn in he thls city, for the
last years, mas
EBr All work by viii guaranteed, a , :, a..
G Merchants, Pfopoo etc. VIII hhu NO tnsil aaRan
tas esag the above ocs the orders executed
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The Central Texan, speaking Of these people.

SHyB. - ---Z- = 2 2
We fee, quite willing to these people come into the
State and become in due time entitled TO ali the rights
of citizenship, We however do uot tink that the ine
rest Of the country would be ut ali promoted by granting
them lands coopy Let them come to TIE country
and have only the bounties and privileges nEt are
accorded to other immigrants.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-22

signed and the public gsastgh ~ Il
snd iouss will DO condae1eo A4 's'o's 'D
partner, Thomas A Applesae u ,i.osa rrssar
clsms Against le hoese ~ P.sa4e
III and indebted 70 tine mouse are s4uestsa
iqudsua. -, a.,.nan, 81, tbs d,,sa of nv
o st surins sekness eeyon
@ nm.l5d the time sines
asyy mia very recently. regularly
IN pate officers and solicit liberal ahhs OF
bile patronage, "a = , -, -. snu, ~ .,,,
| HnJ nv honse adequate their ANTS.
PaI,.s wghag viii prompy accommodated
by Leaving their Duoeis MHeh's lysrt seis
ehO, W. Sut-ioAh
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The Austin State Times says that the Ameri-
can party polled more votes in Travis county,
at the late election, than had ever been recorded
in their various councils, notwithst anding that
it had been reported that hundreds had with
drawn from eorder. This shows how much re-
lance is to be placed in such reports.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-22

Joseph Iehouptouas "COPPER" TIN AND sHEEI
IRON WORKERS. prepared TO do all Slad e work IN the
line businssp putting Tin and Copper 5nttar
ey ete plttng Tin and Zne oos ~ al paris O.
city pIiees, and Dispatch Al
Jobbng attended with dpateh by stt
stentien orders, hope share OF the Pnbi
latrunage. 5...z.,...., sf.ssrs
We teg refer 10 the following gentsnen Rnb
Crorier Wing, Mcintosh Cook \ Mo enoe
iasgas, ~ u. W W ous.I ta,sI1 .- ~ jyl1 an5
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s A correspondent of the g Nueces Valley"
sent the editor of that paper a stalk of corns
which was an average from one hundred hills,
only forty five days old, which measured four
teen feet, one anu a half inches In height
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NEW ORLEANS, oPELoUsAs and GREAT

RAILROAD AND CRY BAGGAGE EXPRESS,
g In with the above there EXPRESS for the
transportation Baggage of city Dsanu
giving and check the Express
gs baggage delivered direed with prompnea
aastf STARR s. JONES, Office ss Camp street.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-22

THE FRENCH CeLoNY IN NORTHERN TEXAS
Louis Considerant, the head of the French COL
ony in Northern Texas, has addressed q PAM
phlet to the American people, setting forth their
history, principles, wishes and plans. In no.
ticing it, the Galveston Civilian says:
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-04-18
YOUR COUNTY PAPER.

The following from Life Illustrated"
weekly paper published in New York
by Fowlers & Wells, should commend it.
self to the common sense Of every man in
terested in the prosperity of his own town
or county. A home piper, however mea-
gre in foreign and general intelligence, is
a necessity, with which no town or county
can dispense. But read:
"We occasionally receive letters in
which the writer's express an intention to
stop their county or village paper, and
take one of our publications instead. We
always regret to receive such limitations
We think man ought tosupport his own
paper first and then if he can afford to
take paper from distance, let him do
so, and we shall be happy to furnish him
with Life Illustrated. The country press,
in our opinion, is the most important in
its effect on the enlightenment of the ma
ton. 1t conveys in ten thousand rills,
intelligence to nearly every homean the
country. The country press ought to re-
ceive cordial support. Every place
should try to have its paper of such a
character that the people could be justly
proud Of it, To this end let them pay
promptly, advertise literally, recommend
warmly, and in every way stand by their
editor as long as they conscientiously can"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-04-18
AGES OF ANIMALS.

A bear rarely exceeds twenty years;
dog lives twenty years; fox fourteen or
sixteen; lions are long lived-Pompev
lived to the age Of seventy. The average
age of cats is fifteen years; a squirrel and
hare seven or eight years. rabbits seven.
Elephants have been known to live to the
age of four hundred years When Alex
ander the Great had conquered one Porus,
King Of India, he took great elephant,
which had fought very vaiantly for the
king, named him Ajax, dedicated him to
the sun, and then let him 90 with this in
scription: Alexander, the son of Jupiter,
bath dedicated Ajax to the Sum-" This
elephant was found with this inscription
three hundred and fifty years after. Pigs
have been known to live to the age of
thirty years; the rhinoeeros to twenty.-
A horse has been known to live to the
age of sixty-two, but averages twenty-five
to thirty. Camels sometimes live to the
age of one hundred Stays are long lived.
Sheep seldom exceed the age of ten. Cows
live about fifteen years. Cuvier consid-
ers it probable that whales sometimes live
one thousand years. The dolphin and
porpoise attain the age Of thirty. An
eagle died at Vienna at the age of one
hundred and four years. Ravens frequent
ly reach the age Of hundred Swans have
been known to live three hundred years.
Mr.. Mallerton has the skeleton of a swan
that attained the age of two hundred. A
tortoise has been known to live one hun
dred and seven.-Scraps from Natural
History.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-04-18
A NICE PLACE TO LIVE IN.

A writer in the last number Of Harper's
Magazine says
F." During the last century the average
of murders in Rome, with a population of
one hundred and fifty thousand souls, was
five or six a day, and on one occasion
fourteen. While occupied by the French,
there was in a single day one hundred as
sassinations; and as late as 1928 they ave
ragged one daily. A chapel of the Madon-
ma, in the Church of the Augustins, is
hung about with knives, dirks, and other
murderous instruments, suspended there
by their owners, at the order of their con-
fessors, as condition of dissolution and
evidence of pardon of their crimes.
1.-The streets in Rome are not safe at
the later hours Of night, even now, for any
one who has aught about him to tempt
the cupidity of its highwaymen. Roman
friends of NINE are accustomed to place
their watches in their boots when out
late at night Every housekeeper will
tell you the risk they run in not keeping
the strlctest watch over their premises;
any ones experience in visiting italian
families will convince him that they have
more confidence in their portcullis doors
and massive gratings, than in either the
honesty of their countrymen or the guar
dianship of the police"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-04-18
Que Carpet gag.
Dewdrops of Wisdom.

To be valorous, is not always to be ven
turous.
He who serveth none but himself, is a
slave to fool.
He that hinders not mischief when ii
is In his power, is guilty of it.
The desire of knowing secrets is natu-
rally accompanied with another desire of
telling them.
Death has consigned many a man to
fame, whom longer life would have con-
signed to infamy.
There 10 -uTr odiUuo oPfrtJ III many per-
sons, who are better pleased to detect a
fault, than to commend virtue.
A warm heart requires cool head
courage without conduct is like fancy
without judgment; all sail, and no bal
last.
No man was ever cast down with the
injuries of fortune, unless he previously
suffered himself to be deceived by her
favors.
AS fortitude suffers not the mind to be
detected with evil, so temperance suffers
it not to be drawn from honesty by allure.
ments.
Precipitation ruins the best laid designs
whereas patience ripens the most difficult
and renders the execution of them easy
Avarice and ambition are the two ele-
ments that enter into the composition OF
all crimes. Ambition is boundless, and
avarice Unsuitable.
In i'll fortunes and extremes, great
mind will never want matter to work upon.
There is no condition but what fits we'll
upon wise man.
1t is said that covetousness must be a
miserable vice, to weary man in pro-
curing riches, and not suffer him to enjoy
them when they are gotten.
1t is very great unhappiness for man
to be too well known to the world, and
too much unknown to himself Alexan-
der was below man, when he affected to
be a God.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-04-18

rushed to her apartment just in time to
save her from the blow of an Indian, whose
tomahawk was appraised to murder the in
sensible form lying before him. Killing
with one blow of the Ratchet, which he
also carried, the intruder, he grasped
Caroline in his arms and bore her through
the crowd of fighting savages, to the fort
from whence he proceeded to the beach,
and laying the senseless form in the bot
tom of one of the many canoes which were
hauled up on the shore, he pushed off into
the lake. The Indians, after having com,
pleted their work by staying all the in.
mates of the fort, discovered the loss OF
Steward, who had passed through them to
the gate, and rushed down the beach in
pursuit of him. Three canoes were man
ned and pushed off, while another band
skirted the Shore to prevent the fugitive
from making his escape. 1t was bright
moonlight night, and although Steward
had a few minutes start, his pursuers
gradually gained on him, and fired several
shots at him. Bending low in his little
craft, so as to hide his body from the In
dams, he padded with such swiftness out
into the lake, that it kept his pursuers
busy to keep in sight of him. Suddenly
he made turn in his course, and put di
rectly for the shore, the high bank OF
which was overhung by dense growth
of bushes and small trees, which took
root in the soil This movement was
hailed by the Indians who followed him,
with loud shouts, for@hey thought he was
about to land on the shore, where they
could easily follow himup and capture him.
Swiftly the canoe which contained Ed
ward and his precious charge neared the
shore it had already touched the over
hanging branches and he arose and fired
into the foremost canoe behind him. The
effect of the shot was told by the falling
of heavy body into the water, and in
another moment the canoe of Steward
disappeared among the bushes.
His pursuers approached the place
where he had SO suddenly vanished from
their sight, padded around, above and
below it, and landing on the shore beat
about the woods for many hours, striving
in vain to capture the remaining hunter
of the fort, till at last they relinquished
the search.
Some months previous, when out upon
a hunting excursion, Steward had wound
ed deer and driven it into the lake,
Following it-in his boat, he pursued it for
some distance, till it mysteriously disap-
peared as he first thought in the earth,
but just as he was giving up the chase,
accidentally discovered the opening of a
small cave, followed as it were in the
rocky side of the bank but the egress to
which was completely hidden by thick
growth of foliage over the entrance. He
there found the deer he had wounded, in
the agonies of death, and had as we have
related, occasion to make use of his dis
covery in escaping from merciless foe.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-04-18
INTERESTING RELIC.

The bullet by which General Joseph
Warren was killed at Bunker Hill, in
1775, is still preserved. 1t is an ounce
ball, and was exhibited by Alexander H.
Everett, on the delivery of an grafton at
Charlestown, June II, 1886, in which he
exclaimed This is the one, fellow-citi-
zens, which / now hold in my hand The
cartridge-paper, which partly covered it.
is stained, as you see, with the hero's
blood" This ball is now deposited in the
Library of the United States Historic Ge-
theological Society, with the original aft
davit of Rev. William Montague formerly
pastor Of Christ Church, Boston, who made
oath that he obtained the ball in London,
of Arthur Savage, once an offic@ Of the
customs of the port of Boston, who gave
Mr.. Montague this account of the ball !:
" On the morning of the 18th of June,
ITS, after the battle of Bunker or Breeds
Hill, I, with number of other royalists
and British officers, among whom was
General Burgoyne, went over from Boston
ton to Charlestown to view the battle
field. Among the fallen we found the
body Of Dr.. Joseph Warren, with whom
| had been personally acquainted. When
he fell, he fell across a rail. This ball l
took from his body, and as shall never
visit Boston again, will give it to you
to take to America, where it will be valu-
able as relict of your revolution.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-04-18
passers-by. They stopped and listened.
Others came up and listened also. A
crowd was soon collected

passers-by. They stopped and listened.
Others came up and listened also. A
crowd was soon collected.
By some it was proposed to send for the
officers of the police. Others said, mo,
let US search the house." This latter
course was at length agreed upon. Ac-
cordingly, competent number of men en-
tered, and as the people greatly inereas-
ed without, they barred the door, how
ever, entrance was made, and the search
was relinquished.
All this time, however, the dog contin-
ued at his post. At length, when the
search was through, and nothing found,
the barber requested the people to leave
his shop, which they did. Now, coming
to the door, he began to assure the peo-
pie of his innocence. At this moment the
dog deserted him. In an instant he
sprang and caught him by the throat
Persons flew to his assistance, and, at
the hazard of their lives, rescued him from
the grasp of the dog, who seemed urged
on with indescribable madness and fury.
What could this really mean Was
the dog really mad, or had the barber Sc
cfetly maze way Win HIS master One
opinion only prevailed. There had in
some way been foul play, and the dog was
only acting out the sagacity which the
God of nature had given him. 1t was
agreed that the dog should have his liber-
ty and be allowed to pursue the course he
pleased.
The crowd fell back, the doors were
opened, and the dog etloose. He sprang
to threshold, and entering the shop, smell
ling his way down pair of stairs into a
dark cellar, which he filled with his how
lings.
The noise of the dog was heard without.
Several persons entered the shop-lights
were procured, and on searching the cel
lar, door was found which communica-
ted with the cellar of the adjoining house.
Information was Immediately given to the
people above. They forthwith surround
ed the house. Thatcellar was also search
ed, and there was found the murdered re-
mains of the unfortunate stranger. On
his trial, the barber confessed his guilt.