The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-09-23
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BATON ROUGE,..sEPT. %, 1886.

ago woman came to this place call,
ing herself Mrs. Mason. She rented
a house in the lower part of town, and
commenced telling fortunes, for fees
varying from Fifty cents to five dollars
Her house soon became place of re-
sort for slaves and others, of which
fact we warned the public some months
aco. at which time we offered hints as
n the ultimate end of this mission. 1t
appears now that the woman in ques-
ton is one of a regular band of incen-
daries who are among us for the pur-
pose Of creating INSTRUMENTATION a
mone slaves, melting them to steal, for
the benefit Of the company, whose
agents allure them onward in vice and
crime, under promises, of bettering
their condition.
About a month ago, negro man of
James Mediation, decamped from bis
.place about two miles below this city,
taking with him, a woman who up to
that time had been, trusted with IN
limited confidence in every thing be-
longing to the household, They sue
ceeded in getting to Cairo, where by
means Of the telegraph an officer had
been despatched, who met MIR
Mediation on his way from st. Louis.
The two together went on board the
boat as soon as she landed and found
The man and woman, in possession Of a
fellow, calling himself Wise, who they
arrested and together with the negroes
brought to this city per steamer James
Montgomery on Saturday last. Mr..
Wise was forthwith taken before justice
Walker. and committed to Jail, as be
did not deny the crime. He implicated
a Mrs. Wilson as being an accessory,
and she after preliminary examination
was also committed. The negro man
aud woman were sent down to the
plantation (as we understand) alone !;
the woman went, but the man left the
road. and all efforts to find him since,
have proved unavailing. Bya confess
sion Of the woman Mrs. Wilson obtain
ed, the carriage from Beal's stable and
took them TO Port Hudson. aud Mrs
Mason being implicated Mr.. E. Cousi-
nard went in pursuit Of her to Jackson,
but found there that she had gone to
Bayou Sara. At Bayou Sara he ar
rested her and found in her possession,
q lot of silver-ware, stolen by the ne
groes and upon which the money
seems to hare been raised whereby
Mr.. Wise was to be rewarded for his
disi1terested philanthropy" Mrs.
Mason, was brought down to keep com
panv with Mrs. Wilson, and Mr. Wise.
Mr.. Mason was also, brought along, to
console bis estimable spouse in her
hours of trouble. Further develope-
ments are looked for. If the parties
are convicted--as from the prelemin-
airy examination they certainly must
be; they will be fortunate to have the
remnant of their lives left them, to
spend 10 the walls of the Penitentiary.
SURVEY OF THE CASPIAN SEA.-At
the request of the Grand Duke Admir-
al, the Russian government will next
year fit out an expedition for hydro
graphical survey of the Caspian Sea.
The work will be one Of more than or
binary difficulty. In comparison with
its extent-350,000 square versts-
the Caspian Sea has an immense coast
line, in consequence of which an actual
survey of $4,000 versts will be neces.
sary. An idea may be formed of the
magnitude Of the undertaking from
the fact that for the last twenty years
force Of between fifty and sixty Of
fcers and two hundred men, with forty
to fifty boats, have been engaged in the
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