New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-06

SHOCKING MuRDERs.-Within period embracing
from April last Mr.. BENZ l. Herring and wife, have
lost three children, all of whom were found dead, on
their return after short absence from home. The
last was found dead in the yard about two weeks
since, aged about years. The Others were found
dead in the same location, all young. negro girl
slave, about IL years Of age named Esther, who was
hired by Mr. Herring, Is now in jail having been ar
is said that little boy, about or years of age, de-
scribed to his father and mother the manner in which
the girl choked the children to DEATH
Coroner j. NJ. Thompson held an inquest over the
of the jury was that it came to its death by the
hands OF the girl Esther Go ldsboro e. C) Tribune
Hons DE CoMBAT.-How many are the catastro.
Plies incidental to battle, which can in no other way
be so readily or safely, considerably expressed as
under this charming Gallo euphusm, which only
Gallo wit and delieacy united could ever have de-
vised or have conceived of the desrableness of de-
vising thus, he who fights and runs away" may
be said to put to be put himself hors de combat.
He who, at the first attack receives mortal fright,
and is thereafter useless food for POWDER is plainly
hors de combat Sometimes very respectable generals
colonies, etc. are, SO to speak, hors de c0mbatbeor
they go into it; but these are cases of govt and rheu
matism chiefly. or genteel decay, and the theory Of
the military law regards the patient nevertheless as
fighting man. boston Courier.
WOMEN ARE THoUaHr 0LD Too SooN.-The habit
we have of judging woman by that which fades the
soonest 1.-THE face) is a serious cruelty. But with
us, in France especially, where the noble physogno.
my, the quick eye, the graceful smiling and elo-
queat mouth, are in constant agitation the MUSCLES
quickly trained to every movement. have flexihty
and suppleness opposed to the fixed and tense firm
ness of Northern beauty. A French woman has
thousand tricks and changes of feature to every ten
of the German woman Then the face soon grows
weary. Is that as much as to say that our flesh is
less firm? On the contrary, wound for which the
German woman would require surgical aid in the
French woman ITSELF 1t is not rare thing for
the body of the latter to be twenty-five and her face
forty wrinkles form around her eyes, and in her
cheeks; while on the other hand, her knees and
elbows, which were formerly angular have now
pretty little dimples The same contrast is visible in
the skin in the face. where 1t has been stretched by
the constant play Of the muscles it has already grown
rougher, while everywhere else, delicately filed out
II is still young and combines the lovely hues Of the
lily and the rose This fulness of form does not pro-
dnce sensual effect, as much as might be believed
u has also its moral influences. It is singuarly
favorable to the augmentation and display of that
expression of goodness which the woman often wears
when untroubled by riyalres and feminine crosses,
she follows the kindly instincts Of sympathetic
heart Her beautiful white arm her exanistely
rounded and delicate chin an inexpressible tender
ness everywhere visible in her. present the most
charming idea Of maternity. [Mtchee,.