New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-22
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YESTERDAY ras sunny Sabbath, hot enough ct
meridian hours, but delightful in the morning and
evening. The population were out IN nasss TO enjoy
he evening breezes flooding the promenades ans
PARKS and crowdipg the various ferryboats and rail-
road trains. Life, beauty and gaiety, gushed every
where the city was 10 fact SO pleasant that we took
stroll longer than any We had taken for year or
two. ra |
TIE YACHT KATE returned on Saturday from q
twelve days cruise along she Gulf shore and among
the Islands, Her passengers including Recorder Long,
val. st. Ceran and lot Of ether pious nvaids off
Old Third, who had TO travel for their health, came
back in splendid condition. A trip on the Kate |
never seems to hurt any body. i
DUNE WOMAN, in almost a dying condition, with |
a young infant, was taken to Charity Hospital on
Saturday, from Algers. Her case is hard one. She
is widow, and is said to have become dumb by the
violent beatngs and chokings her husband gave her
whilst he lived. Her hearing, however, remains un-
injured Until recently, she made her living as cook
in boarding, in Algiers Being goodlooling
she attracted the attention Of gay gallant from this
side Of the river who succeeded in dishonorng her.
and then turned his back upon her forever. As the
was discovered; and then the poor thing became
victim to the most relentless cruelty on the part Of the
landlady.
Up to the time Of her confinement she was com.
PEELED to do the cooking and drudgery for large
housefull of boarders. At last she had to quit On
Friday evening she went totterng through the rain,
to see midwife, and barely able to totter back
again. The midwife, going to the house, found her
lying on dirty old mattress on the ground, in
wretched hovel back Of the house without bed
clothing, attendance, Or anything necessary to
woman in her situation She gave the midwife to
understand that she had trunk with some clothing
of her own and body clothing in it, well small
sum Of money, but that the landlady had the trunk
and would not allow her to go near it.
The midwife went to the landlady and represented
the necessity of allowing her servantwoman to have
some OF her own things from her own trunk. The
landlady insultingly refused. The midwife went back
to the woman to do the best she could. little in.
nocent arrived, and there wasn't rag to wrap it in
30 the midwife to save its life, carried it home with
her, wrapped in her apron.
She at the same time spread the news of the
| woman's unhappy condition, and soon there were
people enough to go to her assistance But she had
been so brutay treated by the brutal landady, and
had suffered SO much from exposure and the want of
necessary comforts during her confinement, thatit
feared she would die. DR.. johnson and Capt. Esnard
busted themselves in her behalf and on Saturday had
her and her babe conveyed to Charity Hospital the
brutal landlady still refusing to give up the trunk.
1t is told as singular incident, and vouched for
that the woman, who had not spoken word for
several years. did speak at the time of her confne.
men invoking curses on the head of the brutal land
lady; after which she said no more, and has not
spoken since.
The EMPIRE BASE BALL CLUB are to play this
afternoon, at the Delachaise ground
A third club Of this kind has been organized. It
is entitled the Southern Base Ball Club, and will
| soon be in the field -4
The boys, we perceive, are also organizing for sys
tematic field sports. Two Junior Cricket Clubs hav
been formed the Junior Crescea. City Z" and th.
"Junior Pelican.'' The latter play tomorrow eve
ming at the Delachase ground.
The Third District Racket Club are to play on
Wednesday, at the field back Of the Old Paper Mill
The Pelican Cricket Club are to play full mattel
at the Delachase ground on Thursday.
The Inauguration Of regular field games, and thu
manner in which our young men are going into them
form one Of the conspicuous features of New Orleans
in 1850
A SHOCKING CASE of torture to white boy b.
q negro woman, came to light in Algiers, on Friday
The boys father, respectable old French mechanic
died about year ago bis mother took to drinking
soon became a vagrant, and is now in the parist
prison. The family being broken up, his younge
brother was put to live with free colored woman
his sister was taken into respectable family, an
he the Oldest of the three (beng about twelve year
! old) was put at cheap boarding house,
This boarding house was sold out recently, and th
| boy turned adrift. He was at last taken charge
, by Maria a black woman belonging to Mrs. Loric
and employed as cook for the negroes Of the Peca
Dry Dock. A few days since, it was discovered tina
the wench had been torturing the boy in the mos
q brutal manner. The neighbors frequently hear
screams issuing from the cabin and could hear thos
screams being smothered down, as if by gagginG
The matter was finally communicated to Cap
Esnard, and he investigated.
He found the boy chained up, with an iron chai
g around the neck, secured by paddock. His nee
was all raw from its contact with the chain;
looked as if he had been starved, and his body We
literally black and blue from the beating he had n
ceived He stated that Maria had had him chaine
!. up that way for three days, and had punished h
$ constantly frequently examining cotton into b
|, mouth to stop his screams.
i The boy, in his wretched plight, and with the cha
still round his neck, was taken before Justice Fo
tier, and by that magistrate sent to be taken care
by the free colored woman who had charge of b
brother. The cru ell hag Maria was sent to Jail, al
f is to be tried Thursday next by jury of slav
holders. 1t is to be hoped they will give the wrett
8 what she deserves.
a MARY COLEMAN was examined before Asssta
l. Recorder Munroe, on Saturday, on the charge
e having compelled Elisha Chapman to sign his nan
to note in her favor for $1,000. 1t appeared th
the demand was based upon former intimacy
having lived with her that be had promised to g
g her negro, or $1,000 in lieu thereof; that he hi
told different parties that he had signed the note
" UNFAIRLY and that he complained of Mary
9 after the note became due. His testimony was th
he went to the house at her request that after
entered, she put the note before him and told him
e he did not sign it he would never leave the hou
E. alive; and that lie did sgn because he actual
= afraid of the woman, believing she had revoiv
l. formerly belonging to him, secreted in the folds
n her dress. The Recorder dismissed the case.
a FREE FIGHTS AMONGST THE FEsININEs contin
to form no inconsderabe part of the material for
local items.
t. Anna Curry and Fanny Engle, living at No.
of Liberty street, had their little affair adjusted on
y, y urday. Anna had jerked Fanny around by her hs
de- and tried to hammer her with set of iron knuck