New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-26
NUMBER As.

IN 'ne lower story put an end to bis siumber.
5safhea, NJ rose cautiously and went 10 fhe Old
l,chety stairway, from beneath which ne could see
lhe heh. OF nickering candies, and hear sound as
Z. nch aeepy INTO sne poWels of the earth.
i's euiiosl'y eempted MN to steal down far enough
,eaa ~, anu peep under tne stairway. ne
anI ny sam' so hs great horfor two OF tae
80. . :. IL. snJs's mat couid nave possiDiy ap-
- h1so thelh az poWeriui
vAo o',,u ne sure 70 seize MN ana
.l.s v .,s n 1hey saugns MN
- H. \. s,.s.. I. p.iyacy s fsha'h-
+, 81; ~ 70 "..as sey y s,e uo,ng
~. ana snos
M c.,,5Iaa T. ~ - as''s =
sepf,Iance ~ orr.ra I,;s 1a,,a.a s.so" .s
facas etraved tner, !. - o..y
atair,vav ~ IN go ~
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100 orl; so,,.l -. M " NJ = ny
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steang II, ,ai,, IN bnr,or, IL
and recognieed, s.Dan,n uo >, sa;a one - ~
ghosts to him If vo, blow abont this m murder
yop,,, Frightened anoroI #1e d;d ~ otte,or, -
leave the binding bnt sl,,nt hack ;nto b;s dark
corner nrst.;,a and 1a;d daur, t1,o,,at u mae
ter Of course he did nat sleen.
The ghosts below worked on till nearly daylight,
when they stopped and departed with their mat
tocks and shovels The upstairs ghost afterward
left but not without taking cautious look to see
what the other ghosts had done, They had dug d
hole, or WELL eight or ten feet deep, and three or
four feet wide job which kent them hard at
work during the greater part of the night
The upstairs ghost could not keen still about the
matter. thouah Ia died for r. He blahhed. ana
soon the facts Of the case were public. that the
other ghosts. Hacar and Caldwell had ding the hole
in expectation of finding fortune OF gold or other
treasure which they had their own reasons for be-
lieying was buried in the earth. lust beneath the
old stairway. The story of the recreant ghost is
verified well enough by the big pit under the stair
way, and the freshly dug dirt heaped around. Some
OF the dirt has been carried out into daylight by
enthusiastic visitors, and carefully examined; but
| neither gold dust, diamonds, nor doubloons, have
been found.
Any one feeling like buying stock in the Haunted
House Placer, or gold diggings can procure shares
very cheap by application to Messrs. Hagar and
Caldwell, who have staked off the claim and estab
lished squatter sovereignty over it. Their term
..sas ,.aua - 81 49,. a
= :. 90
ooppkN oqroner yes.eiaay nelu =
inauos. ~ 'ne Ivy y ~ .itsnan nanse = '1i'
"iio ueu .ue ~ .ls
=. 10 ooinel ~ 80 a.
'eiuios, Ano. ~ vas Ivy ooiaon oss'
" in.e'n = D',an "a' nan " euuoa
Georgia and at first sought situation AZ school
teacher. Failing in this. he invested all he had in
| the grocery above mentioned and, as it is said
finding that he paid for the grocery nearly twice al
| mucb as it was worth his distress led him to hare
drink and death. He has four children living ii
| Montgomery, Ala
RoRpERy. I,ARcEsy. Erc.-Godlunh switzer an,
| anance Manaal were vesterdau arreatad IN 81
,...,. L., ft,,oor -, a., olar,,a
ha,;r,, hrora,, o,an trnn,r ts,onanc ~ r 4
80, o,,a .a,ra, .,a.of.o,,, ~ oasJ, "a II
o;ror. ror.-' - : -. 81
Ia,,,as Mohar ,,os orra.ted i, r,,;a s.rea. Il
1 oe;oor ponnol on .be cbar,o os boy;no ros s;5a
s.or, ra,,ro tno,,;n,r a Il, bo sto,an ,,;oca
oor,,ar r,ortb a. 10 wilia,n pIalsney ,nak;r,, n
oLsrao
/ pa,, s,ovo of WI Hawaii va. or,ostoa n
cornoraI clarke CHARGED With stealing two coat
/ and vest. the nronertv of two hands on hoard III
steamer Lyric simmons
! Thomas Farrall was held for examination befor
Recorder Summers on the charge of having broke,
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