New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-07

Letter from Charles a. Dana, Esq, was ~
ceived. was written IN German. Hesnau handed
70 ne Dutch AinisseE, who translated it. and h.
Of big life for the new cyclopcdia M ss7ss#
ra Colonel Freemont wrete Heensn II eiye Aayers
Here our dispatch ~ abruuttv 1rs.sn ~ ~
cable failing 70 work. sR7sEs.
THE SIXTH sKNsK ss
I was at school close student 3 yor7i0. amti.
tious lad, somewhat homespuu bi1t sfT1nS ~ No
rlghtness and conscious Of powsr. My dsSr isliiss
was sck, and gradually undergoing that mctempsy-s
Ghosts which the shallow thinker calls death. &
was stormy day in January: the SNOW had fnIleu
TTS sss. deep, and stared for home eight
ne wanted to see me he vented to give nse IN
junction after Injunction not 10 forget INV duties f
MN u the care Of his wife, my mother He need
him or her. Death! A man suck 81 nv fatfsers
never dies. He lives in his counsels. fnlI Of is~
dom from wide observation and varied experiment.
s sh;sh amps experlsnce u biz psincplsa
in his very mistakes, which were very aId Wsss
small. His desire to see me- growing out 81 feSES
ing that ne might At any hour pass onward, Z an
But ms slightest wish was law TO mes and II
started for home, AZ have said. ON foot Wesrg
walk, this tudging in IN unbroken snow-patk.
before ! reached the door Thought my hu6x
would TIRE ont completely, but # dld NOT. ! a.
ate my supper chatted awhile with my pa
father and mother Ilet In the kitchen, eratied &
my arrival, and proud Of me. IN -
fell asleep, awoke, and arose and dressed my
and mother Tey 11o looked
and inquired why had left my bed. n r. sssz
said Il" Has nobody been in here since went
to bsdm
Well, replied !, {. there will somehody come
ana that y why j have left my bed; as least, I
have dreamed there would, and the dream Is no
| illusion to me, but fierce reality q = -
My father smiled as If ncredulous yet as though
he asked no drawer or better defender than lis
boy. At that instant, my mother, q very cautious
i, az ! supposed, g inquire who was there INA
what was wanted, instead, opened the door and q
in came terrible gust OF wind and snow, for the
night was hideous, and with them marched 4
She walked half way from the door to the are.
when she discovered me, and evidently took her
aback BY my presence. saw this II i glance. / n
saw the creature q my dream. 4 knew I was d.
tined to struggle, and grew IN strength AS Ig
looked at my dear father and mother. She took )
chair, turned its back to the ire, and seated
| seat and appeared to give no attention to her.
:" Who are YOUR inquired my father @ S8ses
What's that to Your said abe.
Everything, Il yon are to stay ii my house:
nothing if You are not.n 'ss ~ s8T
- What if will not tell you ~, sl.e ~ -
Then you must leave my house. =,
| -, 6 Leave the honse exclaimed she 9 should
like 70 see anybody here to try to put me out n
4 what II II call my men and throw you out, meek
"You have not got any men; they have iii
How do you know ?,' sass
~ inquired at the last house on the road before
came here. It is Saturday night, and was told
your iaborers al went home, and that you lived
alone.f F MsA $Sa2 fssa Az ssgs &c
glanced at my father; lie was pale but his
courage ebbed not Q whit: He was helpless, not
able TO get out of his chair, and he surmised !
strange occurrences, for he had received not less
than eighteen hundred dollars that very week from
large wheat sales, and he saw what was before
him. This bag was either dscoy, o. 4 man III
digaise, whose object was robbery. Il could zee
that all this was rapidly passing through my fathers
mind, but it did net bow him the ninth part Of an
inch. So sat still, as il suspected nothing but q
an old bombazine cloak which reached to her feet.
and was belted about the body.
"You are woman y, said father.
OF course am; what do you ask that question
"Yes.n 4ss
where does he liver,
aWell, then, ii you have husband, Why do you
not live at home instead Of gaddng about on such
night as this, night at only for the dends to be
abroad ~ -
"Why don't you set the North River on fire re-
said she, leaping from her chair and springing
toward my father, at the back side of my chair,
and kissing through her teeth IT'D teach you WHY
Ny mother screamed and ran ; my father made
an Intellectual attempt to get out OF the way. but
instantly yielded, resolved to take what waited
l him; and / was out of my seat as quick Us the
\ hag, and as she passed me on her way to graphic
my father, I struck her with my fist q blow under
the ear, which but for her old cotton hood would
and cave me- nef time e he e
way, and gather myself for a fight. -
| She recovered, and looking at me for moment.
| said as If in soliloquy:
| WELL d---n me, If don't settle you, pretty
quickly;'' and thrusting her hand into her cloak,
made as if she would draw dagger. The motion
| struck her half q dozen blows, as quick as light
ming. She let her dagger go, and clinched me.
| Her grip satisfied me that had found my match,
aye, more in strength, and that my skull as box
Ell, and my almost unequaled ability as wrestler,
| must save me. / had learned pugilism OF clever
English teacher, and at wrestling, to that day,
felt the grip, that was dealing with man. felt
| that my father and mother were relying on me,
| and grew strong, 40 before said. We tnsseleds
grasped, and let loose, struck and parrad, cenehr
| found ourselves 10 what wrestlers call 9 . side
hold.n got the under arm, and Lifted him ffor
| 1t was no longer her1 over my hip, threw my leg
around his, and turned him. He fell on the floor,
i like log / intended to break hs bones, but be
unlocked his cloak, Git had been unhucEied ~ tne
struggle1 and leaped up like o cat His CLOAK and
womanhood fell off together.
4 / struck him before he was balanced -sfaggere4
him-rrappled my hand into his throat and struck
!, him aaaii--called on my mother to open fhez
door-as she did SO, pushed and kicked him ont.
told him to take himself ont Of the State, Or
would put the Sheriff on his track and shutting the
door In his face, walked to my father.
Il NV son., said he. g kneel doMn.'s and Il did,
and my mother was by my side. Ny brother, =
\ boy younger than myself, who had awakened snd
j crept into the kitchen, also there; and father
! prayed God for his blessing, and thanked Him fafS
l our safety, and we all went to bed. e7ss = ## s.
| Now, let your donhters tell me how came to-
see this matter beforehand this very hooded and
cloaked man. had seen and heard his threats te
my father, and struggled with him IN my dream
before he came TO the house, and had awakened
and left my bed to go and see To my fatherss SAFETY