New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-23
a Domestic Tragedy.

| girls in the parish; prettfness very like that Oh
Mnrilo's Madonnas The :. good ladies, !" who came
with tracts to her mothers cottage, used to trem-
Bile at the temptations to which SO much beauty, in
such position, was exposed, and great was their
| Jubllafion when so worthy man a. John Marsh
secured her from danger by making her his wife.
At the time came to live with them, they had two
| children both of them daughters, and more beau
tful even than their mother had been; bnt Johns
| happiness had become clouded in consequences of
his wife having occasionally been subject to fits
He had often gone early in morning to the worthy
| surgeon of dispensary, to beg him to come and
see her. as she had had another attack, without
noticing that after the first application there was
peculiar curl at the Of the surgeons mouth,
! while he told him he would come by and by.t
But at last it was amongst the gossip of the neigh
h0rhood that the man of medicine had mentioned
as curious fact that Mrs. Marsh's attacks always
came on after washing day, and that when he made
his visits, there had been an unsuccessful attempt
to conceal in the corner cupboard very suspicious
looking black bottle. Poor Marsh stFoye long to
dsbelieve it. It was soon too evident. Day by day
the habit increased upon her, till he saw the
woman whom he had regarded as the angel of his
life, IN the degraded position of an habitual drunk
ard By gradually stripping their home Of its COM
forts, she found the means Of gratifying her pro-
pensity. / was destined to be the witness Of fear
| full scene. 1t was summer evening. Our cottage
ronted towards the west, and it was about half an
hour after sunset. john was sitting upon bench
| by the door, looking very unhappy have often
thought t that i more sd to see people miserable
squalor and suffering which lie on every sides but
misery does not harmonize with green fields and
| springing flowers, and the joyous song Of birds
God made the country, and man made the town.
may possibly be false logic, but it il true poetry.
was seated at my kind friends feet and looked
earnestly in his face, " Poor dog, he said, You
seem as If yon wished to comfort me, hut it is be-
| yond your power Y and when laid MY head upon
his knee he gently displaced it, saying, 1t is no
| time for such thoughts as these.''
| Soon from within the cottage came sound to
which we were now too much accustomed. By
this time in the evening she was generally stretched
upon her bed, either in state of inscnsibity, or
pouring forth succession of foul and abusive
4 words to which it was painful to listen. {. / could
bear it for MYSELF he said, 81 could bear it. bit
ter it is but those little creatures free as yet
from sin, must they be brought up by. such q
| motherf / cannot bear that. Such thoughts come
into my mind that dare not pray, and cannot
| bear itn He laid his head upon his knees and
wept But there WAS no relief in these tears ALI
was again silent in the cottage; when he arose
and went in, and closely followed him. He APP
| preached the bedside with a haggard look, yet
there was nothing murderous init; and exclaiming
bitterly, Oh, God that this should be ~ he laid
the pillow across his wifes face, and pressing his
broad chest upon it, he remained grooming and sob
bling, but never rising from his position for nearly
half an hour The spirit of that unhappy woman
was no longer in this world she lay feless on the
bed. When he arose, a strong will enabled him to
Il appear composed; and going to his children's bed
room, he kissed them, and told the eldest to dress
Immediately. When she came he only said, g She
is dead mother" q In one OF her fits, suppose
was the equally brief rejoinder. And preparations
i were made at once for the funeral. 1t Happened
| that the county magistrates had, about that time
begun to interfere with the in the exeeu-
ton Of their duties, and were Withholding their
fees on the ground that inquests were unnecessa-
rilY held. This led to a great deal of bad feeling
on the part of the coroners, and they would have
been glad if, through their limited action. a case
that ought to have been investigated had been
| overlooked. They complained that they could not
trust entirely to the reports Of the police, and CON
/ tended that if they went to make inquiry them
| selves they must be paid for IT, The present case
showed that they might sometimes be right. In
/ taking the usual rounds, the policeman, seeing o
\ going in and out of the cottage, asked what had
| happened; he was told that his wife had died in
! one of her fits Who was with her ~ The
| husband and his mother;a and he reported it as d
sudden death, unattended by any suspicious cir
\ cumstances. OF course no inquest was held. lin
/ two days she was buried; and in a week it would
have been impossible to have satisfied jury as to
/ the cause OF her death.
! DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS are the
speciality the practice Dr. r. Crane his system has
been with great success the certificates Of
have undergone his His electro
chemical baths have effected very wonderful of rheuma
gou rnbago, serou and Of all cu,ansous affections
in all diseases arising from Impurities q the bioed Read bis
| Advertisement.
SMOKERS know that they can find the choicest
cigars the Of cigar store Of Mesrs T. Pras
Co. Commercial Pee Their uhh Cuban deal
ers keep their shelves constantly supplied with
quantity Of the Sufficient supply all demands
from wholesale retail If tho residing smoker will
east his eyes advertisement Of Masss Pra Co.,
another eolan b. will see that the most delicious varieties ct
1 Cigars regularly sold At ther store
/ DISEASES or THE EYE.-Thnse who are suffering
will. affections of that delicate and sensveof organs
eye the part OF wsdc In placing their the
charge Dr. Beard conductor Of the Eye Iphmary s.
fayette street, advertised in this for hshas met with
traosdnory success in this deparsaent Of prattsce
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Brother 90 Tchoupitouss street, opposite Louisiana Hotel
just opened in their very large and eepsess
assorted of fall winter clothing which
body may garment suit his pnse his sge size and
cups,ioneoing fox his wedding clothing foe his wQsk
Their and furnishing goods very large
they marked down a their goods at the lowest
able prices may discover BY calling in and pricing reces
ing prompt and polite FINN salesman
+
!, ANNUAL CIEARIsa 0ur SALE AT ToDDss.-0n
thousands lady who this morning take The Cresses
aud are attracted by the above Aeaing referred to II
Teads advertisements they will perceive that The
traodnar Inducements urge them call Al bis store che
they may secure in all kinds Of rich
ipnahe dry goods and millinery. Tae clearing out s poY
to-day, and viii be coainnea for the remainder
month by which tme presume snxngh win be
IF cured the crowded shelves Of the spacos store u
1t ehafes street display OF goods spf