New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-18
INSTINCT. of the Henrt.

Madame Lenormand, the widow of the great
printer and publisher Of that name, has just ex-
pred in Paris, ut the age of 81. She had tor years
continued in the business of her husband and her
house was the first in France.
Among other works she published the memoirs
OF her celebrated namesake, NJ lie Lenarmaua, the
fortune-teller to whom Napoleon gave l0G GO0f
and in whom he placed implicit faith. Both lived
in the same neighborhood, and one day u caufu
sion, originating III similarity of name, rise
to following aneedote, which will give good idea
OF the character OF the estimabe woman Just de-
| ceased w.
young girl trembling with emotion, evidently
laboring under great distress of mind. was intro.
duced by the servant into Madame Lenormands
study.
"0h! Madame" exclaimed the young girl, syou
who read the future, come TO my help
Madame Lenormand looked iDtently for some
time at the trembling girl, then after asking few
insignificant questions, said in an impressive
tone:
You have fed from your fathers house "
cit was love which induced you to leave?n
1T waa
"Your lover entreated you to follow himas
&C 1t is true.n
$50 much for the present, then, my child"
But the future, dear Madame, the fnture,,
''The future7 This is the future. After dis.
honoring you he will leave You. abandon you to
nfamy and poverty, leave you To die at shatue aud
grief. Despair and snrrow will send your father
to his grave. This is the future. y
Then putting her arm around the poor child she
became calmer; and then, when the tears hogan
To flow, aud feverish excitement If passion was
abated she ordered her carriage and took the girl
to her home.
ing into the face of her benefactfess. said:
't1ou are indeed prophecies, nothing is hid.
den from you, present or future
NO, my child, am not prophecies, nor
witch, but | am mother, aud the instincts of
mothers heart inspired me.n
A GREEN BLACK MAN,-knox went down to the
court house yesterday, to raise some money by
mortgaging some property. In response to an in
quiry as to whether there was any mortgage on
his property he said no, but upon referring 10 the
books, it was found that mortgage was entered
on all his implements.
"For de Lord, Misser Brodbeck, heber put EN-
dar!n
"But how comes your name to be sfgned to the
instrument?
Hen Misser Call one hundred dollars two years
ago, and he make me sin dat ar paper to seufe wat
he owed me "
And this is apparently the case. Knox lent
man hundred dollars, and then executed mort
gage on his property to secure the debt, Good for
Knox-he can boast of another color than black
now, and that is-green. dubuque Herald
Henry R. Schoolcraft has written brief letter,
called out by the notice of the Newark Holy
Stone" humbug, published inthe New York Times.
He says: -=@
The first attempt to misead the religious public
mind in this way was made on rock in Connect
cut during the early missionary era, about l740.
The Hebrew language was not again attempted to
be employed in deceptive archaeological inscrip-
lions till 10 Smith had the words Holiness to the
Lord engraved in some metallic bells, which he
buried in the earth at Undertook, in Illinois.
And again
With respect TO this particular announcement of
the discovery of Hebrew inscription by Mr..
Wyrick at Newark it lacks nearly all the evidences
of scientific accuracy; besides which, it tells US
nothing new--nothng of the antiquities of the
conntry-nothing which Scripture read child
does not know.