New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-19

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pensation Ehe Porte Vi a. IL nav hm for III nyass
had quite forgotten, and his craze mind was now
There n said Tricoapi pointjHs with al, agses
Tomato smile 10 4 very ugly id 7fnrE via sras
dwelling n the last stages 81 idiocy 10 4 corner III
otherw;se not more Wac than an aid baba oas
thai i The eject Of excessive ouif1n And u.s.,
turning ID lively hsathv toalir0 vorn rEnysr
M sxcessye ~ ~ I'D s'ancs q ssns
soon Qet his reiease v = ' e -
| q Allah be praised i. said the vanno T.uyt, bis
eyes moistening With sudden snsh Of grateful
tears.
| We next inspected lie bsthroama whore upx,s,
violent patients and on new Corners suasls Naaa.
ras are crushed dowa from great kights then Ne
moved on with government eoyun1sssion forsnalItv
to the miserable dining roons impsrfecag Glazed
and with the beautiful pr0gpecx boarded 6ul f1ucH
TO DR.. Legoff's righteous Indignation. Then we
went to tie sick ward, where We found TIVE rasn
Washing their faces, and whispering with hideous
witch aiee IN a conspiracy mutter now and then
"a thew turned and locked at u.s. breaking ont into
4. fatuous laughter % Legof. always longing to
pick 4 hole il the establishment, called M From
these moor Wretches we were drawn BY the 4uerr.
ions tesrs and prayers Of q poor old man. WHO
rose from his bed 10 enfreat Us for aid for he was
corn witt, main. and. % he spoke he wrfthed and
struggled as with Al enemy. Colby, and, as
/ matter Of course Tie commission deaf ana dumb
passed on the other side.
q Old man diving of sheer fnanftion and want of
i vital power,, said Ieaoff 3 s
| HE is d troublesome. bad fellow said the
i turnkey A HE eats iii food al well az any Ill
them, genslemen.p 7s S&s
Turkeys are generally offended by any sympa-
4 thy evinced for those under their care.
i As we passed out by the yellow washed fountain
into the outer portsco, Va found he turnkeys
n watching quiet, calm Turk, who, under d net
work frelis Of vines in the outer portico or the
mad-house, sat patiently at his task Of Illuminating
sheet Of white paper in the Persian manner. he
hardly locked up as he saw rs. but, with q self
satisfied smile, went ON with bis carving flowers
1. and azure fourshes, and crimson tendrils, which
made the cretin boy clap his hands and stamp
his naked feet with delight, and even the beuitched
man to smile grayely; though, as for the negro
4 saint nothing could allure him from bis fakn att-
Fl tade and meditative t0rpor.
THAT poor fellow n said Tricoupi, as we walked
back 70 the doctors smoking room : = !. house
and threatens to murder his wife and children but
Il directly he is brought here, be becomes soothed
and tranquil and ats down TO bis illumination. l
have much Of his work here, (taking down roll OF
drawngs1 and it is remarkable that all these were
executed by him without sketch or measurement.
He begins at the lefthand side Of the paper and
covers it all over with perfect harmonious, well
balanced power"
As we rode musingly home, re talked HOW OF
D the mad painter, now Of the mad Turkish Doctor
Dr. Legoif impressng upon me the necessity Of in.
slant reform in the Demr Khan, and especially of
ousting that false, selfreliant, ignorant man, Dr.
9 Triconpi, (whom rather liked, but dare net tell
8 Legoff go.3 NY violent medical friend then began
talking Of the state Of the government mad-house
g we had just seen when he visited il FIRST twenty
= six years ago. It was bad enough now, with its
j, ungiazed windows, dirty, pigeon infested roofs,
j, uncassifed manaca, brutal turnkeys; IT was with
f out padded rooms, amnsements, or annual inspcc-
t. ton.
e Men were still picked up raying in the street
lie and thrown in there, and left 10 come out wher
i. they could persuade cruel people Interested #