New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-15
VOLUME XIV.

harmed over one fence, the top OF which brlstled
with nails, put there to keep off such acrobats as
HIMSELF and at last dropped into the backyard of
a grocery, where, the grocer and his family being
up and ready to die for their country, he was
cornered with guns and other weapons and incon,
| trently captured.
| The neighbors were all about as badly fright
| ened as poor Romeo himself; who, being soon re-
| cognzed, and overwhelmed with fright and shame,
| confessed the truth, and told how he had caused
the young ladies to scream. He was then released,
and the affair became the joke Of the neghbor-
hood and will constitute one of the lasting remin
| iscences Of that neghborhood. Poor Romeo! He
| has ceased taking gentlemen by the nose in that
| part of the city.
| Mrs, SWEET VERSUS MR. MoREAu.-Mrs. Fanny
| NJ. Sweet having been examined before Recorder
Emerson and honorably discharged from the &C.
cusation of cruelty maltreatng her slaves her
| cusation against her neighbor, Mr.. Moreau, IF
| arson, was examined on Saturday. Mr. NJ. was
| dismissed from this charge; but it being shown
| that he had cut hole in the fence and talked
| through to the slave woman Louise, lie was put
| under bonds to keep the peace
| In another column will be found card from Mrs.
Sweet, vindicating herself against the charges of
cruelty to her slaves, which we published upon iH-
| formation received at the police. Her defence is
| backed by so much respectable testimony, that
it would be. folly to doubt word she says. We
publish her card willingly as act of justice, and
can only regret that in this case, as in many Others
we were led into the publication of statements
which at the time we had every reason to believe
| true. We make the danende to Mrs. Sweet, and
| commend her card to the attention of the public.
| TING,A-LISG, LING The city cars now announce
their approach by little bells, jingling from the
mules necks. Though this was ordered by the
city authorities, for good reasons, we are tempted
to look upon it as useless, seeing how constantly
the cars are freghted with bellies, their musical
| little cappers going nearly all the time.
| FIREs.-A double frame tenement at the corner
of Magazine and Philip streets, was destroyed by
| fire between II and O'Clock yesterday morning.
1t was owned and in part occupied by Mrs. FIeck-
ner the other part, in which the fire started, was
occupied by hIr. J, Podolsky. The house was in
sured, and officer TruXillo reports the fire as at
| trbutable to inGendiarisul.
| Yesterday morning, at about o'clock, cottage
house on Napoleon Avenue near the Carrollton
Railroad, in Jefferson City, was destroyed evidently
by incendiary, for no one was in the house when
the fire was discovered.
| Dr.. JEAN MoNTANE AIN-Ertr0ordian9y Case
| of C'edulty.-The African Voudou doctor, Mon
| tame, whose humbuggeries SO extensively
| known III this city, it seems found new victim in
| Alge1s, but has been " brought to taw" and
| made TO disgorge his ill-gotton money. The fol
| lowing is from the Alger1e Newsboy, Of Satur-
| day:
| Mr.. Nicholas Chaser has the misfortune to be
the father of idiotic son. now about II years Of
| age, but more helpless than an infant of but one
years growth Having sought unaVailiDgy ad-
| vice and assistance from men of eminent medical
skill he was induced TO try the incantations of one
| DR.. Jean MontanG,' coal black Voudou dealer in
| African neCrOmancy, who made with him the fol-
| lowing formal contract:
| Ne,c Orleans, February 20, 186l.-I, Jean Mon.
tame, agree to make perfect cure of the OF
MIR. Nicholas Glasser in ninety days, the child must
then be able to talk and walk and to entirely have
| his senses for doing business In consideration OF
| perfect cure, Mr.. CHASER is to pay me One Thou
sand Dollars when the cure is effected to his entire
satisfaction. Ninety Dollars of the amount is TO
! be paid me dewn in advance, and in case fail to
make cure in the above specified time, bind my
self to return to Mr.. CHASER the Ninety Dollars
| paid me in advance.
also agree not to cause the child any pain or in
| anyWi3e torture him.
Witness, SM6Ra SM6 "a AN MhRr42nfHi (! HnGhEs.
The Black Art proved unayang. So Mr.. Glas-
ser, who had paid the 800 in advance, was fain to
recover back his money. He was compelled, in
order to do this, to appeal to the magsterial pow
ers of Judge Fortier, who caused the imp Of dark
ness to be arraigned before him. He appeared a
| few days since to answer for having obtained
money under false preteDces. and repaid the money
| to Mr.. GAssen We glad to see that Judge
| Fortier has some control over the devil and his
dark angels.
We, who are parents can fully realize parents
| anxiety to restore an unfortunate child to inl
| health, and should not wonder at any means re-
| sorted TO for that end.
COMMITTED FOR TEIAL.-Recorder Gastinel or
Saturday rendered his decision in the case O.
| George Ingram VS.. Robert NJ Davis and others, il
which defendants were charged with demolishinE
frame building which Ingram erecting OF
ground leased of Davis, at the Bayou St. John
the leading features of which case we published OF
Saturday. The Recorder, having carefully weighed
the evidence, found that of the prosecution con
elusive and satisfactory, and so committed the de
PENDANTS for trial before the First District Court.
BAIL REFUsED.-Judge Collens on Saturday ren
dered his decision, refusing to take bail in the cas-
of J. D. Weaver, committed by Recorder Emerson
for rape. So Mr. Weaver will have to remain il
priaon till next fall, unless the Grand Jury, whic
meets this week, should otherwise direct.
A DARK MYSTERY OVER THE R1yER.-About
month ago, whilst on visit to some of our friend
in Algiers, we received the particulars of an a
fair which had created not little excitement
Y that pious and quiet little city. We intended
the time to publish the Whole particulars, but rt
Trained from doing at the earnest request Of pa
0 ties who were anxious to get the kidnappers, an
Il feared that too early removal of the veil of 81
6 cresy might thwart the ends of justice. A mont
a having elapsed without the aggricved parties
l. the officers of the law winning any fresh laures
t. the detective way, we are now at liberty to Civ
h the particulars.
s The affair which created so much excitemen
y was the abduction of deaf mute, a female, ft
e many years known to the Agernes. 1t is said 81
came to Algiers some fifteen or twenty years ag
% on board a British ship; she having been attache
:, to the ship from early childhood and having new
left it, until she took up her residence in Algier
'e Her silence and inofiensiveness during the lo1
le years of quiet duty on shipboard, had won tt
L. affection and respect Of all the captains, mates al
gangs of sailors that ever sailed that ship, Will
her calm fearlessness during storms at sea, and Il
other exctements Of maritime life, had won d
gree of admiration which,, among the sailor
* amounted almost to superstitious reverence f
,s they all swore that the dummy girl +" wou
ID stick to the ship till death, whether sunk or burn
n at sea, or destroyed in any other way.