New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-09-12

tuted the main contents Of the ships cargo or
manifest. 1t will thus be seen that there was
really nothing very tempting for an ocean
rover, and hence our easy escape scot free, no
doubt This being the case, they didnot wish
to spoil their good reputationin our eyes, and
therefore left untouched even the whole
arsenal Of muskets, pistols and cutlasses,
with which the captain had so fercely deco
rated the cabin and side cabinets, being in
deed the wondeIment of all the visitors on
board the ship, besides the two formidable
brass pieces upon deck but which were
most tremendously fred off just about oppo-
site the battle ground, when coming up the
Mississippi, to let the good people of New
Orleans know what great three-master, un-
der the Hamburg flag, was going to announce
her happy arrival at the whmf of the Cres-
cent City, That was about the beginning of
January, 1922. The ships name was Daphne,
Lorenz Furst, Sr., owner, in Hamburg.
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"A Visit to the LunatIc Asylum.
Most of our readers are perhaps aware that,
owing to the number of inmates already in
the Lunatic Asylum at jackson, that
institution has been found insufficient to ac-
commodate any more. Only those whose ex-
penses are paid by their frierSls can now find
room there, and the city, in consequence
still maintains the tempona-.y establishment
in our midst which was adopted during the
war. The building now used for this pur-
pose is one of those old plantation chateaux
which was buiIk son,a s;olt1, yyao,s oc,, ~, /
which probably is the best model Of the arcki-
tectural style Of that day extant. 1T is Of two
stories, soidly built, azld surrounded on every
side by a verandah. As the property when
sold, was valued some years ago at nearly
thirty thousand dollars, and covers almost a
square, it no doubt passed in its day as a
bailding OF no mean pretensionS and was con
sidered a worthy domicile for the wealthy
families who inhabited it.
Toreturn to oursubiect: Upon entering the
gate we were politely received by Captain
Fremaux and Mr.. Dutillet, who have been
put in charge Of the building by the city, and
We proceeded at once through the building
upon tour Of observation. During the time
that we remained, the demeanor of the in
mates, who were mostly seated about the
grounds appeared remarkably quiet, and be-
trayed scarcely any evidence of insanity
beyond o generally melancholy and detected
appearance. We remember seeing woman
who smiledand boy that laughed necessarily,
but as class they apparently know little
about the mirthful feeling.
One way and another the tender sentiment
car 10 I,,.t
female patient whom We saw. AT one time it
was woman whose husband had deserted
her; at another it was lover who had been
killed. A third, was woman who had had
her husband killed at her side. She was one of
the few who appeared restless, and during the
time that we remained, she wandered about
STOPPING down and pointing at every dark
spot upon the ground and declaring vehe-
mently that there was blood upon each and
all. Three Of the patients were brought there
from sickness at child birth, and three others
from nymphomania. One of the patients
to have mania for tearing her
clothes to pieces, and had just finished with |
blanket at the time we saw her.
Among the men was an old Confederate !
soldier, with the slouch hat and grey suit |
which were once so familiar. He was very
ough, when angry, and was said to stand
tpon little ceremony about knocking any one
n the head who thwarted him. There was
mother who had once held m appointment
rom the city requiring a considerable degree
f intelligence, but whose mind had become
impaired in consequence of a wound, and
Tho had always the army craving for some
hing to eat. There was a sorrowfaI looking
tudent and an enthusiast on the subject oil
eligion and there too were tie patients who
SIX you with ever SO. touching an air, to Sc
ire their release-that they have never given
leir friends any cause to doubt their sanity.
tc. One Of them was a fine looking old ne
70 with grey hair, and his case had in it
omething of the ludicrous He never liked
} say anything about people with whom he
we'd, he stated, but it sometimes did ap-
ear to him that some of hepeople around
i'm were crazy.
The colored patients, Of course, had separate
partments, and altogether were twenty-seven
l number Of the white patients 27 were
lale, and 80 female, thus making 81 the
hole number confined.