The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-11
How the Evening Star Procured her
Passengers.
From the New York News, October 9.

From the New YORK News, OctoDer..
On Saturday the steamship Evening Star
sailed from this port for New Orleans,
hearing hence eighty-seven prostitutes.
II is custom among the matrons of the
large designation houses Of Savannah, New
orleans, and other southern cities, at the
oncuing of the fall season, to visit the
northern States and spend month Or six
weeks in seeking and selecting the most
fascinating beauty that may he found in the
houses Of prostitution in New York, Bos-
ton, and Philadelphia, and these they con-
>igu 10 their bagnios in the South.
Last month, Blanca Robbins, Jennie King,
Flora Bcdell, Susan Kingsley, and several
other well-known keepers of fashionable
mansions Of pollution in New Orleans, ar
rived in this city, and at once commenced
their search for q supply OF fresh victims
To ill the places of those of whom they had
been relieved by removal or death. After
weeks they succeed in procuring the NUM-
her requisite to ill their almost deserted
harems: and OH this occasion the number
who embarked on board the Evening Star
WAS, Us We nave already said, cighty-seven,
some of them the most accomplished,
ha,isomeSt, and INSCRIPTIONS lorettes to
h. found in the gildcd brothelS of this city.
Every available Stateroom on the Eve
mn. Star which could he procured had
been engaged in advance of the hour OF
sailing, and into these were packed two or
three girls to each room. So sudden had
been this arrangement that passengers who
we're bound to the Crescent City on bust
>ur>s found themselves deprived of the
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bic cargo OF the lost.
Blanca Robbins, well known throughout
tie South rs the mistress Of one of the
most elegant and costly houses in New
Orleans, secured accommodations for and
shipped twenty. Jennie King, of almost
equally extensive reputation, managed for
the TRANSPORTATION of twenty; while Flora
B,dciI and Susan Kingsley provided for
fifteen and ten girls respectively, and the
remainder were secured by other mis-
trc>,c>, who provided for groups of from
three TO five, making all aggregate OF
c!ghty-Scy2n.
The steamer was advertised to sail at 3
o'clock precisely, and long before that hour
a succession of hacks had discharged their
inmates on the pier: and immense trunks,
names OF Ella Livingstone, Rose Standish,
Julia Mortimer, Nell Maynard, Georgiana
De- We're, Pauline Sinclair, Hortcnse De
launay, Clara Winterton, Madaline Wal
tiers, lay piled in utter confusion by the
ganrway of the ship, while the anxious
MrSdamcs and gay daughters of the devil
fitted hither and thither among the motley
concourse which had gathered to witness
their departure. -takings were in
Gulgod in, and many girl wiped the tears
from the corners OF her eyes with her en-
broidcred kerchief as she took q fond fare
well of the pampered pimp who had cice-
roaed her and taken care Of her luggage.
AHd uXuriously dressed swells strutted
p"mpously about, whiting their cigars and
Commenting on the scenes before them;
while the stalwart scamen Of the steamer
YlSibly grinned.
The scene was one of excitement and
confusion, which was heightened by the
appearance of body OF civil marshals
bearing in their hands number of writs
q dctancr, which had been granted for
The detention Of the luggage Of absconding
debtors, and who immediately commenced
an active search among the trunks for the
property Of various females who had for
gotten TO pay their landladies or their
SAoemakers. Protests and entreatieS were
% no avail; the officers of the law were
MEMORABLE, and it was not until the south
efh NATIONS came 10 the rescue, and by
the payment OF the claims released the
trunks aud band.b from seizure and re.
Nored them to their owners.