, 1870-07-10
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FroH. Tie .ye.r Ort4anx 7tales- Jn{y &,
great deal Of painful anxiety is felt
throughout this entire community touching
the kidnapping Of Mr Disoy's child on tl!a
9Th OF Ju1c last With the particulars Of this
extraordinary care most OF or readers are al
reads familiar The cbild, q beautiful httIn
girl. Int seventeen mouths. Was on the street
in charge OF her lrother, mot yet ten ycars Old
other tall. bright, atd gootl-iookinS. entire,l
the children square nr 50 from home to point
out certain residence. The tall womal, car
ried tho infant, and when they arrived at their
alleged point of dessiasatioa size gave tho
little 10y twenty-five cents. AID told him
to 50 ard purchase scsne frEit, alleging that
she would remain and take care Of lis baby
F'=ter till Ile returned Tlia vas the last seen
By any Of the family Of the little gir.. and her
parents haze exhausted all their RESOURCES In a
vain endeavor to eolve the puzzling ndlie Of
her fate. Equally fsuit,ess hare been the ex-
ettIona Of the police In the game direetion,
Though stimulated hy an offered reward Of
S5U0. The lost lamb OF the ttock can no wheso
20 found, nor can any plausible con-
The silsy rumor that she was stolen to bccoma
the VICTIM Of a voudou rite ii too horrible, -
vcll rs tao ridiculous. to be for a moment en-
tertained. Meanwhile the painful uucettsintY
which exjstE, and which has driven the father
and mother almost to distraction. should cali
out the sympathetic aid Of every one who has
heart TO feel, and means available for tho
Execution OF no1le purpnHes Let it not Tx,
said that because these be1eavesl parents do
not move in the higher circles OF society. tho
Eympathies OF the public are the lees general,
and e1ertlone to recover tho lost oue Less
searching.
In this connection we append petition pre-
sented yesterday to Governor Waimoth:
To His EIctfie7cy. Me Governor Of louisiana.
We rvsrectful1y represent to your Excellen-
CT. that on Thursday evening. tie 9th VI June,
IN infant uf II months. the only daughter OF
Nr. and Mrs. ntSby. residing on Howard
street, neaz Poyd1as, wAs stolen from the very
threshlo1d Of her fathers houee. M things
have eince been heard Of it.
Deeply aympathizlng with tho parents on
whom this terrible addiction has fallen, We.
the undersigned, ladies', residents OF New Or
lcans, do petition your E1ceusncy to employ
all re powers entrusted to you By the State,
to oaer 1g"ar!,s re- ss tempting as possible, aud
nent, and ia that Of your iega, adsisezr. may
cundnee TO the recovery OF the child.
Not doubtlng your active co-operation, and
Trusting that, IN the goodness OF God, your
en9rs may be blessed, and that the painful
| !a"less outrage may be assnagcd ty the early
restoration Of the child to those Who love L.
! your petitioners will ever pray.
| isigned b5 large number Of ladfea.l
-Ninnecke's comet is approaching tho
| Garth. It was seen, Oh the night Of tba 29th
Ct June, ty Professor c. Il. F. Peters, Of
Hamilton College, y. T., in the constellation
| Pieces. Il is visible through 3 telescope Of
snah power in tho early morning Professor
Peters says: "On tho whole e1obular in
shape there is dilststion orezpan:ioa on tie
sate from the Enn, which makes tbs form moro
ike that Of an egg. But most remarkable ap-
pears the internal structure Of tile comet
Without a distinct stellar centre, there il )
representation Of light exactly az in ce1tain nc-
hn1o that have been found to consist OF num-
befless email stars The comet r1adc upon
ny eye precisely the same Impression a. one
tiity-a sort Of twink1iug Of countless bt1shs
dots. It's low altitude. however, at the break
OF day, forbade to une With advantage higher
power for separating the curnpouents- Stnca
We know now the connection OF comets with
rueteosic Showers the observation made seems
interesting."