The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-30

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| street. between Broad and White, stu ndb
the crumbling walls OF the Marine Hos
pital.
CHANGING at these gloomy walls ono
would never think that II was ever in
tended for hospital. az the scenery Ii
anything but picturesque, and the sur.
rounding swamp is an indicative OF
sickness rather than OF the curing OF
| INDECENT marines.
| A large number OF cannon balls are
still In the yard, and have been used In
laying off the grounds. Or late years u
portion Of this building has had some
improvements put upon 1t. and ID now
used as the city nadhouse.
Winter before last, this building was
in a most horrible condition, and the
administration that was in office at
the time allowed these unfortunate
creatures nearly to freeze to death Tor
want Of clothes to cover their naked
ness and fuel to keep them warm.
But this institution, rs it is now,
linden the able management OF Capt.
Henry Andry and his valuable assist
ant, Mr.. Frank Grazer, who Is the clerk.
Ia i'm n most fiourishing condition. There
are now confined In this prison 1876 In
sane OF oil classes.
On our arrival ut the mad house, we
were cot1rteously received by Capt.
Andry and shown through the building.
After passing through several large
and airy apartments, we were shown the
cells where patients were placed when
fighting the horrible fits that periodical
" came over them. in one OF these cells
we were surprised to see q large ana
years OF age. rapidly walking to and fro
In bis cell, gesticulating with the
greatest violence. At our Intrusion
he stopped, and for few seconds
seemed perfectly calm. Then he would
start again. pacing his cell. The veins
Of his throat became swollen, aud MS
eyes would glare as II they would
leave their sockets. The Keeper
informed us that he had only
been there for n few days, and that he
had refused to eat, and had been lpduig-
ing in these rawlings since his entrance,
and remarked that no was one OF the
widest men that he was ever called
upon to deal with.
We then went through the sleeping
spartments OF the inmates, the BATH
and dining rooms, and each apartment
wore an aspect OF peatness ana cleehil-
ness which this building had not seen
for many a day. Capt. Andry tnen IN.
vited us into an ante-room and brought
some of his prisoners in to converse
with us: the most interesting oil whom
was n young lady of Is, Miss Emma
Childs. who was sent to this institution
i'm July. 1874, and has remained there
until this date. with the exception OF
two months. when ii was thought she
had recovered her mental faculties. But
one day she boarded the Mobile tram
and started on flying trip to New YORK
without funds or baggage. she Was,
however, discovered by trien1, VINO
was u passenger on the same train, VINO
persuaded her to go home under the
pretext Of getting her baggage.
Miss ChiIds is beautiful girl. Win
soft black eyes. head OF auburn curls
that hang gracefully over her shoulders
and quite a pretty figure. Her insanity
was produced by love. She was engaged
, to be married. 1T appears, TO young
man. who "a few days previous TO the
tying of the puptlal knot disappeared.
This was more than this frail creature
eould stand. and her grief worked upon
her to such an extent that she became
{ a subject for the mad house. But this
} NAV not altogether be attributed to
/ this Young girls insanity, as it seemed
, to have run in the family. Her father,
II. V. Childs, the engraver, while labor,
t ing under "a TT OF insanity, committed
. suicide by taking poisonous draugh'
! at his office, on Gravler street. MISS
Childs also has sister at the insane
! Asylum at Jackson, MISS. ms uhlor'
tunate creature lives from day to day
i on the promise of the keeper that she
i will be allowed to go out OF the prison
3 and see her sister at the Jackson Asy
> lum. Any one that would converse Will
| Miss Chiids would think that she was
. ANYTHING but an insane person. Snt
does not complain OF her fate, but lives
: with the hope Of speedy release.
Y Another interesting woman 1ncarcer
q ated in this place is Miss Anna McCru
0 han, who spent quite a. while at th'
Louisiana Retreat, but her means pe
d coming scant, she was turned out OF TN
d Retreat and sent to the City Insane
It ASYLUM. where she is at present.
d Anna tells most wonderful story a.
g to how she went out walking with SOM
n of her frif nds one evening, and it wa
It agreed among them to visit the Retreat
8 and when she got into the place, he
Q friends suddenly disappeared, and tn
f. Sisters kidnapped her and detained ne
for eighteen months. At the termlna
r. ton OF that time she was allowed to g
I free when Captain Andry (who is tn
It Captain Of the City insane Asylum) KID
It Mapped her, 80 she says, and has de
b tanned her at the Asylum until this day
IT Miss McCruhan also tells wondrou
Il tale about when she joined the sister
hood for the purpose OF becoming
d nun. That one night she was take
is from her bed by four myste
o rious individuals, all robed j
e white, placed in a coffin and burie
v alive. She says she knew what the
e were doing, but was powerless to NOV
a or speak. In this place she staid lou
h DAYS and nights and amused herse
lr by playing with the rats and mice wnlc
o were walled up in the sepulchre with he
lr On the fourth night about the hot
4 when graveyards yawn a young ma
e came to the tomb where she was burie
ID and removed the marble slab whlc
Sc bore the inscription:
s, DIED:
In ANNA MCCRUHAN,
- in the = year OF her age.
st Requiescat in Pace.
Then with his penknife, did he CT