The Sun. — 1856-08-27 (London, England)

QUARANTINE AT NEW YORK.—On the 9th inst. there was great excitement at quarantine in New York and the regions round about, arising out of the fact that there were then lying in the bay some 120 sail of vessels, most of which were from parts where the yellow fever existed at the time of their sailing. All persons engaged in these vessels are obliged to land at the health officer's wharf, and from thence they pass out of the gates into the village, or come sip to the city, as they may wish. In consequence of this loose arrangement one or two fatal cases of yellow fever had occurred outside the walls, and the inhabitants of the village had held a meeting and formed a vigilance committee, whose duty it will be to prevent all persons from passing out of the gates into the village, and obliging all those employed inside to remain inside or out. They were resolved that, if necessary, they would barricade the gates. MURDER IN Fru/gm—The Court of Assizes of the Eure-et-Loir tried three days back a woman named Coutier, for the murder of her child. On the Eth April last the dead body of a child was found floating on a pond, called the Mare Rouge, at St. Germain-la Gastind, and on examination it appeared that death had been caused by drowning. Suspicion fell on two ragged and dirty women who had passed through the village, and on inquiry it was ascertained that they were the woman Coutier, who had just been discharged from prison at Chartres, and a female named Darde, who had been dismissed from the hospital at the same place. They were sought after but could not be discovered until the month of June, when they were found in a low house of ill-fame at Versailles. On being questioned, the girl Darde said that it was her companion who had murdered the child, and the woman Coutier afterwards confessed' her guilt. From the joint statements it appeared that the latter had had with her two children, one an infant in arms, the other a boy five years of age. After walking some distance the infant cried a good deal, and Darde said that the little creature was a terrible embarrassment. " I believe you," said the mother, "and if he would only die I would throw him into the river. "Nay," she added, " I am half disposed to do so now." Darde said that, instead of killing the child, she might deposit him in a foundling hospital. The woman Coutier continued to talk of the burden the child was to her, and at last on arriving near the Marc Rouge she cried, "I will now give him the breast, and then I will throw him into the water." She sat down on a heap of stones, took off the greater part of the child's dress, which she made into a bundle, and then, after a pause, requested Darde to walk on a little with the boy. Darde went on, but had not taken many steps before she heard the noise of something falling heavily in the water. She saw the child struggling in the pond, and turned back, but made no attempt to save it. Finding the child did not sink, the inhuman mother than threw large stones at him, and at last went into the pond, and plunged him to the bottom. When she was convinced that the child must be dead, she and Darde proceeded on her way. The jury declared her guilty, with extenuating circumstances, and the Court sentenced her to 20 years' hard labour.