The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-06-27
From the New Orleans Picayunc.
THE WORLD is A STAGE.

A rather curious scene was enacted in the
court OF one OF our Recorders yesterday, which
created not a little excitement and amusement
In The dock a tall individual with a hapgard
countenance, dressed in rather a seedy suit, con-
sisting of short black pantaloons, with the straps
IN a very dilapldated condition, a green cuat with
double gilt buttons. buttoned up tight in The
throat, a solled shirt collar peering above the
well-greased collar of the coat, and a large. deem
blood mark upon his forehead. w.s pacing up and
down as dues a lion in his cage in a menaperie.
and in an equally savage mood.
Inc other cases having been disposed of, the
witness In the case of Mr.. Novel was called up.
The prisoner had a wild look about the ewes.
ana had evidently been drinking the previous
evening.
Recorder.-' What is your name, sir p
Prisoner.-Ondignantly.) My name s.,
sir, and l should like to know why | am brough,
before you, sir. in this manner, among thieves
and felnns, sir 2
Watchman.-'H He said his name was Novel.
sir, .asl night when | arrested him.
Rec An! Where do You lodge or live, sir?'
Fris.-' My Judging is on The cold ground,'-
l beg your pardon, sir, | live at No. - poydras
street.
Hatch He said he lived on the Gfampian
Hills, last night, sir
P'is.-' Fool, fool, why dost thou muck me
thus p
Watch.-.I amt a mockin' of you,'
rms Tome, come out with the damnable
Invention you are hatching.' Leave of your
damnable faces and Begin
REC Mr.. Novel, no swearing here, sir
Witness, let me hear your story
Watch.-' Certainly, sir. Well, You must
know as | was on my bea, last night, / heerd a
Kind OF a s%cuftln' noise and voices not a great
ways OF. and So | thought I'd listen. Well,
pretty soon | heerd a voice sing out for this
mongst all the rest was | ordained. Down down
to he'll, and say sent thee there Well, then
| listened sometime longer, but didn't hear no.
thin, but when | went up to the spot | see this
ere chap here, and he rushed up To me and flung
himself right down afore me. and said as how he
dld It,. ell. | see the Teller looked kind o.
sReered' and | took holt on him and told him he
must go with me, and then he said. Lead on
III foller thee!' but | told him that ere kind If
gammon wouldn't suit the egzactly. Well, I see
he had a bundle with him, and kind y snatch.
ed 1t out OF his hand. He didn't seem TO like
That a bit and asked me not to take his props'-
l expected he was a leg then, and said-Oh,
them's your props. is they, and he said
PRS For you do take away my house when
you do take away the props that do sustain nv
house.
Wotch.-' Them's the very words, sir. Well.
said, no you don't, old Teller, and then he
cllnched me and we had a tussle on the side
walk, an he kept a hollerin' and shoutin'-
Prts.-' Slave! ] have set my life upon the
cast and | will stand the hazard Of the die!
Watch.-' Them's the very words, sir he
co-ro0eraies every word ! say. Well, finally
throwed him
Pris.-' PeIdition catch thine arm the chance
pas thine
Wdtch-' We'll, sir, when 1 came to look into
the bundle, I found that there must have been a
murder committed right down bloody murder
Rec Murder2' y
Pris.-Cn aslonishmeDt.) WHAT? Amur-
der p
Oficer.-'A murder! expect you know all
about it,
Pris.-' UDmannered sLaue -
Watch.-'Tm as white as YOU are any dav in
the week. Well, sir, on looking into the buIJle
l see a shirt stained with blood, and a pair of
drawers Just as bloody as they could be, and a
dagger, also covered with blood, and then there
was a lace collar, sir, and several other things,
and l knowed there must have been some sort of
a murder committed, so I toted him of on suspi-
cion OF bein' concerned in it,
Pris.- Hs, hal Now | could laugh and
play the maniaci 7 And have I played the first
murderer for them, to oblige Roley, that should
now be brought before a magistrate! Oh. for.
tune, fortune Sir, will you allow me to sneak
in mine own defence p
Rce.-(Smiling.) Certainly, sir
noble, kind and generous Recorder,
MY very noble and approved good master.
Ibat was found with that same bundle.
Us most true true ! was toting IL: