The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-28

KEGoRDER's CouRT.-SFcoND MUNICIPALITY.
There WAS, little doing in the sentence room of Re-
corder Hale yesterday. Loafers were scarce in the
pdrquette, in which they are privileged to hold
seats, The outsiders were very few, from the
cause, we presume, that most of them ara persons
who have no relish for labor, and they have seen
so many sent TO the Work house lately for having
no visible means of subsistence, that they have
tancied they did not know when their turn might
come, and have gone TO some kind Of labor as
last resort
An honest but unfortunate tDomGn.-Elizabeih
Kerr, sltepp-eyed woman of about 40 years. had
her name called for being drunk and making her.
self disagreenbly conspicuous on Monday night.
and for being almost as bad a common vagrant !
Elizabeth acted like philosopher. She got into
no passOn-used no bad language, but evidently
acted on the principle that it was her policy to con-
clliate the Recorder She SAID, to the drunk -
part of II, she could nj say but thing she was
sure Of she had not pcayune in the world and il
any person gave her her liquor surely it was their
fault, not hers. sharp controversy sprune IN
between Elizabeth and the officers of Police as 10
her general character-they contending that she
was one oil the most abandoned women in Nav,
Orleans, and she demonstrating gently against this
SANDER on her character, which was ali that he
had TO depend on for living. She maintained thai
she was san honest but unfortunate woman %
made a hard living by taking in washing. and
was just preparing to sail 10 NewYork on Friday
On condition that she would go away on Frjdav
the Recorder discharged her. No sooner had she
got her discharge than she began TO show a little
spunk As she was going out, she sang back, II
l do get drunk, you know it is sometimes a good
wtman's fault" She was evidently throwing a
brick somewhere.
4 DRUNKEN and DisOrderly Man.-Dennis
German, fellow of formidable chest and heavy
proportions, was ordered to stand up and answer
for his conduct in disturbing the peace on Monday
night. He had kicked up all sorts of extras on the
sIreet-cleared the " Orleans" bar-room of most of
its inmates, and went away to conclude his rowdy-
ism by whipping woman Dennis told plausi-
BILE story, in which he attempted to turn the tables
by saying that he was the injured man, and that
two watchmen had taken hold of him when a
man had him DOM, 1t was evidently OF no use to
try to frown Dennis down by showing him the
rod of terror" which the law holds over the heads
OF offenders Dennis said he might possibly have
been little drunk but if he knew himself, he
could lay his hand on his heart and say that he
never disturbed human being. While he was
thus apostrophizing his own Innocence, he was
taken all aback by the sudden presence of stout
JseRls" who deals out the stout" and other
liquid articles and is the presiding spirit in the
Orleans" house. " Jeems" looked at him calmly,
more in sorrow than in anger" Denniss conn.
tenance showed whirl of contending emotions
+ 1t was a second picture of Hamlet, catching ur
with tbs ghost Of his father. The Recorder saw
.hFsosh Il sil, I" Gan ysa ElTs bsil fer SerS EOst