The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-15

and picking pockets In nearly all of the cases which
have thus been thrown Of court the prisoners have laid
III aH several months and The witnesses have left the State
Green, Greeaer GreeaestOne of the richest specimens
of vedancy heard Of and have heard of
pretty Teh ones IN our me communicated yeser
day. young lawyer fFsm North Carolina who had lust
arrived in the city, and who walking about to get
SIGHT OF the elephant, droppedn OF the Peter Funk
auction Establishments st. Charles street. Going
going gone" resounded his and he gazed with some
aonsment the extensive business which appeared 10 be
going on around him. Valuable gold reporters with any
quantity Of jewels i1 them, made by TObas expressly for
Mr. Jones' who now dead, and immense lots of eyelry
othe most splendid description, were knocked down to Mr.
Brown, Mr. Smith, and other members of the " Funk
family with Fspidty that bewildered the young limb of
the law.
1t is almost needless to add that he was quickly ,nes
sured by business maui present, who stepped up to him
with the appearance OF anxiety and told him that there
was fine chance to make splendid speculation at the
same time proposing to Carolina friend to put money
in and - go halves.'
Strange say, the latter, without any hesitation pulled
out his pocket book and handed the specializing gentleman
roll ofbs amounting to $1,000, being every dollar he had
There was considerable of crowd present. and the bus
man. pushed himss the midst of his friend, at
once The " green un' wsted anxiou " for the consum
nation of the speculation, and in watching the sales he lost
sight OF his friend entirely He endeavored find him. bat
me tnng was out. Both man and money gone and
our friend was in fix. He dead flat broke and his
hrst thought was the means ofrasng little money.
The best OF the story is yet to Pulling his gold
o
another auction establishment where lie might sell it and
raise the wind" He did have far to walk lie found
another place. but alas for him, worse than the
~ he went in, and very innocenty announced that h. had
watch to sell. 60 ertaiRy," said very good looking
Young you shall be attended to- and hsmediatey
took the watch The time.peee passed from one ter
Junk 10 another, and going going gone resoupdsd
throughout the establishment The crowd extensive
and before our friend had time to any conclusion as
to what had been done, what TO be done GENTLE
man had the watch pooketed, aud the original proprietor
was informed in the mast polite manner possible BY the
gentleman aforesaid, that he had bid off for three dal
lars This transaction capped the climax of our friends
misery lie gfoansd aloud and made efforts to get
his " ticker" back, but it 60 and the gentleman
walked OIL with it, despite the protesatons and arguments of
the victim. The fellow once repaired TO Mr. Jonte
Recorder Caldwels clerk and wanted to make an affidavit
but there the ghost of chance 10 do any thing in
THIS line lie did mt know who had his money his watch
and in TACT he was not positive of thing in particular
lie went away disconsoate enongh and predict that h
sight OF the New Orleans animal" win him all his life
MEETING Of the Board Of Directors of the Pub,e Schools
This body held special meeting evening The meeting
being called to order by the Chair the Secretary read rso.
luton of the Council of the Second Municipality nsrncng
the Board of School Directors to rescnd resolution author
zng the of the Lyceum Hall for any other than strictly
literary and scientific purposes.
Mr.. Carter thought the Lyceum Hall had been used for
Concerts, Fairs etc, for 30 long time that was too
late to adopt rule prohibiting such of it, that the NUM-
cpal Council had right interfere with instructions on
tea hers 10 select for the Public Schools
Mr.. Pride took different view. He was of the opinion
that the Lyceum Hall had been applied improper uses;
such application of clearly ia oalon of the ord
nance which the Board of Directors ogntro of it. and
thar the right and the duty of tho Council to interfere
and in the very manner in which they had done.
The resolution. motion, received for subsequent
action
The special order Of the evening being the postponed eso
luton, oheTel by Mr. Jennings rescnd former resolu
ton OF the Board granting the of the Lyceum Hall for
the holding of Fairs etc. taken up for considerations
Atte some remarks from Messrs Jennings and Carter
The former for and the latter against the resrrtion-Mr
COpe offered substitute Gcquescing in the resolution from
the Municipal Council, viz; That the Lyceum Hall shall
be used for purposes Of strictly literary and scientific char
acer. and for other
The substitute accepted by Mr. Jennings; and upon
this after some further debate. the TAKEN and re-
suited as fol ows:
HeIs-Messrs Bradford, Copes, Jennings, Lincoln Lind
say, Pride, Powell and Shieds-s.
.NGys-Messr. Carter, Hall Hilman, jones' Levy Mon
Afghan and Sewe 7Recorder Caldwell voted lin the neRa
i've. making tie The resolution was thus lost and the
former resolution Of the Board stands in full force
The Board then adjourned.
General CounciI-rhe regular monthly meeting of this
Is ILL