The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-23

SECOND MUNICIFALITY-hCTING RECORDER
HAwTHoRNE.--It Is instructfve, sometimes, to scan
the Countenancss Of the cupnts who are brought
down from the watch h0use in the morning 10
await the virtuous indignation of the Recorder AL
their outTages Of the previous night About one
fourth of them usually half asleep in the dock
or perhaps rather III trdnSItu, doubling sublimely |
whether to sleep wake, and nudding rdicunnsly |
as their waking doubts yield TO sleeping resolves
These are, for the most part persons Of lymphatio
temperament, mild, even amid their mlsfortunes, |
and incapable of ire even when sent to the work
| house. Another quarter of the party Is apt to be
! composed Of fresh hooking young persons, who are
| undergoing the ordeal tUr tue frat time. In this
portion Of The company there is a sense of shame,
evidently mngliHg with desire to look as decenuy
as possible, With these cases there Is always some
| feeling, and would be disposed 10 release every
one Of them with gentle admO1ItlOn. There Is
something as romantic terrible in the spectacle
of young crime. IFS freshness interests nearly as
much as It's evanesCence startles. But crime grows
! fast, The other half IF the party commonly pre-
sented to the Recorder in the morning, belong to
The case-haTdeaed class of ofianders-the veterans
IN debasement-the truly incorriglbles-those who
are at once below and independent Of disgrace
There was a small sprinkling of each of these va
rietes of reprehersihles in the dock on Saturday,
only one female being in the crowd.
THREATENING, eEc.-Patrick Morgan, whose case
occupied so much time yesterday in the charge
against him of receiving stolen ballast, came into
Court again this morning, bright and early:
Recordsy-Patrick, | had hoped that after the
long siege of yesterday, should not have seen you
! here for some time again. | am sorry to see you
/ here this morning You are charged with threat
enng to assault Mr. Ellis, Commissary OF the
i Levee.
Patrick--Never did it yer amer no SIGH thing
4 at all. Not guilty, then. Trial set for Thursday
4 next.
h Interfering nth Waterman. - John Brown, o
# &c our town." alias John Brown the cabman, wa
a fined $40 for holding the head Of horse in cal
tatr f-f,un faN
% it to the Watch-house Tie Waterman was evi
as IDENTIFY right, and, therefore, joan Brown was ev
al dsnuy-hned. he cab rs IN dures5 untll the I'M
i'll be paid.
ne StaJBing and lL4'mtag a WoVan.-Micha'
is Lawess, a Stout young fellow, ordered I
r. stand up to answer for having cut and stabbed, an
= manned, in a hfutal manner, woman name
'u Betsey Lawless (she having taken his name
~, Lawless looked as if he might have been bett,
~ employed in less hairless business. Perass3sssel
- Il as as "a said that he was not gus6fon al H.
Sd t0aSi be wa! fssosa1sd f BEsy Il So
aaa mr. 81 4 sFrh Pr y RiZss Innocence
w. lesday next-his trial having been fixed
zee ssd Breach, amt Fear Of a WiasrO ne--Peter M
bn5hl Hugh and Caroline McHugh were arraigned
li6s beinS habit OF getting drunk and fighting
us theirI ~ Julia street. It was charged agar
ler them as they sometimes extended the al
of their bFo,~rlngs, and carried them into the hou,
en of their neghHors. An old lady testified that
or had been knocked down IN melee, and v
& afraid to risk another, as, said she, /" there
. sbao telling consequences" This the old la
as IVSyho made the affidavit. She got along swimming
Ieir until she said she wanted to turn them ont of
.0use and here she spoiled the story by tell
sas:saPes mn H. for" she remarked, il do MT /
me- thenSiBit, they II have me turned out They
~ been trying to rent my house over my head
l"i Recorder through the case, aud dismissed
axe McHngh and his wife seemed very decent peo