New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-24
City Intelligence.

Mock Aucrlos OprRAnoss.-A countrymau. who has
Just arrived here from land where newspapers must be
unknown. yesterday morning strolled into auction
store in Magazine street where the operator in charge
was bidding off vast quantities Of clothing crowd OF
needy individuals gathered about his counter Mr. Coun-
tryman surprised the ccapness with which these
dry goods were sold and decided to lay in of
article at So when lot of coats wa put under
the hammer and some in the crowd had more con-
science than to bid four dollars and half, he hastily
added another quarter and quickly the auctioneer
could say Jack Robinson the rich lot claimed him for its
owner and clerk stepped up with hi for S2S So that
being the amount arrived at by the multiplication table
thus Six coats multiplied by 81 70 equal to $2S so The
countryman deeared-nay. swore-that his bid was only
81 10 for the lot The auctoneer threatened to for
the police unless payment should be made forthwith
ant-the S2S 80 was paid The payment of the money
put the auctionecr in hmor and expressing
regret that the counryman had bid the goods under
misrepresentation he kindly offered to put up one-haf the
lot, and sell them for the benefit of the The
countryman gladly accepted this kind offer and the coats
put up After some little maneuvring the coats
seemed in danger of going for nothing Mr. Country
man bid 81 IS. They struck off to him, when he
was gratifed with the information that they belonged to
another lot and not the coats that he had put up
lie dcmured but the repeated threat Of calling the police
soon slenced him, and this money also was paid lie
then left the shop and under advice applied to the police
the difficulty in of negotiation and will pro-
badly be settled by compromise. The countryman will
leave the city wiser. though not u richer man
TtE BnurE.--Elizabcth widright yesterday made an
affidavit before Recorder Genois charging her husband
Frederick Derosen, with having assaulted and wounded
her with hatehet. Frederick will get his deserts.
SEARCH wAnnAsr,-Theophilns R. Hyde yesterday OBJ
tanned warrant from Recorder Gcuois authorizing a
search to be made in house Where street where he
suspected his slave Josephine to be concealed.
IxrERrEnEscE WITH AN Observation-Disclosures Genois YES
terday fined John BARLEY IS for having interfered with
officer when the latter in the discharge of his duty
PicKpoeXErs.-lames johnson and James Devine were
yesterday arrested by the First Municipality police at the
request of John Mcmahon, who charged them with hay
ing amused themselves by picking his pockets They will
have an introduction to Recorder Genos this morning
Texas EancRAN1sWe yesterday. in the course of our
reregrinatons down town. encountered three yertabe
oxteams each drawn by span of animals with the most
extensive arrangements in the way horns that any
thing short OF buffalo ought to out The first team
in the line guided by young negro man. whom we
accosted with inquiry to his starting place and es-
tinaon The first he stated Alabama and the latter
Texas He said his master had got of Alabama and
had decided to migrate, He had mistress who was in
the Tar wagon and which driven by his
10 that wagon We turned and seated and muled in
rags midded aged woman surrounded with children to
the number of dozen and all bearing different ages
One child also, she held the breast All looked healthy
except herself and all looked unwashed including her.
self The pat families of this interesting crowd sat in
front OF the vehicle his feet hanging the ground
He WAS the personeation of indifference His low wool
hat aae down 10 the eyes and his face has, NJ truce 20
'hSat' sae FFasea q PAST existence ~ Thought 10 The