New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-30
City Intelligence.

PERSONAL, HUMOROUS, AND DTDACTIC.-A dis
tnguished Tennessee stump orator being candidate for
Congress- remarked Of his opponent at public meeting,
that he not fit to carry CUTS to bear' This cut
ting attack gave offence to the opposing candidate well
it might; and he demanded that public withdrawal of
the charge should be made at the next place of public
speaking The offending party agreed to make the apol
ogY Accordingly, at the next meeting the apoogser
in the presence of an immense crowd. and said:
Fellow- citizens in the last speech that made to you
remarked of the gentleman who is running against
for Congress- (my friend my rght) that he not fit
carry CUTS to BEAR He has demanded withdrawal
of the charge, and do withdraw it most cheerfuly. Eel
lowcitizens, if did say that my distinguished friend
not fit to carry CUTS to BEAR retract the unfair
aspersion and declare to you most solemny that he
fit to carry quits to bear.'n
As germuin to the above would remark that in rela
ton to the speech made Wednesday by legal
friend before Recorder Winter, said Mr. - Jr..
ESD appeared for Cunningham and talked half hour
On reflection conclude that Mr.. - talked just
three quarters Of an hotn, and no more!
A SHARP CHARLIE.-On the night before las
about IL O'Clock while small coored boy, dealer in ice
cream proceeding home, after having sold out his
stock he arrested by Waterman the of
ST. Paul and Common streets 1t is usual for the police
to allow such boys to pass without written permission
and after gunrehe nature of their occupation requr
ing them remain late. The boy arrested and
the Waterman with eye speculation set his wits
work ascertain the amount of available cash in the hoys
possession This only to be done by way of circu-
bendibus and indirect catechsng First, he asked the
boy how much in value his ice bucket would hold
On being answered 81 So the next thing to be found
whether the 81 80 had been collected This
rived al by asking whether all the had been sold
An affirmative answer to this question satisfied the acute
Charlie that the boy was then master Of the round
of 81 80 The next enterprise Of this guardian the
public morals to possess himself Of the aforesaid
81 So which he essayed to do in this He commenced
fecler that his introduction to the watch house. he
would be treated to twenty-five ashes in order to give
him appetite for sleep further argument YVES ad-
vanced that the Jail fees the following morning would
amount to the full of 81 50-consuming the entire
capital of the juvenile observation-disclosures, il he would
launch out 81 % the instant he might home thus
avoiding the Inconvenience of hard nights lodging III
the ock-up' getting free of the woioping, and be-
sides saving the entire Of % cents IN nara CASH. Inc
boy proof against all these arguments and refused to
give the bribe whereupon the yrtuous and indignant
Waterman marched him of to the prison. Wewould give
the honest pocemans name. but presume that he will be
removed on inquiry into the facts
Staining WITH INTENT TO KILL. He'll
shom and Henry Kicker examined in the First Dis
trict on the charge of stsbbing with intent to kill Frank
George Ganahl The stabbing took place in house
evia street, the LIST instant The prosecutor test
fled that Heilshom stabbed him in the back with a
cheese knife in the grocery and in the alley
way. Kicker held the prosecutor when he stabbed
In the grocery. physician testified that the wounds
were severe. Heshom committed for trial be-.
fore the First District Court the charge of assault