New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-10
City Intelligence.

MULcTED.-FeliX Murphy was yesterday
brought before Recorder Caldwell to charge Of
having purchased cotton from slave belonging to Mr.
oskns knowing the said cotton to have been stolen
The Recorder fined Mr. Murphy fifty dollars the spot
ALLEGED LARCENY.-It is charged that SAL
vador Gabriel stole watch from the cabin of the schooner
Diana on Thursday night. at the New Basin Recorder
Caldwell will inquire into the matter on Tuesday next.
THE LAST SwINDLE-S G. Ward was yester-
d,y examined before Recorder Caldwell the charge
having swiudled sundry attached to the steam
merous other parties. The testimony differed but little
from the statement of facts that have previously given
and we do not repeat them. Ward committed for
trial before Judge Larue.
jim GALLAGHER.-Thi gentleman was to have
been examined yesterday before Recorder Caldwell the
charge of having assaulted named Stoner with
hammer striking him from behind, when the man was
held in firm custody by others For how
ever the case was not proceeded with and notice
given to the witnesses to appear Thursday the 18th
instant
FINED, James Shields was yesterday fined
five dollars for having broken the peace of St. Thomas
street James head is certainly composed of superior
materials or it, as well as the peace would have been
broken by the banquette which te,v up and hit him
several times before the Waterman to his assistance
| VAGRANTs.-The big swamp in the rear of
this city forms most convenient place of refuge for the
worst characters that infect its streets. number of
little huts size larger than kennels scattered
| among the thckets and Marshes and occupied by
wretches that hardly have compeers within the confines
of civilization The thief and the vagrapt always have
home in these kennels and without regard to color
themselves away almost secure from the of the law
Occasionally however burglar in the science of living
without labor leaves trail by which the mnons of the
law " track him to the swamp, and empty nest two
and then the swamp is forgotten until another blunder is
made.
On Thursday James Lane and Henry Myers two of the
tenants of these kennels arrested by the First Dis
trict police, and yesterday brought up to have their
measures taken by Recorder Caldwell They beauti
full specimens, and the Recorder delighted with
their appearance and accomplishments that he provided
them with quarters at the expense of the city, for two
| months.
| CONCEALED WEAPONS. - Recorder Caldwell
yesterday fined Frank Walker twenty dollars for carrying
a heavy colt concealed about his person. One would
think that the nexbc of this magistrate in this
regard would have the effect to thin out the number
loafers with colts in their pockets and to deter Others
who call themselves respectable from carrying such
weapons but it that they do not know any thing
| about it until they brought up with round turn
Gentlemen tell sometimes that they do not conside,
themselves safe in the streets unless armed with
such weapon but this is than nonsense The coli
or slung- is worth but little defensive weapon
and in niue out of ten when used is used for
saut. and not for defence Recorder Caldwell put
less than $40 the found carrying colt, pisto
and he sometimes goes up to fifty accord
ing to the neness of mans coat and his capacity tt
know better