New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-22
LOCAL MATTERS.

MIGRANTS. --Vagrancy seems to be on the in
Large numbers of this nondescrpt often
ders before his Honor Recorder Winter yesterday
and disposed of in the usual The appear
of the majority of them hard in the extreme
They had bean hunted of the highways and byways
the dark holes and corners the unequented streets
the deserted promenades of the city. Some had been
found snugy slowed away among the bales and boxes
piled upon the wharf others had been aroused from
easy umbers upon the granite doorways lofty arsto
cratic dwellings, dwellings that seemed to frown them
and begrudge them stony pillow many had sought
the soft grassy swsrd Of Lafayette Square and sheltered
themselves from the nightly dews beneath the shadows
its ycamores until the rude grasp and shake
of the policeman broke upon their dreams presented
in their stead visions of the gloomy worhouse stone
breaking and oakuu picking
A PEACOCK IN JACKDAw's FEATHERS Gath
crime Wales paraded herself before the public yesterday
in the complete rig of young buck, gallant of the
town. 1t is said she took wonderfully with the ladies'
and not disposed to doubt the truth of the rumor
for certainly she appeared to have very taking ways
They admired the somewhat novel yet symmetrical shape
Of her personbe full breast the rounded limbs and the
slender waist They in ecstacies with the autless
taste displayed in the tie of her crayat the spotless
purity Of her vest, the exquisite fit Of her pants the
immaculate virginty of her shrt-coller In her en-
tire personal adornmen sauey and auny the rig
OF modern clipper, and she became immediate lion
wherever she set her dainty little foot Alas that so
spirited and romantic episode Of every day life should
meet with lame and mpotent conclusion The sa-
acious eye of Stephen the Chief fell upon her STEPHEN
is to be deceived In horse flesh much less in the
department which claimed his attention he marked
the expansive bust the immense launches the feminine
waist the mincing step he searched with official sharp
ness for any sign Of moustache whsker but not the
shadow of down the delicate outline of her
lips and believing that the gay young spark lacked many
othtr qualifications of manhood Stephen laid the iron
hand Of the law upon her ivory shoulder and notwith
stauding her masculine threats and her feminine tears
and enteates marched her OF to the barbarous dens
justice
| WOKE HIM UP,-Joseph Meyer made affidavit
yesterday before Recorder Ramos that two men named
Bill Selling and Ben Empty to his house early yes
teriay morning Barrae street the corner of Old
Levee and assaulted him before he had arisen from bed
| Bill Selling attacked him with his fist and Ben EMMY
smashed bottle his head. which no doubt he had
previously empted This peculiar manner of being fur.
nished with bottle and punch before getting out OF
bed not altogether reished by Joseph and he
and received warrant for the apprehension of his Off
| cious friends.
| The NEGRO MURDER.-Charles D. Potter and
John Poole accused of the murder of the slave Bill on
Friday the nth of this month yesterday brought
up for the preliminary examination and the case was
tnued 1t will be remembered that the negro was beaten
and knocked into the river where he drowned
RECORDER WINTERS CouRT-Eiru District
Peter Wood made complaint yesterday before this Court
against A. G Hamilton, for committing an assault and
battery his in rod street Accused was placed
under bond of $500 to appear to-day.
BEATING 4 CHILD.-Alrs Conner, who keep:
soapfactory Julia street yesterday srraigned
the deposition Of Bridget STANLEY charging her with hsy
ing frequently beaten in cruel child in he
possession Mrs. Common required give bond il
5000 for her appearance the Goth inst TO
RoBBING CnILD.-One d. 7. Hunter, aha
Henry Hunter, alias D. Henderson, charged witt
having by force Of false preeuces swindled small boy
named Achilles Jefes. Accused made quite orator.
cal display his defence but the father of the boy mad
disappearance and stated the circumstances the Court
! Hunter was remandcd till to-day,
Some DAYS after the first performance Of tho