New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-30
Local Intelligepcs.

Local Intelligepcs.
| Rum SILLY esterday, while one oil those
tall gaunt, white haired boosters who grow tall from
looking over the hills to the rise saunterng
along Chartres street admiring what was to be admired
and gazing at every thing and anything he was victim
lied after fashion that Is the newest Having
occasion to pull out his puss to get change for hand
full of peanuts for which he had negotiated he was OBJ
served by pair Of sharpers who Immediately spotted
him as goose good for puckng, Their plan soon
laid and they Immediately proceeded to put it in
ton Pretending be strangers to each other and bent
their separate affairs they both walked after the Hoo
ser and passed him going at rapid rate and
steps in advance of his confederate The foremost
when about dozen PAGES ahead of the othethe Hooser
being behind bothdropped large and well filled pocket
book Rogue number two picked it up and shouted to
rogue number that he had dropped something
| Rogue number Immediately wheeled around, and
with great apparent agitation returned to receive his
rescued treasure He overpowered with joy and had
not words express his profound gratitude the gen
teman (') who had found and generously returned
his lost pocketbook He ready and anxious to make
any return--to give any amount lin resson) the
ward of honesty This crisis of matters interested the
oosier and he made of the parywent up to listen
Rogue number then pulled out from Il roll Of bank
notes $50 bill and rendered it to rogue number two
Number two wouldn't hear Of it-wouldnt take red
centbut rogue number insisted that he should
| sonethng-to the extent Of a ten at least
At last the modesty Of number overcome and
he consented to take $40 Rogue number one had less
than $50 bill and rogue number two had change for
that amount, lie poor-very ~poor-and so weak in
the back that he could not have raised change fifty
dollars if be had been going to die. In this dilemma
liooser was called to the lie had the change
and his sympathies aroused Besides he could not
bear to see honesty unrewarded So he forked out
fifty dollars in good. honest gold pieces Forty dollars be
handed to rogue number ten dollars rogue
two and put the fifty dollar bill in his pocket The
parted mutual good ns-nuuloers one and two to
meet around the and divide equal terms
and the Hooser to travel homewaId to his hotel there
to discover that his $50 bill was-counterfrit,
CENSUS RETURNS. We have received, from
Col W NADER, the Census Returns u the First Re-
preventative District Of the Parish Of Orleans comprised
between the lines Of Thaia street Felicity Road the
River and Lake Pontehartrain Tho return follows
Number Of inhabitants - ~ empty houses e..
SILVER WARE,--John Bassyille is under ar
rest in the First District charged by a Elmoro with
having the 50h Of May last and the 18th Of June
instant stolen from complainant house Apollo street
quantity Of silver ware. and diamond brraslpin all
valued at $3.50 together with other smaller articles The
proprietor of he house was absent when the theft
committed None OF the articles were found on the
cussd and the proof against him is only circumstanal
lie Is to be examined on the 5th of July.
COUNTERFEIT GOLD DOLLARS. - Thomas II
Tucker yesterday examined before the Recorder of
the First District thu charge Of having attempted
spurious coins OF the denomination Of dol
lars purporng to be gold 1t appeared the eXamina
lion that the character of accused good and that
while intoxicated some persons had passed the coins
upon him He subsequently passed Of them before
he knew that it bad, aud in consequence ar
rested No criminal intent being proved against him he
was honoraby Discharged
BURN HIN UP.-Catherine Shaw and Sally
Miller under in the Fourth District Police
Office for threatening annhilate the domic Of one
Michael Kennedy by fire and with meditatiug the de-
structon Of him self and family both and branch
this lille the frAil WvF drunk
street, Held FOR examination
STABBING.-B Briggs was yesterday arrested by
the First District Police for asautug and stabbinz
waiter Monday night, at Moreau- Restaurant stu-
atcd on Canal street Held for examination
CHARGE OF FRAUD - James Lemon stands
charged before the Recorder Of the First District with
having obtained possession Of three Pswnbr7ker tickets
with which he redeemed two double-harreled guns aud
rife and appropriated them to his own lie was ar
rested and held for examination.
SHOT HIN Yesterday Juan Silva and one
Ortis both sieilians raised in the Vegetable Mar
ket with man named Figaro and one Of them drew
pistol upon him An outsider interfrred attempted
to wrest the pistol from the hands OF the begerent
it went of and shot the outsider through the head Sill
va and Ortis were arrested
HIGHWAY ROBBERY Francis Ferdinand yes
turlay made oath before Recorder Ramos that while be
wa passing along Barrack street in the forenoon he
Violently seized by two men. who dragged him into
ALLEY ana robbed him Of gold watch worth s3J and
p1tket-book containing SIS 4 man named Auguse
Ad4not alas Turner was pointed out as q the oen
der7 and arrested
MoNE or TN SEoto wAR.-Thomag Dsy No
cused before the Recorder Cf the First District with bav
ing been concerned in attempting get up the Iate
muth agAtd negro Instruction was yesterday brought
~ for examination and his continued ul-huilty
THREATENING Win a DIRK -Eloi Fonbene
vas examinvd ia the Er,t District Recorder q u irg va
tri1y On an accusation preferred against him by Sr7
Isrbea who charged that Le -ai instant on t4kt
'trer the accused slapped ami chokr1 her ami then
drew dirk On her LQl .ent to bs tried bgfote he
First District Court
To KEEpTHE PEArE.-Antoine Loses. oh roal |
before the Recorder Of the First District with having yp
be2zled large sum Of money wit Sl00 from Pierre
pTagstele aud with Eaylng stolen large amount Of
crockery and further charged with having threat
ened to take the life Of said Pierre yesterday cyan
med The charges Of larceny and embezzpmrut were |
dismissed and considering the begereut prapen-its
accused lie required give $500 security to kqsp
the peace
Tts- The steamer FRANK Lyon will attend to
Gao business Of 4e souuEHS BELL ti le balance oil 4, sar
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