Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-02-04
NEW ORLEANS LOCALS.
From the CITY Press.1


What are we coming to! Within in few
days a highly respectable citizen connected
with a banking house in our city, while on his
way from the Cattle Landing in Jefferson to
Camp street, mysteriously disappears. His hat
is found, crushed and covered with mud; and
this is all that is known of A. c. Laurence. A
few night since, the writer, while on his way
homeward encountered on ST. Thomas street,
three bandits whose every action indicated a
desperate purpose. On the alarm being given.
the police assembled from every quarter, but
the villains could not be found. 1t is melancho-
ly to reflect that we were informed at the Police
office of the First District, that our life was
never safe while passing ST. Thomas street af-
ter night, in our way from this office to our
home. And now, apoor man, dependent upon
s~leepless nights for the means of honest liveli-
hood, falls a victim to assassins, and the re-
cords of the Corones's office elicit only the fact
that the perpetrators are unknown"
"Gwine to Run Auay!'--A day or two
since we called on a quiet, merry friend of ours,
who has no fault save a rather disagreeable
scarcity of funds, ard a consequent hesitancy
about the payment of bills. AS we were sit
ting in the little office, in the enjoyment of a
cosy chat, a colored boy entered and presented
a bill to friend K, from DR.. II. for professional
services. After looking at the bill for 4 mo-
ment, X. somewhat p~ettIshly told the boy that
his master need not be in such a hurry about
the bill, as he (K.) had no intention of running
away.
The. boy left; and K, with more than his
usual spirit gave a disquisition on duns, which
he characterized as "the great annoyance of his
life"
He had scarcely finished, when the boy re-
turned with the following set speech: "haster
says he doesn't think you's a gwine to run
away, but he wants the money, cause he's
gwine to run away himself"
This appeal to Ks better judgment, was
upanswerable. He borrowed the money and
paid the bill. n
RECORDER RAMOs's COURT.
Only 90 drunkards were put under lock and
key in this District last night. The fact that
the number was SO limited is attributed, in
some measure, to the scarcity Of whiskey ronse-
quent upon the obstruction in the navigation Of
the western rivers. When the Great Northern
Railroad shall be completed, We trust the incon-
venience will be removed, and that we shall be
able to keep warm, externally and internally on
more reasonable terms.
Happy .Jack.--Catherine Dunn, a female.
better known as happy Jack, who sings sea
songs, swears, gets drunk, and does other!
improper acts for one of her sex, was sent to ths
Workhouse, there to engage in the NAUTICAL
business of pulling oakum.
Poor Mary Donovan applied to be sent to thu
Work House, as she was destitute of a homo
Mary might have done uerse. Her request wa
promptly complied with.
A young mother. with an infant in her arm,
whose name in pity we suppress, was yes,erda
sent before the first District Court for s,ealin
a pocket book containing S24. She did I'D
appear to be over twenty years of age, and vi z
quite prepossessing in appearance. Her in!an
was, apparently, about three or four months
old. She wept bitterly during the investigation
of the case, and several times interrupted the
witnesses. Her bonds were put at $3.50.
Stealing Wood.--Wm Allison is accused by
one james Fulton with stealing "25 cents
worth of his wood, and with being a yagrant.-
Sent to workhouse so days, to be kept warm at
the expense of the Corporation.