New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-07-13
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sketch of Police Court case in that city:
Thomas Brown came to this country in the steerage
of packet ship, which arrived from Liverpool last
week. and he had but confused idea of the nation
which was to receive him as an adopted citizen, his
actions, when he anded were perfectly free and with
out restraint England, he imagined, still held full
sway over this part of the globe and the only trou
BILE likely to occur was when Indians made descent
upon unprotected town or CITY, and bore the in
habitans into captivity, or else amused their leisure
hours by scalping women and children, and dancing
+ green corn jgs.
It is more than probably that Brown has fallen in
with set Of wags since he has been in Boston, who
have taken particular pains to get acquainted with
his private opinions, and then SELF him, or in other
words, run saws s-,tr- $. =
Last night, Brown was found drunk in the street
and to save his life, and benefit the Commonwealth
the officer took him to the station house. gave him
comfortable lodging, and then in the most friendly
manner, entered complaint against him for being in
toxicated.
Thomas was not very progressing when he was
called upon by the amiable clerk Of the court to
plead guilty Or not guilty to the charge,
My Lud," said Thomas, Strengthening himself,
and placing one hand on his bosom, !" Pm an Hing
lish gentleman.
clerk, inclined to be slightly irritated.
g Never you mind, young man. replied Thomas,
waving his hand toward the venerable clerk, who
so surprised at the words that he forgot himself and
actually smed-an occurrence that the Oldest hatHue
of the court room never knew him to be guilty of
before. R fE s1s$
Ny Lud," cried Thomas fixing his eye onthe
Judge, I" I'm an Hnglish gentleman, and wishes to
know why the officer took me in charge last night
Ny Ind if writes to his highness, Minister at
Washington, and tells him of this affair." I would not
be responsible for the rage Of my Lud Palmerston.
I'm 'isfrend and he knows 'ow to protect the 'onor
of us BritOns ~ ld.-s7g x frUae.ae5f
We have no Luds in this country, said the Judge
mildly; If you wish to say whether you are guilty
or not, the court is ready to hear you."
No Luds in this country, my Lud-no baristoe-
racy--nothing but hingins and listers, No wonder
you ave books written about your nation, Wy, the
last time dined with my Lud Pamerston, We we're
speaking Of 'merca, and be told me it was just the
place for man Of my talent; and leave a good
good business to come to teach YOU and vot is the
konsequenceW
No one replied, excepting an Irish woman, up for
being common drunkard and as she was doing
and thinking about her sentence she said
Six months in the House of Correction"
Thomas looked at the spectators with silent con-
tempt when they laughed, and continued
81 asked for the hofices when got ere, and
man tells me a collector is wanted in the Custom
House. hofered to accept the place, but somebody
kicks me out Of the building, was told Of q dozen
different situvations, but when went to get EN- l.
was laughed at. My Lud, I've been shamefuy
treated and WANTS justice, the walls of this ERE
building will shake with Hingland's rage when she
ears of it. Remember the fate OF Sebastop0, and
tremble for your 'omesn
The Judge intimnted that he was not alarmed as
he knew the revenue cutter was in port, and could
afford ample protection to the city against all the
feetswhich the English would send to revenge his
cause. IaE
A fine Of So and costs was imposed. and as he was
being taken down stairs, he was begging the officers
to let him have paper and pen for the purpose of
I !" writing to, the Hinglish Minister" l-
| A TALL EDIToR's ADVENTURES AT A RAILROAD
DEPOT" Jeemes,' as he is called-but James w.
Cark-one of the talest, funniest, awkwardest and
nj he fratar
nifty in New York State and editor of the Baldwins
vile (Onondaga county, Gazette, recently took a
trip to Syracuse, and thus relates his troubles while
| there: s,ags III III
While in the Central Railroad office waiting for
the oswego train we reclned one of the benches,
1our head aching very badlyl when we were roughly
ordered out by railroad official with the polite in
/ strangersr Az
"Hardy had we passed through the hole thecar
l penter had made when a chap hailed us with Il
say, Teller, help me carry this trunk = We meekly
passed to the EXTREMIST east part of the DEPOT and
took hold of the end Of large trunk which we as
sisted to place at the desired location when we were
/ discharged without the customary sxpence
4 Sadly ponderng on our hard fate, we passed
slowly along, when we were caught by the coat col
bing
We returned, and 10 fat illfavored squaw greet.
ed our eyes. The moment she saw our features she
grunted out ugh! tort you was my Injin!" and i'm.
Half blind with rage and modification, our next
move was to stumble in among pile of baggage
when we were greeted with " d-n you, get out Of
this y adding in an under tone, wonder what the
d. you expect to steal here Just at this moment
Conductor Fske called ont to us: =" Here, get into
the cars and go home before the COWS eat younp 2
We crawled into the hind car like "a whipped hound
and threw ourselves recklessly into seat. Smash
A we sqnatted on ladys band box. She, seeing the
damage we'd done, sqaalled out g There, you great
ganderl legs, you've split my new bonnet !''
l oonceaiing our shame and confusion as well as we
could we subsidized into another seat where we shrunk
into the smallest possible dimensions, until we were
kicked out of the cars at our village depot ,ss5-s
Moral-Never go to Syracuse without shaving and
putting on clean shirt and decent coat.
An amusing incident occurred recently in regard TO
Powers Fisher Boy A gentleman who set a high
value on his copy of this graceful work, before en-.
barking for Europe, had it carefully shrouded in cot
ton and deposited ina box. gang of juvenile bur
glars invaded his premises, broke open the case. and
thought, from its weight, to find plate within; but
when the white vsage of the marble sleeper caught
their eyes, by the dim light Of lantern, thinking
| they had disturbed corpse, they dropped theil
theving tools and ncontinently fed, without par
ticle of spoil
Wehaye heard OF a fellow who was determined tc
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