New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-22
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f,9t snd va give ii its due by characterizng it as
the most contemptibly mean and dsagreeabe article
ever served 10 for the discomfort of mankind Juicy
ali tie day yesterday, ana pouring at times all arti
cis and natural creation was saturated until ABSORB
tion Was no longer possible, when the water ran
about everywhere seeking for place to soak in and
not fndinp soeh retreat stood still in despair, its
standing places being a over the city, and especially
Il fha wath-ing nlaee7 II the people We doubt not
thst the profane swofe many oaths, but wlthai were
uuabie e dam without the ID the Hoods which
would pour down.
T,oBexRs.-The late advent Of cold weather has
rase into respectable existence that class OF indi
vidnals who consider place to sleep ana solletnlng
"a at Is among the unnecessary luxaries Of life but
qbigvn ,neyas the stern necessity of sublunary ex
istance. The different city lookups have lately had
qgits ran from virtaous and respectable greasers,
vino having got perfectly drunk on their last plea
vunes and revived, blue and chilly, find themselves
with nary red to get drunk again, or procure a
bed.
The First District lookup has been regularly
visited al night for week Or SO past, by virtue us
tatteFdsRalous with piteous tales to tell; who as
matter Of course, are never turned away. In the
other Districts the calls have not been so extensive
either owing to the seantiness of the sleeping accom-
n1odations the distance of the lockups from the
SUPPLEMENTARY precincts. The Third District
lookup, though very close 10 some Of the worst
whisky precincts those around the Railroad Depot
has had no such calls; but this has been owing to
ahe opening Of the wall in building the adjoining
new lookup an opening which gave the cells as
much benefit Of open air as If they had neither roofs
nor walls. This defect, however, is now remedied,
tie builder Of the new lookup having on Saturday
finished closing up the gap in the wall, job which
he performed with cornmendabe alacrty, so soon as
able.
Last night we were at the lookup of the First Dis
Sict when Of the bedless citizens applied for
nights comfort. He was politely shown into one of
the cages where some eight or ten other unfortunates
were immured for the night; some scattered and
piled about promiscuously the floor, just they
mad been sung in by the police and others, (the
Saturday night soakers now sober, blue, and sleep
less curled up and shiyerng in their solitary ban
kets, on the hard and powless boards of the hunks
The new conner being locked in took good look
around, and came back to the grating with whole
faee-faIl Of despair and disgust. " | thought ye had
good beds here he said to the officer outside, they
touId me We had comfortable beds!n
The officer replied TINT The lodging house was one
Of peculiar kind, not prepared for permanent board
es patterned after the fashionable hotels or board
lug houses. The ledger aequiesced with polite
smile and added, that he supposed it was all right in
its way and added further that he thought he might
be able to ind better lodgings elsewhere The officer
replied that that might be the case but that as it
was contempt of the lookup, il not Of the court
it, to seek its hospitality and then disdan it. he
couldn't think Of allowing him to perpetrate such
contempt, BY letting him Out. The poor devil looked
as il he would die. The officer poked him blanket
through the bars, and told him to make himself as
well at home as possible for he would have to stay
till morning And the poor devil went poking around
among Che drunken and snoring careasses, looking
for place in which to 60 to sleep, ifpossibIe
The cages were unusually full last night. The
Sunday drunkards were scattered around like dead
hogs just pulled out Of mud holes. The Saturday
drunIIards having got sober and cold were some of
them eured up and shivering in their hard hunks,
whilst others were up and leaning against the CRATES
begging for just one more blanket, or double blank
ct, for Gods sake, etc; men, women negroes, in
their different cages, displaying the same moral
wtetchedness, and begging every officer that came
aiong to hand in just one more blanket.
A negro, seeing that we were no officer, begged us
in piteous accents for cigar, addressing as, by
guess, as Massa Henry z and a hard old white
femRle, in the ladyeage addressing familiarity rs
: Billy, and reckoning us up, proceeded to tell ua
how she had been put in for nothing and how she
would do all sorts Of things il we would only manage
TO get her cut, so she could 60 home and have d
warm nap, etc.
The First District Lookup, on a cold Sunday night
is really as curious and interesting place as any
neuagere we ever saw.
RaRRERlEs.-A gold watch and about 500 in cash
we're stolen from stateroom on board the steamer
Anna Perrett. early on Saturday morning, during
fhe temporary absence Of the occupant Of the room
The rascal left no clue to give any hope of an ae.
quaintance with the police.
The cigar-shop Of A. II, Walls, No. 10 Exchange
Place was broken into Saturday night, or early
yesterday morning. About 10000 cigars and $40 in
cash, and lottery ticket, were taken away The
number of the ticket (Which is for the next lottery
ID 40 l23. No clue Offcer Boullosa reported the
matter and gave it as his decided opinion that the
robbers were sicilians.
Thomas 01Hara was arrested on the leYee, in the
E'irst District, Saturday night by officers Pennet
aud Hardin. He was charged with having perpe.
fEated highway robbery man named j. James. |
Charles Volz was arrested on Baronne street yes.
terdag forenoon by special officers Farrell and Coup
land, charged with having stolen from the residence
OF Ne. Reynolds, a pair of diamond earrings worth |
$500.
AeoUITTEp.-The slave woman Betsy, who was
committed by Recorder Wilt for trial few days
since, on cireumstantia evidence that She was the
principal thief who stole about 5000 in money and
goods from the store of Mrs stman on Canal street,
was tried on Saturday evening by tribunal Of slave
holders in Justice Duplanters Court. The testimony
not being deemed conclusive, verdict Of acouittal
Eas rendered.
SrABBrNG AFFArR.-Denis Hays, Pat Cosgrove and
Mary Guilty are all entered on the First District DO
lice hooks as under arrest charged with having been
accessory to the stabbing Of Daniel Terney on Gaen
mic street on Saturday night. How Daniel was stab.
bed Or why he was stabbed we were unable to ascer
tain.
ssrAsHRR.- George Cover was arrested yester.
dug afternoon by officers stanmyer and Doettlipg.
le charge is that he got mad at the fair an free
ar,d-easy Cynthia Turner, Of Perdido street, and
smashed her furniture and wanted to smash her
George win appear before Recorder Summers this
morning, in the ranks of the Monday morning blues.
BRIBERY AND CoRRuPTIoN.--Tom Spinner is in the
Second District caiaboose. He was arrested by
Sergeant Raymond for attempting to bride him
What he offered and what he offered it for, are not
yet reported. TOMS inventory, however, on search
So the police office. was found to consist of more