, 1860-12-07
LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Freedom OF Opinion In y Commercial
EifY.

following accounts the words "aooutlout
&C., are used, }ffshonld be II.
terprcted by the Southern political d1c.Ionary;,{
md IL mnat. also be Remembered tha 1t these ae::
counts a.e wholly e. parte prepared perhaps /
by the very mep Who arc Instrumental in gett
tin: up tie ridiculous charges: 4=f
!: tFrort the :;ex oIcans Crescent, Nor. e9thIs:
Az1rADolIr1ox E1crrEaEefs.-We htxe
treated lightly q good deal Of talk We nare |
heard lately, about this and that man being !
Black Republican, because We discover the |
existence Of spirit throughout the comm |
nifty to act hastily and severely with suspected
parucs, and hayes dol wish By any publication |
Of ours to give color Of truth 70 The uncertain
tumors that VIC hear on the street, dnd there
BY foment excitement, II al Tasty ptocetd
ings Of the p0pulscc, there Is danger Of over
doing the thing. and psrhaps p::!shtng limo !
cent parties. We may mention, however, q !!
few cases, which have taken shape and form
enough to create some excitement, though
hardly enough to Justify it. Il
Two days ago, Recorder Emerson. sent: to
prison man who had been taken mp drunk
and was unable to pay his fine. He refused to
tell his name It could not be got from him
under any circumstances. " In the prison ne
not only refused to give hls hdme; but pro-
claimed boastingly that he was m Abolitlonlst
in the fullest sense Of the word refused to /
obey the prison rules; said he would stay in
prison tor years sooner than give hIs name, OF
any other Information than that he was an
Abolitionist and would die one For bis per.
tinacious refus:l to obey prison rules md tell
his name, ne was put in irons, It'd ts In Irons
get, and Is Jet Is obstinate ~ ercr. He Is
man Of Intelligent look and speech, and shows
no sign of insanity, though his behavior In
some respects Ia decidedly insane His term
will be out In few days, and from what We
have heard, it. .TIn fare badly with him when
be leaves prison, unless tho authorities anall
sec proper to protect him.
a ltcc negro man named Jennings, dealer
in tn foil. artificial teeth and other things per
tanning to dentistry, keeping his Office on B2-
ronne street, is in the hands Of the authorities,
On the charge Of having for some time past
engaged in The work Of propagating abolition
sentiment among the other free negroes aud
the slaves Of this city. Another tree Negro
and a slave, arrested with him, were dismissed
upon preliminary exntiiuatscn before Mayor
Monroe Under provision Of the black code,
Jcnuinga Is committed for full examination
before Recorder Emerson jennings has lived
hero long, aud ; his rectitude in politics Is
vouched 1ur by some. people but as he has
acted rascally In some financial dealings with
white men, and as Chief McClelland arrested
hin upon what lie considered good evidence
Of lis incendia-y. disposition, it "a not certain
that he will not be found out to be one Of the
worst aud most dangerous incendiazies that
w soo19 PuHsiS15 u-4sS a. wa n1iuss ,
talk and excitement among our German popu-
lation, regarding some of their countrymen
whose antecedcnts arc not calculated to benefit
them in SO WARM latitude as this We have
already mentioned the disappearance of one
fuefste1, an dAoene ol one ~ tne ueltnan pa
ceivtd, touching his abolition sentiments. Ne
may here add, in justice to the paper with
which he was connected, that he was dlscharg-
ea from Inat paper oelole nc iel1 t1e c1y- As
We w not spGah Ut u1aelsIna ~ tne eefMaa
!!au5 uase, W. uA'e senaA uppoitun3,sty " poat'
ins ourselves Us wen as we W9uio AAe %, con
ss,a .ne ..s.. sas fa,,o "atn i.;r.n nas ocen 'nc
alnonrs our 1SIl9an icuo" M
Une case wnlch Is nov ING talk, IS tAe anaf
~ JULIUS Ae1acA 4uu 9!uion aooseu'ann. mel
del is co-naannger Of tie German theatrical
company "mcn has bcs4 playlng at concert
iiali on foydtas street. uousenann = mana
Ser o! me othe1 tneai1lGau COMPANY ~mSa !S1 nas
Ieea pia9ins ~ inc oIleans inea1le Inc T.
vary o. tne, men ~ managers, 30 We near II,
las !ed 70 an inspeetlon ol tnen 1espectlSe a.
!oeetlent5, anu STORES nave sot ABROAD tnat
!:eiuei is Iank Abolitlonist. having made
ssaek Ecpunhcan speeches 10 GeImahs ~ inc
Noftn AeideI acnlcs ms anu III support OF
1nl5 hc mas aaa itousenann aF1csleo as INC
i,.at Sss stn,us ~ nj r. III in 'ar.o, n,
t!u. si,nnle chargr OF " breact OF the ,5eacc a
warrant was Issued by the SECOND District Re-
cordcr for Housemann's arrest, and House.
,.lann. hearing of this, went yesterday to court
aud surrendered himself, and gave bail to ap-
near for Examination when notified.
An exciting aff;1ir came of at the st. James
Hotel on Magazine street, last evening. One
Lavi Harris, travelling agent for some 1arse
business ltorsc in Philadclphia. stopplp. at the
ln,trl. was inliscrcet enough to yaunt his
Hac, Fcpublican sentiments. The news Of
this snrcad-- 4 committee OF citizens looked
arut,nL for him Yesterday. but did not ind
him. In tho evening, however, be was found
at the hotel, and was at once seized and taken
tn hts room and questioned at length The
evidence Of his abolition language was strong
against him, and It was determined to send
hin, forthwith to some more cougcnial latI-
tu,fe
During the inauis;t[on. 4 larre and excited
crowd .collccted around the hotel, probably
win the view Of lynchinr him. The naen who
wisi,iu.r any harm done to him. emucr1cd him
out by The back N,ly. put him into cazriagc
and sent him Off 1T top speed TO the Jackson
Railroad Dcpot, He had no money, but a
druggist of this city loaned him 500 to ray
bis travelling expenses. We did not helr
whether he reached the depot in time for the
cars Az or or not m " > - '@'''0 ' >''@
+ 'rr,o;, IN xsv o,,s,,. f>n..r.,, xor nj
..cn, ~. 100, ,.,xo,,..,,,.-.
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Yesterday morning Arthur kohinsou, man
ol Eentcct appearance anu couca1lo1l, WIS a1-
rested by Corporal Dean and the Mayors Spe-
| cIal officer, r; Fl, DRYDEN, ut the request Of
two citizcns. and brouyht 10 the Nayo.s Office.
m 3l,c chor1,e of cnteFtatnfnr Ahoiitinn senti,
~ eI..' ,,ass','. +hn ..I,a T., ,a,,h,;e
Wg.'s :It anu .us ets Trs,a IL puuns
The accused Is natlyc @ OF Ireland and eamc
| to the United States IN lS5l 10 remained In
in this city. Hc stated to the Mayor that hc
| WAS decidedly adyerscto slavery anu wanted to
zee it abolished ut is carly a dry Is practicss-
ble, by lawful means that he did not cDntem-
| plate doing anything wrong, but he could not
| Lclp giving utterance to his feelings. In reply
to the Mayors questions, he acknowledged
hat hc had converscd on the subject with free
| Negroes, but wouldnot state positively whether
| ur not lie Ind spoken to slaves. :.
| The Mayor committed him for further cx-
animation before the Recorder We heard OF
this man several weeks ago, Il being In the
habit Of receiving through the Post Office
Packages aud bundles Of Abolition papers and
other documents, which, being much more
tl.an be could have any occasion 10 read him.
sell, he must have circulated in an inccnliaFy
nauner.
50 Another case VAS brought before the Mayor
Yesterday morning. Two gentlemen arrived
iast evening from Pass Christian, having in
Landed the ;i following II Ictter to the Mayor:
Ah,iitionlst. bv thc ciiizcns Of the town Of PAS
Christian and by them eeutcnced to be
IL free State. be Is now in the hands o{ Messrs.
F.F. Berean and l. D. Smith. With instructions to
carry him to Sew oF!sans. and thcfe 70 oe handed
ossr 70 10 tne Iate. 9s Iose; ~ VIII Inc 1sahest ssa,
3aan,iv:s exnentes~say s3s~waich viii be handed
10 son By Mr f. F. icrs=an.
Yours respectfully. +. B: HlERS.
chairman Vigilance Committee.