New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-29
MONDAY MORNING.

i"tt tSl9 dt tlic Lower COtLOn Ife33.
OnSaturday evening the S.. Ceran Rifles marched
up town and took their departure for camp. They
presented remarkably stout and manly appear
ance, land attracted much admiration. Capt. Jen-
nings and four or five of his men are considerably
over six feet high, whilst there not two small
men in the company. The St. Ceran Rifles will
make their mark.
TURNING TIE TABLES ON MEAS LANDLORD.-
Some three months since, certain landlord, one Of
those noble old fellows who would skin flea for
its hide and tallow seized the effects of poor wo-
man who owed him $40 rent. Her husband is
soldier at Pensacola, and she that before he
left the landlord promised him that lie would not
push his wife for the rent whilst he was absent.
When the pooI~woman's effects--a basket Of crock
cry, a few cooking utensils, baby's chair, few
pictures, and few articles Of old brol:en-down
furniture, a wretched-loolng lot, making about a
cart-load, and not destined to bring more than $50
at aucti0n-were stored by the Constable, his heart
moved at her distress as well as at the land
lords meanness so he consoled the woman by tell
ing her he would see what he could do for her.
He told the story to two able and ingenious law
yer5, who at volunteered their gratuitous
services He then impressed the landlord with the
idea that he would have hard time gaining his
case, and so induced him to employ an expensive
lawyer and summons unnecessarily large num-
Der Of witnesses. The Constable and the two law
yers for the woman resorted to every lawful ex-
pedient to stave off the trial, thus allowing the
costs to accumulate. One Of the lawyers got him
self appointed curator dd hoe for the Woman's
absent husband, and obtained a delay Of sixteen
days in which to correspond with him. The land
lords lawyer had lawyers time of it in opposing
rules for this and that, filed for purposes delay
by counsel for defendant. At last the trial came
off, and judgment Of course was given for the land
lord. All possible delays were again resorted to,
to staye Oft the sale of the furniture and with such
effect that when the sale does take place, it will
be siXty-six days from the day of seizure.
The bill Of costs, for serving citations upon the
landlords numerous witnesses, appraisers eX-
penses, taking Inventory, labor in moving the fur
niture, serving process verbal, drumming, adver-
tising and storage-the latter item being s33 that
is, si&tysix days storage, at fifty cents per day
will be over $7l. Whilst the furniture will be
bought in by friends to restore to the poor woman
the landlord will get his $50, but then he will have
to pay the balance, rather all the costs amount
ing to $7. The Constable, having $5l left, viii de-
duct only much as was necessary to buy in the
furniture say $20 and will then have left some $50
to hand over as gift to the woman with her furni-
ture. Isn't this good thing? The generosity of
the Constable and lawyers in this case is equaled
only by their ingenuity. The landlord, besides
losing as above, will have to pay his ~lawyer
some $25 $780, that legal gentleman having
we'll earned his money. Total loss of the landlord,
about 500.
MERE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.-We remember
reading a good story Of a. madman, who, during
of his lucid intervals in his asylum was visit
ed by one of his old friends. '' Hello old boy u
exclaimed the visitor, I" what are you doing here ~
'' I'm here,' he replied, for difference Of
opinion" &c How is that?" "Well you see, y
said the madman, g. thought all the world crazv,
all the world thought me crazy, and the world be-
ing in the majority, here l am" Such must be
the present feeling of Mr.. Reynolds residing at the
corner Of Magazine and Poyetarre streets, who on
Saturday was arrested and locked up to await ex.
animation, on a charge of having uttered seditious
language towards the Government Of the Confed
crate States by calling President Davis a scoundre
and liar, and declaring that the property of every
one who supported the Confederate Government
should be coniiscated, etc:
WHEN THE CATS AWAY TIT. MICE WILL PLAy.,'
Yesterday forenoon special officer Miller and a
to intrude upon and into the premises of Mr. j. A.
BaQuie, on Delord street, when they well knew
that Mr.. Baque and his family were over the lake
and had left their house in care of pet negro SER
want of the feminine gender.
The audacious policemen found some thirty dar-
keys holding society meeting in the elegant par
lors of the residence. The darkeys had lots of ale
and spruce beer, and were drinking the same at
of MT MI bo-
longing to the house. As Mr.. Baquie and family
were not known to be weak in regard to the above
liquids, it was unmstakable that their glass and
silverware. was being pressed to Afrcanic lips
whilst their parlor furniture was gradually ac-
quiring an Ethiopian odor.
Ofthe crowd of darkeys there assembled nineteen
were captured-ffteen bucks and four wenches,
all belonging to respectable masters. They were
all slaves, and all had passes, money and jewery.
And among the things captured by the police were
printed constitution, certain written documents
and freshly begun set of minutes dated July 28th
showing that the /" Morning Star Benevolent Asso-
catonH werc-,oi,ts6g their regular society meet
ings.
There was no fault as to the object of the meet
and as this assembly was holding session in Mr..
police took them in Those not arrested got off
by their practiced agility in scaling back fences.
FIRE.-A grocery at the corner of Nayades and
Clio streets caught fire at O'Clock last evening and
did about $1,000 damage before the firemen got it
under. As the grocer was absent, the fire was put
down to incendiarsm.
CoRONER's 1NQUEsTs.-An inquest was held on
Saturday on the body of an unknown man, found
in the river between Soraparu and First streets.
Verdict: &c Accidentally drowned" Deceased
was about 5 feet 10 inches high, with dark hair
and was entirely naked. Though not identified, il
is almost certain that the body was that of Petel
Schmidt, volunteer soldier belonging to the third
company of the Orleans Battalion of Artillery who
was drowned while bathing in front Of Camp
Lewis.
An inquest was also held on the body of Ann
Buget, free woman Of color, aged 90 years. Yer
dict: Died of dropsy." Deceased was a native
of St. Domingo, and came here after the terrible
massacre in which so many of the white inhabitants
of the island were destroyed, preferring exile
with few whites that escaped, to the rule Of
butchers, though of her kind and color. The old
woman full Of "reminiscences, and often told 0!
the st. Domingo revolution.
The following inquests were held yesterday:
On the body of Bernard Bell, aged 10 minutes
found dead at the parents residence, No. lSE