New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-01-18
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Grlrner, constable IN ana Iof bhe toWH u Aanu
Ecore.
Henry s. Dunbar, Edward N. Millard, Eugene
Petetin, S. j. Barry, and a. P. Estiletto, were ap
pointed town councilmen for the town oil Grand
Coteau, parish Of st. Landry.
DETECTIVE Police STATroNs.-We spoke day |
before yesterday Of project of the Chief of Po-
lice to distribute the work done at his ofice !
among four different Offices, situated in each dis
triet of this city; each office being under the su-
peryision Of lieutenant, and the whole under
command of that efficient officer, Captain Dalton,
subordinate to the orders of Captain Burke, the
Chief of Police. This will have the double adyan-
tage Of distributing the work which crowded the
Chiefs office, and Of enabling citizens to prefer
their complaints without having to go out OF their
respective districts. subjoined, we append the
location of the different Offices:
First District-C Corner of Lafayette and St.
Charles streets. tOffce Of the Chief, and central
station)
Second District Corner of St. Peter and Char
tres streets. Formerly the Coroner's ofice)
Third District-At the police station on Elysian
Fields street, up stairs.
Fourth District-on Rousseau, between Jackson
and Philip streets. 4
HOUSEHOLD THIEvING.-A colered woman by
the name of Mary Scott was arrested yesterday by
officer Hennessey at liz AN, charged by A. 1.
seely with stealing from him nine dishes. one bas-
ket and various other articles, valued at the sum
of twelve dollars. This system of domestic lar
ceny seems to have the form of regularly laid
scheme among a certain class of individuals, for
ldespoiling private citizens of their household
effects, and living without the trouble of working
| for IL. A servant hires herself out in a private
family, stays there three or four days, perhaps a
week, perhaps month, then suddenly disappears,
| carving away small articles, which are taken to
1 hiding place and then sold. The houses Of
our citizens are literally pilaged by this constant
practice of petty larceny, whilst they can getyery
4 little redress against the offenders. 5Eo
4 JUSTICE VS.. TIME--If there is a place in the
4 universe where Time has no earthly show, 1t is in
1 court of Justice. If there are a set OF men In
II this sublunary world who know how to do away
i with the aforesaid abstract idea, without any
profit to themselves or to the balance of mankind
tits the officers that are supposed to do the husi
:, ness of the civil courts. Business hours, with or
binary mortals, usually begin at o'clock, ane
lrnost men do not find time from that hour till
O'clock to do the work which enables them II
earn their daily bread, and are obliged to keep
up till late hours Of the night We do not speal
I, of editors or locals, who are beyond the pale
humanity and not suspected Of wanting any sieel
Il at ALL
t But to return to the Courts. To begin with
T the Judge comes at eleven o'clock, the officers Q
the Court thereupon look at him with appropriate
. awe and respect, and by the time he has takel
his seat and they occupied their respective posi-
j, tons, half hour has elapsed lit is haf-pas
5 eleven. Upon tlis everybody in the room think
. it necessary to turn around and make memoral
dunn of the number of flies upon the ceiling; thi
t remarkably intelligent occupation Joined to tn
reading of the minutes, takes up another full hal
8 hour, aud it is twelve o'clock before the Court j
i ready to do business One would naturally sur
pose that being ready, the Court at once proceed
t to the trial of cases but this is an egregriou
y mistake. 1t takes fully half an honr more to g
d through ceremony which is styled making nft
. tions and taking rules. Everybody at that tim
make it rule to NIKE the fewest possible motion
if in the slowest imaginable. way. 1t is now hal
past twelve if we are not entirely deprived of tn
9 bump Of mathematics, and every one seems to
i quietly anxious to ascertain how the gastronom
hour Of three can be crept to without any seriou
y business accident having occurred.
9 Now, if there is q jury lGod help heunfortE
: nate creatures if they have any business at ALL
y must be empaneled The deputy sheriff, wi
e knows the duties Of his high position, s very car
full to call the roll as slowly as possible, and aft
! that is done, the Court deems it prudent 10 lo
Is anothdE half hour between that ceremony and Il
consequential one of choosing the twelve intsliige
y peers whose verdict is the law of the land /
the time all this is over the witnesses called, al
o She satellites of Themis have made one or ty
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:, past one.
d It strikes the mind of the Court at that momen
% that there is time to try bnt case, and tn
a opportunity to lose another half hour, is seiz
n gpon by all hands with the usual calm and dignf
q ayidty which charac,erizes all Judicial procee
s lings. In the meantime, the crowd Of jurymen
It attenGanee, who generally are men Of bushes
and not ssyained 70 The diguifed manner Of losil
i time which forms one Of the principal duties
: public osicers. stand fretting and fuming in Il
r ,c,rt rnony moi enough acatlAinted with the la