New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-08-29
LETTER. FRonI NEW YORK.

| Correspondence of the Crescent
NEW YORK, Aug. 49, 1865.
The police and detective systems of this city
are just at present undergoing severe overhaul
ing, which is exactly what it needs; we have been
pestered with an unusual number of pickpockets
especially upon the city railroad cars, and who
have, Rithouta doubt, been assisted by set of
scoundrels who have erept into the detective
force with no other purpose than that of defraud-
ing the public. Three of our brave property
protectors Z were hauled up yesterday for what
is called g burning the fence" which is to send
lstolengoods to some second class shop where
they are sold, and then the detectives appear
there searching after stolen goods, and when
found of course the proprietor is told he must go
to the + Jug" whereupon third party steps in
and advises the proprietor to settle with the detec
tives rather than be exposed which he is per-
shaded to do and hands over from 800 to $500,
according to the demand made, and the detectives
pocket the amount and slope"
So you see the man who receives the stolen
goods is made to " fence 7 by the supposed
offenders Of justice, and then they proceed to
burn him. This practice has been going ON
for some time here, but has never until now been
detected. Walking in an mp town street the other
night, saw two gentlemen get offa car and immedi-
atey thereafter cry out to stop the car as their
on and the gentlemen ran after the car but failed
to discover the offenders; whereas if the conduc-
tor had stopped at once the pickpockets couldhave
been secured. Even the conductors and drivers
are in league with these infamous rascals. In fact
person does not know where or when he is safe
from robbery, fol the practice of bribery has
taken hold Of all our law officers to such an ex-
tent, that it is impossible to know how to protect
one's self. 73
The Fenans are attracting q little attention here
again, holding mass meetings. picnics, ETC.. at
which some of the American radicals are making
Irish speeches, by which they hope to gain the
Fenian vote in the fall elections, but some of the
leaders in the Fenan movement put damper on
this scheme, advising their followers to have no
connection with politics in any way. The truth is
the Philadelphia convention has made these one
sided, one idea radicals shake in their shoes for
they see that the verdict of the country loving
community is overwhelmingly in favor of the
statesmanlike conservative principles adopted by
the representatives from every State in the Union
no matter whether the exact wording of the plat
form saits the whole community ornot, we all pro-
pose 10 work for one end and that is the represen-
Lauon OF ali the States in Congress, where all can
be heard respecting laws which affect the people
at large. Ward meetings are being held and eInhs
organized to go into the coming fall campaion with
the sole purpose of knocking spots,' out Of the
radical faction, who are doing more to create a
want OF identity and sympathy between the North
and South than the whole four years of war did
The people are gradually returning to town. as
the weather is getting quite like fall. The seaside
excitement is growing less, and everybody is be-
ginning to thiuk about city eXcitements for the
winter, which certainly promise TO be various and
on as grand scale ever BEFORE only g more So
The new liquor law has not yet been decided
finally but will be early in the fall when it will
undoubtedly be declared constitutional.