New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-05
a Singular Charaeeer,
EccENTElc1rY AND PAUpERrsx.
The Mobile Gazette publishes tie folloring

: markable history:
There are few residents of Mobile who f,sga -.
4 seen the Scilian, Andrea, hobbling through a1e
streets upon his patched crutch, and walking
n stan, lying some door step basEn n NJ
sun, always wrapped in the rags of poyertve .
picture Of filth and paupersnr, without parallel
in this any other city. Many reports are given
II of his early history of the c9Ise y which. ha InaF
his leg, and Of his eccentricities but from these
conflicting statements it is difficult to arrive at tbs
truth and no inducement can be offered him to
Ispeak Of his pastcareer opportunities in this d.
Il Irection are most certain to he met 7Ev 4 g FF
passion calculated to deter the most pefsevefing
4 from pressing the subject too closely But report
states that IN his bogHood he was one of Laftte's
i crew and lost 1ls Leg during an action between
/ the Gulf Pirate and an EngIishmati of war a
4 This statement is without any substantial au-
thofty, but there seems to be much more truth fa
4 the following which has just been related to u.s.
/ By a gentEernanwho has seen him almost dayfoT
/ the last fifteen years: About eighteen years ago
4 Andrea resided in New Orleans, and while one
i day assisting to put some heavy timber in vessel
4 undergoing repairs, one Of them fell upon and
l crushed his leg. Amputation becamss necessary.
4 and was performed at the Marine Hospital in that
| city, and in a few years afterwards he came to
4 Mobile, where he soon became an institution.
\ He has relatives here in good circumstances,
/ who have mads many efforts to reform his Yagrant
4 habits, audience prevailed upon him with such
success as 80 establish him in fruit stand, fitted
4 up for hia benefit, in which he continued but few
Il days. when he broke up his stands and boxes
pitched his fruit into the dock, and without giving
awerd of xplanation resumed bis 1neoutI habits.
4 He has been repeatedly provided with good
Clothes, which seemed to disgust him more the
nearer they approached gentiIss7, and a few days
II Wllt ma them tern up patched and Fepatehed,
until all sefnblanee Of shape has been destroyed
n n theM, and Andrea rejoices in his rags again.
n strangers, thinking him an object of charity,
sometIn offer him money, which he almost i'd
Vanabiy throws back at them in q ftof rage and
ipassions SIS 81
When driven by hunger he will sometimes ash
Tor piece Of bread, which Il never refused fina
i put more fredently enters saloon or bakery in
q whatever part OF the city, he may be- and helps
and coolly energies into the street again witiIort
saying by your 1eaye,r or q thank yoil..H NJ
the market he has been known to take sur d fish,
sometlnes aevoarfng 1T raw but when bis appe-
Etlte gives him leisure he goes tlraugh "a uFoeess
1 OF cooking peculiar to himself. ~ 80
Without scallng cleaning or giving it anv civil
" lied preparation Whatever, he will place 1t on the
locals Of some of the furnaces on Front street and
IpernittHg it to brOl buba fewsseccnds draws tTfs
tempting morsel forth, and instantly deyours it.
taking his position in the sun the yernin with
which his rags are'pOpdlated goon warm into life.
and activity when Antireas Occupation begiRaby
an onslaught upon the greybaeks He TillggS.
under oae of the docks when the process of aIln-
ton becomes "a necessity with him, wash hfs
clothes, and after hanging them ont to dry take
his crutches and swim to the other side of the
river, remaining there until bis apparel is sufi-
clently dry to be worn, Rhen he returns and re-
sEnes his peregrfnatiOnS through the city travel
ing day and night sleeping in the sun or rain.
wherever and whenever fatigue oVertakes him
Andrea is never tishonest-takes nothing with
ont beng seen, and never accepts anything that
Is not absolutely necessary to the support of Iife
His constitution is iron, he has never been sick or
lrather has never been missed from the street t1-
less. it issaid, on the fnl of the MOON when he
fbeeomes smOrose, and apparently out. of his mind
Left to himself he is harmless enough bnt when
set upon by mischierous boys Is easily worked
into dangerous passion.
r THE GENTLER SEX As W1RE-PEj.LERs- The
usual number of females were conspicuous in the
q White House to-day. 1t Is a'noticeable fact and
by means creditable to the age that there is a
J. growing inclination to nse The gentfgr sex. in
}. manipulating the political wires. In the ldbbies
! Of Congress- during the last week, about the de-
partnlents at all times, and 1T the White House.
this element largely prevails. And il is obserya.
bic that they are not the wives sisters OF datrh-
e tiers Of those whose interests they represent In
te most cases they are merely professional Wire-pul
:, ers, who for consideration undertake the prose-
y cution OF any claim. secure the appointment Of
T. their principals to office or labor for the passage
Of bills; Relying on the Difference univer-
o. sally paid to the sex, they thrust themselves
I, boldly in where the most ventnreson1e man
~ would be repulsed; and once obtaining the OIL
G. cial ear they plead their cause with pertinacity
y; that VIII not be denied It has come to be quite
common remark of late when difficult job Is on
a hand, s'Set woman to work. So numerous.
have these female politicians and agents become
On OF late that the heads Of departments aud official
personages are compelled to denounce them as.
~ nu1sances. At the White House this afternoon
W there was upwards Of fifty Of them at one tirre
'l awaiting an audience with the President. The
ITS courtesy due to the womankind forbids that when
on once they are admitted they should be treated
precisely are the sternef SEX hence their inter
views are usually protracted greatly to the iueon-
veniepce and annoyance of others who may be ia
or waiting. Ii ladies throughout the country could
~ fully understand the estimation in which these
~ ~ lobbyists are held here the number Of them woud
: certainly not be increased-[N Y. Herald.
r. ----~e-
~ How WONAS STnIE lrcc p
In LooNs.--tor the last three years, Mr.. T. Tour
geon, dry goods merchant, Notre Dame street, has
5s missed large quantities Of goods, Suspicion was
hXed upon various parties among Others the clerks
employed in the store and in consequence a very
q unpleasant and uneasy feeling prevailed as Of
i course no one knew who was to blame. One of
the clerks determined at last to put an end to this
uncomfortable state of affairs. Mr.. Toirgeon has
10 number OF girls employed making up clothing
at their own houses. Mr.. Joseph Labelle, the
lv clerk IN question. suspected that some Of these
: might be the guilty parties. as they had oppor-
ID tuntles when they came to deliver their work to
- commit robbery.
g He therefore concealed himself in the store
room to which the girls 60 to hand in the clothes
10 which they make, and to receive the cloth to be
" made up. White there, woman named Clara
herbert came in and being, as she thought, alone,
lifted pair Of trousers and put them on as If she
- would like, although an old maid, to wear the
: : breeches. After d0nning the garment she pro-
TX ceeded to roll up the legs 50 that they would not
It. be seen below her dress and then fastened the
o'ASi Auur pdlrs uDutE Her HuupS.5 Ele was al
lowed to walk down I'd the front shop, and Mr.
W Lahelle then had this by no means bella Cana
4. dienne arrested. Denial was useless. Evidence
1T OF her guilt was too clear and she confessed that
besides the articles she had then with her she had
e. committed many other hreeches of the law. She
Ii had, IN TACT, been doing wholesale business
Montreal Gazette
IN The Montana Republican says there is on de-
n posit in Helena bar Of gold weighing 12s
+ ounces The owner of this little brick also un-
u loaded at HerShfield Rank a safe containing 5nO
y pounds Of clear gold dust, which, with 200
is pounds more, was the result of two and half
y y months work upon Montana bar, Confederate
ss guieh.
lg Bucksport, the Black Republican banner town
Id of Hancock Me-, is in great distress for fear
he negro barber there will be drawn on the jury.
er His NAME to show the consistency of these rulers
t. of tha' town in practice, has been for some time
10 theJury box Of the town and supposed liable
to be drawn for service. But lit is said that num-
:. bers of the Black Republican citizens OF Bucks
% % por and of other towns in the county per-
y emptorily declare that if that ngger is drawn
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