The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-06
LETTER From NEW YORK.
,cid Correspondents Of the New orle.n, cr....ntl

Special Con.spondsAss OF the New Orleans Crssssntl
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 1858.
Our little village is always in state Of excite
ment. First comes murder, then suicide, then
a murder, then a prize fight, then prize fight,
then a horrible accident, another prize fight, an-
other murder, great bre and one more suicide
and prize fght-sll of which are glovingly chrOn-
icled by the daily press, TO the intense delight OF
the newsmOngers, the intense disgust Of sober
sided citizens who dread the final crash which shall
place this GOmorrah among the cursed things that
were and are not. Sometimes, TO vary the mon
otony Of prize fight and murder, We have the
record of q bold robbery in open day, the swind-
ling Of a shreWd firm, the bursting OF q boiler;
the escape OF Blackwell's Island convict, or the
wholesale arrest of those much pitied, heartless
pests OF metropolitan society " fashioned so sen-
derly," who live by bringing about the moral
death OF others as well "a themselves, and who
die by poison by the knife, the pistol, or OF s.
eases worse than DEATH and are at last cut up Tor
the benefit OF science, and slowed away IN
Potter's Field, "unwept, unhonored and unsung'
few days ago friday We had new .ensstl1n;
poor little baby died at No. li7 West l7th
street. So many poor little babies had dled a.
the same place that suspicion was excited. Inc
coroner went TO the house, held an inquest aud
decided that the child had been starved to death.
The gift enterprise sHindlers are, at the present
writing, in an uncomfortable state OF suspense u
is supposed that United States law Is about 10
he passed, requiring the immediate arrest OF
every msn engaged in snch schemes rs promise
to pay the subscriber grand prizes for his one
dollar. There are now ~ least lWehty peIsons
engaged in this illegtimate business, and u pays,
for the fools are not all dead yet. On saturday
The Merchants and Bankers Grand Presenta.
ton Scheme" the fraud advertised by Clark,
Webster Co., WAS again before Justice DoWl-
ing. Mr.. De Forest, OF Brooklyn, had purchased
tickets He received note from the sulnders,
Informing him that he had drawn watch worth
$500 and inviting him 20 como and receive II.
lie called and WAS requested to deposit $40.
pr. he F. wanted TO see the watch. 1t was
handed 20 him. He pocked il and walked away,
but was arrested for theft and taken before jus
tice Bowling, who advised him to enter formal
complaint against Clark, Webster 20. Tor
swindling. This be did, and the justice issued
A warrant for the arrest OF the firm. On this
warrant, Henry Elias, the head Of the concern,
and several clerks, were taken into custody anu
held for examination.
KelIeys concern at No sos Broadway, il an
other trap into which the unwsry fall because
they will not read the papers. Another called
1.-The Co.operative Gold and Silver Lead Mining
Association located at No. 234 Broadway,
promises for SlC0 TO give you transportation ito
which point not stately a years maintenance,
800 in wages, l60 acres Of land QOcstlOn not
stately and your share of the profits OF the en-
terprise. Let your readers, il there be any silly
enough 70 listen 10 these magnificent thieves, be-
ware of investing.
The tbeaters are doing lively business. The
sfWbite Fswn" at Niblo's, the Japs ct the
Academy. Bsrnum's Son at Nobody's Museum Gas
the bills have it, Lolita at the Broadway, Les
Ter Wallack az WGllack's, are the main attrac-
tions. The circus draws as usual. and many
people 90 TO Bunyam Hall TO see the Plgrimsl
ar "a Isham TOrtle says, tramp sorefOOted
through the snow TO zee more Buuyams up al
Pilgrims