The New Orleans crescent., 1868-11-19
NUMBER 81.

10 borrow your axe" or your shovel. or your
washtub and IL you give it, you and Mrs. Smith
will never see II again.
IT is WORTH Q visit to the Third District Court
Wednesdays, 70 wtness the trial Of appeal cases
from justices Of the peace. One finds the court
lobbies crowded with people Of every nationality,
the principal portion being Gascons, who seem to
be the most litigious people in the parish Of Or
leans. An lrishman settles his difficulties with
stalwsrt blow on the face of his opponent; IN
American with q bowie knife ; q Frenchman with
q defiance and an exchange OF cards; an Italian,
SpaDiard, q Portuguese or Maltese, with .
thrust from ponard or the promise of q vendetta
or en- ambuscade. The Gascon, irascible In the
extreme, bold and determined when it comes to
blows. will exchange words all day with an op-
ponent as voluble as himself.
The Gascon butcher or milkman looks on him
self as an instructive litigant. II his neighbor's
animals trespass on his pastures, he hurries Oh to
bis lawyer and insists on process for damages.
The attorney may plead in piteous terms that the
trespass has hardly caused five dollars damage
and that the costs, cast. may amount 70 nfty dol
lara. and his Tees - s1o es SAG more. Out rolls
expletves unpleasant to refined ear. the h'onc
de Diou and thousand other objurgstons. The
placid attorney loses his equanimity, promises
everything, institutes his appeal before Judge
Emerson, and patiently awaits the day of trial. A
day of trial il is for him but day of triumph and
vindictness for his client and his clients witnesses
All The petty spites and scorns of rival udcheries,
as they are termed, are ventilated for the judges
delectstions. The young gentlemen just admitted
to the bar Profit by the chance offered them to ex-
hibit their splenetc Abilities their powers Of in
vective and their lungs. The parties plaintiff and
defendant indulge In declamatory gestures and in
impassioned whispers. The witnesses catch the
excitement. The plaintiffs witness on the stand
turns with scowl to the defendants attorney,
and replies to his cross interrogatories with snap
pish sptefuness. The sprg of the forum gets
angry in his turn. From the suave and measured
tone in which he began bis questioning he grs-
duaiy rises in the force of his intonation and the
emphasis of his gesticulation. until he Is as loud
and as vehement ss the Nestor of the bar"
whose voice has sometimes reverbersted as far a.
Toulouse street.
The questions and answers are now made with
q voublity, rspidity and confusion that ex-
coed all understanding. In vain the kindly and
attentive judge snaps bis eyes and attempts
to restore order. The blood OF the contending
lawyers is up-ths may be their first forensic
opportunity; the suppressed family or clan ami
mosities OF the principals in the suit are aroused;
and the Witnesses either side imbibe the bitter
ness of the principals. and the jargon is intoler-
able as that of the parrots in the bird stores on
Chartres street. IL the Judge orders the court to
be cleared, the scores Of partizans, male and
female, throng the stair landing, and there give
vent TO their animosity. II is no longer curses,
not loud but deep;" the hubbub gathers strength.
and the appalled, tyros Of the bar who have raised
this re enaction Of the Tower Of Babel, apply for
pos,ponement Of the case, which Is readily
granted. The only placid faces to be found in the
sceDe are these Of Capt. Dan. ByeTly and his ex-
cellent deputy, j. o. Chalon. Both were too
well used TO bombshells and the rattle Of muske-
try during several years Of unpleasantness. They
seem to say with Petruchio: .L1
F." Have not In the pitched battle heard
Loud 'lsrums, neighing s,eeds, and uumpeA'
claDg?
That gives not half 30 great blow to the ear,
Aa will a chesnut m a farmerfa fire ~
We LEARN FROM MAJOR MANNING, the efficient
and seepless superintendent of watchmen for the
cotton presses, that an immense amount of rat
ting" and pilfering is carried on along the levee
of the Second District, by day as well as at night.
As many as Aish.- s~,s.- % eotsou nave ueen re-
moved at one swoop by these wholesale marau-
ders. The police of the Second District cannot
exercise too much vigilance. ,....g
The CITY is overrun at night by juvenile thieves
who dog drunken men and either pick his pockets
or boldly seze hold of him and take his valuables
by force. They lurk In the hooks about St.
Charles and the Poydras market. and are so peril
nacious that, when their victim gets into q car.
they will jump in also, and follow him on his
homeward way.
TIE STEAMSHIP STAR OF THE UNION, which the
telegraph re ports wrecked near Bahia Honda left
this port on tuesday, week ago, bound for Hs-
vsDa and Philadelphia. She had but six psssen-
gers on board, all of whom, with the crew, es-
capped in safety. sta tta rr ora nFr
CORPORAL CRAIGH, OF the police, found one of
the doors of the store, No. 6l Magazine street.
open yesterday morning aud panel broken
he left Officer Murray in Charge of the premises
until the occupants should arrive, and ascertain
" whether burglary had been committed.
SOME siLvERwARE and other valuables were
stolen by burglars from The residence of Randall
Hunt, Esq, on Drysdes street, near Canal, during
Tuesday night f4llfn1
FRAME BUILDING, unoccupied, situated on
belonging to Mr.. Thomas Lucy. was totally dss-
troyed by fire about half past 8 yesterday morn.
ing. lncendiarism is alleged ss the cause Of the
fire.
The UNITED STATES CoURT was occupied with
cases in bankruptcy. Nothing OF public interest
either there or ct the U. B. commission
er's Office. 3 lrr fer
MARTIN KENNEDY. charged with cutting Nc
Ginty in the coffee house on Girod street, near
Commerce, on Tuesday night. was arraigned yes
terdsy and required TO give $3.50 bonds, which
failing to do he was sent to jail to await exsmina-
ton.
JULES DUBOIS, Jules Rolande, and woman
named Honoree Pambrun, all arrested by special
officer White, on O charge Of burglary or being
accessory thereto. we're remanded yesterday.
under $3.50 bonds, TO await examination.
lNQUESTS.-C0rOner Avla heid an inquest yes
terday on the body of an unknown white man,
9 shout thirty years Old drowned in the Mississippi
river and found in front Of Louisiana Refinery.
Third District. Verdict, supposed to be scci-
dental.
Also on the body Of John Fitzsimmons, seventy
nine years old born in ireland, lying at corner Of
johnson and Labarpe streets. Verdict, chronic
disrrhea and old age. lrrls
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr.-At 3 Pm. yesterday
the case OF the lad Griffin was in course OF trial
before Judge Abel and q jury. The evidence at
the time our reporter lett court was Of q rebut
ting character. The killing took place In Algiers,
some months ego. and Griffin has already been
tried in the First District Court but the jury could
not agree.
FIFTH DISTRICT CoURr.--y. B. Miguel. president
of the incorporated association Of "Amis 5scres,"
sues out an Injunction before yDdee Lesumont
against A. l.. Barre and +. Austin, representing
what thew conceive 90 De the society OF Sacred
Friepds. ! sor the sole and exclusive control of
two lots situate in the new st. Louis Cemetery.
claims the lots 10 question to be the
exclusive property OF the corporation which be
represents.
SECOND DISTRICT REcORDER's COURr-J,idge
Sts0ckeys presidin9.- Lovely Lizzie Duftie WAS
hned IS or sent TO the Parish Prison for ten days
Tor lying drunk on Customhouse street.