The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-02
Umpre-A. Betz. scOrer-B. Pollman,


NEGRO ORGIEs.-Some two weeks ago, of Sat.
urday evening, lot of negroes got together in a
room in a small tenement house in the " Fau-
bourg," and went to fddling aud dancing. In
the next house was negro woman sick unto
death, who sent messenger to request the ne
groes to stop their dancing on account of their
sickness. But they beat and kicked the messen-
ger. and kept up their fdding and /" calling" aud
dancing till daylight. Sunday morning, much to
the discomfort, If not danger, TO the sick one who
died in few days after. The negro friends Of
the deceased then assembled in the room where
the corpse lay, about nine O'Clock in the evening,
and held regular waken all night long, TO the
disturbance OF everybody in the neighbOfhood.
No Irish wake" that we ever saw would com.
pare with it. They acted more like the bowling
Dervishes" than anything we can compare them
to; and, as the night advanced. they increased
their noise, and pitched in" with the lungs of 80
many bulls and bears. There was white person
SICK across the street, and they knew il, but il
made no difference to these midnight howlers.
"Oh rock
In AbrshAm's bosom. o,
oh. Rook-s
and such refrains composed the burden Of their
song. iniermixed with lOud ballelujahs and amensl
TWAS religious liberty with a vengeance.
MoRTUARY REPoRr.-The total number of inter.
ments in New Orleans for the week ending sun.
day morning, at 6 O'Clock, as reported by DR.. G.
WlDirmeyer, secretary Of the Board of Health,
WIS ", Oh WHICH was crowned, Il QleQ OF
wounds, from injuries, congestion OF the brain,
/ softening of the brain, l6 consumption, fevers.
/ old age, pneumonia, and were stillborn 50
classified As were males and 40 were females: Is
were under l year old, Is between l and TO- 3
between Is and 20, between 20 and 80, IL be-
tween 30 and 10, 4 between 40 and so, IL between
so and 60. between 60 and 20, between 20
and so, and between so and 80; 56 were natives
of the United States, 10 not stated, and 25 we're
foreigners.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT-,Tudge Ho1oe-,JUHe L.
The Grand Jury ignored a bill of Indictment
against Jordan Scott, colored, for manslaughter,
charged TO have been committed in killing Wm.
PIGGY, boy five years of age, son Of Thomas
Digby. The boy was killed BY being run over by
a cart Of Scottis.
Gustaye Alexander was tried for the alleged
larceny Of a gold chain, valued at eighteen dol
lars, from Joseph Peter, and was acquitted. In
regard to William Hirsch, informed against.
jointly with Alexander, for the alleged larceny,
the district attorney entered nolle prosequi.
William Leonard was convicted Of assault and
battery on the person Of NJ. lie Blanc, and was
sentenced to pay fine Of s25.
RECORDER GAsTTNEL' s COURT VIM. Reilly, the
boy arrested Tor purloning newspapers from the
box in which the carriers placed them, at Justice
Collens's Office, was released by Recorder Gas
tiDel, yesterday, after being imprisoned three
days, and was taken in charge by his mother, who
pledged herself to teach the boy not to repeat the
ofense.
A charge against Celia Brown. colored, Of re-
ceiving felOniously trunk. containing one hun
dred and fifty dollars worth Of wearing apparel
and other articles, stolen from Marie Louise.
colored, was examined and dismissed for want of
proof.
b. l.. Perret, auctioneer, on Exchange alley,
was committed TO be tried before the First Dis
trict Courl, npon an accusation Of embezzling the
sum OF tweptyfour dollars, which had been re-
ceived by him from one Levy, for account Of
Louis Lslaurie. '9
Auguste Phllipon. arrested on Q charge Of