The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-18


ings for you.
Although two persons have taken advantage OF
the opportunity accorded by the black and tan
Legislature to pursue the nefarious occupation OF
gambler as a regular profession, the fact has so
far made no diminuton in the number of un-
licensed bells, where gamblers ply their infamous
trade as securely as though they had full authority
Of law therefor. But there is no longer any
necessity for them to conceal their operations.
Tie masters of Louisiana-the pickpockets and
gorillas, who have kind feeling for any kindred
wickedness-have rendered gambling legal, and
they may now in the face OF day and under the
sun, without fear that the law will do aught but
protect them, rob all who may fall into their
hands. For the information of our readers we
submit the following, which is the law, ver-
batim:
Thirty. sixth-From the proprietor of every
gambling house, one thousand dollars on eRcn
game played. all games shall be PLAYED on the
first floor OF the house where the establishment is
located. The auditor shall cause all such estab.
lisbments violating this law TO be closed up until
the law is complied with.
A young man. evidently IRON the country, was
passing along St. Charles street yesterday, where
he observed tie following sign on a lamp post :
"Nodal, "a cigars" Thirty four cigars; the
deuce he has," he exclaimed. "Why that's
nothing. | know q man on Rampant street who
has 34,o0o."
The residents in the neighborhood of the pro-
posed canal on Claiborne street, from the old
canal TO the new canal, have petitioned the coun.
Gil against the digging of the canal. They state
that the canal will be nuisance to the commu-
nifty, and that the estimates made by the city sur
veyor do not embrace the cost of the bridges,
which, as there are to be thirteen of them, will foot
mp 70 considerable. The petition is now before the
cOune1.
The approaching drawing of the Louisiana lot.
terry, on the 9th inst, on the Havana plan, is
creating quite stir about town among the wooers
of the tickle goddess Fortune. Numerous clubs
are being formed for the joint purchase of whole
or portions of tickets, thereby increasing the indi.
vidual members chances of winning something,
though, Of course, divided portion of what luck
may bring them. We remember q club of this
kind which three years since drew part of the
third prize (sl25OO) in the Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
drawing. a pewsboy at the same time drew sew
eral thousand dollars.
The new law which requires the personal at
tendance of witnesses in the courts is, we are
happy to say, now being put into practical opera.
ton. The Importance of making witness face
both parties, give his testimony in open court,
where all the ssnctity, solemnity and impressive
ness of the law is around him-where every change
of his counteusnce, every modulation of his voice,
qan no ad and valnad-io lnQalQnlahla
pare this with the recent system. when testimony
was taken in the commissioners room, and the wit
ness, with his heels higher than his head and smok
ing cigar, listened to the queries propounded
and answered them. Setting aside the loosepess
of this manner of taking testimony, 1t affords vast
field for perjury and inaccuracy. We are glad it
is abolished, and the community shares our pleas
ure. The law of last February, modifying that of
1865. was passed at the solicitation of numerous
lawyers, who found that their clients were bound
to suffer in loss OF time and money by the then
system.
In order to facilitate the transaction of business
in his court where, according TO the new law,
must be taken in open court, instead of
before commissioner, Judge Cooley has ordered
that in sll sppealable cases the party in whose
behalf the witness testifes must employ short.
hand reporter, otherwise either the case will be
placed ct the bottom of the docket. or the evil
dence win be rejected at the option of the court
This affords an excellent opening for shorthand
reporters Hurry mp, ye students of the mystic
characters. You are wanted badly.
Scene, Kuntz's SaIoon-Time, at night after the
theaters are out. A gentleman and lady at Ia
BILE; waiter comes forward:
Waiter-What shall have the pleasure to serve
you with, madame
Madsme-(Who is evidently undecided and yer.
dsnt besides, looking over the" carte, We'll
teal duck.
Geptensu-(ditto ditto, ditto, why Marian
Teal duck! 1t costs a dollsr-ss much as
snipe! land appeslingly to the wsiter) Haint you
got some nice hashg
Waiter " steps to see" and Msrish gets up in.
dignsnuy to leave. The curtain drops.
Last night closed the fair, which for ten days
past has been going on at Bafer's Buildings,
Canal street, for the benefit of the German Pro-
sestant Orphan tBOys) Asylum. The attendance
was pretty good. though considering the object of
the entertainment the rooms might certainly have
been more crowded. But we expect that on the
whole the managers of the fair. though they can
hardly have realized as much as they did last
year, (which was nearly ssOOO.) have no cause to
complain. The laborers in the vineyard were
many and sssiduOus, and they must have resped
good harvest. Some of our citizens have made
very handsome donations, amongst whom we may
mention Mr.. J. B. Collie, whose gifts have
amounted TO considerable. But he coud not
have placed them in better hands than In those
of Misses Mayer and Heimm, from the touch of
whose fingers they assumed new merits. To the