The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-01-17
opecla. Correspondence of the Telegraph,
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2, 1872.

0pes'a- correspondence of the Telegraph
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2, 1872.
g. THE HOLIDAYS,
with their accompanyinging amuse
ments and enjeymeiis, are over. an,
matters have relapsed back into tn
same dull old channel. The punch
Rowl and the winc-aagon have bee,
STs'f'ed and aaia aside; the pewpav
and tc;ss and pretty tinselery thai
amused, delighted AZ. I'D made happy tn,
little ones, now grown dull anu nm
slshny to the eye, are thrown careless
~ info the lumber-room as 50 much
fuoblsh;the gerish splendors ofthe ball.
room, and the gay festivities that held
high carnival there, have faced from
the vision. lost amid the stern realities
OF the counting-house and the work,
shop, or are remembered only as a
pleasant dream, vague and shadowy
in outline. No longer is the ear deaf.
ened and the nerves startled by the in>
cessant popping of fre>crackers. the
eeaseiess explosion of torpedoes; nor
the eye sickened and the senses shocked
by drunken men reelipg through the
streets. uttering vile and bIasphemous
Oaths. For one. we are cordially glad
Of II. Ia all our varied experience,
We have never before witnessed the
same amount of drunkenness, disorder
spd confusion as was exhibited in this
city dariog the holidays just passed.
THE PISTOL AxD THE KNIFE.
The practice Of carrying concealed
weapons, and their free and indiscrim.
nate use. has eyer been q serious and
crying evil in this immediate commu-
Dity; and al the legislation, and all
the ssvere enactments and penalties
leSeled at the abominable practice, have
failed to stop or mitigate it. On Christ.
mas day the killing epidemic broke out
in its most spasmodic form, no less
than eighteen bloody affrays and mur.
dcrous scrimmages, in which the pis-
tol or the knife played conspicuous
part, having occurred on that day, a
number of them of fatal nature.
Our own eyes bore unwilling witness
to one of these little holiday episodes.
Passing along a business thoroughfarc.
our attention was arrested by two men
engaged in a wordy alteration. A
nameless epithet was applied by the
one TO the other. Instantly the bright
blade of a stiletto glistened in the
darkness, as the murderous arm raised
for the death blow; but ere the CLEAN.
ing weapon descended in its mission Of
death, the sharp report of a pistol rang
out upon the clear night air, and the
would-be assassin was himself slain
hoisted, as it were, on his own petard.
Such scenes are of common occurrence.
80 much, so indeed, as to cause but
little excitement in the community. No.
thing but free and judicious use Of
the hempen cord is calculated to cure
the people hereabouts of this unac.
countable and altogether disagrseable
mania for killing one another.
GEN. NJ. JEFF THOMPSON.
This Ex>Confederate officer and
somewhat noted individual is at pres
ent domiciled in New Orleans, and
forms fraction Of the ring of disrepu.
table thieves engaged in the laudable
occupation Of plundcring the honest
and respectable portion Of the people Of
Louisiana. Those familiar with Jeff's
course during the late unpleasant,
ness" the vim and arder with which
he embraced the cause of tbc
and who have read ,is ,.n,o,,. .',, w.
somewhat bOw-'o w-'oastic proclamation, FIJI fu1
NINA minated Curing his Southeastern Mis-
'0ur, campaign, in which ne tbreatene,
70 .'dhaw' hang and c,uarter two Yam
KEGS OF every ret, ,el put to death b
5neeosmy' lid scarcely think it POI
sole for tie ''old Swamp Fox" to fra
terni1e so lovingly with Radicals an
carpet-baggers. In fact, he outherod
Harod. Ind IL IN d.v the ,,o.t ;nton.