Year: 1859




It, and the surrounding crowd, to whom the scene
was humorous enough, admired It also though it did
not agree in color with the wearers natural eye The
two one eyed men and their friends hob.Dobbed to-
gesher Tor some time, the cooper continuing to wear
the borrowed eye for the novelty OF it. When the
party came to sparate and leave the boat the owner
OF the eye politely asked for it, The borrower squeezed
and pinched around his eye but couldn't get the glass
out The owner then tried to get It out but succeeded
no better. Here was quandary.


Others tried to get it out, and great was the dis
play Of fine lingering Several goueed too much. and
had to cease upon the cooper complaining Of the
pain. Finally, tall thin man, with slender fingers
and long fngernails, was requested TO try his skill,
He pressed the ends Of bis fingers between the eve.
lids and glass eye and tried to reach the edge OF the
glass with his nails But he failed and the quandary
was greater than ever. The cooper commenced max.
ing proposals to buy the eye, make some arrange
ment by which to keep it in his head as he couldn't
stand the pain OF having it gouged out. The owner
OF the eye expressed his readiness to part with every
thing be had sooner than that eye. 1t was the only
glass eye that had ever suited him, and be did not
know that he would ever be able to get another like
it, He must have his eye be would never leave it,
and he bound to stick to the man that carried it
until it was restored to him. Il


Upon consultation with their friends, it was deemed
proper as the only course to pursue that both should
go to some ocust, and have the eye removed scien.
titcslly. The two one-eyed men at once agreed to
THIS They got into cab, and drove to the Office of
Dr. Beard, the oculist. The Doctor, though suff-
cently amused at the drol nature Of the case went
70 work. and soon extracted the glass eye from the
head Of the cooper and restored to the oyeroyed
vegetable merchant The latter lost no time in slip
ping it into the hole over his cheek.


Shortly after this, we met the two oneeyed men on
St. Charles street, laughing and talking together over
what was really rich incident. The coopers blind
eye was much infamed, and watery, from the trying
ordeal it had undergone He swore that if the glass
eye had been the color Of his one good eye be would
have run off with it, sooner than endure the pain of
its extraction The other allowed that it would take
considerably smarter man than he knew Of, to get
away from him with his glass eye


The incident of the glass eye will doubtless ce.
ment friendship, the nature Of which can be appre.
ciated only by those who may have had the very
great misfortune Of losing an eye.


THE IrIsERANrs have been brought +" to taw on
the license question by the First District Police.
lot of handorgans in the guard house on Sunday at
tested the fact of the wandering minstres being in
trouble Yesterday the said minstrels paid their fines
to the Recorder, and went hobblng off, with their
machines on their backs, like so many melancholy
dromedares.


Yesterday descent was made upon the other itn-
Grants Five ice cream and candy peddlers and three
peddlers of guinea pigs and rabbits, were invited to
leave their station Canal street. the side of the
crossing which connects St. Charles and Royal streets
pedder of fan-tail pigeons, who was there, offered
m hay fhair fp1I
with the Others had to accept his bail as good at
least for the time being The peddlers arrested soon
came to an understanding with the proper authori.
ties and went their ways rejoicing, with their sweet
things and their fancy pets.


On Poydras street, two other icecreamers were ar.
rested. One Of them got uncommonly hot for an
cecreamer, and proved himself regular screamer
without his ice He charged at the police.ot
as foows drunk, disturbing the peace, resisting the
police, selling icecream without license, and OF.
structing the banquette with his creamcart


The business of cense-coecting this year is health
Ter and more vigorous than it has been at any other
time within our recollection.


AN UNKNOWN DROWNED MAN, was found in the
river yesterday and brought ashore at Post o. First
District. The Coroner had not reported upon the
case, when we were last at bis office.


LITTLE LOST GIRL, about three years old, was
crying piteously for "papa," last night, when we
paid our final visit to the First District lookup. She
had light curly hair, dark calico gown with white
buttons down the front, and piece Of courtplaster
on her forehead. Officer Tom Williams, who is used
to such charges was comforting her with cakes and
kind words, SO far as possible.


DEPUTY CORONER WEYsHAM yesterday held his
inquest on the body Of Edward Widney, or Widlake,
whom we reported as dying at the upper station
lookup on Sunday evening. Verdict, chronic dys.
entary. Deceased was an Engshman, about 80 years
of age. In his pocket was letter from his brother
in London, which by the writing had contained
remittance of f5.


GOLD WATCH and 5000 in cash were stolen from
room in the Strangers Hotel, Chartres street, on
Sunday night all the property of one out OF four
sleepers who were in the room. Two of the others
had large amounts of money under their pillows,
which they were glad enough had not been discov.
ered All the sleepers being friends from up the
coast, the robbery had of to be laid to some
daring intruder.


GEORGE WASHINGTON Dixon is again in trouble
Last evening he had two men and woman arrested
on charge of beating him and wounding him with
dangerous weapon. Their names are Michael Lee
Hanley, and Margaret Doran.


A SMASH took place on Levee street last evening,


dray laden with cotton into collision with and
ruined buggy in which Mr.. George Baker was TAX
ing his evening ride. Mr.. B., luckily escaping injury,
jumbed out and seized the bride of the leading dray
horse to stop the drAy and arrest the driver. The
driver, an 1rishman struck him with his whip and
tried to drive over him. Mr. Baker did not succeed
in arresng him, but the police did The driver and
the cotton were left at the lookup, and the dray sent
to the pound.


A WoULD.BE DISCIPLE of Sam Patch or Sam
Scott, lost his life yesterday, through his drunken
foohardiness. We did not learn his name In the
French market he offered trifing bet with another
sailor that he could and would climb to the extreme
top of the manmast of ship. The bet being taken,
he went aboard the ship Maid Of Orleans, and under
took the feat. He nimbly cleared the uppermost
shrouds, and began climbing the slender spar above
Whilst so doing his hat fell off. He was seen to turn
his head if to look after the hat when it went over
his shoulder. At the same moment he lost his hold
and fell In his descent he struck one of the Yards
then, falling against the shrouds he was thrown into
the river, and was seen no more. He did not belong
to that ship.


WM MUNSTER was found lying badly wounded in
the head, on Sunday evening" in coffee.house at the
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