The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-12

Why, we want no reform,
Satisfactory quite;
Plshl we want no reiOml'
On industry more than on wealth.
There's the weight OF the income tax pressing,
But the nation 5 IN excellent health
And we've no wrongs that call for redressIng.
So we want no reform;
We re en- not pgndered R2g Ssef no reform
CuARITY-A FRAGMENT - Scene. Whcezer's
dining-roOm. Dessert on fine table.
Whec1er.-GuzZle, my boy, pass the botiie-good
wine this-eh-sOrry | haven't got much OF 1t lelL
We'll. as was SAYING she threw herself at my feet
Qccup) and after good deal Of palaver about he
ing my niece and so on-anOther glass ACTUALLY
wanted me to take charge of her brats.
e-(muddled} Good Joke that.
UEcezer.- Was it-try the port-was It'll my fault
they were starving
Gu7ele-Ah!-thnk you this glass II do.
Wheescr-Why did she marry fellow without
a siXpence, and refuse Slobber-Alderman SIoO-
Der of our Ward As for ker humbug about pre-
vous love, disparity of age, and all that
Guz7Ie.-(sppng the por)-P-o-o-h.
Fhee2er-And the precious scene must happen
(hiccup) just rs was about to attend meeting OF
the & Benevolent Coal and Blanket Association"
GH9oie.- Ah-good charity thai-very good
charity.
Fhceeer.-Yes-there am-Vice President
Pursv Wheeler, Esq, with a subscription OF L2O
| believe you. it is good Charlty-why cleaning
over the table and couGdendally wInking with
drunken gravity I've got the contract myself for
the coals-worih 200 al the very lowest figure
London Pulp't Sho'0.
4 LAWYERS GENERosIrY.-Mr Warren, the
author OF Ten Thousand Year. in the course Of a.
recent lecture IN the hall Of the London Law So
ciety, rccounted the following incident: " short
time ago" said Mr. Warren, gentleman OF large
forune, a mar, in fact, worth his 100000, was
indignant with his only child. daughter, for mar
sfvripl, 10 lpf
he dsinhered her, he left MS whole property OF
1000 to his attorney, and 10 two other gentle
men, all of whom were residing in Yorkshire.
What did the attorney do He went to his two
co-legatees. got them TO resign their respective
claims over himself, and then made over every
sixpence of the 100000 TO the daughter and her
children When | mentioned this circumstance,
this very morning, to friend OF nine, one OF the
most distinguished men at the bar, he exclaimed,
God bless that man. " The above gratifying
circumstance is literally true.-Manchester En-.
AN ArToRxEY's PUN-An old gentleman ac-
cused his servant, among other thefts of having
stolen his stick The servant protested perfect IN
nocence Why, You know" rejoned the com
plamant. that the stick could never have walked
off with ITSELF " Certainly not, said the attorney
for the defence, g unless it was a 'oaikng $t'ck
SEA SERPENTs-If we may believe some Of the
most eminent writers of Northern Europe, sea ser
| penis were seen on the Norwegian coast no later
| than the last century. POntOpPIOan says: a sea
snake or serpent, shot in l756 by the master OF
a shin while in the North Sea. It's head resembled
that of horse the mouth was large and black, as
| was its eyes; white name hung from It's neck; 1t
foated the surface of the water and held It's head
at least feet out Of the sea. Between the head
and neck were seven folds, which were very thick;
| the length of this monster was more than humid
! red yards"
Egede, "a Northerner) in his travels says {. that
while on the coast Of Norway, on the 9th of July.
| 1874 a large and frightful monster raised Itself
high out of the water that its head reached above
| the man-top-mast of the ship; 1t had long sharp
snOut. broad paws. and spuuted water like whale;
| the body was as large around as hogshead and
| seemed covered with scales; the skin was uneven
| and wrinkled. and the lower part was formed Ike
a SNAKE Egede says further, that this apparatlon
palsied all on board the vessel with fright; many
of the crew sank down lteless, and but two could
| command their nerves sufficiently to escape below.
| His snakeship, however, behaved with civllty, aud
| after CursOrV examination Of the internal eCono-
my of the ship, lowered his crest majestically and
burying all but his head beneath the waves, gded
| lazily away. The reviving mariners thought the
| Arch Fend Satan had revisited he earth IN his
primitive form. and many were the masses that they
bought when they reached their native shore, to
attest the fervency of their gratitude for their es-
cape.-Budaio ErPress.
FROM CANADA-The Journal de Quebec. of the
18th July contains description of the eXamna-
ton of the College OF St. Hyacinthe, in which this
institution is very lavorably spoken of; although
of comparatively late date, it already takes rank
with the first in the Canadas The archbishop oil
Montreal is at the head Of this establishment The
population Of Upper Canada in 1929 was l9S,44O,
in 1912 was 5O60j5. That of Lower Canada in
1881 was 81 9l7, and in 1914 was 6gO,792 The
number of Immigrants arrived at Quebec from 1929
to 1872 inclusive Is 350,2l6 Of these three-tenths
have taken route for the United States seven eighthS
Of the balance for Upper Canada, and the remain
ing one-seventh have settled in Lower Canada.
This gives an increase OF population IN Is years oil
93036. The nnmberof Immigrants arrived al que
bee from 1912 to 1877 is 1891. Putting that OF
1913 at 80 900 makes in 6 years 245,j47. Applying
to this the ratio above, gives the population OF
Upper Canada for 1913, 724,75l. BY the same pro-
| cess we shall have tOr Lower Canada an increase
! of 1tq21S in - wears, and an amount of population
for I848-767 OBJ This amount, however, will no
doubt be modified relatively, in consequence of the
advantages enjoyed by the Upper Province since
the union, and the consequent greater influx OF
population, in preference to Lower Canada.
The Journal notices the arrival of General Tom
Thumb in that city, on the Goth, with suite and,
| equipage-MontreaL Gazette
Gs-A young man in Boston, born with hairiip
and without palate, has been fitted by dentist
Of that city with an artificial roof of the Uouth,
palate and front teeth, not only hiding the dformi
ty. but restoring, rather creating faculty of ar
! tIculatiug.
DISCOVERY OF MUNmEs AT DURANG5, MEXICo
The Texas Star states that million Of Mummies
have been discovered on the environ, of Durango,
in Mexico They are in sitting posture. but have
the same wrappings, bands and ornaments ms the
Egyptians Among them was fond a scuPtured
head, with 4 poignard Of flint, caapeY, necklaces,
etc, Of alternate colored beads fragments Of bone,
polished like ivory, fine-woRed elastic: tissues,
probably our modern India rubber clothJ mecca
sins worked like those Of ovr Indians to-day, bones
Of vipers, etc 1t remainy to continue these inter-
esting researches, and america will become all
other Egypt to antiqutfans, and her runs will 90
back 10 the oldest psriod of the world, showing,
doubtless, that the ancestors of the Montezmas
lived on the Nile,