The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-31
A RE,1N1scENcE.-- correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, writing from Alexandria (Ya,) re-

and pU n5 at house OF entertainment where the City
Hotel stands, In short space OF time The lay s 4,f
and was inferred in what then considered spendp
The gentleman erected over her roman. m0nu ntop
raus burial ground T E6ys og S2d ms pfi
!. How loved, how valued once, avails thee not
To whom related o. by whom beg9t
A heap of dust alone remains OF thee;
IT'S al thou art, and all the proud shall be-. b..o
destinatior remains shrOGded in mystery to this day
There are errors in the above which we will briefly
notice. The first error is the time named Instead
of fortv he event transpired about thirty years ago
The writer of this distinctly recolecs the two dis
tinguish strangers, who visited Alexandria abont
the time mentioned The Female stranger" was,
indeed, young and beautiful In her the "rose
and the lily were exquisitelyb Tended" Her figure
was striking and graceful, her features classic she
was represented to be eminently accomplished, and
she elected the admiration of every behOder. An
other error is in the statement that the of the
strangers remains shrouded in mystery. The name
of the male was ClermOnt, and the female was his
reputed wife. He was remarkably genteel-lOok-
ing affable man, and in company was esteemed Tor
his social qualities, ana conversational powers
In commercial transactions he figured largely, and
was prompt to pay by offering his signature to bill.
on England for pounds shillings, and pence. Up
on the death of the lady, he mOurned most plteous-
! ", and clad himself in the habiliments Of woe"
! He directed a commercial house, with whom he
had extensive business operations, to order costly
| tomb to be made and erected i'll the ST. Pauls
church burial ground, iron railing, &c, and he FUR
nished the inscription for the tomb. The cost OF
the entire work was about fifteen hundred dollars;
and about the time it was completed, our hero, III
Mexican language, UGmOScd. Soon after his de-
! parture the bills which he had drawn on England
were returned dishonOred, and the commercial
house before alluded to minus the cost OF tile
tomb and other large sums for endorsements OF hle
bills, DC. About two or three years alter tins,
member of this firm, being on visit TO New ORR
heard that a man answering to the description OF
CIermOnt had recently been sentenced to the Fenl
Tertiary in that state for forgery, he resolved 10
have ali interview with him, if possible Arriving
at the prison. he was ushered into the presence
of the genteel " and polished Mr.. CIermont'
whom he found with d shaved head and blsIly EN-
ployed in making shoes After little preliminary
conversation, the merchant said, MIR. CIermont,
the bills which you gave were all returned pro-
tested and your conduct is most inexpllCabe. The
convict cody replied, All indeed. Well, it Was
probably owing to some mtormaldY, and 1t Will
give me pleasure to furnish you with others Ill their
stead" Here the conversation closed the merchant
withdrew and on his return to the city, was alb
sobed in the contemplation of the adroit and skIiuI
roguery of the polished - Mr.. Clermont.
THE "DvINE RIGHT" ExPUNGED-Among
the features of the new constitution of Prussia not
the least important, is that the royal title Is TO De
altered from that of KONG ron Prussien, lhing OF
Prussia to KONG der Prussien, king OF the Prus-
slams like the royal title of France in 1880. The
formula 8 by the grace of God " is to be eNpunged
altogether He is to be King by The grace OF the
people.
. DEAD SEA observation-disclosures were received
in Washington on the 2Ist inst, from officers on
board Vhe U. S. ship Supply, dated Genoa June 10
l84S where that ship arrived on the 18th June, six
' days from Naples. The Supply was, of course, III
Naples TWO days after the fighting there. The ship
has visited KastrO Gn Solo, Scala Nueva, Ephesus
d Beyrout Acre, katfa, Jaffa, Malta, Syracuse, and
j. Messna, after she left Smyrna. She was expected
to sail from Genoa for Speggia on the 18th OF June
1t will be recolIected that the commander Of the
Supply Lieut. Lynch, is the officer sent out to eN
pIore the Dead Sea The other officers of the ship
were engaged in the exploration All hands well
p GLORIA IN ExCELsIs-1he point on the Nj
agara Suspension bridge, at which the BufialOnans
and Canadians had the barricade fight or twelve
|. days since, is two hundred and fifty feet above
n the river.
II SENTENCE OF DRAYToN-Daniel dayton, re
Gently ttie1 and convicted in the Criminal Court 0
o the United States at Washington City, on charg
II of abducting slaves from the District of Columbia
J. was on the DIST sentenced by the court to serv
J. at hard labor in the Penentiary for twenty years
n From the Lake-Shore.
II PROCTORyILLE, Lake Borgne, Aug. Is.
IT Eds CrssCCnt-Ah friends, why do you not eNtncat
J. yourselves from way up that hirdOry Of brick and moi
! tar these schOrching dayStake your breakfast Gt
choose pack up your buds if have take that
cradle old umbrella easy pair of shoes walk down Go
rde) to the Mexican Gulf Railway station previous TO
IT NJ jump into the very comfortable and after two hou
- pleasant riding though uXurant fields of sugar cane, 20
will be landed this (a all watering places termed
II delightful retreat though only in infancy it has mad