The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-12

STEAM STRONGER THAN SHOT, WhA beau
tiful steamboat and, oh how lovely the cabin Is.
whispered one lady to another last evening, as they
entered into that portion of the " floating palace
ssHello, old boss % exclaimed kentucklan,
who had just given his rifle in charge to the par
Keeper How do you dos When did you gu
back7''
The straneer-a 1all, famished-looking man-re-
piled. az got tired, and got back yesterday; ana
az ouick as Heaven will let me, IN goln' nome
Them Mexicans is worse than the poater rot:
font with 'em. and cussed 'em but it amt no use
thew re licked and they amt licked-but, Just so
sure as nv name IS Tom, m done with 'em.
At this moment two gentlemen, enwrapped IN
the highest style of military costume, entered the
cabin They bowed respectfully to those whowere
present and then after having selected their state
rooms. unclaspet their sword belts. "A pleasant
VOYAGE. General" said one g The same to you,
General answered the other-and the heroes
shook hands, and thought of gallant deeds, of
greener laurels, and greater triumphs.
The engineer has pumped up steam to an extra
ordinary extent and suddenly he lets it of. Oh
Heaven the noise like that of the snorting of
ten thousand whales, mixed with the brays of
about hundred and seventy-fve John Donkeys
The Generals who had breasted balls and bulletins
looked aghast andsquivered from top to toe One
of them, the most distinguished, sought refuge in
the cabin. and broke the wash-bowl. The other
took to his heels, and after having about half
square, it is said hid himself behind cotton bale
The Generals could stand Mexicans, and misery of
all kinds but they could not stand the idea Of being
blown up. The gallant vessel, however, would
lodi md IF q waS
happiness on board.
THIRD DISTRICT CouRT.-A case of some in
teres to brokers lately tried in this Court The
suit is brought by Municipality No. Two against
]. Corning & Co.. for the sum of $500, the petit
TONERS affirming that the said firm is engaged in
buying and selling bills of exchange, and that the
tax on the profession exercised by each member of
the firm, as exchange dealers, is $500, making in
all the sum of $500. The firm of J. Corning &
Co is composed of J. Corning and John Egerton.
In their answer the defendants admit that they are
liable to plaintiffs, for $500 only, according to the
ordinance of the Council which sum they rendered
to plaintiffs, and deposited it in Court. judg-
ment givenin favor of plaintiffs for these $500.
without imparing their rights for the balance. II
appeared in evidence that J. Corning resides in
New York, and John Egerton in this city. Another
judgment was subsequently rendered in favor of
plaintiffs for 800, against each of the defendants,
that the Court has maintained the claim of the
Second Municipality for the 800. The plaintiffs
introduced in evidence the Ordinance of the Gen
erai Council, approved 10th December, 1885, the
10tlrsection of which reads thus:
An private bankers, and all persons buying and selling
bills of exchange as their prnc pal business. and all per-
business, shah pay Of two hundred dollars This
article is apply to the ordinary money and exchange
brokers, comprehended i'll the 9Th Article
I The defendants have appeal 81, TO the Supreme
Court, the grounds that the firm was only bound
to pay the lax of 5000, and not each individual
composing tie firm.
MAJ. WEBsTER's REMAINs-On the morning of
the Isl inst, the remains of Major Edward Webster,
Of the Massachusetts, Volunteers, who died in Mex.
leo, arrived at Boston, in the bark Chief from Vera
Cruz. The remains were in charge of Lieut. Wing,
of the Massachusetts Volunteers. The war horse
of the deceased was also on board The remains
of the son arrived just the father performing
the last sad offices to his beloved daughter, Mrs.
Julia Appleton, who. like her brother, died in the
bloom Of youth.
d. About the middle of this month, the land par
ties engaged on the coast survey will commence
their northern operations The photographic par
ties WILL in perhaps month after, begin their Ia
bors, which, for the approaching season, will ex-
tend from the Chesapeake to the banks.
SUIT FOR " PosTAGE''-In NewYork, on the
I'd instant, there of some interest on trial
in the Court of Common Pleas, in which one man
sued another for posting him in Jacksonville, Fla.
in consequence of his refusal to accept challenge
to fight duel The plaintiff lays his damages at
$4,000, and he.Judge charged favoraby The
jury, after consultation of twenty minutes, re-
turned verdict of $75. The names of the parties
are-Fraser, plaintiff: Gale, defendant.
MEXICO AND ScRIPTURE.-Horace Greeley, OF
the NewYork Tribune, in letter to. that paper,
dated Washington, April 81, says:
''Col. Haskell, Member of the House from Ten
nessee, who served year in Mexico, and fought
gallantly at Cerro Gordo, gave Lecture on Mexico
this evening, per invitation. bespoke discursveiv
of the climate, SOIL geography, ETC., of Mexico and
of the character and habits of the Mexicans--their
Implements dress, food agriculture, etc. His gem
eral conclusion was that the Mexican country gem
orally is not the proper abiding place of our variety
of the human species-that the Caucasian race
must inevitably deerorate when exposed to the
enervating influences of climate, etc, which there
prevail The lecture .gorous and entertaining
and embodied sound doctrine, There were some
new Scriptural readings interspersed. however
which afforded rather more entertainment to the
audience than the Lecturer intended. At the first
illustration of the primitive habits of the Mexican
masses by an allusion to the courship of Abra-
ham and Rebekah, there was only litter, for
Members of Congress are not expected to be marves
of Biblical learning; but when this was followed
by the attrbuting of the most interesting part of
Isaacs recorded love-making to Jacob, the general
grin became visibly broader and when the Mexi-
oxgoad "a spike at the end of stick was cited
exemplifying the saying of Paul that 1t is hard
to kick against the pricks,' human gravity could
not stand it, and general roar relieved the over
taxed muscles of the auditory. After that, the Col
rather Stunned any further display of his Scrptural
eridition, and we all logged on together quietly
and pleasantly"
o. Two millions five hundred thousand dollars
of the stock for the railroad from Nashville Tenn,
to Charleston, S. c., has already been subscribed
The city of Charleston alone took half million of
dollars, and but half million more was required to
secure the completion of the road at an early day.
We presume there is no doubt of the construction OF
the work.
ABsURD.-Nearly all the stories pretending to
state how much certain public artists have ''made,"
within specjied time