The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-05

EXPLANATION ON A PoNT OF ORDER.-In
GLAND ing the other day over an old copy Of the Com
gressiOaai Globe, for 1919 we lighted on one Of
the richest m0rceauX, in the way OF parliamentary
scurrility, that we recolect to have seen. Mr. Ar
mold, of Tennessee, In speech In Committee Of
the Whole on the PostofIice bill, took occasion to
refer to the political course of his quondam friend,
President Tyler. Mr.. Chairman, said he, ''John
Tyler is no longer mine II God, in his infinite
wisdom and power, ever cOndescended TO create a
man exactly suitable for a party tool, the misera-
bic wretch at the other end Of the avenue is that
man."
Mr.. Arnold being called to order and ruled out of
order by the chair, appealed, and rose to Explain.
He said the language he had used did not aeces
sarilg apply to the President. The avenue ex-
tended TO Georgetown, and there might be many
miserable wretches at the other end besides The Pre-
sident Of Tie United States. If gentlemen chose to
put the cap. on Mr.. Tyer's head because it fitted
him, why should he be considered out OF order for
their apt application Of his remark -
The explanation, though strictly within parla-
lnentary rule is something like splitting in a mans
face after having knocked him down. It is rather
worse, IN fact, than the celebrated sentence that
provoked the duel between Clay and Randolph,
which, as we happened to be present when it was
uttered we will here cite from memory fer the pur-
pose of comparison. This gentleman" said Mr.
Randolph, pointing and shaking his long skinny
finger in the direction of Mr.. Clay's seat" No.
this mani beg pardon Of human nature for call
ing him a man !; this re9tiie-ye WOrmS forgive
me - exc, etc On the whole, this language, full
of passion well as venom, is less cutting, less
biting than Mr.. Arnold's cool insult, and more con-
tempiuOus eXplanation.-NelU York Sunday Times.
THE MYSTERIOUS CoIv-One of the officers Of
the Z. S. Mint at Philadelphia, publishes ~ the
Ledger the following explanation OF the coin dis
covered in New Jersey, which was announced as
being Of $ Corinthian brass, with Roman nscrip-
tioHand Arabic numerals little handling Ofthe
Identical thing was sufficient To- settle the PROS and
cons. The coin, about the size Of dollIr," was
in reality a Low Dutch dollar; or rather cOun-
terleit of one which accounted for Its Corinthian
composition. On one side was the lion rampant, so
horribly heraldic, that we must praise the writer
for finding it out and around it the legend Con-
FIDENs. DNO. Domino NON MovEryR; very
good Latin, and TOO good theology for the Caesars
with the date lG*43; star or space being inter-
posed las they used sometimes to do between the
tens and hundreds. And by the way, although the
notation was Arabic, the figures were European;
a wide distinction, not commonly supposed toexst.
On the other side, we have 10y supplying some let
ters from more perfect specime1s,) Mo. ARG. Pro.
Con. BELG.; that is, MoHetG Argentea PrOU0lciG
Contributions Belgic9; Silver Money Of the
Confederation Of Bslgic Provinces"
SELF PLAGIARIsM.-W read in several papers
an article in favor Of preserving the Union, which
struck US as being just and applicable 10 ITSELF
tHtl dltiVu9ll no paper was named from which the
article was taken, we slipped our scissors through
II to republish it outside page saying TO our
selves at the same time, this IS written in the
proper spirit On looking closely at it, we found
it 10 be our own article published some weeks ago
in the Times We had nearly committed pIagiar-
ism upon ourselves. NiseTjcor9ia when an editor
don't know his own bantIings IN ]. Sunday
Times
SHAurFUL.-The Boston Chronotype says the
femae copositors in the offices ofseveral religious
papers Of th3tcity are paid but twelve cents per
thousand ems, about half the amount that the male
conpositorq receive,