The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-17

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TaE DrLrA's JAckAr.-ThrDeIla commence

TIE DKLTAs JACKAL.--IheDeita commenced
the defence Of the distinguished Senator from New
Orleans. From some reason. not known to us, i
has seen 81 to leave the subject in hand, for III.
sake 81 hunting down geological simile Of III,
Crescent Does il think that lis friend is safer. b.
divssiing from his conduct the tide OF war
The Delsaderidss Peter Farley, g that respect
able old gentleman, who writes pretty tales 70
children" We make il point to quote sucl
authorities as are adapted to the capacity Of on
antagonist 1t seems we moderated cur neigh
boris Attainmenss-we should have placed him il
one form higher. He has reached the second
book, and qnoies, with infinite satisfaction. the
Menagerie, . book published by the Society
for the Diffusion Of Knowledge. II our neighbor
intended TO be scientific, he should have cited Lin.
n~us, B.sffon. or Culver.
On referring, however, 70 a book called The
Menag RE, written for groom up people, and pub
lislied under the supennfennehce OF The Society
for he d ffasionof Useful knowledge, we find tie
follow ag rsfaiation Of the Crescents theory
The eomuog notion. that the jackal is in oonfedsacy
AZ the cry Of he seks echoed r ! Sy hs1
who's ear y dali, 70 uses himself into action. ~
Oae would suppose that this book, called The
MeDagerie,n was really scientific work We
find il published as The District School Library,
No, 67,n Harper & Bro,hers, New York. So it
seems that books, which il New England are in
tended for boys, ia Louisiana are written for
grown up psople. s
Goldsmith, who quotes Linnseus, thus writes /:
The lion, the Tiger, and The panther, whose
appeIes are superior TO their swiiness, attend It's
call, and follow in silence at some distance behind
The j4ckal pursnes, the whole night, with inereas
ing assiduy, keeping up the cry, and. with great
peTseTstance at last tires down It's prey but Just
at he moment It supposes itself going to share the
fruits 81 us labor, the lion or the leopard comes jn
satiaies himself upon the spoil, and his poor pro.
YEier must be content with the bare carcass he
ieaves behind II is not TO be wondered at, there
fores II the lackal be voTaeOus, (not ueracious)
since It so seldom has sufiiciency nor that il
leeds on puirid substances since IL is not permitted
- feast on what il has newly killed. An irrecon.
eiiabie asltpalhy exists between the jacka and
the dog, and they never meet without an engage
ment'
Lnneus, we suppose, is full as good authority as
The elderly gentleman who compiled the Sc Men.
agerie.''
Lest Goldsmith should also be deemed juvea,1e,
we will refer our neighbor 10 Recess Cyclo@Iia
!, AnTeo,ss, in zoology, the species Of canis usu-
ally called the jickal. This animal inhabits tie
warmer parts oil Asia and Africa The voice Of
the lackal ls described as peculiarly hideOus con.
slstl 3 Of kind Of bowling and indislinct bark
y g AMI when they hunt in troops they put 10
filgt deer antelopee and otheriimid quadrupeds;
Willis The lion instincively attracted by the elamo
u sad 70 follow tlll The jackals have hunted down
the prey Ii Is for this reason, DR.. Shaw observes
that The jaekal il properly termed the lions
provider'
Having disposed Of the geological controversy,
we shall be very glad % terminals the episode,
and resume the epic, from which We have both
ssandered-the Senatorial career Of one Of Lonis
iana's Representatives