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The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-27

The Raous be of good AND wholesome quality, 10 bs
approved by The Collector and the different articles c0mpF
sing Ration be delivered on hoard the Gutter in good
and suicient cks and vessels be provided By the con
tractor and the contents thereof distinctly marked each
IL - to he understood that the will be bound to
tnris upon reasonable notices. often may he required
by me Captain OF the Cutter with the appTobaton Of the
1oectoT lnoi exceeding day in each
Week snch fresh meats and fresh vegetables be
equivalent 10 the corresponding part Of the Ration in
the Naval Service ld2 tdl WIN. FRERET, Collector.
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-27
nae Nsworleans and Jael1son Railroad.

Essut. H. + Smith has made Reconnaissance Of
the Jacksonville route request Of the Mayor
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-27

CHARLES sTOUGHToN,
d24 2pf Grocer and Wine Merchant. No. "a Camp st.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07
STICKING TO ONES RIGHTS.

Old stories very often have forcible
application to present times, the follow
ing anecdote we met with lately in an
eSchange paper:
'How is il, John, that you bring the
wagon home in such a condition.
81 broke it driving over a stump
"Where"
"Back in the woods, half mile or so. "
But why did you run against a stump?
Couldn't you see how to drive straight?'
II did drive straight, sir, and that is
the very reason that drove over it, The
stump was directly in the middle of the
road"
"Why, then, did you not go round it,
because, sir, the stump had no right
in the middle of the road, and l had a
right in it"
"True, John, the stump ough: not to
have been in the middle of the road, but
l wonder that you was SO foolish as not
to consider that it was there, and that it
was stronger than your wagon"
"Why, father do you think that I am
always going to yield up nv rights? Not
[. I an determined tc stick up to them
come what will"
"Rut what is the use, John, of stand
ing up to rights, when you only get a
greater wrong by so doing.
Il shall stand up for them at all haz-
ards"
"Well, John, ali have to say is this
hereafter you must furnish your own
wagon"
In the political world there is a very
large and ugly stump, placed directly in
the middle of the high road over which
our great legislative wagon has to pass.
What is worse, too, some of our South
ern fellow citizens helped the North to
place the stump exactly i'll its present
position, or rather to dig away the earth
which had previously hidden it. These
very same politicians now insist in dri-
wing directly over the stump, because it
is in the middle of the road, it being one
of their undoubted rights to use that por-
ton of the highway. Little care they
whether the wagon is broken or not in
the passage-they insist on their rights
at all hazards. Would it not be proper
for them to reflect upon the agency they
Hdd ia giving tEe STUMP llS present pO-
sition, before they put in practice their
threats to break the wagon upon it,
merely because those who helped put il
there, fancying- it great improvement
to the highway, will not assist in its re-
moval!
There is one thing very certain; the
people W no own the vehicles that travel
over this road, will take very good care
that their rash drivers in future "fl6ruiSh
their 0lUn a0a, 0a,g01as.-Natc1tee Courier.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

SLAVE LABOR IN CoTToN FACTORIES
The efficiency of Slave labor in our
Southern factories has heretofore been a
matter of some doubt, but results have
shown that with due regard to their
training they can be made as efficient as
many of the white operatives at the
North, not only in the manufacture of
the coarser qualities of goods but in fine.
We had the pleasure of conversing with
Northern gentleman. who has been
connected with several of the Georgia
Cotton factories, as superintendent,
and from him learned much that was in
teresting in regard to iudicious man
agement of the slaves engaged in the
factory shops. Our informant SAYS he
came to the South with his feelings natu-
rally opposed to the ability of slaves to
learn the different branches of work re-
quired in a Cotton mill, but he was now
most happy to say all his prejudices have
been dlspelled by the most successful re-
sulSs. He commenced by introducing a
few of them into the lower and more
simple branches of the work, and by a
steady course of instruction, he sooE
found them very tractable, and capable
of learning all the different branches
with much efficiency They fel: great
pride at being promoted from one branch
to another, ard seemed to take a lively
interest in the success of their establish
ment.-SaU. Ge0r.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

Done GooD.-Every mind has mis-
sion to fulfill, an influence to be felt,
either for good or for evil; aud none are
so lost, so degraded. but that some spark
of moral fire is burning within their bo-
som-and that little spark, though faint
and feeble, may kindle bright and glow
ing flame, Say not it is too insignificant,
too triAing to accomplish any useful end.
Whatever is good, is worthy of preser-
vation, is worthy of cultivation. The
little germ of Truth you throw by the
way side, will not be lost-it shall not
perish, no. it will be guarded and nur.
tured by angels, and shall flourish for.
ever.
We should not fail, then, to speak one
kind word at least 10 cheer the wounded
spirit. Think not, when some wande-er
crosses your way, that word of warning
will be Of no avail; though the erring
one may scorn your counsel, that friendly
word will come to him again. and lead the
spirit that hath gone astray back 10 the
path of virtue. Words of counsel spoken
in love, will never be forgotten; faithful
memory will treasure them up, and the
fitting time will come for them to do
their good work.
Think not, then, look of kindness, an
act of love, however :rliiing may seem
the word of friendly admonition; think
them not thrown away, whenever the
opportunity to speak, TO act, is seen; then
do your duty, your good deed will be re-
corded i'll heaven-and you will find even
here on earth full and satisfactory re.
ward,
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

FLowERs.-Among all the pleasant
things of life-and the all bountiful hand
of Providence has scattered the path OF
our days with innumerable pleasant things
if man would but enjoy them-among all
the pleasant things of life. there are few
more pleasant than walk in the flower
garden before breakfast, on a sunshlny
morning. To see those mute and still,
though not motionless creatures-we
mean the blossoms, opening their painted
bosoms to the benefcent rays which give
them color and their oveliness-welcom-
ing the calm blessing of the light, as /!
with gratitude, and seeking, in their tran
quill state of being, for nothing but the
good gifts of God, might well afford
monitory lesson; for every thing in ma
ture has its homily, to US, the eager hun
ters after fictitious enjoyment. How
calm do they stand in their loveliness,
how placid in their limited fruition OF the
elements that nonrish them-how, IN their
splendid rainlent, do they sparkle in the
sun, how do they drink up the cup OF dew,
and gratefully give back honey and per-
fume in return;
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07
s G AN D A L.

NOhing's too high, too low, too near, too far, for
scandal;
She speeds upon a moonheam, and tells tales
0r fair Diana and Eudymion;
Cantions the stars 'gainst Jupiser's amours;
Something cr Leda's swan and showers Of gold;
Swears Saturn ate his children; nay what's more,
That Venus is no credit to the skies,
And marvels how the heavens can harbor her.
To maidens lacking partners for the dance
Shs sneaks of rival be beauies, of false leeth,
lived locks and padded shapes, and cheeks of
R.ushes lust born of vegetable rouge
FIirtings, coquettings, fittings and intrigues.
And thus she laughs through life; for each she
whips,
She's twenty aughers to enjoy the lash.
Leave but their own backs soreless, half the world
VIII laugh to see the other half exposed,
So Scandal keeps her audience,
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

STRANGE Law AS TO THEFT.-A singu-
lar custom prevailed in Egypt respecting
theft and burglary. Those who followed
the profession of thief, gave iii their
names to the chief of the robbers, and
agreed that he should be informed of
every thing they might thenceforward
purloin. The owner of the lost goods al
ways applied by letter to the chief tor their
recovery, and having stated their quality
etc., when the goods were unidentified,
they were restored to the applicant on
payment of oae quarter of their value
The license given by the government
to thieves arose from the persuasion that
an entire check to robbery was lmpractl-
cable. either by the dread OF punishment,
or by any method that could be adopted
by the most vigilant police: hence, they
considered it more for the advantage OF
the community that a certain sacnhce
should be made in order to secure the
restitution of the remainder, than that
the law, Ivy taking on itself to protect
the citizen and discover the offender,
should be the indirect cause OF greater
loss.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

The BANK OF ENGLAND.-An American
correspondent of the New York Independ-
ent, writing from London, says
Il have had access to the interior of
the Bank of England, and seen how dunn
iron rods, connected with a shaft turned
by steam power, tell how many bank
notes are struck off in the room above
how box of paper will not come out
from its place, itself put there by machi-
merry, till similar box of notes are brought
back to be deposited there, and in turn
to be removed by mechanical force; and
how light unworthy coins, as if con-
scious of their sins, will tremble a mo-
ment OH the balance, which, too, is
moved by steam. and then leap off in an
opposite direction from the good ones;
and how the bliEd agencies of brute mat
ter are elsewhere furnished with eyes to
guard the treasures of the establishment.
in company with their different keys,
and thus keep mutual watch of each
other. or else, these treasures cannot be
reached. The arrangements throughout
are remarkably exact and complete
There are nine hundred employed i'll and
about the bank One room contained
only $50, 100000 worth of property, and
what might be desposited in the vaults
below, cannot say The building occu-
pies an area of eight acres. 1t has a
clock that indicates the time on sixteen
dials placed in as many different offices,
and striking both the hours and the
quarters"
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07
A .rr;tar ir the Anrusta Rennhlic 6

A writer III the Augusta Republic sug.
gests that it would be well for the pub
lie to know who are managing the neWs:
papers of the South. He desires to
know where the editors "were born or
educated, or BOTH" We can inform the
Republic that most of them were NOT
born at ALL They generally came by
chance, some were won in a rattle, some
foated down the river or plank, and
some came from no where in particular.
As to their education, as Mr.. Toots says,
chats of no consequence whatever, net
the slightest: ~ 9, P!eayFfG.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

LIFE AT TwENTY.-Dow, Jr., describes
manner.
Friends, at twenty we are wild as pat
ridges. There is no such thing as tam
ing us; we ride that fierce and headStrong
animal, Passion, over fences, bitches,
hedges. on to the devil--leap the five
barred gate of reason without touching
the curb of discretion, or pulling harder
than a tit-mouse upon the strong rein
of judgement. And at twenty You are
perfect locomotives, going at the rate of
sixty miles an hour, you heat the boiler
love, the steam you sometimes blow off
in sighs-and hope, fear, and jealousy,
are the train that you drag. Al this sea-
son Of life you are filed with the exhiler-
ating gas of romance, everything looks
romantic by spells-even a jackass phil
osophizing over a barrel Of vinegar. You
(both girls and boys) now read novels till
your gizZards are softened into sentimen-
tai jelly, and settled in the pit Of your
stomachs. Oh. know how you feel,-
you feel as though you would like to soar
from star to star. kick little planets aside,
take crazy comets by their blazing tails
and pull them into their right courses,
sit upon the highest peak of thunder
cloud and dangle the red lightning be-
tween your thumb and finger as watch
chain, and then dive into the golden sun
set sea and sport with the celestial syrens,
speed on, pull the nose Of the man
in the moon, ransack creation, knock a
few panes out of Heaven. and then fut-
ter down gentle as breeze, and find the
darling object of your love mendlng stock
ings!-That's how you feei.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

CONSTITUTION OF New MExIco.-The
N. Y. Courier and Enquirer has received
printed copies, in the Spanish and Eng,
lsh languages, of The Constitution of
New Mexico, which was declared to be
adopted on the 25th of May last. The
boundaries of the new State are thus set
forth:
MISUNDERSTANDING at the dam
in the Rio del Norte, which supplies
with water the "assequia," or irrigating
canal of the town of Ell Passo del Norte;
and running then due East to the hun
dreth parallel; thence due north on said
parallel to point where the same inter-
sects the river Arkansas; thence up the
middle of the channel of said river to its
source; thence in direct line TO point
on the Rio Colorado of California, where
the same is intersected by the one hun
dfed and eleventh parallel of longitude
west from Greenwich; thence due south
on the said parallel of longitude to a
point on the Rio Gila, intersected by the
same; thence up the middle Of the main
channel of said river to the point which
may be designa,ed by the commissioners
appointed to establish the line between
the United States and the Republic of
Mexico as the point where SAID river or
one OF its branches shall he intersected
by the western line of New Mexico;
thence solth on the said line, as the
same shall be established by the Commis-
sioners, to the anc lie formed by the State
of Chihuahua, Sonora and New Mexico;
thence easterly on the line between the
United States and the Republic of Mexi-
co, as it shall be laid down by said Com
misSioners, to a point where the same
may intersect the Rio del Norte; thence
down said river TO the place of beginning.
The section in relation to slavery is as
follows!
ARTICLE. /.
Declaration of Rights-SEc, l. All
men being born equally free and inde-
pendent. and having certain natural ill.,
heritant and inalienable rights, amongst
which are the enjoying and defending of
life and liberty, the requirement, posses
sion and protection of property, and the
pursuit of and attainment Of happiness;
therefore no male person shall be held by
law to serve any person as servant,
slave or apprentice. after he arrives at
the age OF twenty-one years; nor female
in like manner, after she arrives at the
age of eighteen years; unless they be
Bound by their own consent after they
arrive at such age, or are bound by law
for punishment of crime.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

New METHOD OF JOINING METALS
Some interest has been excited by the
experiments of a French gentleman, in
London, who has, it is stated, discovered
a method of joining, by some cement,
pieces of metal together SO firmly. that
when exposed to tensile strain, they
will break through the metal rather than
at the joint. Could such an invention
be brought to bear practically, it would
effect complete revolution in works of
metal
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

Gethsensa7ee.-Lie Lynch, of the
United States Exploring Expedition to
the river Jordan and the Dead Sea in
1848, visited the garden of Gethsemane
about the miGle of May. He says:
''The clover upon the ground was in
bloom, and altogether the garden in its
associations, was better calculated than
any place l know to soothe troubled
spirit. Eight venerable trees, isolated
from the smaller and less imposing ones
which skirt the pass of the Mount of
Olives form consecrated grove. High
above on either hand, towers a lofty
mountain, with the deep. yawning chasm
of Jehosep phat, between them. Crown
ing one OF them is Jerusalem, living
city, on the slope of the other is the great
Jewish cemetery, a city Of the dead
Each tree in this grove cankered and
knarled, and furrowed by age, yet beau
tiful and impressive in its decay, is a
living monument of the affecting scene
once beneath and around it. The olive
perpetuates itself, and from the root Of
the dying parent stem, the young tree
springs Into existence. These trees are
accounted one thousand years old
Under those of the preceding growth,
therefore, the Saviour was wont to rest;
aud one of the present may mark the
very spot where he knelt, and prayed,
and wept. No caviling doubts can find
entrance here. The geographical boun-
daries are too distinct and clear for an in
stant's hesitation. Here the Christian,
e. f,1o & ,l~- -,
the past, can resign himself to sad yet
soothing meditation. The few purple
and crimson flowers, growing about the
roots of the trees, will give him ample
food for contemplation; for they tell Of
the suffering life and ensanguined death
of the Redeemer."
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

If fanaticism were not deaf as well as
blind, the lessons taught by the constant
recurrence of incidents like the following,
migat teach it the folly and sin of dis
turbing relations SO mutually beneficial
and agreeable. Until that blessed time
shall arrive, when every individual shall
be his own boot-black and no social ine-
qualities exist, the relation Of mutual
kindness~of protection on the part of
the master, and affection on that of the
slave-will continue, in despite of the
fGe words of talking philanthropists, or
the dirty devices of those who reduce
theories to practice, by seducing away
and stealing the property of their neigh
bOrS.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07
ADVANTAGE OF ADvERTIsING.-Th N

ADVANTAGE OF ADYERTIsING.-The N.
0. Bulletin says there is in Pear street,
New York man who worked his pass
age to New Orleans, not being worth a
sous. He commenced small business,
giving at first every dollar of profit for
advertising By this means his estab-
lishment in a short time became the talk
of the city, and he was run down witL
business, and in little over six years he
has acquired the Princely fortune of
100000.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07
The Seven-mile Tunnel under the Alps.

The following account of this extra
ordinary excavation under the highest
mountain of the Alps, we have gathered
from DR.. Granville's paper: To give at
once some idea of the boldness of Chav
Mons undertaking, we may, in the first
place, state that III its progress the tunne.
must pass under some of the most elevat-
ed crests of Mount Cenis-one, in par
ticnlar, where there will be 1850 feet of
mointain, capped with eternal glaciers,
overhead, at the middle Of the tunnel;
SO that not only will the workmen and
machinery III construction, and the pas
sel.gers and trains in transit, be buried to
that depth III the heart of the mountain,
but all idea of shafts, either to facilitate
excavation or to promote ventilation,
most be out of the question. The breath
OF lie must be respired from either ex-
tremety with artificial aid, in shape of
currents OF fresh air transmitted and of
foul Withdrawn, by mechanical apparatus
ever at worS-at least, during excavation;
which is also itself to be effected by
machinery Of new and simple nature.
worked by water power of mountain
streams, whereby the trains are also to be
run through the tunnel, which ascends
from the northern or Savoy side at Modo-
ne, all the way to its exit at Bardanneche,
with gradient equal to 19 to 1000.-
The machine, once presented to the rock,
projects into ii simultaneously four hor-
zontal series of sixteen scalpels, working
backwards and forwards, by means of
springs cased in, and put in motion by
the same water power. While these are
at work, one veltical series OIL each side
works simultaneously up and down, so
that together they cut out four blocks, or
rather insulate four blocks on all sides,
except on the rock behind from which
they are afterwards detached by hand
1t has been already ascertained that each
OF the two machines, at the opposite ends
OF the tunnel, will excavate to the extent
of % feet day, and it is estimated that
the whole excavation will be completed
i'll four years, The gallery to be per-
forated by the machines will be 13 feet
wide by I high, and this once cut through,
the bore will be enlarged by the ordinary
means to25 feet in width and 9 in height
and double line Of rails laid. The
estimate cost Of this great tunnel is only
i3,6o4 942E l$2,60O,O0O9 1t is to be
Immediately commenced on the north
entrance.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07
JEWS OPINION OF JUDAS.

"A IL w = OElINlON OE DAS.
Major Noah, in his Sunday Times,
gives some weekly explanations and ex,
poundings Of the scriptures. In late
issue he speaks of Judas Iscariot to show
that the wickedness of that arch-traitor
is not generally understood. He tells us
that Jesus was not betrayed to the Je ws
as is generally supposed. but to the Ro-
man authorities, who were in search of
him and knew him not. The Sanhe-
drim of Jerusalem (as illustrious body
as our Senate, and quarrelsome too,)
could not be supposedto have paid the
paltry sum Of 'thirty pieces of silver to
betray Jesus, when they knew him well,
for he was il the daily habit of expound-
ing his doctrines in the temple, on the
mountains, and in the valleys. He nev-
er concealed himself; he was not an OBJ
scure person. Why should the Jews pay
for betraying him? When the Roman
soldiers were sent to arrest him by Pohti-
US Plate, not knowing which of the
twelve apostles was the accused, they
agreed to pay Judas thirty pieces of sill
yer if he would point him out. The
apostles were all poor men, though Ju-
das was better off than the rest, having
some means. Being socialists, and hav-
ing but one purse, Judas was a kind Of
treasurer, and kept the money. He was
mean and avaricious, as we have a right
to believe from his re5uking Mary for ex-
pending three hundred pence for a box
of spikenark to anoint the feet of Jesus.
Besides, Jesus and all his apostles were
Jews, and by the Jewish law no bri5e
could be offered as price of blood, and
particularly by the Sanhedrim, the true
exponents of the law. 1t was a Roman
bribe to designate the person; but !. was
entirely unnecessary, for when the Off
GERS arrived, Jesus said with the utmost
frankness-''If ye seek Jesus Of Naza-
reth l am he." There was no necessity
for betraying him or selling him, for he
had no concealments, and always had
predicted the event. The meauness of
Judas was tempted by the offer, and he
pointed him out Although it is distinct
ly and clearly said in the New Tesla
ment that the priests bargained with Ju-
das and gave him, upon his own offer,
thirty pieces OF silver to betray Jesus, yet
we think the traditions will one day sus-
tain us in the declaration that the offer
was made by the Roman authorities,
who granted to the Jews the warrant for
his arrest and paid Judas for pointing
him out. There was not Jew in Jeru-
salem who did not know him and did not
almost daily hear him preach. The Wri-
tings Of the apostles were memorandums
OF events in their times, and subsequent
ly enlarged, modified and implifed by
the early fathers of the church. They
wanted TO make a strong case against
the Jews. and adopted this version Of
having paid the thirty pieces of silver
instead of the ruling power of those
times, the Romans. To betray there
must be conceament. Nothing was ca
sier than for Jesus to have escaped the
arrest, trial, and condemnation, had he
been SO inclined; but he rather courted
the result than evaded it. Consequently
there was motive in the Romans Offer
ing to pay Judas for designating him in
the crowd, but none for the Jews incur
ring the expense.
Washington telegraph., 1850-08-07

News has been received, at Washing
ton. that Soulouque, while temporlzlng
with Mr.. Clayton, on the subject OF GER
tain duties and indemnities, is invest
ine all his available funds in the Pur-
chase of muskets and munitions OF war,
for descent upon the whites with a
view of extirpating them from Domn,-
ca, and of seizing that part OF the island.