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The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-30
BILOXI HOUSE.

THIS Establishment will be opsned for the re-
cepdon Of ys.cn on the 2ath inst, Under The ~
management of John w. NIXON.
During tia spring MACY additions and improvement r..
convenience 10 the guess of the house.
The sandy beach Of BILOXI, heretofore annoying
desrans has been panked by order OF the cop0saton and
Villages. .
The Table will always be supplied with the deIcaces Of
the sea coast and New Orleans Market
Attached 70 the house will be found Bah.houses. Bar
ard Billiard Room, and Ten Pin Alleys.
The following Rates OF Board will be charged during the
seas0n:
?y the month (per weekly ...................-tloO
~ the week. u o.
Children and ServRsts, half price.
Bilox,. May 10. 1851 my1s 3m
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-30
COAL.

BANK AND VAULT DOORS.
ONE PAIR SINGLE, do. DOUBLE IRON
NJ, n 20 's =, We * * HoLn1x . M....i..s
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-30
FRESH IMPORTATION OF
CHOICE TEAS!

THE subscriber has just received from one Of the
first Tea importers In Phiade phia. complete asort.
uent of real cho &c BLACK AND GREEN TEAS. and,
suit purchasers ha. had Them put small packages
and h each. They guaranteed to be Of quality
equal il SUPERIOR offered in this market and
embrace all the ieties usually sold here. The following
n lisi of nuales and M ces:
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-30
NEW ORLEANS CATTLE MARKET

JEFFERSON CRY,
Thursday Evening. May 10. 1851.
Arrived to-day. $40 Beef Cattle $50 Cows and Calves
and 2l0 Yearlings and Calves.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27


ALL BUT THE "RIoroUs LIvING."-A
writer in the Washington Republic. just re
turned from Havana, and who visited ,hs
American prisoners there, tells goos
anecdo,e. He says Of one OF his visits te
the prisoners:
AL Of them were anxious TO know how
they and the expedition were regarded bs
the Government and people OF tho U.
States. ] told them taat the President was
one of the best men living, that he mourn
ed ever their folly in engaging in such an
unlawful enterprise; bu. that being hu
name man, ho would no doubt feel towards
them, ON their return, as the father did TO
wards the Prodieai Son.
Sab, yes, sir" said one Of them, s'we
have experienced all that the prodigal sor
did crcept the riotous liriag.n
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

HOME AND WoMAN.--lf ever there has
been more touching and eloquent eulo-
gium upon the charms Of home and its dear
est treasure, woman, than is contained in
the following extract from the Christian
Inquirer, j. has not been our good fortune
| to meet il:
Our homes what is their cornerstone
but the virtue of woman? And on what
does social wal.being rest but on our
homes? Must we not trace all other bless
ings Of civilized life TO the door OF our pr-
vate dwellings? Are no, our hearth stones
guarded by the holy forms Of conjugal,
i'ial, and parental love, the corner stones
Of Church and State-more sacred than
eilher-more necessary than both? Le,
our temples crnmbie and our academies
decay-let every public edtice, our halls
| pf Justice, and our eapitols of State be lev
eied with the dast--but spare our homes.
Man did not invent and he cannot improve
or abroga,e them. A private shelter ta
cover in two hearts dearer TO each other
,han all the world; high walls to secude
'he proiane eyes OF every human being
secmsion enough for children TO feel that
mother is peculiar name-,his is home
aud here is the birth place Of every virtu,
Gus impulse-of every sacred thought.
Here the Church and tho State must come
tor their origin and support oh, spare
orr homes! The love we experience there
gives ns our faith ia nh intimate goodness;
the purity and disin,eres,ed tenderness OF
home is our earnest OF better world. In
the relations there established and iostered
do we find through life the chief solace and
| ioy OF existence. What friends deserve
the name compared with those whom .
bir,hright gave us!
| One mother is worth thousand friends
-onc sister dearer and truer than twenty
intimate companions. We who have play
ed on the same hearth under the light Of
smiles, who date bsck to the same season
Of innocence and hope, in whose veins run
the same blood; do we not find that years
onlv make more sacred and important the
tie that binds as? Goodness may spring
mp, distance may separate, different spheres
NAV divide; but those who continue to love
at all. must find iha, the friends who God
himself, gave, ure wholly unlike any we
choose for ourselves, and that the yearnine
for these is the strongest spark in our ex
piring affection
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27
LUCK AND LUCK:
or, TIL aEaeuAHr AND me FARMER.
sGonJ nlorpipg. friend Tlophandle,


Good morning, friend uoehandle.'
'Ab. Yartsiitk, | am glad 10 see you
Come oat to smell tie fresh air and hear
the birds sing, | suppose! Well, am glad
10 see yol; walk into the house; Mrs. Hoe
handle will be most happy to sec city
friend; that is ii you will not quiz our SIS 4,
Of living. We plain country folks are no,
quite up 10 fashion; and il is well We are
not, for we could not aft I'd il il we were
All! lardstick, you are a lucky dog here
We are, about iiiiy years old each OF US,
and
Good gracious! iloehaHdle. Why, whsl
can you mean? Why, | am but forty, ol
say 'rlne over, and quite young looking
$50 they ssy--a, ihat.'
'Ha. ha! ha. Yardsticl, it won't do
slll playing the beau, see, bu, no matter
As was saying, here we are. You rich
merchsni, never did any work in your life;
and |, a poor farmer, worked hard all m.
days-boys together started on nothing
everything in luck, everything in luck
We'll, well, Hnehandle, you are a mod
est man; | won't yet go into an argument
with YOU on our comparative positions IN
the world that is, will gel through ano,h
erma,,er first. want a thousand dollars
for thirty days, il you have j, over
HIVE il ver!-over what, Yardstick.'
'lmean, friend .Hoehandie, that it you
are no, short, would like to---,he lnct is, !
am ou, on a shining expedition, and must
RAISE some moncy'
'Ah! see, haze ii over--short--shin
hins--means TINT you wan,-to borrow, and
That must lend you--sll right, sir. J
pave i, | have il; and, Yards,ick. am
proud - be able 10 lend You. Want a
'aops1od--well, bold, let us 70 through this
n','er now, before my good wife comes IN
these women always want to know all
''a's going on, and she will inquire il !
a'i' indebted 10 you. Indebted. ha! ha!
sne would be as,aulshed if John Hoeh,nd'e
'"eo man thousand dollars--hillo!
T,' sign So, what's the matter?
ray Tape, Yardslick g. CO. There you
afe, sir, here is the check
'lhank yoo, Ilpehsndlc, here is our Dote.
mad !, ready before left home; knew you
would oblige me-
AS was Observing, Yards,ick, YOU city
merchants do have an easy time il. Go
70 view York, buy your stock, sell at n
plon'' buy again, sell ag,iu, roll up your
%uadfed Thousand in few years; and poor
I'm hoehandla works like n slave six
:, 'a.us u out oftweIve, up in the morning
'shl, aud works at least four hours
~ u'oher, and sometimes two after
""e'' ana harves, time from sunrise To-
e' ha" Yes, sir, il is fact; and wha,
ai.s M;' we got 10 show for it? Why, after
MY years toll, sir, have only this tarn,
,h, h''ree hundred acres, worth perhaps, nine
musoha dollars, and little bank stock,
r","ased with its yearly profits
w. aug pray, my good friend, what have
~ ' averaged per year, clear profits, over
&. expenditures. for all this terrible labor
'O' thirty ycars?'
nn' Over two thousand dollars year
'a4r,as'ick, while YOU make ten.'
LET mo sec: farm worth nine thousand
onu an'f,y years proii,--sixtv nine thousand
Ia" 'u 'arge YEARLY income beside poor fel
Whv' you are TO be pitied.'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27
TWO FABLES, BY THOMAS CARLYLE.

TWO FABLES, BY THOMAS CARLYLE.
FABLE l.--"It is that support his
household" said hen. one day 10 herself,
s.,he master cannot breakfast without an
egg, for he is dyspepticaI and would die,
and il is that lay il. And here is this
ugly poodle, doing nothing earthly, and gets
Thrice the yictuals do, and is caressed all
day! BIZ the cock Of Minerva, they shall
give me double portion Of oats, or they
have eaten their last egg!'
But much as she cackled and creaked
the scnllion would not give her an extra
grain; whereupon, in dudgcon, she bid her
next egg ia the dunghiii, and did nothing
but cackIe and creak all day. The scui-
lion suffered her for week then (by Orderly
drew her neck, and purchased other eggs
at sixpence the dozen.
Man! why frettest thou and whinest
,hou? This blocshead is happier than thou,
and still a blochhead. Ah. sure enough,
,hy wages are too low! Wilt thou strike
cork with Providence, then, and force him
10 an s.alternativew Believe it, he will
do without thee: il n'y yains d'homme ne
cess0ire.
FABLE 2.--"What is the use Of thee, thou
unarled sapIingg' said a yonng larch tree
10 Young oak. II grow three feet 10 .
year, thou scarcely as many inches; ] am
.,raight and taper as reed, thou strag-
pline and twisted as loosened with"
sand thy dura,ion," answered the oak,
s.is some third part of mans life, and ! sm
appointed to flourish for a thousand years.
Thou art felled and sawed into paliug,
where thou rottest and art burned after
single summer; Of me are fashioned battle
ships, and carry mariners and heroes IN
to unknown sens"
The richer a nature, the harder and
slower is its development. Two boys were
once ola class in the Edinburgh grammar
school john ever trim, precise, and dux;
Walter ever slovenlv, confused, and doit.
10 due time, John became BailIis John OF
Hun,er-sqaarc, and Walter became Sir
Walter Scott, Of the universe.
The quickest and completest Of all veg
etabies is the cabbage.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

LIGHT IN A Dark CoRSER.-The Shaw
neetown Argus, Ia noticing The recent fail
ure ofa "Grand Democratic Mass Meeting"
that had been called in that county. sass:
.'I'he tsiismonic influence which could
heretofore call the farmer from his field,
and the mechanic from his shop, has pass-
ed of. The sceptre Is fast departing from
Judea. Lower Egypt is putting eff tho
swatdling clothes Of Democracy, aud will
ere long stand forth MS n bright and shi-
ming light in the good old Wing cause. Our
Young men are buckling on their aImor
for The contest in 1852"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27
CONSISTENCY IN POLITICIANS is A
JEWEL.

The papers who are opposed TO the Ad
ADMINISTRATION, are at loss for an excuse
even TO attack it. But they thina thes
mus. say something, aud presnming
must he allowed for the sake Of their read
ers-npon the wan, in them Of that inqul-
ring spirit which lends to the right and
makes them act up 10 it, they seek to com.
mand credulity, by recklessness.
This has been the course OF many OF
them in regard 10 the proclamation which
vas issued BY President Fillmore, warning
those who might be tempted 70 embark IN
the adventure on Cnba. In that procla-
nation President Fillmore sci forth the OBJ
legation Of every citizen Of the United
States to maintain inviolate the treaty OF
pence and anlity we had with Spain, in
which such adventures were denounced as
Ipiratical; and he warned our citizens that
| If they did embark 10 il, they would forfeit
Ill CHIN to the protection OF the laws OF the
| United States.
No terms Of abuse were too severe, tor
some ofthese papers. to apply TO this proc
lama,ion of President Fillmore. II was
Wing who issued the proclamation, and
that is the explanation Of the abuse visited
upon it and its author. We say this, be-
cause only ahou, thirteen years ago, when
.lr. Van Buren was President, move
ment was got up against Canada, and some
of onr citizens took part il. Mr.. President
Van Buren,. being advised Of these move
nents, on the 2lst Of September. 1888, IS
Esued bis proclamation, calling upon 'severy
citizen Of the United States neither TO give
countenance nor encouragement OF any
| kind TO those who have thus forfeited their
claim TO the protection of their country;
md thus addressed the actors in the move
ment:
sand hereby warn all those who have
engaged in these criminal enterprises, u
persisted in, that, Whatever may bc the con-
dition 10 which they may be reduced, the,
must not expect the interference OF ihis
government, in any form, on their behalf
but will be left, reproached by every viriu-
aus iellow-citizen, to be dealt with accord
ing to the policy and justice Of that Gov
ernnient whose domnions they have, in
defiance Of the known wishes and efforts OF
their own Government, and without the
shadow of Justification or excuse, ne.arlous
| Nv invaded"
When Mr.. Van Buren issued this procia.
nation. which differs in no essential words
| from that Of President Fillmore. the sup
portcrs of the then administration were
loud in its praise. Mr.. Van Buren was
then ranked as Democrat, and what he
did was all right. Now when President
Fillmore issues similar prociamstion.
even though themovements which call Tor
| ], are more flagrnnt than they we're then.
he is denoanced BY the men Of the same
party, who approved what MIR. Van Buren
had done! Consistency in politicians is.
indeed, iewel!--BaN. Patriot.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27
The SLIDE OF AIpsAcu.-It is /. curiou

The SLIDE OF ALPSAcH.-lt is curious
ret that there is--or was some years ago
"a railroad in Europe where the speed OF
two hundred and sixteen miles an hour i
ordinarily ohtained--not indeed for pas
sengers, bat for timber! !, is the celebra
ted Slide Of A IPnach. in the Alps, constrnc-
led for the purpose Of conveying trees from
The mountains to the Lake Lncerne. The
following is description OF the famous
slide:
.This railroad, which was completed in
the year 1918, is formed entirely Of abou,
250,000 large pine trees, deprived of their
bark, and united together in very ingen
otis manner, without the aid OF iron. i,
occupied 100 workmen during Is montha,
aud cost nearly 100000 francs. or f4250.
Il is about three leagues, or for,y-tour thou
sand English feet long. II has trough Of
abou, six feet broad, and from three to six
deep. Its bottom is formed of three trees,
the middle one Of which has groove cut
in the direction Of lis length, for receiving
small rills of wafer, which are conducted
into it from various places, for the purpose
Of diminishing the friction. The whole
slide is sustained by about two thousand
supports; and in many places il is attach
ed in very Ingenious manner 70 the rug
ged precpicea ofgrani,e. The direction
Of tie slide is sometimes straight, some
times zigzag, with an inclination Of from
Ten 10 eighteen degrees. !, is often carri-
ed along the sides Of hills, and fanks Of
precipi,ous rocks, and sometimes over their
submits.
Occasionally it goes under ground, and
Il: other times il is conducted over the deep
yorses by scaffaldngs 100 feet in height.
The large pines, which were one hundred
feet III length, and ten inches thick at their
smaller extremities, ran through the space
of about three leagues, or nearly nine
miles, in two minutes and half"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27
+ From the Nationa rn,elligencer.l
WEBSTER.
gy ANNE C. LYNCH.

{. When I, aud all these that hear nc, shai
ne 10 our last horne, end when the monlt
~ have gathered on cur memories, as 1t vii
-. na ,or,bs. .n-HeJste1.'s Speech in The Senate
uiy, 1851.
T,,e mould on thy memory. No
No, white ono note ls rung
~, ,ho.e divine. immortal songs
Milton and Shakespeare sung
Ma, ii, The night of years enshrouds,
The Anglo-Sason tongue.
yo, le, the flood Of time roll on,
And men and empires die;
Genus en,hroned on lofty heights,
Can its dread course DEFY
And. here ON Garth, can claim the gift
or Immortality.
Can save from the Lothean tide
That sweeps SO dark along,
A peoples name; peoples lame
To future time proong.
As Troy still lives and only lives
In Hoiner's deathlcss song.
What though TO buried Nlneyah
The Traveller may come,
And roll away the stone that hides
Tha. long forgotten tomb!
lie questions lis aiutc past III vain,
lis oracles are dumb.
Wbatthough he stand where Balbec stood
Gigantic in its pride;
No voice comes o'er that silent waste,
Lone, desolate, aud wide;
They had no bard, no orator,
No s.atesman--and they died
They lived their h,Ile span of life;
They lived and died in vain;
They sank lnglofiously beneath
Obiivon's silent reign;
A, sank beneath the Dead Sea wave
TIE cities OF The Pain.
But these famed immortal lands,
Greece aud imperial Rome,
Where genius lett its shining mark,
And found lis chosen home;
All eloquent with mind they speak,
Wood, wave, and erul.bling dome.
The hooeyed words of Plato slliI
Fioai on the echoiag air,
The thunders Of Demos.henes
Egean waters bear,
And the Pilgrim TO the Forum hears
The Voice oi Tally there.
And Thus thy memory shall live,
And thus thy fame res0a6d,
While far off future ages roll
Taeir solemn cycle round,
And make His wide, this fair New World
An ancient classic ground.
Then with our eouDirY's glorious name
Thine own shall be entwincd,
Nlifu the Senate's pilisred hall
Fhiue image shall be shriBed;
Ana on the uationts Law shall gIcam
Light from my gian, mind.
on proudeat monuments no moro
May rise 20 meet the sky,
The stately Capitol o'erthrown,
LOW IN the dust may lie;
Bat mind, sublime above the wreck.
Immortal caunot die.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

CuRrors Errors IN BooKMAKING.-In
Goldsmi,h's History Of Engla nd, during tho
term Of Charles the II. no mention Is msdo
Of the great plague or the fire of London.
These omissions remind ua Of a simiiar
Oversight, in geography issued by one Of
the publishing societies-the name ofSwit-
zerland is not once mentioned! yet OF this
work, many thousand copies were sold b.
fore the detection was made.
When Goodwin wns employed in writing
,he life Of Chatham, he applied to many Of
his acquaintances for suitable anecdotes
and suggestions Mr.. Fawcett supplied
him with striking passage from speech
which he heard Chatham deliver on gener-
al warrants; "Every mans house is called
his castle. Whys Because il is surround
ed BY moat, Or defended By a wallf No.
II may be straw built hnt; the wind may
whistle around it--the rain may entss-
but the king capnot." The point was
plain enough; but when he came to read
the printed volume, hcst found il thus arr
ranged: "Everv mans house is called >
castle. Why? Because il is surrounded
by moat or defended by woll? Mott
NAV be straS built hut--.ho rain may en-
Ter it--all tls8 winds Of heaven may whis-
tic around II, but the king cannot."
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

What queer things hsppen in sleep
The other night we ''dreamed dream,n in
which Washington was PLAYING banjo
while Greelv and Wiliam " wero dane
ing break down for a shilling's worth Of
..Ia
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

Too MASq Books. The booksellers say
that publications Of books, within the last
few wears. succeed each other with such
rapdity, that the best works have much
less chance ofob,aining n permanent repu,
ta'ion than formerly. The good books OF
this season are Immediately pushed aside
hy the good books of the next. They are
like pretty women passing by us in great
crowd; we do not see them long enough 10
Efsll ie love with them.--Nep York Ere
ming Post
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

Not many months since, at an Episcopal
Sunday school no, hundred miles fron
Boston. the rector uf the church was exam
ning tho children, after service, on The
lesson Of the day, the cruci6xion OF The
Savior. After some remarks addressee
TO the school on this event in Scripture, he
asked: sMy children, can you tell me who
these people we're that crucilied our bless
ed Redeemerr A dead silence prevailed
The question, from its extreme simplicity
puzzled them. .Whair said the minister
do YOU not know who they wcrcF Al
last faint little voice responded in The
corner Of the room with 81 know, Sir
well, who were they, nv little child!--
The Loco Focos, Sir!' The effect upot
the parents Of the children, many Of whom
were present, can be 'beiier imagined thar
described - Kaickerbocker.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

Quo ToR.cco.- Dayton Journal
estimates the present years crop OF Tobac-
co in the county OF Montgomery, Ohio, ~
worth more Than 100000.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

The CHARMS OF LIrE-There are .
thousand things in this world TO aftiict and
sadden-but oh, how many that are beauti-
ful and good. The world teens with beau
tv-wi,h- objects which gladden. the eye
and warm the heart we might be happy
il we would. There arc ills which ws
cannot escape-ihe approach OF disease,
and death, Of misfortune, suBdering ofearth-
" ties, and the cankerworm Of grief-buta q
vast majority OF the evils which heset u
might be avoided. The curse ofintempef-
ance. interviewer as il is with the ligamenis
of society, is enc which never strikes but
10 destroy. There is not one bright page
upon the record Of its progress-no,hing 70
shield il from the heartiest execrstions OF
the human race. Il shonld no. exist-it
must not. Do away with all ihis-let wars
come to an end, and lei friendship, chsFify,
love, purity and kindness mark the inter-
course between man and man. We are too
selfish, as If the world was made for us
How much happier would we DO
were we to labor more earnestly to pro-
mote each others good. God has blessed
us with home which is not at. all dark.
There is sunshine everywhere-in the sky,
upon the earth-there would be in most
hearts if we would look nround us. Tho
stormsst,ie away and the sun shines out.
Summer drops her tinted curtain upon tho
earth, which is very beautiful, even whom
autumn breathes her changing breath upon
il. God reigns in heaven. Mnrmur not
at being so beautiful, and who can live
ha pper than we.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

CouNrsRFrIys--5's, los and eos Wis.
consia Marine and Fire Ins. Co, altered
from smaller denominations. Hol them
to tho light, Bank Of Keniscly %, latisr
A. Engraving coarse, paper white. .
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-11-27

CONFESSION OF PIcKroCKEr.--A cele-
brated Pickpocket, who was lately sent 10
The State Prison tor his misdeeds, being
noted for bis marvellous adroi,ness in pock-
el-rifing, was requested to revea! the Sc
cret of his success, when the following, a.
mong other disclosures, were made; we
plbsh them as likely 10 be useful 10 those
who are willing totake hint;
81 never" said the pickpocket. "s,.empi
the pocket Of any old resident Of q city, bul
uniformly strangers and counirymen."
But on being asked how he distinguished
them, he replied, ,--"Yery easily,n and gave
the following list Of persons, who were the
regular victims of the ''crast."
"persons in nn omnibus, who take out
their pocke. books when the stage stops.
are sure to be countryman. Those who
stop to converse on the sidewalks, or in
thorouehfares ;or take out pocket books al,
the box or pi, offices at theatres, or steam
boat offices. All those who stop to gaze nj
shop windows, or count money, or show
pocket books in tho streets, or call In at
the funk auction rooms. AL these are
our common victims. III Gnd a man cat
i isg oysters or fruit. or carrying an open
| knife in the street, in nine times in ten he
| is green, and we yictimize him. Persons
who stand up in theatres, or stand on cross
walks, are generally country folk, and we
make sure of them"
The shrewdncss these observations Of
the pickpocke, must be obvious all city
people. and accounts for the remarkable
Tact that civ residents seldom suffer from
the operations Of these light-fagersd gen
itry.