New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-13

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case the schooner proved to be enemy. This
they refused, and then went below. The smack,
which was now very near, instantly rounded to
under the sloops quarter, and, as If by magic,
her deck was instantly lined with men, who fred
! p volley Of muskets into the sloop, killing one
man instantly and wounding one or two
! severely. With but very little resistance they
boarded her, and one Of the parry recognizing
| old III, shouted, 60 Surrender, you old tory
In those days it was fashionable to wear queues,
and when he kicked. eufed, and thrasiied the
old sinner, the captain Of the trainers, after
talking to him, like a father, took him by the
que7te, and ropcs-ended him severely
But, to cut our story short, the refugees and
tories were confined, Col. W again put in
possession Of his sloop, and both vessels carried
| into New Meadows, and (no Temperance Socie-
| ties them after treating all hands to bowl Of
punch, Col. W proceeded on his way to
| Boston, leaving LII and his party in custody
| Of the So defenders of our country
Az INDEPENDENT VoTER.-The Philadelphia
Pennsylvanian reports the speech of free cleo
tor of the :. keystone State" made on the day
of the recent election, whilst leaning against a
wall in Independence Square The patriotic
orator had been libating pretty freely in neigh
boring grocery, and was in situation such as
to render it extremely doubtful whether he
could have walked a wire or performed any other
gymnastic exercise that required steadiness Of
nerve. We copy his patriotic speech:
| "Fellow-citizens, my name is Mr. Samuel Nor
tOn--an American freeman, born and educated
on this side. / come here to exercise the right
of suffrage, and I'll do a citizens duty by vot-
ing what ticket please. | want to steam up a
little more and get into kind Of holy rapter
before | approach the altar of liherty--that's
the ballot boz. Who's going to treat2 Wings,
democrats, or natives Don't all speak at once,
If you please I'm no party man myself, and
don't care a cuss which whips, and I'll give my
support to any cause that's willing to do the gem
teel thing If a republican citizens vote isn't
worth three shillings, (York eurrency,) it's not
worth anything-three shillings and glass Of
grog. That's the idea. If I vote the entire
whig ticket I'll charge half dime more, for
| that's a strain on fellows conscience Don't
nobody insult my patriotic feelings by Offering
me quarter; I'm proposing to do it for half
, price now; seventy five cents would not be un-
reasonable Seventy-fve' No! Where's the
| spirit of '76! Any man that would vote q ticket
for less than three shilngs, amt fit to be trusted
TO vote at all. I'll swear he amt Our glorious
ancestors that bled at Yorktown, Thermopoly
and Waterloo, wouldn't have voted for one cent
less than three shillings; and Mr. Samuel Nor
ton is not a-going to put down the price for no.
body. Here's an Independent citizens vote go
| ing Ior tnfee snllnngS, ana treat OF course
that's understood Where's all the electioneer-
ers Going at three shillings going, going,
, gone!" With the last well timed exclamation,
! the legs of Mr.. Norton gave way, and there he
! lay on the pavement within a few yards Of the
polls an unavailable voter.
f LIFE IN PARIs.A Paris letter writer thus
. describes a scene in the police court: dF
t The tribunal of Correctional Police will soon
1anay L. e
, | amusement, and if it only held its sessions in
the evening, would seriously interfere with the
. receipts of the theatres. The following scene
! was enacted amid great applause on Saturd ay
last: Mr.. Belloe was arraigned for the ofenc
of having stolen hat. His countenance, as
5 was placed at the bar, was that of injured in
T jured innocence itself Really, it's enough
to make me shed every tear have, to see my
| self between two beaks for having made a mis-
take about hat" ga mistakel'' said the
= President, &C a mistake done on purpose, sus.
pect.' '' An accidental mistake, an utter error,
. impartial President l submit it to your uner-
A. ring Judgment and your lofty WISDOM Here
$ upon the complainant, a stout gentleman with a
cane, deposed that while he was playing d0mi.
noes in a cafe, on the Doth of November last
=, the prisoner walked off with his hat, and that
al he could not have mistaken it for his own as hi
he carried it in his hand instead of putting it ON
his head ''That was because was too hot .
Too hot on the 29th Novemberl The rea
= reason was, you scoundrel, it was too big for
R you, and would have betrayed you had you put
y it on your head'' 81 was tormentei with do
D nestle anxiety replied the culprit, a wife,
y whose fidelity had good reason to suspect, and
4 l took the hat without knowing what did, v
s. &c But it seems you are regular hat -stealer, >
put in the President, 's for no fewer than forty.
4 seven hats were found at your lodgings u
d "That proves, sagacious President, that had
y, no need to take the hat of this gentleman The
al fact is, these hats were not stolen, but were
purchased by me. / have passion for hats
of all sizes and shapes, just as Lablache has q
l passion for snuff boxes, and as Goethe had q
fancy for rotten apples. A friend of mine, who
formerly lent me money, is now ready to lend
t me his oath, to prove to you that he holds me
in esteem and confidence, and to satisfy you
r that l could not have stolen the hat" The
. friend alluded to here swore solemnly to the
~ good character of the prisoner, but justice wa,
d inexorable, and Mr. Belloie was sentenced tc
p thirteen months confinement. The curtain ther
e fell, amid thunders of applause. G. B. T.
re A WONDERFUL ADvENTuRER.-Dr. Kane, VIII
is widely known one of the enterprising spirit
who sailed in search of Sir John Franklin, il
| Mr.. Grinnells expedition, and who is at tn
present entertaining the people of the Northern
cities with series of lectures descriptive of hi
observations and experiences in the Arctic seas
r appears, from accounts in some of the papers, t
l. have led life of unexampled adventures, an
ID almost unparalleled wanderings even before hi
> voyage to the polar regions. Certainly no Anne
s rican, of whom We have ever heard, has seen S
I'd much of the perils of the world or even of tn
world itself
IN According to these accounts, he was Surgeo
" of the American Legation to China, and, on h
nr way to the Celestial regions, spent some weel
nd on foot-tramp through the orange groves
ng Brazil and about month in tiger-hunting nea
Bombay. Hence after dozen unsuccessful al
le, tempts to smuggle himself into the forbidde
IS lands of China, he went over to the PHILIPPINES
go and by aid of the good Monks of the interior {
ly Manila, explored its fastnesses ard vocanl
by wonders. He was the first man to decend int
er the great crater of Tael, lowered down two hun
I'D dred feet over the brink, by bamboo rope tie'
he around his middle, and brought back bottl
Mt of its sulphur waters, burning off his boots il
or the lava cinders. Leaving China, after secon'
ID visit, in which he encountered shipwreck, h
of passed to India as physician of the Dremendha
he Dagore, and was palanquined for three month
4 IL. 4 % ,tu foi,