New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-27

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.y'sif cfixon, the first tt1fl wifieii presented
tastf 10 views was q package.of pauers directed
. binassls Among them WAS the will Of tlte
msde cTsys . few aontias prsvioas, in
Jon ef an annui tY ts1irs .tidles, aid ansfhsr
o Margaret Gle,sa, aas divided equally bstwsen
IFS niece and Edward Lyndhani- % !
s In the course Of the subseqrens year. ~ elcz
giant rnsnsionsin pieasant and rstixed pArt -
inc essg and one Of some half sdezan belSn4faG
70 ne esseteof lase Mr.. e'lixoH, afzss aSijss
undergone thorp4sgh rssiDgatfcn, wag 54t "
somcsy snEf IA stefuily tnffl shed : Gre df 4 -
most pleasant fossny was. fitted upfsf NfaxHH{et N
IN style to sslit her taste, for she saif1x5f ~
had twenty Rnnuisies, she could s5lat be 6i}pY
unless she could Hse under the sane fo64 #i #ith :
Ana Ellen, as wen as MYSELF mid hi dwarsi !
Z would III ami sure. feel hess Hsppy Vi t6SutsS1
privilege Of seeing yeu many tiIlses ever dSp
alter Edward and Ellen were nlaYriSds "a.
settled down in their new Bofde, fhose HI :
who called on, them, always remarked ~ y,
other house seemed at all times Vi wear
salne bright and cheerful aspcct as tiaeirs y 800 4
enc day who hsd listened to hesyeInask 8 4E
does not lie in the house. nor in the fnrni
Ihe one Of Itself, is no pleasa1fter, nor The
brighter Sr more elegant, than We see eISe-s !
Nhere--it Hes inshe cheerful hearts and snilinE
faces which we are alway sure to Ensl I 4 8 !.
Mr. Niadles was highly INDIGNANT RI. hss5A6
nothing given her but, as she said, sa 1k14&
lpalts Ssnnit sftef hasing alayed nSy xHs3
sday of tSelt yssfs, end dspied bsfss Sxx
yeddy The e0nsfer sM life, AZ ~ 1efess
soch bAss iHefsss tads - esiough u brsa
. This was add u Edwssras sand pat4iss
her handk 10 hsr eyes, she prec55ssts
retired To herr own room Having secareatffe
door, she unlocked q box .in vhish pi3e N
gold and SILVER coin. - 81. ssss
- 6 i have saved my wages, at any. r&ten -
she. p s He thought Ihad to spend ny eHTrihk
for clothes, but # had a better way to get scrn
than oSlo that H = : ~ t.f ~ -
4 sAs she, hent over her treasure, a p4rson Nhs
q minute before had seen her with her face
buried i'm her handk dkerchisE might have MssgiSs
ed that there was tie spark, Of 6 crushed
tear in the cornerof one Of her eyes but q
second and dsmore saref look would have shown
that It was only y, gieam, refecSed from the
preeaoss CON by a.strag suneea n -
A DsxN EasrEr Dows Oh RA1soaDs. Tha
Knickstbc1ker gssss TIE following ,ssas Vie pri4
rate epfpions pu61icis szprssssI Il sn pld rssis
dent Of one df the III OF sisrS fcS hs ID Ma
sachuastts Bay Said tic = shors -tSwn,
man - u N s q 4. n
~ don't think much d, raikcsds they 7ssf-s,
| no Kind d justice into enis yeews what Kind -
justice is it, when railroads stak kes ems iksp|s
upland aud carts it over in rheelb ESSis6
nnofher MANS ma'sh What kind u Ie0mfias.
\ dation be they !? You can't 90 when yeu W7iiE
TO gos you got 70 90 when the bell rings, Vx fse
blasted naisy whiHtle blows Ite4I yoti is
in' tew much for the whistle. ssEf You hSessA1
4 "a the railroad !; and ct You want To I'd any
where else eept just to tie seenf Oh n ven gct
to pay to- R0 alter you get there. hat kisx7s u
Pronunciation ia that oin' round tlfe cslflss
try, tew, mnrderiH falks,s runnin. oyet cntttes
{ sheep and hogs, and settIn Ire to bri dgess md
every now and then burn up the woods Ehssrss
4 Rpbbins down to Cod flint, says tands she ou&t
II TO know. for she's pious woman, eand belongs
to the lawer church she said to me, no longar
II ago than day fore yesterday that she'd be
( cussed if She didn't know that they, sometimes
4 run over critters q purpose they did d likely
4 shoat o. herns and never paid fors catsa they
/ was, corporation. they said. Thaf kind e'
II 'commedation il that Besides, nov Eve lived
here, clus to- the dee-pot, ever sence the road
fstarted to run, and seen sem go out aud eeEe in
Il but never could see that they went so damned
u fast, nuther. = ~ ~ 81 & - gy
s. BIaszxTmE, on LEAF YEaR.-The following
from. the Frederick Examiner will be sintsresss
I ing 40 dpuht, 10 many Of eur readers sBey0As
& the circle fscientifc nquify p litre astsntipl
s is paid to cal exactnesa that
: felligsnt persons bs glaas Of seseas saoE
to account and explanation given of thes ter
st bissextile K N N = =. 49,
le In refssiinng tho comp ation ef fine Jnlid
ae Cesar ordained that the year should consist
n e5 days, except every fourth wear, which shcal
q consist of a66 days. Ihe additional day To- 3
a reckoned by tteiees counting the 24tlfof Febrp
p ary,, which was the s;rfhA ca1end Of MarcE
10 Hence the name, from the latin. words, 6is
s twice, and sea3is sixth. The eealends. twhenS
y our word calendar or first days OF then6iti
> were reckonea backwards to the ifes,, thus, th
q first day of March was the first calend; tbe 2St
g, of February was the second eaiend OF March
r February 9th the third, and SO on.
q The Julian years which by this rule was reek
lt oned at 800 days and s hours, was found not
i be accurate, but to exceed the length Of ii
Il solar year by II minutes, which, in l31 year
g amount to.an entire day. II was therefore coa
"a rected By Pope Gregory, in 1850, who retrenche
lg II days from the Julian computation i
le excess or gain over the solar time Out Of thi
e. correction grew the distinetion between the ol
Z and new style. The Gregorian or new styl
i, was introduced into Germany in 1170, and, b
gu act of Parhament, into England IN I152-7lu;
g lone hundred wears age-4-tha ID day of Septen
u Der 20. s.. of that year being reckoned as n
t4th IN. 50 under the Gregorian sy stem al
no though the name sBisseStile Is retained with i
lg obsolete import, we ntercalate the 2afh of Eel
=. ruary every fourth y yeaf for leap year, and,
IS still greater accuracy, make only one leap ves
rs out Of every four centenary years. thai is-ti
"a year 100 and 1900 We're asat leap years, ..
hT will A. d. 1890 be reekoned as one, hut the VII
StI oGfltl VII IL ha Riesaxtila preSeryp this Yyeyn
et randam for future reference - ssis
,rs NEWSPAPERS. The celebrated writer y
ne MUS thus speaks of newspapers We eosnniel
~ it to the attention Of alI ~ =
'oi - They who conceive cur newspapers are
Ills restraint npon bad men,. or impediment to t
en execution Of bad measures, know nothing OF Il
to country Cur ministers and magistrates ha
.th really little punishment to fear, and few dii
his cnlties to contend with, beyond the eensure
nd the press and the spirit of resistance it excl
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