New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-21

For Rake Of DDtl the rlcl and poor,
Unite with brother Spade
4 SEVERE REBuKE-We would the following,
from the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, of July
9, we're gentler yet we cannot suppress it:
INGRAT1TuDE.- it is true that Mount Yer
non has been sold to spectators. An old woman
peddles canes at ten cents piece by the door of
Washington's tomb and pretty soon whirl-
gig and swing will be erected in the grounds,
sa loon opened in the venerable mansion, and
along the piazza, through which, with slow and
dignihed step, the best man Of his age used to
walk for recreation, there will be line of
| smokers and tobacco chewers, with their feet
| up, guzzling mint juleps and talking politics
Will the SPECTATORS be good enough not to use
! the sarcophagi, in which are the remains Of the
hero and his wife, for their contemplate penny
getting operations. We hope they won't sell
| them to Barnum.
Sell Mount Vernon 1t is akin to that mean
spirit which leaves the resting places Of our
great men unmarked and almost unknown 1t
is akin to that disgraceful neglect Of all obliga-
| tion, all gratitude, which has characterized our
| National Legislature. This Dragging country
| of ours which glorihes itself over its territory
wealth, enterprise, and ever-extending limits,
has permitted its old revolutionary soldiers to
die in novels, or starve on beggarly pensions; or
sent them, grown old, feeble, blind, to subsist
on the cold charity of the almshouse Our
Westminster Abbey, our St. Paurs-where are
J they Where the monuments TO our patriots,
4 our statesmen, our generals Briars and this
ties overgrow their graves, or hide the moulder-
ing tablets that mark the spot. If commission
for foreign Consulship or Post office were paid
at the head Of each. and the whole hungry
i swarm OF office seekers set upon the hunt with
such prizes in prospect, not one in one thousand
could find them. The paltry spirit of party
refused a memorial to Clinton; and a Legisla-
ture who could not understand or appreciate
anything that did not belong to party, denied
4 the tribute which public gratitude demanded at
their hands. Congress haggles and debates over
the compensation which some of the more patri-
otic Of that miscellaneous crowd may attempt tc
make to an old soldier, and squanders thousands
in mileage on useless, and worse than useless
members.
A Well, we don't mean to get out of temper; but
I this exhibition of the remains of Washington
and the sale of ginger-pop in his mansion, i,
something to get angry about.
1 We saw a venerable man to. day who had seer
/ and talked with Washington He recollectet
his stately presence, and had heard the utter
ance of his lips. We were glad to take the hant
which had been clasped in that of the Grea
Chief to listen to the interesting incidents o
his life at Philadelphia; to know how he lived
what was the manner of his home life; how HI
| lOOhSu' tdlhVu tui dCleu we seemed TO D
gazing on one Of the few solitary links that con
meet this generation with a great age, now passet
away. When the venerable face of our inform
ant was lighted up with the memories of Iii
: youth, which were thus called to mind, and hi
heart discharged itself of its burden of love an,
devotion to Washington, we could understan
something of that character which impresset
itself so indelibly on the age in which he lived
and on the men who were his contemporaries
| (,OnUrpSS nnorrnls apl tbo Dahl
Treasure at the Capitol, under the shadow
the Monument that begs its way slowly toward
the skies, and but a few miles distant from tn
s'ene of his death and burial Alas for tn
gratitude of republics! The grave of Madiso
is unmarked-almost obliterated jefferson liz
amid the rank grass and the brambles; th
gray es of the Generals of the Revolution ar,
, many OF them, forgotten; and the country whc
they have established and made renowned hs
consigned to obscurity the memories of thos
men whose lives were marked by her ingratitud
AN EXQUISITE Story BY LAMARTISE-ln tn
tribe of Neegdeh, there was horse whose fan
was spread far and near; and a Bedouin,
another tribe, by name Daher. desired ez
J., tremely to possess it. Having offered in val
e for it his camels and his whole wealth. he hit :
length upon the following device, by which i
ho ped to gain the object of his desire He re
solved to stain his face with the juice of a
herb, to clothe himself in rags, to tie his LEG
and neck together, so as to appear like a lam
beggar, Thus equipped, he went to wait fG
Naber, the owner of the horse, who he knew VIZ
to pass that way, When he saw Naber AZ
preaching on his beautiful steed he cried ou
in a weak voice, " | am a poor stranger; fC
three days | have been unable to move from tn
a spot to seek for food | am dying, help me- an
Heaven will reward you" The Bedouin kindl
offered to take him up on his horse and carr
- him home, but the rogue replied, Il eannt
rise, have no strength left
Naber, touched with pity, ,dismounted led h
horse to the spot, and with great difficulty 81
the seeming beggar on its back But no soonC
did Daher feel himself in the saddle, than he s.
spurs to the horse and galloped off, calling OF
as he did SO, =" 1t is |, Daher. | have got Il
horse, and am off with it." Naber called aftt
him to stop and listen. Certain of not beir
pursued, he turned and halted a short dstant
from Naber, who was armed with a spea
- You have taken my horse," said the latte
:" Since heaven has willed it, | wish you joy
it; but do conjure you never to tell any or
how you obtained it, " And why not p sa
Daher. Because said the noble Ara
would fear to help him. You would be the eau
of many refusing to perform an act of charit
,s, for fear of being duped as have been. Strut
with shame at these words, Daher was silent
q moment, then springing from the horse, +
10 turned it to its owner, embracing him to
tent, where they spent few days together, a
- became fast friends for life.
Clark Mills, the sculptor, the Republic sa.
has purchased farm three miles and h
y from Washington City, on the line of the ra