New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-18

four lunure0 ana thirty pOunuS.
from the nose to the first vertebra, five feet
/ found all my bullets, which had fattenei
themselves against the bones of the jaws and
palate as they would have dune against plate
Of iron The lance thrust which had slain the
cayman, was d chance, sort of miracle. v hen
the Indian struck with his mace upon the but of
the pole, the iron pierced through the nape into
the yertebral column, and penetrated the spinal
marrow, the only vulnerable part rA
When this formidable head was we'll prepared,
and the bones dried and whitened, had the
pleasure of presenting it to my friend Russell,
who has since deposited it in the Museum at
Boston.
DEATH OF Mrs CAss-THe .Nary.-We have
read with sincere regret an account Of the de-
mise of Mrs. Cass, the wife of the General She
passed five years in Paris, presiding in his ele-
CANT and hospitable mansion with spirit Of
| kindness, an unaffected, judicious courtesy,
constant manifestation Of good, discriminating
sense, and decision in character and conduct
which impressed all her acquantances with
lasting lively esteem. Her British and Preach
visitors were many, and it has often happened to
my family and to myself to hear them bear the
strongest testimony to the very respectful recol-
| lections which an interval of several years had
not impaired And let me venture to add-the
| three daughters, who formed manifold attrac-
ton to the salon, are remembered as every way
worthy of the excellent mother Domestic ex-
1
of the inanity Of the highest aspirations and
honors below, is an old and trite theme; yet We
may express how we feel its force in such con-
lcurrenee as we witness in the instances Of Pres
ident Pierce, his immediate predecessor, and the
most eminent candidate for the post, the Sena-
tor from Michigan, full Of merits and years
The narrative of the emotions and aspect Of Mrs
Pierce at the sight Of her only sons manged
: corpse brought to my memory description IN
Ovid minutely graphic. Here ID an old trans
, lation:
q Her big swol'n grief surpass'd .-r--..
The power of utterance she stood aghast:
Nor had she speech. nor tears TO give relief;
5 Excess pf woe tuppress d the rising grief
= Petrified earth she fixed her eyes.
And then look'd up to Heav'n with Wild surprise:
= Now she eontempates Ger with sad delight,
i Her sons pale visage then her sking sight
e Dwells on his wounds
u More than six of the broad columns Of the
e. official .Nonteur of yesterday are occupied
! with the debates of the legislative body on q
) bill from the department of the marine, which
affects the stat of the navy, the higher Off
| GERS the system Of promotion; limitation of
years as to service; authorized retirement, and
: extraordinary appointments. Opposition, in
i elaborate criticisms and copious speeches, was
: : made to the principal provisions comparisons of
u u the careers and labors, wear and tear, Of the
= land and sea officers, and instructive references
to the British system, were drawn, and interest
ing historical and biographical illustrations ad-
: duced. VI. Baroche, President of the Council
| of State, by which body the bill had been duly
: examined and sanctioned, acted as commissioner
to defend and urge it before the Legislative As
g sembly. He explained its purposes, and treated
y the present organization and composition OF the
u French navy. One of the points was, whether
~ a Rear admiral of the age Of sixty eight was
| still capable Of efficient command. 1t was OBJ
- - served by one speaker that commander Of that
ie age could not have scaled rocks at the head OF
his crews as Admiral Bruat had done in Oceania
| r,hf ha 11aI llo Po~
III fused a new squadron offered to him by Louis
y XIV, on the ground that he no longer possessed
= the suitable bodily vgor; and the most glorious
W successes of French Admirals were achieved be-
:. fore they had reached the second climacteric
?, On the other hand, it was shown that, undel
- the old regime, Admirals were not set aside a'
le sixty five or even xty-eight-that Duquesnt
= beat Ruyter when sixty six, bombarded Algieri
y at sixty-nine, and bombarded Genoa at seventy
IS two Five now in service were named, stalwar'
~ men, on whom the new bill would very soo1
- operate; one the recent commander OF thl
u Mediterranean feet the depository of FrencI
I. maritime glory" The debate was adjourne(
ne until yesterday; the full report will reward II
'n tention in Great Britain and the United Stat
NJ Important reforms in the French naval admini1
s ns tration and service have been accomplshe q
10 within the year past.
he There is a remarkable increase in the actij
,re male maritime population, subject to the :" md
~ ritme inscription" According to the ofhcil
10 returns, it amounted, on the let of Janusri
II 1852, to l46,11l men; but on the lst OF Jsnul
m !mnu ry 1858, to 152 565. The coast fishery, styll
ns the agriculture of the sea, is watched and |
ssp vored with special care, as the best nursery
Lew lev seamen for the fleets The French naval pow
M nu. in case of war, would prove much more forml
m a.u able than is generally imagined ]
't, IN, La Rerue des Deur .hondes, issued ON !
Al Al 18th inst, embraces an article Of thirty-
lois s | pages, by Xavier Raymond, which is emit,
'ueu Rivalry of the English and the Americans |
ms Mexico and Central America" The writer
ef distinguished for capacity and familiarity
III British and American affairs his ee4t-ooo
is1. TIa Sauiers Nicaragua. He relates the negoy
my tions of that gentleman, dwells on the Ciay
and Bulwer treaty, examines the import
oui President Pierce's inaugural speech. p!ed
that the work of President Polk Will De
= " - sumed, and the democratic popular psS
.iS i gratifed by annexation and conquest
.ne m Americans, he thinks, will have the lsthm'
MN N, neither France nor England could prevent ~
tnen .r no power, England excepted, has the least
.sts W." of meddling with the inevitable issue.
~ Vi the applause which the TRADE Of Judge 10y
I'M against England drew from the gallery !"
nens ua.s Senate Paris cor. N. Y Jour- OF Co"
from ----.,nondent of
ter. PRESERVED MEATs.-A Correspondent =.
nen Portland Advertiser states ina. = P
last bepn ,,arfected in that city oy whcn, az me
iass Dep- - ooSt beef mutton, veal, etc. can
%1n NV h,sanaJ anI preserved perfectly rresn du
ne prepa,u p,s 10 ths East Indies and back, the
hlch atyn;ng its iuiess, and being in all resp
rect. sI II not superior, to that just butche
: the gq 8. bermetically sealed" process, wit