New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-14

III RY-CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY.
, Correspondents of the Crescent.
, BALTIMORE. April {, 1855
The Southern and Southwestern Convention, an of
shoot of that held last winter in Baltimore which il
assemble in Memphis in June next appears to largely at
tract attention throughout the entire South and West
and may expect important and beneficial results
flow from it if any degree of harmonious action can b
educed from the necessarily conflicting views of the dif
sections that will there be represented That action
of that character will be produced just all sections I'm
partial to have every degree of confidence from
review Of the proceedings Of the original Convention
That body however cramped itself in time that it's .
on to degree necessarily vague and unsatisfactory
This hope will not be the with the Memphis Con
venton whatever it puts forth should be deeply consd
cred and well maured before being exposed to the onno
stion it must excite. 1t is not only however in IN,
South and West that the Convention excites notice Thu
NewYork papers have taken the alarm at some of tn,
proposed which look to rendering the South in
dependent of that city and the Herald the Post have
given the initiative in leaders which are
| wheedling coaxing and dehunciatory.
Talking of Compercial Conventions, III may be OK.
cused wide jump and your readers will not put toe
fine point on it, reminds me Ct little episode that
will do to tell At the grand banquet given subsequent
Convention the ladies of course toasted and
after regular response made vocferous call was
made Senator Dawson, of Georgia. to say sonetboc
about Heavens last best gift man, The galleries
filled with the youth beauty fashion of the citv
and the Senator, being fine specimen of well preserved
middle age sensation as the French say greeted his rise
An enthusiastic eulogium on womanhood generally was
followed by particular reference to our Bamore Cot;
He said that in walking down Baltimore street With
bachelor friend he had admired their fascinating be,
etc The aforesaid bachelor friend agreed with him ana
said he could not get the Baltimore ladies of his head
but said the Senatorraising himself and looking nm IN
the galleries whilst he gracefully moved his bapdI
him they affected iOlUer iolcnn Here vso,
tterng heard which rose into laughter as
the speakers hand fell decidedly lower than his heart
point it is charitaby supposed he intended to indicate
The ladies blushed and laughed behind fans but did
not seem to take the joke unkndly
All the Baltimore appointments have been made and
the question now is whether under the circumstances
our democracy not jolly. The question as Mr.
Partingon would say decidedly duberous and ought
to be decided by mixed commission The yictors are
Enthusiastically and decidedly jolly, and so are their
friends, who at this time are especially numerous
Champagne flows to celebrate the Inauguration of this
and that officer and their exuberance is worked Off in
variety of ways whilst the compaisant aspect of their
countenances, as they mngle with the crowd seems
to say We are the patriots who have sacrificed our pr
waite to the countryfor -de-ra-tion
The disappointed are wofuly cut up and have the hard
task of looking jolly when they not jolly They feel
their wrongs but dare not resent them Even Richard
son, Of the Argus, who was applicant for the Post
Office sings p@ans the elevation his opponents and
now pronounces excellent nominations. which before
they received the seal of official confirmation he said
"must greatly disgust the democracy Such is politics
and such politicians Like Poloniu they alternately
see cloud, camel, weasel whale the key note
is given Outdoor rumor ascribes all appointments
to the influence of Robert McLane OF Louis who has
portioned them out with special view to his own pros
poets for the Governorship of the State
How is it that you orleanois just at this eveptfl mo-
ment when the oneegged hero of Mexico is returning
home breathing wrath and fury against our country
allowed his bearshp Gen Jackson to be so badly worsea
by his bulshp Santa Anna Is such result ominons
and ought not patriotic Crescenter to have given
old Attakapas settler just the time Bruiu had him nv
the eye am afraid after all Gen Jackson was nothing
but a "greaser" N B.-What a god-send this item of
New Orleans Sunday amusemepts will be to Greeley The
peculiar institution - will have to answer for it,
Religious circles here ogitatcd by another convert
from the Episcopal clergy to the Roman Catholic church
The Rev Mr. Baker rector of St. Lukes church. in this
city, yesterday without previous notice suddenly re-
signed his charge and announced his intention of Joining
the Catholic communion. His friends pronounce him in
sane. He was ultra High Churchman MANY Enisco
palians here seriously believe that Bishop whittngham
now in Europe will before his return follow in the foot
steps OF Dr. Ives and surrender the signs his rebellion
to the Pope"
The fine Seeding annual strawberry lately introduced
by hoticulturis Of your city has attracted the atten
ton of gardeners and will probably be largely culti
waited here The Messr Feast others Of our fruit
raisers, are understood to have high opinion oft
Chief Justice fancy has been seriously in at his resi-
dence in this city but conyalescent Even his
temporary sickness has given occasion to some of the
papers to discuss the question who his successor
would probably be- and what section Of the country would
W enseeo 70 Tue hohhhatlon OBSERVER.