New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-01

NnVss iAein0Ey n MuhHMent hH9 recently beeA
erected Id Danbury, Massachusetts, was killed
at Ridgefeld by an English bullet ii l777.
The surgeon at the Danbury hospital, where the
dying General was brought, probed his wounds
and searched for the bullet in vain, and the
ball still remained in the body when If was con-
Signed. to the grave Seventy seven years after
wards, as we learn BY the New Haven Pal1a-
the remains Of Wooster, the exact spot cf his
interment was uncertain. Digging near the
place where a few aged persons supposed the
grave to have been, soon the skull and larger
bones Of man were found Then two bunches
Of matted wire were thrown ont; they were the
epau1ettes Of the dead Next was found por-
tion Of plume, and finally lump of clay was
tossed up, which, on being broken by the Iaborer,
WAS discovered to contain the leaden bullet
This was conclusive proof Of the identity Of the
remains. The bullet was known to be Of Eng
ish manufacture from its extraordinary size;
| being much larger than those used by tha
americans How little the soldier who sent the
iaeal messenger of death imagined that it would
pe heid 20 the gaze of great concourse Of peo-
pies ana honored by them as a precious relic
seventy-aeyen years afterwards
FASHIONABLE PASrALooys.- co,vriev
des Etats- Uais says: #
"We saw, yesterday, IN Broadway. a young
gent complacently promenading the fashionable
side, and proud in the possession Of the first
pair of trousers Of new pattern The ground
tint was gray: from the right boot arose a de-
sign, representing the heights Of Gibraltar, the
waistcoat just covering the upper folds Of the
British flag, waving from the summit Of a lofty
| tower The left boot served as a base for Mount
Vesuvius, in o state Of eruption torrents Of
lava rolled down the face Of the mountain, in
undating the valleys in the region of the knees
The gentleman was rewarded for this exhibition
| by the curious attention Of crowd of street
boys, who followed in the rear Of the moving
panorama"
aDEAD SHLL.''--An amusing story is told
OF young Partisan artist, who lately painted
young duchess. with which her friends we're
| not satisfied, declaring it was totally unlike
The painter, however, was convinced that he
had succeeded admirably, and proposed that
| the question of resemblance or on-resemblanee
be left to a little dog belonging to the duchess,
| which was agreed to. Accordingly, the picture
was sent to the hotel Of the lady next day, and
q large party assembled to witness the test
The dog was called in, and no sooner did he zee
The portrait, than he sprang upon it, licked it
all over, and showed every demonstration Of the
1 greatest Joy. The triumph of the painter was
complete. and all present insisted that the pic
ture had been retouehed during the night
which was actually so-the painter had rubbed
it over with thin coating Of lardl The dogs
nose was sharper than the critics eyes. The
Frenchman's feat was worthy Of a live Yankee.
E-E-
BADLY CoRNED.--A traveller, fatigued with
/ the nonotony OF long ride through sparse
section of the country, rode up to small lad
who was engaged in trimming and dressing out
|. siokly looking field, and relieved the oppres-
sion of his feeling thus:
Il 6 My young friend, 1t seems to me your corn
is rather small
ss Yes, sir, daddy planted the small kind
ssAh, but it appears to look rather yellow,
too
"Yes, sir, daddy planted the yaller kind"
f g From appearances, my lad, you won't get
{ more than half crop"
sJust half, stranger-daddy planted it on
, halves" %
| The horseman proceeded on his way, and
has not been known to speak to q boy since.
) He considers them bores.
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II WILL BRoKEN,-Ihe will OF Mrs Jane Wilson,
widow Of Hans Wilson. Of Steubenyille, was set
ASIDE by the verdict OF Jury OF jefferson Co.,
due of her estate, after a few small legacies to
her relatives, was bequeathed to the Foreign
8 and Home Missionary Societies of the Presbyte-
+ rian Church, the amount Of the bequest being
n estimated at $2l4,000, chiefly in cash. Mrs.
Y Wilson had no children, but left q number Of
brothers and sisters in humble circumstances,
. who contested the will on the ground that she
e was not of sound mind. The will was written
BY Judge Leavitt, Of the United States Court,
r who was appointed executor great number
L OF witnesses were examined concerning her Ca
IS paclty, and the case was argued by Messrs.
e stanton and hennon for the relatives against
for the Missionary Societies. The jury, without
any difficulty, found that the will was not valid,
T and the large estate will be divided equally
among her relatives. Pittsburgh Journal.
So ========-"
SINGULAR PHENoaESoN;-.Ih Gaiena Adver-
User says tnat on the 9th INST, at evening, O
e llttle neIore O'CLOCK, singular phenomenon
was witnessed by several persons who were SIT
ting on the guards OF the steamer war Eagle.
lEconslsted OF an immense Dali OF light. which
. suddenly appeared IN the heavens at an angle
OF about 30 degrees and fell thence to the
horizon leaving behind 1t, not fiery tail, as is
j usual with such phenomena, but track Of
ueDS6 WIllte smoke, which Kept It's perpendicular
S position in the sky for about three minutes, and
e then slowly curled itself uplike huge serpent,
e and in about ten minutes vanished.
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}. LORENZO DoW.-Ihe latest annecdote of Lo-
8 renzo Dow that we have seen is, that being one
y N. r., the residence Of the late Ger, Root, he
# was importuned by the latter gentleman, in the
j. presence of the landlord, to describe heaven.