New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-07
Know Nothinrs.

oalh qlarters-sucfi. Ior instance. as the Cour-
ier Of this city and the N. 7 Herald, the first
Of which has an editorial on the subject every
few days, and the latter three mortal column
in ito issue Of the Goth ult. mysterious az
saciation gives no little uneasness to ths DOW
ers that be, and threatens disastrous conse-
quenees to demagogueism generally The press
throughout the Union is alive to the matter, but
its views are somewhat different. As an Illus
tration Of the fact, we clip the following from
the g .sCapitolian Vis-a-vis' Of West Baton
Rouge:
We notice, and with regrat be it said, that a
number Of our exchanges show d bitter and de-
termlned hostility to the order of Know Moth
inga. Of this order, we know but little, bnt al
1af ~ our experience extends, we think it ia
one that should have been ablished long since.
an9 M which would doubtless have spared us one
nan o1 the domestic broi1s, that from time to
time nave interfered with the auietness of our
happy Union. To the man Of common sense II
must be apparent, that attacks like these of
. A raItofss Seoltonists, enemies Of the Catholic
Religion, &c, " must fall harmless to the rround
Or rebound to the diacredit Of those who ynaLa
them, and yet with an unbIushinr cheek and
brazen front, these caluunies are shouted ia the
world.
II is said that in politics alI Ii faiv. at least
such has been past practice, but we turn from
the men withEoathing and contempt, who would
prostitute themselves to go low and base pur-
pose. as to bring in the sacred name of religion
10 erect their party ends, and to save their par
from dissolution and decay The Know
Notnfngs are not, nor have they ever been, as
our knowledge extends, opposed to the Catholic,
or any other religion that we wot of, and where
this important piece of intelligence was obtain
ed. is beyond our comprehension.
There is one thing certain,if we az a free
people cannot control our political affairs with
out bringing in Religion to their assistance. then
we think the dissolution and decay Of this g,o-
rIous Unionls close at hand, and the sooner Il ia
dfyIded out among the various religious secta tho
better
Our forefathers, in their revolutionary strue.
gle, fought for Liberty and the Rights of Man,
they neither fought for, nor against any partic.
ular creed They obtained what they fought
for and achieved with their blood, without dis
ttnetlou Of religious sect, and to US their chill
dren, has this great and. glorious heirloom de-
seended as one happy family Beneath the folds
Of our countrys banner, have we for over two
thirds Of century, dwelt in peace, with a few
jars. it is true, but they passed away and were
quickly forgotten
But now Hydra with a hundred heads
springs up in our midst, and cries our religion
is IN danger" because. a voice has been raised
in our glorious land against the interferance Of
secfartahis'a in our political affairs, aided by
foreign influence. And what has courted this
interference and influence but party power hy
the unprincipled wretches, who would sell
their God and country for the emoluments Of
office
Then we say down with party, down with
everything that would tend to disturb the har
mony of cur glorious confederacy. Send the
Priest back to his altar, the Minister to his
pulpit, when they seek to interfere in matters
which concern them not. They have been busy
lntermeddters long enough. and it is time a
stop was.put to it. The pulpit and the altar
belong to the priest and minister, but the ballot
box is oars, and we are jealous of its priyi-
leges.
The Know Nothings, as.we take them, are like
any other political party of our county and
because they have sprung up.in quietness and
silence in our midst and threaten to carry every
thing before them, as assuredly they will, they
have been compelled to endure for time the
yials of wrath which have been poured upon
their devoted heads, by those who see their
power waning and growing beautifully less.
Bark away.
SLEIGH-RIDNG WITH WIDow.-Snow had
fallen. the young of the village got up grand
sleighing party to country tavern at some dis
tance, and the interesting widow Lambkin sat
in the same Sleigh under the same buffalo as
myself
ssoh, don't!'' she exclaimed, as We came to
the first bridge, catching me by the arm, and
turning her yelled face towards me, while her
little eyes twinkled through the moonlight.
" Don't WHAT" | asked ssI'm not doing
any thing
:, :. Well, but thought you were going to take
TOLL replied Mrs. Lambkin
sT0lli'' rejoined, IS what's that"
Howl exclaimed the widow, her clear
laugh ringing out above the music of the bells.
!" Or Meadows pretends he don't know what toll
is!a '-
*1ndeed, l don't then,'' / said, laughing in
turn.
Don't know that the gentlemen, when they
go out on sleigh party, claim kiss as toll
when they cross a bridge -
g Well, never!''
When next we came to bridge AMI | claimed
toll, the struggle of the widow to hold the veil
was not sufficient to tear it; and, somehow,
When the veil was removed, her face was turned
directly towards my own, and in the glitteriur
Of the moonlight, the horse trotted on himself,
toll was taken for the first time in his life by
i}r. Meadows. Soon we came to long bridge,
out the widow said 1t was no use to resist, and
she paid up as we reached it without struggle.
" But you won't take toll for every arch, will
you, doctor - she asked.
10 which the only reply was practical affirri-
atiye to the question.
Did you ever, reader, sleigh-ride with wi
dow, and take toll at the bridges?
AGE OF ASIMALs.--A bear rarely exceeds
twenty years; dog lives twenty years; fox
fourteen or sixteen lions are long lived; Pom
pey Lived to the age of seventy. The average
age Of cats Is fifteen years, squirrel and hare
seven or eight years, rabbits seven. Elephants
have been known to live to the great age of
four hundred years. When Alexander tho
Great had conquered one Porus, King of India,
he took great elephant, which had fought very
vahantly for the King, named him Ajax, dedi-.
Gated him to the sun, and then let him go with
this inscription {: IS Alexander, the son of Jupi-
ter. hath dedicated Ajax to the Sun" This
elephant was found with the inscription three
hundred and fifty years after. Pigs have been
known to live to the age Of thirty years; the
rhinoceros to twenty. A horse has been known
to live to the age Of sixty two, but averages
twenty-five or thirty, Camels sometimes live to
the age of one hundred Stays are long lived.
Sheep seldom exceed the age Of ten. Cows live
about fifteen years. Cuyier considers it proba-
bic that whales sometimes live one thousand
years. The dolphin and porpoise attain the age
of thirty. An eagle died at Vienna at the age
of one hundred and four years Ravens fire.
quently reach the age of one hundred Swans
have been known to live three hundred years.
Mr.. Mallerton has the skeleton of a swan that
attained the age Of two hundred Pelicans are
long lived A tortoise has been known to live
to the age of one Hundred and seven.