New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-28

tnat ne never again TOOK the pailet III manu-. II I
is q circumstance less known, perhaps, that he |
died in about a year after he had finished this
extraordinary ail-piece [Southern Eclectic
and Home Gazette.
IS AN0THER'' WASP FIGHT The subterfuges
resorted to BY animals in search of food have
been regarded By the general reader as the most
interesting and instructive portion of the works
Of naturalists An incident, illustrative Of the
cunning of a wasp, was recently related to us
by an observing gentleman.
F. a. blue wasp, known as the solitary wasp,
because it lives alone in its little clay nest, was
seen to hurl itself upon the strong, wheel shaped
web Of large spider. Here IL set up loud
buzzing, like that of the fly when accidentally
entangled in q similar web The spider, watch
ing at the door of his silken domieil, stole eau
tiously forth. His advance was slow, for he evil
IDENTIFY felt that he was approaching no common
enemy The apparently desperate, yet fruitless
efforts Of the wasp to free himself encouraged
the spider, and lured him forward But when
within some three inches Of his intended victim,
| the wasp suddenly freed himself from his mock
ENHANCEMENT, and darling upon the poor spider,
| in moment pierced him with his deadly sting
4 in a hundred places.
| The wasp then bore his i'll gotten spoil to his
! lonely home. This house is built of clay, thin
4 Bile shaped, and originally containing but one
apartment In the lower part of this cut de-sdc
the wasp deposits its eggs. Immediately over
i them it draws thin, glutinous curtain Upon
this curtain it packs away the proceeds of its
hunting excursions, such as spiders, flies and all
other insects which it regards as suitable food
for its young. Consequently, when the young
4 escape from the oYa, they find above them we'll
stocked harder, and gradually eat their way
through the choice depository, finally appearing
to the delighted world in, the agreeable form
and stature Of perfect wasps.
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4 An OLD SoAKER's LAST SPREE.--A CORES
pondent of the Troy Daily Times, writing from
Berkshire, Mass, and remarking upon the great
change which has taken place in that region, in
consequence Of the suppression Of the rum traffic
\ tells the following good story of an old soaker
: who has since reformed, and is now q regular
j total abstinence man. 1t is given in the old
follows own words, as follows 6 ] once got 0
little change together, and started off on a re-
g gular bender. | bought small keg with 9
8 hung hole in the middle Of it, SO that it woult
be handy to drink from, and had it filed with
Q rum. After taking a few good swigs, / hid il
4 in cooper shop. under some shayings, ant
= started for town. Falling in with some acquain
8 tances, we all got gloriously drunk and th'
9 spare change Of the party was soon all gone
I Fuddled as we all were, ne started for TIL
n cooper shop. Arriving there, after having ira
9 yeled over much surplus ground, got hold Q
what supposed the key Of rum, but the bum
? wouldn't come out. Each one of us tugged an
Z Va soma afef II dasna;r aarred Il home 70
i ! sobar rial. and That Al Won th;nk If was
j WIN l. vas tba Head of ansoId yoodan bsatje
II viii inst ennnoh IF Ale handle left II st;c i
its Mace NV rum ken WAS still Il, tbe al
ii and there LET If staV' That = was sa INV las
y snrea ], 81 =, - = -
y = - - 80 - e. II #
y DIsMtssEp Mr. n nj. Keils. the pentlema
- who brouoht slits AGAINST "a number of gi
4. owners ~ Barbour and Macon counties, Ala
,e ,,niler section 93 Of The Code. has issued q car
m 10 the nublic. defending his5sourse and motive
u from the assaults which have been made upo
quest of personal friends whose letters appes
le in his cardl he has withdrawn the suits, IN
n will probably allay the excitement which h,
a, been raised, and restore quiet to the counties
lg which the cases were pending. va
le t,x - : -.
r. The Tuscaloosa Gala Observer says the Of
20 GERS of the Land office at that place have r.
1T ceived instructions from the Department
to Washington to commence the sale of lands
~ the graduation prices provided for in M
it, Oobb's bill.
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It, DISCOVERY OF Brass MINE. Professor Sa
ne fold. the State Geologist Of Tennessee, has di
81 covered near Rodgersville, in that State, I
er extensive mine of what is said to be UNIQUE