New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-26


recently become very popular in the streets Of
Constantinople. Grave old Turks, it is said,
sitting cross legged, may be seen to remove
their hookahs for the purpose of joining in the
chorus:
John Bull and the Frenchman would help trounce the
| Gear
But they didn't pitch in accordin';
With their Dragging and their buster they never came
to taw,
Till we sent him to the other side of Jordan s5
Then haul of your coat and roll up your sleeves
For the Danube is hard road to travel; NJ
| So haul off your coat and roll up your sleeves.
For the Danube is a hard road to travel believe!
s----z.--==----
/ The AFFRAY BETWEEN MEAGHER AND MoMAs-
| TIERS. The New York National Democrat gives
1 the following as the correct version Of the re-
cent affray between the above gentlemen It
] appears that the last number of the Freeman's
| Journal contained an article severely rebuking
Mr.. Meagher for some articles which appeared
! in the Citizen, supposed to be written by Mr.
| Meagher, calling him rufiian, an apostate, ETC.
Yesterday morning Meagher called at Mr. Nc
Masters's office, and sent in word gentleman
| wanted to see him. He was informed McMas-
| tiers was too busy and could not attend to him.
| Meaeher carried openly in his hand riding
! whip, with silver top. He then went towards
| McMaster's residence, determined to see Me-
| Masters, when returning home. When McMas-
| tiers arrived, Mr.. Meagher charged him with
slandering him, and called him bare-faced
salumniator. He demanded an immediate re-
traction; McMasters refused to give it. Mr..
| Meagher then laid his whip on to him, and gave
him three or four repeated strokes, remarking
that he was determined to cure him of his ~
| ing habit, or something to that effect. MeMas-
ters drew his revolver, which he, it is strongly
supposed, purchased after he left his office, ex-
pecting to see Mr.. Meagher, and fired at him.
The ball passed by Mr.. Meagher's face, and
the powder discolored one Of his eye-lids. A
scuffie ensued. McMasters also was armed with
a loaded cane Mr.. Meagher succeeded in
4 knocking him down and wrestling the revolver
and loaded cane out of his hands he then re-
auired policeman to take McMasters into Gus
toby, and he offered himself o prisoner also.
Mr. Meagher was discharged on giving security
to keep the peace He was surrounded by
troops of friends, who afterwards congratulated
hin, on what he had done.
Il THE STEAMSHIP FRANKLIN.-We learn from
the New York Times that the steamship Frank
| lin, which went ashore on the morning Of the
18th inst. on Long Island beach, off Moriohes
is in rather bad condition. When she first
went on she stopped about 500 feet from the
= beach, and during the night Of Monday went
about 300 feet nearer. She is laying broadsidt
on, with list off-shore; the in-shore wheel il
about four feet out of water. Some of the resi-
dents of the island say they consider it ex
tremely doubtful whether she will get off, as a
bar is forming outside Of her All the passen'
, gers and mails have been landed in safety.
DEATH OF Col. WASHINGTON col. George Y
Washington, formerly representative In Con
gress from Maryland, and at one time Presiden
: Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, died in Wash
ington City, where he has resided for severa
/ years, on Monday, the 18th, in the Goth year o
his age, after protracted illness. The deceased
was relative of the great Washington, and {
man highly esteemed for his elevated character
public spirit and social and generous qualities
n The women who took part in the liquor rio
at Baraboo have had their examination, AM
were discharged on the ground that no Grim
: | had been committed
THE CHOLERA IN CHIcAGo.-The dreadful
soourge is abating at Chicago, as well as in st
y Louis. The deaths on the 14th numbered 48.
THE FRENCH EMpREss-.dH Right.--A Pari
correspondent of the Cincinnati Atlas state
4 that it has lately been observed that the En-
4
4 press Eugene, while riding out with the Empe
4 ror, takes her seat at the right instead Of tn
4 left of His Majesty in the carriage. This ittl
remnant Of ancient etiquette, descended fror
the royal customs of kings and emperors,
:, only observed when the queen or empress give
hope of the birth of q future sovereign, th
only circumstance which entities her to thl
favor.
II Mr.. Hobbs, the celebrated American lock
10 maker, is at present on visit to Liverpool. Il
is the guest Of Mr.. Miner, and has been engage
with that gentleman in arranging locks on th
new powder proof principle, just patented b
= = Mr.. Miner. Mr.. Hobbs paid visit to Nj
y Lister, at the Union Bank. He was shown til
% strong room, and asked could he pick the loo
on the door, as it is deemed one of the very bes
He said sc Yes,'' and, applying an instrumen
&c he effected an opening in a few minutes. NJ
. Hobbs is to furnish the Union Bank with one
q his American locks, and probably some of Il
other banks also.
The Charleston Standard of the 21st instaI
IN says:
"a Alfred Spell, an engineer on the South Car
= lima Railroad, died very suddenly in this cit
- yesterday. He went to his home about 2 o'clocl
ce and lying on the bed apparently to rest himsel
was a corpse at about o'clock. 1t is not know
with what disease he was affected.
~ A dispatch from Washington to the New Yol
AZ Times, dated 18th inst, says:
GO To-day's canvassing shows clear majori
in the Senate in favor of the Homestead bill
with Mr.. OWNS amendment But the ire
N. cherry Of some of its supposed friends is ST
ed likely to kill the bill.
- Mr. Hunter will press the Civil and Dipl
~ matte Appropriation bill tomorrow Mr. Dou
ne las bitterly opposes the Eight-and- "a ha
I'd Million Texas Debt BILL, but Banker Corcors
err and other parties are actively engaged in efor
n. to secure immediate favorable action.
1t is rumored that Messrs. Clayton and Wa
have been bound over to keep the peace towar
each other
% The difficulty with Mr.. Dillon, the Fren
ng Consul at San Francisco, is not yet settled, al
xt it is by no means certain that it can be annie
bly,.