New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-21
DAILY CRESCENT.

LABOR AND LIVE When Man was driven from
the Garden of Eden, it was decreed that ne
should earn his bread by the sweat Of his brow
III the history Of the ages is credible, that edict
has never been altered Either from the cor
fuption of mans primitive tastes, Or the force q
wants consequent upon the change, the earth
though mellow and generous to toll mas steaaily
refused to weld spontaneously the fruits Of Eden
To satisfy hunger and thirst, to defend the body
from heat and cold, and to shelter il from storm
and danger, man has been obliged to tax an in
yantion and to exert powers, which his original
simplicity might have avoided. God did not
turn him from his earthly paradise without
making good provisions for his new wants
Sterile as the unbroken. turf seemed, it yielded
to the stick and the iron; and when the dry
seed was cast into it, the rains, dews, and sun
shine, nourished them into plentiful harvests
But necessity-the ever recurring calls Of hu-
man wants, which are as angel inhrmities--have
allowed him no cessation from labor.
To live, to generate and fulfil being &C faded,
hut not lost, he has been forced to toll from day
to day, providentially permitted, in the average,
to accumulate little beyond supplying immedi-
ate wants In the perpetual summer of Eden,
nature provided all things; out of that, man
came as a savage, without plan or capital be-
h yond the capacity Of his hands, or the fruitful
ness of the earth Step by step he emerged
from the dependence of ignorance and folly he
smote the forests, furrowed and drained the
earth, reared his dwellings, while broad fields
filed with hocks and herds, and populous cities
4 crowned with domes and spires, rose before him
until he is what we now see, the genius of civil
cation, by toll mastering the elements to do his
bidding.
Nor will man ever be exempt from toll. All
that is fair and noble in this picture of his tri-
umph, has risen from the motion Of active hearts
: and hands Garden and grain field, cottage
and palace, temple and monument, the shrines
and affairs whereon the highest faiths and holt
est affections are consecrated, are the creation
of toil-toil, which in the wilderness, in the van
Of armies, and in council halls, not forgetting
the glorious birth Of man, has bowed to the first
edict of God By sweat, and in pain, the great,
the true, and the heroic, have wrought out their
lives, and their brows bear the only crowns that
sparkle with imperishable diamonds. Let no
man scorn labor-labor, which fate has dictated
as the basis of our earth-life, and with which
the Supreme Being rolls and rules the universe
in its immensely. IN. Y. Mirror.
WANTS SITuATIoN.--A few hours experience
at the counter of a daily newspaper would as
tonish many Of our citizens to see the number Of
young men out of employment, whilst we doubt
not many of our philanthropic and wealthy Cit
liens would find worthy objects among them for
the exercises of their good offices. bright lit
tie boy, about ten years of age, few mornings
since solicited employment in our office. On be-
ing told that he was too young, and ought to go
to school, he replied" yes, sir, but mother is
poor; 2 another lad who was employed in a
brokers office during the day, wished for en-
ployment at night, to enable him to support a
widowed mother The advertisernentsSf wants,
also draw regular concourse of visitors seek
ing employment, some of whom come from day
to day. for months, depositing notes in response
to advertisements, and always doomed to disap-
pointment Among them are large number of
young men from the country, DESTROYS of city
employment, not knowing its troubles, trials,
and tribulations, in comparison with the quiet,
cheerful and happy life they have led, with its
rural sports, and healthful employments. Bal
timore American. # -
BULL Us. BEAR-A great bull and bear fight
occurred on the 4th ult., at Iowa Hill, Califor-
MIA. A fearful scene occurred The bull was
wild. and the bear, grizzly Of large size, was
caught few weeks previously. The instant
the animals beheld each other they made a
spring, the bear raising himself to strike, and
the bull lowering his head for plunge. The
contest was tremendous, and in about twenty
minutes the bull, with one ear bitten off, his
nose torn and neck severely mangled. laid his
ferocious adversary completely dead in the
centre of the arena. The owner Of the bull
offers to let him fight any bear not exceeding
him in weight that can be produced, for a wager
of any sum between $1,000 and $4,000.
Admiral Duncans address to the officers who
came on board his ship for instructions previ-
GUS to the engagement with Admiral de Winter