New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-31


uasted ststea Flying Artillery was In attend'
ance from Baltimore, and Col. Hiekey's Regi-
mant of District Volunteers attended in tolera-.
bic force, accompanied by the venerable COM
mander of the division, Major General Waiter
Jones; and the cavalcade, as II moved towards
the Georgetown Cemetery, made an imposing
but monrnful display. There are few Of the
heroes of the war of 1872 now remaining, but
no one has descended to the tomb with higher
claims to the respect and gratitude Of his coun-
trymen than Gen. Towson. Nat inteiligeneer.
t, CHOLERA - MARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING
BURIED ALIVE A correspondent of the Boston
Journal, writing under date of Manepy, Jefna,
Ceylon, April 10, furnishes the following thrill
ing account;
have alluded to the ravages Of the diseases
in the parish Of Manepy as having been fear
full | never before realized the presence of
death as for some time when the pestilence was
at its height. In some instances the attack
seemed to be nothing but death itself from the
outset, and the victim was hurried into the
grave within six hours, and even less, from the
time Of the appearance of the disease. The
people have such a fear of having corpse in!
the house that they bury as soon as possible
after the breath has left the body, and in some
cases, we have reason to believe, even before
life is extinct. Several instances Of this kind
have been reported, and, in regard to the death
Of some of the native Christians by this disease,
we have had most painful suspicious and fears.
| will mention one or two authentic cases
where persons narrowly escaped being buried
alive, as such instances may not be without use
as warnings, even in America. One occurred in
February. in village (Aslavority) adjoining
Manepy.
a person attacked with cholera requested his
friends not to bury him at once if he died, but
to wait for some time. He died within eight or
nine hours, as was supposed, when his friends,
without regarding his plainly expressed wish,
having recalled the dying mans request, delayed
the funeral three or four hours. Meanwhile
the body moved, and the man asked for congy
or Cruel; the heat of the body returned, and
the man has since regained his usual health.
Again, only a few Sabbath mornings since, a
teacher in the Sabbath School at this station
which school, by the way, has been entirely
broken up for more than three months by the
cholera pointed out to me a little girl, a mem
Der of mis- class, who was supposed to have died;
but as it was late in the afternoon she was
wrapped in mat-nearly all are buried here
without collins of any sort-and the corpse left
till the morning for interment. During the
n light the poor little creature revived so much
as to complain of the cold, and to ask for food,
when she was cared for, and has since become
50 we'll as to be able to attend the Sabbath and
day schools.
HUNTING George Gore, the sporting
English baronet, was seen few days ago en-
camped with his company on the Kansas river,
on his way to the great western plains on
hunting expedition. ssHe brought the most
magnificent pack of dogs that were ever seen in
this country. Between forty and fifty dogs,
mostly greyhounds and staghounds, of the most
beautiful breeds, compose this part of the expe-
dition He has large carriage, and probably
dozen large wagons to transport provisions,
etc. These require five yoke of oxen to each
wagon. These, with the horses, men, etc., made
up quite an imposing company. Sir George is
d fine built, stout, light haired and resolute
looking man.
COPPER AT FoN Du LAo-We were yesterday
shown specimens of copper by Mr.. Stockton, of
Mt Clemens, obtained from the vicinity Of Fon
du Lac, near the head Of Lake Superior. Mr..
S. has just returned from that country, and in
forms US that the surface indications of rich
copper diggings are fully equal to the in
dieations which were exhibited near the best
mines of the upper peninsula before they were
opened The Fon du Lac region is rapidly fill
ing with adyenturers and settlers, and bids fair
to become one of the best points on the Lake.
Detroit Free Press.
LENGTH OF DAYs.-At New York, the long
est day, June 10, has ID hours and Sc minutes
at Montreal, 15a hours at London and Berlin,
l6a hours; at Hamburg, IL hours; at Stock
holm, 49, hours. At Petersburg, 10 hours
and the shortest, 5 hours. At Tornea, in Fin
land, the longest has 21a hours. At Wardhuys,
in Norway, the day lasts from the 21st of May
to the I'D Of July, without interruption, and at
Spitzbergen, the longest day is 81 months.
A Quaker gentleman who visited Cincinnati
a few years ago observed, on the bright morn
ing of business day, that the doors and win
dow shutters of the stores on one of the prin-
cipal streets were closed. Curious to learn the
cause Of q circumstance so extraordinary, and
noticing the front door of shop standing
slightly sjar, he entered, and was surprised to
see lamps burning, and grocer dealing out ar
ticles to q number Of customers
Friend, )" asked the Quaker, +" canst thou
tell me why all the stores are closed !; is there
to be q public funeral, or what does it mean 50
SIS SIR said the grocer, 60 how old are you ~
6 Sixty" meekly answered the Quaker.
you have lived in this world sixty years, and
never found out that lard oil is great deal
cheaper than daylight"
THE MILK TREE.--In a narrative of travels
on the Amazon and Rio Negro, just published,
Mr.. Wallace describes an extraordinary tree,
called the milk tree, which was one of the first
wonders he saw near Parea. The fruit is eat
able and full of very juicy pulp. but strang-
est of all is the vegetable milk, which exhudes
in abundance when the bark is cut It was
about the oonsistence of milk, and but for
slight peculiar taste could hardly be distin-
guished from the genuine product of the cow
Mr.. Leavens ordered man to tap some logs
that had lain in the yard nearly month He
cut several notGhes in the bark with an ak, and
in minute the rich sap was running out in
abundance 1t was collected in basin di-
luted with water. strained and brought up at
tea time and at breakfast next morning. The
peculiar flavor Of the milk seemed to improve
the quality of the tea, and gave it as good a
color as rich cream: in coffee it is equally good
The milk is also used for glue, and it is said to
be as durable as that made use Of by carpenters.
LITERARY FAME.-A correspondent of the
Weekly News tells story of a Partisan author,
the sale of whose productions always produced
him profit. AT last he became jealous of his
wife, and logged her steps One day he gave
out that he was going to Versailles, but sud,
denly he entered his wife's dressing room. His
unexpected entrance COMPOUNDED his wife; she