New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-26


vulsed into almost sea waves, and the crafts and
boats along the shore were blown about like
pieces Of cork Several broke away, and fears
are entertained for the safety of the fatboats
and packets now on the river. AS the wind in
creased in violence the Suspension Bridge over
the Ohio commenced to sway backwards and
forwards ike swing. This noble work stood
the war Of elements for nearly hour At last
the immense cables, except TWO, gave way and
were literally broken and twisted to pieces. The
bridge then turned upside down and fell with
crash into the river, were it lies perfect wreck
The abutments were slightly injured. Fortu-
nsteiy no lives were lost. In the city several
houses were unroofed, and a great number Of
beautiful shade trees uprooted Window shut
ters were twisted off, and chimneys blown down
| in great numbers Steps have been promptly
taken to have the Suspension Bridge replaced.
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THE GREEKS AND ALBAsIASs The number Of
the Albanian and of the Greek population in
Europe are nearly equaf Each amounts to about
two millionsi but the Albanian population is
more compact, and is capable Of Offering irmer
resistance to q. conqueror from the nature Of the
country The inhabitants Of Albania amount
to one million six hundred thousand, of which
only two hundred Thousand are Greeks; While
the inhabitants Of the Greek kingdom, do not
exceed one million, of which one hundred and
seventy-three thousand are Albanians. There
are, however, about one million of the Greek
! race Id Asiatic Turkey; and in wealth and in
tellgence the Greeks surpass the Atbanians as
much they are Interior to them in warlike
propensities and hardihood. Indeed, the Alba
| mans and Greeks occupy relative position in
| the East not very dissimilar from that held by
| the Celtic and Anglo Saxon races in Scotland
before the union Of the crowns Ii is possible !,
| that great man, arising in Albania, and fully
approaching the value and power OF local insti-
tutions, may yet obtain for the Albanian people
aplace among the independent nations Of Europe.
EpTAPH OF PETER THE GREAT -" Here lieth
| all that could die of a man immortal, Peter
| Alexiowitz it is almost snperfiuous to add,
Great Emperor of Russia a title which, instead
4 of adding to his glory, became glorious by his
| wearing it. Let antiquity be dumb, nor boast
| of her Alexander or her Caesar-how easy was
victory to leaders who were followed by heroes
| and whose soldiers felt noble disdain at being
| thought less vigilant than their generals. But
be who in this place first knew rest, found sub
4 jects base and Inactive unwaTlIke, unleaTned,
| untraetable neither covetous of fame, norfear-
less Of danger, creatures with the name of men,
but with qualities rather brutal than rational.
Yet, even these he polished from their native
ruggedness; and, breaking out like a new sun
to illuminate the minds of the people, dispelled
their night of hereditary darkness, aud, by force
| of his invincible influence, taught them to con-
, quer even the conquerors of Germany. Other
, princes have commanded victorious armies; this
commander created them Blush, oh Arti at q
! hero who owed thee nothing Exult, oh Ma
, ture for thine is this prodigy" The foregoing
is the epitaph placed by the Empress Catherine
| of Russia on the monument erected 20 the memo
1, ry of her husband, Peter the Great
!. | !. a. z.yllgt-
GEORGE SAND -Sterne divides a French
woman's life into three epochs--the first that
= of the eoauette, the second of the skeptic, and
: the last of the devotee We hope Madame Dude
l nod he E,,kt tyxyac RI
the first when she coquetted with Jules sandeau,
: youth who gave early promise Of the literary
: fame he has since acquired. Aliterary union was
> the consequence. Whether, as your paragraph
]. would imply, less Platonic relation was estab-
: hshed, l do not pretend to say. This union
/ gave issue to various productions (iIterary, l.
- - mean,l which were published as the joint Off
9 spring of Dudevant and Sandeau. Your French
. readers will understand, that the Parisians'
. acute sense of the ridiculous soon scented joke
! in this curious combination of names-Dn de-
, SAINT (the belly and Sans dos without backl
Z "a droll paternity and maternity to be claimed
y y for any kind of production, literary or other
- wise. The literary lovers were laughed out OF
y their comb ned names, and George Sand was as
IL sumed in the first instance by the two, and latter
- ~ ly monopolized by Madame Dudeyant, who has
= made for it fame that Jules Sandeau might
an well, with all his own glory, ccyet o. share Of
I. J, paper the Zoist, states that well known au
:, 81 thoress who always indulged in supeFstitions
VI and who adopted all the recent spirit -faneies
- - has gone stark and hopelessly mad on spirit
,o =. rapping ssShe was found the other day in tn
:" open street. as her mother bore her, except tina
y she had pocket handkerchief in one hand ans
e q card in the other. She said that the spirit
u, had informed her that if she walked out so pre-
M pared, she would be invisible. She is now in
III madhouse." s5.g.
or CoFFRE LEAyEs.--A Brazil paper states tha
rst Brazil exports $50 000, 600 lbs of coffee per
he mum, and that the leaves are really more valua
an bic than the fruit, though not yet used as a
nd article of export. The infusion of coffee leave
rst is more nutritious and more invigoratDg tina
n tea and is preferred by all who have tried it /
bo -, infusion of the coffee berry. The leaves 81
or treate. - ehe s"iue ay as 'ne te y 1o''
a. y ing. z.zz ---=-
~ "a =ssJsva,sy,' OR . GLORY. THE Naw York TT
s sto hume has published for several days past ii
,et list of the Al members Of congress VINO aaVoe
NV +sd The infamous Nebraska bill, under the ca
~, of !. Roll Of Infany. The Boston Pc
iss so,,,,tI;shes ~ the same list under the eapti
- ., PPaIlSoe Glory" Time will show whether I
~ .u ;nsor;nsiop will be g Infamy, or g Glory, N
w. EngIand has hut three traiters in the list, q
we're they before the people for re election, th
is would have an opportunity to tssS shelr pohtl'
the strength, E9b one VI tiAs N->SS-
; run for Congress, LBostont.ranscr
sly FANArIcIsM late writer denornees IN "
the strong language the use Of fans in church
rbe saws & they should be positively proh1olfe'
He will hardly make many proseiytes TO
joctrine-at least during the og-days
;ng * very fashionably dressed lady drove up
rsla +he,door Of a leading hotel in New York
eu. week, and after stating that she was from I
ton. was duly installed into very comforts
s,s;te of rooms. Sons three hours afterward
N ,,aual noise was heare to proceed from
X which, upon examination, was found to
zee u u, sne looking boy of some four months
!t ~. ~ehing for the woman she was
IT fnnn fa,n a found, 1T is said one ef the proI
y, wbere pPen Seai to be 'opng Rpecsa as
ID tors intends a.
e. own child srst
$ dN HousroN-Gen. ) am '0uston
Tered Congress as a repres, 'ntatiys from Ta
9 nnssseel thirty years ago he has u, zee be.
Iovernor Of Tennessee; then fusis;r. fro,
.ier borders; then an Indian chief ~.
phoneer Of Texas; then leader of her revon,is I'm
shen resident then out Of power and estesma
uisslpated, broken down demasaene 'eeinet' ,t