New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-04-24
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Letter from The Triangle.
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STEAsIsoAM EMPIRE, April II, 1854.
Dear Crescent--We are still steaming away
ON this everlasting river, and have not as yet
encountered any snags in mortal combat. BY
the way, am engaged in writing q great poem
on the snag, which | will forward to you as soon
as completed / contemplate describing, in the
first canto, an encounter between snag and q
mammoth. will not mention at present which
sc licks, as it would destroy the interest in the
poem when it appears. His Serene Highness,
emperor Meekin the First, stepped aft just now
to point out plantation, once the property OF
a gentleman named jackson, commonly known
as Gen jackson. Of the plantation saw lit
tie, save few huts for the negroes, and one hut
rather larger than the rest, which the Emperor
explained was the residence of the overseers
Mr. Parsons, who was one of party formed
many yeers ago for clearing out the pirates and
ruffians who infested these waters. On one
| occasion MIR Parsons, with number Of others,
obtained permission of d small trader to secrete
themselves on board his boat, directing him TO
steer to a certain point, whore gang Of forgers
and thieves had located themselves. No sooner
had the boat touched shore, than the whole
gang boarded her, when they were Immediately
surrounded by Mr.. Parsons and his band of
regulators, pinioned and carried out into the
middle of the stream, and compelled to walk
along plduhs WHICH WIS pltlGSd UNSi 1hC bObb
| side and precipitate themselves into the water.
| They were all drowned, which seems to favor
\ the superstition that they were not born to be
hanged Some time ago, the Emperor had an
opportunity of conyersing with Mr.. Parsons,
| when he asked him if he was net afraid to
reside in so desolate place, only few miles
| from the seene Of their exploit bnt Mr.. Par
sons declared that he felt no fear during the
daytime. g As stand here he said, q can
-, oir obnts nd than I hopp INV
knife left but l am pretty careful at night [
never burn . light in the house, lest they should
shoot me through the cracks Rather pleas
ant state of existence, [ should think, for MIR.
Parsons being obliged to carry half hundred
weight of firearms about with him, and living
apparently on the most desolate spot in crea-
ton.
1Sth--The air is cold, and the sun bright
The trees on either bank are gay with young
leaves and the dull water of the river grows
Jolly as we pass, winking all over, knowingly
| with thousand eyes, as though it would say
. All right, old boy, We know you-you thought
to catch us asleep, but you didn'tN and theI
the little waves go tumble up against one ano
Their, shaping one another in the face, running
after us, and then, as it were, giving up Lii,
chase-diying down 1t is q glorious morning
and am looking at all nature through wv
cups Of hot coffee, several warm buiscuits, anS
no end of ham and eggs; which, although yoi
may think il anything but very Transparent
medium, endows the surrounding nature with
peculiar brillianey. Even the little pieces 0
t eharred wood which fly out of the chimney am
come tiuttering on to the deck have a certain
. charm, they are so smooth and of such GOO
/ proportions, and Enthusiastically suggest the ide
Of black hail, g de colored population OBJ de hea
bens snow fakes that have become tanned i
the sun. They look like insects. and insects re
/ mind me of the humming of bees, and bee
make me think of clover fields, and garden
full of flowers, and apple-trees, and am car
ried back to thousand pleasant scenes tina
are past, and forward TO others still more brigh
/ that my fancy tells me are to be Now, thin
2 man must be in right amiable mood, sc an
no two ways about it,, TO get so much pleasur
3 out Of cinders, but happiness is in the livin
/; tree of the forest, and phoenix like, fresh plea
sure springs from its ashes.
Here we are at Memphis,
In haste, yours, The TRIANGLE.