New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-17

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Ir9iiSh 4 c0snIaoa Scoenssicity ~ the insiiis,
IT'D Taesiyad sHa lett hitch sIloWld have fol-
sbiS Aoide tilne ago, aud pub lished ~
Isae Intrinsic nefit 81 these lsttsrs, however,
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began Il relate 70 you the tale my tga-
VAN lsssn ag ain md again ~
integtenine % events To suspend ny STORY,
ss ssnething leas necessary than 10 comment
upon the facts which we're 90 ring Indeed,
y ID under such rondi lions that I must write,
An editor habituated To his profession and 10y
ing 1t cannot break from il at Will, nor pass
from IL even into things that seen far pieasartei
and more lightsome We become like stage
horses that, when turned out to grass, forget
the pasture and set of in a long trot, at sight
81 The coach 81 at sound 81 his horn; IL like
stag: hounds that, when there is days truce
from the hunt, still track, Id their siumbers,
the flying deer, and bay in imaginary chase.
For this time, however, We will resume our mar
|rstiye and nothing shall seduce US from it.
until we shall al least have brought Won to this
point from which date.
i sailed-if steaninr be sailing--by the
James Robb: leaving YOU. nv good Maddox, IL
fierce contest with the potent financier, who
stands rod father to that noble boat. While
YOU we're having quite q rough time with the
paryain, The sponsor, i was getting along most
amicably and even ioyously with the flleu,
iii I'D .gon. Nav YOU be- Is safely delivered 81
The one Is vas 81 the other,
,Tis 0oodly boat-stout. vet swift: and
though 4 great coer, mighty. deyourer Of the
water before her, vet as easy as Oh old shoe
II short, q first-rate craft. This is abundantly
attested bys the fact that, with full cargo On
board, which sank her almost to her eunwales,
she vet took MS to St. Louis, in lust six
days and ton hours. This rapidity Of vow
| aring sufficiently bespeaks not merely good
ness 81 build, Of model ana IF engineering. but
efficiency in the commander and his subalterns,
They we're, accordingly, i capital let, from tie
sturdy. vet Jolly old cantain down to those
sweatinr ministers il tame, lie coal and. wood
Sheayinr fremen The high admiral hinselt
wanted but ensiens Of rank ana feet, 70 look
ana q tht, atancb Sea. K;noa ~ mi own 3 4
IN Rr;t;sb navv. n mites land and ,vatar
.f,ro;rablv. q .b;a ,ost. On dutvs ia d evsry
Inch The sailor and the officer, with an air 81
command and n Vigilance nnon b;s hronzed and
waa4her. bcat en faoe. If tha manifest enarov
abo.t MI stalvart figura While II III cab;n
and presiding a. his we'll -nroyidad table. he
looks ar, ~ I'M hearty an conrteo,,a co,, ~.
gentleman. faastinr i hinge comnanv Il friends
n I'M YYyof,,se hoard N I'M deck. iii hesnaaks
the nayica and tIisoinlinarian: in tho saloon
III cordial manner. bis GENIAL countena,,ca ~ !.
press, him man AZ fit for the feast as inst now
liz seemed for the fray In short, i most CAP
ital speoin,en Il Captain Carroll. Of the Skinner
that nav IA brad a. our avn fresb .water sea
the Mississippi: which, after all. il 4 very suf-
oient ocean. batting waves and "Reminiscences
Of the regular deep. the omission Of which an
pears to me 4 decided Improvement,
/ have never had 4 pleasanter VOYAGE than
was this. Our company was. Of course nv
agreeable one: Or how else should the trip have
been 80 1t was neither over many. nor over.
few. riotous nor to- staid. fashionable nor
clownish /: in a word, twas a remarkably good.
unaffected set ii people, seemingly composed Of
none but that better sort Of what NAV be called
The working Glass, whom labor, skin and worth
have raised to prosperity, without turning their
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