New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-22
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wAsH,veros, sMondey, May is; 1864.
The House Of Representatives is now the poin
ot attraction FOR all theworld the Senate oar
hardly keep a quorum together, and to- day So
but long enough to allow Mr. Cass to get off {
speech which he had carefully prepared upof
the subject of the religious rights Of American
oitiaens abroad.
In the House, Mr.. Richardson, of Illinois, as
soon as the journal was read, withdrew his
motion, which was pending from last week, to
close debate upon the Nebraska bill in i've
/ minutes after the House next went into Gem
mittee, and substituted therefor restriction,
1 extending the debate until Friday next at ID
o'clock, and postponing the Pacific Railroad bill
until the Gath inst Forthwith this boon Of
lsgrace was met with determined opposition, and
4 variety Of motions were made, having the
effect Of staving off the question Of limiting the
debate.
A member from Massachusetts, offered a reso-
luton to reinstate the bills upon the calendar,
which had been set aside to give priority to the
Nebraska bill
Mr.. Hnnt, of Louisiana, asked leave of the
House to make suggestion, and there seemed
TO be general acquiescence for the moment, but
Mr., Crrig, Of North Carolina, rose and OBJ
jected, and said something (which did not
distinctly hear) about " factonists.' 2 A little
while after this, Mr.. Cfaig's language having
| been meanwhile reported to Mr., Hunt, this gem
tleman asked to be heard. very briefly, upon a
matter Of personal feeling
Mr.. Craig, of North Carolina, again objected
Mr. Hunt then raised his voice, and amidst
loud cries Of order, and q vast deal of comfus-
sion, during which the Sergeant Arms came
into the Hall with the mace) declared that if
the member from North Carolina intended to
stgmatize his action as factious, he stated what
was false, before God and man.
Much excitement followed, as it was generally
thought that this collision would involve chal-
lenge- however this may be, can only say that
no challenge had passed up to the time Of my
closing this letter. The rest of the sitting was
given up to the very amusing business Of calling
the yeas and nays
The prospect is, that the time for the discus
sion will be prolonged, and that the bill will be
finally passed, but the final vote will be much
closer than the preliminary votes would seem to
Indicate
T. 5. i open my letter to say that Mr. Ri
chardson's propositions were both carried, and
We are to have another week Of Nebraska ply
sic, after which, in all probability, the contest
which has just been temporarily ended will DO
revived
Upon passing through the capital grounds
this morning / encountered q vast crowd III
humanity. chiefly children of both sexes, who
were all dressed in holiday garb and apparently
Waiting for some ceremony which was to take
place beneath canvas awning. By the ban
ners they had it was plain that this was con-
gregation Of all the Sabbath-school, children of
the various churches Of the city, and most
numerous array it was. CERoN1cLER
A New ERA IN THE LITERATuRE OF B0sToN -
Weshave received the first number Of paper to
be published and edited in the sanctimonious
city Of Boston by that notorious individual, E.
q. 9. Judson. The sheet is q curiosity. and, 50
far as Typography Is concerned. looks as if it
sheuld have been dated 1900. About third
Of the first page is occupied by the title, sc Ned
Buntline's Sunday Paper" in large, clumsy,
black type, and Immediately beneath this q An
American kneels only to his Godp with other
appropriate sayings. On the left of this neat
display is picture about six inches square,
representing the blackguard Judson kneeling
With .clasped hands as if in prayer before him
is an open Bible, and against it leans naked
sword, the sheath Of which hangs at his side !;
his face is uplfted, with pious, reverential ex-
preston, to an enormous Eye among the Clouds
from which rays Of light stream over his person
1t is hard to determine what all this typifes,
but the effect is extremely ludicrous to any one
acquainted with Buntline's history. We sug-
gest that if he wished to choose some striking
scene Of his eventful life, he should not have
been represented in the act Of prayer. He
would have appeared to better advantage peer
ing through the gratings of his cell at Black
wells Island, or receiving q eastigation on
Broadway from cowhide in the hands of a
lady Of slip-shod morality, or dangling with a
rope about his neck from hook in the market
house Of Nashville, where he was hanged by a
mob and escaped receiving his deserts by reason
of one Of those unfortunate mistakes which an
awkward hangman will sometimes make.
. LII lOSsitu W taC SolbSutS VI paper IL IL
only necessary to state that he opens with
story of his own, set off with the significant
title, in capitals Of most villainous shape and
size, & The Tory's Doom p at the same time
emphatioally announcing that the copyright has
been secured.
Another newspaper of the same Glass has just
made its appearance in Boston. called the
&c Know Nothing and American Crusader but
we apprehend that mysterious order will not
be anxious to acknowledge as its official organ
such an ignoramus of u Journal
HOUSE 0PENINa.-Andrew Doyle, proprietor
Of the Commercial Hotel, opens the Branch
this evening at 5 clock, at the corner of Poy-
dras and Front streets, where he will be happy
to see his friends to partake of some refresh
ments.
FRESH SnAD.-It will be seen by announce
ment in another column that Dick Nash has just
received at his restaurant, on St. Charles street
fresh supply Of shad, Holsters, Goldfish, and
other good things, for the rare quality Of which
Dick is peculiar.
ORLEANS THEATRE.-s' Robert de Diable'' will
be performed for the last time, this season, at
the Orleans night, for the benefit of the chorus
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