New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-04

| SCANDAL ABOUT DlCKENs.--The following pre-
oious piece of scandal is from the correspondence
of the New York National Democrat.
'sLondon, Tuesday, July II, 1s54,-Your old
| friend Dickens, whom you received with such
princely honor, and who assuredly repaid you
with more than princely ingratitude, has again
gone to the Continents; in other words, has
been obliged to give the constable leg- ball. in
order to escape the penalty Of his debts. 1t is
really equally painful and disgraceful to lind
comparative up-start indulging in such extrav
agance as this remember Dickens when he
was in receipt Of only $25 q week, as reporter
of the Morning Chronicle. All at once he
started into the possession of something like
$4,000 year. During several years his in
come even equaled 100000, and he might have
amassed nearly million in all. But SO com
pleteiy did he realize the old story of beggar
on horse back that he was obliged to fly to
cape Imprisonment for paltry wine bill. He
has also recently committed the incredible
meanness of selling one of his children to Miss
4 Burdett Coutts, On antiquated wealthy lady, to
whom he made an appeal for money. Miss
Coutts refused to comply second time with his
request, but she offered to bring up one of his
daughters; and this fellow, who so loudly
arraigned the Americans for sman-selling,'
, actually parted with one of his children, in a
manner which any mechanic earnil thirty
shilings week, would have spurned at From
passage in Cockburn's Life Of jeffrey, to whom
+ he seems to have made some such begging ap-
peal it was previously suspected that Dickens
was involved in difficulties, and not very nice
!, as to the means by which he attempted to extri-
. cate himself jeffrey, as you will perceive by
!, reference to the book, advised him TO retrench
but, SO far from following this advice, he has
had recourse to the degrading expedients have
above alluded to; and most assuredly he has
brought lasting disgrace on English literature.
MELANCHOLY ACADEMIA young man by
I the name of o. H. Hubbard a son of the late
Capt. Hubbard, was killed ON Thursday even
ing, by being run over by the cars on the
Waynesboro' road, about eight miles from the
$ city From what we can learn, he was passing
from the baggage to the passenger cars, when
it is supposed he lost his footing, and fell be.
4 tween them. A severe jolt WAS felt by the pas
u sengers at the time, but no further notice was
8 taken of the circumstance, until he was missed
g by his companion who got out and took the up
d train to search for him. His body was found
IS about one mile this side of Aliens station
where the Jolt was felt, and brought to the city
yesterday morning. This should prove another
e warning to passengers on railroad cars. If Vol
j. wish to travel in safety, keep your seats whil
k the cars are in motion. Augusta Gonstitu
| tionalst.
n MAN KILLED man about fifty years o
age, was INSTANTLY kAleu tnis IuoFhlnSs near VI
= Marine Hospital, by the incoming Pittsburgh
"a passenger train. The deceased and anothe
So man were on the track, about six feet apart
when the engineer rang the bell and whistled
one of them scrambled up the bank, calling VI D
re the other and motioning him to get out of tn
ii way, but he paid no attention to the warning
: persstently remaining in the way of danger q
if to fulfill his fate. The fireman ran forwar
&c on the locomotive with the intention if possible
es of seizng the man before tht COW catcher shout
knock him down, but he was beyond reach, an
the locomotive crushed his life out in an instan
~ Cleveland Plaindealer, 22d.
- =u-------=-I
m The day after twenty rogues had escaped frol
Jail, out West, the editor of the village pape
had an eloquent article on the morals of th
n. place-not prisoner within the walls of he
+ jails. This may be called turning things to az
count.
ed MELANCHOLY AcoIDENT.--We are panied
i learn that DR.. B. Scripture, of La Grange, vs.
Nv suddenly killed, on Tuesday night, the 1st
inst. The citizens had an illumination in hone
of the location of the Presbyterian College ther
lis by the Synod A small cannon, which the
nd were firing went off during the process of load
IL ing it, killing DR.. Scripture instantly an
n slightly injuring Mr.. Thomas Bass [MississiI