New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-04-15

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sp,roRs or rHE GaEseGsT. How g llanufaos
t,,ts I'D opistte to your paper according to prom
use. ann n a loss 10 know. There Is no mate
rial on hand. The twenty or twenty ffive per.
sons comprising our party OF passengers arg Eli
l;snosed as comfortably as they CON be, and are
either reading yellow covered books Or watch
ine the flies walk bottom upwards on the cell
ing, or trying TO find out what n me devll me
natterns On the carpet are intended to represent,
5r falling into doze to wake up and curse the
oannel Of the state-room for humping up
against their heads, or some other equally SEN
sble thing; and so, in view of the consequence.
must resort to my stock Of acquired knowl-
sdpe Coming down Red River the other day,
was vastly amused. The boat was crowded, and
every variety of character, from the grave,
calm, self assured planter, to the pumpkin boy
On his way to school, was to be seen. AS might
have been expected--indeed, las o necessary con-
equence--there was no lack of the fascinating
class, yclept gamblers. There were two who
Drought upon themselves especial notice, py the
loud and boastful manner in which they spoke OF
heir extensive possessions one being the
proprietor of a plantation in Mississippi, the
,ther largely interested in real estate IN several
4 aourishing towns in California. Gold chains IN
,rofusion, iewelry ad libifum, and an oeca-
;onal display of handful of silver and gold
Joins might have given some piausibility to the
| .sserton but for the fact that the second night
1 nut from Shreveport, in the ssdead waste and
middle Of IT, they delnded o young chap into a
| little game of ssdraw,'' and heeeed him. Next
lay. hoping to be equally successful, they found
means to seat themselves, one on each side OF q
Il Young friend of mine, and very gIbly, indeed,
the oi-disant Mississippan began to describe his
plantations the quality of his land, the number
and appearance of his slaves. the quantity OF
Il cotton raised by him, were described in glowing
terms; all Of this you know being preparatory
Il to On invitation to q sgentlemanly game OF
cards. But he, Of Mississippi, had hardly fin
shed his fanciful inventory, when my friend
turned around and, with a look that satisfied
the fellow that he had approached the wrong
i man, told him that she had often built castles
N the air and talked of their appearance, but
had never before had the pleasure Of hearing an
exact inventory Of a plantation that existed
| ,nly in the imagination of the describer He
further intimated that any further attempt to
engage him in conversation would be superiu-
rus. Somehow the story got out, and for the
rest Of the trip the sssweet creatures were 81
lent. How the deuce it is that they are so often
successful in palming themselves off on stran-
gerss Can you tell Won't people be warned
Il lAwant to know?
There is pleasant contrast between the way
in which one gets along on boat whose cabin
is crowded with passengers, and one where there
| is but a few. On the latter, one is not com
pelled to stand for half an hour behind chair
waiting for the bell, while the stewards hurry
by and spill soup or gravy over your Sunday
] go-to- meeting (if you are silly enough to veal
it on such an occasion). The contrast. ! say, is
pleasant bear witness to the fact, Last nigh
after q light supper Of sardines and soda crac
kers--the ALTERATION is Involuntary whilet
away the gloomy evening in thinking on the past
: and wondering what sort OF q concern thefutur
/ would be, an, how, then at the suggestion Q
some quondam acquaintances, joined them in {
couple of rubbers of whist; and that being over
we seated ourselves, and we're soon in that stat
of complete do-nothingness, which is ushered il
all by yawns, and which is the sensation which be
tokens an entrance into the portal of the tempt
| of Sir Morpheus, who-and blessed be he 70
doing so-gives bright dreams to the lightheart
ed, and s'respite and nepenthe'' to the man {
i care, when our ears were greeted with strai
GAS sweet
As chdhoods music, when we meet
u It's echoes in s strange andn
: 1t came from Germans flute. 1t was an ai
+ | breathed by wanderer, who must, not Ion
\ since, have murmured fearful adieu to til
!, Father-Land. Low, and sad, and thrilling,
seemed to be the mournful storg of joys while
had gone forever of home, whose brightne
e would come no more. Who shall say as eac
q | MIN. Perhaps some Teuton maiden, whose eJ
| was
"Blue, of Heavens own tint'
whose golden hair rippled over brow pure an
sunny as the bosom Of q dove, lowered befol
IS him, and &C in clear dream" he saw her smile,
is with rapt ear he heard her voice, inaudible
AL save he whose spirit sought the vine-clf
hills where last he sighed farewell. Poor wal
! dererl no familiar voice greeted him; no we
ic coming hand was outstretched to clasp hi
We | and alone, o STRANGER in strange land,
:. sought companionship in sounds that from chill
~ hood he had listened to among his native hill
But as he charmed the silence with melod
there was one at least who hoped that the futu
PC might for him be stored with joys, pure al
e. beautiful as the memories which seemed to fiji
lie utterance in the touching strain that foated
over the moon lit waters, and died away amor
forests-where, perchance, no music save &
w voice of Spring calling leaves and Southe
y flowers to awake, was ever heard before.
~ A. 7. I'll.
,h TREASURY CIRcULAR.-The Secretary of t
II. Treasury has issued circular Of instructo
a intended to carry into effect the provisions
: the warehousing act The circular is il t
+ spirit Of the act, and enlarges the field for t
I, transportation of Goods in bond from one pla
~ TO another, and Will, therefore, much facilita
u the distribution and diffusion of important GOO
it through the interior portions of the eountI
ut In regulating the transportation of mercha
disc in bond from one port Of entry to anoth
port of entry or delivery, the circular provid
m that whatever mode of transportation may
. adopted, if the port to which the merchant
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