New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-03

purpose, aIter the manner OF MS KIND, he backed
from the rock to gain little space, upon which,
| of course, his enemy made steady and corre-
! spending advance. This was more than any
| sleeps heart could stand; and away the bell
man went again, till distress once more brought
him up. Several times was this ludcruus scene
| repeated and by our laughter my brother and
myself were almost as tender as the farmers
hunted mutton Church service being nearly
concluded, we severed the wool from the feathers
and tried to atone for our fun by attending the
| afternoon lesson Works of GRAVITY Berkeley.
| A BUSINESS LIKE CouRTsHIP There il story
extant about five minutes' courtship between
thriving and busy merchant Of watering place
in England, and a lady for whom, in conjunc-
ton with deceased friend, he was trustee.
| The lady called at his counting house, and said
that her business was to consult him on the
propriety or otherwise of her accepting an offer
| of marriage which she had received Now, for
the first time, occurred to the Bristol merchant
the idea Of this holy estate in his own case
Marriage" said he, listlessly turning over
some West Indian correspondence. aWell, /
suppose everybody ought to marry, though such
| a thing never occurred to me before. Have you
given this gentleman an affirmative answer -
No." fare your feelings particularly en-
| gagged in the NATTER" Not particularly
Well, then, madam said he, turning round
his Office STOOL "if that be the case, and if you
could dispense with courtship, for which | have
no time, and think you could be comfortable
with me, l am your humble servant to COM
mand." There were people who thought that
the lady had a purpose in going there, but, if
so, she prudently disguised it. She said she
would consider the matter. The Bristol mer-
chant saw her out with the same GOODNESS as if
she was merely one of his correspondents, and
when she was gone five minutes, was once more
immersed in his letters and ledgers. A day or
turn aft ha ho1 Al
lady, accepting his offer, very considerably
excusing him from an elaborate courtship, and
leaving him to name the smost convenient
day" They were married.
TIN SCRUGGs AND HIS DoG.-Tim was q man
remarkable for his simplicity of character, and
equally remarkable for his affection for his dog
g Seize,' as they had both been enaged III many
bloody contests in the swamps of the Mississippi,
where abounded, in its early history, great
numbers OF bear, wolves, and other wild 6 var
mints." 1t happened that on the completion Of
the railroad to BIS. depot, that barbecue and
bran dance was given, and as Tim had never
seen the " steam wagon" after consulting Bet
sey, he concluded to take ride on it to the
place of operations. As he was going aboard,
be was accosted by the conductor and informed
that g Seize" " could not travel on that arrange
ment without ticket for half price. Tim be-
ing little short of funds, told him to tie him
to the back part of the wagon, and he could
lead, which was accordingly done. On arriving
on the ground where the celebration was to
come of, Tim walked leaisurely to the back part
of the car to unite ''Seize,'' when 10 and be-
hold nothing remained of the poor dog but his
head and one fore-leg dragging along by the
rope, when, bursting into tears at the melan-
t choly spectacle, he exclaimed in the agony Of
, woe" Poor Seize! I've know'd him these ff-
teen years, and he never refused to lead before -
1 tho+I 30
railroads,
A LADY WITH WOODEN LEG.-Henry, who
formerly consulted US about young lady with
wooden leg, has now brought the matter to a
crisis by marrying her; and now, after a
month s experience, an entire honeymoon, Henry
says 81 am happy to say wooden leg is no
, bad bargain. | married Jessie about q month
ago; she refused to give up the wooden leg for q
cork one, as she said she detested false appear
ances, She is always at home, except when she
goes out with myself; she never firts with other
men; she never dances at party she requires
but one stocking and one boot or shoe, and these
serve her long time, as she does not walk
much, and yet she is not unpleasant to walk
with; she differs very little from other young
women. The only expense of the wooden leg is
the breaking of strap, which is easily repaired,
and the supplying little gutta percha for the
end of it, to prevent noise in walking. Bal
; ancing profit against loss, lady with wooden
/ leg is rather profitable, not to speak of other
benefits | find in Jessie all that enjoyment
could desire. Family Herald.
ANTIcIPATORY USE OF THE Cross. 1t is
strange, yet we'll authenticated, and has given
rise to many theories, that the symbol Of the
Cross was already known to the Indians before
the arrival of Cortez In the island of Cozumel,
| near Yucatan, there were several; and in Yu-
catan itself, there was stone cross. And there
an Indian, considered prophet among his
countrymen, had declared that nation, bear
ing the same as symbol, should arrive from a
5 distant country! More extraordinary still was
t a Temple dedicated to the Holy Cross by the
Toltec nation in the city of Cholula Near Tu-
lansingo there is also cross engraved on a rock
with various characters, which the Indians, by
tradition, ascribe to the Apostle St. Thomas In
/ OaJaca, also, there existed a cross, which the
Indians, from time immemorial, had been &C.
customed to consider as a divine symbol By
order of the Bishop Civantes, it was placed in a
? sumptuous chapel in the cathedral Informa-
ton concerning its discovery, together with a
small cup, cut out of its wood, was sent to Rome
to Paul "; who received it on his knees, sing
ing the hymn g Vexilla regis" etc. Life in
Mexico. by Madame Calderon de la Barca.
SINGULAR DEArH--We are informed that, on
Friday last, the dead body of man was found
Ia ene 1Ahheilodn pottouls III place called Cn0u-
teau's Slough, under very singular circum.
stances, The body was standing perfectly up.
f right in the water up to the mouth, while the
feet were embedded in the earth It isprobable
that the man stuck in the sand while attempting
to cross it, as the tracks of his feet indicated
that he took long strides and walked fast
There was nothing to identify him, though hi
, appears to have been a German, about thirty
years OF age. He was five feet high, had a sand,
complexion, and was dressed in blue cottonad,
pantaloons and shirt Justice Squire held al
inquest n1, on the body. [st. Louis Republican
The Arkansas river is very low, navigation
may be considered at an end until rise take,
place, OF which, at present, there is certainl,
no prospect The weather continues extremely
hot and oppressive. The health of the CITY is
we believe, as good or better than could be ex
4 reGted, considering the heat and dust that en-
velopes and surrounds US. The crops. so far a.
we learn, we regret to say, present cherries
prospect; indeed, in many instances, rain would
!, be of but little benefit From present appear
ances, not more than one-third or one half of {
; crop can be reasonably expected little Rocl