New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-28

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mounts go guns, and has crew Of 610 men !;
the latter 4oguns, and has q crew Of 300 men.
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TIE DELAY or THE ATLANTIC. The delay In
the arrival Of the steamer Atlantic from Liver.
pool ii accounted for by q note published on the
Goth instant in one Of the New York papers,
from Lieut. W A. Bartlett. y. s Navy. He
says e sss
Z aHer detention at sea has been caused BY
encountering gale Of unusual severity, in
latitude 52:42, longitude 38 West, which, during
most Of the interTaI Of time between Sunday.
the 10th, at midnight, to Wednesday, the 18th,
AT midnight, the barometer falling to- 28 Id rs,
caused this noble ship a trial Of her strength
and sea qualities such as can be appreciated
best by those who have been at times at sea on
vessels not equally we'll provided with strength
and capacity for such encounters. During
twenty -one years Of trials incident to sea
life, have not before met gale of greater se-
verify, and in no instances have known the
wind to blow . hurricane gale for 50 many con-
secutiye hours sks
'sThe consequence was that the good Atlantic
had to contend against a heavy and high CROSSE
sea, Of the most trying character and the pre-
sent condition Of her disabled stem and wheel
house, though not endangering the safety Of the
ship, showed TO the most casual observer the
are the requisites Of strength in all steamships,
and that they should be like the Atlantic,
staunch and strong.
"F0r the twelve hours preceding the noon of
the 18th, the Atlantic maAe but fifty five miles
to the West From noon of the 18th to noon of
the 18th, abe did not make q single mile,
salthough her engines worked beautifully six
revolutions per minute, all that could be per-
lmitted in such q sea. 2
y IN
A BEAR SroRY.-A friend, on reading the
account Of an attack made by a woman and
some boys upon a she bear swimming in Lake
iChamplain with her cubs, furnishes us the par
ticulars Of o like contest in Niagara River some
years since. The affair on the Niagara, as re-
lated by our friend, was in this wise
A boatman was crossing the river short
distance above the rapids ina skif, which he
pulled with pair Of scnlls. When about q
quarter of mile from the American side he
espied large bear in the water a few rods be-
low him, swimming Justify for the point where
he expected to land, just below Schlosser
Bruin had evidently started from the lower end
Of Grand island for the main land. The boat
man forgot his dangerous proximity to the
rapids in his eagerness to secure the bear, and,
Immediately turning the bow of his skiff down
stream, with q few vigorous strokes he came
near enough to the animal to strike him with
the oar. Brain turned to bay, and as his as
sailant aimed second blow at his head, he
knocked the oar out of the mans hand Here
was q dilemma of the most perplexing descrip-
ton. The boat was unmanageabIe in the swift
current with d single oar it was fast drifting
towards the upper rapids, and the man was in
despair. The bear, too, became sensible of his
danger, and, aezing hold Of the bow Of the boat,
he climbed on board but, apparently over
come with terror as she approached the rushing
water, seated herself quietly, without offering
to modest the boatnan. The poor fellow looked
ct the bear with horror, and then at the rapids
with increasing alarm. Bruin behaved himself
with perfect propriety, however To be sure
he did not proffer his aid in propelling the boat
towards shore; but he regarded his fellow naTi-
gator and his operations with great interest and
an upcommonly benign countenance. It was
evident that he considered himself y mere pas
senger, and, while he wished his companion
well, he felt bound in honor not to interiors
with the management Of the craft. Meantime
| the boat had reached the Schlosser Rapids, ant
| bear and man must soon be beyond all human
aid. Being IN expert swimmer. the man leapet
overheard, hoping to reach the land at poin
| below known as the French Landing. The bea
| followed him Immediately, and the twain strucl
out with the vigor impaired by desperation. tn
/ bear keeping as near the man as possible, blu
1 without making any hostile demonstration
4 They finally touched the shore nearly ct til
same time, both much exhausted by the effort
| they had made On reyiying the boatman fle
4 with all the speed he could make, and he wa
as much surprised as delighted to see the bea
running still more rapidly in the contrary d
Il rection.
i The story is q pretty tough one; but there
4 no fact in natural history better attested tina
i peaceable and harmless in the presence Of a
4 overmastering danger. Buffalo Gommerci'
i Advertiser. #
F1uNKEYIsM. 10 Frankly, Mr.. Raymond, d
. Won ever see q worse Government than ours
= Out here we are ashamed of our country.
Thus writes ssDick Tinto," the Paris GORE
pendent of the New York Times, while he is
/ daily contact with the vicious state of societ
ii growing out of the aristocratic and imperi
n features of European Government. Hourly ]
! sees some thing to remind him that he now liy
under a Government Of privilege for the few,
!. the expense of the many egalsplendor on q
! part Of the favored, and squalid misery and r
voting vice and crime on the part of the 20
pressed, meet him at every turn. lie reatiz
in all he sees that God 3 greatest blessing to$t
+ toiling masses Of his own countrymen is th
they are permitted to live under constitute
!. which guarantees equal rights to all, and q
j. not the sport Of classes favored by long enjoy
4 privileges and immunities of prescription, or /
M positive legal enactments or DEGREES. He is co
!, stantly hearing the oppressed around him sig
= ing for the privilege of living under the glorio
4 stars and stripes. Yet 6 out there he and
n brother toadies are ashamed of their countr
b, Now, in plain English, we write down n
70 .sDick Tinto Ito be some poor devil, who "
bow and scrape for m hour to earn the hon
4 Of a recognition from any debauchee, who m
: chance to wear a title. He must be so
Il 6 American resident in Paris, who is for mi