New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-28
a Slight Mistake on Both sides.

The other day person VINO I5 somewhat OF
linguist, speaking French fnently and Spanish
tolerably we'll, found himself in company with
two other travellers in a stage that was con-
veyng them from Peershill to Carmel. The
strangers were conyersing in German, and one
of them alighted at a farm-h midway be-
tween the two villages. Our friend was left
with the other traveller as his companion for the
journey. The conversation between the two
friends had been lively, and the silence that
ensued when the aforementioned traveller left
was painful At last our hero thought he
would endeavor to get up some sort Of CONVERSE
ton in order to beguile the time
"Pariez cous Francois, nionsier?" said he,
addressing the supposed German.
s'Noa, no entendes." replied the other,
sscanst sic Deutche sprGehen :"
ss.aicht,o replied our hero, with shake OF
the head; but be added s.Habla p. Espanol2
ssSi, senior, poco," replied the traveller, and
a sort of mongrel conversation in tolerably in
different Spanish was maintained between the
two until the stage stopped at the destination,
when both travellers prepared to alight.
ssTake care of my baggage. Jim" shouted
the supposed German in unmistakable yernacu-
lar, to the driver, as he stepped on the stoop of
the hotel.'
"What, sir, do you speak English ~ asked
our hero, in a tone of surprise, 's thought you
were German p
To be sure, do I ought TO- Pm Bos-
tonian. but thought you were Frenchman!"
SURPRISING A BEER SHoP.-An enterprising
Dutchman, who kept beer and porter house in
Houston street, New York, gave the following
account at the police Office of an assault on his
premises. Speaking of the person commencing
the row, he said:
ssHe coombed in and axed me to sell him some
peer; told him he had more as would do him
goot; he called me Dutch liar, and pegin to
proke two tumblers, ven me and Hans Speigler,
and my wife and my torter Petsy, and all de
toder men about my blaze, pegin to poot him
out; and presently he COON pack init twenty
| more shest like him, and say: / will fix dis
| peer concern, and preak him up, so dat shentle-
| mans may git trunk like shentlemans, on gin
| and prandy, and not on dis dam Tutch pizen
| Den dey kick Hans Speigler pehind his pack,
and kissed my torter Petsy pefore her face, and
preak all der glass pottles, except der pig stone
pitcher, and split my wife and me and fodder
parrels of peer all over der cellar. Hens run
out der tore and called for der watch house, and
my wife cried 'murter' like der tell; put, Pc
| fore der watch house come, der tam rowdies
| proke us all up to pieces, me and my wife, and
my torter Petsy, and Hans Speigler, and der
pottles and tumblers, and plates and dishes, all
smashed up togedder."
The RUINS OF GREYTowN- Greytosrn, Nov
4, 1s54-Gentemen There are just one hundred and
three houses partly flushed being built the ruins
where the little city of San Juan, or Greytown, once
stood They have mostly fhatched roofs, some are
shinged The houses from twelve feet square to
oVer erept pasts o Se city, The nhabsnts are not
able to build costly houses they had before the
burning of the city There has been great mortality in
consequence of the exposure of the people to the rap
which down in torrents for days and nights upon
them before they could any shelter many were
found dead and alone in the woods time after the
destruction of the city and hundreds have left and
come back. Many sick in consequences OF the
terrible exposure to the rain and hot SUM- among them
the most robust hard working who in the
city, Those who been guilty of the burning this
and then leaving the people TO without
from the incesaut rains ought to be made 20 change
the length of time and give the sufferers
Naturalization besides but cannot bring back
the dead Many have been left destitute who are
unable to get the necessaes of life and others who
formerly rich unable to pay their debts
hand is absorbed IN the construction OF house.
: and stores. [Evening Post
One hot evening last summer musquito can't
Is into the writer's room, where he was sitting
!, in payisshirtibus, and sang in his ear tbret
), hundred and seventy-six times He received
y from the aforementioned eighty seven bites, o
: which ffty-ni were about the region Of ths
q head. He made thirty four attempts to catch
d the insect with his hand, and sixteen with the
b towel By means of the first he bestowed OF
!, himself bloody nose, and, with the latter, MP
N set lamp, split oil on the carpet, and got no
ID tice to quit from his landlady.
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-, C4NpoR. -Marivaux, celebrated Frenel
en- writer of romanees, who fourishsd in the frs
ct half of thelast century, having one day met wit
or- sturdy beggar, who asked charity of him, h
I'm I'm replied, my good friend, strong and stout a
w .w you are, it is shame that you do not 60 t
'p- work. ssAh, master,'' said the beggar, 'si
'ra you did but know how lazy am" swell. re
'ss PC piled Mariyaux, see you are an honest fe
Ies low here is g half crown for you.s