New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-23

Iiliustrious god father, and was preud ef show
ling the letter which ths great moralist had
sent framed and glazed in her favorfte
apartment at Richmond If Qneeny Thrale,
afterwards Baroness Keith, Is no longer living,
Mrs. Jane LangtoD, fsfy dsar Miss Jenny WAS
the last survivor Of all the persons mentioned In
Boswell's delightful biography b
Putting the Question British PariiaarAnt
| Although the old rule of turning stranfx$3X
out Of the House during the mystic proees6 5x
division has been rescinded, it is with in exeep-
tion as regards those who sit IN the Speakers
tiallery, and who might cause Inconvenience BY
tgetting among the members. So. that the de-
fcIaratlon. 4 Strangers must withdraw though
2 brutasns fAf1sez for the strangers above, turns
ingenious ont, He must. therefore, hasten
up stars ana watch The proceedings from IT,
privileged gallery go
There i sand sgIasa u III Speakers table,
1 and this is turned over when The debate con-
cludes, and during the few minutes that the
sand is running, members, duly warned, hurry
up from the library, smoking re0ma, dining
| rooms, and the Thames promenade, Nhcss al
high-Water, and when ths wind does hot bring
over the resk Of those foul manufaet tories, 4
Senator's lounge is not unpleasanf-the aceesz
sories Of the scene being the sparkling lights
FLASHING river, and good cigar. The tfms il
up; every Body has been whipped In and SEQ
how the bar is crammed, and how the foremost
ranks press forward to the center Of the House.
The Speaker orders the door to be closed. He
| thenHp puts the question. Its form is mystic. as
are many things here, but there is no great
danger Of mistake, whippers-in being alert,
and members knowing the advantage Of follow
ing their leaders. The proposal was that the
Criminals Enfranchisement bill should be read
a second time. Sir E. Thesiger,s amendment
was, that instead of the words z second time,'
there should be inserted 6 this day six MONTHS
The question is, whether the words proposed to
| be left out, namely, e q second time,n shall
stand. g Those who are Of that opinion say,
| Ay.n
aAy,.' say great many voices on the Cow
/ ernment side.
s'Those who are Of contrary opinion say,
Mo- 1l51 "a
ssNo!'' comes in thunder from the Opposition,
who have better lungs than the Ministerialists.
| The Speaker then casually remarks: II
| think the Ayes have it. .sss
| He is, however, instantly and fatty contra
dicted by various Noes, and, without contesting
the point, exclaims: g The Ayes to the right,
the Noes to the left" #&ia
All the members come dewn from their seats,
and the floor is crowded. They are making
their way slowly TO the lohbies appropriated
for them. The Speaker nominates two tellers
on each side, whose business Ii is to ascertain
| the numbers couple Of Government men, and
the mover and seconder Of the amendment.
While the House is clearing, the four teIlers
linger and exchange jokes "A member is taking
the opposite side to that Of his party, and tel
Ter calls after him that he is going the wrong
way. A young gentleman with large paletot
has arrived in Highland dress from some
masked ball. and one Of the four, as he passes,
invites him to take off the paletot IN order to
delight the Speakers eyes with view of bis
costume As coon as the House is reported
clear, the tellers follow to do their work.
Now the members, having voted, begin to re-
So, IA
clerk in wig and gown goes to the Opposition
green box to be ready to take the numbers. Sir
Frederic Thesiger comes in, looking quite tri-
Iumphant, walks up to the clerk and speaks--a
sensation round the House, and then q tremen-
dous Opposition cheer. Enter Mr.. Hayter, the
Secretary to the Treasury, not looking quite SO
well pleased, and be also approaches the clerk.
The four tellers then form in line, and retire.,
| backing AS they dos so their position indicates
the victory. The right hand man of the four
belongs to The winning side, and in that station
Is the tall form of Sir Frederic Thesiger. An
other tremendous Opposition cheer, and the four
go bowing up to the table, and Sir Frederic
reads from paper g The Ayes to the right
were go, the Noes to the left pa, Terrific
eheering-Go Government beaten by IA, and the
Criminals Enfranchisement bill lost.
For q few minutes business is suspended;
members laugh over the victory and defeat, and
ministers are seen in converse. Ingenious may
under the painful catastrophe; but It is more
probable that they are arranging what other
business shall be taken that night. The door
having been reopened, members depart, though
80 large House usually leaves pretty large
fragment up to the time Of adjournment.
SINGULAR SuIcIDE.-A German named Jacob
Stutz, aged fifty three years, committed suicide
in New York on the 14th instant by blowing his
brains out with pistol The reason assigned
by him for the act was that one of his cousins
had threatened him for daring to ask the return
of money and goods loaned to him by deceased
six years ago The following is copy Of q
letter written just previous to his death:
5NE,e YoRK Sept. Is, 1854,
At Is minutes past o'clock !
My shroud lies on the bed, and desire that
the Coroner shall pay $50 for the kindly SER
vices of the person who shall lay me out. II my
friend Adolphus Schafe, Of Suffolk street, will
perform this office willingly, he shall receive
Sl0O, to be derived from the sale of my effects.
earnestly desire that he shall go to my friends,
Augustus Fanke and w. Diedrioh, of % New
street, and express to them my last good wishes,
| for they are acquainted with my misfortunes,
| and can sympathize with me, and will regret
| this act. God be mercifnl to me my eyes are
| wearied and my end approaches. Farewell, my
| friends, and forgive my weakness. I put an end
to my life, moi in t Of passion or insanity, but
because am urged thereto BY the dishonesty
of my relatives.
Farewell, J.. STuTz.
The alleged smuggling on board the United
States sloop-of war Saratoga, says the Boston
| Courier, upon investigation turns out not to
have been very extensive A large proportion
of the articles are mere curiosities, which were
picked up by the seamen in China and Japan,
| and consist of idols, images, rare boxes and
| feather ornaments of little value, and not sub
ject to impost laws, even if brought hither in q
| merchant vessel 1t is true that few shawls,s
four fur robes, couple of pieces of grass cloth
and silk were discovered; but thus far the
owners are not known. It is the opinion Of the
| revenue officers that the commissioned officers
of the sloop-of- war are free from all suspicion
Several of them invited the strictest examina- :.
ton of their trunks, and indeed aided in the
4 search of the vessel
1 Duke Paul William, Prince Of Wurtemberg,
i the renowned traveller, who has frequently
yisitei New York, left there last week for Santa
i Fe, ON his way to visit the new territory ceded
/ by the Gadsden Treaty. He is not the brother
i Of the present King William Of Wurtemberg,
| but his cousin a son of the late General COM
manding the Persian army, Duke Eugene,
Prince Of Wurtemberg, and the younger bro
! ther of the Duke Eugene, who who quite cele-