New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-23
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| IN which he was unacquainted; meansime IL
stopped during the night at an inn near me
FORKS OF the road. The innkeeper was ane
gentleman, and doub1 of one Of the first fa,ni
lies in the Old Dominion Knowing who hia
distinguished guest Was, he endeavored during
the evening to draw him into conversation, but
| failed in all bis efforts But in the morning.
when Mr. Randolph was ready to ostart, he called
for his bill. which, on being presented, was
pald The landlord still anxious to have some
con s ysrsaticn with him, began az follows:
dolph s' '''''e' -'-'' -'1A-
..sir," said MFR. Randolph, with a look Of dig
pleasure. Shave paid my bill ~
"Do owe you anything more ~
.welI, I'm going just where plsass do you
eyes
The landlord by this time got somswhat exc
Ted, and Mr.. Randolph drove of But to the
landlord surprise. in a few minutes the servant
came TO inquire for his master which of the forks
Of the road to take.
MIR randolph, not being ont Of bearing-5ia
.ance, he spoke at the top of, his voice: s.Mr.
lsanaolpn' you don't owe me one cent; just take
which road you please
FIVE FEET DEEP or EEIs.-Ws find the fol-
lowing fish story in q late number Of the Boston
transcript: cat this season of the year, when
numerous species of the piseatory tribe resort
In indefinite nmbers to their usual haunts to de-
posit their spawn, the water at the foot Of 3he
large dam at Lawrence, on the Merrimae river,
presents curious and interesting spectacle,
incalculable swarms of lamprey cells, shad and
aleWlVes have gathered at this point for the
purpose OF repairing to the upper tributaries,
but the falls being eighteen feet in height, the
force OF the miniature cataract is snch that
tnelr progress 10 effeetually stayed. They at
tempt all sorts Of ways to climb the falling mass
OF waters, only to be driven back to repeat the
vain experiment. When the dam was in pro-
gress OF construction, the migratory habits of
the hsh were considered, and large, sutstan-
tai hsh course. bnilt Of heavy timber, was
erected at the aoutherly end, that they might
readily follow their instructive nature; but
they were thwarted by.the rushing tide, so that
not even salmon, that exceedingly nimble fish
is able to stem the current Millions of fish,
chiefly iamprey eels, therefore, accumulate in
the tum bling waters. in masses literally four
OF hVe feet deep, and fishermen, who have pur-
chased the right, station themselves ON the bank
with long lances, to spear them One man re-
Gently obtained nine thousand in single day.
4 peculiar feature Of the organization Of the
| lamprey eel is, that it has no bones, and does
not preserve that tenacity Of life, even to it's i'm
notation in the frying pan, which y character
lstic OF our common harbor eels.z Its flesh ia
not admired By our citizens generally, but large
quantities are packed in barrels, and sent
abroad to tickle less fastidious palates.'
& A DOG sToRF.-A friend in Scottsburg, who
signs himself "0ne who reads and pays for the
Herald, = (such persons aresalways entitled to a
hearing in these columns, y sendsus the following
affecting account Of the fidelity Of dog 70
his master
Mr.. .. NJ Hopkins, late Of Scottsburg, who
died in January last, had small and sprightlY
terrier, named Mig, of which no was very
fond. After the deash of his master, Mig grew
melancholy. Nothing the family could do
seemed to smuse him. He could not be enticed
from the side Of his Mistress but would follow
her about everywhere, grave and sedate, as
though actually thinking of his dead master
One day closet containing his masters cloth
ing was opened. No sooner did Niig discover the
garments, than he frisked about, almost frantic
with delight, evidently expecting his master to
appear when the poor animal discovered his
error. he testified his disappointment by piteous
and mournful howlings,
In May last, poor Mig grew more melancholy
\ than ever. All attempts to induce him to leave
| the house were unavailing, until one day his
| mistress went TO visit the grave of her husband
Then he followed, and on arriving at the mound
commenced digging and moaning, testifying his
grief in the most affecting manner From that
time he. could not be enticed to leave the grave,
but stayed day and night till he starved to
death. He was found there, stretched on the
earth, cold and stiff. Evansville Her..
To offset the above and show that human be-
ings have some feelings as we'll as brutes, we
give place to the following, which we find in the
Pittsburg Dispatch of the 10th:
A German, named George Shank, aged about
fifty, for many years hostler for DR.. OeIig, in
Waynesboro', committed suicide last Saturday
| morning, by hanging. The only cause for the
! act seems to have been distress at the death of
| q favorite horse belonging to the Doctor. Dur
| ing the sickness of the animal, Shank was
heard to say When Fox dies wan. to die"
and after its death, when removing from the
| body the halter, he said, the halter will do
me service some day"
| MARY REDMOND Mary Redmond was the
| daughter of q patriot somewhat distinguished
| among his neighbors in Philadelphia. Many of
her relatives were loyalists; and she was play
| fully called among them &c the blaek-eye ed re-
| bel She was accustomed to assist several
women whose husbands were in the American
army, to procure intelligence. The dispatches
| were usually sent from their friends by q boy,
who carried them stitched in the back Of his
coat. He came into the city bringing provis-
ions to market One morning. when there was
some reason to fear he was suspected, and his
| movements Ndtcucu ny LHe eAelHt, MHIy LII
dertook to get the papers in safety from him.
4 She went, as usual, to the market, and in a
pretended game of romps, threw her shawl
over the boys head, and thus secured the
prize She hastened with the papers to her
anxious friends, who read them by stealth, after
4 the windows had been carefully closed. When
the news came of Burgoyne's surrender, and
the Whig women were secretly rejoicing, the
sprightly girl, not daring to give vent orenly
to her exultation, put her head up the chimney
and gave shout for Gates.
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1t is said that in consequence OF the late mas
sacre, the Allied Governments will issue the fol-
lowing proclamation, if satisfaction is refused
! by Russia: "Colonel -, of the Russian
army having committed cold blooded, cowardly
and brutal murder on the persons of three Off
GERS and sixteen seamen of her Britannia Ma
jesty's navy, who, under flag of truce, had
unarmed, entrusted themselves to his honor AMI
that of the noble profession of arms, which h,
has disgraced by the cowardly act of an assas
sin and pirate Colonel -- is hereby placed
! without the pale of the law Of nations, wbict
he has disgraeefuliy violated, and it is hereby
ordered and directed, to all whom it may con
Germ, that upon his capture by any French OF
British naval or military authority, he, the Salo