New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-02
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l4aFs o. taa AeY World, they we're invested yisf
NJ ft rt Io.lssee Ihere were mysterious accounts
"a L.ga aeoFe q untold wealth of gentle streams
whose clear depths flashed with diamonds df Tas;es
te rivers lined with pa4 Of eities fal, Il, ba7f
E s'o. q ~ psases fayalng IN magHifcence these og
te meas and Of an Aztec civilization nnoy sfsrf
ana imposing than the world had then known R9f
fao[e atfange more stirring chan all else yyas te faI
o. the existence Of the tabled fountains IF ina oIf
Heathen Mythology, whose wondroua vgafara eorIJT
delay the march Of time and stop the nresgraes N -
cay. One plunge and he who was bogeT vsffb t,a
and weaknesses would feel again tba warm t5s II
youth and health in his veins and the si3ra afsa,sp
Of his manlier years return Here Grace ana Raa3tv
might renew their charms and Health ana Vonfl
become immortal. Ths best blood IN Old eDain va
fired. Knights made illustrions by the brilliant
quest of Peru left again their high born danes ana
Andausan homes to achieve the proud title of ITa
Conquistador."
A correspondent Of the New York Courier ana
Enquirer gives an interesting account Uf visit to the
Fountain Of YOUTH He writes from Tallahassee
Florida and savs:
:. can vouch for its existence. suppose that the
ehcaGy Of It's miraculous virtues has long since van
ished But its beaates so extraordinary and its
#hoie nature SO anomalous as to excite in the be-
holder no little admiration and wonder. sWahaliaf
springs Iof 50 The Indian christened the are sifua
ted sixteen miles south from Tallahassee. They form
the sources Of WakHla river which, flowing directly
sonth twenty miles, minglea with the waters Of the
Great Gulf. The springs, covering an area of come
TWO hundred yards in circumference are entirely EN-
hosomed in dense forest Of oaks and cynrpssas
wh9ss limbs are hung with banners Of rTsg moss
Hhicn give solemn, s0rnbre appearance 10 the anr-
roundngs From the shore yotl remark nj once tTe
eiearAes oil the waters and the distinct e0Ors
Oh Dl1e ana green which cover in patches ifa surface
| By means OF rough se0W and d gtaIvarf negro IN
the sweeps, our party was soon aaaat Naf j TirnIs
cnried the smooth surface. Stretched al length anon
! the boards we g8zed down into the HEnnfd denfha
By actual measurement the bottom was two hundred
and eighty feet below us yet we caafd distupist t
mi1utest object there with the utmost precision
bit of silver in gentle undulatfons sgfuped ia the hs
/ nd und Sr xs...
/ the white sands were focked with dancing shadows
or when at rest were esselated with haes of every
variety OF shade. Shells and flakes of mica Yss-
dated like prisms. In some places immense
giants at rest There were elevations and deprea-
sons, huge ranges OF coralike rock, and valleys
stretching IN penslve quietness between. There
were abrupt precipices and EnppIiHg erags which
overhung aDysses which plunlmet has vet reached
Moses and water plants covered other DIaces like
forests Of ferns They waved their tops al if famed
by gentle breeze. And there were vast troops Of
fishes whose home life could look in upon without
breach of etiquette. They seemed entirely uncon-
cerned, looking up at us with perfect Indifference
and moving silently on into the mossy forest beneath
4 dozen yards distant ugly looking alligator
who eyed US wisttully. On a nearer approach be
gradually sank into the water and disappeared from
view in bed of rushes., While skirting along the
borders we came over the bones of mastodon which
we judged to be about eighty feet below the surface
They consisted of portions Of the jaw bone with seve
raj of the teeth in good preservation Several years
since gentleman in this vicinity, BY means Of ma
rfne arTnOr, succeeded in obtaining large quantity
of these bones. They are very caIeareous and crabe
easily by exposure to the air. These springs are no
ordinary curiosity. To the naturalist and tie man OF
science they afford subject for investigation and in
terestng exploration The sombTe forest, the cloud
less heavens, the strange water fowls associated as
they are with the enjoyments and pleasantries of
delightful party, will not soon fade from my memory
PRENTIGIANA.-We have received from Cairo
long letter that we suppose is meant for publication,
but the ink is so pale that we can hardly read it.
We suppose the water rose SO high to innndate the
inkstands of our Cairo friends.
The editor of the Washington Union says he would
rather hold controversy with statesmen than with
backguards.h Of course, for he has more cause of
difference with them.
Washington correspondent Of the Hartford
Times says that the President sometimes sheds tears
over the dissensons Of the Democracy. He seems to
be crying eUi
Our neighbor of the New Albany Ledger has d
great deal to say about borss.H We shall not call
his paper bore, but We hope he will thank US for
the compliment when we say that it dugers we'll
little Democratic editor in the interior processes
to be holding his nose at the Know-lothing party.
Let him hold it and pinch it and pull it and twist it
as much as he pleases, He can save better men the
trouble.
The truth should not always be spoken.
[Gincinnati Enquirer.
Perhaps you would make o better paper if you
thought the same Of falsehood
The Sontherner speaks of man who recently
died, leaving all his property to his sons If they
should be Democrats. That old fellow evidently took
a hint from the Greek philosopher who bequeathed
large fortune TO his children if they should prove TO
be FOOLS for said he, if they wise men they will
not need it.
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Mrs, PARr1SGToN PHILosoPH1zING.-"I'ye always
noticed" said Mrs Partngton, dropping her voice to
the key that people adopt when they are disposed to
be philosophical or moral; I've always noticed that
every year added to a mans life has tenderness to
make him older, just as a man who goes journey
finds as he joys on, that every milestone brings him
nearer to the place where he is going and further