New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-18

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The Ruins OF Pslcnque.
This great antiquity lion Of the Western world hs
been sadly neglected. When the interesting result
Of the explorations made twenty years ago were put
lished, the whole enlightened world was set BY tn
ears, and it was 1t once allowed that Paenque was
more absorbing and important ncid Of archaeological
research than Thcbes, Palmyra and Babylon, thu
classic sands Of which are being continually worked
over by the hordes Of savants, who esteem pilgrim
are to the scenes Of medieval and B. @. empire a
necessary an at Of their lives o. the Mohammedal
does his pious progression to Mecca.
y For wears past we have been hoping that som.
scientific man. versed in the lore of American anti
guilty, which is, q yet, IN exceedingly incompet,
and unsatisfactory volume, would explore the ruin,
anew, and write book about what he found ant
i what he fancied and what conclusions he came to
Bat nobody has thus enriched American literature
and the ruins remain undisturbed in their grand de
cay By the football Of curious traveller becoming mort
Interestingly antiquated every day. It is true Pa
lenque has been in very out Of the way place. fol
the dead Aztecs gave thought to the convenience
q modern travellers when they founded their great
city, and built up its skywsrd palaces in massive
masonry, amid the mountain confines of what
is now the State Of Chiapas, in Southern Mexico
But it il an outof-theway place no longer, fol
twice every month the traveller could leave New OF.
leans, and in ten days be eating his toras in the
Palenque temple Of the Sun-god Of the Aztecs The
ancient city is only about two hundred miles (some
what less) east southeast Of Minatitlanabout seven
days mule travel through the State Of Tabasco We
propose that the Tehuantepec Company advertise an
excursion to Paenque next winter, providing each
member Of the expedition with mule.mount At
Minattlan, and We do not doubt but that quite q
numerous party would be made up for this sightsee.
ing foray upon Mexican territory. In five or six
weeks the excursonists would be back to their homes
with budget full Of things to talk about-providing
the Mexicans did not catch them as suspected fli.
busters, suspicious characters and dangerous to ma.
tionsl sovereignty. What heavy stock of the mule
back romance of their Offerings in tropic land,
amid the relics Of dead people, would they bring
home with them! We had rather contemplate, medi-
tate and speculate amid the ruins Of Palenque than
amid those of the sevengated city Of the Pharoahs,
The Striking Attitudes
Presented BY the powers Of Europe at this crisis
may be thus described, and We modestly think the il
lustration very happily tableaus the aspect of pot
cal affairs: Sardinia is wiry, spunky, fierce little
fellow, raring and charging to pitch into Austria
and only restrained by his big friend and hacker,
France, who is holding him OF and coolly watching
for the best chance to turn the game little fellow loose
with the admonition " 60 in, chicken an I'll back
you" Austria, bulky fellow, but with not much
stomach for the fray, is stripped for the fight and
standing on guard ready to withstand the onslaught
of his fierce little antagonist whose powerful friend
causes him to feel little dubious and to be shaky
about the pins Prussia is 10 the unwilling attitude
of the hacker Of Austria, willing to sneak away out
OF the difficulty, but obliged to stand by and see his
friend through England stands rather on the French.
Sandman side with deprecatory now please don't
do it, attitude and look, but really afraid to formally
and energetcaly interfere. Italy is charging round
Directing strenuously to the ring being pitched on his
plantation, and wishing them to transfer the milling
match to some other location The lesser Powers are
down on their knees, peeping through the fence at
the menacng combatants, in nervous anticipation OF
the opening of the ball. Russia is loling his Titan
form up against the North pole, with cigar in his
mouth and his fists in his breeches pockets, like some
retired Tom Hyer Of the ring, looking at the sport
with the eye of professional, and not caring red
which whips so that they make sharp and lively pay.
He has got nothing staked the result and is only
interested because it is sort of fun which suits his
tastes.
The New York Tribune
nah to attend the great sale Of four hundred and
thrty-six negroes, belonging to Pierce NJ. Butler,
which took place two three weeks since one of the
conditions Of purchase being that no families should
be separated The result Of this enterprise is report
which occupies one whole page of the Tribune, every
Of the sale being narrated in the most
pathetic style and language, the. reporter occa.
sionay varying the strain by apostrophizng the Star
ID Rom nj Oh
z these things and still shone on, and telling how
his Northern blood boiled and his Northern fists
clenched with the valiant desire to hit somebody,
ascertain if her teeth were sound. It was very dis
Greet Of this ferocous reporter of the Tribune who
vas sent on this trip by the underground railroad,
hat be let his Northern blood simmer down after it
boiled, and kept his Northern fists quietly in his
rocket when they clenched and did not indulge
lis impulse " to hit somebody who excited his jeal.
us regard for the nvioate privacy of the negress'
Vory. Had be, it is altogether probable that sum.
nary election would have put end to bis skulking
round in the camp of the enemy, and the highly |
sasoned spy report served for the morbid appetite
the Tribuue's readers have contained thrilling |
em OF his own martyrdom in a Southern calaboose.
office to leave in twenty-four hours as disreputa.
lie character after the donation Of memento of his
isit in the shape of well executed photograph in
ne public gallery of the Chief of Police of Sayan.
ah. The Tribune is perfectly welcome to malign
he South from its sanctum but it is hardly fair play
send reporters down among us to do it from our
wn soil-especially as we Of the South are not so
areful about locks and bars but that sharp New
ork rascal might make his visit profitable by plum.
ering our yauables
KEY WEST CORRESPONDENTS.
pecial to tbs New Orleans Cresceni.l
KEY WEST, March 10, 1859.
Messrs. Editors-The schooner w. G. Atwater,