New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-05-31
VOLUME XII.
geh ORLEANS 9ailp Grtstsnt,
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1859.

| Nem 0rltans 4ailg Grtstent.
| TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1859.
| PLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRACY OF LOU
IsIANA
We publish elsewhere the Democratic Platform for
this State, as manufactured by the head carpenters
at Baton Rouge last week. OF course our readers
will peruse It or not, just the please but, no
matter what their action in the premises, we shall
have discharged our duty by placing it on record.
The aforesaid platform contains nothing very
original or startling, and the language employed
bears striking resemblance to that of similar docu.
ments which make periodical appearance in this
great and glorious country Indeed these pronuneia.
mientos are oil substantially alike, no matter what
source they emanate from, and all generally have
object in view, viz u: A desire to fill the peoples
| (as kossuth magnifcently styled them) with q
stupendous amount of patriotic ervor in order that
the ends of the architects thereof may be subseryed
That's about ALL
| The first three resolutions are well enough. Gene.
rally they enuncate principles no one disputes.
| Change few unimportant words and they would
meet the cordial approval of Old Line Wings and de.
voted Americans.
! The fourth resolution is bumcombe- nothing else.
1t is intended and probably will, fool the "peeps''
to the top of their bent" The idea of Mr.. Bu-
chanan carrying out a vigorous and patriotic for.
eign policy" is supremely rich. His "policyn in
Nicaragua-his treatment of Gen. Walker-the un.
redressed murders Of American citizens at Penama-
the uninquired into slaughter of Americans in Mex
leo, by the army under Mramon-to cite no other
illustrations, show that his foreign policy has
alone been calculated to secure anything but protec
ton to the persons and property of American citi
zens residing abroad.
The resolution about Cuba Is humbug of the
most unadulterated description. The thirty millions
asked for by Mr.. Slidell, on behalf of the Admins
tration was substantially refused by an overwhelm
ingly Democratic Senate, and if it had been granted
would not have accomplished anything. This every
sensible man knows The Spanish Government would
have spit upon any proposition, backed by only
thirty millions, and very reasonably, too for it:
very Offering would have amounted to gross insult
1t is not likely that Government would accept ar
offer Of three hundred mllions The island is FULLY
worth that much. However, the resolution will, NJ
doubt, please the fancy of many warm but unrefect
N ing friends of the acquisition of Cuba. If so th
object of its authors will be fully accomplished
The sixth resolution is such splendid piece 0
word painting that we have no desire to commen
upon it. The seventh, We suppose, is intended 70
the benefit of the Douglastes. We told them loDy
ago, to look out for breakers, and it they haven
looked out, it is not fault. @"
The last resolution is jewel in its way. 1t amount
to an unqualified endorsement of Mr. Buchanan's ad
minstration, while the tariff policy, Suggested un
der his guidance" has been dsapproved of by nearl
every prominent Democratic statesman and iourna
. in the South
DID,
, for yourselves. We have neither time nor room t
: pursue the subject further at this moment.
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THIEvERY BAD BUsINEss.-The impression
general that almost much money and other prop
erty s lost in New York by hevery as is retained
watchful honesty, and that the thief gang is so nj
J merous and dangerous that it comprises large ell
/. ment of the population constantly arrayed agans
9 the decent portion of the community. Statistics
not sustain this notion, for they show that only abor
$4,000 per annum is known to be absolutely lost
h New York by thievery in all its phases-pock,
' picking, fiat burglary, garroting, highway robber
and the ungenteel swindling Of " funks and othe
of the vulgar sorts of the checater industr
species of villain. As these varieties of humanit
number thousands, it is apparent that their averae
incomes are meager, and that thievery is bad bus
i ness. 1t would be better, though if the New Yor
police were not what they are really sharp set
fellows; for statistics show that they recover mo,
than sixtyfve per cent. Of all properties stolen
say nothing of the preventive power they exercis
The inducement of the large rewards that are col
stanty Offering has attracted to the detective servic
body of able men, whom natural gifts and practic
IS have rendered SO exceedingly keen, that rogue
booty is but half gained until he has expended it.
in fact he does not have it certainly until it is gon
and then he does not have it at ALL why thieyer
! is bad business by logical demonstration.
THE CoTroN CRor is crowding the season, for W
q were yesterday shown by Mr.. g. W. Smith, editor
d the Gonzales (Texas) Inquirer a well matured bo
y of cotton, taken from field on the Guadalupe,
Gonzales county, week ago. This precocious sp
q cmen of the vegetable kingdom may be seen by I'll
e curious at the office of Messrs. Farley, Jurey &
1t was not alone however, for in the vicinity whel
it grew there were about thousand acres of cotto
}. equally well advanced, and promising vast numb
\. of first balers of the cropn Cotton operate
who love the ease of the vacation will ha,
to make stand against emigration to Texas or
opening by railroads the trade of that vast and fe
tile region, for if the crops thus to tread
the heels of the old, the cotton business will run
round the year and allow no furlough for the expen
ture of its profits in the pursuits of pleasure. Put
dOZen or so more SuCh counties as Gonzales uDd
= thorough cultivation, and their early crop would
an item of some Importance, worth staying at hon
to look after in the lazy times Of summer in t.
city,"
ASCENT OF MOUNT WAsHINGToN IN MAY-Mr.
White, of Lancaster, n H., and two other gentleme
ascended Mount Washington on the 4th and 81
Il inst, for the purpose of obtaining views for IL
. stereoscope. Halt mile from the Glen they can
: to the snow, and put snow shoes-the SNOW beir
from one to ten feet deep, and much drifted. The
reached the ledge at the rate of three quarters of
IA mile an hour, and tarred for the night Next NOR
ing they left for the summit without snow Shoes I'll
. crust being hard enough to bear. At noon on IL
9Th, they reached the Tip-Top House, and found IL
snow two or three feet deep and every appearance
mid-winter except the temperature which was abo
T. so degrees. The snow lay up against the houses
the roofs, so much so that part Of the front do
to the Tip-Top House could be The atmosphe
was very smoky, and distant views were not visbl
A REM1NlscENcE.-The tradition now current
the papers, tells us that Washington, when yout
t. was rejected by the beautiful Miss Gary, of Virgini
because, as her father phrased it, she has been a
a customed to ride in her own ctariot'' When Was