New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-16

The ST. Marys Banner of Saturday last has the |
following gM
An intelligent planter inform US that his seed
cane looks bad and he is putting up large amount
to be prepared in of disaster of this kind He
thinks the prospects for good seed another year
extremely gloomy. la sg5..z
The drouth now presses severely all over the
parish and planters everywhere suffer or less
for want of water, cisterns are, many of them, as
dry as -four barrels. The Teche will soon be dry
enough to ignite-the water would now hardly be
wet enough to wash clothes with, but for the heavy
dews with which We have lately been favored.
A First Rate Notice for Brother Jonathan.
From the London Star 2sd.l
We see in the success of the United States mis-
sion to China a complete condemnation of our own
conduct, and, unable to conceal or deny the fact,
the defenders Of the Bruce system Of negotiation
endeavor to account for it by Extensively imputing
to the American Minister and the American Gov
ernment humiiating submission to the insulting
pretensions of the Chinese. OF course, they do
not believe anything Of the kind; but it is hoped
in this way to weaken the wormwood of our defeat
at the Peiho, reckless of the insult such state
nent involves to the United States Government |
and people. That Government, we should all
pretty well know BY this time, is not in the habit
oil tamey submitting to insult or injury from any
other power. 1t is not so long since we had good
proof of this, and the gnominious dismissal of Mr.
Champion might have suggested the wisdom Of
saying nothing about submitting to insult or about
American humiliation
No power in Europe would dare to offer offense
or insult to the Western Republic, for thew well
know that it fears them not and is ever ready to
defend its interests and vindicate its honor when
either is menaced. What wretched stuff, therefore,
is this about Mr.. Ward humiIiating his country and
himself by going to Pekin in the way that accorded
with Chinese law and custom? The Americans,
who know how to make their rights respected by
strong governments. know also how to respect the
peculiarities, or even prejudices Of weak ones.
They know that in China they have no right to in
sist upon the observance of Western forms, and if
the Government at Pekin chooses to consider itself
of celestial origin, and, therefore, superior to the
rest of the world, it is no business of them to go to
with it on that account so long as it performs
It's engagements, and acts in spirit of frendliness
That it has done so toward the Americans is in no
degree doubtful, for the Americans have never
bullied, bOmbarded and extorted there, as we un-
happily have done. As to the silly story, invented
BY some witess Frenchman, of Mr.. Ward having
been taken on to Pekin in an enclosed box. it can
impose upon nobody who has any knowledge Of
the customary mode of travelling in China The
Celestals have not arrived at the sort of cviliza
ton which rejoices in express trains. post chaises
or state carriages, as means of conveyance; they
use for that purpose what was not long ago consid
cred amongst ourselves a far more dignified and
grand style of locomoton for persons Of high rank:
and Mr.. Ward, without any doubt, found himself
carried to the capital in the honorably yellow
sedan chair, which the artless Frenchman aforesaid
has, with dismal humor, dubbed q box.
1t certainly IS humiliatng to England to find the
United States SO successfully negotiating treaties
with China, while she herself, in alliance with
France, has so eggregiously failed. But how will
1t help us to send military expedition up the Pei
no? Why, it would only be plunging US deeper
into the difficulty, and making success more and
more improbable Instead Of acting SO foolishly,
would it not be wiser to consider q little and see
whether we might not, by adopting the method Of
the Americans, succeed as well as they? 1t is true
there is terrible amount of injuries to be atoned
for before the Chinese will come to consider the
English as blameless and as friendly as the Ameri-
cans; but a real change in our tone and conduct
vouched by acts would, we dare say, speedily CON
vince the Celestials that the past was to be past
and restore confidence in our intentions.
HEENAN VS.. SAYERs.--The last number of Wilkes
Spirit has an article upon the subject of the pugil
istic match between Heenan and Sayers. from
which we extract the following
BY the last accounts from England we learn that
Sayers had recovered from the injuries which the
spikes Of Brettle's shoes had inflicted ON him in
his last battle, and was already beginning to gently
brace himself up with the view of meeting in
February with Aaron Jones. As Aaron Jones,
however, has handsomely consented to waive his
right to the first chance at sayers, out Of pure
cession to the anxiety in this country that the
American Champion should be the first to get on
for the English belt, the British Champion is by
this time preparing for the prospective clash be-
tween himself and Heenan that will probably come
ffnext May. The Editor of Bells Life, who holds
$3.50 from this office to back the claims of Keenan,
will supervise the making of the match and the
drawing of the articles; and as the forfeiture of
Jones was sent to him early in October, we may
reasonably look, by the first steamer from the other
side, for official notice of the match at the head
of the pugilistc records in the above-named paper
The news of this fact will be received with great
rejoicing by Heenans friends: and we suppose
that it will be officially enjoyed by solemn tour
nament of all the pugs at Hoyms Theater, in the
Bowery.
p. S.-As we write, our letters by the Wander
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ruary is set aside, and that the Heenan match with
Sayers is on. Sayers has already covered Heenans
first deposit of $780, and articles to be signed
between the parties on the 5th of this month.
"Censor" will probably toss for Keenan,
Observation-Disclosures writes from Paris to the
New York Times that the success of Mademoiselle
Vestvali, who is claimed as an American, continues
to increase at the Grand Opera. She is now re-
hcarsng Herculaneum," to take the place of
Madame Borghi-Mamo, who has passed the Boule-
ward 20 take an engagement with NJ Cazado, at
the Italiens. Mile Vestvali will hereafter take
the first rank at the Grand Opera, position which
she was only able to conquer by real merit Mile
V. sings with facility in seven modern languages
she attacked the French here for the first time, and
when it is recollected that she had to appear on
the boards of the Government school of France,
the most important opera in Europe, before an au
dence the most critical in the world, and preju-
diced always against stranger, it will be under
stood what study and q determined will can do;
for of twenty persons who make the ettempt to
sing at the Grand Opera, not more than one sue
ceeds They either fail at the official audition,
or appear at best but once or twice before an at-
dience.
THE FIRST misunderstanding to Voltaire,
guns were first used in naval engagement by the
yenetans, in 1877, in contest with the Genoese;
but English authorities insist that guns were used
at the battle of Cressy in 1346, and in l347 at the
siege of Calais. Small arms were certainly taken
in England in 1888, and were invented by Schwarz
about ten years before. They were rarity in
Ireland in 1889, when the Earl of Kildare, chief
governor, was presented with six muskets sent
from Germany. Muskets were first used at the
seige of Rhegen, in 1926.
+ The HANDLING OF RAILWAY BAGGAGE.-Can
any one tell us, says the Railway Times, why rail-
way baggage masters and their assistants should
not handle the baggage of passengers with as
much care as is exercised by porters and draymen
on the streets We should really like to know by
what law, or right or dispensaton, these strong
armed helps Of the railway depot acquire patent
for smashing up the travelling trunk of some unof-
Tending passenger, and spilng its contents on the
ground or floor, without they or the Company
being held responsible for the damage? We do not
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