New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-03
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tnAt James G0rd0n bennett, inc gIiMs oAu, hvi
4 grey, brasshced crosseyed Scotch Satan Of tn
Satanic pre- has Killed Bonner of the Ledger !
cold blood, for having persuaded him that he was
poet, and tempted him to make fool Of himself,
authorizing the publication Of the rhymed doggrt
which has been introduced with such tremendous ai
vertiaing ecIat Just give the halfmilliou edition
Ledger time to spread over the country, and Ber
nett will be the laughing stock of Continent. Th
Cincinnati Commercial saves us the trouble Of e,
tractng and compiling the most striking beauties
the poems, and We give portion of the selection
which suited its taste, with its running comment
thereupon
In q Lines to a Lady " MI. Bennett says:
a TSs.,' 'ass not h., x. feel 49,,
could with passion TO Il kneei,
A. pure Is ever Pilgrim stole.
i've regret to remark that more dreadfully IN
the New York Ledger, and that ID saying d goo,
deal The Idea Of Pilgrims stealing passions Is posi-
tive atiiction.l :.
& meier have .eard the melody
= That haws IN rapture from thy tongue;
ca. add the pathos Of Thy soug.
This Is better but somewhat obscure.l
NY throw S s rsdi.nes l round n shs SKY;
But oh 70 woman's lps is given
hnge beyond its richest dyel
The lily rears IL bean:eous crest.
Touched with the hue Of driven snow,
4 pnrer tint than these ,s can l .how.
(Which lines are not bad
Oh, talk 10 more Of roses, glow,
rhs .tsn nss La sss Sst shso .eses
And gaze on lovely wcmsn's check.
In her alone, Oh still We End
=; S n, .s n ss..s asa /. Rs S..
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worse than Lines to q Lady, The young man At
tempts to be facetious, and stumbles painfully. It
appeam that Mary Ann had golden hair and lived
in the South, where love and friendship gaily met
u. Bennett asked Mary Ann for : sparkling ring,
because the diamond in It reminded him Of her eyes
He complimented her silly hand, her g bounding
step her cheeks deep glow, and inquired
:. 81 Sweet sri Oh tell me when
Ne protested that friend Of his wished golden
curled spirit Of Peri for wife, and be (James Cor
dOn) thought Mary Ann would do, and so coaxed
her TO forget Charleston and reside on the broad
Schuylkills shore. The following stanza Is the
most lamentable of the group f "a
Ws'Ts not % rude .. many deem,
And when talk of marrisse We mean
Po:keting hundred thousand bright
Poem No. Is on an ANGELS Smile,n which once
descended from Heaven, and could find no resting
place until it "Saw sweet Margaret's face" when
could no farther roam.
= " "A
Scene is Scotland
70 rounto the SCOTTISH fair !;
Bnt hrst the father wisely calls y
&9 4A A COW h6rd OF the low.and stalls.
GOV and heifer be mn take,
And In the fair his market make.
4 Here to our considerable sorrow, q row of
interrupt the true love course OF the poem. We
therefore have not the preliminaries to the following
touching scene. The space and time covered by the
stars seem to have been interesting. We give the
conclusion Of the fragment complete simply italicis
ing few words j
Oh, II gave my son charm
Wh.n q. gsatlg sqaeesed ,nydrm
E ~ hers in mine closely sround,
s T g ne ~ 2. .y.g . sssas ,sea burr"
#8 9cfremayAiag IN her tan,
8g ~ ~. s aonna s e .eas Of ereatag ,eaM
She looked 50 knaiy in the shade
ny heart with Joy melted there,
Iauick forgot my every care
When along those trees among
s# Thought the distance somewhat long,
It seemed so short, I wished Il had
Been Ion -er by the Maker made.
The Bar In the Rivers Mouth.
It would, perhaps, be as well to let those mud
banks remain in the rivers mouth until it is apparent
hat there is to be no fight over the Cuban question
Their formation there at this crisis may be an inter
position Of Providence to save New Orleans from de-
,truction. She is again defended with barricade
constructed Of astape production Of Louisiana. mud
= 1915 cotton was used.
In the event Of q war with European power
hough there is certainly small probability Of it oc
,urring in our generation, New Orleans would be at
he mercy Of an enemy that could run three or four
var steamers into the mouth Of the Mississippi and
which, without pausng to compliment with broad.