New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-09

Md g6t drunk and frczs both feet of resolved Is
mHke amends BY starving himself to death. A
gentleman from there told US that when he left the
md drink. This ID d veritable case as ayouched
Hy the physicians. He was expected to live but q
MM days longer. He was occupied constantly
Fith prayer f0r bis soul which he feared was des
tined 70 pngatory. lRacine Journal.
EaoM IBEny1LI.R Tho IbervilIe Magnolia Of
Saturday last says:
FSsgy MORNINGS, warm mid-slays and cloudy
evenings, hut still rain which is SO much needed
lint there il 70 telling how much the crops will be
injured by this dry weather. Vegetation gene
rally seems to suifer for the want Of rain.
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81 PAsTHER KIILEp. The Piaquemine Sentinel
III Saturday last has the following:
on last Sunday information was brought Jim and
Sat KIeinpeter, by little son Of Mr.. Adolphe Du-
pny that some terrible beast of prey had attacked
and killed coli. eat portion Of him, and covered
the remainder With leaves, which is the habit Of
die panther. These two young gentlemen, there
fare, started ont carly next morning with their
dogs, and getting to where the remains of the colt
lay, they also saw large hog partially destroyed,
laying close by, This Vas IN the rear Of Dupuy. y
0filI0n's plantation Their dogs getting on the
traii, they soon freed the monarch Of our woods
and Nat Kienpeter getting the first sight upon
him, he came down Numbering to the earth, GREAT
ing as much cracking and noise among the limbs
Monld hare made He was q panther Of extraor-
binary sze, u least three feet high and the paws
of which not less than five inches in breadth.
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Two otlInnES BURNED ALIVE The Lafayette,
a., Courier chronicles the following:
This community was shocked last evening by q
horrible casualty occurring three miles west of the
city which two children of Mr.. Amber, a worthy
and Industrious farmer one aged years and the
ether - months, both boys, were burned alive.
The faiheT had started for town after dinner with
3 load of wood and the mother left in charge of
tho children, fastened them In the house to prevent
their egsess, and went out to the field. She had
been gone about an hour when flames were seen
issuing from the building, and before the afffghted
mother and the nearest neighh0rs could reach the
house the roof fell In With fearful crash, burying
the unfortunate children, doubtless already beyond
all pain, In the burning mass. The bodies were re-
covered soon afferwafa, burned almost to q crisp
and every human lineament fearfully obliterateds
The remains were found near the door, indicating
that The little sufferers had vaiuly essayed to-
escape from the burning building. The horror Of
the spectacle and the anguish of the hroken-heart
"a mother nnnerved tho stoutest hearts, and strong
men unused % teara. wept like children.
DEMopEArs IN EARLY TINES PEARSON Brownlow
boasts of bis distinguished men being Wings. Does
he mean to say there were no distinguished men
Democratic among the early Christians?
Asss IConrtland On. X D Republican
Parscn BrownIow intends to say no such thing
BE has studied tho Bible and the history of the
church with too much care to make such a blunder
Herod Antpas, before whom Jesus kept 80 silent
and PLATE, who passed sentence against Christ
Nefe beth Democrats, and they were men of dis
finction and talents. Judas was Democratic
preacher and the sub treasurer of the church. He
took sop out Of the same dish with the Saviour
hunted him up IL The night to kiss him. He was an
alfactionste Is we'll as q nigLt-walkfng Democrat
Peter, 9 bold and vigorous preacher among the
early Ehristians,n was also Democrat.
He was 30 devoted 70 the Lord that he declared,
9 though all men should be offended because OF
thee, yet will not be offended.' Nay, he wept
allahoat The growing Of Democratic rooster
afterwards excited him, threw him of his guard,
and he swore be would be id if he knew the man I
q : Word there were In the days Of Christ those
VINO were Wigs and those who were Democrats
and they respectively earredfout their principles
we have studied their lives, those Of them who
were apostles. and those who were only laynen
ana we confess that ne were never an admifer of
the nemecrasic portion Of theml It is from this
renarkahie circumstance happening 10 Peter that
thaY Ise the rooster as anefnbiem. Y ~
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