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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13


THE CLIMATE OF CALIFORNIA From San
Francisco letter 10 the New York Courier and En-
quirer we extract the following:
The climate Of California is at this season Of tile
year peculiarly mild and delightful. The rains fell
in San Francisco gently hnt steadily through most
of the month of November when they ceased, the
weather assumed the balmy temperature Of June.
Vegetation sprang up, and the sandy knobs about
the bay soon became covered with coat of YER
dure. This month"; in truth, through the Southern
half of the State corresponds with the opening Of
spring at the East Lilies are in bloom, together
with the chrysanthemum, the geranium, and Tho
climbing plants which adorn the porehes. Here
and there, too, you will see the white rose yieing
with the lily, and the red dropping in the presence
of the harder flowers, under the cool moisture O;
the nights The buds of the passion flower are
swelling, and the green pointed heads of the hya.
cinth, the crocns and the daffods have broken The
ground. The markets are filled with vegetables
such as cauliloWers, turnips and green peas
light hoar frost falls frequently during the cleal
nights, but there has been no ice, nor has the
ground been even crisped with cold. No winter
climate that have ever heard described can com
pare with that Of this coast below latitude 49, This
place is one or two degrees higher and less pleas
ant than the region about the bay, but il has no
yet been visited by frost. ice, or snow The farm
efs are at work breaking up the ground. The
mountains TO the eastward loom up graudly, tile
long line of their submits being covered with SNOW
The prospect, however, from San Francisco east-
ward, is more impressive. Monte Diablo towers
above the Intervening hills, the hoary monarch Of
the scene. In the morning the sun breaks forth
from the barrier Of bis snowy tops and bathes the
green hills and the glittering bay in food 81 mel
low light. am quite incompetent to describe the
charming effect of this quiet, pleasant, midsummer
scene, of HILL plain and water, repesng nnaer me
august vigilance of the wintry sentinel.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

GREEN PEAS, BurrER, WHISKY AND PuNcH.-Mr.
Wolf Of Grayier and Neg Lesee streets has
landing and for sale choice Goshen butter peas old Bou
bon whisky and Batavia punch See advertisements.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

THE FRENCH LANGuAaE.-Prof. Richard will de.
liver lecture his improved system of teaching French
hts academy reos, 90 Grayier street. at quarter past
O'Clock this evening He will be aided in his exposons and H.
Illustrations by Prof Mainda and classes will be
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

MEDICAL CARp.-We call attention TO the card
Of DR. Bodenamer who has arrived the city, and opened
Office at No. 16 Canal street. Dauphne
street. &8e ~
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

The FIRST swaliow-tail coat that I'D Seurhy got,
80 displeased him that be starehed the tails ana
used Il for boot jack,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

SLoAT & Co.'s. New SEWING MACHINES. Among
the sewing machine candidates for public those
seat Cos. paept elliptic style behind hand IN
They possess many important exeeeneies
different makes for sale No. % Camp advertise
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

CREDIT sAhs.-Boots and Shoes, HITS, ete.-
call The attention Of the trade the of boots Shoes hats
clothing white shrts ETC. etc. to take place day at 10
oeioek A. NJ &c hessts Blache C Leanon.s auction rooms
Nc. 81 chartres street. Terms at sale
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

SNAKE WORSHIP IN Notwithstanding to q
correspondent Of the Boston Post, now in Africa,
the people there have some. curious ideas on re-
ligious questions:
The chief objects of worship in Whylah, are
snakes and large cottonwood tree. There is a
snake-house which used to 60 often to see. The
snakes are of the boa species, and are from i've to
fifteen feet in length. You can almost aly avs see
them crawling about the streets. When the ma
tiyes see them they fall down and kiss the earth.
They are perfectly harmless, as I have often seen
the natives take them up and carry them back to
the fetish house. 1t is not at all unrequent to find
them on the mat alongside of you in the morning,
as the huts are without doors. | had my lodgings
in what was once an English, fort, but Is now in
ruins, and is o fayorite resort of the snakes. /
never found one in my room, but one morning
upon looking in the room adjoining mine, found
one almost seven feet long. The penalty for kill
ing one is-for white person--the price of sixty
slaves, now $4,000 For native, he is shut up in
a bamboo house, and then the house set on fire.
The poor fellow has the privilege Of getting ont if
he can, and run for the lagoon, a distance of two
miles, followed by the mob, and if he reaches tile
water he is free. But very few can ever avail
themselves of this .swater cure.n 1T is great
dodge with the fetish man. if he knows that Won
are peculiarly ayerse to this kind Of god, to
bring them neag your house and put them down,
knowing they will enter, and he will be sent for to
come and take it away, for which he gets few
strings of cowries.
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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

= = DNp ''e5'AFL.--.a IeW months ago, young
man, named Jas. H. Bingham, eloped from 81
Louis with a married woman, Mrs. Butler Tho
husband pursued them from one place to another
until he finally traced them to Cincinnati whore h
effected reconciliation with his truant wife. and
had her paramour arrested He was tried before
the police court, and sentenced to twenty DAYS i'm.
prisonment and to pay fine of sl0o and costs
which, as he had already exhausted his purse left
him in decidedly awkward predieament
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
Random Extracts.

chow is it, said gentlepau to Sheri-
dan, "thst your name has not o attached
to it? Your family is Irish, and no doubt
illustrious.' no family had better right
to o than our family" said Sheridan, ''fOr
We owe everybody
a Frenchman wishing to speak of the
cream ofthe English poets forgot the
word, and said, dc butter of poets"
There is a man in Cincinnati in possession
of c powerful memory. Heis employed by
the Humane Society to remember the
poor.
"Give me kiss, dear girI."-'I can't"
she replied. 81 don't mind lending you
one, but Unjust have it returned to-,nor-
row.
With regard to Girtat;ou, 1t is difficult to
draw a limit where the prediIection OF the
moment becomes the more tender and seri-
Gus feeling, and Irritation sobers into u
more honorable form of devoted atten-
tion.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
Three Literary HIognatos.

Mr.. Hallam, with style chastc even to
prudery, and u jucg, ,ueni impartial almost
10 Il iuull; thoug ghtIul, indeed, thoughtful,
only about .fdciSi treating ali actions ana
events as matters OF COURSE, neither strange
nor startling, nor affecting, and important
only as. generating certain other facts
which we call social and political results:
so dry and cold that you shrink from con
tact with him, and yet SO useful aud so
sound that you avoid it at your peril.
Lord 3Iactuley, tue stately yet imPvtu-
Gus march of whose clear and brilliant
narrative, corcuscating with we'll polished
cpirram and nicely poised autiiheSiS, all
ctinouunt, all in gold" carries you on with
it by an irresistible impulse, yet wearies
vou at last by the very monotouy OF It's
elaborate excellence, and the studied mod
ulltion of lis vigorous and ringing thread
NIacauiay, with II keen eye for the pictuI-
csoue, and large share OF that sort of Po-
etic feeling which attained its perfection in
Scott, recognizing, like Hallaul, the in-
p0rtance Of events in their social aud Po-
litical aspect, and also, unlike HaiiamI
strongly affected BY incidents in them
selves, provided they are 0W Of common
iCay, but seeing little to wonder at, or 10
weep over the ordinary. course OF that
sorrowfuI mystery, the life OF man, looking
scarcely beyond the surface of things
hating all philosophers except those
which minister to material welfare, de-
spising ethics. snecrng at metaphysics,
barely toieratiug creeds, and distributing
praise or blame without hesitation and
without stint, under Il strong party bias
and from Il standard OF morality of the
simplest and most conventional kind.
And Mr.. Carlyle-whut shall we say OF
Carlyle?-wtiting in English exclusively
his own, part German: part classlrai, part
colloquiai, part poetical-iu itselfa Won
derfui creation of genius, startling, in-
deed, to Edinburgh reviewers of the 'table
article order, aud to old ladies who have
no wnatience with such nonsense" but dig
ging up, US it were, and bringing to light
from the depths OF our glorious Ian
guuge u power and beauty unknown
before, valuing events not for the political
or socinl, but for the human interest that
is in them, aud looking upon every action
or event. however ordinary, with iuten Sc in
terest, curiosity and almost awe, us u mat
ter for wonder, laughter, or tears; as ''a
strange fact, not an unexampled. -one for
tragnest fall animals is man, "witha humor
exnberant enough to rob history of her
dignity. ard pathos deep enough torestore
/; 70 her tenfold. with Jealous and pas
sionate love and quick and steady DIS
cernment of all that in human action. is
lovely, and true, aud great, and grdPh'c
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09

How the name and the sound of the
dancing waters, and the cool mist arising
from it, brought back IS music. La
Source of BlumcnthGl rang in my cars,
and filled my eyes with heart spray the
unison of nlemory's melody WAS in perfect
diapason with the tone of the chime bells
of the waterfall, and they rang in my ear to-
gethcr, in melancholy but sweet harmony.
While my heart was running over with re-
grcts for the lost and gone, the old life
broken rudely of, and the dreaded un-
known new life so chill and lonely, c.
and A. were talking Of their home
across the broad waters; they had left the
good old Count Wula to fall back into his
gray misty past, and with hearts full of
sweet young hope and love, they were
talking of the cozy library in their quiet
country home-that little library room
whose windows looked on the setting sun,
and where the sweet twilights of their
honeymoon had dcepened into bright hap
py stnrIights. The old chronicler, who
had led to the memory of the Abbot of
Corbic, had also guided their thoughts
peacefully back to their quiet happy fire.
side.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
very Common Thought, 10 all of us

4
An English Journalist says:
lis there any body, above an idiot, who
has not, at sometime or other, thought,
with IL strange internal thrill, while con-
templatiBg II crowd. How. will all these
people die?' The thought comes when
the Queen is opening Parliament, amidst
| tue most gorgeous assemblage that this
country can show. II comes in the midst
of the village fair, when the drums and
trumpets, and the shouts OF the showmcn,
and the great laugh of the rustics, are
lOudest. IL comes whcu, in war time, the
troops march forth through thrOnged
streets, and climb into the transports on
the crowded sea. 1t comes when, in time
of peace, the first sod of u great railway
is turued, or the first stone laid of build
ing which will be benefit to successive
generations for IL thousand years. We
know how something very like it occurred
10 the poet Gray and TO Mrs. Henaus, at
evening prayer in girls school; and few
of US can have been present at any celebra-
ton in any one OF our public schools
without being visited by that speculation
In seventy, or, say eighty, years from
this day, every individual OF this great
crowd will be dead One would like to
know how each one Will die; by accident
on land, some OF them, no doubt; by
gun gong on IN SclllhS through
hrdgc-thcir own gun or some comrades,
who will never be happy again. some by
drowning, in bathing at home, or by
laundering Gt sea; some by fire in the
drCssing-roon, or in the ship, or in their
beds; one or two by suicide in disease vi
brain or agony OF mind; some OF the
youths, years hence, BY nppUpIcxy brought
ON by intcmperance OF one kind or anOth-
Er; some Of the young women in tue most
pathetic possible moment-mOthers for
an hour or day, but prevented from rail-
! lying by previous violations of the laws
of naturei some few, very few, from mere
old age, when they will remember this
day, Lut not anything OF a then recent
date; q large proportion from any ordinary
diseases affecting the three great depart
ments of the head; more from the various
| diseases OF the abdomen, ard most from
! those of the chest. The deaths in The
streets from brain seizure, are a common
item of news in the papers. We need
! but refer to liver-complaints, cholerl, the
gout of the OIden time, still surviving, and
the miserable stomach complaints OF oug
own day. But all this last class together
will not carry off so many as consumption,
ii we are to judge the next half century
by the past. Within fifteen or twenty
years, n large proportion Of the young
people who to-day look 50 full of lie, aud
spirits, will have died OF the slow strangu-
iatiun and tOrmeuting fever of consumP-
tlou."
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
NUMBER 10.

ptwe. which causes scenes and persons
to live snd move before as they never lived
till now; with turn of mind singlllarly
unjudicial, yet Judgment of character
eminently impartial, because of tie Nar-
vellous insight which he possesses into the
secret chambers of the human heart No
question but of the three, Carlyle comes
nearest to the ideal of perfect history and
that is because Carlyle is poet. Poetry.
indeed, is not history, nor is history poet
ry and yet it is eternally true that, except
by poet, no perfect history can be writ
ten.-Ffazier's NdSazins.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
MADAME norvREulL.

She was little woman, we'll made in
her form, and without personal vanity, nj
though she paid great attention to her "p-
pearance-to the cut and fit of her robe,
and dressing of her hair. Morning, noon,
and night, Madame BOuvreuil always look
cd The lady, whether in the neat print
morning wrapper or dark silk evening
dress, whose cut defined we'll the slender
roundness of her pretty waist, the graceful
fall of her shoulders, and the full propOr-
tions of her exquisite little figure. She
had clear olive complexion, deep dark
gray eyes, Grm mouth, and q great guam
tity of dark brown hair, over which she
wore, more for ornament than necessity,
Il lace kerchief folded in half, with the
point falling over the front of'the head
la Marie Stuart-and tied iu light soft
folds under her round pretty chin; it WAS
nNccssirPlH, Lnrnminr
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
n1sroRIcAL CuARAcTERs.

The half-told romance of the gay, beau
tiful widow, Joanna OF England, and her
cousin, the Black Prince; the vain, frivo-
lous, but fascinating Marguerite of Nu-
varre, and her impetuous lover, the unFort-
uuate Constable de Bourbon, who threw
away his love on hcartlcss woman, and
his Gouor and fame to crafty his temper;
Mary Tudor of England, and her deep
abiding love for her cold husband, Philip
of Spain; and, blended with this narrative,
could he woven the silvery cleaning
thread of calmer romance, the friendship
so tender that it was almost love felt for
her by her cousin, that pure, great man,
Cardinal Pole; Mary Of Scots and Both
well, and IL host ofthose sweet love stories
which touch awoman,s heart the quickest,
passed leisurely examination in my
mind. Then swept Us before me women
nearer my regard, Anne Clifford, Countess
of Derby, and her beautiful mother, that
Countess of Cumberland, whose virtues
and charms. disregnrdcd by neglected.
husband, were commoratcd in ''deathless
verse" by the poet Daniel, who loved her
with q revereutial love such us one feels
for gentle, beautiful saints.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.

One of the prettiest Sights WAS to sec
Helen and her mother together in the gar
den beneath my window Mt sunset, with
their arms about each others waites, walk
ing up and down The little hill, or leaning
agninst the old column and stone wall,
talking about house affairs, making their
little condolences to each oiher-thc one
receiving sweet counsel and the other
taking he mOther-reward Of complete COM
panionship and content. Often l have
shrunk back behind my curtain, after had
been looking down unseen en- them, with
my cheeks wet w!thtears and my heart vail
ing out hopclcSsly the aevcr-cnding cry,
Lost is lost, and gone is gone" There is
no mortal love so beautiful aud complcte
as mother and daughter love.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
HELEN or SKATES.

Her costume was very pretty; n short
skirt and basque of dark, garnet.colorCd
merina, edged with narrow border Of
black fur; collar and wristbands also Of
fur, and pGntaloons of the same materials
rs the dress, slightly fuIled into the band,
which cncircled the ankle Mt the top of
the high-IRced morocco boots; II brown
felt hat and feather completed this very
becoming dress.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09

N55eSPECI4L NOTICES OorIle i'c 7l,lrc 'lfcl.
RS-Yearly Advertising OIL reasonable terms. accor-
ding to the space occurred aud the number Of changes
made.
AladvcTtisctenta from transient persons straug-
cIs 10 Ie Ilid jt, Ia JGru7lce.
Legal advertisements will be charged Mt the rates
prescribed Ly tG.
Business Cards not exceeding five lines $40 per year,
or 50 for elk months but Ur shorter period nctllns
will be counted less than square
The privilege of Annual Advertising is limited to
the Advertisers' Ilnmeiiate business: and all
advertisements for the benefit of other persons,
well "a all legal advertisements md advertisements
Of auction snle and real estate In by them
be paid for nj the usual rates.
R5-Adyeftiscirenis not accompanied with written
directions VIII lie inserted until forbid. and charged
accordingly,
Notices for Political Meetings to 10 charged IN all
caSes NJ full rates.
Marriages Notices of Funerals and announcement
of Sermons. so cents zach. noyll-'6g
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09

He called the mountains and clouds
great spirits, warning with and striving to
conquer each, and the mir n pretended
neutral power, but treacherousIy in league
with the mountaius, thus giving them the
mastery over their cloud-enemies. lie
dwelt on the "uagnifcent come and gon
of the pulsations of these huge granite
heights, their electric weapons, their at
tractive and rePelieut strength; be pointed
out the eloud SUBMITS which hung so
solidly over some peaks, and called them
conquered mist spirits, held immovable
by the relentless mountains until the
Internal labors should he completed for
their final destruction. Other mountains
were still at war with their cloud-enemies
and the rolling. and flying, and changing
about of the huge masses of yapor, told of
the combat going on which would iucvi-
,tably terminate in complete rout and
destruction Of the misty warriors, for the
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09

electric forces of the mountains would
make them fall, Beclzebub like, in rains,
fogs, and whirlwinds, ms mortals call
them, each terrific explosion containing
huge rebel giants: and after the destructive
rout and defeat, the treacherous elastic air
would spread itself inyisibly around, and
devour the remains of the vaporous host.
POWER OF MUsIc.
Memories of beautiful creations in
painting, poetry, and sculpture came be-
fore me, blended with the charms of the
flower, cloud, and ocean realm of nature.
The executaut at one time appeared to
trace cGpricious arabcsques; then Shelley's
exquisite versificatiOn seemed to be at
tanned; a new harmonic formation follow
ed, and there lay mirrcred n the CLASSY
food of the melody the svegte form of that
half-nngel, haif-womun creation, Angeli-
mis- Eve, sitting in graceful, questioning
ireycrie, meuitatiug over the first sim
With flying, rapid runs and trills, intro
duced ~ the instrumentalist, the music
passed over curious nodulLtions, suspeu-
sions that were like pleading jusilfcltIons
of some coming event. and sad, solemn,
anticipated tones, followed by a descent
ofnotes, all sounding
s'As IL tho soul Of melody were pent
Within unseen instrument
Hung in u yiewless tower of air,
And with enchanted pipes beguiled its own de-
sPaiT."
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
Choice First Class Insurance
In TnE-

a7-cas:l Capital 81 ooJ absolute and uninparcd
WITH sIHrLUs oP S5UG3S7 IS.
Aud the prestigeof IS years success and experience
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09

The progress of this Corporation has beon stable
ami Uninterrupted through of financial sur
slime ri storm periods eYentiUl in exempt from
syyrCHsn untilgTntiln5 Rnt maritime disaster. BE
ipy I,ry cstsIlishcd cis bsSis the troubles OF
Tho credit -yst"m aifect us in material particular.
Durir- l,arI times tIc security Of rclilbic Insu-
r7cc j, an imperative dUty-thc ability Of property
Holders 10 sustain loss being then much icssened.
Policies i4anei without delay and all business ut
ienial to with Dispatch AMI fidelity hJ
SAML p. HTLDHETH. Agent,
Office At the Savings Bank Of Wheeling.
fnhl1-.l1w ill Ian Isl -
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09

FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION
Risks accepted ut terms consistent with so!vcncy and
fair profit.
Is scciul otientO3 qiren % Insurance nf WELLLNGS
md C5a,eEts far terms Of cue o. fire years.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
Daily 9ntelliqtnter,
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

TWELVE SoLIr LINES or Noxp,nTn- (oR ONE rxcu,) or
LIS, AAEE i !s-,.9.z.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09

Upwards OF S11,oOO,ooO
or Losses have been paid by the tna Insurance Co,
igltie past IS ycars.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
IRandonn E1trncta.


| From a work called "Compensntion'-pubIish by
J. Il. Lippincott, Philadelphia!
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-09
Assets, 5anuary 4, 1888.
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