New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-21
ereat Sea serpent.

The British Banner has beaten the American
flag, and has actually got dominion the tar
nal snake - at last, The following extract from
the log Of the British bark Banner, viii give some
idea of the strength and size Of this monster Of the
deep: 85 n IN
On the 18th April in lat. 100 r E., Ion. $50 So s..
felt strong sensation as if the ship were trenib-
ling sent the second mate to gee what was up.
The latter called to me to go up the fore rigging
and look over the bows. did so, and saw an enor-
nous serpent shaking the bowsprit with his mouth.
There was about thirty feet of the serpent out of
the water, and I could see his tail in the water
abaft our stern; must have been at least 500 feet
long was about the circumference Of Q very wide
crinoline pettcoat, with black back, shaggy name,
horn on his forehead and large glazing eyes, placed
rather near the nose, and jaws about eight feet
long. He did not observe me, and continued shak-
ing the bowsprit and throwing the sea alongside
into foam until the former came clear away of
the ship. The serpent was powerful enough al
though the ship was carrying all sail and going at
about six knots at the time he attacked usto stop
her way completely.
rigging, went by the board, the monster swallowed
the foretopmast staysail and flying jb with the
greatest apparent ease; he also snapped the thick
est of the rigging asunder like thread. He shear
ed off little after this, and returned apparently
to scratch himself against the side of the ship,
making most extraordinary noise, resembling
| that on board steamer when the boilers are
blowing of. A whale preached within q mile of
the ship at this time and the serpent darted OH
after it like flash of lightning, striking the vessel
with it, tail and STAYING IN 81 ths starnoard guar
ter galley. Saw no more of 1t, but caught young
one in the afternoon, and brought it on to Mel
bourne.
Gazette, Port Louis, Mauritins.
The Banner arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, and
is now in the Albert dock. Captain Taylor de-
elares that the above statement is perfectly cor
rect. liverpool Times.
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Paris says:
At the opening of Court of Assiaes in France.
recently, the presiding Judge said to the counsel
| of defease: 81 have received neither yonr VISIT
4 nor your card Whether this be Intentional OF
sheer forgetuness, it is none the less contrary y
all the established customs, rules and dates el
A your profession. invite you never 70 pc Smlty
Of such proceeding again Ia re- l hssd rsgtoo
gafer of the har,) replied: 81 Intentionally ao-
stained from paying you visit, and ! shail mere,
after constantly abstain from visiting YOU;
Thereupon the court sentenced him TO be PUBLICLY
renrimanded. The lawyer appealed to the highest
court in France, which has rejected his appeal.
The lawyer happened TO be LIBERAL who detested
Touis Napoleon. The judge is one of those per-
inred fellows so numerous in France, who has
sworn to support every government France has
| had these thirty years gone, and whose oaths
have been invariably broken whenever thrift fol-
lowed fawning.
| Two elergymen entering into conversation, one
| lamenteu tne Htue power HIS preae mug AHu I'LL
menitien had toward reclaiming his parishners
from their vices to which the replied he had
been more lucky, for he had made many of them
proselytes to the three capital virtues, namely,
faith hope, and repentance. "Ay,'' said the other,
lyon have been very fortunate, indeed. But pray,
by Whist means did you bring them to so happy .
conversion? nse" Why. by borrowing their money;
tor had they not had faith in me that should pay
them, they would not have lent it after had been
indebted to them some time, they hoped would
return it hut now they knew cannot pay them,
lthey ~ lever having lent it to men