New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-25


If The dead. As the bearers advanced tstake the
coffin to the grave. q woman, claseiy wraRt ny 2
thick veil, came mp 70 the cure as be descended the
steps of the ALTAR s4AgE g
=. Reverend sjr y said she take thjs aum--there
are three Thousand francs--df-srihute them % the
poor end pray that they msy avert punishment
from one who repeHts.N gsqszlssE -
Far whom shail / prsyiyr asked the cure.
The lady extended her hand toward the picture,
and the cure distinctly recognized the hand there
postssyed with It's fatal beauty and it, black ring
Fl will pray sna, daughter. great shonld be
thy afonemenf, for great n hi. tin.p
The picture Il still shown I'll the little church ut
Boulogne and ffe Duchess Dc Biessac, r,iil .
widow, Ia enc Of the Bost brilliant and beautiful
women of Napnleou's Conrt.
A Fish's sest. ara what was N II.
.
a correspondent of the New York Commercial
gives graphic account of the habits Of pair Of
sticklebacks ID his aquarium and u the general
appearance Of his marine museum. he says:
About month aga the rnsIs stickIebacks began
To assume very brilliant cpIars--a vermion red
underneath, aud deep sea green on rhe back
aud then to form ne-ts In the iettuces aud the
females spawned. For day u TWO the nests
were vigilantiy watched by the meaes. but sihse-
quentiy were abandoned. SuspeetiBg that the her
nit crabs had been fibnstering upon them. II re-
moved those gentlemen frnm the tank, with every
thing else likely to disturb the Interesting pScess
was anxious to observe, leaving in IT. IN fact.
only the actiniH and few shrimps and sea snsIixs
1 then procured another pair of stickiebasks
from the museum, the female being nearly spawn
ing. Within twenty-four hours the male WAS busy
in his pleasant work Of making. his little body
glowing with verini;lian and VII the hues 0f the
rainbow, and Lean describe from personal ahser-
vaton facts in natural history. which but for the
antiquarian could never have been known.
The nest il made OF fragments OF seaweed. and
the whole duty dev0lves upon the male. The con
structon occupied him abgut two days. His
activity was wonderful. On the third day. judged
by actions Of both fishes that the ne-t was com
| p = and the moment OF spawning at hand. The
opening IL the nest was NOT quite so large as q
| three-cent piece Taking last survey Of the new
'loniicie. the male then drove ths female into il,
and she remained there about seventy seconds.
When she entered the neat the excitement of the
| male was 20 intense that his hack changed from
drak green to pure silver. The moment she had
kpassed through the nest and came out denuded of
her spawn, his coUrs resumed their fu brilliancy,
and he renewed his activity in adding fbres Of sea
weed to the nest carrying them IN his muuth, ad-
justing them with the utmost care. aud keeping
them 10 place by the aid Of particles Of gravel dill
| gently collected from the bnttom Of the tafk.
/ should like to picture before your readers my
| aquarium as it appears The water i as trans
| parent as light. Ths brown rocks and bright green
1 sealettuce finely contrasts with each other. The
actnie-white, red aud brawn--ire in full b00m,
the delicate lace.work Of their forescene expand.
| ed. Shrimps, with their beautifully transparent
4 torms are ceaselesSy travelling the Of
she tank, and Mr.. Stickeback :. from rosy morn TO
dewy eve " necessarily darling into the miniature
caves, searching for aninfacnlse small crustacea
| radiant with yerniilion aud blue and emerald, his
eyes glowing like carhnncles, and ever aud anon
hovering over his nest, hammfng- bird futters
around fawer. and woe To the xtray shrimp that
approaches that sacred and Weiiguarded spot. In
fifteen days expec to see shol OF young Stirkle.
!, backs in his company. 80 5F.
In suhssquent nsalnuniea alton, the writer con-
tinued his interesting description M fulluws:
In the account of my salt water aquarium, which
you deemed of sufficient interest to puh.ish. mem
toned that in about fifteen days expected to have
y shoal OF stickiebacks. They came s0aner Than
expected. The nest was disturbed accidentally on
the fourteenth day after the female spawned. and
ynur correspondent anticipated that his expert
ment had resulted in failure. Batter luck awaited
Inc, however. Iperceived On the morning fnllow.
ing the accident that the male stckiehack still
hovered round the spot that his gargenus colors
were increased in hrilIianey. aud that he Was X
| traordinariy excited and sigilant
Il II even stray snail caiI,e near his shattered
nest he would seize ii BY the fesny part carry it
across the tatk and angrily throw itia, the most
distant corners aud wo to The luckless shrimp that
dared to come within six inches of his ienolished
dunicle, while to touch the outside 0i the glass
wall with the finger was TO throw him into frenzy
of pngnaci0usness.
r Therefore took magnfyiug glass and began a
careful examination OF the lacality of the broken
nest and confess to sharing sOtp hat in the ex-
4 element Of my little friend of the erinsan aud
emerald vesture when | discovered school of
young sticklehaeks, which. on dispensing with the
glass, could barely distinguish with the naked
eye. They were congregated in cave, or basin,
close to the damaged nest and for the hrst day
were not permitted to stray the eighth of an inch
: from that locality. - -
clearly visible to the naked eye, but intitessinal
4 in their proportions, to spread iato slloal ~
about an inch and halfsin diameter. If ono
4 struggled away from the rest, Mr. Stcklthack very
promptly took him in his mouth. as cat would
. her Kitten and deposited it close by the nest. in
=, such manner rs plainly to say, St,p there for
. punishment until you learn obedience aud good
a BEHAVIOR
ia What most interested and surprised me. how
Il ever, was, that towards sundOwn their viglian
guardian gently drove Them ali inth the renails u
"a tho nest. and carefully covered them over will
If sea-Weed, literally put them TO bed aud tucked il
Il the Clothes as carefully and tendery ever fnnt
Is mother performed the same offices for her darling
r. child, which, considering the OF the guardian
:. struck highly honorable 70 his paterna
E. character.
!, On the third day--T write when they ere onl,
il four days old they were permitted wider range
:. liable always be brought back as bafnre whel
ar they strayed too far, and put to bed iiEi
n Inter- They were stirring, too, this morning, it'll
earlier than they were yesterday morning. Thu
m have been enabled, and thus may any of you
.e readers be enabied, To increase the knowledge
natural history in tlose OF its mast Interest TIN
phases which have heretofore been secluded fra
IN human observation. Permit me once nis,re III "a
that there canpoL be q purer and more inatrucliv
home pleasure than an aquarium.
: 4 ------NS ~e------4,t
The pERiLs OF THE SEA- Ttco Thousand Sailor
oi Lost In Thirty Years.-Fh Gloucester. Mass., A,
mt vertser says that in all probability the schoon,
is Pleasant Boy Capt. Cage with all her crew, hav
on been lost on the Georges The last seen Of her
ON the 18th Of April on Caslie's Ledge. The AZ
vertiser says:
rm This is the fifth vessel that has been lost with
their crew in the Georges fishery since Januar,
le Within thirty years, thirty YES els III
uf- two thousand men have been lpsl in this hs:
ardons branch Of the fishing business Nafh,
ly definite ever be known of the fate of mariner
who sail from the port far the Georges. never
en- return. Although hopes Of their safety are aiwaJ
ed entertained until hnpe can hold ont no lunger IT,
!'' remarkable that vessel or crew ever refnrns
IN after having been absent fer five six weeks.
We -
An Iriahmam called ut an agency in u small TOW
&c. in the Granite State for hull piut Of rum. /
led was informed thai he could not have it. as it vi
I'd. only sold at the agency for medicinal purpose
me Pat declared he only wanted il ~ soak sne roof
upon the strengthen which declaration he ebtain
on the liquor which he kept in his hand till fairly
dy OF doors. when placng the a t, his lips in vi,
au- OF the astonshed agent its coafents saddeis d
I'D. appeared. - Ynu raseaiir exclaimed the pxa~
ms. Grated sendar, what are yaa doing there,
OF didn't sell You that rum 10 drink. \ Gu told
ing y0u wanted it ta saak snnie ranfs.fs Aud
II RsR-slKr .aR..r 81 ~.