New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-01


3 aeseef 1ke1a conssansiacpIe received Iii Paris,
Janlsary ~, contains the following accom-. eg t1s
loss Of an English nerchansnsan, ftiIreeyaasteds
name ankHsWn, md All hands, 80 tlAs 2sE II NJ
yember last, violent gs III sfd II, tb, eoaas
Of Aaias III the Black sea- The E,sgzh bagk Eltaa-
beth was wrecked she same aay au i saaa hank
near Ghfia, village situate en ths Wsek aea.
The crew were fortunately saYed
The inhabitants of the vIage Dbl haasfas III I'LL.
accident (says The writer 0f the 1ettarJ paoeesaed
TO tile shore, and some PaIfearfs famous III ir1sers
seeing tat three of the af the EEfzaheth were
endaaTgfing to save themselves by sMsIaMEa1 ana
fearing that they should mt have strength Id reach
the shore, plunged into the sea- and Were 10 for
tHnate ali to save the three seamea, one f whom
was q pilot.
The captain and four of The crew remained OH
board. The Paliraris made repeated signaIs to The
captain and the others to threw themselves into
the water; bat they hesitatsd to do s0. ii wealthy
inhabitant Of Pera, who happened to be ii s1ee-
tat0r Of the scene, addressed the PaIicafis, and
sald he would give five purses CISCO psnBters1 fo
any one VINO WaHld save the shpwrecked sailors.
lit The same moment a raft was f0ated eff nom the
Elizabeth. The Pacaris swan ont to tlla raft
and suceeetied q reaching ii One of them quickly
detached cord from his MFist end tied to the
raft The captain, four sailors and three PaIicarfs
we're On the raft. and it had been drawn some dis-
tance toward the shore, whan, unfortunately the
rope broke The paliears then diFed under The i
water, brought up the rope and again tied II Id The
raft which was safely hauled inte Eha at II O'Clock
| in the afternoon. Il few minutes afterward tie
Eliza beth experienced The fate If tIrse-nastea
English merchantmen and Was smashed issgo
thousand pieces. Nineteen of The crew of The
English snip we're drowned
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MseAELAY's LETTER GoscaRsira THE CHARGE
or 0PIuN-EAT ATrsa. The following ii d cdpy of i
letter written By Macaulay, the historian in reia-
ton to atsry which had been circulated ii the
newspapers that he was ali opnn-sater The
| original letter, in Macanlay's hand writing, ID
in the possession of Mr. James u. Graham, Jr..
| forming part of his collection og autographs. III
should have as wide circulation as Tile rainor
/ which il contradiets
AHnAsY. Isospas ssela5er I'LL ts53 @
SIR. am Obliged and at the same time diverted
1 ny your hind solicltuda. assure yoa That y0n
need not ne uneasy. The stery N hlal IL going the
rounds Of Your papers u an inpadent Iset without
4 the alightast shadow OF a foundation. All the
/ opium that have swailowea iii lite of three
i years. does not amoant To ten graTs q affirm, On
4 my honor, that never took even drop pf iausla-
| mum, except iii obedience to medical Authority;
asd the last time that tack amy to the bst of ny
remembrance, was when The cholera was here, III
4 Ia4a.
at present But, with the cold weather, ny nlaIa-
| dies will probably come back. My cildst suffers
/ most from tile winter aif. But everybody who
knows me, knows that my faculties ana Spirits
never Tagged, and that ii spite Of my Endsposi-
/ ton, lead q most happy life. cannot help feel
| ing some Indignation at the gillainy of THE low
4 minded aud badhearted man who could aeld such
q calunny across the Atlantic. However, my in
| dignationshas already cooled into contempt OF
nearly 30. will venture To say that the writer oil
4 approached even the outskirts Of tho society Ia
which live, or lie would have made his fiction d
| little more probable.
have ihe honor 70 b. sir your ebsdisnt & ssrEaHs
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