New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-19
Two Amerleans in . serepe.


Two Americans in a scrspe.- ssr
The Jenkins of the New YORK Herald, who is
watching the movements of the Prince of Wales.
relates the following incident in a letter from
Toronto:
das as pfckpockets and taken to the police sta
.ien. 1hey insisted that they were leading gue-s
lalo gentlemen, as If that wsre proof that they
wouid not PICK pocket. Tkey had not been re-
leased when the Prince left to-day
s. lhe two Buffalo gentlemen were released this
~ PasYfhoon, ao.., Lhe Americans, commanded BY DR..
ne no WihSs, MAKING demonstration in their favor
Inc oAense which fixed SUSPICION nDon these
sgh1uenen t1 was that they took from the sapper
iia - tae Daas one Of ts ornaments British
| non non donsl IN sponge cake. During me examine
| ion pe.aFe the Justice one of the mericans eat
up the Aon, and the trial generally was amusing
In re'ation to the New York bali 10 be giyen to
| the Prinee the Herald says:
| The very deicase auestlon A ~ - ra,sYs
have tha honor of dancing the 5frstt act with tha
Baron henireW has been under discussion with the
snb-coInmittee whose duty it fs to arrange that
highly important point Beauty and envy are nm
\ fortunately not inssparable. Jealousy viii Invade
| the tendsrest bosom, and the lovelisst brow win
occasionally knit in anger. These considerations
naturally occurred to the seven wise men upon +,
whose shoulders was placed the onerous and not
very pleasant burthen of arranging this point j.
orsas oas. was the responsibility. and wonderful the
@s.ueehe.a SHOWN N the conc luson to which they
came. 1t vas evident that s,ne waV tn avoid fhe
alihcuity OF he situation Was to fix uDon q lady
ioi soas " .ne provincial cities But then came
tne CONSIDERATION, and We Nv grave one II raa
that the ball was given by TIE citv IL Neur yorI
and the New York eelles would never suffer 4,
lovely rival from Boston Philadelnhia ta haar-
away the palm from them in Their own Tna.ronn1;a
Besides the same difficulty presented itself n
selecting the fortunate s.dy from either Of those
pleasant rural towns as fr ON TIE city of New York
Dire was the perple yet you'd be impossible
to choose in New York, for obvious reasons. II.
was out of the question At length one Arehon.
wiser or more fertile in resources than the rest II
cudt
severed the Gordian knot with one word In shorf h
not 70 Keep oar lady readers longer upon the stretch
OF expectancy and in utte1 of aegrayatinr doubt
it was suggested, and unanjrnousiy annTnved thar
the fttest lady for the honor of the Baronss hand
N tne frst set set was she wAo, by her position oe-
cupies the frsG place in the republic Of tie ITnifes
, States, and presdes with true royal and femiujna.
: grace over the White House at Washington; and.
: in accordance with their resolution, an ambassador
plempotentlary has been dispatched to wait ON
e Miss lane in person. We hope to be able on the
arrival Of Miss Lanes reply to congratulate The
committee on the favorable termination Of the most
|, difficult and delicate question Of diplomacy which
e has ever agitated any counsel The view ia that
o there can be 20 room for envy or jealousy: : and
the accomplished and well bred ladies OF New
York will, Of course, applaud the wisdom ana an
y preciate the motive of the step. f5t
= -.4g..o.e5
y PREsTIorANA.-If we were to hear any man say
that Bell and Everett unfit to be trusted by tie
y South upon the subject OF slavery we would NOT
- trust him unmatched upon any part of our prem
r ises where he could steal anything.
ld The ladies ought never to be Abolitionists The
q abolition Of slavery would destroy the cotton cul
or ture. and we know that cotton very near their
he hearts,
The charges of Abolitionism against Ben and
t Everett are almost universally made by men who
" y owd no nggers, and who quite as little ft to
Nh own niggers as they are to be owned by them.
of The papers say that when Mr.. Douglas was al
W Rutand, and just as he was entering the Bardwe1
ter House. handsome woman rushed up, threw her
son arms rc.und him. and kissed him, So the Little
Of Want, it seems, does make something out of his
10 Doaated resemblance to us.
m An Iudiara paper wants to know whether Hum
phrey Marshall has gone to China again. No, we
ng believe he has gone to Greece.
of The motto on the shield of Maine is diri1o b
m direct. We don't that her directions Just now are
of fit to be followed.
'us Buchanan is doing ten times as much as Wrns n
Seward to elect Lincoln-John c. Breckinr;dre
ho rWauty tunes as much as Horace Greeley.
Our neighhors of the Courier say that our KNIVES
es- are not dangerous. Undoubtedly his party has
snt most to fear from honest men. e.ss's - =
Brave men bare their bosoms to their enemies
md fashionable women to friends and enemies alike.
es- At political meeting in Atlanta, Ca, the Hon.
ley Alfred Coquitt, Of the Breckenridge
ess electors, contended that Mr.. Bell could not Be
mas nothing personally Of Mr. Coquitt but it is our de-.
ers cided conviction that any man who would pro-
Dis nounce John Bell unworthy of Southern confidence
would, with fair chance and small temptation
- steal niger.
av When the Breckenridge editors undertake to
s make their readers believe that John Bell dis.
ICE nnionst they must they have any Of shame
IN feel sufficiently ashamed of themselves without our
We saying one word to deepen strengthen the
ts feeling.
Why does not the Louisville Courier make itself
=. understood upon the great question of the time
~ Does it wish, like man shaving himself to trim on
n u both sidess @
n The Louisville Courier details the theory OF hunt
Of ing wild boars in India. There is difference be-
ate tween the wild boars Of India and the tame bores
new of our own land. In India the people hunt the
an boars; in this country the bores pursue the peo-
nc. pie.
The editor of the Washington Constitution saws
. that his party "calmly awaits the general verdict
lat of the nation" We do not know how calmly it
o. awaits the general judgment of the people, but we
IT. think there is only general Judgment they have
b. more reason to fear.
40 One of the Breckenridge organs says that James
en- B. Clay is "a sharp debateru II he is very sharp
We fellow his opponents had better do like the visi
Ee tors to Mt. Vesuyiuskeep away from the edge of
the cfatur.
preparing 10 mach boldly forth to battle, our
mi friends seem to be sleeping quietly and comforta
Is bly,. princeton Bulletin.
'se' If we didn't dash enough cold water upon your
at friends on the 5th ult. to rouse them from the
Tho beds suppose your throw few buckets over thu
eer lazy rascals.
all All this awakening that have seen is simpl.
GU the cos,f,u turning orer It had laid on one side
lay too long 1t has for forty years been lying on it
South side. It is now about to turn to its NortI
leh side. mr. Seward.
as, Iness 9! .I VILE p,ees ~ 10 % eil !
KY fixed forever fiat upon its back.
lm' We do net know wheter Mr. Douglas real obeo
lch in going to the State of Maine not tt
visit his mother, yet one thing we do hnow-th
oot coarse and heartess jests about Mr. DIS mothe
~ in Breckenridge newspapers, in Breokinridgt
OF speeches. and upon Breckenridge transparencies
yht, at Breckinridge conventions and mass meetings
ror are burning shame to the Breckenridge party.
and u,,-,-, -, r,,,, No,rurpu r ,xrsA co,
ars. aS,sa,,,o,,t af tbo Nav York Herald savs.
ills. ,,,o lata ,e,a,eblv aceident a, Jal
1m- Michigan and the perils attending trip ths
liar lakes wish to state that on the morning of the
9th August, about one O'clock short time aftel
Il A-oHn. In fh,l o1rn nfca