New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-01

n improye Those he prepared in Springfield have
Il been exhausted Chat at Indianapolis, i am told,
was carefully written out before he left home) and
now he is forced to rely on the assistance Of
friends who compose for him as the cars go along
1t ii related here that Lincoln is not only man of
unclean imagination and pothouse procliviiies but
is almosta downright fool. There is a saying in
4 Illinois, that you can't make q whistle out Of
4 pigs tail. Abe often uses the expression. An
ingenious Yankee, knowing this fact, set his wits
to work and soon fabricated an elegant whistle out
of real pigs tail. He skinned it, like you would
skin an eel dried it, cut holes in it, and put nix
j ture resembling that at the mouth of fagolct to
II. and sent Il to old Abe. He exhibited childish
delight over it, and dlfiag the few hours he could
spare from the teasing of politicians, devoted hing.
self to practising it, frequently sitting up till
nearly day break, playing Juliana Johnson and
other negro melodies on his pigs tail whistle. This
| is the story about town. do not vouch for it.
Two bills, indicative of the implacable hostility
of the Black Republicans, deserve notice. In the
organic act of the freesoil territory of Colorado,
lately carved out of a portion of New Mexico and
Western Kansas, so much of the compromise of
1850 as secures to the slave-owner in Territory
the right of appeal to the Supreme Court in cases
where slave property is involved, has been repeal
| ed. On a motion to reject force bill empower
| ing the President to employ the whole army, navy
and militia of the United States, and not only that,
but to call out, organize and equip volunteers in
any State, whether in or out of the Union-on this
motion, the clear majority Of the coercionists
43i Grosser usurpations of power, instigated by
SO rancorous spirit, occurred before in the
annals Of people protesting even to be friendly.
l. A Lost +la IN
hot wrangle over the latter bill, the friends of the
South manifesting every disposition to stave it off
by dint Of sheer physical endurance until the 4th
Of March. We're in Congress, I should unhesi-
tatingy vote for this bill, upon the ground that
feti to be my duty to assist in carrying out any and
every measure calculated to bring my people to
true conception of the deep and damnable enmty
of the party in power.
The report last night vas that the Tennessee
Commissioners, whose combs have been badly cut
and whose erests have greatly fallen since the late
election in their State had abandoned all hope of
Just and honorable compromise in the Peace |
Congress- If they. give up, prepared as they were
to take anything in or near the bounds of reason,
who shall dare to hope? But still entertain a
conviction that some swinde will be perpetrated
Seward, it is believed, has killed the Morrill, tariff
for the nonee at least. The New York Chamber
of Commerce forced him to it, This evil escaped, |
we shall still suffer from seeing the country flooded
with Government shinplasers, under the new $50 |
treasury bill, which will probably soon become |
law. They may talk as they please about the diff |
cutfes with which the Confederate States will have
to contend-dficultiess so great according to their
threatening, that the new Republic, in less than
year, will be begging admission into the old; but,
upon my word I wouldn't swap places with the
Abolition Union for any earthly consideration. The
boet will be on the other leg, or am much mis-
tafIen. You will find the North begging admission
into the Southern Confederacy; but woe to you if
you hearken to its prayers. 1t not for love they
want to join you but to modest you, to rob you.
A gfay-haired hackman, an old fellow, rather
stout built, resembling Albert Pike somewhat, was
badly stabbed yesterday evening by a drunken
'owdy. Alarms Of fire are getting to be almost
IS common as they were two three years ago,
Turing the Plug Ugly reign of terror.
A prodgious plank structure is going up near I
he City Hall. The great inauguration bail is to
'e perpetrated in this building. Just back of it 7
here is q long stable, recently erected for the 9
orses of one of the flying artillery companies now
N duty here. We*shall have, suppose, q neigh
ng accompaniment to the ball room music on the :
'ventful night Of the fourth Of March.
Abraham will arrive in this city next Saturday
bringing, no doubt, his pigs tail whistle with him.
t was said that he would sojourn in Stewards
louse. the one Mr.. Cass used to occupy; but this
! denied. A petition is being signed by the most
influential citizens with Dug Waach at their head,
0 induce old Abe to take seat in the orchestra
n the night of the ball, with his pigs tail whistle,
nd lead the band. The effect would be very fine.
MALOU. I,