New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-18

The taste for novelty is al essential ingredient
in every character. The same desire to "hear and
tell something new" which distinguished the
Athenians, in the days of Paul, is strong in our
own bosoms to-day. It is to this passion for
novelty that much of the pleasure of travelling
can be traced. But how is this enjoyment en-
HANGED when the object viewed, not only is new,
but presents itselfto the mind, connected with
host of agreeable associations. The traveller who
stands on the plain of Nancy and beholds the
spot where the ehivalry of Burgundy went down,
before the shock Of the balf-armsd, EndisCiplned
swtzers, must feel his heart swell within him with
the reflection that there have beenmen who, throw
ing aside every consideration of nreriority in mum
bers and power trusting but inthe business of their
cause, have gone forth TO battle with the cry,
"God will defend the right and have won that
freedom which they so highly priced. The
knowledge that such heroes have lived, will make
him better and happier in these degenerate days
Of quarternasters and freedmen's bureaus.
1.-THE mountains look on Marathon
And Marathon looks on the sea-.
1t has been the dream Of my life to behold the
lion which marks the spot where Persian tyranny
succumbed to Grecian valor; to see the funeral
pile of Darius, bravest and best to breathe the
air haunted by the spirits Of those who died that
day for freedoms holy cause to tread the soil
consecrated by their blood; aud whetherit is ever
realized or not, my faith in human nature will
always be stronger from knowing that Marathon
was fought.
Europe is richer in such scenes of historic
interest than cur own country. There the tray
eIer meets at every turn castles gray with age,
from whose massey portals valiant men have sailed
Forth to the fray, and fair ladies to the chase
whose lofty chambers have beheld many a courtly
reyel, many midnight was3ail, in whose dark
dungeons deeds have been enacted, whose very
remembrance causes a shudder. Wherever the
tourist goes, he finds places connected either by
history or tradition with the past, ana whether il
the secret chambers of the Yehme-gericht, OIL
standing where once the thunders of Demosthenea
shook the throne Of Phillip, he feels himself
encircled by the shadowy presence of those
whose eloquence or deeds of stern justice, rem
dered their names immortal And if he be ont
who can take such lessons to heart, this whole lift
| is made better and wiser by that short communion
with the spirits of the illustrious dead.
With US, however, it is different. Until within
| the last few years we presented the extra
ordinary spectacle of a nation, suddenly spring
ing into life, advancing with gian
strides for three quarters of century
towards wealth and greatness, with hardly cheG
in our onward career. Till then, we had no his
tory. Although, scattered through the Southern
and Eastern States were to be found battle field
which had drank the blood of Libertys martyrs
yet such had been the increase in territory and S
widely different and even antagonistic had the il
terests of the several sections become, that Amer
loo bo5 that ON 70 do
to shoulder at Yorktown and Cowpens For hal
century we had no Meceas to which we coul
turn our eyes and draw bright auguries for til
future from the events of the past. But now, ther
are many such scenes. Southerners can point wit
pride to Corinth and Chiekamauga, to Spottsyvani
and sharpsburg. VEGA gaze with reverence upo
the tombs of Johnston and Stonewall :" and teac
our children to lisp his namehe mightiest of thel
all-whO is now eXpiating, in the dungeons of Fol-
tress Monroe, the crime of having obeyed h
oounny's call. Yes, we have a history; and sa
as it is for a Southerner to unfold its leaves, it
best that it was written. From the errors of tn
past we may gain experience that will be usefl
in the future. History is given as a guide to tn
wise man. God grant that those who now contrt
the destinies of the nation will yet prove that the
have profted by its teachings ANXIOUS.
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STATE INSPECTION OF BEEF AND PoRK.-W
Invite the attention of the readers of the CREs0EN
this morning to the card of Mr.. John Holmes, Stat
Inspector of the above named articles, whose ofic
is located at No III Tchoupitoulas street, betwee
Julia and st. Joseph streets. Mr. Holmes ais
announces having leased tie India warehouse M
las Tchoupitoulas street, where he will receive o
storage bagging, rope, coffee, flour, beef andporl
and also the shpgarae warehouse, corner Of Con
meroe and st. Joseph streets, which, being adj
cent to the steamboats, and shipping, is well ada
ted for the storage of bacon, lard salt and mi
lasses.