The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-06-03

BALTIMORE DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTIoN-Ldst
Day-We extract the following report OF the ias'
days proceedings of this Convention from 'eie-
graphic dispatch to the St Louis Union:
Mav 26-The Convention being assembled, tne
President after the dismissal of lnlnatory ousi-
ness Amounted Committee to inform the honiee a
for President and Vice President OF the Chl1eu
States of their nomination. 49,, l.. .b. ef4act
resolution was then introduced, 10 tne enot
b.t no State shall hereafter send more delegates u
N.t;onaI Convention than will correspond u l,el
nmher of electoral votes. After dlscussloh' iliiS
resolution postponed. ...J , soros
amhodving certain general principles avo"ed III If:
That schemes that Convention opposed
assumption Of the pubic a ae9'S b Rs Tariff Of ISIS
against division of the proceeds OF the aJ OF ae h
war with Mexico and necessary also that france a
entitled to- 81 and psop Of Se United mite anu ''
Mr. Yancev from the Minority Committee, sub
mted the following resolution:
5esored That the doctrine of interference with the
properly Of any portion Of the people pl Of ms a Re
| ties interested Is the true Republican doctrine
After debate this resolution was negatived-yeas
| Sc. nays 2l6.
The resolutions offered by the majority of the
| Committee We're UNANIMOUSLY du0pteu
The thanks of the Convention were then len
| dered to its officers.
! protest from the NewIor Hunker delegation
| was then recorded.
| After a brief valedictory by the President, the
| Convention adjourned.
ELECTIONS IN THE FRENCH PRovINcEs-1n
the Provinces, as well as in Paris, the elections
seem to have resulted favorably to the moderate
party Lamartine has been elected to represent ten
or twelve different constituencies-among the rest,
some of the first Cities such as Marsellles, Rouen,
Macon. Deion and Bordeaux. Many distinguished
men have been elected to the Assembly. Those
best known in the United States are Berryer,
Odlon Barrot, Dupin, Billault, Duveiglr de Haul
ranne LeRochejaquelin, DeTocqnevllle, Gustave
de Beaumont, Quinet Leon Faucher Pallet, VI
vien Leon de MaIleville, Lacorlaire, and Oscar
and George w. Lafayette, the latter the son OF the
General. Emile Girardin was candidate IN one
of the departments, and was deteated-as We're
also Genoude the Legitimist, and Ihers-the latter
by porter the quays at Nlarsellles What
sad fate for M. Theirs
o. The q. s. frigate United States was at Ma
pies on the Goth of April, to sail the same evening
for Messna and Malta
CHLoRoFoRM-Two amputations have been
performed in New York. lately. one by DIR. Cox,
and the other by DIR. Chds, in both of which
chloroorm was administered with the most perfect
success.
o. The Emperor of Russia has recalled his Am
bassador from Turin: probably the soup at that
place lid not suit him. He has also delivered his
passports to the Sandman Minister at St Peters
burg, who was said to be very small fish.
d., Io+, or no number nf
horses in that country has been found to have fallen
off from 1000 900 to 100000 within the last ten
years-in other words, the Railroads have dispensed
with the use of 100000 horses.
Of The Harrisburg Telegraph says that fourteen
Scott delegates to the Wing National Convention
have been elected in Pennsylv ana.
o. The Austrian Government has not yet ac-
| knowledged the French Republic Neither has
Switzerland, though her rulers are becoming every
day more conservative
~ Mad dogs, are said by the Philadelphia pa
pers to be very numerous in that city.
EDUCATIONAL. - Donations to Amherst college
of S75 900 during the past year, have placed it upon
firm foundation.
FROM BERMuDA-News has been received at
|
there is nothing of Importance. The legislative
session was to open on the 18th. The Earl of Dun
donald had arrived.
PROTECTING EXPERIMENTS. Some person
tried to blow up the house of Mr.. Holly, in Gin
cnnati, by placing under it quantity of canister
powder, with slow match attached.
o. A National Convention Of Medical Reform
ers is in session at Cincinnati.
o. Colonel Fremont is about to resume his ex-
plorations in California, his own account, with
a view to future publication, in continuance OF
the valuable matter which his industry, enterprise,
and talent have already furnished the country.
o. The Salem Mass, Gazette says, there is a
regular mandatory Of spurious parchment certiii-
Gates in New York.
o. Eleven trains each way now run daily on the
railroad between Salem and Boston.
rs A convention of the friends of free territory
doctrine, is called to assemble at Cincinnati on the
Goth and 21st inst
o. The yearly meeting of the Quakers has just
finished its session. at Philadelphia
AccIDENTs.-A boy in NewYork run ovel
by a truck loaded with marble, on the 23d, and had
one of his legs crushed.
In Philadelphia lad named Robert Jackson, was
caught in the machinery of cotton factory and his
arm almost torn from the shoulder. 1t was injured
so badly that amputation was deemed necessary.
As the night train from Utica was passing Little
Falls, at o'clock on the 22d, a passenger for New
York was casually detained at the Railroad house
till after the cars had got under way; when, run
ming with all speed to overtake them, he unfortu
nately fell through the railroad crossing at the Gul
BRIDGE and broke his thigh. Being unable to maxi