The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-28
ABsURD.-The report that John Jacob Astor was
not naturalized citizen of this Republic.

STATISTICS OF MURDER, HANGING, ETC, IN
THE UNITED STATEs.-A correspondent of the
New York Tribune has collected the following
statistics in reference to the highest of crimes and
the severest of penalties, known to human law:
Ofthe murders committed in the .. States during
1S47 the total number amounts to 246. This does
not include SO persons, who were poisoned to death
at wedding in Texas, which, being an extraordl-
nary occurrence is not merged in the general list
which it would swell to 279. During the year there
were this is either msprint or glaring error.J
persons executed-four Of whom were white men,
one white woman and four negroes Several OF
these were executed for murders committed the
year previous. 1t is not pretended that the list in
cludes all the murders committed during the past
year. They were taken from few papers, such as
the Cincinnati Gazette, Atlas, Chronicle, Dollar
Commercial, New York Tribune and Baltimore Pa
triot The following classification is not relied on
as strictly accurate. Some which are placed in the
first degree might possibly belong to the second;
and greater number, if the truth were known,
were occasoned by intemperance than is here
given. 1t is, however as correct as could be made
from the data furnished, and may approximate the
truth. Murders and assassinatlons In the first de-
gree, 1lS, of which 20 were attended with robbery
IA in quarrels growing out of previous mlsunder-
standing "a in sudden quarrels 7 in drunken
rows SO in affrays rencontres, etc., riots and fire
mems fights l6 officers killed in trying to arrest
criminals and executing civil process, 3; persons
killed resisting civil officers 6 by persons insane,
6; wives killed by husbands, 10; husbands by
wives, women by other than husbands, 10; wo-
men by women, 3 infanticide, II children killed
by other than parents, 4 negroes by whites. 10;
whites by negroes, II lynched to death, 6; in a
prize fight, fist fight, 2; in duel, 2; in trying
to separate combatants, 2; of mys cry, such
as being found dead, with marks of violence lead
ing to a superstition of murder, 5. Among the fore
going, Is were occasioned by adultery, jealousy,
seduction, etc Murder Of father, of mother, l.
of brothers, 2. The naodus operand,, as nearly as
could be made out from the notices, were killing by
blows with axes, hatchets, colts bludgeons, IRON
bars etc. 81 stabbing, cutting the throat etc, AZ;
poisoned A. not including the 80 in Texas; drowned,
9; hung 5, strangled and choked to death, a; by
blows with the fist cutting off the head, lin
quarrel about parched corn; scad to death, Ian
infant in trying to scald its mother; whipped to
death, 3-one a negro girl years old; killed by
kicks 3; burnt alive while committinuarson, Ia
sick brother; drenched to death with whisky,
while in state ofintoxication, by shooting, Is.
Of the remainder, the process was not stated
of these We're by soldiers and volunteers. The
two States having the highest number We're Louis-
ana, 3l-Kentucky 49, We fear there are some
big errors i'll the above.-Cres