The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-06-02

New DEFINITloNs.-In reference to the use OF
phrases in Ireland, the London Times says that
physical force means "mouthing and Dragging,
barney and bombast and is in fact a branch OF
the rhetorical art Moral force, on the contrary
means ss knocking mans teeth down his tnroa''
giving black eve, punching in the ribs, dragging
through the mud, stoning, kicking, pomellng ana
confusing" "
~ WHY has Guizot's position become more
elevated since the revolutions Because before
that event he was subject to the king, ana now
he s over-thrown 0hrone.)
CoLoNIzATIoN.-There are now five expeditions
afoat, bearing five hundred emanclpated emlgrants
to Liberia. An equal number anxiously await the
ability of the Society to send them.
~ The whole number of students at the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania is 857, of whom 81 are
students in the collegiate department; 500 in the
medical SO in the academical, and 160 in the
charity schools
IRISH BRIGADE.-Two of the four companies in
New York forming the Irish Brigade, containing
60 men each We're out on parade on the 22d ult.
LIGHTNING.-A house was set on fire by light
houses in New Haven.
A New STAR-Mr J. r. Hind, the celebrated
astronomer, announces the discovery OF new star,
of the fifth magnitude, and therefore visible to the
naked eye, which has just made its appearance In
the constellation Ophiuchi. This remarkable star
is in a line Joining Etc and 20 Ophiuchi, rather
nearer to the latter.
Notwithstanding his name, the gentleman who
made the discovery first, could not be said to be-
Hind.
MoRTALIrY.-In New York, week before last,
there We're 1856 deaths; in Boston, for the same
time, 8S.
o. Lansing, the new capital of Michigan, now
contains about one thousand inhabitants In 1915,
the enumeration only lightweight.
HEAT.-The hot weather already commences to
cause deaths at the North. We advise the Northern
people to come and enjoy our cool breeze during
the summer months.
COLD WEATHER.In PendIeton District S. c.,
they have had several white frosts lately The
crops Notwithstanding look well.
o. Stone g. McCollum's circus is advertised to
perform at Nashville, Tenn, on the 9th inst.
o. VIM. P. Thrall, of Naples, Ontario county,
was kicked by horse on the 9th ult, and died
instantly.
BoHEMlA.-The Sclavonic and Teutonic ele-
ments of the population of Bohemia are at logger
heads. The Sclavonans go for annexation to Rus
STA, on the manifest destiny principle we suppose.
REPORTED SEIZURE OF A FOREIGN STEAMER.
There was report yesterday that either the Span
ish steamer Guadalquivir, Or British steamer Cam
bria, had been seized by the United States officer
of this port, but for what could not be ascer-
tanned. That report, from all we could ascertain,
grew out of the news brought by the Guadalquvir,
that the ship Norma, of this port, had been seized
by the authorities of Havana, and was therefore
unfounded with regard to either of the steamers
New York Herald, I'D.
MOB LAw-The Belfast (AIe.) Journal gives an
account of the burning, 'by lawless mob, of a
house occupied by poor widow and her two chill
dren, who barely escaped the flames.
o. Why is duel the most speedy of all combats
Because it requires only two seconds for its perform
ance.
DrThe trial at Rochester On. " of DR.. Join A.
Salisbury, for counerfeiting, has resulted in
dict guilty against him. Previous to being charged
with the crime, he bore an unblemished character
and was much respected by the citizens among
whom he lived.
o. The Yazoo Hotel, at Yazoo City, was con-
sumed by fire on the Goth.
ToRNADo.-Part of the Columbia Railroad in
Lancaster County, Pa, was destroyed by lorna
do, which caused delay of several hours in the
transmission of the mail.
Ez- One of the principal amusements in New
York is jumping after the boats, just as they
leave the wharf, and falling into the water
Es- The Bible says that SO all flesh is grass .
We wonder how some persons of our acquaintance
succeed in traversing the streets without being de-
voured.
OF The jury have not been able to agree in the
of Smithhurst u.s. the Publisher of the Evening
Journal, Rochester. Smithhurst was charged by
the Journal with perpetrating numerous frauds on
foreigners.
Gs- NJ C. Stout, of Easton, Pa, has been ap-
pointed a lieutenant in the regular army by the
President He was sergeant in the Wyoming
Artillerists.
RIoT AT GALENA.-A riot occurred at Galena
a few days since. A man by the name of Richard
White had been arrested for murder committed in
Ireland last October. He had been demanded by
the British Government, under the treaty between
the United States and that Government. The pro-
per papers, duly authenticated, had been placed in
the hands of the United States Marshal, and
White was taken to Gaena. A mob composed of
his friends, forcibly took him from the Marshal.
The conduct of the Mayor of Galena, iii this mat
ter, is severely censured.-LouisUlHe Courier.
STRAwBERRIEs.-Cincin is, next to New
York, the great strawberry market of the United
States. Last year, $4,000 baskets, equal to S33
bushels, weighing Is tons brought in one day
over the Erie railroad, to the New York marnet