The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-28

ant H. III. Dragons.
lst 1t. J. G. Biclnel ID Dragons VeraCmZ
I'd 1t. J. Cakes, I'd Dragons, VeTaCmz.
SoMNAMBUIIsM There is nothing which Gre
ates so much uneasiness as sOmnambullst IN
family. gentleman of Albany, n y, aWoke
and found the parner of his bed missing. without
waiting to put on his clothes, he rushed into the
garden to look for her. After hunting every nook
in vain he was about to return, when, casilngAls
eye upon the roof Of the house, there she sat on the
/ baIusrade, gazing on the moon. He hurried up,
and. after a great deal of exertion, succeeded III
bringing her back to bed When told Of it in the
morning, she could not believe it. There are some
husbands too, who walk in their sleep, and their
wives find it extremely difficult to get them back to
bed and in the morning, they also have no re-
collection of it, SO says Major Noah
~ The cause of temperance appears to flourish
in Canada. In the parish Of ST. Matthias, with an
adult population of about 1900, all but four persons
have signed the pledge. This parish is said to have
spent annually in strong drinks up to the present
/ time. $1,000 The Roman Catholic Bishop is the
great leader Of the temperance movement now IN
progress in the Canadas.
| A HEROINE While Gerry-boat, which had
/ come in contact with a steamer, al New y orb was
| RAPIDLY sinking. and some men Were scrambItng on
/ board the Pioneer as if theirs were the only car
/ cases worth saving, a woman stood on the guard
and passed a number Of children TO the other boat
! being herself the last but one or two who left the
wreck just in time to save themselves. That was
Il woman worth remembering.
TIE GIRIS-We have often wondered hoWpro-
prietors Of large factories managed TO keep the e-
male operatives in such good order. One Of them
! 1, will Inn
| sogers nor good looking men within these wall.
! One sets a flame among the cotton. and the ether
among the gals" Talking Of girls reminds us OF
melancholy fact. There are three or four German
communities on the Llano numbering nearly one
hundred enrerprisng and intelligent men, h9t"@
! no ~oniaa GHaon@ Ltrw.
REVIVAL OF THE QrIErIsTs-I nder this cap
ton the Puritan states that quite a little movement
among the young misses in Hartford, Ct. has been
created. by DR.. Bu~ImeIl's having recommended
from the pulpit. the Life Of Madame Guyon. His
recommendation of that work has been warm and
decided: and on the strength of the work j, hay
ing a great circulation there. Dr. Halves, another
'orthodoN" divine has entered his cayant against
the general reading orlhe book, that nice little
dispute about poor Old Madame Guyon is likely TO
be got up.
Ee5-The Indiana Patriot, Of Greencaste, stopped
;r1 5Ir, rriI,.r ,,.o ,,. ..ya. il,
This Mace anv Ienorh of time. but what would as
soon 90 to sea ON single chase streak OF light
ming through a crab-apple orchard dip the MIssIs-
SiPp dry with 4 gourd dam up the waters OF The
Niagara, or set the Pacific on fire with match, as
to attempt to establish a permanent paper III TINS
place. The idea is preposterous.'
4 GREAT LIBRARY-The various libraries con-
nected with the Harvard University, contain at
present about $4,000 volumes besides large and
very valuable collection Of unbound tracts, maps
plans etc.
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FREE Soil MovEMENT-Some 20 square feet
Of soil has freed itself from the main body OF the
eminence on which stands the Citadel OF Quebec
gulf already yaWns between the two, and the
detached portion Is hourly expected to slide Inc
Quebec Mercury recommends every body to stand
from under, and as the caution comes in time 1t Is
quite probable that the slide, like another free soil
movement we wot of, will merely make tFemen-
dous dust, and noise, and pother, without hurting
any one.
E-5-SryeraI runaway slaves from Virginia. have
recently arrived in Springfield. Mass.
oclcIpES-l' Is uePora',e To ","' VI ~ ,'''"S
SllcIdtS IIfo"9Lo", '''7 '"u'! ~" lug
named ''eofS' "eI'S' l'T,' S'''''7 III
~If1orafad himself 4 bottle Of liquor was found
;r his coat nockef Edward B. Matthew's. aged %
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!g"'s' NUM- ",'~I'I at - -, w.,
I9th INST lie had oeen SICK Win the 'ol'SlI'''o"
r,r.r ,l,.,,,,,.r IN thu. a ,ar,o,n Of the fri,
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instant, MIR. Seneca faFchlid- VIE ana clId, were
all Ir,,,,,I j., ofta,,rtir,r tn crosse ah,,e tho dam
'''i "''''' - ~ '' ii't''''- ~
at (Ilpu'S Falls. in a rOV-hOat.
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