The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-17

The Senate closed its weekly work by killing the bill
which passed the House early in March, authorizing the
Judges of the Supreme Court to hold summer term with
the ocearng the docket The terms of the bill war
ane suspension of the Circuit duties for one year. allow
ing any Judge attend his Circuit if the public interests
CURED it. The bill assaed with great bitterness by
Mesrs Ashley, Benton, Allen and Others, though IN less
degree by than Others. MIR Alien opposed the lie
tenure OF the Judges and predicted that This sysbe as
uncongenial institutions, would soon have an
end. Mr. Badger of North Carolina contra, vlndica
ted the integrity and independence of the Judiciary and re-
gaed the system of the greatest blessings when our
had bequeathed their pOety but he thought
any law which withdrew the Judges from their Circus
would be of mischievous tendency Mr. Cnttenden MI
Phelps and Mr.. Dayton urged the passage OF the Dill as
pressing necessity. The docket full and crowded, and
it 10 clear it. As matters now were IL was
equivalent TO delay denial OF justice 1t was Impossible
remove the accumulated business without some special
action of this sort. But forty had been decided by the
Supreme Court its last and than one hundred
upon the docket Mr. Badger thought if the Judges
compelled bTevity and pertinent argument as they had
right do delicate the duty that all these one hun
ded and forty could have been disposed of the last
long day of not interesting debate was given
to this subject Mr. Downs, of louisiana urging the
sage of the bill of great importance to Louisiana in view
the large number ofcases the docket from this State
Mr. Foote said word only upon the bill, and against
it, but was bitter in his opposition to Judge Mclean for
letter written by him upon the Mexican 1t was pro-
nounced something than any body would utter in
the Senate, the House. in the press in the street.
where by the possible demagegues. The vote
taken upon the bill at late hour and rejected
by vote OF nineteen to Seventeenth thin Senae-bu
in full the bill would hardly have passed The end
of course is that the Supreme Court does not meet again
until the first Monday in December.
The Senate have received the trial and court martial
ceedings of Col Fremont in by the President Mr.
Benton followed this up by presenting the resignation of
Col Fremont, which has been accepted by the President
though not until ample time offered Col. Fremont to
Withdraw it if he had been desired
The Circuit Court have decided the question upon the
writ OF hdbedS by remandng John Nusen back to
the custody OF the Sergeanta Arms, the ground that
the Judiciary have right to nterpose their authority
question OF contempt committed against the Legislature
The counsel for Mr. n have sought to bring the
ton before the court Ill FORM plea Of avoidance, and
upon the ground that the Senate competent court of
Jurisdiction The court however will leave the question
where the decision Of Judge Canch left Friday, that
is question beyond the jurisdiction of the court. The
Senate may, the court may decide for themselves what
contempt is, and punish accordingly. ORLEANS.
JEWISH RULERs.-Of the persons who have
obtained ministerial places in the new revolution
airy Government in France, two are Jews, viz: NJ
Cremeux, Minister of Justice, and Nj. Goudchaux
Minister of the Finances.
o. The Provisional Government of France is
preparing decree expunging from the Register of
Peers the condemnation of Marshal Ney.
GS~ According TO the census taken by the French
Government in 1884, the slave population of the
Islands of Bourbon, Guadalupe and Martinique,
was 2l9 ,917--all of whom are emancipated by the
late act of the Provisional Government of France.
The white population in the same Islands was
81, $40
WORTHY OF IMITATIoN.-Ihe Insurance Com
panies of Memphis gave the Firemen of that city
grand complimentary supper, on the evening of the
7th inst
o. Mrs. Bishop has been giving concerts in
Mobile She comes to New Orleans forthwith, for
the same purpose.
o. Mr.. A. X. Hawkins has been appointed Post
master at Opelousas.
WILL Soon BE IN New YoRK.-Mr. Crawford's
beautiful statue of the Dying Indian Girl-ately
sculptured at Rome.
o. Macready and Mrs. Butler will visit the
United States. The latter will be here this
o. Tedesco has. been engaged at Havana for
two years, at $4,000 Year.
FIRST ERulTs.-The editor of the st. Landry
Wing has long been teastlng on delicious arti-
chokes, new potatoes, etc, sent him by his sub
scribers.
o. There are supposed to be 5,SS6,000 Germans
and persons of German origin in the United States.
MANUMIssIoN.-We learn from the Lynchburg
Virgnan that Capt. John Warwick of Amherst
county, who died a few days since, manumitted by
his will all his servants, numbering between seven
ty and eighty. He has made ample provision for
their removal, outfit and settlement in one of the
Western States.
o. DIR. Coolidge, convicted OF murder, was
conveyed from Augusta NIe.) to the Thomaston
State Prison. on Tuesday, the 18th ult
LARGE RoBBFRY.-The office OF Fearn. Donne-
gan d Co., at Huntsville, Alabama, was entered
on the night of the Goth ult. and $1,000 in money,
and $500 in bills of exchange, distracted. The
money consisted of bills of the banks of Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
o. Hydrophobia prevails extensively in many
OF the Northern cities.
ACCIDENT IN SOUTH CARoLINA.-On Sunday,
9th inst, about 35 miles from Charleston, as the
Buena Vista, first class locomotive,
bringing down freight train, and while descend
ing the grade below Ross her boiler exploded,
SCATTERING the locomotive into fragments, and in
SANITY killing Mr.. Arope, the engineer, two fire.
men, Mr. Cammer, and another whose name is
known. The damage was confined to the locomotive
and the two unfortunate persons engaged upon 1t.