The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-21
Enreipn Items.

Storm.-A dreadful hurricane swept the eastern
coast of Scotland on the night of the Doth Of August
The herring fleet, consisting of one thousand boats,
each manned by five men, had left the various
ports between StOnehaven and Fraserburg, that
night and had Just obtained an offing, when the
tornado burst upon them. They all made for the
Shore but the sea ran mountains high, and seventy
out of four hundred boats from Peterhead, were
swamped The correspondents OF the London pa
pers describe the scene presented next morning az
most appalling. The coast, for the distance OF
nearly two miles, was strewed with the fragments
of boats and corpses of the unfortunate fishermen.
Forty boats were wrecked within circuit OF halt
mile and it was calculated that at least 100 lives
were lost The deceased fishermen, for the most
part, were husbands and fathers.
Condition of Ireland-The miserable condition
of the aboring population of Ireland is forcby por
trayed by the Irish correspondent of the London
Illustrated News. He says that in Tipperary he
found mulitudes of laborers breaking stones on the
road for one pound of meal day and that large
farmers and gentry" pay laborers threepence and
fourpenca per day, without other allowance and
while these Wretches are hammerng stone, Tor
scarcely food enough to sustain the strength that
earns it, thousands of acres of beautiful land, capa-
Bile of being made very Goshen, flowing with
milk and honey" are lying untitled around them.
Among the important intelligence by this arrival,
we have the melancholy fact that on Monday, the
21st ult &c the very unfavorable state Of the Wea-
Their prevented her majesty and his royal hghness,
or any of the royal family from taking out-of-door
exercise" The same :" unfavorable weather" had
bad effect on the crops but that was of less con-
sequence . Prince Albert only 29 years OF
age on the 26th of August. He has large family
for so young man.
Progress of the ChoLerd.-The cholera appears
to be spreading rapidly on all sides. Forty Govern
ments in Russia are at present visited by the dis
| ease. The number of deaths between the 18th OF
| july and the ID of August amounted TO $40. In
Moscow there were on the 18th of July, l9O6 chol-
| era patients on hand. 1t pervades all Egypt with
more or less intensity. In Cairo, during the last
week Of july there had been about 300 cases daily
| at Alexandria, in August, about 2OO; III most Oh
the villages on the Nile there daily cases, and
| it was much feared that the number would mate
rally increase during the present month OF Rama
| DAM which began the 3lst ult, when the hauVeS
| fast all day and commit excuses during Ihe ngh'-
! Ibrahim Pasha, who was expected to have shown
more courage took fright ON the appearance OF the
| cholera. and sailed for Rhodes in line OF battle
| shin, taking with him the whole Of the Egyptian
| fleet; Abbas Pasha, the Governor OF Cairo, VINO IS
| next in authority to Ibrahim Pasha, had taken
| refuge IN Upper Egypt; so that the country was
| left to take care OF itself.
Pirates in The East Iadies-The overland mail
brought to the Hague, on the 2lst of August, de-
plorable news concerning the expedition organized
| by the Dutch Government against Bally. After
having operated their landing with success, and
taken possession Of fortress, the stronghold
of the pirates, the Dutch troops were obliged to
retreat before the superior forces OF the enemy
| The Dutch lost IA officers and lO3, European SOL
| diers Baly is an island in the East Indies, lying
adjacent to the eastern part of Java. For years II
| has swarrned with Malay pirates.