The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-28

vvp. CRUz ITEMs-In a letter to the Crescent
A., dated Vera Cruz, March Goth, are the fol-
lowing items:
rbe last of large train day under Col Black
Cant Duperu and company Capt Fairchlld and company
and Lieut.. Waters, with detachment Oh .ap' nesaneons
COMPANY are here. Capt Besaneon went 10 Mexico
viii; Cen Towson Lieut.. Col Brscoe VIII leave to-mor-
row for Mexico with Lieut.. Col Emory MAJ, B,anehard'
Mai Gross and small detachment. train will go up in
about fifteen days accompanied by the recruits exc some
1000 troops here. The city Is cohsiuee" i'''
but several cases of the yomito have appeared
~ Brother of the National. you should mt talk
of an act of the Virginia Senate as "conemp-
tibe and characteristic. The act in question we
do not commend; but there are more hgh-toned
gentlemen on earth, than those of Virginia.
g4z- Nine thousand women let Mr.. Clay kiss
'em at the North.
Our LATEsT-A sm-taken portrait may win
truth be said to resemble Macbeth's = air drawn
concern: because it is daggery-type.
NJ Booth and Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallack, are
playing in Philadelphia. The New York ltailan
| opera corps is also there.
Its- Jenny Lind has founded a school for poor
orphan girls. near Stockholm
IMMENSE SALES OF LAND.-Ihe Mississippi
Secretary of State adverses the sale of 50O,Ooo
acres of the best land in the State. These lands
We're carefully selected by competent State Com
missoners: and they are offered terms that can
not fail to attract the attention of persons IN other
States The sale commences on the first Monday
in January 1S49, and gold silver, the bonds of that
State sold on account of the Planters Bank, cou-
pons of interest due on the same, and auditors
warrants, funded or unfunded, will be received III
payment
OF The OReilly telegraph, intended to connect
this city with Jackson, Miss, is advancing rapidly
The Mississppian states that the posts are up to
within twenty miles of Jackson.
GRAND LoDGE.-The Grand Lodge of Free and
accepted Masons of the State of Mississippi, com
menced its session in this city, says the Natchez
Courier, on the Goth inst The session lasted three
days. during which time, understand much
important business transacted. The follow
ing is a list of Grand Officers elected at this
session:
M ". NJ, Charles Scott, ., Of Jackson N, R r W &c
NJ Wm n5o GopReF " Naee W. obn M Il e Hp
f S5ls y fsnp Yez2o G r W% 's', s Ss
NateheT " G. p Sim Sims col IN b Mr. R.
shall VIM i: Martin, Natehes q. VIC S. B., John Pit
Holly Hu6:l Pu S T. JGnss Decatur
o. OF course for several days. all our exchange
papers will swell out on the revolution in France
and nothin' else
Why WOULDN'T IT Do We propose that some
body start new party to be called the g Jefter-
sonian blue-lght, democratic, Hamilton, free
trade, liberal, Native American, protectionist,
sailors rights, anti-war, plenty of money, anti
bank. and perfectly disnerested spoils' party"
QuARREL1NG.-The democratic papers of New
York and Philadelphia are quarreling Children,
yeu should mt
THE WAY TO DO IT-Some fire companies on
the 18th inst, in New York. attempted to get up
grand riot and fight. The municipal forces put
them down in five minutes arrested the principals;
and their engines Were taken away put in the cor
poration yard, and the companies disbanded.
RID1crLoUs-The proposition to coin American
eighths and sixteenths of dollar
KENTUCKY LEAD.-A NeaD Article.-We are
glad to have it in our power to announce new
feature in the trade of this city-the receipt of
lot of 300 pigs of Kentucky Lead 1t is from the
columbian Mines" Crittenden county. KY, and
is the first shipment of Kentucky Lead ever made
to Louisville. 1t is said to be very superior arti-
Gle in every respect $50 pigs were shipped from
the mines to New Orleans short time
since-LouisuiHe Courier.
o. The English have military force of nearly
10000 men in Ireland. If the cost of these drones
Were spent on the famshing poor, would MT it be
much better9
Mr.. LEvIN-This gentleman ought to go to Chi
ma. His doctrines would suit the pig-tail people.
1ts~ DR.. Coolidge's trial, at Augusta, Maine, for
the murder of Matthews, is published at length,
from day to day, in the Boston papers.
AcouITTED.-Dunlap has been acquitted of the
murder of Mr.. Neil, in New York.
~ Large cities seldom get any favors shown
them by State Legislatures. The country members
are often spiteful-always jealous.
CuBA-Before long there will be important
political changes in the situation of Cuba.
KENTUCKY NoMINATIoN.-The Democratic State
Convention of Kentucky have nominated Linn
Boyd for Governor-but he declined to rum
Late Confessional Proceedings
From the Louisville Journal of the 21s inst.]
WASHINGTON, March 20, IL Pm.
The Vice President called the Senate to order at
the usual hour. Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Gurley.
Agreeably to notice, Mr.. Badger introduced bill
extending the ranking privilege, which was read
twice and referred.
On motion, the bill providing for deficiencies in
the revenue was taken up.
Mr.. Bentons amendment, filling the mission to
Rome, was, after much discussion reiecled-yeas
ID, nays %. The bill was then slightly amended !
and passed. On motion, the Senate adjourned
In the House of Representatives Mr. SAWYER