The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-18


IFeecaphcd for the Baltimore SUM
,,5rH,ftrc Fir. at DoS'on- Insurance Losses on Mc
DCcdn HOa0rCh DC.
HCSTON. S'p'. .. p. N.--ihe large and magnifi-
rent Catholic church Of the Rev. Mr.. FItz>imm"ns,
- SomA Boston, was destroyed By fire last night.
II valued AT 50 600, and is insured il. Massa-
rhrse'ta Offices to the amount Of $4,000
The dreadful account OF the loss of the packet
ship Ocean Monarch, by fine, and the destr ct III
Of SO many human lives, has caused considerable
'NcitcmcIt u I.is city. She was insured in the
NPfune office for $1,000; N the Hope s. 0nU:
m tn, Suited $4,000 in the franklin $1,000:
m th" Fremont $1,000 in the Equitable $4,000;
EuviestoWn g coo New En- Gland $1,000 and
'merIcan $4,000 On the cargo there was s., 900
insurance in the Equitable; in the i}oycsiown
5000; in the New England $500: National
5000. The total loss is 100000. The Lexng-
Ion tky) Marine insurance Company have also
100000 On the cargo.
~ The President officially recognizes Manuel
RaEena,N ce-consul of TIE port of Galveston, Texas
REVENUE SERvlCE.-We learn from the VIII
nington UDll.) Journal, that FIVE captains of the
revenue service will soon convene in that city
a board OF examiners Of candidates for lieuren
aHry in said service.
vs. Gen. Percifor J. Smith arrived in WISHING
~ 1t is now supposed" that no tragedy worth
$1,000 has been sent in for the prize offered by Mr.
Forrest The fact is, it las never been certainly
known that any such prize would be forthcoming
for the h ST native tragedy
FANNY ELLsLER.-A letter received in New
J Urk, by late steamer. states that Fanny Elsler
is again coming 10 this country.
PISTOLS FOR AN EMpERoR-A private letter
states that the officers of the L. $ steamship Ale
ehany, when she touched at Brazil made the En-
pcror present of brace of Colts revolvers. Levi
u. Samm, the pursar the organ of the donors,
and delivered speech to his royalty, to which
there, was a response. All hands had happy time
PLorGHS Fo& PUEBLA.-Messrs. Hall d Speer
of Pittsburg, have sold fifty of their excellent
ploughs 10 90 TO PuebIa Mexico
TIRE AND hCCIDENT.-Mr. Whites residence,
at Dorchester Mass. was destroyed on Monday
night, the It'll inst. Two Boston fremen We're
badly injured Andrew Sumner had two of his
RIBS fractured George n Vincent, book-keeper at
The State Bank, had one of his legs broken.
~ There are Only eight mock auction establish
mr,,iy in New York city. These employ about
thirty Peters.
PURCHASE OF LAND FROM THE PAwNEEs.-
The st. Louis Republican contains letter dated
III Forl thtls. on the Platte river Aug 22d, which
communicates articles of agreement beIweee Lieut.
Oh Powell, of the Oregon battalion, and four
t'lcrae bands OF Piwnees, made under instruc
lions from the War Department.
The land purchased by the treaty embraces the
Whole ct Grand Island. some Sixty miles in extent
and contains much the larges; proportion Of valra
it,tt "a, 81.
river The extent Of territory purchased is about
600 square miles. The paid $1,000,
III goods The writer thinks the Paynees per-
trclly suhdued, and not likely ever again 10 give
the government any trouble by interfering with any
of lis military operations or by molesting emigrauts
10 California and Oregon or traders TO Inc noun
ialns. They look upon this post and very small
iorre VIII h" sufficient 10 garrison it, means Of
protection from their numerous foes who seem bent
"n the entire destruction of the miserable remnant
81 once powerful nation.
E5- 4 fellow named lEaruelI was detected in
New York. in an unauthorized endeavor to get
$20,OGO Newport Bank notes struck of He
escaped
tRoM NEW GRENADA.-At the election held Oh
ihclst OF July, General Mosquera, the present in
'mhent, was reflected President.
Ca the .tit Of July, Mr.. Bllack United States
Charge d Affairs at Dogota, gave a grand enter
''dhmen' TO his "oEutrymen in the city and every
ihIng Went oil with much good feeling
MoDERN tVl1fzhTIc..-A Mrs. Elizabeth
Banks, al Philadelphia, attempted To commit sui
cda. on the hh INST, by cutting her throat-her
lahdlady having commanded her to leave the cellar
which Sh- m7ef4'v occupied with five children
She was de'irious from sickness and misfortune
SIR HISS or THE UNIo".-The Frederick sburg
News II tiging the recent retirement OF Mr.. rIelss.
who has acquired a large fortune in that establish
mtn', saws that, in connection with Commodore
Sucnton. he has become the purchaser of the White
Hall Gold Mine, in Spoitsylvania, within eighteen
mics of fredericksburg Il learns that VEN was
struck few days since OF incaculable value-so
valuable that large stand 1g guard is employed TO
project It against depredations.
SLAVES M,~CIP,TED.-Dr. Elias W. Napier,
4 wealthy gentleman of Jackson county, Tenn,
died on tie l7th Ult., and by his will emancipated
rwenfy-riI ht slaves.
MELANCHOLY SrIclDE.-Iiev. Dir. Harris for
mer minister of Wndiam. y H.. but of late re-
tired from tie profession on account of age. COM
mi',el suicide on the 5;h inst, by throwing him
self into we'll iia had been unwell and very
.luch Depressed for some time.
FATAL ACCIpENT.-Several persons were seri-
ouSly injured, and Mr. Hunt, aged CO. killed, by
the falling Of the staging AT the Lynn Mass de-
pot on the 9Th.
% A fight at Lowell, on the ih between John
Callahan and John Morarty, terminated in the
latter having one Of his arms cut of with an axe.