The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-06-30


Kentucky -----------
oHF- At a Sabbath School in one Of the neighbor
ing cities lately the 2Gth chapter Of ST Matthew,
265h and 9th verses. were under consideration,
when the superintendent, among ether questions,
asked. Who are considered The great men I'll tie
aye - To lie astonsiImsnt Of the teacher, The
school with one response answered General
Taylor Boston Journal
4 LITTLE MORE GEAPE.-The NewYorI Con-
rier and Enquirer is about issue campaign Pa
per- to be entitled g Tire Grape-Shot,'
ANTIpArus-Tyrants and types have natural
hatred of each other, and do not flourish wei toge-
Their This is the greatest newspaper country III the
lyerId because the most trce--neXt comes France,
under the new republic.
~ Col Harvey Is in Philadelphia
Coz. HARpIN.-A proposition has been SET on
foot 10 secure fund for the erection of monument
10 the memory of the amenIed Col 'ohn J. Hardin,
at Jacksonville ILL., The cost Of the testimonial is
fixed al $4,000, and already considerable por
ton has been obtained. Morgan county alone has
given S3GO0.
LIVES Losr-A sioop was capsized in the North
river nearly opposite Jersey City ferry on the 18Th
inst during storm. and two persons drowned.
DETRoIr-A number of new buildings have
been erected on the burnt district, at Detroit, and
II Is expected in a short time the ground viii be
covered bv buildings far superior 10 those destroyed
REvlvED.-fFhe keystone is revived in Harris
burg by one Of lis old propretors Barrett Esq,
and goes for Cas- and Butler.
FGRE.-A tannery was burnt in T'ioga county,
Pa, On the 18th inst Loss $4,000
! FuRoPEAN STEAMERS FOR THE ST. LAWRENCE.
The Montreal papers urging the project of
establishing line Of steamers from England TO
/ Quebec or Montreal The arguments i'll favor Of
this proposition are in substance, the present postal
difficulties between Great Britain and the United
| States, the fact that many of the Western people
Of the United States would come by the lakes to
| take these steamers, and that Quebec and Montreal
are one or two hundred miles nearer Liverpool than
| New \ ork
LAKE CHAnpLAtN.-The summer arrangements
on this beautiful lake are perfected the steamboats,
are finely fitted up and there is 10 delightful!
| trpthan through Lake Ghampainand Lake George.
| LAKE ONFAnio.-There are now.two daily lines
of Steamboats, between Lewiston and Ogdensburg,
and between The LATER place and Montreal This
route is the most attractive on tie continent. No
imam can claim TO have seen the grandeur Of tie
new world Who i,as not passed over it,
FinE-0a the 2lst inst a fire broke out at Co
lgllabia, South Carolina, and consumed five build
ings before the flames could be subdued
CHrAr PosTaGE-It is stated that the Provin-
ces Of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
are about to combine together and fix The rate Of
postage 10 and from the different parts Of those
countries al file uniform rate three pence.
LOUIS PaIaurE2The North Of Scotland Ga
2ette states that during ths approaching SIMMER
I.5uls Philippe viii probably become the guess OF
! Lord James IIay at Seaton House, Old Aberdeen.
4. ~ The Earl of Rose, an Irish Nobleman the
constructor Of the ieEiathan Rejecting Telescope
is 10 be the new President Of the Royal Society, in
place OF the Marquis Of Northampton, who rettres
EARTHQvAKEs.-The town of Sienna, Tuscany
on the 18th and 18Th ult., was thrown into great
alarm by succession of earthquakes, each more
violent than the preceding. affecting the surround
ing country 10 a considerable distance The dTec-
ton OF the shocks was southwest On the night o.
the 18th the agitation of the earth 50 violent
that the whole population of the town quilted then
houses and biyouacbed in the open air. Expert
menls made in the Cabinet of Natural Philosophy
Of Sienna have shown that the electric fluid had
acquired a most extraordinary intensity.
SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIAL controversy o.
some interest 10 men OF science is going on through
the columns OF the National inteiiigencer between
Capt. Wilkes writer Of the narrative OF the United
States Exploring Expedition, and John c Fremont
ESQ whose explorations OF the : lima Thule =
Of our continent, under gov erumeHt authority, have
reflected 50 highly upon himself and the nation
which numbers him among her distinguished sons
The dispute. which IS conducted upon both side,
with unexeeptionahe good feeling and courtesy re-
lates 10 the merit OF the discovery of an important
error, which has been found % ezis! n ne longI
tudes Of the Pacific Coast
A whale ship the Hope, we Think was stranded
and wrecked al a point in the CALIFORNIA;, where
according TO their chart, Fancouvers', Engiish
there should have been a deep sea, several leagues
out from land. Subsequent surveys Of Capt. Bel
cher and others from England. and OF the officers
| of the American Exploring Expedition had made
the true corrections. In perfect ignorance, how
ever, of this-not having been appraised of it by
official or other sourees-Mr. Fremont, in his topo
graphical operations in Upper California, detected
The error III question, and from other basis OF cal
culation. we presume, arrived al the same result
His charts were altered accordingly, and are st
upon record in the Department.-FhlLa. Aems
LATER FROM MARACAlBo. = Ihe bark irma
Capt, Warren, arrived at Philadelphia on the l8.
, inst, from Maracaibe, whence she sailed on the
5 18th ult., up to which time no engagement had ia
ken place between the forces of Generals Paez ant
Monagas. Captain ". reports, that the troops 0
honagas had crossed the lake for the object of al
: lacking Maracaibo, which place was strongly gar
risoned by Paez's forces. some Of whom wer
embarking on board Of nen-of- war, to dispute tht
enemy's entrance into that city, or at Fort -sal
= Carlos. Gen. Paez at Boeano New Grenada
where Hundreds of the inhabitants We're daily join
ing his Standard, II Philadelphia Bultetja.