The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-03

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Buren, said al Rochester that when tle Cas- pre-
casaion 81 Albany approached the point where he
was Standing he thought he would take out his
watch 70 see how long itWould be in passing, Bat
q gsnt 5g before he could ge tis match 0't
BoLrERs.-The n. " Tribune publishes list
Of thirty papers, 10 various Northern States, that
dissent from or denounce the nomination Of Gen.
TAYLOR. Those sections Of the Union which re-
main to be heard from are not likely to add many.
gsgC4en. Cass arrived in Detroit on the 10th ult
and was handsomely received by his friends, among
whom. was the Governor ard Lieutenant Governor
Of the State, the heads Of departments, DC.
OHIO The Wing State Central Committee of
Ohio, has issued an address to the wings of that
State, urging them to support Gen. Taylor, arguing
that BY this course only can the extension of slave
territory over free soil be prevented.
ToRNlNo OvER.-At ratification Cass meeting,
at Lexington, Ky, lately, several gentlemen who
had taken part in a meeting last fall to .nomi
nate Taylor attended to radfy Cass' nomination.
Among them were Robt w. Wicllifie, ST.,
ILLNESS OF Gov. SHUNK.-Gov. Skunk is again
seriously i'll. His disease has assumed new shape,
and he appears to Be almost in the last stage Of
consumption His friends have little hope Of his
recovery.
WITHDRAWAL Lucius E. Smith has with
drawn from the edtorship Of the Hartford Couraut,
not being willing to support the nomination of Cen
eral Taylor.
A EUROPEAN WAR BENEFIT.-The troubles be-
tween Denmark and Germany have thrown freights
into the hands Of American shp-Owuers, as nsuran-
ces bv American vessels can be made without the
war clause, which is not the case with Dutch bot
toms.
NJ The President officially recognizes G. II.
ecke, Consul of Prussia, for the port Of Philadel-
phia.
A LONG PARTNERsHIP.-M essrs. Trott & Bum
stead, of Boston, have recently dissolved mercan-
tile partnership of so years duration and steadysuc-
cess in business. Previous to their partnership,
they were Contemporaries in the same store for
| a period of seven years.
% The New York Canal Loan Of $780, 900 has
all been taken at two, three and fve-eights per
cent The bids were to a large amount in the ag-
grsgate.
The MoDELs.-Collyer and his troupe Of model
artists, have brought an action against the Louis
Vile Courier for damages 1920, 900 for an alleged
libel on their pure unsuIied and peculiarly chaste
characters.
New BooK.-Mr. C. Edwards Lester is about
to publish an elaborate historical and political work.
to be called IS Italy, and the New Pope" Sixyears
residence in Italy has certainly given him rare fla
ciIities for executing such a work with ability.
GOING IT STRoNG-Emeline Sturdevant, a
beautiful girl Of Is years. is in prison at New York
for having two husbands. She wouldn't live with
either of them, and when she was arrested she was
looking out for third; her first husband got tired
Of living alone, and he is now also in jail for having
two wives. They had better call it even, and be-
gin again.
~ A little over half a million of specie was ex-
| ported from New York week before last
SALT WATER FIsuING.-The salt water fishing
1 in this vicinity says the New York Spirit of the
Times of the 24th uIt has been good, beyond pre-
cedent for twenty years. AT Babylon, L. l., on the
| 18th, Messrs Carroll Livingston, A. Belmont, N,
| G. KOrtright and u F. Purdy, took in four hours,
with three lines, no less than three hundred blue
fish, weighing in the aggregate, over eleven humid
! red pounds.
4 ENGLISH THEATRICALs. "A late letter from
London represents the drama in very depressed
state, and great complaints are made, both by mana
gers and their companies. All the talent appears TO
| be turned towards this country Brooke, the ira
gedian, was to fill short engagements in the provin-
ces, and sail for America by the first Of Septem-
Der; Forrest has assured him he will be successful.
Macready has been receiving G33 per night for his
services at the Prncess's theatre, the houses net
averaging f28.
/ Gen. Brooke and the Volunteers,
We have been informed that when persons con-
nected with volunteer regiments now in the vicinity
of this city apply for discharges they receive them
but that the officer in command inserts in such dis.
charges clause which depriyes the soldier of his
claim to bounty land, such as he resigns all claim
to bounty land, % &c, Several cases of this kind
having occurred, Notary waited upon him to pro
test against the proceeding in the name of the par
ties, whose REIMBURSEMENT of the claim appeared
in the discharges to have been voluntarily made, in