The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-06-13

LEGAL DIGNITY.-A correspondent Of the New
ark Advertiser, writing from Macon, Ga, under
date OF the I'd inst, gives some account of the gath
erlng of grand jury Southwestern court house,
with the character of their deliberations. Having
finished their business, which carried on in the
woods falIen tree. the grand inquest rose TO
present their bills following the officer in Indian
file. Before reaching the log-eabn courthouse,
says the le!terwriters a stout belIgerent-loo
fellow approached the foreman to know if he was
indicted Being answered in the negative, three
cheers burst spontaneously from the throng, and
whiskey bottles from almost every saddle bag Were
circulated through the crowd. A cock-fght, which
had been interrupted in the yard now took place.
most appropriate ending to the legal formaliiies
Quick REroRT.-Wh oeyer undertakes TO put
down the razor-strop man, sure to get hoored in
the long run. Lately, while selling his strops in
Plymouth, Mass, and expiating On the evils of
rum-drinking, a tipsey fellow cried out. 6 If rum
made me lie as fast you do in selling your strops
ia quit to-day, E Very good 2 replied Smith,
the only difference between your lying and mine
is this, my strops enable me to lie in good warm
bed, while rum makes you lie in the gutter " The
tipsey man sloped. -7Ph l1delphia Times.
sGoLD AND silver. Plate IN THE UNIFIED
KIYGDoM.-A parliamentary return of the amount
of gold and silver IN ounces, stamped in the several
goidsmitt's halls in the United Kingdom, in the
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for the yearending the 9th OF January, 1913, was
in gold 1929 ounces; and in silver, 049 1853 oun-
ces The nett amount Of duty paid into the stamp
office, in consideration Of stamping the plate,
f61 ,231
The CRors- The Concordia inteIigencer of
the 10th says:
g During the week we have had many rains to
give vigor the cotton plant and hope to the planter
The many persons who had to replant largely at an
unusually late time, and feared dry weather after
replantirlg have had their fears happily dissipated
The succession of shpwers this week has brought
them out =
In the neighborhood of Natchez, also, according
to the Courier, the cotton and corn crops look I'M
usually Furnishing
STATISTICAL 1t appears from statistical re-
turns, that there are in France 1O2s2,946 landed
proprietors 2l3 16S stockholders, 80 ,305 Of
annuities, 154 1915 pensioners of the State, 1o4 1926
individuals holding Offices requiring security, and
627 $50 individuals paid by Government. Finally,
France comprises, 23241 100 proprietors, agricul-
turaists, manufacturers, merchants and artisans.
Iron In WIscoNsIN.-Th mineral wealth OF
the great west is only commencing to be developed.
We find in one Of our exchanges an account of a
very valuable bed of iron ore lately found in the
Wisconsin river.
Of The opening of the navigation on the Lakes
has enabled the Lake Superior News printed at
Sault de Ste Marie, again to have communication
with the world The climate at the Sanlt will APP
pear from the fact that for the year ending April
80, 1913, the mean temperaturea Spring was 80
deg. II; sof Summer, g. deg. 81; of Autumn, A
deg. 80 Of Winter, q deg. "a warmest month,
81 deg. so; coolest, 10 deg 16-greatest depth Of
snow 80 inches.
METEoRIc-The Belfast Chez papers state that
on the goth u, an explosion was heard in the air,
and two men saw stone fall to the ground. They
went to it, and found it to be hard like flint, but
with strong sulphur scent; it was as large as a
hens egg.
FIRE.-A coopers shop and other buildings burned
down in Rochester on the lst inst. Loss, $2l00.
COULDN'T AGREE.--Riehard Keenan,, tried In
Providence for the robbery of $1,000 from the
steamer Bradford Durfee, was not convicted. The
jury could not agree. Another trial will probably
| be had.
MuTINY.-Nine seamen of the ship Archelaus,
| from Havre, bound for Charleston, have been ar
rested at New York, having refused to do duty in
| the lower bay, contending that the voyage ended
when there.