The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-05

man, shipped seFeHy-HNe DSduilui OlioS " view
Orleans on the both uIt, from Cincinnati-so says
the Dispatch Of that city. They are worth, in that
market, from five to fifteen and twenty dollars
each.
CINcINNAT1-The town is full of strangers
every hotel being crowded so full liiat new arrivals
find il difficult to be accommodated Boats from
above and the railroad rains are constantly adding
largely TO the number.-Dispatch.
ODD FELLows-The new hall of the Washing
ton Lodge of Salem, ~ j., was dedicated recently.
Samuel Reed, of Mt Holly, delivered an exceed
ingIy able address on the occasion.
ENGLISH MoDEsTY.-The correspondent Of the
London Economist thus speaks of his verbal en-
counters with the Americans =" gradually turned
talker in my town, smashed all their fallacies of
hummery, and hogged them without mercy "
FAsHIoN.-The Queen intends that the London
winter season shall begin in November, and not in
February as it usually does. She will do this by
setting an example with the Court Ceremonies
EXCHANGE. e. Exchange is now considered be-
tween the United States and England to be O.5S per
cent against the latter, the par Of Exchange being
l09 23-40
LOUIS NAPoLEoN.-Louis Napoleon in his last
speech assumed the style Of a monarch. 1t is said
he has actually put the imperial robesn private,
to see how they would become him.
THEFT IN HIGH LIFE.-A Portuguese Baroness
has been arrested in London for stealing
ENGLISH GOVERNMENT. The cost of the Ex-
ecutve part of the English Government is 992l 453
per anuum.
SEA SERPENT.-Mantell the geologist, after cen
surfing NJ Koch for his humbug fossil serpent, ex-
hibited publicly some years since, admits that
there are forms Of carlaginous fishes living in the
ocean that may resemble the sea serpent seen by
the crew of the Dedalus. He says there cannot
be an ophidian or true snake of that size
THE SEAL-The seal of the French Republic
bears the motto, g French Democratic Republic,
One and Indivisible." Quite different motto
from our " One out Of Many"
New OPERA-A new opera by Rossini, called
"Andremo Parigi," has been successful in Paris.
SATIN.-Satin foulards are now fashionable in
Paris; so are open-work and embroidered stock
ings and low shoes.
OHIo.-The State of Ohio is now in her 61st
year, or rather it is now 81 years since the first
white citizen moved into What is now that State.
SNow.-The snow on the Norwich and Worces-
ter road is piled up in places of considerable extent
to the depth of eight or ten feet.
In HURRY.-A Cincinnati paper states that
two families have left that city in fear of the
cholera's approach!
SANTA Five shall have brisk trade with
this new American territory it will not be long
before we have good roads and good stages on that
route.
LARGE MAJoRITY.-In the two houses of assem-
bly,, New York, the viii g have majority of 104!
IcE.-Peoria Lake, Ill.,, was frozen over on the
18th ult, but not sufficiently strong impede nav
igation.
OTTAwA-Ottawa, ILL.,, now contains popula-
ton of over $500, so says the Free Trader.
INFORMATION WANTED.-Margaret Hart has
not heard from her husband since he enlisted in the
18th Infantry. Should this notice reach him, he
may learn that his doting wife is anxious to hear
from him.-CincuRatt Commercial.
PEARL RIvER.-The heavy rains which have
fallen recently has caused Pearl river to rise several
feet 1t is now in fine boating order and is still on
on the rise. So says the Monticello Journal Of the
25th ult.
COLD WEATHER.-The Pendleton Is c. Mes
senger of the 24th ult., says: The mountains
lying to the north and the west of US have been
covered with snow for four or five days, and as
a matter of course we have had very cold weather. .
FREE SEATs.-The Trustees of the Second Pres
byterian Church of Mobile, announce that arrange
ments have been made whereby t pews of that
church are declared free to all occupants.
FIRE.-A fire in Pottsve, Pa, on the night Of
the oath ut., destroyed several houses on Railroad
and Norwegian streets.
o. Cassius M. Clay was recently in Cincinnati
D1g- The pork-house of Mr.. VIM. Nef, in Cincin.
natl, is lighted with gas-not with lard oil.
~ The Thirteenth Anniversary Of the Young
Mems Bible Society took place in Cincinnati Or
the 2lst ult.
~ The old Westinghouse " have been re-
vived in Cincinnati, with Bellamy Storer at theil
head. There is a wide field for operations in thai
city, says the Commercial
~ Madame Reste's mother died at Boston OF
the Doth ult., of old age.
rs- The bridge proposed by Mr. Ellet across the
Mississippi at ST. Louis, to the Illinois shore, is esti
mated to cost $250O00.
Do The General Assembly of the Protestan
| Church of France has closed its sessions withou
adopting any symbol of doctrine.
! CINcINNATI-At Cincinnati, taxes (State, Cit
and all nclusive) are / per cent. The city ta'
there amounts to 500, 900 per annum.
rs- Manila is to be free port for whalers, OF
and after the LIST of January next.
or The next Virginia Conference is to be he'll
| in Petersburg, Va, on the 7th Of Nov, 1919.
Coon News FOR APPLE GRowERs.-Cide
drinkers, it is now asserted by medical men il
England escape the Cholera. 1t contains mali
and fannie acid.
1s-The New York Sun says there will be sever
and half lawyers in the next N. York Legislature
DE- The snow on the Norwich and Worceste
Railroad is filled upin places of considerable exten
to the depth Of eight and ten feet.
DO DIR. Wainwright, of New York, his lad
and daughter, were present at the installation Q
the new Archbishop of Paris, on the 18th October
in the Cathedral of NOtre Dame.
ns- An individual was arrested the other day i
| Cincinnati while endeavoring to pick a gentle