The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-13

governed me- they would avoid all isapprehansion see
much TO condemn anu little 10 approve either candidate
| Yours truly, j. 4. CALHOUN.
| OF The Charleston Mercnry has at last ccme
! ont openly in support of Cass and Butler, and
! placed their names at the head of its columns
GEN. WORTH arrived at West Point on the
; morning of Sept. lst, on his way from Hudson
| A salute fired by detachment OF the Cadets.
| and in the evening about O'Clock, lie reviewed.
The corps of Cadets on the general parade ground
! i'll front of.he Su?trinirndent's. The West Point
Band, the finest in the Union, was present and
played some of It's sweet airs.
JOHN Ross, THE CHEROKEE tuIEF-This dis
tingustIed and highly respected gentleman has
sven; the summer. with his family. in visiting Bran
dywlne Springs. Cape May, and >choolev'S Noun
| tain. A correspondent Of the Newark Advertiser
says: They have won golden opinions of the
| Visitors. They all MT only well educated. b,lt
polished and urbane. Mr.. Ross is beyond all doubt.
| an extraordinary man. Two of his sons, noble
youths, who Were of the company, have been al
Princeton for some time and return after several
years absence, to their home in the West Mis-
Hicks, niece Of Mr.. Ross. also of the company
has lately finished her academical course at Law
itIltN4iit. Iit \iItTUhtt plDilSiIeu AT
Tahequah is edited by the nephew of Mr. Ross =
Another nephew Of Mr.. Rosa young physician
OF fine talents and great promise-s abou, to carry
off rs a bride, says the Philadelphia City Item
one OF our own fair Ph;lade piians. This wedding
viii create widespread but most agreeable excite
mrnt in our MIDST. We have Tad the pleasure. t1-
some years, OF knowing DIR. Ross, ard entertain for
hin the liveIiest and sincerest regard
Lieut.. Maury in letter pub
Eished in the Washington WHOM says the return of
Encke's comet, after an absence of about three
years. was discovered on the night Of the lst inst.
at the Washington Observatory by Professor Hub
bard through the li-oot refract0p. The comet is
remarkably near It's predicted place, and was readily
found with the help Of Eucke's Hphemeris. The
observer represents il 10 be almost too feeble 10
bear light enough for the most faint illumination
The Union learns that al the last return of this
comet TWO observations only Wer. had on t-one OF
which was ri Rome the other al Observatory.
BsRMUnA.-Papers from Bermuda to the 23,l ult.
have been received. but they contain nothing new.
az 1rappiSt monastery is about 10 be founded
near BardstoNn, ky., where a tract of 200 acres
of land has been bought for the purpose. About
eighty OF the members of tie order are nov on their
way from Nantes. and tie community viii be or
ganized next spring.
Gs- Accounts from Newfoundland state tina, the
coming crop promises to be abundant enough to re-
heve the people not only from the state of semi
starvation TO which they have been reduced, bu,
also to amply provide for the future.
" The next meeting of the American Assoca-
ton for the Advancement of Science, will be held
in Philadelphia on the Goth inst.
o. There was riot at Baltimore on the night Of
the 18th inst, al the Stag house, on Hanover
street, near Pratt, i'll which seven or eight persons
We're stabbed otherwise wounded. Several of
the parties arrested. The cause of the riot is
not stated, but it appears TO have arisen from ex-
cessive drunkenness.
IURK $ iSLAND.-ileayy rains We're experienced
at Salt Key about the ist ut., which destroyed
large quantities of salt.
" The President has paytolled Bryan Frail.
found guilty, i'll the Criminal Court OF the District
Of Columbia, of manslauglter, and sentenced to two
years confinement in the Penitentiary. An excel
lent character given to the prisoner his trial
and similar representation was made by several
gentlemen to the President.
A Man SHoT-A dsgrarefllI afrrav occurred in
Southwark Philadelphia. early on the morning OF
lie Sd inst, in winch man by the name of John
iiouptman shot his antagonist, named John Dillon
with sixbarre revolver. One ball passed entirely
through the leg and the other lodged in it, Houpt-
man succeeded III making his escape Dillon was
conveyed to the hospital, and had his wounds
dressed. Houpfman, it seems. mistook him for
another man. against whom he had sworn revenge
FATAL AFFRAy.-in |icksburc Oh the 9.h inst,
TWO men, named Scott Weaver, and Joseph Acre.
became engaged in atfay, which resulted in the
death Of the former ecre was arres,e, and lodged
in Jail
EXPORTS OF BREADSTrFFS-The New York
Shipping List publishes the following statement Of
the export of breadsus from The United States to
Great Britain and Ireland since lst September 1877
s aw: ' FIR , Rnsa: E ish
Philadelphia Aug. e.. 1919 $3.50 81 d6i
s"" ins A'f ,:3 81 5 5 500 as5 i IT,!
Other ports, Aug H.....--- 55SI3 |
same time last 3o99 176 836 81 $3.50 l9 Is 26 59l
1HE PoT.ro RoT IN Nova SCoriA-Iialifax |
papers state that since the late heavy rains the po-
iato vines lave become green again. with q pros
Ie"t Of a good and healthy yield