The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-08
Correspondence Of the Crescent
The Weather and the Cholera-Negro Abduction
Case-Bishop Observation-Disclosures Gree
ley-The Academy of Medio;ne-The Steamship
Crescent City, etc.

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| EKw York, Dec. "a, 1S4s'
Eds. Crescent-Our fine Sinteke weather Of eserday
followed this morning by heavy fall of which
its has been swept by hard summer like
Many a hope that nused itself away in soft booms
prompting nice answers to the sweet sayings expected in the
morows seighrde not exactly npped by the Frost bu
have died from exposure 10 tn chilling rain
The cholera takes fresh jump, and to-day have
port from the health officers of two deaths the Quarantine
Hospita-not passengers by the ship New Yok-no new
cases theTs-and none in the city
The gold fever holds its Companies already formed
are fiji ing up rapidly, and forming The
terms generally of admission into associations OF this kind
the payment of two to hundred dollars for which pas
sage ship and shae of her conditioned In
the ship also forms of the stock OF the
One company has its shares high $1,000 and
another low hundred and thirty Passengers with
out share in cargo etc. taken for much less
the vessels thai Sailors shipping at 20 cents
month"; for the passage to California One company is
forming here with prospect of fluff ing its object
for the purpose of purchasing large steamer and filling her
with cargo of the right kind the stockholders in her
but he passengers to be confined to stockholders She
expected to b. ready, If the consumma
ted, for San Francco about the t of February.
have been offered chance that craft bat not suffering
severely from the fever have decided to withhold
cepance until the symp oms become more aggravated
The negro abduction yesterday again ought
upon the carpet the Supreme Court before Judge Ed
wards The takes the form Of The People Lee,
and the District Attorney McKeon, consequently finds him.
self in the position of counsel for Bell the negro His agu
against Mr. Lees claim miserable series of qub-
beshardly equal Mr. Calhouns effort against Jefferson.
Mr. Whiting, former District Attorney, Lees counsel
swered with fasehoOd, and the poor Judge became SO
puzzled that he the belonging the his
pocket saying he would render decision Thursday.
The Evening Post this afternoon contains letter from
"A Catholic Democrat broachng subject that have
wondered to see lie SO quietly without producing comment
The writer asks How am l to get along with Bishop
Hughess order to incorporate with the Mass for the
safety of the Pope against his ungraeful subjects 9.
True is, and pity that Bishop Hughes does call the
Roman citizens ungratefu Subjects" for which is to be
hoped he will receive Cardinals hat by the time such
gift will be worthless as it ought to be. The Catholic
Democrat he thinks that the Popes subjects have
perfect right dehrone him. and yet he obedience
the Bishop, and must that they not succeed His
religion and his principles made to ange by the edct
and in his widerment at the dcord he naturally cries out
" phat Ido?" Bishop Hughes commits outrage on
the rights of his flock by issuing such an order and they
surely under obligation respond to those pats of the
service which embrace such interpOlatops.
The moruay lists of last week. for this city and Brook
follows New York. 236 Brooklyn. 80. For Bos-
ton same time IS.
For people who wish to live long time but who don It
much ho they ve Brooklyn the statement above
proves, offers handsome Inducements" 1t is twothirds
large Boston, and has only about onehalf many
deaths 1t is oneh the size Of New York. and loses by
much greater disparity.
The following important announcement which find in
the advertising columns of the Brooklyn papers, lead me to
hope that time that city will be vstabe well healthy
The Brooklyn Gasight Co. will be prepared to furnish
Gas for lighting stores and dwellings, the principal streets
of the city by the first of August next"
This Brooklyn Gaslight Company has had Rip Van
Wrinkle nap. but to be waking up in earnest
had occasion recently speak strongly about their of
doing things. but if they will go work right II will
take all back We by contract to have nine miles
of pipe laid ready for in August The first brick for the
Gas-h0use is yet laid-and probably not made.
Both lines of telegraph wires leading South down.
Beyond Philadelphia believe they good We have in
telIgence from New Oreans-and sonowful it is to
the sd. Two epidemcs in seem to me like
severity in the dspensat of Providence to CITY,
Very respectfully, yours INDICATOR
NEW York, Dec %, lS4S.
Eds Crescent-The afternoon mail from Washington
brings reports of the proceedings of the House yester
day. have been expected that industrious
and sedenyng Representatives would feel considerably
scanazed by the expose made the other day by Mr. Gree
ley All of feelings stirred in the breasts of the
different members who took the matter most to heart and the
tremendous burst of vruous indignation that followed the
raising of the question of privilege nearly had the effect
to drive Greeley into depecaton He certainly kept his tenn
per well under the bullying manner of Mr. King and the
sculous charges of Mr. Turner These Messs King and
Turner both knew that the article which elected their deep
dsp had word alsehoOd in it, and charg
ing aehood upon its author they placed themselves under
liability to similar charge.
They did not riolate the and that is alsucent
justification for the charges that they made against
the Treasury They did calculate their mileage
it done by a appointed for that purpose
that what Greeley called it, Sinking then should
like to know what Mr.. King wou cali it, Mr. Greeley will
probably be cenured by of the House for the article
but his object will be attained and members will be saved
the trouble of bending their conscences seriously in
future sessions
If members $20a day, they have the power in then
hands raise their pay to that and why do they
not exercise that power ratherthan resort to the contempt
ble lit Mr. Turneys wor) expedient of making up by
charges of mileage, stationery, books, etc., Greeley
ought be supported fully his efforts remedy of the
abuses with which legislative department at Washington
abounds and the WING especially should stand rm in
his favor But Greeley has his worst enemies in the wing
ranks and of them leading members of the Of
that party.
Our Academy of Medicine again met last night and re
sumed the consideration of the contagOusnes OF cholera
After long discussion the meeting decided not to come to
decision The only sensible part of the debate quota
ton from newspaper to the following effect: " Is the
cholera contagious Moves. No, in clean. and
healthy atmosphereyes. in unhealthy atmosphere-cho
era infecs the air and creating cholera atmosphere.
sofues all other maiadies into cholera"
A letter from Dr. Darcy, of Newark read in which
the writer proves to his own satisfaction that dirt and filth
are not favorable the cholera because he had found
much among the clean and heafhy as he had among the
vicious and filthy
There seems to be growing disposition the Academy
turn the pubc generally, and the reporters particularly. Out
of their doors for the actually assigned by of the
members that he convinced that the reports look dis
graceful to the Academy" As Paddy would say " He
may well say that"
think have heretofore referred to project in contempla
ton to supply the city of New York with Congress water
by pipes sd between this city and Saratoga Springs The
notion has now assumed definite shape and headings OF
petition are now lying upon numerous de ks, soliciting o.
the Legislature charter for company to be raised for thu
object stated The projectors that the whole cost OF thu
work will not exceed $3000 making the pipes of glass
and laying them in work with hydraulic Thu
distance between this city and Saratoga about hun
ded and eighty miles, and the difference of elevation sup
pose is about hundred and twenty-five feet Thi
wond give fall of fifteen inches per mile which, fancy
would be sufficient for all practical purposes.
The Boston Journal says there report circulation
in city yesterday, that the steamship Crescent City wa
lost with ell her passengers except ye Such report mus
naturally produce much anxey in this city, and people
SANITY ask where il from. The Crescent City has