The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-04-18

S1100RB OF M0W2
from Noah's New Yak Sunday Timss.l
o. Two men in Gloucester, N. j., quarrelled
few days since about their chickens, which were
daily in the habit of getting into each others gar
dens. One of the party, Mr. Batiman, caught up
brick, and was in the act Of throwing it at the
his hand heavily loaded. Turner cautioned him
it at me, II shoot you." He did throw it, and
Turner fired, desperately woundng the other. And
all this was about chickens!
HJ- Destiny is always of more importance than
origin. When Philip Henry, the father of the cee-
brated commentator, sought the hand of the only
daughter and heiress of Mr.. Matthews in marriage
an objection was made by the father, who admitted
all his excellent qualities man and a preacher,
but they dad not knoac Uhere he came from. 'Irue,
said the daughter, " but know ,Uhere he is going,
and should like to 60 with him !''-and she did
E5- The father and brother of young lady re-
Gently fogged a minister somewhere down East
| for counting and then refusing to marry her. How
curious it is that by counting only, ascer-
tain his chances of happiness by marrying! The
real offence Of his reverence, however, consisted in
his boarding for two years in the house of the lady
without paying her, and then giving her the bag to
hold. He should have paid up, if he found it
necessary to give the lady up Men are unfaithful
in all callings.
OF An important question has been decided in
the Court of Appeals. Stephen Van Rensselaer,,
j.
ant" for rent, and caused writ of ejectment to
be served upon him. Jewet has carried The suit up
from court to court, until it has at length been
gued in the Court of Appeals. The decision is
against Mr.. Van Rensselaer,, and he has been de-
MED a re-hearing. The "anti-renters consider
this great triumph.
OF Mrs. Farnham is beating up recruits for her
female " California regiment" among the manufac-
turing towns of New England. She has been very
successful at Lowell Beauty and booty was
the cry of the British in the war of 1912. Gold
and a husband is, we suppose, the motto of the
feminine Argonauts about to embark for San Fran
CISCO
o. The Sligo Champion, speaking of that noble
race of women called Sisters of Charity, says
"What volumes of sorrow do they daily hear.
What mass of misery, sickness, and, alas! sin,
have they 10 encounter And vet the good they
do, the relief they ufford, the charities they dis
pense, the dangers they incur, are unthought Of"
OF A member of that branch of the humbug
family, known as the mesneric, having been ap-
piled to by person in Salem who had lost some
meal, pointed out respectable citizen the per-
son who had stolen it. The accused sued the char
latan for LIBEL and last week obtained verdict for
$500.
05 The VeneZuelans are great people. The
way they handle their escopets is nothing tn no.
body" The latest arrival from Porto Cabello re-
ports battle in which thousand discharges took
place. The returns of killed and wounded were
limited to one jackass
OF In conformity with orders from the home
government, the Governor of Canada recently d.
rected reduction of the number of troops in gar
rison but these orders have since been counter
manded, and several regiments are now to be ad-
ded to the present military establishment of the
province
E5- Mrs. Buffers seventeen nights of dramatic
readings are said to have realized SO OOO At that
rate throughout the Union, and repeated at proper
intervals, it will be difficult affair to run it up to
500, OOO-alimony and matrimony to the contrary,
notwithstanding.
n- Wendell & Van Benthuysen have lost 3d.
2O3 81 by doing the Congressional printing, besides
the wear and tear Of the type. This contract at
the lowest price is always losing job, and the
printing is never well executed. Give fair price,
and have the work done well.
OF female about thirty pears of age, of the
"Goody Brown - stamp, is prowling about the
Eighth Ward on the look ont for children on their
way to school. During the past week, she has rob-
bed several little girls Of their school books beads
lockets, etc. Look out for her.
OF A Miss Swan and Miss Young had street
fight with knives in that city of steady habits, Bos-
ton, on Wednesday night, and the officer he at
tempted to arrest the viragos, was beaten on the
headiwith club by two men. Miss Swan stabbed
her antagonist and escaped.
OF DIR. Moriarty speaks highly of the cleanliness
of French servants. A farmers servant-maid,
when she marries, has trusseau of three dozen
cIcHlises ana SIX pairs OF SnOes. french servants
rarely wear the cast-of clothes of their employers.
90 The steamship Unicorn, formerly an auxil-
iary in the British mail packet line, has been pur-
chased by Mr. E. Cnnard, Jr., and is now at jersey
City fitting out for California.
G3 Two Boston school boys. bound for "Cali-
fOrny, were arrested here last week and sent back
to their friends. Their joint funds only amounted
to $25.
Gs- lgnatius Mud has been appointed commits.
sioner of the public buildings at Washington. He
should have been appointed street inspector Of the
city of New York.
ns- Friend Humphrey is the wing candidate for
Mayor at Albany. He is not Quaker, although
his name sounds like one.
Mr.. SwEET.-We cheerfully publish the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. Sweet. He must console
himself by considering it penalty he may endure
from his celebrity in his profession, that unworthy
persons assume his name Our correspondent
states that the individual alluded to had an alias TO
his assumed NAME
OLYMPIC CIRCUS. April II, 1849.
Eds Crescent-Your New York correspondent speaks in
todays paper Of George Sweet circus rider" who has
lately been convicted of robbery have been o the greater
portion Of my life connected with the Equestrian profession
and was not aware that there two Richmonds in the
neld and am sorry that my counterfeit did not maintain
the honor of the he had assumed in more cedtabe
manner. Will you be kind as to inform the public
through the medium OF your valuable columns that
quietly fulfilling destiny not in the State Prison
but in the employ of Mr. Sckney and that however often
my name might be presented to the public trust it may be
IN manner not calculated to make either myself blush
my friends grsve With sincere apology for epcroachne
upon your time and paper. remain, yours respectfully
GEORGE SWEET.
Died:
Tuesday O'Clock, cholera CHARLOTTE