The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-29
VOLUME II.-NUMBER 231.


The Death OF the Flowers.
BY W. c. BRYANT.
Of ssiss Winds I'd naked woods and meadows crown add
Ths rass . ias sidSng gas and o as rs5bis pssd.
id rom he ,8 p calls he crow through Al gloomy
Where fair yoang ao r. that lstsysPunE and stood
~ Di ig isn 49, ~ go 49, N ea--s-s
Are lying Iowig BIDS pt The fair and good q
Csiii no from oat he eisoay saTh lovely again
The vldasvsr odd he ,igls, sasy persisted ioas sgo.
Bot gu tie hi ne golden rod aBdhs de wood
Till 6F rs lie clear fa The plague 90
Aud the brightness Of smiles from upland glade and ssa
70 es a ne s S sad he Zee 5 o3 ts iaify hons
WHEN sound o. cropping 1His 3 beard log s ~ s ~O 4
re soah Wind ra q. f.s Whose asaaes ls,s be bore
And ssa find them in the wood and By e stream no more
thak q one, who in her youthful beauty died
The far meek eioso ihat gssy oP 40 iaqsl y Iay aad -
And vsept tha one 20 lovely should have lie % bef,
Sc sea a i a y bssaa s l perrin 5it g. oeeI
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Mob Quekled By Pr0yeye-A correspondent Of
the Pittsbugg Gazette relates the following inte-
resting circumstances, received from the late sher
if Of that county, Mr.. Forsyth
''some time in the course Of the past year. he,
| Mr.. Forsyth was called upon to exercise his au-
thority for the suppression Of a large disorderly
! meeting, somewhere in the suburbs Of the city.
At the time Of his arrival the ground there was
every manifestation Of an immediate and violent
outbreak and while he deIiberating about his
duty in the premises, he was approached by the
! Kew. Mr.. Kirkland, who acted so conspicuous
part in the late trials in court, with request
that he would let him try the efficacy Of prayer
| the excited passions Of the throng.
| The sheriff replied that he doubted much the
success OF such an experiment, but that he was
4 willing to make the experiment. Mr.. kirkland Inn
Ihediately assumed station a little elevated above
the multitude and poured FORTH apparently from the
i iulluess OF Christian spirit prayer most appro
| PIRATE to the OCCASION Immediately after he COM
| menced, those around him became calm, some Of
| them very revereny took of their hats, and when,
at the conclusion, he raised his hand, and in the
most solemn manner pronounced the beHedicton
| with which congregations usually dismissed,
| the mob dispersed as quietly a congregation
firing from church, leaving the sheriff further
cessity for the exercise of his authority
Mr. CLAY IN New YoRk-The New York
Tribune of.the Goth, says: Mr.. Clay, obeying the
urgent request OF personal friends, came over from
Philadelphia yesterday, and win remain a iewdays
in our city His visit has no political objects, and
he will studiously avoid public assemblages, no
matter of what character. Mr.. Clay now enjoys
excellent health, and intends to preserve it unim-
paired for the duties and abors of the coming ses-
sion Of Congress. We are sure those who value
his services in the Senate will not disapprove nor
| seek TO- thwart bis resolution
HOUSES FOR CALiFoRNIA-It has been estima-
| ted that from the city Of New York and its vicinity.
not less than five thousand BUILDINGS have been sent
! out to California, or are now under contract. At
Boston, Maine and elsewhere in the Eastern States
| companies individuals are also largely engaged
in Il expectation Of lumber ready-made houses,
| fof the same destination. Since lS4S, nearly six
hundred iron houses including stores and warehOu-
/ ses for the United States government-some Of
| them OF large size-thirty or forty for Mr. Penix,
Of Valparaiso; an equal number for Mr.. Parrott
y. 5 Minister at MaZatlan also Tor klessrs. How
land u AspinWall and similar numbers for other
parties at San Francisco In the building Of frane
houses, several fFms are largely engaged in this
| city and Brooklyn. Spaan s. Co.. II Park Row,
| have shipped one hundred portable section houses
built on an improved plan-rrOoved, touuued ant
buttoned on the roof and otherwise made perfectly
! waterproof. One hundred and seventy-ive hou
ses, OF various sizes, ranging from u feet by l6 &
80 by IS, and from to three-and-a-halt storie
in height, have also been shipped'to 60 round Cap
| Horn; and there remain to be sent, by this firm
something over one hundred houses, including
large hotel one hundred and eighty feet front BY
ninety feet deep, to be erected at San Francisco
under the name Of the Aslor House. Il will have
one hundred rooms, ten stores the second floor
and wide ornamental entrance. The plans will
shortly be exhibited at the Merchants Exchange
Another building three stories high, and thirty by
sixty-ive feet is also to be constructed for French
man recently from Illinois The average cost OF
| these dwelling houses is S400 Messrs. Robbins
& Treadwell Ill Broad street, have also built be-
| tween four hundred and five hundred houses most
ofthem fifteen by twenty-five feet. About one hum
| dred and twenty are in progress for Capt Bill
lings, who is also having eighty others built by s.
| P. Lincoln of Brooklyn costing'Sl5 or $500 each.
| Among them is a bowling aey, and two hospitals.
These are to be shipped by the Sarell and Laurens
which are to sail Immediately.
| The same parties are building one hundred and
| twenty houses for Captain A. Miner with which to
freight the ship Dadem, to sail in a week two.
They are accompanied by kind of mineral pig
ment, called Bemans Cottage Paint, which is al
legged to possess qualities making it superior to
binary paints and is withal much cheaper
Mr.. s. 2. Lincoln is building hotel for Messrs.
-Churchland and Whitemore, to cost about $1,000,
1t is sixty by thirty feet Attached to it lis kitch-
en-, fifteen by thirty feet, 1t goes out in the ship
Rowena. The ship Hampden, last week, took out
q hotel for Henry Elliott thirty by forty feet, with
| panneled doors, shutters, etc. -Four houses have
also been made hr Mr. Warburton, President Of
the Hartford Bank, and ten for Dr. Hulse also a
| hospital for Mr.. Morris and seventeen dwellings
for Mr.. Elliott. M. Denman is connected wllh
another firm at No-jG Broadway. which has gone
| pretty largely into the hOuse-buding business.
Their sales, thus far, are not less than $4,000
| The Augusta (hle.) Chronicle, says that William
IL. Banet, 4 well-known architect is about 70 start
for San Francisco with fifty dwellings and stores,
all complete I'm his peculiar sye,) ready for set
ting up and use
Mr.. G. G Pierce, Of CINCINNATI, has an order to
| build fifty cottages, twelve by fifteen feet, which
will be shipped by the owners to California. A
net profit of $4,000 is expected on the lot.
The ship Birmingham, Captain James Winchell
sailed from Bath on Friday, I'd instant, with q
passengers. The Bath Tribune says she is freight
ed withfour bundled thousand of lumber including
twenty-one house frames, and all the materials for
erecting and finishing the Same; one hundred thou
sapd buck, two hundred thousand shingles, SIX
lighters, three wagons, and variety Of other arti
cles.--.Nel5 York EDsHlHg Post.
90 Ahbertine met with an awful fate in Saline
county, No, lately, fr0mthe hands of a Mrs. Rem,
mick. During the temporary absence Of her hus
band, manby the name Of Carol made overture,
of an insulting character to her. She communities
ted the fact 10 her husband, who advised her i
Carol persisted in his overlures to shoot him-aud
himself loaded pistol and gave it to her. Mo-
long afterwards Carol renewed his overures and
attempted 10 detain her ss she was ascending the