The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-04-06
FOREIGN Items. .[From the N Y. Evening Post.]


The Marquis of Waterford gives employment to
lOOO poor laborers daily.
Head-dresses in the Spanish style, called Sevil-
iiennes, are now worn by the Spanish ladies.
DoniZetti, the musical composer was the son of
Scotch farmer named Donald Izett who joined
the army, was captured by Gen. La Hoche, and
remained with him as his secretary. He married
an Italian lady, and his name was changed to
Donzetti. 1t is said that some of the finest airs in
Don Pasquale and Lucia are of Scotch origin, and
thus accounted for.
We haye on former occasion introduced to our
readers new work on this country by Alexander
Mackay, and gave an extract, in which he praised
the beauty of our women. The work is very
popular. He comes to one conclusion: that the
Americans have it in their power to become all
they dream OF, sefsubssting, independent people,
feeding and clothing themselves, and able to feed
and clothe the world besides"
Major Burns, son of the Scottish poet, has been
playing at Cheltenham. with some amateurs theat-
rical, for " sweet charity's sake"
Charles Fox, an eminent English engraver, a
pupil and friend of Burnet, recently died of an
affection of the heart.
: A new story by Charles Dickens, illustrated by
II. X. Browne, is shortly to appear-the first mum.
Der in May.
Sir George Warrender, a celebrated musical
amateur, died recently.
Great retrenchments have recently been made
on the Great Western Railway.
At the recent Liverpool steeple chase three noted
horses We're killed-Curate, Equinox and Kiliane
Their backs were broken in desperate leap.
Capt. Gerard, learned author naturalist and
scholar, recently died in India.
Mr.. Henry F. Meagher, an Irish patriot who fled
from his country and took lieutenants commission
in the Pope's SERVICE has left the army since the
Popes fight, and has joined him at Gaeta.
A Ca =
Cocknles In California. The farce concludes with
dance, in which Chinese, Sandwich islanders,
Irish. English, Spaniards, Negroes and Yankees
mlngle, after their own fashion, the whole con-
Guiding with " Yankee Doodle"
Louis Napoleon has been told by Gen. Changar-
ner that he must not rambe about Paris at night or
he will be assassinated.
The arrival of the Hermann at Southampton is
not stated in the English papers, but we learn that
she reached Southampton on the 9th.
Louis Napoleon requires all his servants and at
PENDANTS TO attend Church on Sunday, where
Corsican able performs service.
Bajocchi, the orderly of the French President,
has gone to Vienna to obtain the ashes of Napo.
Icons son.
The Scotch salmon fshings are very successful
this season.
The first vessel from London to California left in
the beginning Of March, well filled with freight
The cholera has broken out in Cork.
Hernandez, rider at AstIey's, we'll known in
the New York ring, is attracting great attention.
Count D'Orsay has executed statue of Louis
Napoleon.
The following new novels are announced Dud-
Icy Cranbourne, a Woman's History, by Skefing-
ton Moore Georgina Hammond; The Hall and
the Manor House; Family Failings Rockingham;
Owen Tudor.
A new periodical, called the Journal of Design
has made its appearance. 1t has wide field of
operations, and will be valuable contribution to
practical art.
Infdeltv, says the Morning Herald, is likely to
be the Church's next trial.
An American printer named Morton has recently
died in Paris, bequeathng 5000 600, if we may be-
lieve the rumor, to any one who will construct
that will strike off 10000 copies of
paper in an hour.
Much excitement prevailed on the London
Change at the story that the surveying brig Pan
dora was coming home with nine tons of gold, or
81 100000.
DR.. Alfred Since has published a work on the
Voltaic mechanism of man.
Several regiments of infantry are about to leave
England for India, since the news has arrived of
the defeat of Lord Cough at Chillian Walah.
Four hundred of the French police have been
dismissed. Each man receives $40 and free ticket
to Algeria.
Passports for France are now to be obtained at
any OF the towns where foreigner first arrives.