The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-09
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THURSDAY MoRNINa. AUGUST .. is40.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ALBANIA fire broke
out at Albany on the morning of the Both ult, in
frame house in the rear Of Lumber street, between
Centre and Water streets, which destroyed all the
buildings on the north side of Lumber street, be-
tween Centre and Water also, three brick build
ings running west on Lumber from Centre. The
old Brewery building on the west side of Centre.
and five other buildings near it were destroyed
All the lumber in the yard of J. p. ROmaine
Rogers a. CALENDER, -nd Ketchum & Co., was
burnt The fire spread also to the lumber owned
by G. P. Williams g. CO., on Water and Lumber
Streets The loss must be very great. Losers by
the FIRE: Teuns Van Vechten, the estate of the
late Jellis Winnie and George Casser The two
former estates insured The latter loses three
brick buildings, on which there was no insurance
AIR WHIsTLE.-Mr. Daball, Of New London.
has invented an air whistle for steamboats,, which
can be heard at a much greater distance than
bell The pilot of the steamer Laurence, saws
gentleman assured him that he heard il when
about four miles from Bartlett's Reef against the
wind. The knickerbocker made the whistle in
dense fog, thirteen minutes after having heard it,
which must have been five miles distance. A gen
tleman Of Huntington says he heard the whistle at
Bartlett Reel, IA miles distance. This is an in
valuable Improvement for steamships or STEAM
boats, IN fog, and may prevent many accidents.
QUEER DOINGs IN MAINE.-In Portland a few
days ago, party Of persons broke into the armory
Of the Portland Artillery in the night took out one
of their brass six-pounders, loaded it, putting in
three shot, dragged it across the hill, and then dis
charged the whole contents at the house of one
King, on the Mount. all of the shots passed
through the house-one went through a bed in
which King and his wife were, her arm and hand
being wounded by a splinter from the bed-post,
which, fortunately was all the personal injury sus
tanned. King got up and discharged amusket, but
the party had dispersed, leaving the cannon on the
spot This procedure is supposed to be a retalia-
ton for discharge Of musketry from the house Of
King, on the night OF the 4th inst. by which sew
eral persons were wounded
HAYTI-The New York Tribune has translated
from the Port au Prince Journal of Commerce, Of
July LIST, President soulouque's decree establish
ing monopoly Of coffee and cotton for the benefit
of the government A public commission is to be
appointed in each open port, who are 10 buy the
staples in question of the dealers who shall bring
them from the country, Such dealers are to pay
S25, tdaytien currency per 100 lbs coffee S26 so
for 100 lbs. cotton, packed. The government win
pay them for coffee from the interior S27; brought
by coasting vessels S2s for cotton from the in
terror S2s so. On the other hand the monopoly
price of cotton in these ports is fixed at s29 and Of
cotton at 800
The monopoly would Of course not be complete
did the government omit to fix tariff of prices on
foreign products brought to these ports to be ex-
changed for coffee and cotton. The tariff is as
follows: