The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-29


Mrs. Marsh, authoFess Of Emilia Wyndham, has /
new work Of fiction in press.
The vintage in Portugal has been 80 bad, and the
loss Of the crop Of Indian corn 20 great that The
greatest misery pervades the whole Of the Northern
provinces
Il IS said that gntia percla can be used for large
printing letters, and that impressions can be OBJ
tanned nearly as clear as the impressions from metal
types
Mary Hewitt is lrauslaiing from the Swedish
new work Of Miss Bremen s.
Mile Rachel. it is reported, win return % the
French stage. She is also expected to appear in
London during the theatrical season.
Mile Jenny Lind sang at a concert at Berlin on
the celebration Of the Cueen Of Prussia birthday.
The songstress was invited by the King expressly
from Hamburg Il is said that at Frankfort she
expressed her determination net 10 return 10 Eng
land at present. but mentioned professional journeys
to America OF Russia as possible. W are also IN
formed that she intends winlering in Berlin.
On the site Of The house which Mozart inhabited
splendid hotel has been erected in front Of which
IS to be erected colossal statue, executed after a
portrait-said 10 be a striking Hkeness-bV Eieh-
bein. This portrait belongs to NJ. Andre, at Frank
fort the owner Of the MSS. left by Mozart
According to a catalogue Of German newspapers,
just published at Leipsie there areat present print
ed in Europe as many as 1913 German journals.
A mechanic in London has invented machine
for the purpose OF awakening himself early ia the
morning. To Dutch clock is attached q lever,
which may be set to any given hour, and when the
time arrives it is released by the clock, when the
machinery rings a bell and strikes match, which
| lights an Gil lamp.
The Hall Of Commerce, London, has been sold
for f44 900 For the site alone, few years since.
| E3j,000 was paid.
| II is estimated that there are in London 2ssJ7T
needlewoiaen, under twenty years Of age, the aver
age earnings Of each being four pence hali-penny
| day.
BY the recent report fthe London Commission
! ers it appears that nearly f7JO,000 or S3,7J0,O00
have been paid for property required for metropoli-
/ tan improvements.
! M. d'Herieourt, who has recently returned from
/ Abyssnia, has brought with him Dumefous speci-
i mems Of plant the root Of which, reduced 10 pow
der, is said to be d certain for hydrOphobia-
! 1t is rumored that the Hungarian refugees are to
/ be sent to Bagdad
The Queen Dowager, Adelaide, is not expected
\ long to survive
| Louis Napoleon is said TO have already intimated
his intention to stand second time for the Office
! Of President Of the French Republic.
The rumor Of the abdicadon Of the King Of Prus-
STA needs confirmation.
A bookseller Of London recently bought alot Of
| books at auction on examining them at his leisure
he found in one Of the volumes, between some pas
ted leaves, ESQ and two Of fl0 Bank Of England
notes.
II A company il forming with 835OO0O, for sup
plying London wiihspring water.
/ A committee, under the direction Of tha Gar
has been appointed 10 report the project Of ths
French chemist AFeherot, for lighting 81. Peters
burg with electricity. Exl irimen' are 70 BE- mad'
on a large scale in several parts Of the city.
Mr.. Mappin, Of Sheified has invented TazO
possessing the keenness Of the lancet point while
retains ihe mi and lasting qualities Of the steel
The e6nsecration Of the new Bishop Of Norwic
CDR. Hindsl was % take place at Lambeth palacf
On the 2d Of December.
2 The London Illustrated News, Of December Ia
Z says that Mr. Bennett, Of New York, has u4ier'
!, Jenny Lind SI0CJ per night for 20 nights.
should be Barnum, Of the museum.
Two ships, the Lord Gambia and the Ahrai
have recently arrived at Hull from Davis's Strait
! but neither Of them bring any tidiags resTeetil
! the arctic expedition.
The new | ndnn. Directory exhibits the ioloi
il | ing curious combinations of names and profession
4 | A. Butcher, butcher; B. Baker, bdkeri j. Fitwe
boot maker (; CulInUre's eafhgg house; DrnkWatl
! publican Barber, hairdTcSSer; Culbusl, HliTSeF
4 man; Tanner, leather factor
q Two daughters of the late Bishop of NoFwi,
were recently received into the Catholic Churc
ID is stated that the real advances made by d
Catholic faith at the present epoch in England Al
, among the upper classes, are 10 a much greater e
Il tent than supposed.
+ PTemonitory symptoms of a severe winter ha'
| u6eu obhefNtu IN france anu EIlBlluU
# Two ,Lillipulsns, one aged five and the 9th
: seven years, living near Armadale, Scotland, a
e said to rival Csn. Tom Thumb in diminutiVene
n Of stature.
Q Several instances of insanity, and s0metim
o death, having been supernduced by the use
J. ehlOFOiOTm, the leading members of the faculty
London have discontinued it.
The industrial exhibition TO be held in 1856
seems TO he successfully in progress. The sum
{ 100000, 10 be given away in prizes, has been d
y posted in the hands Of trustees for the object a
s signed. The various manufacturing districts a
4 also on the gtu Oige. One firm in Kidderminsi
has offered the sum Of one hundred gIineas for Al
: new invention in that town, that may be adapt
d TO general use.
l. The elections in Paris are to be postponed {
l. January
al government functiOnary is engaged at Pesth
compiling a history Of tho Hungarian revolution
the secret archives Of KOssuth, Of which one tho
I'd sand numbers have been found in cellar, ha
been eagerly devoted to this purpose.
The present Austrian army consists Of sixiy-thI
regiments Of the line, twenty battalions Of ger
ders, and about one hundred other regiments.
IN According to La Presss, the government ha
90 Announced TO the British Cabinet that they do
intend 20 continue the cruisers on the western co
nc Of Africa for the suppression Of the slave tade,
agreed to by the Washington Bruglie Convent
OF 1916.