The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-03

. 70 Mr.. Calhoun arrived in Charleston last Sun
DAY, on his way to Washington.
10 According to The New York Express, Mss
Hayes the actress, who accompanies Mss Cash
man her tour, is writing book on this country
and its people. y. ~. =
49, u A bill. to give the election Of Secretary Of
StateS Surveyor General, Comptroller General and
Treasurer to the people has passed Tie Senate Of
Georgia with only one negatige. %
AFpoIsrNEyT BY THE President Charles
R. Railey has been appointed Collector of the
Customs at Natchezs Miss, vice David G. Hutehi-
son, resigned
SAILING or MissIosARIEs.-Rev Messrs Doc
ntle and Scienck, with their wives, baptist and
Rev. Mrs Martin and wife, (Pfesbyterian Missieii-
aries, have sailed in the Laneo for the Bas Iudies
STRANGE REvENGE.--A woman Miss Duncuu)
hasbeen arrested in Ypslanti, Michigan, for setting
fire twice to the house of her forfasr lover, who
married another girl. She meditated hisdsath, she
confessed, but succeeded only in burning Part Of
the village.
4 TAxATioN ON RAILROAD sTocKs "A bill has
been reported to the Vermont Legislature, taxBg
RAILROAD stock held by non-residen,s. II is said
there are FIVE millions Of railroad, stock Of that
State owned by foreign Stockholders.
EPISCOPAL, CosvENrioN. meeting of the
House Of Bishops having been requested by the
Episcopal Bishops Of Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, New Jersey and Western New
York, il has become the duty of the Senior Bishop
to crafty their desire. - ~. T.
W.. BRowN, OF IsDIANA.-A paragraph is
going the rounds of the papers, to the, effect that
this gentleman viii not be-abIe lowing TO extreme
illness) to be present at the organization Of the
House. A letter from him, received at, W ashing-
ton, dated The 18th uIL, says be certainty viii be
in Washington by Thursday fbe ooh"
NEw CHARGE roS VENEzUBEA, The Bald-
more Patriot states that J. hewitt Steele, mem
Der of the bar Of that city, has received the appoint
ment Of Charge d AlIaires to Venezuela. The
present Chargf.is B. ". Shields, of Alabama, who
was member Of the 10Th Congress- and one of the
earliest appointments Of Mr.. Polk.
A. Lazy FINED.--In the District Court of Bal
timore City, On the 9Th nit, Mrs. Lewis G. Le-
win, wife of Che member OF Congress from the
South wark (Pa) District, was fined $50 and costs
for horsewhpping young man; and her servant
was fined SlOand costs for holding thevctin while
she whipped him. The cause assigned was the
iady's resentment at some unweloonie attentions to
her daughter, ~-g -.r--s D.
THE Torpedo CAsE-The two Drurys, father
and son, have been arraigned at New York, and
both plead not guilty to the Indictments found
against them for the attempt on helife Of Thomas
Warner. The elder says: '' shah be able tC
prove that tbs is all foul conspiracy, IL you can
prove that have had anything TO do With stolen
property, with thieves you may take ali 1 have
got. / have turned over, some $4,000 a year il
this eouimunily, in my business; that,shows soIue
| thing Of what | have been. The whole Of thi
thing is,a base conspiracy"
Present to .Coulshqaore TataaR. = A Inagnif
cent silver vase has just been manufactured IN Nel
York, to the order Of tho citizens of Savanna
GA, Intended present to Com. Josiah Tatnal
u S. N, as mark OF their high sense Of his gal
liant conduct daring the Mexican campaign par
teularly al the attack upon the Castle Of San Jdal
de Ulua. The vase weigh 16g ounces, an, js wortl
5000 A magnificent sword is to be presented t.
the Commander by the Legislature Of Georgia.
Nacal Dcfalcqtio,,-T Washington cores
pondent Of the Philadelphia North American say.
that the Secretary of the Navy has dismsse,
Purser Kenuon, Of Virginia, from the service, 70
1 being defaulter. His deficits stated at $4,000
! The papers have been placed in the hands OF the
Solicitor Of the Treasury, in-order that suit may b
instituted against the principal and bis sureties.
| Tas Tetuantepec Roate--The- Baltimore Sun
4 contains the following statement; 1rss
We learn tlat5a geutlemanfrom New York. con
,nected with the Messrs. AspiHwal the ptopretor'
1 Of tire TelhIuntepec route, was in this city fol
the purpose Of examining and Negotiating either to
| the,Purohase charter Of the fine steamer Repub
lie Tor this newroute. . = --s T. $50
There Is some mistake eitlterin thenane Of The
parties negotiating, or the destination Of the steam
er. If the Aspinwall are the purchasers, The boa
is intended for the Panama route.
p ELECTION BLuNDERs.-The recent election hai
been more prolific of plumbers than any that have
i proceeded it within our recollection, and %hicl
should receive the apprehension they deserve, t.
/ prevent their recurrence in future; % -
/ In Tiogacounty, Benjamin WEIGH, Jr,, the dem
ocratie candidate for State Treasurer, loses 2j0l
& r,,R1, .