The daily crescent., 1849-07-02

| -Eds. Crescent-Fhe ship st. Lawrence. Capt Bfoun
\ reported by telegraph 10 have arrived al Newport r.
with the shin fever board Of which 90 Of passenger
had died She bound 70 New York and il i said a
steamer has been sent from Boston her to this oIi
sick and ALL There are 40 cases now on board
and the Captain is said to be very low.
Some excitement produced late yesterday afternoon hy
the report that the packet ship Ashbunon wasn the outer
harbor and that IN few hours Father yyould hahn
the city The report opud however 10 be incorrect
am told by The leaders in the temperance cause that the
turn out upon thereespton Of Father Mathew will exceed
any demonstration Of the kndever witnessed in this city
The Sons pll turn ont IN fl force and large inde.
pendsnt porion Of citizens especially gath0cs will
join them in giving welcome doing honor to The au
whose place Is At the head Of the beneacon Of bis race
The ukewamne Observable amongst our people when the
intelligence Of bis having taken passage in the Ashburou
frat reached The city has given placs degree Of the
old enthusiasm inspired By bis nae and hope the erpee
tauons OF his friends with regard his reception will Be
fully realized.
The proprety Of celebrating the approaching anniversary
Of our Independence in the usual manner now suec Of
discussion amongst the sages of Gotham Public feeling
supported by vote Of the Common Council decidedly IN
favor Of conleug s the hoBon upon the day and the a
orty Of four hundred thousand citizens will hardly permit
the hot weather the cholera 70 deprive them Of 50 well
established right that Of doing they please on indie
pendence Day.
Iti believed, ioo that can get up thunder storm sSr
the occasions matter which would especially delight the
about these days We have set % see the m flash Of
| lightning for the season.
After ALL we have no execution to-day The Goveruor
after consultation with the committee Of gentlemen who
WdNeu upon mm 70 Solicit Communication oil
ence, decided give Wood the murderer of his wife
small further chance He accordingly directed the execution
to be postponed for few days the end Of which time be
win probably commute bis sentence also.
The Board Of Adsmea met last evening to adopt meas
to show the Of the city with regard the loss sus
tanned By the nation the death Of M Polk Il was de-
cided b. the Board to be insxpeden to have public
mOnsation the occasion. in the way of procession
funeral ceremonies but minute guns were ordered to be
fred morning, aud evening Of the 96h inst and tbs
flags Of The shipping, public buildings be displayed
I NJ half rt.a
Honora Shepherd the celebrated female counteroiter ha,
escaped from the State Prison at Sing Sing which place
she was consigned for the second third time about year
ago. She is a remarkable woman When taken M in
pursuance Of her she said that few months would
be the utmost extent Of her imprisonment although the
Judge appointed term Of several yeas-ssueH 4 think
She was formerly of Mrs. Famham's pet animals and
that lady procured her a once pardon and home
respectable people, She perfect Magdalsn. Ii is
hardly probable thst her escape win be made good unless
she finds means to ship hersef of for California, join her
benevolent patIouess.
New YOrken prOnd Of The credit Of their State as
tested in the result Of the recent proposals. loan Of one
and three quarter millions Of dollau. Barring Brothers
Co offered premium Of II per cent for the whole
amount lneAhy) and missed it. and Camman. Whisshouss
Co. did the foolish thing. Belmont Roihsehidsi
agent, did NsusblY. and obtained a70OGO af pre-
MUM Of II q o l2N per esnt The highest bids offered
we've ls.90 to 1907 for small amounts
The Secretary o the Treasury reported 10 ha Is ne ar
Ea purchaser af the aall tocs sf SSH ahit COM
nandi DteniuU os ie,S and upwards Tfeasnfs Naltta
]
The heat Of ths weather ai Intense tho thesmomaler
ranging $50 10 thu Ehads the cool aids Of The strs
Tha boed Of Health reports cases and IS deaths Of ohol
era for the last q hona small neeass Yesterday but
reduction the reports Of weeks ago. q Of the cases
reported to-day occurred in the hospab and Is IN private
pHaetice-9 deaths in the formeT and ia the latter.
Our hotel Eegsen show Improvement fOr yesfsulay
and to-day IA the Of business People ate recovering
their senses. Respectfully yOun, INDloATon.
CoNsPIRAoY IN Russia Hamburg Borsen-
NI,Na -. q. ~
81, which says that on the night Of the sh the sons
of the most distinguished families were arrested BY
/ the police. Above a hundred were seized-some
say from two hundred to three hundred. It is af-
| &rmed that the conspiracy which caused this meas
! IRE was Communist and Socialist Among the
young men arrested large proportion were officers
| of the Guard and young nOblemen employed in the
Department of the Interior and in Diplomatic Af
| fairs. The police discharged his office with the
i greatest brutality M, Kaschkin was dragged from
his bed while dying, IN the midst Of his weeping
relatives. The individuals seized were first i'm
prisOned in The fortress Of ST Petersburg, and were
subsequently, transferred 70 the barracks at Cron-
stadt The Russians say that the design was to
assassinate the Emperor
The Ex.KING OF THE FRENcH.-Lous Philippe
| has not been talked Of much lately. You have
| heard Of his poverty aud Of his debts. have now
in my possession the most indisputable evidence
that he is still the richest private individual in the
/ known world. His agent in New York, M. Laiarge,
has bought for him in houses, stocks shares, etc,
! producing an annual income of Ten millions of
francs 1t is perfectly useless for any of his friends
| TO deny this fact perfectly we'll known on the New
York Exchange. Cores, Glasgolo AlaiL
!
A THEORY SPoILED.-The plausbls plan pro-
posed by some of the Western men, and on which
Western editors have been speculating, of making
the Ohio river navigable at all season, by turning
inlo-it the waters Of Lake Erie, has been prema.
turely spoiled by philosopher in the Cleveland
| PlaindeRler, who says that " the Ohio River is
about 265 feet above the level of Lake Erie, +" and
proves it by calculation.
SHIP BulLDING-In Maine during the yearssnd.
ing June 30, lS4s, four hundred and tweny-eight
ships, barks and briggs were built, making an ag-
gregate of 10000 tons.
NOVEL PAINTING PREss-Dr j. F. Wright Of
/ Greenfield, Highland county, Ohio, has shown the
| editor Of the Cincinnati Gazette a model Of ma
chine Of his invention for which he is about 10 pro-
cure patent the purpose Of which is to print the
names OF subscribers on newspapers. L is an in
] genlons contriVance, indeed, whereby he says he
can direct about 1900 papers an hour, and with
! perfect accuracy. The motion Of the machine
causes a series sOf tubes, connected together some-
what like an endless chain and wherein are set the
! types forming the name and direction. to pass
through and give the impressions and this end
less chain is so contrived that when the series Of
| tubes, one, two or any great number containing
tle names Tor any pOstofice, has passed and given
their impression the receiver Of the papers IS in
santy reserved in position so as to throw the next
batch OF papers for another office across the pre-
eeding batch, and on ad ihfnitum. II requires
eny the attendance Of boy TO put on the papers,
/ II attached TO steam engine, or if not, an addi-
tional hand to turn the cranky MaysUiHe Eagle.
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FIcTIoN"-On
Thursday IN the Court of Quarter Sessions, the
mor'liying spectacle was exhibited Of awhile wo-
man, epossessing in her appearance, and respee-
] liable IN her outward adornments, standing up be-
fore crowded court and admitting The father Of
her child, which she held in her arms, to be a
eOlored man. The old maxim is. g theTe is no ac-
counting for taste;'' but there must be a strange
perversion of the natural feelings of mother, as
/ We'll as a loss Of all shame, when a woman, pos
sesslng all the appearances of rsspeciabiity, could
9e induced IN open court, to act ia this manner.
i 10 would rannira the a-riclaal snrnEnn delanl