The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-09
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correspondence of the Crescent.

r,a Rrv steamJoats-JNew York and Brooklyn
/ Nv" Churehes-SpecuIattons IN Grare Yards.
NEW York, April 20, 1849.
/ ne CrfseeRt-Our North River steamboats, now
,ius on the cheap cash SYSTEM" and of course do
bug business. The price Of passage TO Albany is put
r in The bills at % cents and if that is grumbled at or
IN mnne Of another boat with his eye the way
60 ticket may be had for shilling. But it goes hard
sbthe steamboat people to give man so much travel
n6ue cash. and not safe to put off the purchase of
- hs as many sober sided folks do until fairly on
I'D and the boat clear of the wharf; soon as the boat
, her dock the price of tickets to least double
4 uak net in the handbils gentleman Just down from
lsu tells that the price of tickets, yesterday after
a Al the Office the Empire State " shilling.
a. ou not run the rsk Of tckery by paying bis passage
ay starting but the boat showed off he stepped
lathe Cappen's Office 20 settle" rendering his sh
:, II was informed that it only half enough. Tickets
"A ri, So my friend pocketed his shilling, and turned
u his heel in disgust After consulting with of his
fspas however, he concluded to pay his quarter, and
nd supper coming the table, he went down TO
N alice again to pay the extoronate demand TO his as
l urshuent the quarter" refused. and he
Alarmed that the price of tickets haLfd dollar. He
aid convinced that he had been vctimzed to the extent
three hings and nwardy promising forever hereafter
nay for his tickets in advance when travelling the
Hudson In what other pant of the world would man
rder hm.elf cheated upon being charged half dollar
ira passage Of 150 miles The travel the river i'm
nns but Of will not at the present rate of
s One dollar per ticket however, would give the boats
,good profit.
The New Yokes and Booklyntes Especially the latter
celebrated for the cost and care bestowed upon their
hurhes and they Il might say pehaps) pride them
elves on their religion. But let tell you all
s fine temples with their splendid windows golden altar
rare carpets and sleep prompting cushions-a these
svidences of a religious spirit" in communicative
aup Wall street, and are built on speculation Some
dhsm yield Immense return 10 the Stockholders. The
Hd derived om church speculation however trifling
en compared with that arising from Craze yards, to
vch the attention of capitalists has naturally flown from
hrsucce in the church line. An of land which is
ought for fifty hundred dollars is divided into 100 50
mi os and these lots sold prices varying from $50
ps0a 800 each. Three hundred acres bought up and
sdm this manner, with few crooked paths through
he native brush wood and dubbed avenues" and par
tally enclosed with rcketty fence estimated to yield
one nepnng projectors, in the of the next ten
aHmoe than half million of dollars, while there may
Mclean actual outlay Of thirty thousand
0uural cemeteries beautiful places, and in spite of
eeculatve odor that eevades them, it is delightful to
fr through their abyrinths. One bad feature of their
wnmen is. however, the stringent exclusion of the pub
Ehom their grounds on Sundays and holydays.
urweaher is delightful fact to which you indebted
Ge above pecuations to the utter exclusion of city mat
10. ] have passed the whole day at distance from its
nwd its camor and its glare.
Respectfully, yours, INDICATOR.
4rder and Spicide-Passage from Panama and San
Franciseo--.MOntreak Riots-Canadiaa GoUerRment
and the Jeegraph-Detay Of the Sarah Sdnds-PaS
NEW YORK, April 30. 1S49
Eds CrescentWs had murder in this city, and a sui
Me In Brooklyn dunng yesterday The murdered man Gin
hs city, was young Irshman. named James Monahan,
ks' or harness maker recently from Canada. The man
Who killed him is named William Thompson. The affair
aned in the street the " Five Points" Some five
parties arrested to await the issue of inquest
which was TO have been held this ming.
The Of suicide in Brooklyn very distressing
The gentleman who committed the deed highly
psabe physicianDr. Charles G. Chapman-who has for.
sae time abored under depressed spirits supenduced by
asepsia. He deprived himself of life by severng the
oa artery with lancet and quite dead when found
hesH Rowland and Aspinwall inform that they have
ndt absolutely necessary to raise the price of passage
uPanams to San Francisco in their steamers 1906 for
s passage and $50 for the Storage The California and
On to have deck cabins added at once the same
shose on the Panama, which will accommodate IS to 30
pssngers more than they now do. They now issuing
tickets for the California for her third trip. which will be in
Iune, probably
Montreal papers of the 18th and 9th ns are at hand with
Nsh Of the not in that city. and the destruction of the
fsfament buildings on Wednesday night last These de.
ah present very little of importance not embraced in our
ssfaphic dispatch OF the following day. and few Of them
~Soth transfer TO my letter. The gentlemen arrested
were Messn Howard, Mack, Ferres Montgomery and
hdal, who were examined before Mr.. Emantinger, and
10 prison under decision tnat tner offence
ao' balabe. The Inspector General went Thursday 10
e Telegraph office forbid the transmission of intelligence
The we and demanded the nature of that already for
aded The Montreal Gazette states that the directors in
nmed the honorable gentleman that their wires open
me public Tor the Transmission of that parties
1ought proper to send and that snch news would be
%wafded unless the Government should fit 10 take pos
VISION Of the wires by armed force in which event they
would have proper recourse. He also informed that
man affairs could be communicated except to parties
mung night to know them-plainly intimating that Mr.
Incks night TO know them would not be recognized.
% houses OF Mr. Hincks and Mr.. Holmes were attacked
nearly every thing within their walls desroyed-that Of
Y. Laiontane, the Attorney General was fired two or
% umes-the outhouses, stables ETC., burned and the
'nee interior, furniture, etc., destroyed.
geographic dispatch we have intelligence from Mont
uowh 10 Saturday morning, announcing the arrival of
~" Regiment from St. Johns n. b. The military
~ under arms during the whole of Friday night, and the
scai cavalry was expected TO reinforce them during
su"ay Sir Benjamin Durham, the commander of the
reported 10 dSapproVe of the course OF the Governor
ea, and to have couDermanaed the orders by which
been placed in the hands of the French population
rec'ed all the latter to be dsarmed, and ordered Cen
ascertain by whose authority arms had been given TO
M The Fenchmen refuse to deliver up their arms The
L,'h says that the upper provinces arming-that
al OF sturdy rlemen from the Eastern townships
- "e 'umbemen from the Ottawa are expected 10 the
a'ce OF the British party. A collision had occurred in
!'iohieHi between some twenty Englsn gsnte
anu the French special constabIes, in which
wounded by pistol ball
Ne VINO may be supposed 10 know say that Mr.. Ely
III VIII certainly be removed at once and that eitlIer
rT benson or Hiram Fuller will have the MarsEalshp
NJ friends say that they have fear of MIR. Benson g
as Gen. Taylor has taken his (Fulers) case into
al hands and that the papers filed in bis private
iAil OF which is very doubtful, to say the least)
considerable degree OF uneasiness begins show itse
sard to the delayed arrival of the Sarah Sands. She
"ow been ont more than month"; Every berth in the
INF, already taken up and although she is not TO leave
Sor,, u wednesday. number OF persons from the
nu East, who have arrived today expected to-
with view of going out in her disappointed.
NJ S' wait another week for the Boston steamer.
pew Wood, the murderer of his wife, this morn
fs,enced by Judge Edwards TO be hanged Friday.
mar, June next and William Donaldson convicted of
in: in killing Andrew Nfeehan was sentenced 10
ds Sament Tor two years and four months. Wood de.
Of, ssel innocent but there is not the fainte shadow
"oaaoub as to his guilt.
weather is especially delightful.
Respectfully yours INDICATOR