The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-29

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-.,.EI NEW ORLEANS:
TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 90, 1szo
Hs- Lieut. Harlstein of the U. S. Navy has re-
ceived orders from the Navy Department, to take
command of the U. S. Mail steamer Falcon She
was TO leave New York on the Goth May with the
mails for the Pacific. Her recent trip from Ha-
vana to New York is the shortest passage on record
being accomplished in days and hours from the
Moro" to the Quarantine, S. |. She left Havana
on the 18th May, at halfpast 3 P. NJ, and arrived
on the night of the 10th at halfpast O'Clock
COINAGE OF GOLD DoLLARs.-The PhiladeI-
phia Ledger says: 6" We understand that orders
are in this city, offering our brokers two per cent
premium for gold dollars. A deposit of $1,000 of
foreign gold was made at the mint day before yes
terday, for coinage into dollars, but the deposition
was informed that, busy were the officers and
corners that dollars could not be made for him in
less than two weeks. If this is true, there would
seem to be some reason for mint at New York"
r5- The funeral services of DR.. Holmes. who
was drowned in the bay the other day, were per-
formed on Thursday night. The body was wrap
ped In flag and was attended to the grave bv de.
tachments of the Mobile Cadets and Fusiliers and
also large body of seanen from the United States
surveying squadron. Dr. Holmes was a very ac.
complished and amable gentleman-and had seen
oItI
he formed part of the noble exploring expedition
OF Capt Wilkes, and at the time of his death was
engaged under Lieut.. Patterson, in the coast survey
tie has left a wife and children, to whom he was
fondy and devotedly attached.-MoJile Herald
MRS. FARNHAM OFF FOR CALIFoRNIA.-This
enterprsing lady, after all her efforts, has had to
leave for California with very small number of
ladies accompanying her. The ladies of America
are much less disposed to engage in hazardous
undertaking than the men, and seem disposed to
let well enough alone.' But that was not the
spirit of their forefathers, to whom they owe so
much. The following are all the ladies' who sailed
in the Angelica for California, from New York,
there being also fifteen gentlemen Miss Sampson,
Mrs. Barker, Mrs. Griswold Mrs. Farnham, two |
children and servant. |
% Elisha Reese has been arrested at Macon |
Ga, for an atrociOus murder He had been sutton |
TO widow lady, Mrs. Pratt, and being rejected |
made threats of violence, which induced her father
to get out peace warrant Reese Immediately |
sought out the father and assaulted him. and on the
daughter interfering, shot her dead
WEATHER AND CROPS ABOUT MINpEN.-Tbe |
Minden ua.) Iris of the 10Th, saws:
The present season, so far has been in many re-
spects one of great disadvantage to the farmers in
this section of the country. There has been too
much rain to favor forward paintings, and what
was gotten into the ground in any thing like a
seasonable time was nipped by the late fross-not
only nipped but in many instances entirely de-
stroyed Many of the farmers in this and the ad-
joining parishes of Bossier and Bienyile have had
10 rep'ant their crops of both cotton and corn and
aher all this trouble, their stands are generally |
very irregular, and the continued showers bid fair
10 Keep them In the weeds and grass. IT, however, |
the weather will but become favorable in reason
able length OF hme--as trust it may-with |
some extra labor an average crop may be expected |
One advantage, We think, the farmers Of this par
lsh nave as regards wet weather-the land gener- |
ally Is OF such character as to require much rain
TO render it unfit for the plough
SHIPwRECK IN AN IcEBERG.-The shin Han.
nah, for Q uebec, from Newry, struck an island of
ice, and foundered in twenty minutes. Capt Mar
shall, of the brig Nicaragua, discovered flag of
distress on the ice-made sail, and put the ship in
the ice, and succeeded in getting about ifty-two !
people on board, leaving large number still on
the ice-afterwards got rope fast to pan of ice,
and succeeded in taking up thirty in the ships
long boat, which they found on the ice, making in
all l39 passengers and 6 seamen. Fifty-fve per-
ished of cold
WONDERFUL EscAPE-On Monday Moses Allen
and family. numbering eight persons, while on a
visit to Greenwood Cemetery. had yery narrow |
and remarkable escape The rain having swelIed
the Lake so much that it overlooked the wall the |
coachman missed the path, and carriage and con- |
tents were precipitated into the Lake Some Irish
laborers We're al work near and to the rescue,
and, at considerable risk to the entire company,
were safely got out The carriage, however, went
TO the bottom.--N. Y. Commercial.
OF DIR. Coolidge, who was in prison in Maine,
under sentence for the murder of man named
Matthews, has committed suicide. He had been
convicted on the testimony of one Flint, his own
student, who had been prevailed upon by him to
conceal the murder of Matthews and conceal the
body. 1t appears that he had, while in prison. con-
cocted a scheme to kill Flint, on the suggestion
mat his own case might be benefited by fixing on
fint The Imputation of suicide, and placing near (
HIN a confession that he, and not Coolidge had :
murdered Matthews The scheme was managed :,
WIN iellow prisoner who was soon to be Liberated
BUT the w arden of the Prison discovered the plot
and Coolidge, in fit of despair destroyed himself
" Dfay'oh ana Sayres, indicted at Washing :
ton City, for being parties to the abduction of ne
groes by the Pearl, have both been convicted.
The larceny indictments against Drayton were
abandoned. The two culprits were then tried and c
found guilty of Transporting upwards of seventy h
slaves, belonging to different owners, from the Dis
trict of Columbia. The court sentenced Dravton s
TO pay fine of $40 and costs in each case and h
Sayres, in like manner, to 800 and costs in each
ease-both to be imprisoned until the fines are paid
BIRTHS ExTRAoRDINARY.-Mrs. Moore, of l29 h
Washington Market Place, Philadelphia, was on '
the 18th inst. delivered of four children ALI boys
OF good and regular size. The third one was born
dead, but the rest are lively and hearty. Her age
Is 29-that of her husband 81, and they have been
married less than year. The lady was formerly h
married to a Mr.. Bell, and she presented him, 8
INST. with two little RelIS md