The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-07
Tele granllio.

The Southern Convention assembled at NASH
vile on Monday, the Sd. At 3 o'clock the Con-
venton was called to order by ex- Governor Brown
Of Tennessee. A resolution was adopted that the
Convention would vote by States each delegation
having one vote.
w. L. Sharkey, of Mississippi, was chosen
President; Gov. Mcdonald, Of Georgia, Vice.
President; VIM. F. Cooper and L. G.. Eastman,
of Tennessee, Secretaries.
The President, in his opening address, stated
that the object OF the Convention was not as had
been in some quarters stated to dissolve the Union
1t was to endeavor to perpetuate it. They met,
to consult together, with the view of adopting
those measures most likely to allay the spirit Of
dlsunIon. The President having concluded his
address, it was, on motion, ordered that a commit.
tee OF one from each State be appointed to receive
and register the names of delegates present.
On motion of Il. B. Rhett, the Convention adj
journed to next day
The impression at Nashville is, that CLAWS COM
promise will not be approved by the Convention
SECOND DAY.
Prayers having been concluded, Mr. Rhett
moved that they would adopt the parliamentary
usages laid down in Jefferson's Manual, as their
rules Of order. The motion was adopted
warm and protractcd discussion grew out of
the question Of voting by States. The resolution
providing for it was finally adopted. The States
represented were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennc see,
Texas, and Virginia-nine States Adjourned to
next day.
New YORK, June E-sP NJ
Rf Usu SsaIg SpS a # s oOwPg quotations. Mds
Rice IS steady at sIaGDss5e.. accordiaS TO oualtv.
Sterling Exchange. IT99{.
The fine steamer Cherokee hes arrived this
port from San Francisco. She brings the Califor-
mia mails, and dates up to the lst of May. She hes
on board one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
IN gold dust The Alta California states that three
Cnil ba
since the LIST of March, took home three and a half
mllllors of dust Gold continues abun6 ant
There were six thousand ,rsons at the middle
fork OF the America river, waiting FOR the water to
| su6slde, that they might commence operations.
Mr.. Thomas, late mats of the Crescent City
amer, was killed in San Francisco on the LIST of
May by the keeper of hotel there EUening Delta.
A SINGULAR AFFAIR.-Tne principal circum-
stances of the story which .ollows were first COM
municated to the Phi adelphia Inquirer The
| mater has lately been attracting considerable
notice here. Some thirteen years ago, Scotch
man named John Cameron, on Lie lg Island, sud
denly died, as was supposed, of apopIexy, leaving
a boy years old and widow, who appear to have
had some intimacy with person named Palmer,
who afterwards left for England. The bow was
present when his father died. The mother had
gone out of the village that day. on visit and the
| boy prepared the evening meal for his father who
partook of it, and then expired. Palmer and the
neighbors called in and the next day the body
was buried, no inquest having been held, not even
the doctor examining the body.
Soon after this, the relatives Of the deceased in
Scotland received an anonymous letter, stating that
there had been case Of poisoning, but nothing
more was thought, or done, in the matter
| The boy, who became photographer, and has
for some years been employed by Mr.. Currier,
| IN Nassau street, recently proposed to have the
body o. his father removed to place of sepulure,
more in accordance with his wishes For this pur-
pose he made arrangements for grave-stone and
/ for preserving the remains. A sexton was en-
ployed, and the body discove ed in the grave,
where it had been placed by himself thirteen years
ago. On opening the coffin, the hands, which had
been steled upon the breast originally were
found under the head, the fingers clenched in the
hair, indicating that the man had been buried alive.
This, however, was not all. The body retained all
the freshness of life was only little discolored,
erd could not be lifted from the grave on account
of its weight. The flesh on the surface yielded to
the touch, and the body was recognized by many
persons of the village and the slight change be-
came the subject of general comment A full ex-
| 2 n nation will soon be made, when it is possible
| that the circumstances will be explained. 1t is
known that the deeec sed was in the habit of pre-.
serving bird, in which he used large quantities Of
| alcohol.