The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-12

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are moi n,s,akea, no has Or years beeRse regarded
~ he bszt EasfsrS cliiies We trust lobe able
Il present Often Is readers The contradictions Of
BIZ prolific and gifted pen, ~ -. e.. i,
1ak NAsHyflEE. CorvK4TIog In Conformity
wild oef pledge, We publish to-day asgell. rtien
and moderate article in favor Of the CONVENTION.
wsars wiling % leave the subject fOr,the present.
THE LTeEtnI.--PrOf. ofsheye0 deliver his
fourth lecture on Geology this evening at the
Lyceum. copipeueing At half-Past Z o'cleek
y n1z- We ace reque slsd to. .can atteftion to the
meeting, at O'Clock, this evening", Of the. Pelican
Dieision d the Sops Of Temperance at the corner
q 81 Charles and Common streets
1Ez-We are Indebted to our friends Of the Bhl,
lstin Tor The report Of the Irish meeting We shaft
chseTfuiy resiprOeate the favor. =
PnorEcT1ox OF New ORLEASs PROM INuNs.
DarIoN--The Commissioners appointed by The
Governor have made their report. Itmakes PAM
phei pf eighteen pages, and will be read with i'm
tesost. The gentlemen Of the commission are wei
known % he public, and their opinions are entitled
20 the highest respect. - ~
: y Al inspection OF the map. and .pgoRles viii
show that New Orleans is situated in valley,
formed BY TIM river bank on one side, and the Met
aifie ridge on the othef The average depth ofsths
yallRy Is fifteen feet below fhe high water 1ineof the
Mississppi five feet below the crest Of the Metai-
fis ridge, and about one loot above tho ordinary
hiEhtdes Of Lake Pontcharpaia-"
They exsnins and report against the leyees
ramneacing at Harlem Avenue, Or the,one Rt,tlle
Upper line street, Carrolkens They lecomIfend
one ccnlnencing at the lower line at GIeenyille,to
be tsenf feet wide on HE top and srlninsting At
lie AlstaireFidge. Pr The protsetionof the hover
Pssf Of the city anembapkment, commencing on
che liver as the lower Inns Of N Denogh, and run,
ming to the Gently ridge. The estimates Of cost
only amount to. s697S7 Sc. Wetrnst that, the
statesvin do justice 10 New Orleans Thousands
are annually expended in other sections Of the
Z State lor internal improvements and surely New
0rleaBs IS entitled 70 some share ofthepubc libe-
faliy.
ThE srrAMsri1p GEoRer1 IT his magnificent
ocean steamer leaves for Chagres lhorhing at s
o'clock Her decks rill be crowded with passen-
gers, who, with bueyant hopes. and eager especta-
tons, seek Fortunes guerdon on our far distant
Pacific shores. How many win realize their exA
psctatiohs How many, we fear, will be sadly
disappointed When 1--WE hook upon. this stately
Sessel--the work Of our. native mechanics rand
upon our rapidly aschmsiatng. population on tls
Western shores Of the. Continent resuh cfonr
native energv ana enterprise--y,e M fafchlSS
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