The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-28


A dinner was given by the City Councils o
Chareston on the 18th inst, to the gentlemen who abore
20 Tor the recovery OF the Calhoun statue, ant
who took it on to that city.
Mr.. James has come out in public denial of the
runor that he intends to become natuazed American cii
zen he says he means to reside here permanently but IN
tends TO retain his allegiance to his own Government
We understand that Colonel Fulkerson who wa
injured by the accidental discharge of gun few days since
was az & 9p s so@e me before he wi
be able to get about
What's to pay" asked a passenger as h, h
aIighted from cab in New York Fifty CENTS. was tn
answer said the s5 the w fE nN Nv
goes for the higher taD.
The census returns of nine counties in Wiscon
SIM show increase in the population o. that state of sixty
two and half cent in two ana PAL years should "a
waukee Sentinel the aggregate population OF the State vii
be about 35O,OOO.
Two thousand dollars damages have been re-
covered of the New jersey Railroad and TRANSPORTATION
Company by Cathane Murray. for Giuy done her foot
sequence of the chain being down before the boat
cured.
The Archduke Ferdinand, brother of the En-.
peror OF Ausa Is about TO the naval SERVICE and vii
said. for America.
Barnard Rice, lad Is years of age, left Co
hear Of him He last heard Of riding horses on t
poor woman by giving this notice one insertion.
The Governor Of South Carolina has invited a
large number of the uniform and military companies of thu
Columbia on the HI Of II 70 Ef a P nc
all the companies of the State will be present on the
Henry Carna who committed the recent muir.
der in Dey street. New York. has been committed for trial
lie declined any questonsn relation to the charge
The two yooog men, Charles and Louis Rysseau who
wounded by the afsGssln still in feeble state, though
hopes are entertained oil the ultimate recovery OF both
Hon. Waddy Thompson, of South Carolina ac.
companied by his bride and Mis- Jones, of North Carolina
Washington. ""'' "'''''O a
The marsha's police of Philadelphia are PER
forming their duties mot vigorously in the of memba
OF the various rowdy gangs that frequent the and
Of great good.
Dr. o Wendell Holmes, the witty poet and
learned professor delivered an address at the opening of th
medical lectures at the MASSACHUSETTS, Medical College Bos
ton. The principal subject of the address was notice of h
life and character Of the late Dr. Parkman whose connecUf
with that college had SO melancholy termination
The Fort Smith Herald of the 8 h Instant say.
that the river at that place then lower Than it had bee,
previous time this season. or perhaps for twenty years
sul continues at its lowest stage.
| Amin Bey, the Turkish commissioner. accompa
MED by Mr.. Brown attache Of the United States Legation
me O'toman Empire argyed at Buffalo few days ago
and the Commercial says he goes West far Detroit
Chancellor Walworth, who has been appontec
70 take the testimony to the fact whether the Wheeln
% me Ohlo now in Louisville on business connected viii
Thomas w. Owens, boy about I6 We ars of age
seriously, # fatal scalded by falling into pain
boi OIL il the oil and varnish factory al Penny Bridge
speechess body being covered With bers but iU There re-
mains some hope of his eventual recovery.
II was announced that Thompson, the Englisl
aboions would lecture at Worcester, Mas. last Satur
day. 1q! since his co2 treatment at Boston, he has absn
doned his purpose OF holding forth for the Present. at least
| and perhaps Tor the future, in this country.
The New York correspondent of the Philadel
pha Led says: There a kind of white caucus in
says was resolved to push Horace ieeey for Lifted stae
Senator. ! give you The story for what it is worth.
creates some talk In certain circ'es.
SHIFTS a DFiV TO in baO
at Kingston, Canada, tried on Wednesday and Thunda
of last week. for the murder Of James Cub private in tn
asputin but was Oyerrued by the judge He was sen
| fenced to be hanged OF the 18Th December next
Mr.. Geo. Grswod, wife aud small child, and ;
Superior from Eagle liarbcr, open skif recently ant
| nearly dead.
A large Union meeting was held in TaIlapoosf
county, Ala the 3lst u,timo which was addressed hi
Nlessrs Besar, James VI. Burks and Captain j. Smith
Proper Southern and Union resolutions adopted ant
the acts OF Congress were acquiesced in.
The Maryland Reform Convention adopted re-
solutions the 18th, calling The Chancellor and Court
Appeals for number Of cases on docket. long discus
sion took place on the rules Of ORDER etc. until adjournment
There was quite an excitement at Norfolk, con
sequent upon the discovery Of the corpse of negro
away in barrel This subject proved TO be the body
Sunday previous. II had been dsnarred and was INTENDED
for shipment to the Medical College Charlottesville Va
telegraph dispatch from Washington. from al
authentic source, annouuges the appointment Of hu
fe'9n Of e. louis to Be Surveyor General of Oregon
son Il Preston, and very fayorably known.
Mrs. Simpson, widow of the late A. C. Simp
SON OF Fayetteville, n. c., who died suddenly severa
months ago from the effects Of poison aedged have bee
administered to him by her, has returned Fayetteville aa
delivered herself up, and now in Jail to await her tra.
The Michigan Central Railroad Freight Depo
entirely destroyed by fire at three O'Clock the morip
Of the 10 inst The loss estimated at 500 0OOs4O 600
the Company, and $4,000 those who had wheat h1u
and other property in tn store About forty tons goods
ansta were consumed The Depot was 800 feet long,
Bro Ks says it will be rebuilt in 60 days.
Incendiaries were at work at Buffalo on the nigh
Of the lShres set ye different places at the sam
time the NIn ty of Elm, lott and inton Streets whc
consumed twelve buildings, inhabited mostly by cOOred pee
pie as dwellings and carpenters aud joners shops Los
not ascer aimed. but mainly covered by insurance.
The editors of the Pittsburg Ledger were latell
prosecuted for alleged libel upon Mrs Mclean, manage
occurred in theatrical criticism upon the performances
The bill was ignored and the prOsscux ordered pay tn
as to the stage II settles the question that actors and
public characters and SUCH their professional
acts are just subjects for criticism.
One day last week in the beautiful sheet O
water OF Hatherton Lake, Litchfsd street, Wasa move
TencOnre Witnessed goose, while its beak unde
water, seized by pike and struggle for life ensued
come back only the body being VISIBLE its head not rsn
above the surface, till last It sunk altogether, prey
doubt 10 its ravenous assaant [Saifordshre (Eng) ADV
TowBoAT DEFIANCE SUNK-We learn by
telegraphic dispatch from the S. w. Pass, that tn
ship John Hancock, from New York, coming VI
the river, and the towboat Defiance, going dow
light, on the night of the Goth instant, between
eight and nine o'clock came in collision near For
Jackson. The Defiance was so badly injured tina
she sunk two miles below the Fort. The steamer
Mary Kingsand, Star and Angl American wen
n her assistance Immediately and homes are entsr