The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-25

Her actual running time from New York is stated
at 10 days and II hours.
France,
On Saturday the General Council made strong
movement in favor of having the constitution re-
vised. The Council, however, does not propos-
to have the state of siege removed, nor are they
willing that the electoral law shall be repealed so
that there is not much sympathy between the
Council and the Socialists.
Masses have been celebrated for the repose of ths
soul Of Louis Philippe.
1t is reported that the Duchess d'Orleans has
written letter to NJ. Theirs, informing him that
the Queen, her mother-in. law, and other members
OF the family, are desrous Of his presence at the
council de fame, to be held at Claremont in the
course of the present month.
Flour ia rapidly improving in general trade, and
IN consequence of the difficulty in finding suffi-
cheney OF hands, wages have risen to prices before
| Denmark and the Duehies.
There Is nothing ofimportance relating to the po-
slton Of the armies in the settlement of the dispute
az least nothing has TRANSFERRED during the past week.
| The German Empire.
"A Geographic dispatch of the Sd inst states that
the semi-official papers announce that in eonse-
quence of the resolution which the council of Prin-
ces agreed to on the 26th ult all the governments
of the league have initiated the example of Prus-
STA in declining 10 attend or assent to the austrian
federal diets at Frankfort.
Lord Palmerston has addressed another note to
| the Russian Cabinet, with view to induce Prus-
STA TO join and assent in the execution Of the proto-
col OF the ID of July tits asserted that this request
has been met by peremptory refusal on the part Of
| Prussia.
| Austria.
| The Hamburg papers have advices from Vienna,
stating that the Russian Cabinet has resolved to in
duce the German powers to Join the grand dipIo-
matte Congress to he held at Vienna Atthis Con-
gress the pending question Of the European policy
Is to be decided, and new basis for the system Of
| States is to be established.
Foreign Items.
Those who wish to travel abroad with an English
passport have to pay something like f3 for the
document; if they choose to travel with a French
or Belgian passport, they can get it for five shil-
lings. correspondent Of the Times suggests that
2s. Cd, should be charged by the Foreign Office fer
each passport.
One of the last acts of the ex-king, Louis
Philippe, was 10 make present to France, of the
Standish Museum, which had been decided to be
II is now well known that the late King Of HoI-
land died insolvent. Hence the sale of his pic
lures.
A new salt, called the "hydr6fsuocysnite of
potash and wrea,' has been discovered by Mon
sieur Band, who announces in the French paper,
l. Union hedicdLe, that it is far more eficacious
than qunne in the treatment of all maarioua
diseases. Mr.. Band has tried it largely, and il
has succeeded in many cases where quinine and
arsenic have failed
man named Jerber has been arrested at Strns-
burg, charged with having conspred 70 assassinaie
| Louis Napoleon. Two others were arrested 81
Nancy.
new safety-gun has been invented BY NJ. Fon-
tenau of Nantes. 1t consists merely in adapting a
screw to the ordinary hamner which strikes the
percussion cap.
II appears, from an official RETURN that the cost
of building and fitting out French shp-of-ths-
line, of three decks, and carrying from ITO to 100
guns, is 3.000,00Of of 100 guns, 800 ,000fs
and one of go guns, $500 ,OOOf
St. Pierre copied his Paul and Virginia nine
times, that il might be more perfect.
Mr.. James Walack is restored to health /; he
will play at the Haymarket alternately with Mr..
Marready, during the coming season.
The new opera at Madrid will be composed OF
Frezzolini, Alboni, Gardoni, FoEmes, and Barhoi-
let.
, King James l. created thirty-one earldoms;- 6niy
nine of which now remain. King Charles created
thirty-three, of which only seven remain. OF the
Twenty-Five created by King William and Queen
: Anne, nineteen are extinct This is curious sub
ject, investigated it ought to be- and must
bring into question many a family assertion of de-
scent from some hero of Agincourt.
, The quantity of sugar made in France this year
was 60, 763, 100 kilCgrammes, or nearly twenty
three millions more than in 1649. There are 26e
/. manufactures at work.
Berwick ION Tweed is to be dismantled, and it
walls converted into building Sites by order of the
e Crown.