The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-03

OF age, the son of Mr.. Legal FarTis, of Carroll Co.,
Miss, was committed to Jail on the 22d, to await
his trial at the next term of the Circuit Court on
charge of killing his father when asleep, by means
of an axe, to revenge hogging he had but recently
received at the hands of his father
Temperance in ST. Louis.--The following Stats
tics (officiar were made up few months ago:
RRsRisss: and S: i + 4 3 3 Il "is
Total
Destructive Ffre-A destructive fire occurred
at Elkton, KY, which consumed property estima.
ted at a value of about $4,000 The owners OF
the houses destroyed are Messrs. P. S Lester Il
Co, H. B. Grooms, W. Fort, II. G. Boon, T. N.
Hedden, and j. B. Knight.
The nueterate-Mr. Paine, the great shot at,
the recipient of explosive cigars, and the we'll
known maker of gas, now gives, as reason for
not explaining the " whole thing" about his NEW
LIGHT, that EXP 4rimena are in progress with re-
srect to it, of far importance than is appea-
ton 10 light and heat Mr.. Paine goes ahead
most invet 'rately.
Prices Of Pictures, - The gallery of pictures
belonging TO the late Lord Ashburnham was lately
sold at London Here is a list of the prices
brought by some of them
Portrait of Titan, by him elf, g.; ,,o-
Daughter of HeTodiss by CT Dolce, E7;1.
History Of Apollo and the sy6 by Salvador Rosa, econ.
'I PoTtrr Of Don Lso Dual chi bv Van Dyo. e4a
PGrIa Of R EGyaleS I by Re IN = % enc
S SG1 Ct MG III 81 G he Ga2 e. Gs Rubep e
fr rigpH Of Pan, S By POas'iH, Ell ~
Iiaud, by Rembrandt, Ekcj.
The Yankee on HIS Walk Under this head
ing, the Richmond Republican has the following
paragraphs
"a company of NewEugland men have pur-
chased three hundred and fifty thousand acres of
timber land, on the Kanawha River, with view
of opening heavy lumi r tlade with Ohio. Fifty
cents an acre wa laid. Forty NewEnglanders
have gone forward TO form settlement. II at is
better than going TO California 1t seems strange
to see the sons of Virginia leaving her for other
chimes, while she is he elf inviting the sturdy foot
steps of Northern enterprise"
The weather excites good deal of grumbling on
East. 1t was cold, rainy and raw at NewYork on
the goth.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the United
States will assemble on the second Monday in Sep
tsmber, at Cincinnati.
Hon. Bryan Edwards, son Of the celebrated his
torian Of the British West Indies, has zen apr )int
ed Auditor General of Public Accounts for Jamaica
Mr.. Edwards is a prominent member of the bar.
William B. Clifton, Esq, he been appointed
President Of the Branch of the Northern Bank of
Kentucky, at Louisville, in place Of Chapman
Coleman, deceased
At a recent Fair at Atlanta tGl.), an interesting
memento was exhibited to the visitors by Richard
Peters, Esq, of Athens-being an original profile
If Washington, by Sharpless, which had been
executed at the request Of the late Judge Peters,
of Philadelphia.
1t is stated that the whole number of travelling
preachers in the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, is 1912; of whom, g04 are superannuated ;
local preachers, 1892 members, S66 $50; 1874, S22
colored 1926 Indians. Total, 504,53O.
We see in the Nashville True Wing notice of the
death of Capt. S. l.. FoN Ter, which occurred few
days since in st. Louis Capt. F. was formerly a
resident of Nashville and for several yea pr t had
charge Of boats plying to and from that city.
The Century Question was decided upon by
Professor Sillman, at the Alumni dinner at Yale
College. He said there present three men
president Day, Professor Kingsley, and himself)
who had the whole of the half century pass
while acting their parts in the college. remem-
Der" said he, lying awake to listen to the last
knell OF the eighteenth century. | mean the 3lst
day of December, 1S00--not l799-for never was
ioOi O"OuSh ~ ""PP"9o 'ha' q" MANI wv
The new State Constitution of Michigan, which
has yet to be approved in November by the people,
makes the Judiciary elective, provides for home
exemption, submits the question of negro suffrage
to the people, admits Indians as citizens provides
for eight circuits with one judge elected in each,
every county of 10000 inhabitants to have four
terms of a court a year, Supreme Court to meet
four times a year, and establishes free common
schools to be kept open three months in the year.
Another Ne,O Fdrietyo Of Poultry.-A bird nearly
equalling the turkey in size and quality of flesh.
has lately been introduced from South America,
called the carassow. They have been dOmestica.
ted heretofore in Europe, but with what success
we are not informed
A DiGcUty.-We learn from the Aberdeen In
dependent, that difficulty occurred in that town
on Friday, the 23d of August in the counting room
of Messrs, Dolthard " Lawson, between James
G. Randle and Judge Lee, which resulted in the
death of the latter
FiSh.-There seems to be tsays the Harrison.
burg Advocate of the 29th,) no limit to the i'm
mense quantity OF fish ia the Waters about Har-
Tsonburg. They have been caught Of late by the
bushel, and on Sunday evening last we saw mon
ster OF the fnny tribe taken out of the Ouachita
Immediately in town, that measured 8 feet a
inches in length, and weighed 2l5 pounds.
Joiia Deaa-Capt. Briscoe has named his new
Tennessee packet Julia Dean, after the young
actress of the same name--Ci"e. Enquirer.
iracas,-We regret to learn that a difficulty &C.
CURED few days since at Hardin Springs, in
which some thirty odd young gentlemen were con
cerned. Some of them were from this city and its
vicinity. Two of the combatants We're stabbed
but neither are we are glad to learn, seriously
wounded, The difficulty originated in a very
trivial Memphis Eagtc.
E20ysRssRt la T,sdiaRa.-A few days since q
merchant named T. d. Thomasson, of Bedford, la.
eloped with the wife of another man, to parts un,
known. Thomasson left wife and family A
daughter of his is sixteen, and the woman left
husband and several children.
The AdgHatages Of Manufactures aad RaH
| roadS.--Day aborers, male and female, and me
chanlcs of almost every kind, in demand il
/ ChattanoogI. The wages here are almost as
high as they were in the Indian wars thirteen
| years ago, Brick and stone masons, and carpen
tiers, are particularly needed Chattanooga Ga
| zetts llM alt.