The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-08


The London Times Of February SAYS: " Il
would appear by the accounts received respecting
the operations in cotton, that, to a certain extent
reduction must be produced on the consumption Of
that important article. 1t is quite obvious that
there is not the slightest probability hatan advance
corresponding to the increased quotations of the
raw material will be obtained for goods and yarn il
the foreign and colonial markets. With admitted
glutted markets at every important point in the
world, it is futile expect such advance as TWEEN.
ty-five per cent. and the immediate result must
therefore be serious check to consumption"
THE COFFEE MARKETs.-The following is the
latest intelligence by the steamer America relative
to the foreign coffee market;
HAvRR, Feb. s.The Coffee market has ruled dull and
prices have been rather in favor of buyers who s hold back
Native CeEon in good order has been taken in 64D65s
has bes1 ken 4 at n az anS rS S% Ps oGha
ton Geyon has been sold SIS sd6 Sd for fine order 10
Triage. and a 7Os for Peabery. ''SS''' 'V'
Los1oS Fee S-Ths afternoon there little desire on
the part q shippers or home dealers in Coffee and
Ss96 Sd is the value Of native Ceylon public sale "a
yellow Madras sold as. OF Plantation Ceyion s. casks
lag bags found buyers Fine at US low middns
ALGERIA.-The Semaphore de Marseiles of the
2Sth JAN, quotes The following letter, dated Bona
the 22d 1.-THE column of troops, operating in the
which is remarkable for its fertility and high state
Of cultivation. 1t is covered with numerous villa.
ges, built like those of France. The principal
towns are Nenna and Nara. The latter refused to
surrender. On the 9Th the assault was given. In
less than four hours troops occupied the streets
and terraces, and at night it was reduced to ashes
Its defenders evinced the same courage as those of
Zaatcha, and the women fought with more obsti-
1 sv7I fnrrv 49, m
died with arms in their hands. They are the de-
scendants of the women of Carthage. On the 7th
| the column was still under the walls of Nara
1t is said that the Pope has come to an arrange
ment with the Catholic powers relative 10 the con-
stitution to be given to the Pontiical States
According to that arrangement the nsOtls pyoprio
Of last year is to remain the basis Of the new con-
stitution. The States are to be divided into four
legations, each of which will have at its head a
Cardinal political chief A member of the
Sacred College is TO be President of the Council
of Ministers, with the title of Cardinal Secretary
of State"
The gigantic project OF railroad from France TO
India, spoken Of appears to have no other substan
tai existence than long editorial in the Lond
Times, half jocular, half sarcastic.
Mr. Stuart Wortley's BILL for giving the stamp
of legality to marriage with a deceased wife $
sister, has every prospect of soon being numbered
among the " statutes at large" Leave to intro
duce the bill was carried by l49 against e.
1t is rumOred that the Queen is to go to Gibral-
tar in the course of the ensuing summer.
correspondent OF a London paper says " |
beg to remark that in the north the Scotch lasses
walking in the streets without bonnets, shoes or
stockings, las alluded to by writer in your paper)
is by no means proof in that country OF poverty
or restitution, but is merely matter of taste, Gus.
tom, or inclination, as the case may be-
During the first few years that have elapsed since
the first ragged school was founded in London. the
number has risen to eighteen, that of voluntary
teachers to 900 and that of the pupils to 5000
The Grench Government has proposed to the
Committee of the Budget that grant of .e4OOO be
given to uphold the Italian Opera house under Ros
coni's direction.
The Bishop OF London has already introduced
a bill into the House of Lords to regulate pro.
ceedings against cergymen accused of holding |
" hereticar' doctrines
lecture was lately delivered, bv a genius call
ing himself POrOlok, at the Working Man's-hall,
keighley Eng, to prove that the world was not
round, but fiat like pancake. Some of his au
dience asked him what sort of a fence there was
round the edges
The packet ship New York, which left that port
on the 22d January, arrived at Havre on the 18th
ult. in 10 days
Alizare, the great French basso, died at Mar. |
settles on the 23d January. But for his dwar6sb
statue and corpulent person, Alizare might have
been the first basso of the age
a horrible murder and suicide have been commit.
ted in Paris. A Lieutenant of the 55th Regimen,
OF the Line lodging in the Rue du Havre, killed his
mistress with his sword and then threw himself
from his window into the street. He was killed nm
the spot.
An Enghshman and an American were going to
Prague to take lessons of Liszt At Dresden thew
applied to the Austrian ambassador to get their
passports vise The Englishman had it done
without difficulty, but it was announced TO the
American, that by virtue of instructions from N.
cabinet OF Vienna, the entrance to the Austrian
States was forbidden 10 the citizens of the United
States The American declared that he should
appeal to the Austrian cabinet.
1t is certainly very remarkable fact that the
hrst warlke demonstration announced in Europe
IN 1880 was made by Great Britain against Greece
An extension OF the franchise in England was
promised in the Queens speech but Lord John
russell, In reply to question asked by Mr.. Hume
mas SAID that IL was not the intention of the Gov
eminent 10 propose any bill for the extension of
suffrage this year"
The Presidents Message caused some sensation
IN Lisbon, on account OF the reference made TO our
claims on the Portuguese Government
The conduct OF the British Government !, mai,
ing war upon Greece is not justified at home and
even the Times calls the whole affair a strange
and unparalleled occurrence
Fifty-eight practical Chinese vessels, MOUNTING
about 1900 guns and with crews of 5000 men. have
been totally destroyed by fire, and without the loss
of one life Of officers and men, under the order of
Com. Hay.
Workmen are now putting together, at the shin
yard at Whampoa, China, steamboat, for r. 5.
Forbes, Esq, Of Boston. 1t is built after the model
Of the North River boats. At the same place there
is in the process OF construction floating Bethel
for seamen.
new comic opera, in three acts, entitled " The
Rocks, by Ole Bull the famed violinist, lbeing his
first attempt at lyric work, is announced to be
produced at the National Theatre he has just built
in Bergen.
AT a marriage ceremony celebrated on Christ
mas day not ten miles from skiptOn, conespOn-