The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-25

inst The House of Assembly was prorogued nj
It the lst.. Capt Thomas Douglass, of the brig lisa
!, bella Wood, committed suicide on the 2Ist uIt. b
o hanging himself with his handkerchief 70 a palm
in one of the rooms of the Navy Tavern He wa
: laborng under temporary arrangement at the time
= A discovery has been made of wild cinnamon trees
n growing in abundance among the hills of Jamaica
10 The loss of the steamer Rhode Island ba,
induced the New York journals to call upon tn
! Legislature to make the sending of unseaworth
! vessels on voyages crime and the owners liabl
to Indictment.
4 10 black rainbow was seen by the citizen
of New Bedford, on the evening of the 18th inst
abouto o'clock Its direction from the north
west to the southeast 1t was visible about q
minutes.
The Pacific RAILRoAD.-The amount of sub
soription to this road up to the 18th inst, wa.
s392,00O. So says the ST Louis Republican o
that date
10 Books Of subscription to tie capital stool
oil the Southern Bank of Alabama will be opene,
by the Commissioners at the Branch Bank of Mo
bile on the first Monday Of April.
B5- The Mississippi, at ST. Louis, was free o
Ice on the 18th, and falling-9 to 10 feet water in
the channel The upper rivers were in boatable
order.
10 The livery stable OF Bradley & Lee. o.
Palmyra, Mo, was destroyed by fire on the 18Th
inst, and twenty-one valuable horses were burnt
to death.
6-The California excitement is at fever heat in
Wisconsin. Thousands are selling off their pro-
perty at any sacrifice to enable them to reach Ell
Dorado.
B- The business on the Tennessee river, from
Decatur to Knoxville, has increased so greatly that
the present steamboats, engaged in it are altogether
insufficient.
GE Plank roads becoming very popular.
AT Montgomery, (Ala,) "A meeting was held on
the 2lst inst, debate the subject of constructing
several roads of this kind.
G5- The wife of Kossuth has escaped from
Hungary, and immediately proceeded to join her
husband.
nT~The sum of $l447O SO has been subscribed
at New York for the reliefof the sufferers by the late
explosion.
Is We learn by a Geographic dispatch from
New York, dated February 20, that the ship Gre
OLE from this port, has arrived at that city.
az ine City council oil heOkuk, Iowa, have
fixed the price of license for selling spirituous
liquors III that town at $500.
Gs-The Spring business is commencing in good
earnest in Philadelphia, and fine season is an.
ticipated.
G5- The Montgomery and Wetumpka Plank
Road is now under contract to be compIeted and
turned over 10 the company by the LIST Oct. next.
GZ- Mr.. James Kay mate of the Harry Hill
was suddenly Killed by accident at Nashville, Tenn
10 Maryland is making an attempt to change
her form Of government for the sake of reform.
VALENTINES DAY.-A New York letter saws
In conversation with one of the post-men, at about
three clock, he informed that there were TWEEN
ty-fve or thirty thousand Valentines deposited in
the office to which he is attached, Yesterday and
that although there are twenty men employed in
delivering them, there is no hope of getting done
with them before a week"
S. of t., Meetings This Evening.
hAF%Gg PI5yEIs!Gs Crystal FouP HaNo @
LANE DIVISION No. g. at the Methodist Church. Algers at
Auction Sales This Day.
SYKES, HyDE Co will sell, at ~ O'clock at Banks Ar
eade--sehooner Louisiana. a.
a Warren Lodge No. 9, A.Y,M.
~ q TGEsB SD sfR MSsi1 g: Fl. isl. osgs be
\soeecs at Aesoni all corner o. Bsronne Pdido
brethren s9 Invited q the Wospiul M sssis
"@ I: n LANE, Secretary, pro tenn.
Perseverance Fire Co, No, IA,
sl1fs7H NJ The officers md members OF the Company
No2 E51.S , FsS Sc !. rGss3s %oo %sas
49, R9 c. CLARK, secreiary.
wv Two Free Lectures Spgss,
sASs On 9 ,t the Physical con.autOn OF Man. and its 4