The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-30
A String of Items.

When an Indian swears he swears in English,
there being oaths in his own language.
Thursday, The 24th, was observed day OF
Thanksgiving and Prayer, in South Carolina.
Hannah Price wife of William, committed sui
eide in NewYo rk last Thursday.
Catharine Leonard was murdered last week in
New York by her drunken husband.
The ship.carpenters of Portsmouth, N. H., have
generally returned to their work at the old prices.
The editor Of the Pittsburgh Ledger has been
prosecuted for libel.
M. Headley is about preparing biography Of
Gen Jack and the principal officers Of the war OF 1879
Keat, convicted at Louisville, of murder, has
been sentenced to he hung on the Goth of December.
Prof. Stowe inHugurated on the 10Th, to the
Proeonhip Of Natural and Revealed Religion in Brans-
wick College, Maine.
Messrs E. Stewart Il Son, of Newark, N. J.,
It weighs ST ! lbs, and is valued at $1,000.
Z. H. c. Griffin, formerly clerk in the Rochester
& o o PG e 3fe 29 se ea ou at
Two deputy assistant appraisers for San Fran
from New York; both are in California.
1t is reported that A. A. Hail. Assistant Secre-
ay Of the Treasury, is to be removed to make room for
friend OF Mr. Corwn.
The two young Nova Scotians named Duffae
and Perkins have escaped from Ipswich jail, where they
confined for setting fire to meeting house in DanYers
An effort is about being made to erect an iron
statue to Gen Washington, the spot where once stood
Fort Necessity, by the citizens OF western Pennsylvania.
Why handsome young ladys lips like
persmon? Because the you taste them the they
Property on the line of plank road in Indiana,
increased in value 10 Der in four months and the proba
| bIity is, that it will still increase.
The citizens of Burke county, Georgia, have ten
dered the Hon John Macpherson Beren public dinner and
he has accepted. lts to off the 18th of November.
| Lieut.. George M. Totten, has been assigned the
command of the new and powerful is Mail Steamer Co
umbia, that ply San Francisco and Oregon
Nance G. Dickinson, the only son of Senator
| on the 18th, in the I'D year Of his
| The first boat from the break at OrauUaOOrt
passed Rochester the 18th inst since them up
Friday, 206 boats have passed Rochester going East.
1t is said that Earl Grey has notified the Nova
Scotia Government that the british Government will grant
assistance toward hui ding the Halifax and Portland Railroad.
The valuation of Massachusetts will exceed FIVE
hundred mSRs Of foqs The y y9 g of Boston for
personal estate 81 ,352,7CO total STA 200
The Military Convention which has been in SEES.
sion in Richmond adjourned Friday last They call upon
the Legislature to foster the Volunteer Companies in the
A gang of counterfeiters was arrested on the
night Of the 18th instant St. Louis, and caught in the
| counterfeit money was seized.
| TIL body of Mr.. Trimble, of the firm of TrimbIe
& Co, NewYorS, who, it will be remembered, Jumped
overheard from hoboken teyboat and was drowned ha
The steamer Federal arch, struck a snag al
Louisville, Friday morning, the 18th, and immediately
sunk Her cargo consisting OF hemp Tor Covngon wa
Two colored men, named James Berry and John
Foreman were arrested and held 10 bail in slGDO each to an
arrested the alleged fugitive in Philadelphia.
Lord piscount Vaudeville, MP, and his bro
Their Lord Frederick Montagn sous OF the Duke OF anches
| ter, have emigraed from England to New Zealand, a
The Philadelphia North American SAYS tina
Jenny Lind has not been praised whit much and tina
Shes one OF The precious phen2mena WHICH nature con
cedes hut once in the generations of millions OF mankind
| The Evangelist states that Chief Justice vii
Hams, Of New York. has made contribution OF one thousnu
ing meeting houses for Congregational Churches in Illinois
| 1,l.- E H., I,1l,
temperance Convention and among other proceedPgs r
rem made destitute by drinking.
The Wellaud Canal is now it is said, in excel
lent condition. During Septembsr $50 vessels passed through
heng larger number than in the corresponding month
The Memphis Enquirer says that few day
since Gask Of bacon was opened by Messrs. Cook Haw
pine knots! The cask was received from St Louis.
A pair of compasses, said to be undoubtedly Re
man. butresembug in every rcsfec the modern nstrumen
at Cirencester.
About sixty bales of cotton belonging to Mr.
SeGe o. Sam'i district stored N tne gSra OF ~; Ia Levy
On the morning othe slst, to be on fire. About 70 bales
The Chicago Journal says the brig Minnesot
has been chartered to take cargo Of copper to Liverpool
Especial permit to pass down the ST. Lawrence having bet
A terrible accident occurred on the I4th nstan
At the plantation of MI Lscose Of Salem An SIMS
crushed.
We regret to announce the death of the youn
and prighty RsrHs dU .S9WUsau Monde, age yea
During its life its friends always welcomed its semi-mOnth
visits with pleasure but those friends few TO
e from an early death. IN. Y. Courier.
On Sunday evening last the floor of the Episc,
ua Church, COvngtOn, fell in, nnd crash snd
10 numerous persons. No XII ed, but all we
terrified the escape truly wonderful Inc church
crowded, and the screaming otwomen aud chi en continue
load and long Some persons umued through the window
breaking the sash as they went. Bishop IN attendance
18th Oct