The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-11

5000 from Gardner Folsom, upon fraudulent repre.
sensations. Waddle was arrested yesterday on the
charge.
LAFAYETTE SqUARE-This beautiful PRONE.
made was again taken possession of yesterday BY
riorous negroes, and the children Of our citizens
were forced to torego the only place Of recreation
that this part of the city affords Will not the
proper authorities act in this matter
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lHE PIrTsBURG FEMININE RIoTs-The Pitts.
burg papers Of the ID inst. contain long accounts
OF an attack, made by mob composed of aomee,
on the iron furnaces and the workmen from the
its'' VINO have taken the situations of the puddlers
who Were on strike. The Gazette says
lhey hrst attacked the works of Messrs Graf
Lindsey u Co, and took lorcible possession-dri-
wing the puddlers and boilers before them like
sheep. They then gave vent to their spirits by
throwing dirt, etc, into the furnaces and succeeded
~ spelling several hundred dollars worth OF iron
They were followed by large crowd of men and
noys, who urged them on, and were evidently pre-.
pared to defend them against any resistance.
Inc rioters next proceeded 10 the works Of
messrs. Schoenbergers, and endeavored to play the
same game there, but the police managed to keen
'hG'n from entering. They walked round the out
~,ds several tunes, whooping and yelling and
throwing heavy missiles at the workmen
The fury of the assailants may be Judged of from
the puddlers, who was the last to leave his place
"nd hurrylng him to the river were in the act of
throwing him in, when he was rescued by one OF
the women but only allowed him to escape upon
ms promise TO leave the mill
he wOrkmen at Graf & Iindsev's mills Ind
not returned to work again, and we understand that
the furnaces which in blast will require re-
hnrld,ng-the metal having been left to cool In
them. The metal itself would Of course be DESTROYED
The BANK RoBBERY.-George j. Bulloch, the
absconding Cashier of the Central Railroad Bank
ut Savannah, has so far eluded pursuit. Ii is sup
posed that he took passage the steamer Isabel
Tor Havana. The amount distracted by Bulloch
rs about 100000; his bondsmen are liable for
10000. The reserved fund Of the Bank il is
sad, Is more than sufficient to cover the loss An
intimate friend of Buoch is in jail on the suspi.
cjon OF having aided in his escape.
Tue RIyERs.-The vicksburg Sentinel Of the
"tl INST contains the following
Alter rising to within one inch and a half of the
highest mark OF last year, the water commenced
falling on Wednesday night and yesterday even
ing had receded about two inches. By the follow
ing Geographic dispatches from Louisville il will
be seen that flood is coming out OF the Ohio. The
prospect is exceedingly gloomy for our friends in
the lowands.
Louiscikte, March 6, p. M.-Water on the falls.
middle chute 10 feet and rising faster than ever
known before, No report from Pittsburgh to-day
heavy raIns-weather cold. The Geo. Washing.
ton passed Louisville for New Orleans this evening
L0btSttHe March I, P. M--Twenty feet water
On falls, aud rising inches per hour. All tie
rivers above higher than known for many years
hetore-a great flood expected. Steamer Oregon
leaves this evening for New Orleans. Weather
cold and clear.
The following is the latest from St Louis:
-. Linus, March Snow fell last Saturday
IN he ,G ..,al
Ivy heavy thunderstorm. Weather to-day is
pleasant The river is rising with feet water a /
Cairo. Accounts from Platte City state that the
Hon Allen Mclean, Of Missouri, died in California.
EXPLOSION OF LOCOMOTIVE BOILER Trio
Men hiGfed.-A distressing accident occurred on
the Camden and Amboy Railroad to the II o'clock
tain from Philadelphia. The train was going at
the rate OF about twenty miles an hour, and when
At Nhiehills, N. j., the boiler exploded, killing
instantly Mark Fisher the engineer, and jaime Is
Flanagan. Enoch Greenleaf, one of the brakemen,
was mortality injured. The locomotive was in.
simultaneously blown to pieces, The frame on
which the baggage cars are placed, was scattered
almost like so many chips, the heaviest portion
burylng itself in the ground. The passenger cars
were not injured. Tie Philadelphia papers attri-
bUte the explosion TO the scarcity of water in the
boiler.
The AUTHORIZES OF JANE EYRE-An English
correspondent of the Boston Museum, resident at
Spencer Mass says he was born and bred within
stones throw of the early home and residence Of
Miss Bronte, authoress OF Jane Eyre Her
father is rector of Haworth (the " Briertield OF
Shirley) and the writer says he was christened
by him. Miss Bronte, who has made noise in
the literary world hardly equaled by that which
attended the publication of Miss Burney's Eveli-
ma, is said to be quite young, about 2s years"
nHs~ The Secretary of War has made a report in
relation to the army employed in Mexico OF the
1871 of the old line, 500 were either killed
mortally wounded OF the "a, 260 volunteers,
500 only were killed MORALLY wounded-show
ing difference of five to At Moline del Rey,
in two hours, FOG men were killed and wounded
At Buena Vista, which lasted two days, Gen Tay-
lor's loss 673
Rs~ The ladies of the Missionary Association Of
Christ Church, Philadelphia, are zealously pursu-
ing the great object of the Society-beng to erect a
free monumental church, to the memory of Bishop
White.
G5@ The bill providing for the New Jersey
block for the Washington Monument has been
signed by the Governor of that State and the fol-
lowing inscription decided
To the immortal memory of George Washing.
ton, the Father of his Country, the founder of a
hemisphere Of freemen: the State of New Jersey,
the battle ground of that war of independence
which he gloriously conducted to such glo
rous issue-the State of Trenton, and of Prince
ton and of Monmouth-gratefully consecrated this
votive stone.'
10 The great Tunnel of the Chesapeake ant
Ohio Canal about three-fourths of mile in length
is completed.
10 French paper states that there are nov
in the prisons of France from 1000 to 1900
children, of both sexes, imprisoned, mostly for
number of years. In the Central Prison alon
there are 476I.