The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-08
Foreign Items bv the Asia.

Foreign Items by the Asia,
The Paris papers make mention of black prima
uonna, Madame Martinez, Of Havana, who Gre
aieS considerable sensation in the musical circles
She has been the first chamber singer to the Queen
of Spain.
The Montrose Standard mentions that while a
gentleman named Stevenson was walking near the
edge OF precipce known by the name of the
Look Out" near Forfar, his hat was blown off.
and IN endeavorng to recover it his feet trpped and
ne rolled over the precipice, which is nearly two
hundred feet in height. He was soon afterwards
found lying nsensible at the bottom, but il now
likely to recover from the effects ofhis fall.
Senior Montemayor is preparing an mme use bal
loon near Madrid, on which several hundred per-
SONS have been engaged for eight months II Is to
De exhiblted TO the Queen, and when her permits
SION Is given, the proprietor intends to depart in il
ior London, where he expects TO arrive the same
day 'N'-'0
An Episcopal church has been built and conse.
Grated at Shanghai, China. Mr. Appleton, of
Boston, contributed 5000 towards the structure.
The loeusts have made their appearance in the
Lower Danube, destroying every thing in their
course. That is singular district of country for
such a visitation.
A Scotch paper warmly urges that the laureate.
sup, vacant by the death of Wordsworth should
be conferred on Professor Wilson. O''O'''N
Ledru Rollin, who is now in London, has pub-
iiShed IN Pans work on the Decadence of Eng
land. Singular enough living in England and
treating of its downfall Its description of The
condition OF Spital6elds is exciting attention.
Inc Duke OF Wellington had service of plate
presented him by the Portuguese government
winch IS worth half million of dollars
Bishop for Lower Canada is now talked Of
the seat Of the preate to be Montreal and the in,
Gumbent, the Rev. Isaac Hellmuth, an eminent
Hebrew scholar.
The daughter Of James Cromer, of harrington
England, spoke on Tuesday the 18th ut for the first
time for upwards of 10 years her first ipouirv wa
and yba,,b or IL
girl Immediately repeated the Lords PRAYER
Extreme weakness prevented her from articulatns
many words in succession cramps and commissions
are supposed to have unlocked the Jaw for the time
She experienceda great deal of pain for many days
The Jaw is again set firm as before. The girl
seemed to apprehend that death would soon termi.
nate her existence.
Soyer, the celebrated cuisinier Of the Reform
Club IN London, has formally sent in to the Club
his letter of resignation, wherest all the gourmands
are in despair.
YIN. Heal, of Wootton Bassett England lately
buried his fourth wife. He and his two brothers
pave had II wives, and all are now widowers and
looking odt for more
At me Trapani Theatre, in Sicily, lately the first
teEor had just received news of the death of his
mother, and was thrown into great grief. Never.
iheless, the authorities would not excuse him from
performing, and guard of gems d'arms was in the
Theatre TO compel him to sing or to take him to pri-
son. The opera was Lucia de Lammermoor, and
when he arrived at the dying scene of Edgardo, he
uttered the well known phrase, " o bel'dima ina
nlordta Ne conginnga hume in call :" and sud
denly stabbed himself with dagger he wore at his
side. When he was raised from the stage he was
dead.
tits proposed to confer the Laureateship on Eliza
beth Barrett Browning, or Mrs. Morton, there being
no law to prevent it.
By a recent order to the officers of the French
navy, musachlos and tufts are forbidden, the hair
IhH hlnF f1faNN h., IL.
coat, and whiskers are limited in their length
Mr.. Cumming, a wealthy Scotchman, who
has spent five years in sporting in the interior of
Southern Africa, has opened museum in London
for the exhibition Of the trophies of the chase He
has killed Is lions % of the black rhnoceros 80 of
the white rhinoceros 76 hippopotami, 1906 elephants,
besides myrads of small game. His lions skins
are said to be magnificent, and he has at least
thousand pounds worth of ivOry-one elephants
tnsks measuring nine feet, the largest known.
Every vault, including many of the wine vaults
IN the Custom-house at Dublin, is crammed with
whisky of this years make. The amount in store
rs said to exceed $4,000 puncheons, and is greater
than it ever was before
A new book is announced soon to be published
IN London, entitled Rural Hours in the United
States" by Miss Fenimore Cooper, daughter Of
the novelist. Who has it in this country?
AT Agiers, the 18th May it was announced
mat the Engineers engaged in the Hydraulic
Works would spring mine in a quarry, char ged
win 4O0O kilogrammes of powder. A crowd Of
ABOUT oOOO persons assembled on the surrounding
heights 1t was the Anniversary of the French
hepuoc' and on the fire reaching the first gallery,
II salutes were fired Immediately afterwards n
tremendous explosion took place, hurting the rocks
an immense distance towards the city, and some
of them falling among the crowd, killed persons
and wounded 20. Among the killed was Nj Jour
dan, Judge OF Instruction at Algiers, who was 600
metres from the mine. The remaining reioicings
OF the Anniversary were abandoned
ASSAULT ON ABBY FoLsoM-Miss Abby Fol-