The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-19
DAILY CRESCENT.


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5.,s;h.,;sg books, an old man Kindly eecostso
shesn nd ssked them e receive Shlnese tract Y
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s IVA man aud will be happy for ages but
(. ,hst gives a large number OF good books, must
~ feeafied as a benevolent individual and as
isnIsotor 10 his species and will be inconceiva6ly
ssopv foreverr II is not an uncommon thing with
fbe Chinese when a man has been successful IN a
rc,rspyciai enterprise for him to go to the priests
20 fSon,ei.,s and saw :. have been blessed in my
undertaking Il am wealthy 4 wIsh.you to select
some uortien Of the writings OF Contucius, and
will IL A. he expense OF the blocks by which they
shall r. ,y;nted The selection is made, the terms
,,renssesi afeDpublshed, saying, The very honor
able gentleman, -, has been so benevolent as
g nave the blocks Of Confucius cut, and he now
calls on liberal gentlemen to aid him in the work.
A subscription list is opened; one promises to pay
for printing fifty copies, another twenty and when
the subscription list is closed, they employ prin-
ter number Of copies struck off, and given
10 each subscriber in proportion to his subscription
and these distributed to the poor in the dwell
ings in which they live.
Portuguese Ldwsuit.-Public attention, in is.
bon is much taken up with the great lawsuit, be-
tween Count de 1arroho and Mr.. Pimenta Count
de Tafrobo, to save Don Pedro, and help him to
seat his daughter upon the throne, lent him two
hundred thousand pounds, as a remuneration for
ceriain price, and for twelve years, the payments
being according to the then existing laws-half in
in paper aud half in gold and silver; BY a law the
paper money was abolished, and the Government
demanded from Mr.. Pimenta, to whom the Couni
had ett II, the payment of all in metal it is this
difference, which may amount to two millions and
a-haif Of money, which is the object in dispute
The Government has evinced The greatest ingraii
tude to Iarrobo, who is generally liked. Nav
laws have been framed to favor his opponent Taxes
mi IN
the present contractors Of tobacco for the losses
they have sustained, to pay the Lisbon bank-noes,
and the Count Will be ruined.
Manufacturer IN Distress.--We often find that
men who have accumulated large fortunes from
small beginnings, when they have passed the mid
die age Of life, imagine themselves in poverty. A
singular case has lately occurred, for the truth Of
which we can vouch A large manufacturer, re
siding in the wilds Of Yorkshire, one day called
on the relieving officer of the district and asked re
lief Approaching instantly the state of mind il
which the well-known applicant was, the officer
replied, Certainly, Mr.. -; call tomorrow,
and you shall have it, Satisfied, the applicant
refined. and the officer has,ened to the gentleman,
son, stated the case, and expressed his opinion tina
the relief demanded should be given. g Give it,;
said the son, g and We'll return you the money!
Accordingly, this wealthy manufacturer next day
received relief and for many weeks regularly az
Piled for his five shillings per week unIll at length
the hal'ucinatlon vanished, and his mind was com
peiely restored 1t is possible that this little anec
doe contains valuable hint to the proper treat
ment of monomaniacs English Paper.
Singular Rising Of a Rtuer in Scotland -Aboui
the beginning Of The present century, the depth OF
the river Clyde was scarcely five feet The vessels
10 it consisted merely of craft drawing few fee
water, and none exceeding thirty or forty tons bur.
then. In 1880, the average depth Of the Clyde al
high water neap tides, made nine feet. In 1910
the depth was increased TO fourteen feet; and in
1850 tie average available depth al high water OF
neap tide is sixteen feet The river has also been.
during The past ten or twelve years, gradually in
creased in breadth.
Death Of an Aeronaat Lieut.. Gale, one of the
equestrian aeronauts met his death in his last asceD
sion al Bordeaux, France. After short trip The
horse was loosened from his confinement, when the
balloon, relieved from its extra weight, sOddenIy
aseendsd, the shock upsetting The car Lieut. Gale
when last seen, was still holding on to the ropes
His body was found next day, some miles dislan
from he spot where The accident took place, every
limb broken.