The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-03-18
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TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH IS, 1851

TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH Is, 1901.
The CHEROKEE NATION. - The Tahlequah
&c. NJ Advocate of the 4th inst, says that there
a considerable fall of snow in that part OF the
Nation on the 9th ut
The water courses rising very fast from the
heavy rains that had fallen previous to the snow,
and from the melting of the snow.
Some of the Osages (chetsD Wolf and Tally,
were about to visit some OF the Western tribes,
West of the Rocky Mountains, with punishment
for their carnivorous propensitles towards the rest
of mankind The Tahlequah Advocate thinks from
this, that the Osages must have caught the theory
of civilization.
A Convention of the old settler party of Chero-
KEGS has been called for the Nth of this month";
Tah-lon-tus-ka, to definitely settle, according to a
majority of voices, the mode OF making out the
susro of those entitled to participate in the per
capita" under the treaty of 1916. 1t will there be
settled how that money is to be paid lst whether
to those only who alive at the date of the |
treaty in 1916, and the heirs of those who have |
died since that time I'd, whether the census-roll
shall include both those who have been born, and
those who have died since 1916 or Sd whether
the deadroll is to be excluded entirely from the roll
The Department at Washington is willing to
pay the money in any way approved of by a
majority Of old settler votes.
MONUMENT OF BARON SrEUGEN-G.n Wan
North erected mural monument to the memory
Of this soldier of the Revolution 1t was placed in
the old German Church in Nassau street. 1t was
removed many years ago Mr., B. j. Losing, the
author OF the " Battle Fields of the Revolution"
has recently discovered it.
The monument says Mr.. LOSING, is now in
small lumber room in the German Church in For.
syth street, in separate pieces, mutilated and dis
figured. Tbs frame around the inscribed
slab, and the obeisk are of blue veined marble.
The oval slab, the urn and the armoral bearings
under the urn, which ornament the apex, are OF
white marble. Upon the lower urn is exquisilely
wrought representation Of the d" Order Of Fiie
iry," which Frederick the Great gave to Steuben
The following is the inscription:
" Sacred 10 the memory Of Frederick William
Augustus Baron Steubeu, German Knight Of tie
Urier OF Fidelity aid.d4 camp to Frederick the
Great, KING oil Prussia, Majpr-Generai and Inspec-
torGeneral N the Revolutionary War; esteemed,
respected and supported by Washington. H gave
military discipline aud skull to the cIuzen soldiers,
who, fulfilling the DEGREES Of lI-a,en, achieved the
Independence OF the United States Ihe highly
polished manners Of the Baron, were graced by
tie most noble feelings OF the heart. HIS hand,
open day Tor meeting charity, closed only IN the
strong grasp OF death. This memorial is inscribed
by an American, who had the honor to be lis
aldde,canP, and the happiness to be his friend
Obt 1885,
MONUMENT TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
A trdy justice 1t seems is to be rendered to this
great man, even in his native country. Two o
the first men IN Spain have taken the lead in hi,
observation-disclosures Martinez de la Rosa and Saliva
dor Bermudez, both known as men OF letters anC
liberal politicians. A subscription has been
tor the purpose, which IS fast receiving the name
OF persons OF every rank. The situation for thu
colossal monument has been most appropriated
chosen on an elevated spot Of Pdlos de Magner
opposite the convent OF St Ann, whence Coum
bu, started on his first adventurous expedition TO
the New World The plans and designs for tn
monument wll be subject d to Il competition OF a
Europe, and Mr.. BrFmudy2 will under AXE
especial trip to Eng and Tor those purposes Tn
preliminary arrangr neuts hint at colossal statu
twenty feet high, and groups surrounding It, form
my base OF forty feet IN circumference. III
statue to be of the finest Forentine bronze an
the pedestal of reddish granite. The lowest est
mate of the Columbus monument is I@OO0O A
the brother OF Columbus long dwell in London a
an agent OF Christopher's Tor the purpose Of pre-
posing the plan to Henry VII, there is som
ground for sympathy here IN the monument to til
memory Of the great discoyerer, Architect
The NORTHERN LrGHrs.-The investigation
IN this country, and Europe into the nature an
causes Of the Aurora Borealis, educing certal
facts that found amenable 10 certain law
which may finally lead to the solution of the astr,
nomical puzzle. The Royal Society Of Edinburgh
IN 1870, ascertalned that the aurora appearance
quite faithfully cores pond to the diurnal and a
nuaI variations Of the magnetic needle They d
most at nine clock, increasing towards and dim
lshIng from that hour of the night. They are all
greatest at the equtnOXes, and least at the sc
stlces, and particularly at the summer sostlc
They have also monthly variation OF trequenc
intensity, which depends obviously on the a
OF the moOn being the greatest when the moon
about 1t the end of her first and third quartz
The results OF these Investigations are interestln
PRoGREss OF MIssIoNs-The New York Jol
hat ;
number of Missionaries employed in heathen cou
tries by the different denominations of EvangelIt
Christians, cannot be less than 1000 inclusive
assistants, native and alien, the number wor
exceed $500 An eminent Divine has lately STATE
at Boston, that aggregate OF s7lO,OOO was CO
trbuted in the past year, IN this country aIone
foreign missions. Moreover, there has been
pended for Home Missions, including chur
edfces, the support of preachers, etc. nea
900. 1t also computed that there are
she United States 100000 church membe
$4,000 churches, and 1000 ministers
CENSUS OF SoUrH CARoLINA.-The Charles
papers contain the comp lete census returns for
State of South Carolina, as follows: Free, y
1871; slaves, 3Sl,720; total, Cos 57. The pc.
laon of 1910 wa Free, 2G6 sos; slaves, 329, 81
total, 59i 439. lis gives an increase OF o
1929 free persons in ten years The free colo
are not separated from the whites in the returns
printed which ought to be done The increase
the slave population is greater, being 5b,1S6.
These returns contrast very srlkingly with III
of Georgia, which will be found complete in
columns today. We will make but a single CT
ment, and that is This If South Carolina we
work more and agitate less, she might prefer
very different report at the termination OF the I
decade. Let her nullify or secete from The Uni
and she will as certainly become a desoiaion
reproach. Macon tGa.) Messenger, Eth
A New SYSTEM OF ADvERTIsING.-W e
frequently admired the ingenuity of business
in devising ways of spreading the quality of t
wares before the public. Yesterday, however,
saw the Gaping of the climax, After the disco
was concluded in one of fashionable churc
it was soemny announced that Brother &.
lately received large supply ofhymn books, ae
he 1ras prepared to sell a little loirer than any
else IN fho city. Next Sabbath expect to
the pulpit covered with miscellaneous collie
of pacards and business advertisements, W
theatre bill or two, by way OF increasing the e
This incident forcbly reminded us, at the tim
a back woods incident OF some years standing
never committed to type, One of the member