The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-20
NEW ORLEANS


RIVER NEws.-The St. Louis Intelligencer of
the 11th has the following items of river news:
JEFFERSON CRY, Feb. 10.
River raised three and half feet-has since
fallen three inches. -Four inches snow last night.
Weather clear and moderately pleasant
PEORIA, Feb. TO-
River not rising Showing hard Avalanche
in port. -Four feet on bars below.
CArE GIRARDEAu, Feb 10.
Sutana still below. Will be here to. day. River
has risen some four feet.
River low, and fang-free Of ice. Weather
cold.
BEARDsTowN, Feb. 10.
River falng-fve feet on Beardstown Bar.
NETWORK SRNAToR-Senator Beekman, who
defeated the election Of Hamilton Fish as United
States Senator in the NewYork Legislature, is de-
| termned to adhere to his position, and conse-
quently no election take place. The New
York Herald thinks that the Governor cannot be
called upon to make a temporary appointment, and
on the retirement of the Hon. Daniel ). Dickinson,
whose term expires with the present session, New
York will be unrepresented.
The BOUNDARY CoMMlssIoN-A letter has
been received in ST. Louis, from Frontera, dated
the 10Th of December, which says:
ave have the Mexican Boundary Commission
ers among us. They have had several meetings,
but cannot agree on a starting point. Bartlett
(the American Commissioner,) says three miles
above Ell Paso. Condo (he Mexican Commits
sioner) says little below Don Ana. | say to- ou
that they will settle 80 deg. mn, say sixteen
miles above me-
"Col. Craig, with his command, goes to the Gila
in all this month Major Shepherd takes command
| in Don Ana tomorrow. Capt. Johns commands
at San Elezaria. Lieut. Thomas caves Tomorrow
| for the States via Chihuahua and Durango. Capt.
| Bowman is still absent in Durango or Zacatecas.
YOU'VE MEMS BIBLE SOCIETY OF CrNc,N-
NATI-The fifteenth annual report of this Society
is before The operations OF this Society during
the past year have been extensive. There have been
sent ont from the depository 1854 copies of the
| Bible, and 1926 copies OF the New Testament.
| Of these l2,O4S copies were sold, aud 1892 were
| gratutously distributed The receipts for Bibles
| and TestaHents sold are S2667 and by contribu-
| tons, Sl490 After paying for the books, S6jj
sent to the parent Society to send the Bible to
heather lands.
| The report presents the following aggregate of
the fifteen years operations of this Society; Issue
| OF Bibles and Tesaments, 81, 96l. The Society is
| out of debt at this time, and has on hand 5l73
| Bibles and Testaments, worth SlJ27.
| Since the annexation of what is now the Eleventh
| and Twelfth Wards, this territory has been ex-
| pored with the following results: One man was
employed one hundred and two days. at an expense
| OF one uolIdr per uay TO ascertain tne conuluon oil
| the residents of these Wards. He visited 1869
families. and found 626 destitute of the Bible, be-
ing about one-sixth of the whole number. OF
these destitute families, he supplied 46l with Bibles
and Testaments and the remainder, l65 families
| refused the gift.
| Amongst boatmen and emgrants at the river,
ninety eight days were spent-953 Bibles and Tes.
taments were distributed, about one half of which
were given away. Not one amongst this class re-
| fused the Bible.