The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-31

The Belgian Senate has passed a bill for putting
gold money out OF circulation.
M. Dumas has been declared bankrupt by the
Paris Tribunal of Commerce.
A State Convention was to meet in Maine on
| the 10th to oppose the Fugitive Slave Law
| The Western hog trade has fallen off this year
649, 600 heod
| There were only sixteen passengers in the
| ste mer Crescent City for Chagres from New York.
Miss Bronte, authoress of Jane Eyre" etc.,
| has been on visit to Miss Martneau, at Ambehde.
Jealous efforts are being made in the South Of
| Ireland to extend the culture of fax.
| Horace Greeley, ESQ, of the NewYork Tribune
contemplate visit to the Worlds Fair.
| Accounts from Russia announce the discovery OF
dangerous conspiracy in the southern circles of the empire
The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Ameri-
Society was held Washington City the
The General Assembly of Rhode Island con.
yened Providence the 10th. United States Senator
| is TO be chosen At this session.
The Sandwich Islanders were, at the last &C.
counts taking have the islands represented in hs
Worlds Industrial Convention, at London.
Fifteen vessels arrived at Fair Haven, Conn, on
"Wednesday and Thursday Of last week. with nearly forty
| too thousand bushels of oustersI
The Cincinnati Commercial says that thous ands
Of wild pigeons passed over that city on the h making he
The price of meat, fowls, vegetables, and all
kinds Of marketing in Liverpool is almost the in
Another book about America has been published
in England 1t is by the author of Sketches of Cantabs
whoever he be- 1t is abusive, of course. and
be funny.
The electric telegraph, says the London Times
proved failure in England mercantile adventure
oompactnes of the population and the speed
the mails.
There were 34l deaths in New York last week.
n IS women, l6 boys and 80 grh died OF consump
fewer 20; small pox is.
The largest draft ever drawn by the Post. office
Department drawn Wednesday in New York city
II favor of the English Government 10 balance The
| postage account, and amounts to $4,000.
All the prisoners brought home by the u s
ship Preble. for muny have been convicted New York
and the State Prison. where they haue an
| tunty to reflect upon their evil deeds.
There is negro living near Palestine, ILL.,, who
the father OF six children has buried wives and
now at the age of more than ninety counting fol
/ the eighth vile.
| The Police of New York succeeded recently in
capturing Of Philadelphia countsretss consisting
and two who had in their possession large
The little steamer, q Maid of the Mist" which
was sunk few DAYS since niagara Falls but slightly
damaged, and about raised She expected to come
out next season fully repaired and greatly improved ap
pear ance
A late London letter says that the Emperor Of
Austria will visit the coming Worlds Fair at London with
large snte oil mobiles and sayans and that Mvars hotel
has been engaged him 1t is also said that the Empero
| OF Russia will also be visitor.
The Cincinnati papers publish list of individu
ala and firms of that city paying of $500 per an
num- N longworh heads the list, he having $l7 6C8 an
ZEN o. pa Se sss sfs. ss sAs ,v
Others each between $1,000 and 5000 and one huudret
, | and nifty pay each $500.
i We see it stated that a portable bed new in
much attention 1t forms soft and connexions coucb re-
auires but little trouble take care Of it, OCCUPIES YER
small space, and may be shut like umbrella into q
q box or vase.