The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-19

STOLEN CHIcKENs-Yesterday morning about
six o'clock, officer Reilly discovered Id chickens in
the beef market, in the First Municipality, which
were stolen from the premises of Mr.. d. P Hating.
SHIPwRECK-Lamentaj Destitution.-On Sat
urday, an application made to Captain Forno,
at the Office of the High Constable, in behalf of
four poor children, who were brought to this city
a few days ago on board the brigantine Pedraza,
from Nassau. 1t appears that they embarked with
their mother at Liverpool, on board of the ship
Cato, which was wrecked on its passage, but were
saved and carried TO Nassau by the schooners of
the wreckers. On their arrival at this port, the
smother, who had been ill for some time, was re.
moved to The Charity Hospital, where she died on
Saturday night The children being left in state
of destitu'ion, were kept for four days upon the
vessel, until it was found necessary IL remove
them. On the application being made, Captain
Forno directed the poor creatures, the Oldest of
which is only twelve years, TO be removed TO the
Second Municipality Workhouse, in which place
they are at present under the protection of the Off
of the establishment The children have
father who works as laborer in Cincinnati,
named Michael Mcclure, and it is probable that
he will send for them in short time They are
very destitute, being without change of garments,
or other things to make them comfortable.
The ship Cato whose loss we briefly noticed
few days ago, left Liverpool on the 23d OF February,
under the command Of Captain Robinson bound
for this port, with 300 passengers on board On
the 2Sth of March, she passed the Hole-in-the-
Wall about ten o'clock at night, and passed quietly
round the lsaacs, on her way to the Gulf. On the
afternoon Of the 29th, while running in sight of the
Bt'min Islands, she struck of the sunken rocks
of the Muscle Shoals about three o'clock, and soon
got fast The scene among the poor passengers
was very confused, but in about three hours after,
a feet of boats belonging to the wreckers Of the
Bemn Islands, along side. and took the
whole of the passengers off. They were landed on
the Bemini shores on Monday morning, the LIST oil
April, and here they remained for three days and
three nights, lying on the sand without convenience
of any kind. The people from a small town mile
and half from where they landed, came down to
the coast, and remained in their company until the
schooners of the wreckers were got ready to carry
them to Nassau. At this place they were received
with every mark of kindness and humanity, public
meetings held, sermons were preached, sub
scriptions were entered into, and the emigrants
were supplied with every necessary. The Consul
OF the United States found them in food, and large
presented to them by several benevo
lent institutions. Three vessels were engaged tt
convey the poor shipwrecked beings to this port
one of which was the Pedraza, and her humane
master, Dorritie, paid every attention to the 13(
individuals under his charge, during the nine day.
they were making their passage to this port from
Nassau The whole of the cargo of the Cato wa
taken out by the wreckers, and they were awarded
salvage dues to the of ifty-fve per cent. TO
their exertions.