New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-24
DAILY CRESCENT.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST "a, 1856
Something for Every Body.

TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST "a, 1862.
Something for Every Body.
Why are Cashmere shawls like deaf people !,
Because you can't make them here
The Grand Sultan has two hundred and fifty
wives; the Pope has none Badly Off both of them
Uncle Toms Cabin is to be dramatizcd and
put on the stage.
Hon. George Ashmun declines being candi-
date for Governor of Massachusetts,.
Saturday the 18th inst, was tile 418tb ami
versary Of the invention of printing.
late bull-fght, at Madrid, for the benefit
Of the poor, realized $4,000 francs
It is said the peach crop of Messrs John Rev
bold and Brothers. Of Delaware will yield 10000 baskets
this year
Rev DR.. Andrews, for many years rector of
the Episcopal church ut Bnghamton, n T. has been ad-
mitted to the practice of law.
1t is estimated that Tulare county. California,
would produce grain enough to feed population Of
few nights ago, Mr.. Grape, of NewBedford,
Mass had 700 fruit and ornamental trees DESTROYED by
some unknown yandals
Eggs from China, put up in pickle, in large
sized jars rctaied in San Francisco at one dollar
per dozen.
Henry Cross, first mate of the bark Veguyius
arrived at Alexandria Va Callao has been arrested
on the charge OF numbering Of the during the
voyage.
A paper published in Cecil, Md, saws Charles
T. Cutler Of NewMexco in that county lately lost COW
from the bite of copperhead snake six pigs died
from eating of the
Letters from Rome state that it is the inten
ton OF the paa government to surround the cy of An
cony with octroi wall and that the work is TO he
commenced Immediately "
Two men, named William Hughes and Walter
Welsh killed Mt Cincinnati on the 18th by The fall
ing OF derrick whilst they raising large stone at
new building. "
child seven years of age, at st. John, N. B.,
was sent by of its parents Sunday the Sth inst
for half put of rum, and while on its way home #
drank some Of the contents when death afterwards
ensued. A' 80
Sc Mother" said Jemima spry to her venera-
Bile maternal relative, Sam Flint to come co,rng
me tonight" Well you jade what did you tell him
"oh told him he might come wanted to see dow The
foo, trouM act ~
j. W. Ambrose, citizen of Sumter District
SC, died the 10th inst at the residence of Cant j
H. Beser, near Manchester. s. g. from lock-;aw neca
stoned by injuries to the ball of heel received X,
yously. 'NeA8 pre-
John MeWilliams, lad fourteen years old.
has been arrested at Albany N g. stealing two checks
from the check book of the Albany Schenectady
road Companyone for s1397 ST. the other for Sio8 ~
The latter was found on his person
Mr.. F. B. Hemsmuller the agent of the Ger
mania Musical Society the Newport News says speedily
to be married to young, beautiful and mplished
heires5 who conspicuous belle Newport last sum
Mr. H. discontinued his come elton with, the Gov
manas on the 10th inst.
Goldfish and mackere, between june and November (
said to be over twenty thousand and employs over 1--we
hundred and fifty thousand ZION The bait ssd is CLAIMS
herrngs and porgies the Two last being prepared and
sated for the purpose at an expense millions
Of dollars annually.
The Clnelnr,aei Times says, two funeral trains
met at the O bile House that city the going
to the Cemetery and the other coming from it, Both
stopped and the men alighted to drink general fight
esued in which several persons severely bruised
and the coffin considerably damaged
A couple of fellows, who appeared in the char
acl # distinguished foreigners, and of pop
nr with the ladies of Bath Me- haye been arrested
the towns of that vicinity The interesting bandits
caught at night while asleep in their boat with loaded
pistols beside them
A few days since, a woman residing at No. 5.
Hudson Avenue Network missed of her children
thinking it had fallen into the cstern in the yard eapec
down in search of it. nearly drowned she wa
fshed with difficulty by the ueighbors and wa
reoiced to find that her darling safe in the house
A passenger in one of the Now ork omnibuses
day or two since, in order to have delay settling
his fare put the sxpence for that purpose into his mouth
The coin unfortunately slipped into his winpipe wher
it lodged causing immediate loss of voice and danger
sufocaton After much suffering by the patient it wa
extracted by cutting into the windpipe,
A very fat man having taken a seat in al
omnibus already crowded to the great annoyance til
passengers, several with partial breathing muterin
lips inquired who such lump of flesh could the
conner. Egad don't know responded wag Blu
Judging from the eact he produces should suppose hill
a. member Of The press"
In Winslow, Me-, last week. Miss Harriet L
Hale aged % years dressed herself mourning went
the nearest wood made neat bed of boughs and takn
nearly four ounces of laudanun laid herself down wit
her feet crossed, her folded her breast and
handkerchief tied under her chin She died afte
being found.
A lunatic walked into one of the churches il
Cincinnati few Sundays since and placing his hat
the sacramenal table entered the pulpit Soon the
uar pastor made his appearance and manifested some
constituent at finding his pulpit occupied The Graz
insisted making the opening prayer, but WI
finally compelled to abdcate while the congregation
convulsed with laughter
Mr. Greenough, the American artist, is no,
in Leghorn, where while since Government Ell
tered into tract.ssith him to furnish group
satuary Intended to adorn the eastern portico of tt
Capitol The House of Representatives perceive, hi
inserted in the general appropriation bill amendmeI
approprating seven thousand dollars to transport IL
work hither and place it upon pedestal.
The Liverpool Times gives an account of wifi
selling in England The following particulars of a la
case gathered from that paper viz man sold b
wife to farmer of Darlington for tlO (fy dollars) b
as The seller did not get the cash down he refused
deliver up his wife Finally the wife got out of patient
and told her husband she would not be fooled with
longer, and that she would 90 home with the buyer
She liked him bestn She then packed up her cloth
and followed her purchaser to his home, whittier she
escorted by train of boys beating tin kettles.
Modelling with others sometimes brings us in
scrapes and thereby one of the elders of church
"bad worse young fellow entered the church a
up and requested him to take OFF His request not bei
complied with he came to the young second tin
seeing he still hesitaed, the cider gently lifted it
when, to his (he cders) chagrin out rolled uuart
shelbarks on the floor, making rather more noise til
was consistent with the rules of the church Mar
quietly responded the youngster, looking composed
see what you have done"
We see it stated in the late English news til
Henry Box Brown the fugitive slave, has recovered q
hundred pounds sterling for damages, in action fol-
libel against the proprietors of the Wolverhampton
Staffordshire Herald The libel said that Browns Pa,
rama his representations of slavery, gross
aggeraton etc, and carieatured Browns style of ec
ing, putting his remarks into negro slang. Brown
that the effect of these publications to drive him fir
Wolverhampton, where his receipts began to fall aw
Immediately after the publication of the first libel
had previously been in the habit OF receiving from f56
.e7O per week
Madame sontag, it seems, is not free from
annoyance of artists life in spite of her emnen
Luniey has brought suit against her for breach of
tract-he having secured promise from her to sing
the Italian Opera certain conditions through the
diation of Lord Canricarde, and Lord Ward, for VIII
Powers first made the Greek Slave The conditions
which she made the not having been compl
with, she refused to sing and Lumley having depent
upon to restore his fallen fortunes and
the threatened legal proceedings Of other artists aga
him denies the authority of his noble friends and patr
to grant the conditions insisted on by the Countess
brings suit against her accordingly.
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LAW DuEI1Isrs IN SPAIN.-A lady at Madrid, sh