New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-12

A Frenchman residing in London recently
conceived entirely style of selfdcsruction He
first bought egg in the market extracted its contents
(hy suction ~ and filled the shell with about three
ounces of gunpowder Then going into very crowded
horoughtarewe presume to give ecla to his enterprise
he placed the Internal machine in his mouth. and
touched it of : with match Instead. however. of
blowing his head to atoms. the powder when igntcd
merely poured forth stream of fire and smoke from the
aperture in the shell" but without doing any serious harm
to the man The establishment of the sSers by at be
holding human mouth suddenly become the crater Of
an active volcano may be imagined The disappointed
taken into custody by the police and conveyed
to the hospital
| man is allowed to follow only one business
in Berlin barber there recently fined ten tbalers
| for having extracted tooth and taken pay for il
Another barber threatened with the same fate for
| having bled the wife of the testified bf r.
the that she had tried in vain to find physician
the regular attendant of the patient said that
his in which only immediate bleeding could
bring relief-so the court magnanmously let of the bar
without fine in consideration of his having saved
the mans life,
boy from the country was recently taken
into a gcntlrmans family. One evening. after having
bcen called in the drawing room he came down int
the kitchen laughing immoderatcly Whats the mat
tpr?n cried the cook Why. dang it, said he hcrs
are twelve 'em up there who couldn't snuff the candle
and they had to ring for me to do it."
Testimonials to the value of 500 have beer
awarded by the insurance companies of to Capt
Hovey and to Messrs R. Moore and Samuel Warner. frs
and second of the ship Devonshire for their noh
services rescung the crew and passengers OF the Heller
Sloman. in November, 1850
Edmund Glore, convicted of the murder O
Thomas Carpenter last fall was executed at Madison
Court house. Va. the Goth ut 1t is stated that be
tween three and four thousand persons were present t.
the execution lie made full confession, an
attributed his end to intomperancc.
Fontenelle, at the age of 81, after sayin
many amable and gallant things to beautiful youn
lady passed before her place himself at table. See
said the young lady how ought to value your gaar
tries you pass without looking at mel Madam" re
piled the old if had looked at you, could nj
have passed.H
The physician who attends SIC transit has al
rived in this city and taken at the fremont [Bo
ton Times.
The puglis that nhl fit has gone to Boston and hop
to transit in gloria mundi morning. [Sprnghe
II Post
He arrived safely but delta blow at sic transit al
beta hole in his head
Recently, in Northampton, Mass, Mr.. Just
: f. Bragg of that town, while out hunting, rest
the muzzle of his gun when his dog up and
his paw upon the trigger dscharing the contents of
barrel into the unfortunate killing him instantly
If In Paris, it is stated to be the law, that t
insurer not liable for any loss upon the policy he has
Ia tanned when the fire originated the premises of
person insured The potency of this simple clause
posed to be discernbe in the rarity of serious fires II
to crowded city.
IL The first California novel is being publish
OF at Marysvlle 1t is entitled. Eutowa or the Moun
IN Bird and the is laid among the Indians and
gngs." Founded on fact, OF course.
J., The Hon. James A. Pearce, Senator FRI
- MARYLAND we regret to learn from a statement in the
tegencer still confined by sickness at his residence
Chsstertown,