New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-08
Something for Every Body.

A fig roasted and applied to corns even Of the
longest Standing is said to be certain
The income of the city of Edinburgh, from its
property is about two and hafmions ofollarsa year
A recent exhibition of American Flowers in
London has been greatly admired
1t is rumored in Washington that the South
ern Press is about to oppose the democratic ticket,
The Empire Club of 1874 is to be revived in
New York under the direction of Captain Isynders
Ole Bull is paying visit to Gen. Pierce, at
Concord, N II.
W, +. Brough, the vocalist, is lying danger
ousy ill in New York,
An attempt was made in New York, on Mon
day the 2Sth u steal the box deposited in the corner
stone of the new Bible House.
Capt. Forbes, the author of several valuable
works connected with his services at has recently
died at the early age OF ~ years.
The sable sovereign of Hayti has sent to Paris
for lot of furniture and also stated he desires
to make Lola Monies his queen
A recent balloon ascension at oldham Eng
land terminated by the death OF the aeronaut Mr.
james Goalston.
A man named Collins, who was sentenced to
be hung at Greenupsburg Ky last Friday cheated the
sheriff by hanging himself two days before.
jackson, the American deer, has beaten De-
yett. celebrated runner in England doing ten miles
in 81 x nlinutes-the Englishman half mile behind
A newspaper has been started in Harrisburg,
called the IIasty Plate of Soup and another called
:" The Bombshell.' Both appropriate in campaign.
Sally A. Niles, reict of the late Hezekiah
Niles formerly editor of Niles Register died at Phade
phia on Saturday, the Goth ut
Because a girl is weeping wien you enter the
room, don't always imagine that she crying for you
She may have just got done peeling onions,
Among the recent adventurers i'll Australia,
are Mary and William Hewitt They probably intend to
write book the and incidents that country
and thus dig gold intellectually.
1t is said that some planters in Cuba have
contracted with English house the importation of
eight thousand Chinese aborers whu to receive four
dollars month for eight years
The Artists Of Boston are about forming an
Academy of the Fine Arts and propose having seminar
nual exhibitions Governor Boutwell, has been elected
President
Smthers thinks it's decidedly pleasant to
have your pantaloons stuffed into the stove by Jealous
wife just you going to your pretty cousin in
the country Smithers is of the opinion that men
what's married is victims"
$50 there's another rupture at Mount Vocifer-
ous said Mrs Darlington she put down the paper and
put up her specs the paper tells about the burning
lather running down the mountain, but it don't tell
it got fire"
The Providence Journal says: The Journal of
Commerce and the New York Evening Post unite the
support 81 Gen Pierce the former because he pledged
to support the Fugitive Slave latter because he
IS not Neither lind any difficulty in proving its position
One of the best disinfecting agents for damp
cellars and other mephitic localities is copperas
few pounds of this agent dissolved in water and sprnk
led the obnoxious place will dspe any unpleasant or
offensive odors.
A photograph of the moon was taken at Cam
bridge Observatory recently The surface the moon is
peculiarly striking 1t looks ii covered in some
parts with huge rocks, lying thick hailstones after
storm.
At Sistersville, Va, a few days since a child
of Mr. Darling Long fell into the river on the Ohio side
Ge father was on the opposite shore but recrosse the
river and after diving three times finally succeeded in Sc
and
the child was resuScitated.
Alr. ID. Carpenter, Of Rome, n Y, offers to
enter into bonds TO any that may reasonably be
required with responsible suretie to furnish any railroad
company with naatdls ralUqI track at the rate of
one Thousand dollars mile The cost of the material
io an ordinary track about four thousand dollars per
Rev. DR.. Stow, pastor of the Rowe street
Church baptized ten persons last Lords day OF this
number Tour We're young men, of nearly the same age
bearing the names of Daniel Webster Henry CLAY Will
IAN Henry Harrison, and Benjamin Franklin .
tBoston Transcript.
An Almanac for 10000 years, from the be-
ginning OF the world, or from the commencement of the
Christian era the order and arrangement Time being
the same IN BOTH has been published in New York The
Time table is scarcely larger than MANS hand vet il
comprises the chronological phenomena of hundred CEN
turtles.
Davis, the London heavy betting man is 20.
ported TO have lost tSo00 by the Derby Races or
nearly S150000 From being poor house carpenter be
ting his sixpence on race, this has amassed an i'm
mense amount by the coseness Of his calculations or by
havng been taken into the especial good graces of the
goddess of fortune Had Chief Baron Nicholson or Bar
baran won he would have increased his wealth to an in
credible eNtenso it is said in of the papers As
these nag out second and third it shows that even
this time he was not far out in his calculation
A man named CaudrOn, noted for his avarice,
died in Brussels short time since He left more than
100000 francs in money yet he was accustomed to wear
blouse and other garments dirty ragged that the
mcanest beggar would have despised them Some wears
ago he was compelled by the municipality to Law down
flag pavement i'll front of OF his houses lie after
wards mounted guard it armed with large stick
to prevent people from passing The pavement he said
his alone he had paid for il with his own money
aud nobody had the right to wear it out.