New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-27
NEW ORLEANS:
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH q, 1852

SAIURUA1 MORNlNG, MARCH u, 1882. |
NAyAl.At Callao, January 18th, the United States |
rgat Raran bearing the broad pennant of Commodore
Charles s. McCauley COMMANDMENT Chief of the naval
forces in the Pacific.
The United States Independence was at Naples ON
the 10th of January last and may be expected at New
York about the middle or last of May.
United States storeshp Southampton sailed from San
Francisco, Sd us destination reported
The following is list of officers Of the United States
soop-ofwar st Mary's, at San Francisco
George Magruder, Commander; James S Bidde. Rob
ert Il. Watson Lieutenants T. j Corbn, Acting Lieu
tenant A. 4 Watson, Purser John j. Abernethy, Sur
geoni Homer O. Blake, Acting Master George X era
ham, Marine Officer Richard b. Tunstal Assistant Sur
geon Jonathan Young Dulany A. Forrest, Passed Mid
shpmen John Currcy. Captains Clerk James A. Green
Benjamin P Loyal, William H. Ward Midshipmen Jas
Meads, Carpenter; William b. Fugtt Sailmaker james
Hutchinson, Acting Gunner John j. r. West Acting
Boatswain
The STORM NEwYoRK.-The storm which prevailed
in NewYork and vicinity the 18th very
i've After dark it increased to hurricane, and raised
the heaviest the bay and in the Hudson and East
rivers there The arrivals from during the
day few and there good grounds TO fear that
sad record of disasters from the coast to in
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NATIVE AMERICAN MEETING.-A Native American Meeting
has been held in Charlesown Mass protest against
reception any foreign any contributions
the Washington Monument A resolution for tax Of
500 all foreign immigrants passed also
against foreign pauper labor.
Al Axrr-RESr BILL.-Another Ambient Bill has been
reported in the Newl Legislature which provides for
going through again with the farce which has been played
for several years past to catch antren votes The New
York Express expresses the hope that good
and integrity enough in the Legislature defeat this and
all similar measures
BIS PERLEY PooRE,-rhe Boston journal says I'VE
received copy the West Newbury Record edited
printed and published by interchangeable friend Per-
lev poore of the Bee Sentinel and know not how
many other papers 1t seems that Mr. Poore has
has retired his farm, where with itching to finger
the types he has established printing Office solely for
pastne His press is the venerable Ratnage. the
property Franklin and solitary and alone he has COM
posed imposed, rolled aud pulled his edition
MIR Poore has produced very neat and readable sheet
He .ocis patronage and charges high price for his
paper but intends forward the receipts to the Wash
ington National Monument
AccIpENT AT QvARANrINE--Ihe Network Post of the
18th says: About haltpas three o'clock this morning
Of the long shanties erected some time since at
quarantine accommodation of the sick became
burdened with the pressure of the that had fallen
upon during the night to break the girdcr and to
preciptate the upon the people beneath. There
were at the time hundred sick persons in the
building The nurses Immediately gave the alarm by
ringing the bell. and with the aid which promptly
furnished all taken out. one, without having
experienced any injury except from the exposure One
female was hurt by the accident but in what way
not informed
THE CAIlFoRNtA TIcKEr MISUNDERSTANDING Of this
affair the NewYork Mirror of the 18th says A crowd
of about 100 persons who had purchased tickets for Cali
forpia from Palmer Co. yesterday assembled at the lower
police court, at the hour for the investigation into the
charges made by Robert Sren who alleges that he had
been efraudcd by them of S75 which he paid for pas
sage tickets to California but which proved yaluelcs
Palmer who the previous night had been arrested by
officer Elder made proposition to those persons to meet
him at his office O'Clock yesterday afternoon where
he would refund them the money received for their tick
cts or forward them by the next steamer. each
thought proper Justice Lathrop then postponed the in
vcstgaon of the charge already preferred until this after
noon at o'clock the crowd left for the office of Pal
and Co Should he fail to settle it probable that
many of those who have purchased tickets will prefer
complaints against him at He states that he
expain the whole matter satisfactorily The average
amount obtained from each individual is about $3.50
VESSEL AND CARGO BuRNEp.-The Mobile Tribune OF
Thursday evening says: 1.-The lighter schooner John
Clarke which left wharves yesterday morning with
about three hundred bales of cotton for the ship Ottawa
diving at the lower fect while Dog River bar in low
erng ainsa it in contact with the cabooSe and
caught on fire which immediately communicated with the
cotton The vessel and cargo is total loss
TIE Discovery OF ETHER-The committee of the House
of Representatives it is said have decided upon awarding
100000 DR. Norton of Boston, for his discovery thus
settling his right to that discovery Dr. Morton it is also
stated has caused his competitor Dr. Jackson to be
rested in Washington libel growing out of the
trOvcrsy between them
HEAVY SNOw SToRM-The NewYork Mirror of the 18th
says The tweny-seventh snow storm of the &C.
CURED yesterday and of the most violent that
have almost experienced. The snow covered the
ground to considerable depth, although much of il
melted as it fell. Towards midnight rain and seet
ceeied the and early pedestrians this morning
perenccd a time that . tried mems solesn About o.
clock in the afternoon every telegraph wire leading
the city brok. down under the heavy pressure Of the
damp snow
PORTRAIT HuMBoLDT-W find in the Boston Tray
eler the following There fifty Americans now
in Berlin. Many of them students Every month
less letters brought from them to this
try Several epstles lately received state that the cee
brated Won Humboldt has sat for his last portrait Il
took place in Berlin during the past month The homo
ofexecuting the work conferred upon American
young artist from Boston. Heleft this city last
After visiting all the principal private and public gale
re' in England and receiving marked attention from