New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-18


FNru CA,tAlTY--On the night of the Sh instant near
ousyillc IL negro cabin burned and three negro
hdren persisted in the flames.
WRECK OF A WuALER--Information has been received
Boston of the wreck of the whale ship ontariothe
Ulcers and crew saved.
LIGHT Housrs-Ihe bark orola was to sail from Bos-
on on Monday the 9Th inst, for San Francisco, with
materials for eight lighthouses to be erected the Pa
life Coast
LyscH,veThe Republican, of Iowa City, says that two
men named Pierce and William French were taken up by
The citizens on suspicion of having robbed Mr., A. B
stlwe merchant tailor there and whipped till they re-
yealed the concealed place of their plumber.
MoRrntry AMONG CHLpREN.--on Saturday evening,
the 18th inst five children died in East Kensingon Phil
adephia from the effects of dsentery They were each
seized with the disease which separated them suddenly
from the circle of their friends in the afternoon of the
same day The cause of this great mortality attributed
to eating freely of green fruit.
RrrArr, An Cnourr,-Fictory eta Yankee Boat-Capt
ilnghast of the bark Carlo Mauran of Newport. R L.,
recently arrived from Calcutta reports the Of
sailing regatta that port in February last in which
Boston yawl boat entered by Capt. Plummer, of the
Washington Irving of Boston, took the prize dstancing
all competitors English and American boats only were
entered The yawl was christened for the occasion
ApR1yA1 OF SwEpEs-The bark Gov. Hickey, Captain
Loring arrived at Boston on Friday, the 9th inst with
hundred and seventysix steerage passengers after
pleasant passage of forty-fve days from Gotenhurg
The passengers by this ship nearly all farmers with
their families and of property in Sweden who
have emgraed this country for the purpose of settling
in Wisconsin, where they have purchased farms
YANKEE NouoSs-The prosperity of South Deerfeld.
Mass is closely identified with so insignificant vocation
the manufacture of wallets, Three years ago the
Messrs Arms took notion to see what could be made
at the business and have applied themselves to it ener
getically They employ in their shops exclusive OF
sttchers 5 hands, and 25 dozen OF the article are pre-
pnred the market daily The yearly sales amount to
1925 600 which about double the cost OF the materials
worked Their success has started up competitors so
that quite village of shops boarding etc,
its origin to the aforesaid notion Enterprise and pros
perity are twin sisters. Jour. of Com
SINGULAR AID SUDDEN DEArHs.-on Saturday, the It'll
inst gentleman named Sheldon residing at Cooper's
N, pltGe
moments for an omnibus, when the attendant stepping
out left him alone short time and after returning
found him sitting in his chair lifeles his still in his
hand and his cigar in his mouth During the afternoon
several of the neighbors called to the corpse and
among them Mrs Shvers wife of Charles W Shivers and
such was the shock to her feelings that she thrown
into spasms, and died in few hours afterwards.
HOMEMADE GAs--The Newark IN. j. Advertiser no
cinty in lighting the resnence of Mr. W. O. Dusenberry
President of the U. S. Portable Gas Company, by the
means of small apparatus which does not occupy but
few square feet of space and it said require no NOR,
skill in it's management than ordinary cole fire TIL,
gas is made from rosn gives clear brilliant light and
burns without any unpleasant smell The cost of the ga
thus manufactured is estimated at 81 80 per thousand
cubic feet the price of the apparatus is $3.50
An EXCELLENT LIFE PREsERyER-A life preserver of {
novel construction has been placed in the rotuna of thu
Exchangeb Ny James McGarrah the inventor 1t is new
application of well known principle, by which every
settee and chair in board of steamboat will
as life preservers in of accident settee is exib
tied having tin air tight vessel securely fastened beneath
the seat the legs of the settee protecting from damage
and when thrown into the water, its buoyancy will
tain from six to eight persons The advantage of this pa
is that these air-vesels be applied with but little
pense the settees chairs without disfguring them
Had the Henry Clay been furnished with such
servers the sad loss of life would have been avoided
every passenger would have had hand means to sus
tain himself in the water, Phil. Ledger,
LATER FROM THE CARE or Coon HorE--By an arriya
ut Boston advces from Cape Town June 2S have been
received The financial condition of the colony was dis
couraging
The war continued to rage with undated activity
The Wesleyan Missionary station at Mount Box has BEEF
attacked and pundered by the Hottentots, and
the residents killed, and numbers wounded
party of Kafirs attacked detachment of the militia
ry killing and woundng nineteen and afterwards cut tn
throats of the wounded, and carried off large quant
of ammunition. Gen Cathcart has made no movement
and his intentions unknown.
PRoMoTioNs.-The following promotions in the Adju
tant Generals Department have been made by the Pres
dent by and with the advice and Of the Senate
Lieut. Colonel Samuel Cooper, senior Assistant Adj
tant General to be adjutant General with the rank
Colonel July Is 1852 vice Jones' deceased Brevet Ma
Lorenzo Thomas Assistant Adjutant General to be A
sistant Adutant General with the rank of Lieutena
Colonel, July Is, 1872 vice Cooper, promoted Brev
| Captain Edward D. Townsend, Assistant Adutant Gene
al with Breyet rank of Major July 15 1852 vice Thoma
promoted and Alexander E, Steen of Missouri, Lie
tenant in the late 18th Regiment of Infantry during Il
war with Mexico, to the I'd Lieutenant in the Sd Reg
men Of Infantry, June So 1852 vice Martin ?. Park
Jr, deceased.
| WHAT is A For "A Mr. Stark in lecture before ii
Young Mems Association Of Troy, N Y, gave definite
| of the above
1.-The fop is complete specimen of outside philos
pher He is one-third collar one-siXth patent eathe
one-fourth walking stick and the rest gloves and hal
As to his remote ancestry there is some doubt but it
now pretty well settled that he is the of tailor
goose He becomes ecsatic at the smell of cloth
is somewhat and to dream of tailors bill Civ
him the nightmare By his air one would had be-
dipped like Achilles but it is evident that the godde
held him by the head instead of the heels Neverthele
such men useful. If there were no tadpoles the
would be frogs They are not so entirely to blame
being devoted to externals Paste diamonds mu
have splendid setting TO make them sell. Only it dc
waste of material to put S. worth of beaver
!, | cents worth of brains
veil by posuan for admission to the order of Sisters
Charity took place yesterday morning in ST. Patricl
Church The services were conducted by Rt. Rev Bish
OReiy, of this diocese After the clergy had assembl
in the chancel the procession of Sisters entered
holding lighted taper and preceded By six little gi
dressed in white wearing wreaths Of flowers and beari
the uplifted The postulant also beautiful
dressed in white After the Introductory services
Bishop delivered discourse upon the of the
and the rights and duties of those who became
with it, Then followed series of questions to the can
date after which she was conducted by the two super
the vestry dsrobed of all her ornaments and emble
of worldly pride and partially dressed in the habit of
order Having returned to the chance the giving
veil and the concluding services followed and at tn
close the newy introduced member saluted her sist
with kiss The exercises at the church concluded wi
the celebration of High Mass by the Bishop. [IIartfc
= Courant 4th.
r Brutal MURDER GEoRGIA-WH have already stat
that James Houston. respectable young planter nj
Daren Ga had been murdered by five of his slaves
were subsequently arrested. made confession tried
the popuace and sentenced to be hung the 26th in
t,ft,r Tru.