New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-05

PosT-oFFcE DIFFIcuLTY.-The people of Alexandria.
W., excited the subject of their office and its
alleged msnanagement. On the I'd instant they held
public meeting TO consider the matter which, after
siderable discussion appointed committee to take evil
dence and lay it before the in order
to procure redress of their grievances.
SOMEWHAT PERrLous-The steamer Powhatan, III going
down the Poamac few days since, placed in some
what perilous situation The ice very firm and Of
considerable thickness At time the bow shot ahead
raised the top Of the ice. and whilst the immense
weight failed sunder the Ice the engine although
unable back the boat out of the perlous
fix in which IL was placed. We learn that il only
after hours of activity in which every exertion
made that the ice forced to give away thus
Treating the steamer and allowing it float the
ent its delight rather than ride 1t In CONCEALED
state.
FATAL AcctDENr-The Detroit Advertiser of the 18th
ult says 0n Sunday evening about dark as the West
were approaching, gentleman with two ladies
in cutter coming up the street at the railroad
crossing Surprising she could the the
would reach he did not hold up his team, and the
struck the back end of the cutter tipping
instantly killing of the ladies' Mrs Hancock wife of
Mr.. John Hancock Of the NewEngland Hotel. The other
lady and the driver escaped without material injury
REsuscIrATioN OF FROZEN FisH-Prof. s. D. 1athrop,
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of Science states fact well known to those who
lake mullet from Lake CHAMPAIGN in the winter that
these fish may be frozen perfectly solid and be trans
ported many miles and kept several days, when upon
thawing them out in tub of cold water they will be
found to be alive and active lie has taken pains
to cooborate this factby inquiry and has found it to be
well sustained by evidence, though he has it
H. has found the fact sustained in the the
buffalo fish, taken from the Rock River.
VERDICT DAMAGES MAL-pRAcrIcE.--In the Court
of Common Pleas at Cambridge Mass last week the
Of rwomby Leach up and occupied several days
This action against DR. Leach for NAL practice in
performing surgical operation upon Mrs. Twomby's
thumb in consequence Of which NAL practice it al
legged, she wholly lost the Of her hand Some twenty
distinguished doctors and surgeons testified in the
The Court instructed the jury that if they found in
favor Of the plaintiff the of damages would be
such amount she would be entitled to receive for the
pain suffering and injury she had personally endured
received and that damages sustained by the loss Of the
of her hand would be subject for future consdera-
ton in action in favor of her husband loss of
the services of his wife Verdict for the painti-dam-
ages $3.50.
RAILROAD AccrDEsr-We sorry notice that rs il
road accidents becoming rather frequent in the South
The Columbia Caronan of the Soth ut says We
sorry learn that accident occurred the reenvie
Railroad yesterday morning at the treste this side Of
Frosts Mill 1t appears from our information, that, in
crossing this treste the engine mounted the rail and
thumped the cross-ties for distance when the
engine, and perhaps precpitated
from the track twelve feet As it freight
train the injuries to persons comparatively triing.
One engineer severely hurt but it is supposed not
dangerously The damage to property have not
tainedi
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BIZ ACK IN WIS TI,p Sava Re
publican in regard to the colonization of free persons
color in the United States in some of the West India
islands. says:
We agree that the less the British Government have
to do with the black in the United States the better
will it be for The people of the South in favor of
the peaceabe removal of the free negroes of color in their
midst to Liberia. to other remote and suitable
place If every such person. both here and the North
would emigrte to Africa it would be the best for all
cerned But they do object and will continue to object
to the establishment their immediate southern border
OF colony composed mainly Of black emigants the
South Such colony would be fit nursery for the
ing of black soldiers to be turned loose upon
States in between the United States and Great
Britain
CtRious-A curious astronomical prediction relating
to the circumstances and precise time of the present cold
weather is given in the Rainbow. small monthly sheet
published in Philadelphia, which assumes that from
physical laws of nature may obtain premonitons Of
destructive storms and other important changes in
natures elements, with their physical effects the
health feelings vegetation etc If this could be estab-
liShed. it would indeed be great discovery.