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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-25


We have been furnished with copy Of the rspose
the Aims Hourc Governors, made up to the clos,
OF the past month, August and tho first ssst1rs
"mcn presented upon analysis Of the different ID
oounss' pleasing, as II exhibits reduction OF sx.
Penditure amounting to four thousand sx hupdrst
ana three dollars and ninety one oents as oomparsA
with the gross total for July. Tho general Account
contains some heavy items for repairs and fixtures.
which may not be repeated for q long time. Thus.
under tho head Of Stoves, fixtures. boilsrz. a.A
ranges" there 10 charge Of one thousand one h.p.
dred and thirty dollars and fifty nine cents. vtils
repairs Of harness, faIriery, &c., amount TO thrss
hundred and seventy. nine dollars and sixty-eiehk
cents with six hundred and fourteen dollars ana
fifty seven cents for hardware, iron, stoel," Gs
The mourning Of these expenses was rendered Abss-
lutly necessary by the approaching winter. Tho
following is the division of expenditures
Purchase OF sundry bills SSoY5o u
Payments by supernte ndent OF poor a03o @
Do. do. workhouss. -
Total amount expended in August S4a 800 a
The account for the building Of tho new work
house stands thus
Expended in August 81 6y6 q
DO. previously. ......,...............6s ,603 -
bsasnoe 46Sl -
Total received from Com stroller SIS OO0oo
The amount Of provisions purchased by the g.
vernors. was distributed to tho charitable instAa.
l.ItA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-25

Total received from Com ptroller SIS 1000
The amount Of provisions purchased by the &C.
vernors. was distributed to tho charitable nseibu.
tioIs in the following prop0rti0ns:-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-25

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rspSere,Is bin OK iuJ.ctmeot Sgsnss OhaFies Wii.
con ,aptsfn az The sbip AnetnrrA, ~ ga.Fyt~s az
s,ce,s 3, passengers from Cork, IFolsnd, 70 thl
tort
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12
Proclamation
PAR JOSEPH WALKER, G0UvERNEUR DE L'ETAT
DE Ia LOUISIANA.

BUREAU DE L'EXECUTIF, BATON ROUGE, y hon' ie'E
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doyr un un chaque paroe de pEtat aux ndrs hqs
mar o LIE PREMIER MARDI DE NOVEMBER prochan pour con
suffer lie peupe de rta laopon lie % de e Consuuon'
e M evor officers de eceyo lie vote de 'oh eea1 q "
vt,u de nclenre Constitution naeut do de voter e' DC ""s
ceux q Ia posadent ID prente Constitution oh""o
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nrt. eyvn,sut Get bulletin Oh seIont Inserts es %
CONSTITUTION ACCEPTEE ceuxci: CONSTITUTION h-
IETEE' exprmnn elairemen lnea'h u"
rGlecteu la teetn qp aura lieu sous ou' les
rapports conme uue election gtnt d'Eh les emmaes lu
aont prsdi ct omteron ous les o"etha
dpos puts ansmeron resHtat hT Seereia're A' ''
6Jr,ntmnt aux dispositions Ia o actuele sur les elections
En- consequence m csnyenahe de lancer cecil m" pr7to
ncant votan Performance sn de Ia Conr"n
ton c plus orionuat Sheriff. Commssres Elections et
officers que celia de bonner avis Gh fee dc sasss
be aceptation 10 reject de Ia Consu'oh M
PREMIER MARDl NoyENBRE proclaim, CONNIE est dit pna
hau procedures soen Conduts les retou a
nent dispositions o actuele sur les elections
Far lie Gougerneur JOSEPH WhLhER.
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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12
Proclamation
ny JOSEPH WALKER, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
mn I0uISJANA


EXECUTIVE OFFICE, BATos RoudE, August g. lsd2'
rptmREAs The lately assembled at the State ho
,e town of Baton Rouge for the of changing tho eonst
ion or tbc s Of Lupans ordained Thnt Immediately alter
Tho of the Convention the Governor snl issue his poca
iny the several officers this State, authorised by law to
, for members General Assembly, to open and mold
mi, avery push the the places designated by law upon
m FIRST OF NOVEMBER Next for the purpose oil taking
b of the good people this State ia regard the adoption or
r or M Constitution; shall be The duty Of said officers to
svo the votes of nj persons entitled TO vote under he Old eona
finn ard under ths Constitution Each voter hh e'Pfe MS opinion
by dcposn in separate to be kept for 'nh purpose use
Wherein shall BIO written sTE CONSTITUTION hoeEflEp or
THE CONSTITUTION REJECTED, or some such woa Us WIN
dscly convey the intention Of the voter Az Inc eohe'"h " ~
which shall be every respect as the genera" state
election is now conducted Commissioner designated 10 over
carefully mud count each ballot SO nus
shall thereof to the secretary Vi ', "
conformity to the provisions Of the existing law upon Inc su
elections" IT.,
Now therefore, thought to Issue THIS my
notifying qualified of the State OF the ordinance " w
yenou as furthermore commanding all Shef
cners of Elections other officers therein coheened'
people upon the acceptance rejection Oh m
stuon upon the FIRST TUESDAY OF NoVEohS mex
and that the proceedings conducted and returns thereof De a "
conformity TO the ordinance with the existing law upon the
| ~ ,,ta r. ,ho coysrnor JOSEPH WALKER
| " 60, .,n,r Ca os s,ate aug 2pto
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12
The Henry CLAY Calamity.

LATEST PARrIculARsIudictc f Coon's Inquest against
the Officers and OpnersBy yesterdays mail received
the verdict of the Coroners inquest the bodies of
40 of the victims of the steamboat Henry Clay in which
they declare:
That John f Talman was captain and one of the
owners; James L. Jessup clerk Edward Hubbard,
pilot; James Emendorf second pilot; John Germaine,
engineer; Charles Merritt assistant engineer aud that
certain young man, whose name is uknwn to the jury
but who employed to attend bar for said steamboat
and that they all board. and each of them had
part of the charge of said steamboat and that after
leaving Albany on that day on which the steamboat
navigating the Hudson river in this State, aud while
gagged in the conveyance Of passengers of exceing in
speed certain other steamboat called the Armenia
for the purpose Of increasing the speed OF the said Henry
Clay did allow be created. undue un
quantity of steam and so doing did make or allow
to be made excessive fires and did not ordinary pru
dence i'll the management of said fires and although
often being demonstrated with by different passengers did
for long time continue the excessive fires and in
sequence thereof through their cupabc negligence and
criminal recessness the Henry Clay did. at fifteen
minutes after three O'Clock the afternoon aforesaid
take fire and all the deaths ensued aforesaid. And
the jurors that the death of all the said and
Of each of them the result of act perperaed by
John h Taman, Thomas Colyer James L. JeSsup James
Elmendorf Edward Hubbard, John Germaine, Charles
Merritt and the said barkeepeer which eminently
dangerous to others and evinced depraved mind,
gardless of human life although it perpetratcd with
out any premeditaed design to effect the Death of any
particular individual. Signed by all the Jury.l
The operations the wreck Tuesday continued
and resulted in the removal of all that left which
worth bringing to the city. The whole of the tmbers
were in fact raised but bodies recovered
In the location Immediately beneath where captain
office stood quantity of gold, silver and copper was
found The coin which had composed appeared to have
been completely molten and run into all sorts of shapes
it fell into the water.
The force with which the Henry Clay struck the bank
of the river must have been tremendous Some of the
heavy iron work of which the machinery composed
was twisted into contortions and rude shapes if it had
been wire One Of the connecting rods as large
round as mans leg, bent up like fish hook, and
then broken off The boilers said to be in renarka
bly, good condition.
The Coroner of Westchester county has but rs
his list of those who perished but according the lists
which have been published there appears to be 10 The
men employed by the still engaged in drag
ging for bodies, but up to late hour Tuesday
ing, discoveries reported
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12
The Niagara's News,

The Baltimore Sun contains the following tele-
graphic summary of the miscellaneous news
brought by the steamer Niagara, which arrived
at Halifax on the 4th inst.
The City of Glasgow sailed for Philadelphia
on the 2lst ult., with 154 passengers.
Marshal Excelmaus was killed at Paris by
falling from his horse
NJ Leblanc had been called upon to form the
Belgian Cabinet
The American squadron arrived at Naples on
the 21st ultimo
ENGLAND The classification of the new House
OF Commons is as follows: Ministerialists 1926
Opposition 272; Ministerial majority So. Forty
Liberal Conservatives are included with the Min
isterialists
At the yacht race at Cowes on Thursday, the
American was beaten by the Arrow.
The bullion in the Bank of England amounted
to e2l,660,000. Money was abundant.
Trade in the manufacturing districts was not
so active.
FRANCE.-The Presidents visit to Baden was
connected with matrimonial project for the
hand of the Princess Caroline de Vasa, grand.
daughter of the Duchess of Baden.
The President contemplates visit to Algiers
1t is reported that change will take place il
the ministry after his return from Strasburg
and that more political arrests will be made.
Petitions for the establishment of the Empire
are filling up rapidly under the superintendent
of the local authorities Of various places.
The expedition of Gen. Montaubaus to the
frontier of Morocco had proved successful.
lRELANp-The gain by the Derby and anti
Catholic Ministry of the two members from Dub
hin, has caused much surprise.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are expected
to stop at Cork while on their aquatic tour
They are accompanied by steam squadron
consisting of nine vessels. The Catholic portion
OF the population were averse to joining in thu
honors preparing for them, but all was enthu
siasm among the Protestants.
The rumors of the appearance of the potat,
rot were not credited The crop, it was general
ly supposed, would be good.
IrALY.-Sixty persons had been arrested a
Mantau, including the Arch bishop of Rivera ant
six other clergymen, by the Austrian Commits
sioner, on suspicion of holding liberal views
Count Tancred Mosto and other noblemen hat
also been unprecedented at Rome for the SAM
cause.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

From CouNGlL BLUFFs--The Highland Mary has just
returned from another trip the Bluffs and brought
downa much freight the stage of water would permit
Many OF the citizens of GAINESVILLE have recently len
victims to tho cholera, and Monday week ago there
eight deaths from this dread disease The conster
nation among the people of the vicinity was immense
and great many Of the residents haa been frightened
away from the town.
Business in the locality exceedingly dull ever since
the departure of the California and Salt Lake emlgrting
parties The merchants doing comparatively nothing
did anticipate the resumption of active trade
till the expiration of about sixty days.
Politics we're running high i'll the settlements about
KaneSvlc and the democrats confidently expected to be
successful with their State and county ticket,
The stock Of Foods on hand at KanesVe was large and
the demand for thu leading articles Of groceries and pro.
aaee exceedingly limited .st boais &ya Union 18th inst
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

DAM FROM TIE BITE OF \ SNAKE.-0n Tuesday week
little girl aged eight nine years, Living
Ston living with her brother in Bradford township Pa
died very suddenly from the bite snake as is con
jecured The cutting grain, and the little girl
was heard to cry in distant part of the field No fur
ther attention was paid to her for minutes but
when found she was in commissions and the blood oozng
from her nose mouth etc After being carried to the
house she revived enough to tell that she been bitten
by snake but could give description of it and ceased
to breathe in about two hours after she supposed
have received the wound The bite the top of the
foot and supposed to have been inflicted by hoop
horn snake.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

News FROM THE NoRTH-Oharles Grant, of Pembna
arrived with his train at ST. Anthony on the 10th u
From him the Minnesota Democrat obtains the following
information. -
heavy SHOWS of the latter part of the winter wher
thawed about the close Of March, flooded Red River and
OF the farms Red River and great distress in the Sell
kirk settlement The freshet still continued till June
and prevented the seasonabe planting of crops all thu
settled lands were subject to the nundaton As consn
Iuence great suffering for want of food is anticipated
the selkrk settlement during the winter The PEG
PIE Oh seikik are now compelled to depend upon The
chase for subsistence which is rendered at this
time In consequence q waged against their half
breed hunters by the Yangton Sioux indians who are
san them on their approach
hSe people OF the Pembna conntry-whites and civil
na oreeds-with few exceptions reside at St. Joseph
at the foot ofthe Pembna Mountain thirty miles west Of
the junction Of Red River and pemhina riversa hpb
anu engioie situation beyond the reach of the cods
their previous settlements Red River
A4ere are petween twenty-five and thirty buildings at
Joseph including aCaholc Church. under the charge
OF hev MT Belcourt. James Tanner n Protestant mis-
.n natye half breeds also engaged yolun-
preacher There are five stores kept respectively by
Mr Grant N. w. Kittson, A. aingrais B farocoue and
Mcdhis Brother--all embarked in the Indian trade
Iney are all engaged in farming more or less and will
rase sufficient wheat barley corn potatoes oats and
DEN vegetables to supply their wants.
All the crops looked well when Mr. G left home, which
was on the th of June they had pluuked from their
gardens both radshes and lettuce population of St
Joseph consists chiefly of French and Scotch half breeds
natives Of the country They are also gaining consdera
many of the inhabitants of which migrating south
the boundary line
MI Grant says that the Pebina region is fine framing
country with good SOIL well watered with rivers brook
ana springs and containing nexhaustible supply o
coal and salt and that he expects at distant day to
nourishing settlements there and steamboats, running
from Pembna on Red River to Lac Traverse, theme,
through canal two miles in length into Big Stone Lake
and thence down the St. Peters to St Paul the CONNER
cal depot OF the great Northwest all of which is prac
cable during high stages of water
Mr. Grant was twenty EIGHT days making the trip from
st. Joseph totSt Anthony-distance estimated at SOC
miles The route WAS ON the west side of Red River to
Bos DIES Sioux thence Red River on almost direct
line east to Sank Rapids thence to ST. Paul the whole
route being on good wagon road
To Bots des Sioux he in company with kittson's
train which separated from him that pontSand pro
ceeded to Traverse DIES Sioux where he arrived on The
18th ult.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

IMPoRT OF RAILROAD IRoN,-Some idea of the number
and extent of the railroads being built in the United
States, may be derived says the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin from the fact that the importation of railroad
iron in 1881 double what it was in 1850. table
carefully complied and published in Hunts Merchants
Magazine makes the import of 1850 about seventy thous
and tons and the import of 1851 hundred and
forty thousand tons, large portion Of this iron has
been paid for the bonds of the companies on whose ac
count it purchased. The remainder remains unpaid
has been quated by exports, either specie or of
staples,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

Coon 1DEA.-It having been suggested that monu
mS be erected to commemorate the the terrible caas
tros of the burning of the Henry clay the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin chAracerzes the idea excellent
one, and hopes ii will be carried The very spot
says the Bulletin, where the boat driven ashore
should be purchased and column erected that might not
only commemorate the loss of the wreched victims hut
serve beacon and warning to all steamboat officers
of the awful results of steamboat racing monument
of the kind seen thus daily from every boat would keep
the recollection of the catastrophe fresh every memory
and most probably prevent the Of any thing
q similar Rntnrn
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

SrEAMstIIP AMERICA ON SuoRE.-The British mail steam
ship America, sailed from Boston the 18th instant with
S15ooOo in specie on freight On the 9th she on
shore Halifax but thought she would be got
of without sustaining any injury.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

LoNDoS IN lS52.-Mr. Weed, of the Albany Evening
Journal, in letter from London, says:
Have you realizing of what London in popu.
ation and magnitude really is? Do you know that in
population it is larger than the oS0 showed the
entire State of Newiork The inhabitants of the cities
of WORK Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore Albany Troy
Utica Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo combined wOud
make, by three four hundred thousand another
London It has already swallowed all the surrounding
villages and extending Its lamp districts in every d.
re,tion rapidly Milwaukee or Chicago spread them
selves. have been driven FIVE sig, and eight miles
in dereAt quarters, without getting through the wilder
ness OF dwellings The railroad runs miles not through
but tha city And for thu wealth at London why
that II haYsd the pN~rT Tnpt nFHets Al lssSt NJ oel,
patatien ''5'
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

RAuRoAD MEErING.-A railroad meeting was held a
Genvlle Ala the 22d ult and $4,000 subscribed to
wards building road from that town to connect with th
Grard Railroad at some convenient point Efforts will
made to extend it to Eufaula.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

DEATH OF JoHS Dor AND RIcHARp R. DoE.-By the Lon.
don papers learn that these distinguished persons who
have lived long some 700 500 years. as to be con
sidered immortal, and who apparently the largest
of real estate in Great Britain will cease to exist
the 9th of October act of the session
of Parliament providing that instead of the present
ceedngsn actions of eectment lin which these worthless
always took conspicuous par the writ shall be directed
to the person in possession of the demanded and
in which the property shall be described with
certainty
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

excitement and defiant recklessness with which
he raced against another boat The speed of a
boat is not her character, except for 6 the
fancy passenger business. - The largest, most
valuable and paying freights seldom go upon
sc the fast boats y and :" the fancy passenger
business these secure is VIGOROUSLY but of
slender profit. A boats character is reasona-
BILE not racing speed; capacity of tonnage;
soundness of hull safety of machinery; expe-
rience, care, punctuality, and business-like
habits of officers. rs,
| When boat is racing, we assume that the
officers are excited; when they are excited, that
they are not as careful and prudent. any more
than a man under the influence of ardent spir-
its, as at another time; when they are less care
full and prudent than under usual circumssan-
ces, we assume that casualties and fatalities are
more likely to occur. And we assume further,
| as the honest and merciful speed of a boat, that
which is her average not her forced.
At what time have steamboat accidents most
frequently occurred: When boats were racing
The Henry Clay was burning $50 says the tes
timony) for more than half of an hour before
the officers, though warned of it, noticed or
gave attention to the fact Had they not been
under the undue excitement of racing, would
this have been the case
The st. James was racing when she exploded
with such terrible and melancholy consequences,
darkening an entire community in gloom. For
nearly half of an hour before the catastrophe,
the officers of the California scented that terrible
gas, which is more deadly than simeon, or whirl
wind or tempest in its ruinous work. Would
not the officers of the Inflated steamer have
noticed it had they not been under the undue
excitement of racing'
What has been the result There arc dead
in the grave yards, and dead swept over by the
waves or driven far out upon the seas. There
is the darkness of mourning in many a late
cheerful home. Familiar voices are absent from
| family converse; familiar forms are missed from
family circles accustomed counsel no longer
warns and guards; aftectionate arms embrace
and cherish no more. By many a darkened
| hearth, which late glowed brightly, sit Woe and
Perjury, and Happiness and Comfort have been
suddenly chased away. There is o wall of ago
ny in households, in which wives have been made
husbandless, husbands wifeless, children or
phaned aud parents childless. There are those
whose paths in life might have been bright and
happy, who now see only stern and dismal
blank before them. If all this has happened
that boats may attain to g the perfection of
''speed,' the end has been sought at terrible
and costly price
These views are honest and frank and we
believe our blunt, common-sen steamboatmen,
asking nothing but what is right, and approving
nothing that is wrong, will fully endorse them.
And the important question for steamboatmen
is, can they approve racing?
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

CHOLERA IN 0HIo.-A letter to Levi Cozzens. ESQ OF
Utica, dated Mount Sterling Ohio July 81 announces the
death in that place of his brother Chas W Co2zens OF
cholera The letter adds that there had been fifteen
deaths by cholera in that place
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

EXECUTION OF MATTHIAS SKUpiNsEf.-Mathias Skupin
ski suffered the extreme penalty of the law the 9th in
sant at Philadelphia for the murder Of the boy Lehman
some time since, in that city He made confession.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

BURNED TO DEATH.-Three children were burned tc
death in Boston the night Of the Sd inst They Were
in bed and the bed clothes taking fire from candle they
suocated by the smoke and flame before assistance
could be rendered.