New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-16

speech, says the orator held the audience breathess
| nearly two hours! Those who composed it must ha
extraordinary lungs
BELL CAsr1NG TExAs-Jose Marea Gomez, near s.
Antonio has succeeded in casting copper bell weight
twelve hundred and fifty pounds The casting was ma
by digging hole in the ground and notwithstanding Il
disadvantages Of this primitive operation it said to
| very perfect.
FIRE GRIFFIN, GA fire broke out in the Colega
Seminary at Griffin Ga the night of the 9TH instar
and the flames had made much progress before the
covery, that the building, with nearly all its conten
was consumed. All the philosophical and chemical app
| ratus and two fine pianos, were destroyed.
| LONG FREIeHr TRAIN.-On the 4th inst. a freig
train left Rochester, N " for the east consisting
twentyone cars, besides the locomotive and tender,
which contained about as many animals Noahs gre
Ararat packet, though perhaps the variety was not
great Two cars were filed with fat cattle, three wi
1 sheep, and fourteen with fat porkers
| THE CRop- Weaiher-Tho weather. says the St. Fra
cisve (La) Chronicle, has been fine for gathering co
| ton. We have conversed with large number of o,
planters and they all agree that the yield will be vel
Indifferent throughout the parish On many plantation
almost the entire crop OPEN We have heard col
siderable complaint of the rot, which, it is said vi
destroy the upper crop.
PURIFY OF ELEcroNs.-Henry B. Belt the defeated ca,
didete for Sheriff, in St. Louis county, Mo-, has give
notice that he will contest the election of John Wine
on the ground that Ala persons, whose names he give
voted who not citizens of the United States tn;
1874 voted twice; thirty voted three times; nine vote
four times and eight voted five times and gives til
name of each individual. We should call some of til,
pretty tall voting.
n ,11:Iy. N
stored (wh promotion) to the French Ministry recently
gentlemen of the Hebrew persuasion Mr. D'Israel
Baron Rothschild, and NJ Fould should have so much
the affairs of Chrisendom at their disposal and quit
appropriately, it happens through the money bags til
Baron as lender of loans Dizzy Chancellor of the Es
chequer, Fould as Finance Minister of France.
THE MURDERER LEAAEr-When Leahey, the socale
Monk of LaTrappe arrested after killing Marley h
asked if he wished to his victim before he wa
buried He replied no., and gave the following reaso
for the murder Stretching forth his right hand he said
To be sure that hand fired the pistol but God directe
it. In vision last night God told to kill five men il
that court room. have been prevented now. but tn
day will come when it will be done.n
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RELIC THE REvoLurioN.-The Augusta (Ga) Con
sttuionast thus speaks of veteran of the Revolution
who resides in that place: Ills name is George Upton
lie was born in Buncombe county, North Carolina ant
now resides in Cherokee county, Alabama He was witt
Gales In the battle near Camden s. Co. also in the battles
at Chickasaw and Briar Greeks, and Black Swamp Ht
was one of Gov Irwns life guards His age is about
years and yet he walks with considerable gor and his
mental faculties seem but little impaired
GuANo-The London Farmers Magazine an aericul-
tura journal of high character has given its opinion in
direct opposition to the of guano While it believes
that it may be temporary benefit it denies that it is
permanent fertilizer and these opinions are deductions
from actual experiments made by the editors he even
goes so far as to say that the guano positively
injurious and highly detrimental in nine out of ten cases
where it is applied The Magazine stands almost alone
in this opinion.
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH MAcHISEs-The Edinburgh
Review in late article agriculture claims for Grea
Britain the original invention of the reaping machines
threshng Machines and all other agricultural labor
saving machines 1t says that Hussey's is only au i'm
provenent upon one invented in 1926, by Scotch Pres
byterian named Bell and that McCormick's is an i'm
provement upon that of an Englishman named Oge who
invented it in 1922 There are those who think Mr. Bull
has rather overshot the mark in Dragging this time
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PRoPosEp YANKEE RE-usIoN.-A Bostonian who has
meanderedn off to the West, and become by adoption
ichgander proposes that during the great exhibit
lion in NewYork next year. all the Yankees and Yankee
who have squated in the Great West shall assemble
n Boston and have merry festival To this proposition
he Boston Journal says say and promises to show the
The oosic Tunnel the people that can get drunk be-
cause OF the Maine liquor law the Cochtuate Water
Works, the pretty women, and sundry other matters
to philosophers and men of science
TERRIBLE SLAuGIrER.The past summer was yery fatal
In hnUs t, I'll
ingon Republic says that 100000 slaughtered by
poison and missiles OF this number 10000 were mas
ts 10000 poodles 10000 hunting dogs 600 spanels GOO
apdogs 200 grions 1855 bulldogs and 100 shepherds,
dogs The destruction of cats also large The pus-
sizes had eaten of the poisoned food thrown into the gut
er and pershed in harmony with the declaration of the
roVerb that what is for the goose is sauce for the
sander The skins of the dogs used by cabinet
in polishing wood and by the in the ma
king OF purses bags slippers etc. produced no less than
sum of 100000 francs.
FATAL AFFRAY.-The Monroe (NIiss) Democrat of the
9Th instant About O'Clock on the afternoon of the
st instant, two of our citizens W s. Warrington and
lillian L. White. became involved in personal rem
ounter the result of which was that the former bv
tab received during the fray was Immediately killed
IT, White surrendered himself was tried the following
ay before committing court H. j. White on the bench
ho pouhe over 10 inc circuit Court IN bond of five
thousand dollars Mr.. Wellington leaves most amabe
nd interesting family of wife and children to mourn his
udden decease The other party, Mr.. White, is con-
eced with some of the best and most esteemed families
n the place
1RAssHoPPERs-The grasshoppers on Long Island were
by hundreds of thousands by the recent prose
ans Inc Post tells story of flock of turkeys which
lot long since, were turned into field of grass and
iared IL OF grasshoppers in very short time They
aked from one end of the field to the other in n row of
wenty or more nearly abreast swapping up the grass
oppers as they went When they had cleared strin of
considerable breadth in this manner, they walked hack
gain on that portion of the field to the space already
cared repeating the process Grasshoppers it is
nd, are as easily driven geese At snarlington,
ace east of Jericho farmer cleared field of them by
irving them into sort OF PEN where he secured three
lexis OF them, which were given to his turkeys
JOHN FITcH HIS GRAyE.-The NewYork Journal of
'mmerce publishes communication from Cleveland,
lo relative to the identity of the grave of John Fitch
no died at Bardstown, KY and whose ashes it is
opposed to erect monument The correspondent saws
Fitch
IS at Bardstown, Ky and until within the last ten 6)
his merits and great inventions have been as though
ey had never been The facts not known show |
nclusiyely that he constructed and navigated the
navarro IN l1s6IS steamboat that made better speed
an the boats OF Fulton and Livingston on the Hudson
isoi, feenty after Efforts have been made at the
est TO cause monument to be erected to his memory
aet OF tafdy justice that hope may yet be realized
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SCHOONER MERcHANr--It will be recollected by some
our readers that this vessel mysterousy disappeared
'u Lake superior five years ago She left SAUL Ste
~ .e ior aace with valuable cargo and about hr-