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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10
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Jsndary 9-Ioiler of steamer Magnolia exploded at 81
Sinon's Island Georgia; 10 persons killed. Ii injured
Jan l4.-Boiler OF steamer George Washington explo
ded near Grand Gulf Mississippi l6 lives lost 10 persons
injured
Jan. 14-Steamer Martha Washington burnt near
Memphis, Tennessee; 8 lives lost.
Jan 23-Steamer Pitzer Mier's boiler exploded at the
mouth of the White river several persons killed.
Jan 25-Steamer De Witt Clinton struck snag near
Memphis, Tennessee; 40 lives lost.
Jan, 3lSteamer General Warren wrecked at Astoria
Oregon AZ lives lost.
February 14--Steamer Caddo sunk near NewOrleans
s lives lost.
Feb. 29-Steam tow boat Mary Kingslands boiler burst
below NewOrleans lives lost persons injured.
March 20 Steamer Pocahontas collapsed her tlues
near Memphis Tennessee lives lost Is persons severely
scalded.
March 26-Steamer Independence wrecked in Mata-
| gorda Bay, Texas lives lost
| April 3-steamer Redstone's boilers exploded near
Carroton Indiana 81 lives lost % persons injured
April 3.-steamer Glencoe blew up ut ST. Louis Mum
Der OF lives lost unknown.
April 9seamer Saluda's boilers exploded mt Licking
ton Missouri 100 lives lost.
April 1l.--Seamer Pocahontas burnt near Choctaw
Bend II lives lost.
April 2-Steamer Prairie State collapsed her tues on
the Illinois killing and wounding 20 persons
May 19.-Steamer Pittsburghs cylinder heads broken
killing and iuiuring persons.
June 14-Steamer Forest City collapsed fue at Cleye
, land ; 5 lives lost.
2. July 5.-Steamer st. James boiler exploded New
Orleans; about 40 lives lost.
July l2-Propeer City of 0swego run into by another
steamer, Cleveland, and sunk 70 lives lost,
July 2S-SteaTr Henry Clay burnt near Ionkers on
the Hudson about SO lives lost, and about ~ more OF
less injured.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10


~ MEMPHIS Tenn, Aug. 8, 1852
MEssRs. IroRs-GentleWen :: You may put Tennessee
down Scott and Graham The old Nppecanoe spirit OF
1910 is among the wings of the Western District, and
throughout the State the Scott ball is rolling
The wings in Memphis have organized Scott Glse Club
and are about forming Scott Association. The demo-
Gratis have their Granite Club. The campaign is now
fully open. The wings had their ratification meeting
some two weeks since Governor Jones present,
There such large and enthusiastic meeting
before held in Memphis The democrats have not got
over yet and likely get it until after the
November election for they feel that they beaten
and old Shelby will roll up her 800 majority for Scott and
Graham in November next. ,.
The Granite Club sent "'wayup to Hardeman county
to get their abest orator-Gen Edwin Polkto drill the
Memphis boys They engaged the large Exchange Hall
hold public meeting in last Saturday evening" and af
ter firing gun for every State in the Union, to wake up
their forces from their sumberpg made out to organize
the meeting about O'Clock About $50 to 200 persons
including goodly number of Young .4n,erica not
yet out of their teens present Gen Polk first ad-
dressed the meeting He made the best speech that
could have been made the democratic side of the qes
ton He did not abuse Scott say anything about Gen
Perce's fighting in Mexico and his ating tactics Judge
Dunlap of Shelby, next introduced who said he was
very intimately acquainted with Gen Pierce but did not
know him like book Gov. Jones said he knew Scott,
The Judge was severe all whig editors He said they
made their bread by yingit was their avocation, etc
ETC. He went and said there only two great par
ties in this country Of them was for country
the other against it, The wing pa rty against it from
the days of Washington down lie undertook to prove
this by making false statements and assertions. which
was plain to be by his party which only mad
them laugh and halloo. There very little enthusiasm
1t was only now and then when the Judge would tell
big story, that he could raise an applause.
From what can learn Tennessee is all right leave
tomorrow for Holly Springs Mississippi Ireman yours
respectfully. w. w. McGt*#FF :
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wbo FIenrv CLAW I.issste9.

Warrants have beeu Issued for the arrest OF lhn0as
Coyer the proprietor Of the Henry Clay and he officers
ofthc boat full judicial investigation
upon,
The NewYork Tribune OF the I'd inst. says:
The excitement at Yonkers had not in the least abated
on Saturday and large numbers OF persons continued to
visit the scene of the late carnage Operations We're
menced in the morning with bishops put as 1t is
thing can be in urherance OF the search for the
missing the whole morning was taken up in endeavors to
raise it.
At 70 O'Clock Mr. Germain, TIE late engineer of the
Henry Clay had only just succeeded in detaching the
| beam. which was then being hoisted,
This of course. is but small portion of the machinery
which be lifted before the search be prosecuted
All express their conviction that several bodies remair
under the machinery Two bodies had been discovered
by divers One man. named Henry Lanigan dved twice
and succeeded in fastening rope round the leg of
and felt that there was second man there.
The wreck Of the Henry Clay has gone almost entirely
pieces The smoke pipe is lying in the water and til
wooden portions of her hull floating about in charre
fragments She is completely burnt the inside, dow
to the kelson
the corpse extricated from the wreck the body of
probably raised by the discharges from sx-pounde,
brought down Tor the purpose the previous day. dis
covered
At Ackermans dock off which the derrick is made fast
the bodies of lady and child were found and during til
operations before mentioned reports continued to arry
that others had been found.
This lady was afterwards recognized as Mrs Johann
Handford widow of Cyrus landlord, ESD. of No. 81
West Twentieth street, NewYork. The child also
eognized as that of Mr. Elmore Thompson, of No IS
| Henry street, Network
| Shortly afterwards the bodies of two females wer
brought ashore which We're afterwards recognized hos
of Miss Hawthorne, and Miss Moore of Memphis
| The remains of Miss Moore were taken away by Nj
Manning, cousin of hers, for interment and those
Miss Hawthorne were delivered to Mr. Lefo for trans
| mission to Salem
| In the course of the day the body of Mrs. Anna
Marcher was also recovered and removed to Eas
| Chester for interment
The body of her son. also victim as before mentioned
was inferred on Friday last, at East Chester
The body of another lady recognized by Mr.. lsaa
McDaniels, of Rutland, Vt, as that of his wife
AT late hour in the afternoon the body of lady
brought ashore and remains unclaimed at the house
| the steamboat dock at Yonkers.
The jury which have been in session the bodies
the unfortunate passengers who lost their lives by til
burning Of the Henry Clay have rendered verdict
the effect that their deaths resulted from reckessness
the part of the and officers of the boat. This
dict accords with the second definition of the crime
murder in the statutes of the State of NewYork.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

The DAY AFTER BATTLE OF LUNDY's LAME rode
the battle ground about daylight the following
ming without witnessing the presence Of single British
officer soldier The dead had not been removed through
the night such carnage1 before behetd, Red
coats blue and gray promiseuousy mingled. IN matp
places three dee and around the hill where the enemy
artillery carried by Col Miller, the OF sixty
seventy horses added to the horror of the neP
rate letter Of an Officer.
The dead collected and burnt in funeral piles made
of rails on the field where they had fallen.
DEATH CAPTAIN HULL.-Captain Hull son Of General
Hull whose unfortunate surrender Detroit created
much oum fell in this battle He led his into the
heaviest fire of the enemy and after they almost il
all destroyed plunged sword in hand into the British
column, fighting with the utmost desperation until ht
| was literally impaled upon their bayonets
In the pocket of this gallant and generous young Off
GER found letter, ayowng his determination sig
| naze the to fall in the attempt.
ScorT's BR1GADE--Part of General SCOTS command
were dressed in gray (probably in the fatigue dress
the battle of Chippewa. An English company officer
lates: Advancing at the head of my men, saw body
of Americans drawn up dressed in gray uniform. Sup
posing them to be militia. directed my to fire,
Immediately charge bayones. What my surprise tt
find that instead of flying in CONSERVATION from de
structive discharge, the supposed militia coming
down upon at double quick at the charge. In two
minutes more stood alone my men having given way
without waiting to meet the shock
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TnrgaRApNrp 10 TIE rREsQENg
at tbe anttrn n. O., ebtu. ahn aafopIt'S Elite
y & Destructive Fire

Bt The Nnttrn AZ. O., @bsp, am asfoplt5 Elite
Destructive Fire.
4 ~ pirrsBuRett, Aug S.
destructive fire broke out yesterday in this city, by
which nearly fifty houses have been burned othe
They are mostly residences of the poorer classes and
much distress Produced though the actual loss is not
very great to the owners Of the property.
Election in Missouri.
LOUISVILLE, Aug s.
We have partial returns of the election in the Third
District of Missouri John G. Miller the wing candidate
and present member of Congress- from that district
far majority of about nine hundred votes AS the
remaining counties in 1850 gave democratic majority OF
only hundred it is believed that Mr. Miller will be
reelected tt +4 H''t'
Ohio River-Markets e
. s,t PITTSBURGH, Aug. s.
The river here is alta stand with about two feee
ten inches water in the channel 1t is raining heavily in
the mountains and the upper rivers rising very rap
idly It is therefore probable that large rise will soon
take place here. . "a
The river here yet stationary The markets are quiet
and prices without any material change
New York Markets.
| New YORK Monday, August g.
The demand continues fair for Cotton, ana the sales
reach 1000 bales firm prices some sellers refusing pre-
vious rates Flour steady with sales OF state brands al
So 81 L to 81 06k per bbl Corn IS rater lo"er ahu
mixed Western has sold at $50 per bushe Pork steady
at $40 per Dbl for Mess Lard still has an upward ten
dency in prices and kegs selling at 11c per lb
| North Carolina Elections.
| BALTIMORE Monday, August g.
Returns have been received from twenty-seven coun
ties in North Carolina which show nett gain for Kerr
| the wing candidate, of 14s votes.
| Death of MIR. Rantoul.
WASHINGTON, August 9.
| The Hon Robert Rantou member Of Congress from
Boston Mass died in this city yesterday Sunday morn
| ing. q. s.,g. .4--... .- ...
Iowa Elections. .s.
LOUISVILLE, Monday August g.
1t Is reported that the elections in Iowa have resulte
in wing triumph both for members of Congress and tn
Legislature Few attach much credit to the report how
No definite returns have yet been received of tn
| election in that State.
| P,rrsBuRGtI, August g.
The river is yet stationary here, though rising above
There is about two feet niue inches water in til
| channel.
| CINCINNATI August 8.
The river here has risen two feet during the last twenty
four hours Flour rmer with sales at So 10 to So lss
per Dbl Whisky improving and has sold to-day at 155
| to l5sic per gallon.
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Congressional.


SENArE-The Chair laid before the Senate report from
the Secretary of the Treasury relative to public dpo
tory Of the public moneys in California.
Mr. Brodhead moved to reconsider the vote passing the
bill to allow the Congressional Globe to pass through the
mails free of postage.
After considerable debate the motion to reconsider
rejected-yeas IS, nays IS.
and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Mr. Toucey moved to reconsider the vote referring to
select committee the memorial of Gen Hamilton of South
Carolina the subject of the debt of Texas The motion
led to considerable debate after which the subject
postponed.
the eIpediency Of amending the act of 1885, to
give to Justices of the Peace of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction offences against that act to prevent the
issuing and circulation of small notes Agreed to-
bill relative to certain private land claims in Cator
mia, taken up and discussed by Messrs Weller and
Gwin, and then it was postponed. ...
The Indian Appropriation bill was taken up and amend
ments debated; the bill was then postponed.
bill recommending reconnaissance OF the Chinese
seas, etc, taken up.
HousE.-The House agreed to the amendment of the
Senate to the bill granting prescriptions to the settlers
the line of the Central Railroad
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee made Intellectual effort to
introduce resolution allowing majority, at any time
to suspend the rule which allows debates of five minutes
amendments after the general discussion is closed
The vote was yeas 49, nays 7Snot two thirds and there
fore the question was decided in the negative.
The House considered. until the expiration of the
morning hour the bill authorizing soldiers in the late
with Great Britain to surrender their bounty lands unfit
for cultivation, and to select Others instead
Mr. Harris moved suspension OF tho rules for the
pose of taking up the resolution fixing the day of ad
ournment of Congress returned the Senate with
an amendment substituting for the 10th of August the
3lst of that month. The motion prevailed-yeas 1913
| nays 10 and the amendment was then concurred in.
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union proceeded to tn,
consideration of the Senates amendments to the Military
Academy bill This was subsequently laid aside to be
| ported to the House.
| The General Appropriation bill was then taken up
Mr. Faulkner made speech on the Presidential ques
| ton prefarrng Franklin Pierce to General Scott
Several other gentlemen spoke, when the committe
| rose,
The House agreed the action of the committee tn
I amendments to the Military Academy bill.
| And the House djourned
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

How TREATED HnI.-1n this city is an honest
muatto wot Of named Jack lie lived very quiet
y and happily falls to the lot of most morta for
about years. in the state of Onesmus Jack is
preacher of moderate abilities among his colored breth
rem In the last year two he seized with the pro-
gressive spirit of the age and bought himself at nom
nal price
Not experiencing rise at home corresponding to his
new relations Jack concluded last spring take trip tc
the Norurd.t And to the North he went He had
any OF his friends there but had heard great
deal of their love and sympathy for the black and
the freed and he looked for reception very cordial
almost amounting to ovation.
Jack has returned quite chaptallen His accout of h
trip to Norurd . is dolefui Those from whom he
pected greetings and Inequalities and great shaking
hands didn't come a-nigh lie couldn't find the folk
that had done all that beautiful talking He did edge hi
way into or two pulpts But then says he, they
wouldn't allow to take up collection AS for cast
and cold shoulders and all that jack found to increase
pretty much in proportion with the ascent in latitude
We give in his words, the whole history of his re
cepton by his Northern friends They charged like
white and treQtsd like niger, and that way
o'loing amt fair IN. .. Christian Advocate.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

= EFrEor MAINE LiQuon Law IN RHODE IsiANr
AND MAssAcHusErrs.The new liquor law in Rhode Island
is pretty generally tbsorved except Newport Several
seizures have been made and a number of fines imposed
for violations Of the law n Povdence where about ST.
worth of liquor is daily sold by the city agent The
Journal gives the following list Of commitments to the
watch house for drunkenness and other connected
Herewith During the week ending July So week end
ing July H. 49, week ending July IS 81 week ending
July 25 the first in which the law in operation) six
In Massachusetts. also, outside the city of Boston
there is general observance of the law than was at
first expected james Young has been tried and conyic
ted at Lowell for violating the law VIM. Edmonds OF
Boston, charged with selling liquor at military encamp
men at Newtonville tried and convicted last week
law was in operation there not single arrest in New
Bedford for drunkenness Agencies for the sale ofquor
have been established in nearly all the towns and is
said most of them have been doing large business Al
most every in the State either sick engaged in
the mechanic arts and Therefore makes frequent calls
upon the city agent the only person authorized to sell
liquor
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10
HORRIBLE OurRAGE-The NewYork Tribune publishe
the following lettnr frnr Mhitahnu

HORRIBLE OuTRAGE-The NewYor Tribune publishes
| the following letter from WHITEHALL Newly York:
A horrible outrage has been perpetrated in this viii
chronicle the deed, and give you the facts as learn
them.
1t seems that young widow lady of French extract
sufferer by the late fire in Montreal left That CITY for
Whitehall in pursuit of home and employment She
came to Whitehall stranger. and accosted in the
French language by Of her countrymcn He offered
be her friend and directed her where she might find
work She accompanied him around hill, and when
distant from the village, becoming suspicious her pro-
fessed friend fed to the first house she came to- Soon
after several persons up, and charged the family
that they had bad character in the house and il
they did not drive her ont the house would down
near by where she would be protected That place she
reached in safety but it proved that there but
person at home and she timid woman. Here nc
protection The ruflians came up, to the number OF
twelve fifteen and dragged the stranger back from
house. forty rods gagged her and subjected her tC
the most abonlinable outrage She held by brute
force their victim for hours and left frighu object
of abusebruised and her earrings torn out and
peckeed by the leader in crime The woman carried
to house helpless and is not yet out OF danger.
The next day the whole village was aroused and con-
stables placed the track of the monsters Several
We're secured They proved to be mostly Canadian
French ranging from sixteen to twenty-five years of
The youngest turned States evidence and related
voting to be read AT time the populace could hardly
be restrained from intntiue summary punishment on
the outlaws They brought before Justice Hall and
nine OF the number have been sent to Salem Jail IL is
thought that ten years will be their shortest term in the
Stale Prison"
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

FrLIBusrEnrsM,-The Madrid Heaido has letter from
Havana dated the Sd June which states that subscrp-
ton actively going for another expedition against
Cubathat 1t already amounted to S15O000, in and out
of the United States-that Goicurra who had escaped
from Spain, and others from Ceuta had arrived New
Orleans and promoting the thing, and that it
intended to disembark Neuvitas Neuvas Grandes Cal
barrier other intermediate part OF the north
The Spanish authorities will keep crying wolf! till
when the wolf comes, no will believe them.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

Boston paper states that Mr. W o. Stone, mechanic
Of Churletown, Mass has invented what he calls sub
marine rocket, Internal machine for blowing up
vessels of war The rocket is made the same general
plan air rocket. 1t has weight attached
for sinking it. and float to buoy it up, fusee is placed
in the extremity of the rocket by which it is
driven through the water, as the common rocket is
through the air. The head of the rocket is frnSed with
supply Of gunpowder in the centre of which is bottle
suphuric acid and quantity of chorae of potassa
and loaf to explode the powder when it strikes the
bottom of an enemys ship. The inventor has made uu-
merous and satisfactory experiments small
asks some public spirited individual furnish him
with the means to make full experiment
larger scale,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

DoCBLE EvEcr-rloN AT PouGHEEEFsIE-Annl Ioag, white
woman, and Jonas Williams, colored man. executed
ut Poughkeepse Friday The former convicted OF
the murder Of her husband Nelson Hoag in the latter
part of June 1851 and the latter of the murder of his
stePchld by the commission of rape in January last
The woman was thrtyone years of age, and the negro
twentyseveu Both declared their innocence and marched
to the gallows with firm steps. The con
viced of poisoning her husband and although she adj
mitted he died from the effects of arsenic she denied her
guilt. There many interesting features in her
She was woman Of noble appearance, naturally shrcwd
and intelligent but without education.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

MORE STEAMBOAT RACING friendly trial of speed
place between the steamboats, Eagle and John Hart
on the way from NewYork to Amboy, N. j.. few day.
ago In the excitement of the the steamers
collision the guard of the Eagle at the forward
striking the Hart abaft the wheehouse The STANDARD
says that both boats seriously injured and the liar
was completely disabled, but hurt
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

THE PHILADELPHIA WEBSTER CONVENTION THE New
York Herald of the I'd inst says:
The anonymous call, issued several weeks ago from
Philadelphia, for National Union Convention in that
city for the independent nomination of Daniel Webster
of its object. Yesterday notwithstanding it Sunday
being the LIST of August the day for the meeting Of
this extraordinary convention We have information
however, that it did meet, will to-day. or any
other day. The movement, it is supposed grew out Ii
the remains of the late Native American Convention at
Trenton N j. as second experiment, broader plat
form, the native experiment at Trenton having been
miserable abortion, Possibly suspicion of this sort may
have deferred the friends of Mr. Webster here and else
where from any action in reference to this Philadelphia
Convention Should it turn out dead failure sorry
humbug will not devoye upon the friends of Mr. Web
ster OF this city to to it. that somewhere somehow
he gets nomination? 1t is late but still wonders may
done with the Goldfish question to back him up What
says Mr., Tallmadge?
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

Dr. Isaac Parrish of the most eminent physicians
Of Philadelphia called to Christians Pa few days
ago. to his who was lying i'll Of dysentey when
he was seized with the disease himself He imme
datey returned home and Saturday night, the 3ls
ut both father and son. one in Philadelphia and The
other Ut ohristiana, died at the same hour
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-10

THE SUPPOSED Loss BRTIsH WAR STEAMER
HARPYThe steamer Tay arrived in England from Buenos
Ayres brings rumor of the loss Of IL. NJ steamer Harry
the 2+th of June The HAPPY out fifty days from
Pernambuco, in great distress. Her machinery out
of order, and there water fuel on board The
OF this disaster brought to Lisbon the 10th
ult, by Portuguese ship, the master of which supplied
the Harry with necessares to reach Faya but it is
feared she would not be able to do he observed her
going fast to eeward Up to the I'd ult she had not
reached Fayal