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

Turkey Sweden aud other nations should fall upon and
destroy her
They have raised Il hog in Cambria, niagara
county. NJ Y. this which beats all other hogs in
weight his avnirdupos being 1900 h. lie has not yet got
his growth.
The Austrian Government have granted an
amnesty which includes many hungarian personages who
have always been in discord with Kossuth. Among
these IL Count Battyany, who has resided for time
in Paris, where he enjoys much consideration.
The Bank of the Metropolis, got up in New
York to break down the Metropolitan Bank has given
notice of intention to wind up its afairs very easy
matter presume the Bank went into opera
ton
The Asia brought intelligence of the death of
18th Of September Dr. Jones had been for nearly twenty
three years of the highly esteemed missionaries
of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions.
Mr.. George W. Davis, aged rs, attempted sui
revived after being taken down and says he had
lost all hope in God and there being enjoyment for
him here, he had no desire to live
A Western paper says stWe saw a woman
carrying big hog home from market. on Saturday upon
her shoulder For the benefit Of those who may think
her husband ought to have done it, will state that she
served him in the same way short time before
From New York papers we learn that DR..
sydney Doane, who made the famous speech Kossuh
is in such low state of health serious appre-
Tensions for his life Dr. DIS loss professional
would be very serious.
Mr. Popham, when he was Speaker, and the
lower house (of ParliamenD had sat long and done. in
effect nothing coming one day to Queen Elizabeth she
SAID TO NM NOW MI Speaker what mas passed in the
lower house 2! He answered. If it please your Majesty
seven weeks y
1t is stated that the late Mr. Turner the
celebrated English artist, has left by his will Of
0OO for the purpose of founding an institution for the
relief Of decayed artists and has given all his pictures
with the exception of three of his works. which
left to the nation) for the purpose of embeshng the
building which il to be erected for that purpose.
The arrival in London of two and forty tons of
gold quartz from California has excited much interest
because it will to GONE extent afford materials for future
operations of the kind The picked specimens are
valued at the rate of E7O0O per ton, and have been
anxiousy sought after by some Of the Californian
the bulk Of the rock is valued to fl00 per ton
A lawyer, who was some times foroetful,
having been engaged to plead the of offender
began by saying know the prisoner at the bar and
he bears the character of being most consunmate and
iInpudent scoundre' Here somebody whispered to him
that the prisoner his client when he Immediately
continued: But what great and good man ever lived
who not illuminated by many of his contemporaries
A return has issued from the House of Com
showing the railway casualties in England for the
six months ending the Both of June last During this
time 81 0s persons were carried on the different
roads the island Of this number only los were killed
of al the cars and but eight of these regular pas
sengers.
The youngest member in Congress, is the Hon.
Causha A. Grown. being but twentysix years of age
Eleven years he lett the back woods of Pennsylvania
having been previously engaged in rafting logs down
Susauehannah and in deer hunting in the Aeehanes-
went to Amherst College to commence his education He
took high rank in college, became good speaker
studied law, and last year was elected to Congress
A young man lately came to his death in Hull,
ngland) through putting tallow on a pmpe that was
his decentralization ensued, which ended in his
death although the affected part cut away The
Of ow for such purposes is mostly dangerous as arsenic
much used by taow chambers for the purpose of i'm
proving the appearance of the candles
Measures are being taken to establish a line
of between Pctou and Quebec touching She
dilc and Miramch in Nova Scotia and at Gaape Basin
in
mcnced under the direction of B Hammatt Norton ESQ
the u s. Consul at Pictou.
Clipper ships are about to be introduced into
the French mercantile marine. NJ Normand. of Hayre
of the most eminent builders in France has laid
keel clipper vessel of six hundred tons intended for
the Brazil trade The wonderful success the American
Orientals and Flying Clouds has put NJ Normand upon
his mettle and he is seriously attempting produce
craft that will outsrp those swimmers of the haz
ard nothing in saying that he will make most decided
failure.
A woman and her two children were found
frozen death in snowbank at St Louis the night
of the 11th ult AT Cincinnati the night of the 18th
ult. woman and boy were frozen to death. On the
following day, the city, two found nearly
frozen One of them was 80 badly frostbtten that por
tios Of his legs and face had commenced peeling off
Prophet, Governor, Saint, Brigham Young
gives different version Of the troubles in Utah that
published by the Judge and other officials out from
Washington The Governor says the Gentle officials
wanted a few of his wives. He refused peremptoriv
Having only hundred he could not spare single petit
cost.
At a recent meeting of a parish, a solemn,
aght-bodied and most exemplary deacon submitted
rennr in writing of the destitute widows and others
standing need of assistance in the parish Are YOU
sure deacon asked another solemn brother that you
m We embraced all the widows u He said he believed he
.d done So if any had been emitted the omission
could easily be corrected. He did not take at ALL
The London Daily News published statement
extracted from Hamburg papert the effect that Turkey
had addressed note to the English Government pro-
testing against Kossuth being permitted to return to
England
We are desired to contradict the report that
the Nova Scotia giant exhibition in Boston carries
of coal under each daily The proprietor of the
exhibition says he can do it, but might impede his
growth
An editor in chief should never write latin and
then go to bed without reading his proof The editor of
the NewYork Tribune the other night wrote Sic ,tr
od osa (ths is the way to heavenly about wasted day
in the Senate and the "dev made it lie it, ad ast,a
o. lying the way to heaven how few would miss
that happy place.
''This ere mammal, my little dears,'' observed
the keeper of menagerie to school, is a leopard
His complexion is yaller and agreeably diversified with
black spots 1t vulgar herror of the hancents that
the crtter hincapabe of changing his spots witch
deprived in modern times by obserwin that he VERY
often slept in one spot and next night changed to
othern But say, Mr.. Snowman ~ screamed little
Johnny the leopard amt yalow at ALL The Bible says
he's white" We're is the text inquired the Snowman
in the Apothecary the song of Susannah?'' 1T is
where it says that Gehaz went forth leper white as
snow
LAElEsl lET.-DufluS tne summer OF lo4O,
corn being scarce in the upper country, and one
of the citizens being hard pressed for bread,
having worn threadbare the hospitality of his
generous neighbors by his extreme lazness, they
thought it an act of charity to bury him. Ac-
cordingly he was carried towards the place of
interment, and being met by one of the citizens,
the following conversation took places
g Halo what have you there?''
ssPoor old Mr.. 81
"What are you going to do with him."
&c Bury him.''
ssWhat is he dead l hadn't heard of his
DEATH
''No, he is not dead but he might as well
be, for he has no corn and is too lazy to work
for any"
s'That is too cruel for civilized people I'll
give him two bushels of corn myself, rather
than see him buried alive"
Mr. S. raised the cover and asked in his
| usual dragging tone, &c Is it s-h-e-l-l-e-d !"
''No, but you can soon shell it,
&c Drive on, b-o-y-s."
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