New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-21

"A correspondent OF the New ork Evening Post
says that the extent to which the Of opium slim
uant is practiced by people esteemed temperate
TINS country probably thousand times greater than
Is generally believed.
1t is stated in n Paris journal, that French
capitalists who fear for the stability of the Napoleonc
rule are yestng their moneys in the Russian public funds
instead of looking to this notwithstanding that the Kos
suth excitement may involve it in war.
Did you present your account to the de-
PENDANT p! asked lawyer of his client. Il did, And
what did he say ,'' " lie told to go to the devil
And what did you do then - Why, then 1 came to
you
2 The POughkeepsie Journal states that the new
proprietors Of the Mattewan manufacturing establish
nent have decided not to do any thing with the business
Of cotton manufacturing for the present but that the
comotVcs AZ far as the times may warrant.
The Liverpool Journal says there will be seve-
raj of the Young ireland party assured in the next
Parliament and among Others. their guide and orna-
ment Mr.. Gayan Duffy of the Nation He young ar.
dent and able Notwithstanding all his faults and fol-
lies in 1878 he is evidently sincere and honest was
the first to give dignity to journalism in Ireland bv he
slowing on it vast intellectual resources
Hogs were introduced into ST. Domingo nv
Columbus in 1893 one Of Pizaro followers, while wan
ering in search of FL Dorado longer fabulous
along with them male and female pigs to stock tbair
future colony and this is the way they were introduced
the high table lands of Eogoa. In half century SO
rapidly did they multiply. that they spread from the
twentyth degree Of north latitude to the fortich de-
gree south and in less than thirty years herds of swine
infested Cuba Porto Rico and Jamaica that they had
10 Dc nuuteu uOWn 10 save the sugar cane,
An extraordinary feat of horsemanship has
been performed by captain of the 10th regiment named
DE Winton. lie laid a wager that he would ride from
Newcastle to Kingston, in Jamaca-a distance of about
twenty miles the greater part of the road being down
hill surrounded by dangerous precpces and along strong
groundin the space Of hour He accordingly started
at six O'Clock from Newcastle. and was in Kingston
at about quarter to thus taking only
tors of an hour to win the He took three horses
to perform his feat and entertained in Kingston at
seven o'clock the same evening
The Protestant Waldenses, says letter from
Genoa have celebrated with great cat the anniversary
their emancipation proclaimed by the late Charles Albert
They publish Italian Protestant paper called n
padest. and the principles of the Reformation are in
creasng very rapidly in this country The Italian Pro-
testants are erecting large church in Turin I have
the drawing, aud say that have not such
temple in country. DR. Berg, the Protestant minister
in Turin. will visit the United States to lecture on the
Wadenses aud to obtain donations for the erection OF
other Protestant churches in Piedmont hope that the
good minister will find welcome in our country
His mission noble and Christian and Americans
something TO those Italians who gave us n country
and