New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-08

THE BUFFALO EIREMES-Iue uinlcuieics pe'"SSh 'iis
Fire Department of Buffalo and the authorities have not
vet ,een entirely settled The Council has however.
,dopted resolution favor of amending the charter by
inserting a provision for salared Fire Department
ourRAeE AT GREyApA-An american named R. NJ. |
Staples was recently imprisoned at @renaaa' oehtsi
America. for assaultiug another American named r. g.
Dov,e ; cnurt This induced the friends of Staples to
arm themselves and to mob the prison They WERE how
ever repulsed and some ohem arrested and imprisoned
with Staples
INSANE ASYLUM IN DISTRICT OF CoLuMRiA-lhe
sum of 100000 has inserted in the Civil Appropra
ton bill passed by Congress- for the purchase OF site
containing not less than ten more than hfteen acres
of land in the neghborhood of Washington and Tor the
erection furnishing and fitting up an asylum Tor the IN
sane of the district of Columbia and of the army and
navy of the United States
THE New YoRx WoRLp's FAlR-The Directors of the
Great Exhibition of the Worlds Industry have selected
plan their building. 1t Greek cross with dome
the intersection Each diameter OF the cross is 500
feet long and l49 feet broad and the dome is $50 feet
high. There are in the building 1000 square feet OF
on the ground floor and $4,000 square feet in the
galleries 1t is estimated to cost $4,000 The building
entirely of iron and glass and already adver-
tsed to open the I'd of May, 1858.
WASTE PApERs.-A Northern exchange has the follow
ing Dealers in waste paper will to reduce their
stock trade rapidly possible Now that Congress has
elected Public Printer at paying prces the orders for
extra copies of Congressional documents are likely to be
largely increased with view of enhancing the profits Of
the work 1t is well known that immense numbers of
the books thus procured sold by members for two
three cents per pound considerable fall in prices may
be confidently anticipated. The House has ordered one
hundred and fifty thousand extra copies of the Patent of
flee Report.
Mosr BRurAL OurRAeF.-The Staunton (Ya) Vindica-
says that Wednesday evening" the 18th ult five or
six miles West Of Stanton four stout aborers employed
the railroad in that vicinity took from the vehicle In
which she riding young woman, and violated her
person in most brutal matter She was in company
with young to whom the young lady chung for pro-
lection but both overpowered The young man left
to obtain assistance and the alarm being given prompt
pursuit made and the villains arrested and committed
for trial The young couple their way to get mar
ried
THE Woo1 TRADE UNITED STATEs.-The wool
clip in Ohio this year. said to be much less than last
year, and has sold average Of about six cents
pound less than last year The dimpution is supposed
to be by the hard winter which destroyed sheep
and shortened the wool ALL 1t is estimated that the
clip throughout the whole country is much less than last
year 1t amounted then to about 100000 pounds
This year it will fall six millions short. The wool
and the balance will have to be imported This shows
there is still for extension in the wool growing bust
| ness.
| LATER FROM THE PlA1Ns.-Ir. Aubrey arrived at St
Louis the 3oth ut from Santa Fe, having made the
trip to Independence in twenty five days He left Santa
the 31st July Governor Lane reached Fort Atkin
son July Is Major Van Horn, of the Army, of
Aubrey's party Mrs and Miss King of Georgia, died
the Arkansas river in July. Aubrey 800 lodges of
Camanche and Keoway Indians Rabbitear creek. Mr.,
Backner and Lieut. Woodruff left Fort Atkinson the
25th for the States Mr. Aubrey informed by Major
Van Horn that about the LIST of July eight Apache In
dams attacked fifteen Me4icans the Journado del
Nuerto and killed and wounded four others taking
| from them twenty
An ARTIFICIAL HARnoR.-The British Government, it
is stated is having artificial harbor constructed at
Dover for the safety and accommodation of shipping
The harbor to occupy space of hundred
and to be enclosed by wall more than two miles in
length more than half of which space will at all times
secure depth of water from thirty to fortytwo feet
the lowest tide The wall will be ninety feet wide at bot
tom and fifty at top the sides will be eighteen fee
thick consist of immense blocks of solid stone thu
middle filled in with artificial stone concrete Thu
foundation of this supcndous work is raising by com
panies of men, who remain several hours with diyin
bells under the water. This gigantic display of huma
power and skill will when fully completed cost tina
two millions sterling.
DESPERATE FIGHT THE Paulding (NIiss) Clarion give
an account of desperate fight between negro and
white man. the 18th ut at the residence Of Mrs Fl
, lott in Pinevie, Smith county Mr.. John 4. Rattle
was in the entry of Mrs Eliots house about dark,
, the evening alluded to- and athletic negro ma
providing about the premises. Taking his gun. he passe
into the cotton patch short distance from the hous
whittier the negro had fed and shortly after he had
ba cl;edfr nv who ha
heavy club in his hand. At the second blow the gu
\ fell from his hand and desperate conflict ensued NJ
Rather however, stunned by the blows he had pr
viousy received and shockngy beaten by the blat
scoundre and left lying the ground insensble tt
4 negro escaped
NAyM-The frigate Columbia is to be the flag ship
the Home Squadron and bear the broad pennant of Coz
motore Newton the Commander-in- Chief; Captain liza
: wood is to command the flag ship-Surgeon Sharp is
- be Fleet Surgeon The squadron will consist of t
, frigate Columbia the soopsofwar Albany, Cyane al
y | Decatur, and two or more steamers.
The Saranac ia under orders for cruise to Rio, to co
- yey the Minister from Brazil homeward
The United States steamer San Jacinto Captain Grail
u was at Constannope the 29th of July. correspon
emit of the Boston Traveller says she arrived in crip
condition the second time she broke down on her voya
u out In crossing the Atlantic she broke down; and
obliged to put into Cadz for repairs, and was detan
there several weeks.
y THE STORM KEY WEsT.-A letter from Key We
of the 9th ult describes the hurricane there the
ult as one of terrible fury and the town only
served from repetition of the destructiyeness of
Is storm 1886 by the gale blowing from the South-Es
IL and the being broken upon the reef the town bel
N under lee The shipping in the harbor did not suffer
j the least. The letter adds:
It is feared that Captain John Could of the sohoor
h Sprague with his crew lost in attempting to
a. ashore his vessel ashore bank in this harb
Il, during the gale. Some boats have been out to
schooner day and have returned reporting her aot
i boned Nothing has yet been heard OF her captain
vs. NAV have gone on the Keys to lceward The schooi
Pocahontas bark Empress left this port on the 20
-, and it is feared out in the gale. The bark Nor
~ left Havana the day before the Jasper and We feal
IT astern to windward'
CoSvlcrIoN STOCKPORT RIoTERs-lt will be
membered that serious riot occurred some time since
Stockport England growing out of an attempt to prev
or Catholic Sunday School procession. The trial of
rioters commenced at Chester few weeks ago, and on
18th ut the jury returned the following verdict agai
" the Irish Catholics:
Guilty against all the prisoners for riot on the first
second counts On the third and fourth counts MurI
alone found guilty of feloniously wounding the
at ness Picken On the fifth count Naughton guilty Of
e assault on Thomas Pearson On the sixth count Ro
~ McDermot guilty the charge of feoniously wou
r. ing James Swindles.
Sentence was deferred and on the following morn
the court up the charges against the English
testants" against whom there less than seven
dictmens for felony including the charges of demol
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