New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-12
NEW ORLEANS:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 49,, 1852


NJ G. Brown, of Philadelphia; Vice-Presidents, Mr..
Lewis of St. Louis, and Mr. Wilder, of Boston Secreta-
ries Messrs Seg and Baker, of Cincinnati Treasurer
Mr. Naew. of Albany Messrs Bosworth Of Indianapolis
Auniach of Columbus and Lewis of St. Louis APP
pointed committee to draft rules Messrs Green of
Kentucky Foster of Missouri Thompson Of Ohio, Nafew,
of Network Randel', of Maryland. Mcknight, of Ten
Wilder of Massachusetts, Hubbard of Pennsyva
MA and Bosworh of Indiana apponeda committee
to prepare business for the Convention The Convention
then adjourned until 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
There delegates present representing IL States and q
Printers Unions.
FmEs-The Pointe Coupee Echo of the Sth says On
the evening of Saturday the list nst of the out
houses of Mr. Ceesn porche of False River struck
with lightning and set on FIRE. Before the flames could
be arrested Mr. Porche lost large quantity of and
fodder carriage and all his carts and pows One Of his
negroes also seriously injured y burns in bis attempts
to extngush the fire.
The Opelousas Gazette Of the 9th says: On Friday
evening fire broke out in house belonging to MIR Ben
net VOORHEES,, and occupied by Mr. Watkins saddlers
shop and rapid the progress of the fire. that it
impossible to but very little of the contents of the
house
The EARrHquAKr.-The earthquake of the 10Th ut is
said to have shaken the WALL Of houses and ratified china
and window glass, at Lynchburg, Virginia At Stanton
Virginia. the shockis said to have lasted nearly minute
and some houses violently shaken that the
pants made precipitate retreat
Loss MomLE sHr-A letter received at Charleston,
from Nassau N p by the brig North America states that
the British ship Duke, WEIGH master, from Mobile for
Liverpool with 1912 bales Of cotton, totally lost on
West Ena Grand Bahama ii the 14th ultimo The cap
tain had arrived Mt Nassau although he had
ward his crew. three of whom arrived at Charleston in the
America The wreckers with part of the cotton,
expected to arrive in Nassau The captain Of the wrecker
which brought up reported that about G9 bales
had been saved comparatively dry and put the beach
to await the means of transportation to Nassau.
THE BRrrIsH EAST INDIA CoMp.NYIn the dacussion
the Government of India in the House of Commons
the 10Th ult Mr. Herries gave the following summary
the East India Companys affairs:
The total gross had increased from f1s407 DOC
in 1884, to f?49Cl0 in the present year, showing
augmentation of f60o0O00 in less than twenty years
The charges however had increased that in the
year there was a deficiency of f67S0Co How had th.
occurred The in which British India had been in.
volved in Afghanisan scnde, and in the Punjaub haG
swallowed up no less than 436oO0CW. But when hf
looked at the Indian debt he found that the addition had
only been f2OO0oG) it followed, therefore. that Sc
buoyant had been the Indian that they
have furnished fl6l 80 towards the extraordinary
expenditures 1t might be said that this large revenue
extracted from the country had tended to exhaust it,
There no better way of meeting this allie
CATION than by showing the progress of Indian commerce
and appeared that the amount OF the exports and i'm
ports and TINT Of the tonnage entered inward and out
ward, had than doubled in the last twenty years
At former period, he thought the prospects
India so favorable as at the present moment.
SUPREME CouRT UNITED SrArEs.-Ihesaay, MAJ
a. 1S52-No l54. The Philadelphia. Wilmington and Bal
tinore Railroad Company, plaintiffs in error, Sebr
Howard. The argument Of this continued b,
Messrs Nelson and Reverdy johnson for the defendant
and by Mr. Scbley for the plaintiffs in error.
Adjourned O'CLOCK A, NJ.