New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-17

partment requiring further investigation into the
charges made against him of having violated young
woman who died recently Two coroners uries have
| quilted him of blame.
| FORTUNATE MAN.-Mr j. r. Harris, who was on board
the Henry Clay and saved several lives also pas
senger the Swallow at the time her des-
truction and the Empire when she sunk near New
| burgh.
| ARRESTS FOR MuRDER.-Jos. Dodge Henry Smith and
Samuel Smith, have been arrested at St Louis charged
with killing three Indians the plains And another
man arrested at Independence the same charge
and made confession duplicating the others
| ExrRApirioN KAINE-A meeting of the citizens of
Chicago held the 4th inst in relation to the extra
dition of Thomas Kaine. number of speeches were
made and committee to draft resolutions appointed
after which the meeting adjourned to meet again the
9th.
| PosTPoNEMENT OF Dr. GARDENERS TRIAL.-In the Grim
inal Court Of Washington, the 9th instant Judge
Crawford decided in of the continuance the
against Dr. George A. Gardiner until the next December
prayed by his counsel and resisted by the United
States
| FROM Observation-Disclosures from Montevdeo to the
9th of June state that the ratification of the Brazilian
treaties puts end to all fear of another foreign war
which had been seriously apprehended 1t supposed
treaty will also be agreed upon, the principal object
of which will be to obtain the entry of all produce the
Oriental Republic into Brazil free of duties.
PHILLIPS FIRE ASNEILAToR,-The second trial of the
fire annhilaor given at Boston last Friday the 9th
instant The building allowed to burn till the flames
had burst through the roof and walls aud it became the
general opinion that it would burn down At this mo-
ment two annhilators set in operation and the
flames completely extngushed in about half a minute
EXPLORATION OF THE JAVA SEAs.The British
Admiralty have dispatched wel-appointed surveying
ship and tender for the purpose of exploring the and
China Of the National Integencer
adduces this fact that should have its influence
with Congress in providing Tor like reconnaissance and
| exploration.
CoMBIsATIoN ETHER WITH SrEAM-The Pftyie. Paris
paper says that experiments have for years past
been made with ether combined with steam. board of
government vessels The result has been that great
saving may be effected but that the nammable nature
of ether renders it dangerous 1t has just been resolved
to replace ether by chloroform and two engines of sixty
horse power to be placed in the Gae, enable ex-
periments to be made.
The HORSE TRADE OF THE WEsr--IIorses are carried
by railroad from Cincinnati to NewYor Boston in five
days and for the of S3 each The omnibus proprie-
tors of Network supplied from Cincinnati The de-
Suou says rdzette. con-
tinues considerably ahead of the supply The Mexican
empted the pasture fields and stables of Ohio Indi-
ana Kentucky and Illinois, and caused rise in stock of
fifty per cent.
EMIGRANTs AusTRALrA-On Friday, the 9th inst.
the bark Madison sailed from NewYork for Port Philip
with another cargo of emgrans for the Australian gold
dggngs and the ship Epainondas sailed yesterday also
with emigrants for the port This makes vessels
that have left NewYork for Australia four which took
out GIG emigrauts principally Canadians Several other
vessels are now loading at Network for the detina
ton.
THE SOUTHERN PREss.-The National Intelligencer Of
the 10th instant says at may be interesting to our
readers in the South to know that the Southern
hitherto published daily in this city has ceased to exist
1t breathed its last yesterday in plantve valedictory
from which learn that its untmey end to be atr
buted to the failure Of its friends contribute its sup
port as promised or to pay up the due upon
their subscriptions
BURGLAR sHor-Rev. Wm. Savage, writing from
Liverpool Perry county Pa gives to the Pottsvile En-
porm the particulars of burglary and attempted rob
berry which occurred in that county few days ago which
resulted in of the burglars being shot from effects
of which he died the next day He was young man,
named Samuel f. Sits and said it his first offence
which he deeply regretted His father is IL respectable
member of church in Franklin county Pa lie gave the
names of three confederates
AUSTRALIAN GoLp.-The Editor of the PHILADELPHIA
American has been shown several beautiful specimens OF
Australian gold weighing in all three ounces, and i'm
ported from London by the United States Mint spec
This is believed to be the first that has ever been
seen in this country as it does not reach in the
of commerce 1t was received at the Mint the 18th
instant and has been aseertaned by an assay of part
of the quantity that the proportion of pure g66
thousandths fine which equivalent to twenty dollars
per ounce, thereabouts.
AN AFFLICTED FAsLY-The family of the late Profess
scr Kingsley of West Point, have been sadly and pain
fully bereaved In the year 1884 1885, four lovely
children died in of scarlet fever subsequently
yet unother died after proraced sickness then Professor
Kingsley in 1919 thrown from his horse receiving
injuries from which he died the remaining members of
the family in 1850, thrown from carriage and the
youngest child, aged five years killed. Two daugh-
ters aged thirteen and twenty among the lost
on the Henry Clay. The heart broken mother and one
are the only survivors of this stricken household
RIOT AT TRENToN-JPate, Poca Dam Desroyea-There
somewhat of riot Trenton n j. the 9th inst
occasioned by dispute between the water-power COM
pany and number of stone hackers and fishermen who
opposed to the company building dam at the head
of Scudders Falls The stonehackers assembled to tear
the dam down. and met and resisted by number
men from the rolling mill fight ensued with stones
and several heads came out of the contest with various
bumps, which might have puzzled phrenologis to &C.
count for The dam removed in the course of the
fight
HUNGARY KossurH--Thc Newburyport (Mass)
Herald says 1t is stated that letters from Americans
fprobity and intelligence in Europe confirm the
racy OF the newspaper statements to the welcome
ception given to the Emperor Austria by population
of Hungary during the recent visit of the Emperor that
country This does not agree with the general belief in
this country and with Kossuths declarations of deep and
widespread disaffecon and great oppression that
country We led to believe ALL that as little is
known and understood of European politics in this coun
try is known in Europe concerning American politics
SosiNAmBuLIsM.-At O'Clock on Thursday the 9Th
instant, Waterman in Boston across girl aged
ten years wandering through the streets in her night.
clothes and apparently crazy 1t subsequently as
certaiued that the previous night she had been I'M
well but retired to bed at the usual hour and it is sup
posed that about 1913 o'clock at which time her mother
heard some one walk the oor she arose in her
Sleep walked down stairs passed out of the back door
into the yard then cambered fence and thence
passed into the street She had wandered about quar-
ter Of mile when she found 1t was raining quite
violently at the time and she drenched to the skin
BATTLE OF THE SLEEvEs-NIrs. Boomer the editor or
editress OF The Lily and the famous inventor of the
Bloomer dress in decided opposition to an at