New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-28
Items Of News by Yesterdays Mail.

up III tie vicinity OF tne Crlstai dihVe'
Mr.. Vanderbilt has sold his interest in both
of the Staten Island ferries for S6Oo,000 Geo
Law is the principal purchaser.
The real and personal property in Cincinnati
is assessed this year at Sl3G07,15S increase
since last year $3,425 400.
Two Cuban ladies', residing in Newf ork, have
been cited by the authorities at Havana to APP
pear there and answer to charge OF treason.
The citizens of Pittsburgh are cndeayoring to
raise subscription of 100000 to extend the
Slack Water Navigation on the Monongahela
river into Virginia.
The corouer's Jury at Buffalo have rendered
a verdict that the lives lost by the falling Of
building was in consequence of the bad constitute
tion Of the basement wall
The n Y Tribune says il will be impossible
to have the Crystal Palace buildings ready for
the public before August
Archbishop Hughes it is said, is negotiating
for lot of ground in New York, on which to
erect a magnificent cathedral.
Col William Hemphill JONES' late Mayor of
Wilmington, Del, it is stated, has received an
appointment in the Treasury Department at
Washington.
Gov Bradish, late Assistant U. $. Treasurer
at New York, during his term of office, received
into the sub-treasury i2,lI2, l13, and paid out
$50, l9S,702
Samuel f. Coucs, Esq.,, of Portsmouth, n H.,
it is stated has been appointed Librarian Of the
Congressional Library by President Pierce.
IRISH EMIGRATION From Ireland the chief
intelligence by the Africa relates to the emigra-
ton movement, which is more active this season
than ever, and is mostly to America, the means
being supplied by remittances from previous
emigrants in the United States.
NJ. Oscar Lafayette the grandson and repre-
\ nfoti If tbn family Of tho fo To
| fayette, has refused to take the oath of ALE
glance to the French Emperor, required of him
| as captain of artillery, and has in consequence
been deprived of his commission.
THREATENED INDIAN TROUBLES IN MINNESOTA
Apprehensions, il is said, are entertained of
rising of the Chippewos in Minnesota territory
Rumors crowd in, thick and fast, of general
rising, and threatened attack on St, Paul
ANNEXATION OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The
President has determined, it is said, TO appoint
Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, Of suffi-
oent ability and wisdom, to affect the annexa-
alton Of that country. to the United States,
should such measure be requisite to prevent it
falling into the hands Of France.
PRIZE PLAY. A prize of $500 is offered for
the best five act play, written for Miss Matilda
Heron of Philadelphia. In addition to the prize,
the sum of $40 per night, for the first fifty
| nights it is performed, will be paid the author,
| if the play should prove successful This would
| give the author $500.
Mis- H. BEEcHEE STowE-Ihe Duchess of
| Sutherland invited large number of ladies and
gentlemen to meet Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe
at Stafford house on the It'll inst After a short
| stay in London, it is said that she will go to
| France and Germany and having visited Scot
land once more, she has promised to be the guest
Of Major General Sir Duncan MeGreg0r in
| Dublin, previous to her return to her own
country
| TnE BANK FoRGEEIES AT ClNc1NNArL-On an
examination, on The : til inst. oCpersons charged
with the late bank lorgcries in Cincinnati, q
Mrs. Willard and a Mr. Finlley refused to tes-
tify, and were committed to prison for contempt
of court. The excitement on the occasion Is
| represented to have been very great
On Sunday week, the Catholic Church Al
| White Marsh, in Prince Georges county. Mary
land, accidentally took tire, and was entirely
consumed, together with the dwellings gchel,
| and all the furniture and vestments The church
| is supposed to have been the oldest one in the
State, and the building attached was tor many
years used as a noyiciate.
The NewIork Lanteru suggests tue following
| remedies for railroad accidents
!, Hang two directors Mt each terminus, AM
one every fifty miles Of the road
| .. Hang one engine-,triyer every twcnty-fy,
miles, and three wherever the road crosses
river, or runs along the side Of n hill
II ). LegaliIe the use of n lynch law bY tn
passengers, whenever an accident has occurred
TRorHIE ~ GERMANY. Tile Government Q
| llcsse Cassel having expelled three opposition
members from the Second Chamber, several 0
tier colleagues have resigned their seats Tn,
Government has ordered the latter to leay
| Gassel Immediately, pretending that a confer
| encc which they had held, was an illegal meet
| ing. The popular Indignation is excited, la
no disturbance Of public order is apprehenled
THE golden AGE-Nearly six years hay
| elapsed, says the Newlork Herald since tn
discovery Of gold was made in California, an
| within that time at least two hundred million
OF gold have been added to the currency Of til
world from that single source Australia ha
not been so long in the field, and the produc
has not, therefore, been so great. 1t would no
be far out Of the way to put the product Of tina
country down at fifty millions Of dollars To b
within limits, we estimate the aggregate adli
ton to the gold currency Of the world, With
the past six years, to be about two hundred an
fifty millions Of dollars
NEW YoGE M1RALs-The New York Tribun
of the goth, speaking of the Crystal Palace an
vicinity has the following:
The Crystal Palace neighborhood is rapid
becoming worse than the Five Points All til
low rif-ruf sum-selling blaekguardism Of til
\. ctu and enyirons are selecting il for their ex
plots, especially on a Sunday afternoon. Ii
f cense or no license, up 20 the disease, crime an
death dealing bars, aud the coarsest kind
AneIo=Sa profanity prevails 1t is tru
there is a tent capable of holding large audi
cnce where there is stated and excellent preach
ing in the good old apostolic fashion, but thi
is hardly an antidote for the multtudinou
| haunts of dissipation around
'sWhat is the City Government about D
they wish the moral atmosphere Of the Crysts
Palace to be as filthy and swinish as the ayenu
, thther
From the Evening Post Of the 10Th we clip tn
following, as Illustrative of morals in othe
quarters
" In looking this morning over the return
that are daily made by the twenty police cap
tans Of this city, We tosk the pains to recko
up the number Of criminal cases coming unde
the notice of the officers Tie list Of drunk an
aisorderly comprises forty -four names, Of assau
and battery eleven, Of robbery and larcen
eleven, and Of various disorderly actions-suc
as furious driving, fighting in the streets, crui,
ing etc The term cruising applies to til
excursions Of pavement ladies' in search
their victims. About twenty of these interest
inc creatures were apprehended in the Park.
5 FORTUNATE REeovERY.-Last evening, Louis
t Bebee, a very handsome girl Of respectable COZ
q ncctinns in New London, Conn, was at the T.,