New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-23

Three dollar gold pieces are being Issued from
the Philadelphia Mint.
grand park, comprising some 500 acres Of
woodland, is projected in Cincinnati
The Democratic Convention Of Georgia has
nominated H. v. Johnson for Governor
The salaries of the principal teachers OF the
public schools Of Cleveland have been raised to
$1,000.
The New York theatres, having all had q.
prosperous season, are now clcsing for the sum
mer.
VI. Adrian Miguel, A. French journalist Of
New York, was found drowned in the East River
on Sunday
Mr.. Richard @. Chappell, respectable citi-
zen Of Charlotte county, Va, committed suicide
on the 9th inst
| Col John W. Forney will be candidate f1r
reelection to the clerkship of the House Of Rep
! resentatives
Harvest has commenced in Virginia, and sew
eral fields have been cut between Richmond and
Albenarle county
Mrs Preston, wife Of the Hon VIM G Pres
ton, Of 5. G., died at her residence, near Colum-
bia, on the I1th.
A penny paper, called the Sun, something
larger than a five dollar bank bill, has been
started at San Francisco.
John Il. Tway has been convicted Of seduc-
| ton III Philadelphia, and sentenced to the PEN
itentiary for two years.
| The authorities of Jersey City have given no
| tloe that all liquor establishments in that city
must be closed on Sunday
! The grand jury of Allegheny, Pa has rec5m-
mended a county subscription Of $500 600 to the
Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad
jim Phillips, boy, charged with killing Reu-
ben Gains, OF Culpepper, Va, has been convicted
of murder in the first egree.
Orvlle Gardner, alias '' Awful Gardner"
the noted pugilist, has been arrested in New
! York, charged with two yiolen. cases of assault
The Catholic Bishop Of Massachusetts, is said
TO be a warm friend Of the public school system
ofthat State. He WIS educated in them himself
The Chicago Democrat exposes two Cincin-
| natl swndling concerns, called the Ohio Marine
| Insurance Company and the Mutual Health As
sociation.
| gentleman praising the generosity Of his
friend. observed: He spends bis money like
water "Then Of course he liquidates his
debts rejoinsd a wag
9" My DEAR said gentleman to lady to
whom he thought to be married, ''do you wish
| to make a fool VI me" 90 No." replied the lady,
60 nature saved me the trouble"
The NewYork Tribune says that Trainer, one
Of the chief actors in the recent NewYork abo-
lition farde, is trying to raise money to buy his
wife and carry her on to NewYork
Here is case for the lovers of logic B.
says all Brittons are liars. Now B. himself is
o Britton; therefore B. is liar. Therefore
the Brittons are not liars; and B. being Brit
ton is not liar. and so on ad infnitum.
A great Agricultural Fair will take place at
Pittsburgh on the 9th, 2Sth, Doth and goth of
September 1t will be under the auspices Of the
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society Citi-
zens Of other States are invited to compete for
the prizes.
The " Tewannee Coal Company is the title
of company about to be organized in New
York, fer the purpose Of mining coal in the
Cumberland coal fields Of Tennessee. These
mines are within fourteen miles of the Nashville
and Tennessee railroad.
The bounty offered by the Secretary of the
Navy to seamen, has had the desired effect,
more applications to enter the service having
been made at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the few
days past, it is said, than has been the case for
a twelvemonths
The L. s. ship Cyane, which arrived at PEN
. sacola, on the 4th inst, from San Juan, had to
send twenty-six of her crew to the hospital, the
disease being the Isthmus fever 1t is reported
that the U. 5. frigate Columbus is soon to leave
Pensacola for the fishing banks.
The Maine Law Liquor bill passed the New
York senate on Tuesday, With clause submit
ting it to vote of the people of the State The
: Courts of New York have already decided that
law which is made to depend on vote of the
people is unconstitutional.
: A sentimental youth, having seen a young
lady at home, bending something in her
lap, and weeping bitterly, took the first oppor-
tunty of Questioning her as TO the oause Of her
sorrow and was perfectly awe-struck on being
; Informed that she was only pealiDg onions.
The following ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church were to sail from NewYork on
the Goth instant, in the Illinois for the Pacific
+. TIE Rev J. f Deyoe and Rev J. W. Hines, for
Oregon, who will be accompanied by their fami-
lies and the Rev. n B. Heath and wife for
l. California.
d The real estate of the late Gardner S. and
! Samuel S Rowland, of New York, was sold ut
d auction in that eiry the l4th instant The
J. property sold brought an aggregate amount oi
5 S374 Sl5, including $77 800 for the Lyceum
c Building, on Broadway, which Was purchased
by a 5, Levy, Esq.
! 1t is stated that quite number of persons
have already taken up their summer quarters
at Cape May. The Councils of Cape Island we
notice have resolved not to grant licenses here
I after to small drinking houses, so that the sale
= Of liquors will lie restricted 10 the larger and
: more respectable establishments.
a The New York Tribune, in speaking of Span
5 ish affairs says; with regard to Mr.. Soule's
reception, are assured that it will take plac.
e without any difficulty, but that, if he shoulc
i open the subject Of buying Cuba, he will get
= positive, and probably a piquant response
e Spain never was less inclined to part with the
c island than at present"
e A deputy sheriff in Springfield. Mass, leviec
,, an attachment recently on a travelling show
u that exhibited there, and We copy the following
! from his return:
a BY virtue of this writ / this day attached
!, seven horses, three wagons, one grizzly bear,
q one Christ and twelve Apostles one tent with
e fixtures, and lot of animals called the Happy
!, Family" the property etc
On the l4th inst. the officers at Greenwood
- Cemetery, New York, arrested two ladies' occu
J., pying respectable positions in society for pluck
e ing flowers at that city of the dead and on thu
IS 18th three others were arrested for the SAINT
If offence, and held to bail 10 answer Three q
r them were fined 80 EACH and the other two go
e off by proving hat the flowers were plucked b,
]. gentleman and given to them.
l. The Mayor of Montreal has been exonerates
p by the Councils Of that city from the charge o
70 ordering the troops to fire upon the people dur
ing the late mob The troops heard the orde
IS given, and, without knowing who gave it, fred
ID Even the officers in command positively ave
lr thav did uot civ orfar It axpaotad tbo