New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-14
The News.

Silsbee, the comedian, is at Baltimore
The American Consul at Cape Town is said to
realize about $4,000 per annum.
NAvAL.-The frigate Savannah has sailed
from Norfolk for the Brazilian station.
Mosquitoes and bilious diseases have been
more prevalent in Washington and Baltimore
this summer than usual.
Hartung, condemned to death in Prussia, has
petitioned for the postponement of the execution
until he can finish an opera, on which he is now
engaged
According to the Cincinnati Railroad Record,
sixty millions bushels of corn are raised in Ohio
every year. The average crop is 81 bushels to
an acre
graduated from West Point Gen. Jos. G. Swift,
who heads the list for 1902, is still living and in
excellent health.
REDEMPTION OF SrocKs.-During the first
week of the present month nearly 800, 900 dol
| lars in stocks were received at the Treasury
Department for redemption, and were Cancelled,
of course.
The number Of deaths in the city Of Balti-
more for the week ending the 9Th inst. were 1903,
of which So were under 5 years Of age, 20 from
consumption, 10 from dyssntery, and unknown
infantile.
CONNECTICUT RAILROAD LAw.-The law rela-
tive to railroads, passed by the last session Of
the Connecticut Legislature, making it necessa-
ry for all trains to come to full stop at draw
bridges, railroad crossings etc., went into effect
the LIST inst
| 1t is stated that Secretary Guthrie has issued
orders to dispense with all sinecure offices in
every custom house in the Union. Under this
order, man has been dismissed from the New
York custom-house who has held a fat office for
sixteen years.
Admiral Sir George Cockburn died recently
in England, at the advanced age of 80 years
He will be remembered in the United States by
his operations upon the Atlantic coast during
the last war with Great Britain. He also COM
manded the vessel which bore Napoleon to St.
Helena.
RE-ARREsT OF EDYMoN.--The final discharge
of Edymoin, who was let out of the NewYork
State prison through forgery, has been followed
by his being re-arrested to answer one of the
| counts of the indictment on which he was origi-
nally tried, but it is argued that he can plead
his former conviction in bar, and that it is a
good bar, although it has been released by the
Governor writ of ha5eas carpus has been
sued out to test the matter
ANOTHER STRANGE SUICIDE The body of a
| girl who drowned herself in the Schuylkill, at
Philadelphia, has been identified as that of Mary
Burke. She was to have been married on that
| evening, and the groom and his friends re-
manned at the house where the marriage was to
take place, until suspecting something wrong,
they went in search Of her. but failed to discover
her until he saw her dead body, which he recog-
nized by a ring on one of her fingers, which he
had given to her. 1t is supposed she was TEN.
porarily insane.
| A BANK MESSENGER ROBBED IN WALL STREET.
On Friday, the I'd inst, the Messenger of the
| Central Bank, in Network, went to Wall street
with bag containing $40, 900 in gold and silver
coin and bank notes, to make deposits in various
banking institutions. He went into the Amer.
lean Exchange Bank, in wall street, and while
depositing quantity of gold, a handbook was
distracted from his pocket that contained about
500 in bank notes, and also certified checks
amounting to $500, with which the thief es
capped. Three arrests have been made.
THE CRYSTAL PALAcE.-The Crystal Palace
New York, is now said to be very attractiv,
exhibition, complete in every particular, excep
the machine department. which is rapidly un
der way A great variety of all kinds of ma
chimes, from steam engine to sewing machine
will be congregated there, and will, no doubt
afford scientific men great opportunity for &C
quiring an extensive knowledge of every kind o
invention. The United States contributes tn
lions share of articles of this description, an,
will, in the absence Of almost all competition, 0
course bear off the palm.
IeON Al AN hNIl-DLAN MEETING IN NEN
YoRK.-The NewYork Anti Slavery Society bel,
two public meetings at Metropolitan Hall, OIL
the 4th inst. In the afternoon, about 1000 per
sons were present, and speeches vera made BY
, VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Lucy Stone, Lucretil
Mott, Sojourner Truth, "a colored woman,) am
, others. At night still larger crowd was pres
, emit, with the evident intention on the part O
some, to have row, which soon commenced b.
) the speakers being greeted by Kisses. stamping
t etc. Miss Stone was Missed down, when tn
Hon. L. d. Culver attempted to speak Thi
was the signal for renewed kissing and all sort
Q of noises, which continued until the lights wer
l put out and the leaders of the meeting had dis
appeared.