New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-12
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L0nisyite Jan. 2The mail from Fort Farars -~fyn
yesterday having left the ITh N 1nssI bad rssrbsd
tneFs ~ tnas tms from the Salt Lake owing as was sup
The Pawnees had gone into winter auartera ana tia
Sioux warriors were returning 10 their homes There fss
been no fighting since the Last The Utah indiana
profess 10 be pentent since hearing that Captain unn
son Is party were not MormoDs ae
The river between Cairo st Louis is closed by cs
also between here and Cincinnati.
Boston January IA collision occurred to-day on the
Lawrsnce and Manchester Railroad by which two loco
otyes we're smashed and the fremen and baggage
James Csugb convicted of murder has been sentenced
70 os hung On the 2sth April
terday =
Cincinnati Jan 2--aessrs, Taylor 6 Co.'s pork house
a. qoVingson; ~ was destroyed by FIRE Saturday
night Loss S40o0o--party covered BY insurance
Boston: Jan. 3-The Yarmouth Buildings inundated
recently BY the high tide Central wharf have fallen
down The Mill Greek dam has also been carried away
darlington; Vt, January 3.-The steam sawmill, ma
shine shop and iron foundery owned by Henry smonds
with several adjacent dwellings burnt yesterday
Troy, N, r. jan 3The Rutland train on the Northern
railroad had its axletree broke Long Bridge by which
the cars we're smashed the track up and brakes
man sihea-not passenger was Injured.
Nsp York Jan 3The mail train from Boston yaeter-
day came in collision with the Harlem train at MorHs-
aua The engine Of the mail train going completely
through Gne other Fortunately the latter had stopped
in consequence Of disarrangenen and the pasgeu-
| gers had got out and no was injured
Easton, Pa Jan 3-The Rev. DR. NcLane Presidentof
Lafayette College has received 100000 the
do~ment Of that institution honor Of this success
there was last night grand illumination of the College
and torchight procession Of the through
principal Of borough Addresses were made
by the President of the Collage and By several eers Of
the senior class Efforts be made to increase the
| endowment 10 S150,o00.
Boston, Jan 3The accounts of the recent gale come in
with additional disasters At Provincetown twenty yes
were lost Wrecks were drifting ashore with all hands
perished Such disasters before known In this
legion At Cape Cod the schooner King Fisher from
nnomaston for Norfolk, put in in distress The barz
Heinrich q Boston, stranded at New Jersey-crew
saved The schooner Francis Julis for Boston in
1nsins eonditisn at Plymouth Beaeh-crew saved The
ofg Mary stanton, from Baltimore for Boston which
went ashore of Easthau il full Of water Workmen ars
now getting out her cargo, which is all damaged.
Proradeee Jan. 3.Ths schooner McselIe from Boston
on board lost. = =.
Hatfar, Jan. IA violent gale prevailed here on the
22d and 23d sinking large nuber of vessels at tbs
rharvss The loss in the harbor aSa0oo Many yss-
sells have been wrecked along the coast. 'E
MESSAGE GOVERNOR or PEyrsYLy1s. -=rhe
Message of the Governor OF Pennsylvania was delivered 81
Harrisburgh on the 4sh.
The receipts in the Treasury for 1858 Sc
and the payments $4,000 600, - 'ef2s'T
/. The total amount Of funded debt S4io00GG0
Speaking Of the Erie Railroad Ea sags in references to
the recent troubles it must be clear impartial OBJ
server that the Legislature cone plated or intend
cd to authorize the construction Of the railroad between
sfie and the OAo lire The highest Judicial tribunal
the State expressed the opinion that no suc afori
can be found in the charter Of the Franklin Canal Ny
opinion s the grant should hereafter be such
conditions only will protect advance the interests
OF the people Of Pennsylvania, far they may be in
It happens that Pennsylvania holds the kew to this
important connection between the East and West
AID most unhestatingy say where principle
merce s violated it Is the right and the duty
state to turn her natural advantages promotion Of
the views and welfare of her people. Il may said
that the restriction that would require break Of rail-
road at the srbor of Erie would be the use OF an
ilberal principle The is the necessity the
break of gauge between the Ohio line seaboard
exists as consequence of difference in width New
York and Ohio roads. The only question relates to
point at which it should have been able to dis
cover no reasons well founded why the break should
fixed at Buffalo, TINT do not apply with equal ferce
favor Of Erie Tonnage and passengers be well
, transhpped at the latter as at the former city
The Governor asks the Legislature to take immediate
! action upon the subject.
THE PaEss--This morning people stand agape with
nria % ad anu because there y no
than they had been without their breakfast, which
this always most agreeable coneomitaat depriva-
ton even for single day of great blessing gives
people more than before realizing fts
ling value They do without sunshine any other
Of the great gifts of ProTdsnce for season. and
miss them so much they do their morning paper.
Truly the press is great institution IN Y Mirror Sd.
The AMEArcAs FLAe.-It was in the reign of George
Ill that England lost North America by persisting
in taxing her without her own consent, That immense
country made independent under Washington and left
to ITSELF became the United States the greatest
nations Of the earth In these times in which write it
honoraby remarkable for protecting its subjects where
e ever they may travel with dignity and determination
il which is model fer England. Betwsen you and me,
England has rather lost ground in this respect
t days Of Oliver CROMWELL [Hoaaehod wsrds.
n AK UsxNows IsLAND.-Ths British brig Chatham wa,
lie lately wrecked island in the Pacific hitherto un
discovered The captain gives account Of the
lures of himself and crew thus
We were distributed among the people Of the island
where we spent most vretched night expecting to b,
speared every moment The next morning commenced
4 our naturalization We were all drawn together
armed with spears and marched of to the north
the islsnd supposed to be there sacrificed the
gods for they have but the training ended well
and each taken to respective houses again
n For several days this training carried on differing
only as their modes of worship differ according which
Of the gods they Worship We then found that
IS considered supreme beings, and that nothing
1t fear long they thought The natives worship
n Idols departed spirits Of their own race gods
men, or species of Pagan priests among themseIve.
is whom they worship on particular occasions'
MAnRIAGE STATISTICS BALrImosE-In Baltimore /,
the year 1858 marriage licences were issued to the mum
Der of the number in each month being as follows
January 1873; February, 124; March, 95; April, l47
: May III; june 146 July, 14a August, 1856 septeni
n ber 113; October 142 November l41 December 1876
lie fetal, 1923.
From these returns the Sun argues that fewer
marry in March than in any other month MARI,
In May" mating time than in any other month. Il
the country, the less number marry in August and tn
le larger number in December" holiday timer
y FArAL ACCIDENTS YEAR 1s53.-on the dideren
railroads of the United States there were during th
N year 1853 about 150 fatal accidents he number
persons killed about $50 of wounded about 500
Considering the many millions of travellers this is not
very large proportion OF fatal steamboats, accident
there were about 80, with aggregate of about ss
killed and 200 injured There about 130 lives los
in the uniied States by conagrations By disasters
in a parts of the world $500 lives hay
been lost Of fatal accidents caused by natural phenou
the chief have been three terrible earthquakes
, atGumana in Venezuela, one at Shraz in Persia,
b one at St. Jago de Cuba There loss of life
moderate degree by various less violent earthquakes