New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19
The city debt Of Richmond, Va, szacunts to

The city debt Of Richmond, Va, szaSants to
81 ,676, 992.
G. Ellis, an ex member of Congress from New |
Gen Isaac E. Cary, formerly Congressman
rom Michigan, died on the 9Th inst.
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The new Opera House at New York has been
leased to Max Maretzek for one year at $4,000
Mr.. Ben. Beale, of Milton, Mass, committed
suicide by hanging himself on the 9th He left
q large property.
Mr.. Charles Hathaway, of Windsor, N. Y,
his wife, two children and sister, were drowned
on Sunday, the 7th, in the susquehanna.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING Two brothers named
Jones were killed by lightning near Peoria, Ill,
on the 25th Of April They both leave families.
Diogenes has the following: "Why is Sir
Charles Napiers expedition pleasant one? Be-
cause he has gone to Revel in the Baltic"
The cost Of coal for days steaming Of sin
gle ship of Commn lore Perry's squadron in the
Japanese sea, is e& ght hundred dollars.
The Ericsson las been raised and lowed to
Jersey City Her engines and hull are not in
jured, the chief mage being to the furniture
and fittings.
A man named James Matthias, o bricklayer,
inflicted chastisement upon negro man in his
employ in SO severe manner as to produce
death, at Nashville, few days since
The Scientific Association, late in session ct
Washington, D. G has determined to meet at
Providence, R, l., August 16, 1866. DR.. Torrey
has been elected President.
The oldest book in the United States, it is
said, is manuscript Bible in the possession of
DIR. Witherspoon, of Alabama, written over q
thousand years ago, on parchment
A woman and child were drowned in the
Niagara river at Black Rock, N. T., on the 9th
inst, while attempting to cross the river in a
skif The oarsman succeeded in reaching the
shore.
A house, occupied by family Of free negroes
near Colesville, Montgomery county, Md, was
destroyed by fire on the 9Th, and three children,
who were asleep at the time, were burned to
death.
PROVIDENCE MUNICIPAL ELEcTIoN.-At the
municipal election at Providence, r. r., on the
10th, the wings elected their candidate for
Mayor, the entire Board of Aldermen, and % Of
| the % Councilmen
On the 9th, q woman named Maria Daley,
residing at Norristown, Pa, killed her infant
six weeks old, by cutting its head from its body
| with q razor. She has been incorporate in the
use Of ardent spirits.
| The Washington Union desires it to be especi
ally noted that while forty -one democratic votel
from the North and Northwest were cast in ia
vor of the Nebraska movement; &c not one whig
from the free States voted with the friends o
| the measure" ...,s ..,--
| A Coon REASON Here's your money, dolt
| Now tell me why your master wrote me eigateel
letters about this contemplate sum ;" sait
an exasperated debtor. ssIm sure, sir | cam
tell, sir; but if you'll excuse me, sir, think i
were because seventeen letters didn't fetch ite'
Manchester, N. H., has now II 600 inhabi
| tants; in 1910, it had but 1886. Thirty year
ago it was one of the poorest towns in the State
| with only 1000 to 1900 inhabitants, subsistins
by fishing and poor apology for agriculture
| Manufactures have since effected the trans
| formation.
The Canadian papers state the value of tn
imports and exports of Canada for the year
1852 and 1852 to be for 1852, 1888 ,294 1853; 70
1858, 1853 1892 ,342. The large increase exhibited
and the excess of imports over exports, is as
cribed in part to the vast railroad expenditure
now being made in the Provinces.
We learn from the Memphis Appeal that tn
body of female had been found in the Missis
sippi river, near the head of Island 10, som
hundred OF SO miles below that city. From tn
description given, it is supposed to be the bod
Of Miss Susan Bowen, the young lady who dis
appeared mysteriously from Memphis some thre
weeks since
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT "A young lad, name
Samuel Fl Reid, was accidentally killed in Jas
per county, Miss, on the 29th ultimo. He wa
squirrel hunting, and leaning his head upon th
muzzle of the barrel, the gun, which was at tu
cock, exploded, and its deadly contents passe
directly through his head, producing almostin
mediate death.
critic, ungallant enough to tell the trutl
says, that the most awkward thing in or out
all creation, is woman trying to run. The
can't do it. They are rot q running institute
except with their tongues. If there are tg
arrangements in the world that were new
made for feetness on the pedal, they are Wome
and ducks.
We get returns of d horrid blunder made
Belzns allies in Bolivia. He had offered $4Rt
> reward for Ballivian's head The Indians mi
{ taking the very estimable and popular Doct
Guerra for him, murdered the Doctor and Ca
ried his head in triumph to Belzu, who cou
not do otherwise than pay the prize, though
did it at the risk of a riot.
STATISTICS OF Gu<PoWDRR.-It is reckon
that the British feet, which numbered q
guns, fred away As 900 pounds of powder duri
the battle of Trafalgar. In the action off Ca
St. Vincent, one ship fred II ,750 pounds; VIII
upon the bombardment of Algiers, which lastt
Z nine hours, 500 tons of shot, and nearly |
1 tons of powder were expended, $4,000 pounds
powder and 6700 shot being fred from the IS
A pregnable." -
5 The Lawrensville Is. CD Herald says
shocking murder was committed in the upI
> part of that District, on the Saluda River,
Wednesday evening, Sd inst, on the body
one Young Fuller. by Mary McCracken. I
instrument used was IA axe, with which t
!. woman struck the deceased three times, infi
e ing most CHASTITY wound at every stroke. I
= deceased was man of very bad character, a
!, had been the terror of the surrounding neig
- - bors for some time The unfortunate perpet,
y y tor of the horrid deed is now in jail at tt