New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-04

tA"AE nj hoKs oF A ACUBAN EKPEprrEoy.-The WaHhnV-
ton correspondent Of the Nsw Herald writing rsm
Washington, the 18th, says.
Weare enabled to state that the Government has re-
ceiyed information which they deem Of reliable chara-
is about sailing from New York and New Orleans for the
purpose OF landing In Cuba with view the independ
snce Of tha. island The expedition is represented as
being in such of forwardness as to render il pr
bable it will sail within few days
Orders have been dispatched from here for the irne-
diate apprehension Of the parties said implicated in
the movement It is believed by well informed persons
however that the efforts Of the Government in this re-
spect may be little too late and that portion Of tho
expeoilon win, at all events, get sway.
FRoM THE WEsr Ispigs-We have received files Of the
Kingston (Jamaica1 Journal to December II. The
House Of Assembly bad passed bill to prevent depreda
tions on coffee, pimsnto and ginger All parties must
obtain government licenses to purchase the articles
Upon the 9th inst, in the Hon Beard Of Council the
bill to grant Communication to certain coolies remaining
Ia the island read the second time aud committed
Mr. Porteous in the chair The bill was subsequently
reported without any amendment, and passed.
REcErRIs OF THE New Yoax THEATRES on CsRrsrsta.-
Monday the 18th was generally celebrated in New FORK
Christmas The theatres crowded in the evening
to oyerfowing and Is estimated in New York paper
that the receipts Of the several theatres could not fall
abort of $4,000 The receipts of the Broadway theatre
reached 500 During the daytime I.sso adults and
Ais children visited Barnums Museum yet perfect
the arrangements that scarcely any Inconvenience
was felt The receipts for the daytime only were So so
Rrors-Riots in the Northern cities appear to be al
most every day occurrences At Williamsburg l. on
the 26th most desperate battle ensued between the
tions styling themselves Gashes and the Giliigons
numbering about fifty each side during which seSasa
wounded and two Of them severely that
is thought they can not recover AZ Baltimore the
9th fremens riot occurred, and several of those
gagged it were wounded by pistol Shots but fatally
RELIGIOUS FAsAr1crsm.- man named James Brady
Protestant got into dispute with couple Of Italians
who were Catholics in lodging house in Coral street.
New York, on the 25th upon religious subjects At
length Of the Italians became excited that drew
knife and stabbed Brady in the left side exclamng
he did SO, You are dd Protestant" and then He'd,
Brady's wound is a very dangerous one.
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HEALTHY-The Mayor of Trouyille in France in reply
to insnuation that epidemic prevails in that oca
IT, says the fact is that five years to our
certain knowledge, there has only person died here
and he old of 103 who foolish enough to
hang himself.
LARGn PRIcE.-The farm of Joshua Skinner deceased
Abermsrle Sound n c., containing eleven hundred
acres has been sold John Skinner for thirtythres
thousand one hundred dollars 575e
W. N. overten. Esq, has become joint owner and pub
fisher of the Washington Sentinel is said be has in
vested $4,000 in the concern.
REwARp.-A reward of thousand dollars has been
offered for the detection of the person who set
fire to the premises of Mr. George Forrest at Ibarye
| the night Of the 2sth ut
FORTUNATE EDrroR-We learn from the Tallahassee
Floridan that Mr R. b Hilton the talented editor Of
the Savannah Georgian. recently married to Miss Re
| becca B. Bradford of Tallahassee.
-Cn-on -.
| Bays Old Light, what can we expect
From lectures, institutes. and schools
| But that the March of Intellect
Will surely lead to-Aprl Fools
s'Who marrles for love takes wife, who mar
ries for consideration takes lady You who are loved
lady You have wife for yourself mistress for your
house and ita friends lady for the world Your wife
your lady will manage you Your wife viii take care Of
your household mistress your house your lady Of
your mistress will visit you your lady will inauire frer
health. You take walk with your wife ride with
your mistress and join parties with your lady Your wife
viii share grief your mistress your money and your lady
your debts II you are dead your wife will shed tears
your mistress lament and your lady mourning.
Cornelius oFlanagan, meeting an old en-
Ployer the other day, thus addressed him:
Place your honor to give little help now. for
we're kilt entirely of starvation.n
gentleman.
Jst looking for bits of jobs of work as they can get
them, your honor"
And your daughter Molly, is abe not out workinear
OH your honor can't spare her for that we want
her at home aA day just To do the cooking Jo, us.H
The great Florida Land Case of Clark and
others plaintiffs against the United States and Braden
defendants is to before the Superior Court
The plaintiffs claim twelve millions of lin Porida)
under the King Of spana grant to the Duke of Aagon
which the United States claim annued by the Treaty
OF the I'D February 1917. Washington Star.
The last number of the Marshall (Texas) Re-
publican that Mr., Deugherty the editor had
he had succeeded in capturing of Kentuckys
faress daughters and in bringing aft the far captive
sheet contented and cheerful look.
Avoid situations which put our duties in op-
position with our interests which show us our good in
the misfortunes of others that in such situations
whatever sincere love of virtue have, weaken,
or later without perceiyng it, and become
Just and deestul indeed without having ceased to bs
just and good in the soul. ERosseau.
Eighty millions of dollars is invested in the
sugar business in Florida Louisiana and Texas the only
States where is made from The production
is 10000 hcgsheads annually The importation of
| foreign sugar amounts to 100000 hogsheads.
Leutze, the historical painter is new engaged
in painting large picture of Washington the battle of
Monmoth, with the arrest of GEN. Lee This work has
been ordered by David Leavtt, Esq Of Brooklyn, who
pays $4,000 for it.
FLIRTING.-(By an Old Hand at i.)-Flirt-
ing s most amusing game 1t is there is nothing
gained by it, but then there nothing staked In fact
you may call it, playing Mt cards for loTen [Paneh
| The wife of German hotel keeper at Terre
Haute, Indiana named Diez, frightened day
last week by drunken drawing pistol on her hus
band that she fell into swo0n from the effects of which
she died the day following.
A young man named Hardy, a student at the
University Of Missouri few days since attempted
cowhide another young when his opponent drew
revolver and shot him dead Mr.. Hardy resident
of St Louis, and only twenty zone years of age
The annual festival of the Printers of New
York will take place in that city the 18th OF January
the 14sh anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Frankn
| the patriot, philosopher and printer.
A man named Alexander Bradley was beaten
to death by party of 1rshmen at Winchester Va.
the 18th ut The party to whom he hsd no provo
cation whatever, drunk at the time Two Of the
men engaged in the affair have been arrested
Mrs. Amelia 0pie, the popular author of nu-
merous works of fiction died Norwieh England the
city Of her BIRTH the ID of December at the age OF
| eighty-fve years.
The editor of one of two rival newspapers in o
village out West boased that he had Just obtained font
of new tyne To which the other retorted; Why,
procured ours a long time ago "