New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-05

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The buildings attached to the Shawnee Fur
mace, owned by Wright & Nephew, at Columbus,
Pa, took fire on the 2sth and were all consumed.
The damage to the machinery, buildings, etc,
will amount to $4,000 ..
Notwithstanding the proverb that "poverty
is no crime," yet man without money is in.
variably set down by the world as devoid O
principal.
The Columbu (Ga,) Enquirer says the chol
era has made its appearance in the upper par
of that State, a.d is raging at various points OF
the State Railr,3ld.
A few days since, the Post-ofice Department
at Washington burned one hundred and sixty
seven sacks Of dead letters, amounting in all t,
twelve hundred and two bushels of correspond
enee which never met the eye of the parties fo
whom intended
A lady in New York the other day, found I
burglar, named Michael johnson, in her house
and in the act of riding bureau drawer. sh
seized and held him until neighbor came +
her assistance. The scamp was locked up.
Two young ladies recently sought shelte
from storm under tree in the suburbs Q
Clinton, Tenn. While in this position the tire
was struck by lightning one of the ladies wa
instantly killed, and the other was rendered in
sensible till next day.
The Hon. Henry A. Wise has written q lette
to Mr.. Kidwell, member of Congress fror
Virginia, contradicting the report that he
opposed to the Nebraska bill, and says if he ha
been in Congress he should have voted for ii
though he had objections to some of the fea
lures of the bill.
The Corbins of Virginia, Maryland, and thci
collaterals. we see it stated, are to meet at Bar
NUNS Hotel, Baltimore, ON the 9th inst, for tn
purpose of defining their genealogy, in order
take some legal steps to investigate their claim
to the Jennings estste.'
John Van Buren,, in reply to a note fro1
Daniel e. Sickles, states that he did not, in hi
speech at Tammany Hall, apply to him til
language he quoted from another speech. TIL
correspondence between the two gentlemen
will Of course be no duel between them.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Republican learr
| that orders have been received by Lieut.. New
ton, of the Engineer Corps, to commence SUI
vey Of the course of the St. Johns river, frol
| its mouth to Jacksonville, in conformity wit
the recommendation Of the majority of the CON
| mission which assembled early last spring.
A river pirate, in the shape of yacht Gale
I the Robert Marshall, was recently captured
| New York harbor. She was in the practice
| anchoring along side Of honest lighters an
stealing their cargoes. Seven barrels of hou
led to her pursuit and capture by steam tut
a resolute member of a ighterage firm and for
police officers.
| at Washington, on the 2sth ult., Mr.. Irvini
nephew Of Washington Irving, died suddenl
from taking an overdose of opium, which he W.
in the habit of using. Mr.. Irving was a man
fine talents, formerly clerk in the Gems,
Bureau, and during the summer of 1851 actir
| Superintendent Of the Bureau during the al
sence of Mr.. Kennedy in Europe.
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In Washington, Mrs. Roberts Knoxville,
handsome and sprightly widow woman, hs
been committed to jail to account for the col
| cealment Of fugitive slave, said to be found
| the chimney of her house. 1t is stated Thu
| when she found she would have to stay in ii
guard. house all night, she requested to be col
fined in the cell with the " darkey." This
| course was declined
From Philadelphia we hear Of another extel
siye railroad failure. John Tucker, Preside
of the Reading Road has gone by the boar
His liabilities are estimated at one million
dollars. We have not heard of any cover
sues" in his case, on the contrary, this msfo
tune is alleged to have been produced by owe
zeal in behalf of the road, to the neglect of
private business.
Mayor Conrad's decree, totally forbidding t
selling of liquor in Philadelphia, on Sunday, h
been over-ruled by the Supreme Court of Pen
sylvania The Court decides that the vendi
of liquor does not constitute disorderly hous
and is, therefore, only finsable ofense. T.
Mayor, on the contrary, assumes that the licer
4 NaoSS ~
ing seven days in the week.
:, The following is considered by old and e
perienced farmers, as pretty sure remedy
the "potato rot'' Select suitable piece
ground pillow to the full depth of the good SO
and as the old farmers say, so as to " turn W
leetle Yaller DIRT = then subsoil; manure
highly as possible-it doesn't matter much wi
: what, so that it is rich and enough of it, a
: when you have done all the rest---plant it 10
Indian corn.
FATAL ACCIDENT Mr.. J. Fl. Perkins, a groc
lost his life in Baltimore on the night of
E 9th, by falling from third story windt
A The cause of the accident was not known.
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Fl Fatal, ACCIDENTAL Irishman named Ia
nan, employed in tunnel on the Hemp6
Railroad some fifteen miles east of Wheel
Va, was crushed to the earth recently by
| fall of heavy mass of the roof Of the tunI
resulting in his death in short time the
after.
Struck By LIGHTNING. A barn situa
within two miles of Doylestown, Pa, was STIR
by lightning on the evening of the 9th and
tirely destroyed, together with large quaint
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THE MORTALITY IN LONDON AND NEW Yo
y In London, with population of two and
| millions. the total number of deaths for the W