New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-20
NUMBER 297.
Miscellaneous rntelIi9enee.

I4tl, ahG Will SlOPLly commence dH engagement
at the theatre in that city.
The members of the Minnesota Legislature
have resolved to give one days pay to the Wash
ington National Monument.
An artist named Michael Patel, aged 80,
committed suicide in New York on the 10th by
stabbing himself to the heart with dirk.
certain Secretary of State being asked
why ne did not promote merit, aptly replied,
because merit did not promote me"
One OF the steam saw mills Of Crider & Co,
| near Milton, Fla, was destroyed by fire on the
morning Of the 9Th. Loss $50 600
St. Patrick's Day is to be celebrated by the
Irish military organizations Of New York with
military parade
The sale in England of guano was24 800 tons
| in 1846, and $4,000 in 1853. At present the
| demand far exceeds the supply.
! An affray occurred at Cumberland, Nd, on
the 10th inst, between Cornelius johnson and
| DR.. Conn, in which the latter was shot dead
The Portland Advertiser says it is suppos-
| ton generally conceded to be true, that cords
| Of wood given to the poor are recorded above,
A gas explosion at Nashua, n H., on the
night of the 10th, severely injured FIVE persons
| Cause, searching for leak with a light in
hand.
Mrs. Maria Durham has been arrested in
Brooklyn, N. Y, for causing the death of her
Cnllu. IL Is 5alu sle Struck II on tle neaQ With
hatchet
Lately nine hundred and forty-two bushels of
dead letters were burnt in Washington, near
the National Monument What a conhagra.
ton +
| Last year there were conveyed between the
United States and Europe, by the British and
| American mail steamers, 900, 900 letters, and
1,880,000 newspapers.
The Cherokee marriage ceremony is very ex-
pressive-man and woman joining hands over a
running water, indicating that their life may
flow in one stream.
1t is stated that Mrs. E. c. Judson, widow Of
the late Dr. Judson, missionary to Burmah, is in
the last stages of consumption Her physicians
have but little hopes of her recovery.
What's the difference between an attempted
homicide and Cincinnati hog -butchery ssDon't
gaspm One is an assault with intent to kill
and the other is to kill with intent to salt
!, The tombstone and grave of the daughter Of
Thomas Moore. the poet, in Hornsey church
yard, have been recently repaired by direction
of the rector, Rev. Richard Harvey
Charlotte Cushman has returned to the stage
She appeared as Blanca, in 'sFazio,'' at the
Hay Market Theatre, London, on the 23d ult
The Times speaks highly of her performance
The whig members Of the Legislature Of
Kentucky have rendered to Hon j. J Critten.
, den public dinner, which was to take place at
! Frankfort on the 10Th
Mr.. Anderson Miller, very respectable
a citizen of st. Louis, committed suicide on the
evening of the 5th, in fit of delirium He was
g suffering at the time from a malignant attack O.
yarioloid.
A desperate riot occurred among the Irish a
d Portland, Me-, on the afternoon of the 11th
n Several persons were badly injured, and one
was killed. The police, aided by the priests
e made several arrests.
: 1t is stated that the increase of crime, in thu
State of New York, during the past ten years
e has been at the rate of about Is per cent Will,
d the population has increased in the same time
at the rate Of % per cent.
n The Buffalo Post says: ss There are thirteeI
thousand marriageable girls now in the factorie
y of Lowell 1t is pleasant to know in this worl
3 of misery that there are thirteen thousand me
yet to be made happy
70 Bayard Taylor thinks the entire abolition
10 10 fogging in the Navy was measure of mistake
- philanthropy, of which the lazy seamen tax
y advantage to the injury of their more honorabl
shipmates and of the service.
l., An affray occurred in house of i'll fame q
,s Nashville, on the 10th, between two wome
n named Collier and Paxon, inmates of the place
in which the latter shot, receiving wounc
it from which she died in a few hours
A large anti-Nebraska meeting was held a
.
m were made by Joshua R. Giddings, Sumner, an
ps others. A petition and resolutions were advc
ne Gated and forwarded TO Washington opposing tt
IN bill
w 1t now appears from official statements tn,
n the Crystal Palace speculation will turn out
grand failure. The entire capital stock, all IL
~ receipts, and one hundred and twenty thousar
d dollars more have been spent, thus leaving Il
K company in debt.
IL A large anti-Bedini meeting was held
- Philadelphia on the night of the 10th, at whic
Is Is resolutions were passed denouncing the condu
NJ ~ of Senators Gass, Douglas, Mason and Everett
y. -, and asking Congress to suspend diplomatic r.
70 lations with Rome.
To A few days since, man by the name of vii
colt attempted to commit rape upon beautifl
nn young lady in Cohasset, Mass Her shrek
tS however, were the means of bringing persons
he her rescue, who drove away the brute Willcot
n. it is said has been partially insane for two
three years past
IS, Man is like a SNOWFALL Leave him in idl
e. ness against the sunny face of prosperity, al
ps all the good that's in him melts like fresh butter
hot days; but kick him around, and he gathe
,ts his strength every revolution until he grows
ma an avalanche. To make figure in the worl
rs rs you must keep moving.
flo DEATH OF AN EDITOR F. Johnso