New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-07

starm of our national defence. 1t Is part OF
our creed that the Constitution or the Con
gress,' can conquer and suhiugate ally rivcn
country, in the shortest possible space Of lime,
and sas easy as rolling off log" But, after
all, compared with those of other nations. ssOul'
Navy is but small affair Here is table fronI
n recent pamphlet, by an American officer,
showing the extent of the first five navies in the
world:
England .......... y; ss7 1888 sss
France ...,.............. .:32S 7il4
Russia. ..................1g 100 SgG
Holland. ........................10 22lq
United States. Observation-Disclosures. 60 LOGS
INTERNATIONALLY Dayton (Ohio) Empire
notices an instance Of man in Little York, in
Montgomery con 'ty, who was bitten some timv
! ago BY dog, and who now has symptoms like
hydrophobia:
ga few days 20, while in the room with his
wife, he felt II: her strangely and seemed in
clined to bite nd grit his teeth with all the
power he possessed. He asked his wife to hand
him piece Of sole leather, which being com
piled with, he bit it through in several places,
and continued biting until it was chewed to
pieces He then requested her to hand him a
chip, which he also tore into splinters with his
teeth At this point he was seized with strange
and wild sensations, and he told his wife she
had better leave the room, as he was fearful he
might commit some personal violence She did
so Immediately aud locked the door He tried
to get out, but finding the door locked, he went
to the window, which was in the second or third
story OF the house, and jumped out, perfectly
crazy and raylng, as is supposed, with hydro
phobia. He ran several miles before he was
overtaken, screaming and crying with the most
intense agony He was finally secured, and
| brought back, and is now under the medical
care of DR.. Letevre. At times he is perfectly
rational, when he refuses to be tied. When the
strange feelings come upon him he Immediately
gives notice and is properly secured
| VALUE OF Sign Posr "A retailer of SIM
dries, who had established himself ut Scutari,
and who has dignifed himself with the title of
merchant," has made rapid fortune, which
he owes to the artlstical talents of captain of
French staff The retailer being in want OF
sign, the captain painted him the figures of n
| Houave and a Highlander, each in the full uni
form of his corps, each with glass of wine in
the one hand and grasping his companion by the
other, IN the act OF frnQuer-ing with great
| cordlalty, inns picture, though rather hastily
sketched, and though not particularly brilliant
in sone of its details, has had the most decided
success among the soldiers of both armies, and
has produced greater and better sensation
| than would have been accomplished by the paint
! lngs OF the greatest masters whose works are
preserved in the Louvre or the National Gal.
lery. There has been run on the picture
Turkish paehas, English officers, and Armenian
merchants have proposed to purchase it at any
price, but the fortunate possessor has refused to
part with it, and has announced his determine
ton to transport his sign, as a trophy and
origin OF his fortune to Varna, or wherever
els" the allied troops may take up their quar-
ters
A SERIOUS CASE OF, PoIsoNING.-The family
at the boarding, house of McDowell's paper Alill,
Moreland township, Montgomery County, Pa,
after eating dinner on Wednesday, 21st ultino.
was taken very sick, and several being taken at
the same time, caused some alarm They sent
for DR.. 3. G. Snowden Immediately, who soon
/ ascertained that their sickness was produced by
poison. and by timely administering antidotcs,
the deadly pos0n was removed, and their lives
saTed Eighteen of the family were affected,
souie Of them very lady, but all are in likely
way to recover.
1t appears that the proprietor had purchased
| Il lot Of green 2as in rgIket and sent them NJ
TIC the boarding house for the use Of the farly,
and the peas having rather white Or old ap-
psarancc the cook for the purpose OF giving
them their former green color, had, ut &c eug
gestion Of one of the helps put in a powltF
which was found i'll the house, and taken 'o1'
saleratus or cook W soda, but which was afte
wards found or Supposed to contain arsenic
| Several of the persons affected are still undei
the Doctors care, but likely to recover. We
learn that there are some suspicious cirCum
stances connected with the matter, and an in.
yestigation may be had Germantown Tee-
graph
WHEELING BRIDGE On the application OF
the Attorney General and Mr. Stanton, of Pitts
burgh, an injunction was this day allowed by
{,riase Of Of fb,,
United States, on the complaint of the State OF
Pennsylvania, against the Wheeling and Bsl-
mont Bridge Company, to restrain them from
rebuilding their bridge at less elevation than
was prescribed by the decree of the Supreme
Court of the United States. We understand
application will also be made for an execution
against the Bridge Company for the costs de-
creed against them by the Supreme Court,
amounting to about eigh teen thousand dollars
Philadelphia Bulletin, 2Gth ult.
DEATH FROM TIE BITE OF a SNAKE.-On the
18th inst, Purnell jackson, Of Worcester eoun-
ty, Md, was bitten on the end of his fingers by
a copper. head snake, from the effects Of which
he died the next day. Immediately after being
bit he drank large quantity of whisky, think
ing it would counteract the effect of the poison,
but, unfortunately, it had no such effect. When
he died the whole of his arm and portion OF
his body, The Shield, says, We're perfectly
green,
DISTRESSING Accidental middle aged man.
named Andrew Mcclure, was instantly killed
yesterday morning, about 10 o'clock, by falling
from the roof of the five story building occupied
rs Wholesale store by Messrs Wadsworth, Tur
ner & Co., on Pearl street, between Main and
Cary streets He fell distance of about sixty
feet, on brick pavement, striking rs he came
down, a few feet from the ground, the edge Of
slate roof of warehouse about five feet FROM
the building on which he was ut work. He was
horribly cut and mangled, and died instantly.
We understand he had no family [Richmond
Enquirer, 28th.
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