New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-23

| FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT --On the evening
Of the 10Th, when the freight train had reached
the corner of Washington and Canal streets,
New York, a little child named Robert Mccain.
living at No. 1879 tenth Avenue, who was riding
4 on the dirt cars with some other boys, got off,
and in 50 doing fell beneath the cars and two Of
n them passed over his legs, severing the right
Il leg at the thigh and crushing the left leg in
Il dreadful manner. The little fellow was taken
from under the cars, and though in state Of
4 torture forbore to give expression to it. He
was removed to the New York Hospital and
attended by DR.. Wright, resident surgeon, who
found his patient sinking fast, and thought it
necessary to administer stimulant. The poor
little sufferer, who was quite conscious, think
ing it was brandy, refused to take it, alleging
that he had taken the pledge and he would
not break his word. He fingered until nearly
8 o'clock, when he expired He was conscious
he was dying, and told the nurse go, but ex-
pressed no fear.
TURKS ISLAND SALT.-Advices from Grand
Turk to the 10Th ult. state that more than for
| ty-four thousand bushels of salt have been ex-
ported from the Colony during the previous
week, and but for the rain that fell on the Goth,
there would have been large quantity on
hand. The prospects again revived, and ten
days of good weather would give an abundant
supply. Quantity on hand within the Colony,
| forty eight thousand bushels. Price twenty
| five cents
Missouri CONGRESSIONAL ELEcTIoN.-The St.
Louis Republican of Saturday says that the
returns of the late Congressional election in that
State leave no doubt of the election of six
Wing candidates to Congress, viz: LIST district,
Luther NJ Kennett; I'd district, Gilchrist Por-
ter; Sd district, James J. Lindley 4th district,
Mordecai Oliver 9th district, John G. Miller
It'll district, Samuel Oaruthers. In the re-
naming district, the sixth, the Wings had no
candidate. The contest was between John s.
Phelps, Democrat, and Waldo p johnson Ben
tonian. Six Wing Representatives in Congress
from the State of Missouri is really substan-
tial victory.
DEATH FROM CAMPHENE "A servant girl
named Eliza Waters, died in the New York Hos
pital on the 18th, from burns received by the
explosion of o camphene lamp.
BAD ODoRs-An application was made re-
Gently in the Court of Common Pleas, New York,
at the suit of Max Maretzek, conductor of the
Italian at Castle Garden, for an attachment
against Mr.. Glazier, Commissioner of Streets
and lamps, for violating an injunction by con-
tinuing to dump manure and impure matter at
the Battery enlargement. .#..
A pearl fishing party has been organized at
Wilmington, Del, for the purpose Of sending out
bells, divers and vessels, to fish in the Pacific
Fifty thousand dollars have been subscribed
and the company are already estimating their
profits at thirteen hundred per cent
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Within few weeks, Hon E HI. Jansen, State
Treasurer of Wisconsin, has lost his three re.
naming children, and brother and sister by
cholera. About eighteen months since, two o.
his children persisted by the burning of his
house. @* m
The French squadron recently stationed or
the north east coast near Halifax, has been or
dered to New York. The motive of their visit il
unknown. The squadron is small one. &C.,
A terrible drought is prevailing in middle
and southern Illinois. The crops are burning
up, wells and streams drying up and residents
Of thirty years say they have never known 81
long and trying a drought. XIV"
The credit of the Indiana free banks has bee,
called in question, but the bankers of Cincin
natl have decided to receive for the presen
their notes of the denomination of FIVE dollar
and upwards. @. ....". w..
A dispatch from Cincinnati of the 18th, state
that as the steamboat Edinburg was sparrinI
. over Buckhorn Bar, on the 9th inst, the cap
, stan gave way and killed seven Of the hands.
The WRECK OF THE ER1E.-The Buffalo Re
: public of the 18th says:
. ssThe remains of the hull of the steamer Erie
which was burned off Silver creek thirteen year
ago on Thursday last, was lowed into port las
O evening. The engine and valuables on boar
had been previously removed She is tn
hardest looking wreck we ever saw, and can b
of use, unless it be for the iron that holds he
Q together. Rumor says that some $500 in sill
h yer coin was found, besides large quantity c
/ gold, silver and copper in melted state.
n A CAvE.-A friend at the Bath Alum, ha
4 |
found recently in that vicinity. 1t is situate
in one of the ridges of the Warm Spring noun
: tain about mile from the Alum Spring. TIL
e length is $50 feet, width So feet, height Of th
e arch about 60 feet, and our correspondent say
4 the most beautiful and perfect he ever saw.
1t is of sand stone and of course has no stalac
tites. Situated as it is, in the midst of the wilt
h beautiful and romantic scenery around the Alul
it will be place of resort for the visitors an
8 lovers. [Staunton (Va) Spectator.
PREVALENCE OF Badness From some caus
a or other, badness seems to befal much younge
+ men than it did thirty or forty years ago .
very observant halter informed us short tim
4 since. that he imagined much of it was owing
q the common use Of wearing silk hats, which
from their impermeability to the air, keep tn
+ head at much higher temperature than the oil
!, beaver structures which, he also informed III
!. went out principally because he had used up a
d the beavers in the Hudson Bay Companys Tel
q ritories The adoption of silk hats has, how
ever. given them time, it seems, to replenish tn
= breed. This fact affords singular instance {