New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-03
miscellaneous Neps gtems.
The four boilers intended for the splendid


The four boilers intended for the splendid
national steamship Niagara about to be removed from
the Fulton Iron Works, New York. The Tribune says
The boilers are completed and of immense size con.
tang over 5000 brass tubes and will weigh about
pounds They are progressing rapidly with her three
engines the frames bed plates are finished weighing
$4,000 pounds. The straight shafts weighing 10000
pounds will be finished in few days The cylinders
weighing 5000 pounds and condensers weighing 8S OOO
pounds are nearly completed Pistons pston-rods pill
low block caps oupolas weighing about 5000 pounds
The propeller weighing about 2600 pounds will be east
In few weeks II the ship is launched by the lat Of
October her boilers will once be put into her IL Ia in
to have her in working order ready for steam in
about four months after she Is launched.
On the afternoon Of the 25th ult a woman
named McNamee accompanied by her two children had
taken passage In the at Ninth aud Green Streets
Philadelphia and before starting the mother got out
purchase some cakes for her little On returning
the unfortunate woman in attempting to step the plat
FORM just the going, fell under the wheels
and almost instantly ked-the wheels passing over
her thigh and breaking her back. She belonged to
Dowpington, where her husband was in waiting for his
family. The children proceeded homewsrd.
A dispatch of the oath, from Boston, says:
The British bark Annie from Pictop B. g. arrived at
this port reports the 23d of Cape Cod came in
tact with the schooner Chesapeake from Rockland to
New York. with cargo Of lime, and lost foremost, main
topmsst and bowsprit The schooner seriously
aged and was abandoned by her who arrived here
in the Annie The schooner doubtless sank shortly after
the collision, nothing could be Of her at daylight
During the past summer, the wool growers Of
Piermont and Haverhill N have lost between three
and four hundred sheep The lover of mutton first
thought to be wolf, then dog, but now is believed
that jaguar has done the mischief Hundreds of men
are hunting the animal, whatever 1t is
The Atlanta Intelligencer says that a gentle
of that city few days since ordered half ticket
from SWANS lottery oce and upon inspecting the one
sent, he found it to be whole Returning it, he got
the half he ordered and upon the drawing Monday
last, friend had the exquisite luxury of hearing
$4,000 read out to the number he had returned His
half drew just $50.
Michael McConnin and his wife were arrested
few days ago in williamsburg charged with setting
large dog at Miss Mary Morehead by which she was Bit
ten and Injured She bit between the shoulder and
breast and had her clothes torn and was then pursued
out Of the door The young woman returned home and
was confined to the house week. in consequence of fire..
quent spasms caused by fright and injuries. MeConnin
and wife arrested principals and the hired man
and Mr. Edward Gilbert arrested accessories for
witnessing the affair without interfering They gave
bonds in the Of $4,000 eaoh to appear for examna
tion.
1t is said that Austria has proposed to Den
mark to become mediator between that power and the
United States by way settling the difficulty with regard
to the Sound dues We believe however that Austria
would prefer seeing get into to helping us out Of
one. ."uNr
On the 18th inst, Mr.. Benjamin G. Reynolds
accdenty shot Larkn Reynolds younger brother with
gun, at their home on the Etowah river Rome Ca
A fellow lost his life in a very foolish manner,
on the Hudson River Railroad q few days ago. Three
ha he train
behind them. wager was made that one couldn't run
certain distance without berg overtaken by the train
The began but the locomotive won and the better
was killed.
Professor Brocklesby has written an account
of the frozen wells Of oswego N which, although very
deep reeze in the latter part of the winter and remain
frozen till July while in September the water becomes too
warm to drink Several causes suggested for this SIM
guar phenomena but that seem adequate to its
penation unless it be the suggestion that tho wells are
connected with pond in the vicinity and parake of it's
temperature
The following complaint was made to the New
York Chief of Police on the 25th
"HIGH HANDED 0UTRAGE ON BOARD or u 8 suip NoRTu
CARoLIsA.-Between and O'Clock on Sunday az Mr.
Henry Taylor and g. Valentine were returning from
fishing excursion in rowing by the North Carolina as
guard deliberately loaded his muske took aim and fred
at them the ball passing through the boat within few
inches Of one of the gentlemen
P. B. Manchester, who absconded from Gin
oinnat time ago with the funds Of savings bank
has been arrested in San Franosco under requisiion
from the Governor Of Ohio.
The Hoosac tunnel, in Massachusetts, for
railway purposes will not be completed for four or ave
years to come. machine, of great power is now In
Of construction at New York. to be used in boring
the drift or Roadway the old being found too cum
brous to be easily managed The plan Of cutting out the
entire cavity Of the tunnel "a feet in diameter by the
machine has been abandoned and the Ia to bore
shaft of but eight feet in diameter after which the
work of blasting will be comparatively easy.
The San Francisco Herald records the cap
ture the Farallonss, of nsh called the Sea
Wolf and thus describes it:
The fish about six feet In length and Weighs
nearly fifteen pounds Its head resembles In a remark
able degree the head Of wolf the canine profile being
singulary apparent and easy Of recognition From the
head the body tapers gradually towards the tail in which
respect it is entirely different from other fish The color
of the body notified oehre with brown and black spots
the latter extending in two regular either side
the body under the back fms. The jaws armed with
arge teeth and in addition the roof and lower cavity Of
the mouth furnished with boDy nubs that appear to
be intended to crushsrs. The muscles of the
head large and very strong 1t said that the sea
wolf attacks and oyepowers dsh much larger than itse