New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-29

iiusiss, cannot, without incurrihg the most i'm:
|minent dsnger, return TO their homes IL weuld
be well for sthepapers TO begin in time, andcau.
tion ell refugees against reius ming prior to the,
l0th or 10Th November, Such is the decided
opinion not only Of eur local faculty, but also
|of the Southern physicians practicing among
u.s. s'4s ~ 47aass7 = - ~ =
LOUISIANA ION Friday, tbe 21st, q man
named IT, W. Vat,ghn died in Ale1andria, from
the effects Of the bite Of . .snakea ~
+ The Republican of the I'D statas that easss
Of fever continue to occur, but they are gener-
ally Of a mild type, and yiald readily to, the
proper attentions. , gEEs > tssa sgssSias
The Houma Ceres informs us that ithe health
Loft that parish is good, and tbnt the prospects
of fne crops were never better, sssf ID
a correspondent of the Baten Rouge Adyo=
cate, writing from. Carroll nnder dase Of the
4th, states that man named .HillmGn was
killed in :Bunoh,s Bend by, a Mr.. Hampton,
under extraordinary circumstances. sHillman
had formed sthe desperate intention OF killing
his own wife in the hopes'f marrying Lady
who was at the time engaged 10 Hampton4 ,.sase
= His wife having escaped, he armed; himself
with a rife and broke into Hamptons house,
when the latter shot him with ,asdouble barrel
shot gun, and made haste to marry tho LADY the
next morning. ~ s-,as..- ~ 'f7T at''*ss =
= very strange affair, if the story be correet'
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Loss OF THE STEAMBoAI F K. JUSIoH: I'VE
have already been informed by telegraph Of the
destruction BY fire Of the aboys boatt she
Courier of Wednesday furnishes. the following
particulars; y :s;s.a ..ss u
The steamer 6 F. K. Jrs,a Capt, Geo. Kountz,
from Yazoo river, with 312 bales cotton, caught
fire on Tuesday. the 18th inst about sig O'Clock,
P. M, one mile abots Ellis. Cliffs, and burned
so rapidly. thatsaH her officers ands crew, IN
order to save themselves, we re compelled to jump
overheard, and cling to floating cotton bales,
The captain, with his Child in his. arms,
Jumped Eerbeard, and suGaeeded IN getting
hold of n bale ofScotton, when his fa5e followed
him y being some distance from her, is-was With
the most extr rsordinary effort that h psncceeaed
In saving her.
While floating on the river, the ste ssner Core
No 2, Capt p B Mostly, came to tn fir assist
anee- With the lifebpat and yawl, picki rg up ths
officers and crew, together with fourt hen bale'
cotton. - - S-ze = = = :
: ! The clerk succeeded in saving what inoney
there was in the Office, but hisbdoks and Raper
were. lost .,z,--,.Z,+
The !" +. K Jr:.'' was new stern -whste v boat
built atrironten, Ohio BY Capt Koun tx sni
brother, fer the Red River and Ouaehita trade
and wason her first tripsdown..s She was unia,
,sSTEAasHr CRESCENT C1TY.-We learn from
the agenssof; the Crescent City that the stean.
ship III Dorado met with !. slight accident when
about leaving Havana for Aspinwan, and was
obliged to return. to port and repairs which
caused her to he detained nome tinae. The
agents here expect that the steamer, n hieh left
Nav Yorksfar AsPinwaH direct, will waft at the
latter port for q few days aandIif the III Dorado
does not make her appearance within that time,
she will take the California msilsand passengers
and leave those for New Orleans. at HaYana,
which wilE cause the Crescent City TO wRit.at the
iatter avg port for thesr arryaAs ss-.a ~
FEsS-@s-aarsIE
DRowYED. the steamer John Strader
vas lying aground at Short Greek, Yazoa River,
Mr. Miller. the mate. in getting, thesmsn aft,
struck one Of the hands, with a. .lantsen, The
man, in trying to dodge the blow, showed one of
the men overheard. The mate made every
effort to ,save him, but he sank and rose nd more
sWo could not learn his name = q ~
x BY those who do not understand the nature
q ths oantreprss nespeudips bat~esn This county,
and nenmsrk fae following will found ssrestrg
The . ssgnd,' is narrow strait lying between the
Island Of Ehiiand helongsg 10 che Danes and The swa
COAST and gives aptnanoe to the BALTIC Sea. The
Cronburg Castle commands the passaRe.aud
sxapts pay nent from III entering tbs Batjs
the ships Of Denmark herself having pay as well AZ
foreign Tonnage The origin Of this esetion that IN
aneeht times Denmark undertook to build and sustan
certain along the coast for which the anss
towns agreed to pay tolls -. - ssss :
England France, Holland and Sweden pay a du.y of
one per cent on every cargo entering Baltic
conptries, Including The United statss pay one and
quarter per cent sven Dapish shrs are xyd 6 this
rate In tho ysar 1925 treaty tIis dutr
" eoneiudsd 6etyeen the United States and DsaasS
treaty however, actordpg one or its
may be dissolved BY either Of fs PARTIES provided is
gives one years notice of its In enton and ths
site notice having been given by Unitsd States Gov
.springs si& * 4 \ =-se = 3 s+.E6-L = s.fi1F -
J, The river was falling slowly ut 81, Louis on.
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