New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-27
DAILY CRESCENT.

DAlII UnIlDC EN i.
The DANISH SousD DuEs. THE Journsl Of
Commerce on this subject furnishes an explains
aon OF what Denmark means by the capita1iza-
ton Of the Sound Dues. 1t appears that the
annual average receipt Of the Sound Dues on
merchandise Exclusive Of legitimate taxes,3
amount TO 2 10S 500 rix dollars, which capitali-
zed at 5 per cent, or twenty years purchase.
would produce 42D 900 rix dollars, or = little
less than $50. .oO0,0 600 United States currency
of this sum Russia is expected to pay 90 per
cent or sc, 700 900; Great Britain the same
amount; Prussia IL per cent or ss.sOo, goo; !;
France, 8 per cent. or 5000, 600; Norway, / per
cent. or $500, 600; Hambnrgh and Bremen about
$3.50, GOO; the United States about $3.50 900,
etc. The amount which would have to be paid
by the United States is very nearly the same as
was actually offered by this Government, come
time ago, as q gross payment to Denmark, if
American vessels might thenceforth be permit
ted 70 pass into the Baltic free from toll. But
the Court Of Copenhagen replied To the effect
stated in the present circular, that .ssuch an
arrangement could NOT be carried out without
the Simultaneous concurrence Of all the respect
i've Powers. The formal and positive engage
ments which exist between Denmark and the
other Powers with regard to the Sound Dues, do
not allow of any special arrangement ons that
subject between Denmark and any other Power. =,
The proposal now madesis probably intended to
meet the wishes Of the United States, at the
same time that it invites the other Powers to
join in an arrangement which 1t may conceive
to be virtually the same as was once proposed
by our Government. s. !
TIE EFFECTS OF FEAR.-The extraordinary
power exerted by fear over the human mind Was
recently exhibited at Vienna in remarkable
manner. The Vienna correspondent Of the Lon
don Morning Post, says:
DR.. F., an eminent physician Of vienna obtained
leave from the local authorities 10 try his on
the person of prisoner who had been condemned to
death Accordingly, osr made to the individual
IN question: holding out the promise Of remission of
punishment he would to pass the night In the
bed Of patient who four hours previously been
neg oh BY cholera The prisoner consented and put
TO bed and after the expiration OF three hours OF
less he seized with violent vomiting and oil the
ant symptoms Of cholera He attended immediately
strong and vigorous constitution, completely
tabhsned His astonishment was great when Dr.. p
him tnat the bed was perfectly clean and pure
and that no cholera patient had ever lain there
Fear is the most fearful auxiliary Of the gel
low fever. Hundreds and thousands have died
from fright and fright alone During epidemics
here We have frequently heard physicians re-
mark respecting their patients : s So and so
would be entirely ont of danger were he not
frightened. His is mot q bad case Of fever, but
be will probably scare himself to death despite
all the remedies that may be prescribed. /"
We have been personally cognizant Of cases
where strong and hearty men, taken with the
mildest symptoms imaginable. insisted from first
to last that they we're bound to die, and die they
did. The mind--or rather mortal fear--exer-
cised such malign influence over the physical
system that the skill Of the physician was q no
avail s. ,l'sS 3s
Such instances were deplorably abundant in
1853, when the epidemic ragged with q virulenee
far more terrible than ever before known.
4'9-' la ~ 9.3Fy ---==------- E5t ss5F5-
S PRECAUTIONS AGAINST fIRE,--The Fire Mar
shal of New York has published card, sug-
costing measures of precautien against fires,
which may be repeated with advantage. He
states that q large proportion of fires are caused
by the incautious use of matches, particularly
the kind known as wax matches. Rats and
mice are apt TO seize upon them as o means of
immediate subsistence, and, conveying Them
into their holes behind the lath. and plaster,
sooner or later the matches are bhled, ignited,
and the building fired Matches should also be
kept out of the reach of children, as their lives
are frequently periled by playing with them,
and their homes fired. The practice Of croyd-
ing large quantities Of goods in store windows ia
another source Of frequent fires The concen-
tration Of heat among the goods is likely to
produce combustion, and the slightest puff of
air among the articles carries portion nearer
the light, when q FIRE instantly takes place
The useof camphene snd burning fluid is ad-
verted to as another prolific cause Of fires. The
adoption of the rule never TO permit such lamps
being trimmed after night Is recommended as
the only preventive against the frequent lament
able accidents resulting from che use of such
explosive fluid. Coal and wood ashes should
never be placed in wooden vessels. The late
calamitous fire in that city, where six persons
perished, originated in the careless manner Of
depositing coal ashes in the kitchen. 1hese
suggestions are such as occur to every prudent
and thoughtful person; but, though they are
not new, they are useful to be repeated as if
they were. 5s9S
: PoRKopoLIs. The Cincinnati Sun draws tho
1V!loWluS picgursu VI AoIhopoilS' II VI w, PhhMES
are in a "blue way in that city: E 8
tsCincinnati is one of the best places in the
Uniou n for financial tricksters to operate in
Hence our continual depression Of trade, and
our rul nous losses by shaving, bank gouging,
and who lesale swindling. Industry, honesty
and enter prise have but little chance in this
city-fortua ,es are made now a-slays by sohem-
ing, and yi.rtue bestows her rewards on the
vicious. The Bench the Bar--the Pufpit-the
Press are rot ten to the very core. 1t only re-
auires good nit Of clothes. . polished address
and impotence, with money in the pocket, no
matter how got, 70 obtain passport to distlnc-
tion, and ii neet 's be to Heaven. Labor il
looked down upon -despised- --trampled en-, and
made not only to produce everything for the
lazy, cunning, resp sctable, roguish drones 70 e
fatten on, but is n, aariy broken backed WIN
continually complaint V OF slight times Wnen
such is the case ~
MoRE RACK MAu.-I ! seems that the shame
ful example of the Admin ustfatoh IN levyang Q