New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-10

. OUR INSTITUTIONS. "A friend who was in Bal
tmore on Wednesday night last, described al
occurrence at Barnum's, which goes 80 far to
wards illustrating the true character of ou
ihstltutlons that we cannot help repeating i
here 1t will be recollected that the Presiden
leis TINS city on that afternoon with his wife
WHO is an invalid, for Cape Nav. Resting i,
Baltimore that night, and having arrived Their
Wlthout previous announcement and unattended
ne was seen around the hotel conducting him
sen IN All respects as quietly and unobtru
siVeiy as Enough he were some Western
merchant just arrived per RAILROAD. Gu,
friend, who had fallen into conversation witt
travehng Iorelgn gentleman, recently ar
4 rived in the United States, incidentallv took
occasion to point out the unassunine fell.
low traveller, who was asking at the office for a
sheet OF writing paper, as the President Of the
United States. The foreigner stared ana
turned pale with astonishment, and after CON.
templating the President SO engaged, and quietly
taking his turn to be attended to among half q
oozen guests OF the house who were standing
| near him-axolaimed I" Mine Got! mine Got
see 1t ALL see it all; meaning, evidently,
mat the sight before his eyes had enlightened
MIN instantly, as it were, upon the philosophy
OF the institutions of the United States TWash-
ington Star.
| SINGULAR OCCURRENCE About o'clock this
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| IN 1lth avenue, between 44th and 45th street,
for the purpose of bathing in the river. He met
an anKnoWnman, who also appeared to be going
10 tne river, and unfortunately allowed himself
to get into conversation with his new companion
In passing over the Hudson River Railroad track.
near 4sth street, the unknown man knocked
Steller down, no doubt with the intention Of
robolng him. At that moment, down came q
train Of cars, and before Mr. Steller could re-
cover from the blow received, one of his feet was
severed from his ANGLE by the wheels The rob-
ger, on dlseov1ng the train approaching, made
nus escape. The injured mans cries brought
the police, who had him conveyed to the hos
pital IN Y. Com Advertiser
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In the case of the brig Porpoise seized for beinp
engaged in the slave trade, Judge Curtis, of the
v. ). Circuit Court at Boston, held that a yes-
sci which has acted as tender upon slayers.
and has carried merchandise which was used
for the purchase of slaves, and had otherwise
aided IN the slave transportation, although she
had not actually carried q single slave, Yves
guilty OF being engaged in the slave trade within
the meaning of the statute, The brig was CON-
sequently declared forfeited.
The New York Tribune learns that an order
having been issued to the men of the razee-fr ie-
ate Independence, now stationed on the Pacific
coast, to work on Sunday while in port, the
chaplain spoke against such labors in his SER
mon. Com. Meryin thereupon ordered him to
desist, and he has not been permitted to preach
since. 1t is understood that the chaplain &C.
cordlngiy will leave his ship and come to Wash
ington to make complaint.
The ST.. MARY's SHIP CANAL.-The SAINT
Canal, connecting the Lower Lakes with Lake
Superior, is now in the full tide of success 1t |
10 reported to be one Of the best constructed and
most magnificent public structures ever built |
IN this or any other country. 1t has opened up |
to the Eastern States region of territory whose
undeVeloped resources must be estimated by 1
millions. 1t is to the Superior country what the
opening OF the Erie Canal was to the Lake Erie /
country, The greatest enthusiasm prevails |
along the shore with reference to it, and the |
people feel themselves several days nearer home |
than they have ever done before.
PRoHIBITORY LAW IN BosTON the 1
new liquor lawof Massachusetts there have been Il
IN all, fourteen cases given to the iuries and in
every case but, one there was an acquital, the 1
exception being disagreement. In most of the |
cases the evidence has been defective, but in one
or two cases it was thought by some that the /
evidence warranted O conviction
5ys9s 45.a.
An attempt was made one night recently, to-
blow up the house of Capt Thomas Wallace, Of
Newborn, Pulaski county, Va, containing at
tne llAe uo 1888 IMAM d uozen persons a keR
of powder was found in the morning, placed in
contact with the house, with a train laid across
the garden The persons who attempted the
horrid deed have not been discovered.
Thomas P. Dennison, a clerk in the Chicago
Post office, has been arrested and put in jail, on
the charge of robbing letters of money. In his
possession were found packages of bank notes to
the amount of four thousand dollars, and it is
generally believed that from ten thousand to
fifteen thousand dollars have been taken in the
same way. 1t will be remembered that o
brother of his was arrested in April last for the
same offence.
The residence of Mr.. Chas. someryille, in Cal
vert county, Md, was destroyed by fire on the
night OF the 9th ult., and o negro boy, IL years
Of age, persisted in the flames
The o. s. frigate Cumberland, flagship Of the
Mediterranean squadron, arrived at Boston on
the Both ult., after an absence of three years.
DIED:
Last evening, quarter past eight o'clock after short lne.s
BERNARD MAGLoNEi aged Sugars. |
Ths friends and acquaintaness or family together with the
ulcers and members of Jacques olay
Delta Lodge No. 1911 O. o. f., generally srs res
'eetfay invited attend the funeral from family
it Andrew between Laurel atreety Fourth
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