New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-29
miscellaneous Menus Items.


On the goth inst, says the Boston Cbron;cle
Roland H. Macy and his serk, n r. oushmsn, Of Hayer
HILL were charged with obtaining s25 600 worth NJ good
Of sundry merchants Of this city The laruest aouu
obtained at any one house was $4,000. The compla,p
made by " y. Jordan, OF the firm Of Jordan Msrsl
Go. b. f. Butter, Esq, appeared rs counsel for tn
Government The defendants were held for a.am,na
tion at future day, each In the sun, Of $1,000 Raj
was furnished.
We regret to announce the demise, at Wheel
Ing, Va, on Sunday morning the 10Th Inst ~ NJ.
Reid wife Of Capt Samuel O. Reid so ajstucp;sh.a i,
our naval records for his defence of the br;
Armstrong against the English squadron at tho MORT
Fayal in 1914. Mrs Reid was the daughter of Cant
Nathan Jennings, Of Fairfield Conn, who sbarsd m
fatgues and glory d trenton in the Continental arm,
under General Washington.
The Boston traveller states that on Sunday
10th inst about nine O'clock prise fight took Mace ~
Governors Island in Boston harbor between two no,b
men, Three rounds when the parties stopped
There were aoot persons present who witnesss,
the disgraceful proceedings. =
Mr.. Poage, residing not far from ABINGDON
lately caught snake which was the fortunate
Of two heads According to the old adaps. this rsnt
must be unoommohiy wise, but If isehevous idea en-
one the other sees at to oppose how
the deuce w lucy SCOUTS tne matter We pause for
reply.
AS one Of the New York city oars was pass.
ing down Fulton street. on the Goth inst lady with
little girl TO pass in 'front.' the little girl bens
ahead Before tns orlver could hold up the child wa
nearly undef tne HORSES 1eet whom large Newfoundland
dog, seeing 1t, bounded to her and taking her in hi
mouth, rescued her from the imminent danger NJ
rsmpled to death, brought her to the almost
mother and laid her down. He looked up and waryed
TAIL and gave short bark expressive of his delight
and away he went.
The Bucks County Agricultural Fair com.
menced at Doylsstown Pa on the 2lstipst some
thousand people were in attendance Horace ree,sv
vered an address on the subject industrial
The New York Herald, Of the 21st. saw. tho.
the Known othngs are in the fed with the;r
tons for city officers. The various oanvant;on
last night and the result Of their deliberations Il, as
lows: For Judge Of the Supreme Court, p. p oov,es
Superior Court. Murray Hoffman and L. b. Woodrpe
Common Pleas, Alexander Spaulding William Alien
and R. D. Shannon Marine Court, "A. r. Mavnard R
baltimore and R. f. Meeks; Corporation Counsa Lon,s
N. Glover; Comptroller, J. s. Giles County Clerk
Beatty Jr Coroners, Doctors Ramsey, Wethsr; Hin and
Perry Superintendent ct Repairs and Supplies j South
worth; Commissioner of Streets ]. g. Taylor Sheriff j
Ell. Toone; City Inspector, G.. W. Morton Almshouse
doHefuur,S. " ohSoI hFeryshlng passed off harmnhi.
ousy and the know-Nothings are sangune of success
The fever still RACES in Norfolk and Ports
mouth. Dr. Stone left there on the Goth Ths Beacon
says that since his arrival he had been engaged daily and
nightly in visiting the sick in the city at the CITY Hospta
and had paid two visits to the Naval Hospital He
given the physicians the benefit of his professional
and observation in yellow fever cases in New Orleans
His visit and that Of Drs Permission and Freeman had
most happy effect on the afflicted community giving more
confidence and allayng apprehension Dr. Permission was
to remain few days longer. DR.. W. H. Freeman, De-
monstrator Of Anatomy in the Philadelphia College of
Medicine arrived at Norfolk the 18TH and rendered
his professional services to the Mayor and Howard Asso
citation.
An attempt was made to burn down the Office
Of the Norfolk Beacon, the night Of the 18th Inst Be-
tween and 10 o. clock fire discovered in the second
stery under the steps leading to the third sto This is
the third attempt to burn the office in the past three
years
The Rev. DR.. Sears was, on the 21st inst,
unanimously elected President of Brown University.
The Hon. John Perkins, Jr., was in Washing
ton on the Goth inst, in good hes!th and spirits