New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-13
Thirty-Fourth congress-rirss Session.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 1S55.--Senate-Mr
Hale's resolution calling on the President for
certain information relative to the state of af-
fairs in Kansas was taken up. 8p, sys.ate
Mr.. Hunter remarked that it was unusual to
make such calls before receiving the annual
message, which might contain the information
he desires sog #s e;s ses NJ u
Mr.. Hale consented that the resolution should
lie over, and moved that when the Senate adj
journ it adjourn till Monday.
Mr. Hunter said that he hoped not, as the
House might organize to-day 4s5y
Mr.. Clayton remarked that such an ADJOURN
ment would delay the reception of the message.
which the country is anxious to see. zsgs
Several Senators urged Mr.. Hale to Withdraw
his motion. as
Mr.. Hale said, in view Of the fact stated by
the Senator from Delaware, Of which was en-.
tirely ignorant, 'sthat the country is waiting
with great anxiety for the message,'' withdraw
the motion. Laughter.)
The Senate then adjourned.
HouSe.-The House having been called to
order, Mr.. Whitney Withdrew the name Of
Humphrey Marshall as q candidate for the
Speakershp.
The House then proceeded to ballot for
speaker, but adjourned without effecting any
result. s e3z@ !
LOUISIANA ITEMs.--A steam ferry is about to
be established between East and West.B Baton
Rouge
From the Comet of Tuesday we extract the
following paragraphs:
Popers' Statue of Washiigt The statue
has at length been placed ON the pedestal de-
signed for it, in the "Pa agoda1 near the Capitol
The box and covering will be removed from it
this week-as soon as the iron railing can be
placed, which is the only work on the inside Of
the building remaining to be dome. The paint
I'M ON votn apdt tho roll aElockt
credit on the artist As before said, we only
regret that it is on perishahle material
On Monday morning, the 10th inst. there was
| another white frost-tbe second of the season. 3
The cold weather comes rather late to benefit
the sugar crop, as most of our planters have
finished.
From Greenwell Springs, we have received
through Mr. Crenshaw, some fossil remains Of
| the primitive forest, dug up at the distance Of
forty feet from the surface, out of solid strata
of red clay, water worn pebbles and sand. One
| sample is limb of a tree, in q state Of petri-
| faction, and the other is mass of leaves and
small twigs firmly embedded in solid black
mass of great weight, and when cut with q
knife, susceptible Of fine polish, Louisiana is
as rich in its fossil remains as any State in the
Union, and proper geological survey Of the
State would contribute much to this interesting
branch of inquiry.
Anumber Of years ago, the State made
6uiuiA apPEupTlttiou t0r survey, anu d GOrpS Oh
| scientific gentlemen volunteered their services
to do the work; the means, however, we're not
sufficient and the enterprise was stillborn. We
have been told by Judge Carrigan, Rho was of
| the party, that on a small bayou, in the parish
of St.!Mary, they found the remains of Masto-
| don or Magatherihm, one Of the early giants of
the time when man ss was not" The party OBJ
tanned one or two of the bones Of this monster,
and left the balance as they found it not hay-
ing means to make further excavations.
| We find the following in the Bienville Times
| new town has been laid out and surveyed,
near Columbia in Caldwell parish, to be called
| Augusta The site is chosen, we understand,
with view to health and business We pre-
sume it is the work of the yellow fever in CO.
| lumbia.
EXPLOSION OF A STEAM FIRE ENGINE. the
9th inst, the boilers Of one of the steam fire
engines in Cincinnati exploded in the street
whilst on trial before committee Of citizens
from Chicago. The engineer was killed and
| two others wounded. Sa
| Miss Albertine, the actress, was badly hurt
at Nashville, Tennessee. last week, by falling
through one of the stage traps, during the per-
formancs of the /" French Spy" %@8 ~