New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-27
miscellaneous Ne,us Items.

1 Inc new 1OTk NEWS Vi bue Aubu lusb., gives
| the following account of mutinJ ship board at
| Sandy Hook, on the day previous:
This morning, while the brig Abby Thaxter Capt. Wis.,
WE'LL bound for Lisbon preparing to sail with pilot
board the attempted mutiny but were subdued
by the officers and now in irons Their reasons for
multiplying are known The brig is at anchor in the
lower bay awaiting assistance from the cutter
Washington, which has been sent for and momensary
expected.
The deaths in New York for the week ending
the 18th nst 66S IS men, IS women go boys
and go girls-39 not given
This shows increase Of Al over the previous week.
The deaths among the young unusually large OF the
whole number of deaths but 40 occurred in the public
| hospitals
A Texas paper comes out with o long bio-
graphical sketch Of Col. H. L. Kinney and announces
him as candidate for the Presidency in 1856.
In the year 1884 the Legislature Of Pennsyl-
yania to abolish practice then prevailing passed the
following resolution after considerable opposition That
hereafter member shall come into the chamber bare
footed his bread and cheese the steps the
capitol"
1t is said that Miss Jesse Mclean, the young
lady who made her appearance reencty New York as
Helen been engaged by Mr. Bourccsu for his theater
in New Orleans He well pleased with her per-
torance that he induced to make proposals her.
which she accepted This is indication that Mr. Bour
to youth and bsauty.n
THE CROPS. 1--WE hear much complaint, says
the Montgomery Advertiser, of the 23d inst of the
damage to the cotton crop the continuance of
weather this region The planters said in tho
habit Of crosking than any other class Of our
but from what have in this vcin
ity incline to the opinion that their complaint the
present instance is not without foundation The cotton
crop in Montgomery and the adjacent counties will we
fear fall considerably below the expectations INDUCED
weeks ago. All other crops reported to be good
the corn crop unusually so.
On the 10th inst. man named George W.
Powers alias Gilderseevs, arrested in Louisville
charged with forgery. There found his person
checks the Bank of Louisville for $1,000 each one
Of which was filled up with ink and the other with
pencil. He had in his possession trunk marked "E g.
Bassaw full of childrsn's clothing and trunk marked
SC W, Phips,' well filed with mems wearing apparel
lie had lot of blank checks and several letters ad
dressed to gentleman in Nashville, Tenn.
The Baltimore Sun Of the Goth states that the
handsome sum of 81 $50 had been raised by volunteer
subscriptions in that city for the relief Of the sufferers at
Norfolk and Portsmouth. ...
Some time since the gutta percha telegraph
wire sunk under the river at the Highlands N " be-
longing to the New York and Sandy Hook Telegraph
Company badly hacked and and several hundred
feet of it stolen by unknown scoundrels. Tempo
rary repairs have been made that the line is now in
working order.
VEsTIGEs OF THE ALBANIA Cambridge
correspondent of the Boston Post furnishes that
paper the following extract from private letter.
Beaufort s. c. If authentic, it would to show that
the missing Albany did not sink SO suddenly
as allow to make preparation for saving
his lfe
Sis men picked up two very nice water casks at
Bay Point they plugged to be water tight and
tied together they nails singulafy
that thought they must have had boards nailed
them and j. tells to-day that when securing them in
paint them he discovered the letters o. g. ship
Albany
@P Sd tells me that the letters on the cask are o.
s. ship Bany.' The Al is not visible and the very in
distinct
TESTIMONY OF A GERMAN.--We copy the fol-
lowing paragraph from the last number of the Shelby
| (Ky) News;
farmer in this county has had German from Louis
vile working for him for months. He is strong
Nch and weeks before the election he informed
employer that he must home to vote and received
his pay He went to Louisville and during the week be-
the election, he returned and reemployed On
being asked why he did remain in the city until after
election, he REPLIED that all the German and Irish
boarding houses fulmen sleeping all over the
floors that they had been brought there to vote against
Marshall and had plenty of money and whisky lie was
opinion that they had right to vote and they
undertook vote, would be fight, and he
turned to the country.
The kirkland Cotton Mills, near Washington
City this 10Th INST LOSS $4,000; lnaur
ed for $4,000. They were owned by E. s. brayton.