New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-31
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| The Know Nothing State Convention of Var.
mont have nominated Gov. Royce for rs.slsotion Til,
Convention was mot very harmonious
Two distinguished American sacan.--Jams,
Dana, Of New Haven Conn., and Asa Gray Of Cambridge
oesn elected corresponding members Of ths
physoo-msthemsticai class Of the Royal Academy a,
Berlin. The botanical works Of Profeusor t.r.v n,rt,
isry bis Flora of North Amsrisan and his F,n.ra R
reat Americans nustrata," said to DO held i'm b,yn
estimation In the scientific circles Of Germany.
The eolored company, organized In Ro.tor
under the eosnomsn Of hassasoit Guards recently Az
piled to the Commandsrn-C Chief for loan Of stats
Their application was refused Tho opinion Of Attor.
General Clifford, in the matter, was In aoeord.
the refusal Of his Excelleney. ~
The Montreal Herald states that the Arctic
expeoit,on ntsd out BY the Hudson Bay Company was
70 have started from Great Slave Lake some time nca
The object Of this expedition is to visit tho locality vbsy
according to the information furnished by pr r.. a.,
John Franklin and his unfortunate companions usr,absd,
and to ascertain more fully possible respeotInp thai,
sad fate. 'A'"
The Central Georgian says that Mr. .Jobn p
Berry Of Hancock oounty has negro woman or ratb.r
girl Just sixteen years Of age the mother of thr
children The FIRST il nns, likely boy born when hi
mother was but twelve. N''
Potato rot has appeared recently In .avor,,
pisces massachusetts, The arssnnsld Courier saws
there are signs of the rot in Heath and other toxn.
the western part Of Franklin county. In Watartow
has caused considerable loss The Salem aasstts NJ Mo-
day Gays: We regret to learn that potato rot bas
Its appearance to some extent in orr vioinity.n
The Lynohburg Virginian reports thar :,
baeco sold in that city the Of the bpb ur,.
Of S52 hundred
The importation Of sarthenw.re for this year
compared WIN that Of last shows falling OF Of 10 900
packages This owing in greet measure 10
having overstooked themselves last year
The Bounty Land Warrants issued up tn tho
2lst, number 2O6ss The number Of application. =
csivsd is 2o6,sO0!
letter from Tallahassee, Fa.. datsd eotb
inst, says the crops do look az well al tbav
promise OF some few weeks back Many Inc looking t,
OF corn are found since they have been stripped ~
blades to offer nothing but ovsrgrowp shoot ava
though the crop Ii ample for the cousumnt;on AZ ~,
country 1t will not DO near large AZ was al ono tn.
ticipatsd. ''A'' an-
The cotton crop has shielded much from excessive .,ns
in July and the early part of August; and now FROM
sudden cessation accompanied bv n burn,ru =.
earth is hard and orusted and the old lands ara
,ning to rust badly.
The Brownsville Aissourian says, aceonr,s
rom different sections Of Central Missouri coneu- i;
atng that such an amount of corn was never r,,s.a
before. Potatoes are better than known and all
,ssssaoiss VIII be very abundsns Tba Ista had
ANS II Is feared will ipjure the small grain that a
In the Fields But there is no doubt that tbsra
WI De an unusual abundance Of sl kinds NJ n,oar
IONS kAoo"c- |
:, = Is once more stated that the Empress of |
y eeae" and that the fact has been oommu
heated oy various dplomatsts to their Goveynman,s
iighly important If true! 1A'A'''
Ihere are no seats in any Of the Grsek
nurenes in Russia, and the Emperor biusaN r,st
ana curing the service The priests are almost all ma,
s.l' looking mental with hair falling over their shou
70 not SLOWED to wear any ornaments.
Abbott Lawrence has bequsathsd $1o .0oo n
lie Boston Public Library and $4,000 to tbs r.urss
school at Cambridge The other requests are
Of yet made public.