New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-21

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At The conclusion of his remarks Mr.. Robert NC
hin moved that the meeting adjourn anu iolni Fl
which was agreed TO- -, al
NJ Hoymon then stated that something Whleh
,oud form an important feature Of the neetCi ls
n heen omitted. He wished to admonlsh every !,
merican, who had not already done 50, 70 SO lofth
.th and register his name as voter. u
The meeting then adjourned, and IN hour o. Two /,
lterwards the procession passed our once II was
rouser. and we feel certain that we snail not
son look upon its like again. n u
S} 3 @.t $5 2
FROM KEY WEST AND THE FLORIDA FoRTs---Ii ~
teamship Florida Capt. Cozzens, from Key West
nd the Florida ports, arrived here yesterday.
The Florida broughtus Key West papers up to the !
III instant and from Pensacola to the 18th; they,
oweyer contain no information Of later date than
hat contained III our correspondence, which we pub
ished few days age.
The following is list Of passengers by the Florida
Smith lady children seryt ch9res 1 ansgE e ana
s sa M oss w fSa a eais Ms
'hId and srv,t Mrs. Norman children ana sear ;od
Pase A B. Cook Mead NJ Graham Z Kelly So Hen
Smith n sI Dr. Sunderland and 9 on deck
Fillmore and Donelson seem to be gaining ground
in Massachusetts, We notice in the Boston papers
that meetings have been held in several parts Of the
State for the purpose Of choosing delegates to the
National American Convention, which was TO have
been held yesterday in Boston. Some OF the hrst
men of the State attended these meetings, favored
the movement, and expressed strong hopes OF beng
able to carry the State for the conservative ticket
Success to them, say We
The screw steamship kangaroo, from Liverpool the
30th uIt arrived at Philadelphia on the 18TH lnst'
The news by her has been anticipated by the Arago
at New York and the Canada at Halifax
4 The building known as Apollo Hall in Louisville,
KY was destroyed by fire on the morning OF the 18TH
inst together with an adjoining building The loss
is estimated at about SIT oO0 which there was IN
surance to about $4,000
The New York Canal tolls for the first week in
August amounted to $9s,OO9 an increase over the
corresponding week in last year, Of $S,o49.
HOMICIDE IN. WASHINGTON CoUNTY-We learn
from the Selma Sentinel Of the 10th inst. that ny.
Williams, formerly Of Mobile, shot and killed a~man
by the name of Higgins, in Washington county,
few days ago. 1t seems Williams had threatened to
return Higgins to the Grand Jury of the county Tor
| stealing cows They met and exchanged shsts al
each other Williams was seriously wounded, While
Higgins was killed.
The House on the 18th inst. passed bill appropri-
ana 900 for the establishment of naval depot
at Brunswick, Georgia.
TuEArR1cAL-Mss Charlotte Cushman is about
returning to the United States to fill an engagement
Mr. Macready and Mr. and Mrs, Chas kean are, it Is
said, about coming to America. The Marsh children
are playing at Buffalo, New York; Bosio and Rose
Deyries are in London. Paul Julien is giving con
GERS at Saratoga. Miss Eliza Logan is in Boston
Miss Mary Partington is dancing at the Bowery thea
ter, New York, and Miss G. Howard is playing q
| Burtons theater in the same city.
/ .,...
/ A tremendous rain storm, amounting almost to {
waterspout, occurred i'll Baltimore on the evening o
4 the 18th inst. Considerable damage was done by tn
wind and food.
1 The warehouse of Ephraim LabaTe, on Mercer an'
Grant streets, the drug store of Solomon King, o.
Calvert street. and Kisses chair factory, on Gay street
were unroofed. ~-.-. 49,.
i The Clipper says Had not the violence of tn
storm so soon expended ITSELF tmust have done muc
serious damage" .
The Westminster Review for July contains tho
i J
DR.. VIM. Smith, in his "Latin-Engish Dictionary
:, has committed upon the labors of our countrymai
. Prof E. A. Andrews piracy the more censurab
r because Dr.. Smith, after availing himself of Pre-
= Andrews work. and appropriatng it under his oW
name, has the eflrontery in his preface to disparaG
: the work which he had found so useful
- The number of vessels which passed through Il
Sound at Elsinore, during the month OF June, W
no less than 2277; consisting of 1915 from the Nor
Sea, and l0G2 from the Baltic. Of these $50 we
W English, 332 Norwegian 3l2 Swedish 3o2 Prussia
u 265 Danish, 1919 Dutch, zig various German,
French, 40 Russian, and II North American.
A sailboat, while returning from the island to
s, mouth, Me-, on the 18th inst was struck by VIII
he wind and sunk, by which accident seven persons W
he drowned namely: Mrs. Asa P. G. Winslow and
en- small children Mrs. John Brown and two childre
es and daughter of Adam Baker. Three others "
,u- were on board were saved.
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nd A gentleman named Edward W. Moore commit
bo suicide in Mobile on Monday last by first cutting
throat with a razor. and then blowing out his brf
not with rifle. Mr.. NJ is described by the Mobile pal
,nt as having been estimable young man, ami lea
a wife and three small children Disease of the m
ers caused by severe neuralgia OF the bf, Is ascf
ant as the cause of this rash act
aE Mr.. FILLMORE IN RHODE lsLANp.-An enthuE
ol tic Fillmore meeting was recently held in Provide
It was then determined to hold State Convento
" Newport on the I'd Of September for the pupos
was nominating Fillmore electoral ticket in the Sta
rely phoao Tsland
site THE New CITY ARSENAL AT VIESsA.-The
and don Times, of the 29th ut has the following des
70 ton of new fertilization which the Emperor of
tho tra has caused to be erected the revolution in
not having given him hint that such things were
times useful " This immense ediiice was CONNIE
and in 1858, and forms an obong square, the facat
;oa, which is 740 metres in extent. At the four a
and and on the three sides of the building have
ro raised fortified barracks of three stores capab
,on,, containing six thousand men, and forming so
- l,octione defended nv A noWeriul artillery lnC