New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-04

these brave sailors have been on shore they have
been advanced money and value " on tick u by land.
sharks, who will charge them from so to $50 per
cent. interest.
There's public spirit and patriotism for you with a
vengeance Invite the poor devils ashore to rejoice,
when the fact of their being out of soap was patent
and then shave them at rates at which old Shyloek
would have blushed, as soon as their being ashore
made money'necessary. Who will say of a surety
that all the great Geographic spasms of Gotham have
not been gotten up with view to attracting strang-
ers there, to be treated in the same manner as
were the blue.iackets of the Niagara?
LouIsIANIANs IN PAR1s,-Among the list of Amer
leans registered at the Banking House of Messrs.
Lansing, Baldwin 81 Co., in Paris are the following
from this State:
A. Carr 2 Chimney, R. H. Allen and wife.
DR.. Mckenzie, the literary editor of the Philadel.
phia Press, says the original of Wilkins Mcawber,
in " David Copperfeld',' was Dickens own father.
An unfortunate wight, who was promenading the
streets Of New York alone, rather late at night.
short time since, attacked by several coored in
diYiduas and stripped of his boots In noticing this
robbery the Tribune remarks that it is very singular
affair but gives no reason why he says SO.
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Hon. Jas. Reynolds, ex,member Of the U. S. Senate
from New York. died at St. Catherine Springs, in
Canada, on she 25th ut. MIR. r. has been an active
politician of the Henry Clay school, and was de-
voted personal friend of Mr.. Clay Since the organ
izaton of the American party, he has acted with
them faithfully and consistently and at the time of
his death President of the General Committee of
New York city.
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DEATH OF EX-SENATOR WILEY, OF CoNE-We
notice the death Of the Hon. Calvin Wiley, OF Con
necticut. He was a Senator from that State during
the presidency of James Monroe. For the last TWEEN
tyiye years he has pursued the profession of law,
with the occasional holding Of minor Office.
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YELLOW FEVER IN JACKSON, BIIss-We learn
from the Mississppian of yesterday that fatal case
of yellow fever occurred in jackson on Wednesday
night last The disease was contracted in this city
the deceased being i'll when he left here The attend
ing physician found the sufferer in the last stage
Fearing spread of the disease many Of the citizens
left the place Immediately, and all others who could
do 50 were preparing to leave
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Gen. Harvey, it is now reported Is to start West
in September, so as to cross the Rocky Mountains
before winter. This means war.
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Claremont, N. H, on the Goth ult., Of erysipeas.
A HUNDRED YEARs.-Mr Shaw of Bddeford
Me-. has got up almanac showing the days of the
week and month for the whole of the ninteenth cen
tury is only about the diameter, and one quarter
the thickness of a silver dollar.
The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND THE
BRrTtsH GOVERNMENT New York Times, of
\ 81 II ~
Derby, in answer to the representations of the
Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, has
sgnifed the willingness of the British Government
to amend the charter of the Company, so as to place
its organization etc, upon footing of absolute
equality, regards the British and American Coy
| ernments.2
Ex.President Van Buren, was at New York City on
a visit on the 28th ult The New York papers say
that he looks younger and more active than when he
dwelt in the White House.
DEATH OF Coll BARR, Consul TO MELBOURNE,
AUsTRALIA.--0 Official information has been received
at the State Department in Washington of the death
of Col Barr, recently appointed u s. Consul at Mel
bourne, Australia He died on the passage from
Suez to Melbourne on board the British mail steamer
Emeu of sun stroke. In announcing this death the
Mobile Register of the ID inst. says
Col Barr was citizen of this State and resided at
Tuscaloosa previous to his appointment as Consul
me- If abags so n5 osS ot tue Fg
circle Of devoted friends, who, together with tile NH
lie generally throughout the State will deeply de.
plore his untmdy death in the flush and vigor of his
promising manhood.
No., = - . -
thh 1ALi'ANF Ao0AFE' i'll stated tnat Capt
de R9iere is making arrangements with Lola Montez
to give series of lectures on morals and fashions
early fbis fall ITe stoyinc to,norrfI,, viii
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iHIEhN'RLloN4L i.ltEFAE4 Ooff nc New
York Evening Post Of the 2Sth nit, in connection
with this subject, SAYS:
Congress- of authors and nnblisbars will conveDa
at frnsssls irrinqr The rnT a,1f -. - M
Consideration The subject Of 6ternationa e6nyrigbt
ar If some adFnnote nrotsao IN ono+ u tnir
neso6 d be Began og gser XXI coaJ re sg
Of oHr ea1ing pn5sbrrs have nnSarfaen tc r 2S,
| fund to send deputy thither, and we understand
| that Mr. Frederic S. Cozzens the author of the
'sSpaTowgrass papers, will probably represent the
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