New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-20

The New York Express has the following, which
1t heads as above
! Mysterious murders hereabout appear to be the
order of the day Human life is certainly getting 10
be cheaper than ever dead men found in the
river with stones hung about the necks and dageers
| thrust IN the sides Dead women, shockingly mutt.
lated baiTeed up, and sent on byrailroad rght into
the heart Of the city. nobody knows from where or
| by whom What are we coming to Transactions
| Ike these every other day, almost-yet nobody ever
| hanged
According to the false phianthrophy and false phi
osophy OF the day. it Is inhumanity to hang but no
nnananity 10 murder. Hence, murder aud murder
| ers nourlsh-and the hangman has nothing TO do.
| What will our morning contemporaries, says the
Baltimore Patriot, who have taken SO much delight
recently in censuring our worthy Chief Magistrate
the States attorney aud his assistant for not prevent
ing some few Of lawlessness among the law less
in our own city, have to say in regard to the above
paragraph and similar ones from Philadelphia aud
Washington
What the Patriot says of Baltimore, may be truth
fully said of New Orleans. Bad as the moral con
dltion Of New Orleans is in some respects, it is as
good If not better than that Of any large city in the
Union There is infinitely protection to life and
property here than in New York or Washington ;
and we are more exposed to the nroads OF moral
scum than any other city. We have not only our full
but during the winter season, the villains thieves
scoundres and yagrans Of native origin supplied by
twenty thousand miles of western inland navigation
float down upon US to put In motion their nefarious
practices, and thus give the metropolis bad repu
tation among those unacquainted with the facts of
the case who unfortunately constitute large majority
The END Confessions of the leading Second
Adventists in Newark, New Jersey, have again set
period for the destruction Of the word-proessng
to have discovered the of their previous cacu,
lations, and to have finally ascertained the exact
truth. They regard the recent financial depression
and the prevailing religions excitement as signs of
the last days. By the next arrival from Europe they
expect to hear Of the destruction of the CITY Of
Rome, and this will portend the conaqntion of the
world next summer. The prophecy of Lord Rosse,
the astronomer Of England, that the coming summer
will be the hottest one ever known, is thought to
iaVor the hope OF general conhagration.
IL eoniiagration could be got up that would con.
sumo the fanatics ismatics, Second Adventists. and
tremendous fools generally in both hemispheres. II
would % happy event for the survivors.
Tue NoRrHKAsr AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
RATLRoAD.-The Entaw Wing saws that the Directors
Of this road held meeting in that place few DAVIS
ago, ana that tae members are much elated at the
favorable prospects Of the enterprise. They anthor
lied the Engineer-iRchef to let out TO contractors
the uperstructure of the bridges on the Warrior and
Tombigbee rivers, and directed the President to raise
more money by subscriptions along the line in order
that the company may be in condition to take ad.
vantage of the iron market at very early period.
The whole work says the Wing, is progressing finely
There are number Of first class bids in for the brick
work Of the brides. Several gentlemen have been
to the bridge sites to examine into the business in
order that they may be prepared to bid unde rsand.
lngly. number OF communications from the iron
manufacturers have been received also.
HORSE AucTIoS.-Horse fanciers and general
dealers IN horse flesh will hDd il worth while
weekly sales 81 Mr. p Van Rooen Toulouse Taersa
Stables Toulouse street. between Dauphipe aud
nne sales tske paes every Saturday II O'clock See Nc
Van Roolen's card elsewhere.