New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-25
Montgomery Races.

eeI ss,sng tnough slow. The first was dead heat /
and that and each subsequent one was so much the
same, that one description must answer for all. /
There were four fine starts, though Mr.. Orme's I
mare Mas always slow in getting off; and they
t axsr ran nssr 1c, e. Paul ofenest leading
and after running ronnd in the closest partnershn
each heat (save the first) was won by PAM Mornhr
by head or half length. No race Of the week
made as much real sport.
Int locker Club Purse. $40 for beaten horsesm;!e
hsa;a.t h[ss in !, ss entrance Pss cent added
y sossssa dm y s 3D.
T. j o,l,s's :, T;';g err, BY Doubooa dam
s''s'' Time e. l:5smi :55--i:57-I59. Z
The second race was the sweepstakes for three
year ods-two mile heats-for which Mr.. Bacon's
Jonce Hooper galloped over alone. We subjoin
SUMMARY.
500 hall forfeit SIS declaration The Club
7. G. Bacon's oh. c. Jonee Hopper, pedigree here
masts s. E. Ga pedigree heretofore F"'pea 'set
t. &; Moores Dr. Liasa Ya,rs. late Ellen
r. G. i;acon's en- e. pedigree heretofore given declared
So ended one of the most pleasant and decorous
racing meetings ever held in Alabama.
DIPLOMATIC RUMoRs.-The following we extract
from the Washington States Of the 18th:
1t is expected on all sides that the treaty with
Mexico, which Mr. McLane is engaged in negotiat-
ing will be transmitted to Washington by the Ten
nessee on the Sth proximo. In that case it will
likely reach here by the 1sth-in time for the
President to communicate it to the Senate before
the Christmas recess.
It is believed in diplomatic circles that Great
Britain will discontinue relations with the Govern
ment OF the robber chief Miramon, as soon as she
receives intelligence Of the capture Of the CON
Quota by Marquee. 1t is not likely that in one
way or another, she will aid Juarez in getting to
the capital, in order that she may obtain redress
or
have been the victims.
Senior Lopez, the son of the President of Para
quay is expected to arrive here about the first of
December. He comes as Joint commissioner for
the adjustment of the claim of the Rhode Island
Company against the Government of his father.
THE MErEogIc PHEsoMENoN.--A New York paper
publishes the following:
In communication to you, described simply
and briefly the meteoric phenomenon of Tuesday
last. In the National Intelligencer Thursday
have read the communication of +" j. S. NJ and
the remarks of the two New York papers, all Of
which coincide with my observation, with the ex.
ception Of the dimensions and the hearing of the
report. Being in the open fields, and on high
ground, (near Glenwood Cemetery with nothing to
mar the vision between myself and the horizon,
had a fuil-length view of the meteor until it APP
parently reached the ground. My companion, who
was cunning with me, was in the act Of taking aim
| at bird, when this strange phenomenon came
| rushing down Immediately in line with the object
he was aiming at When the meteor reached the
| ground heard a loud report, as if from large
cannon; instantly turned about to tell him the in
cident, when there he stood, gun still pointing, he
exclaimed, Did you hear that meteoric body ~
To him Ga boy) it appeared like great long rope
all on fire, with huge red-hot stone the end o
it. We both distinctly heard the report, and botl
agree as to the probable length Of the meteor-lOl
| yards. It was due N. E. of the city.
| -~>~--
| JOHN P. KENNEDY.-N. P. Willis, in a lette
| gracefully describing a visit he recently paid tt
Washington Irving, in company with ex-Secretar,
Kennedy, mentions that at the dinner table Their,
was some passing discussion of the wearing o
beards-Mr. Kennedy having made that alteration
in his physiognony since they had met-and Mr.
Irving closed playful comment or two upon tn
habit of saying that he coad scarce afford tn
luxury himself, involving, as it would do, the los
of the most effectual quetus of his nerves. To ge
up and shave, when tired of lying awake sure
going to sleep Immediately after, had long been
habit of his. There was an amusing exchange
sorrows also, between him and Mr. Kennedy as
persecution by ph-hunters, though the ea
Secretary gave rather the strongest instance, mer
tionng an unknown man who had written to him
when at the head of the Navy Department, re
questing as of his constituents, to be fnrnishe
with autographs of all the Presidents, of himsel
and the rest of the Cabinet, and of any other dis
tinguished men with whom he might be in CORES
pondence
MOUNT Observation-Disclosures was at last account
still in state of eruption, the lava having the
reached point three miles from the crater. TIL
present mouth was opened Is months ago, by
violent earthquake, the cnders from which wer
carried as far as Constantinople- proof o
the great eastern current. The lava now issue
from the base of the cone, passes down the valle
below Piano dele Gnestre, and falls into the grea
ravne known as the Sasse-Grande, $50 feet dee]
by 1000 feet broad, which is now completely filed
Below this it cuts across the carriage road in tire
places, destroys about twenty houses and som
olive groves and vineyards, and is now near tn
Cemetery of Portice, whose inhabitants are full 9
apprehension. It is estimated that Is, 900 cubi
yards of lava have issued from the crater durin
this eruption. The temperature of the lava
1000 degrees Fahrenheit. The guides have pre-
vided themselves with molds in which they cas-
medallion heads of the King and Queen of Maple.
Louis Napoleon, Queen Victoria, Victor Emanue
Gar Alexander, and even Mazzini, Murat an
Garibaldi.