New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-02


BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF OLD BRowS's COMPANIONS
In the published confession Of Cook, one of the
Harper's Ferry nsurrectionists, we find the follow
ing brief biography of Richard Realf, who was in
this city some time ago. and concerning whose
whereabouts much inquiry was recently made:
Richard Reaf, one Of our original party, and our
Secretary of State, came from Chatham to Cleve-
land a few days before Capt. Browns arrival from
the East. Soon after his arrival, he Capt. b.
sent Realf to New York city, at which place he
embarked for England for the purpose of carrying
out the plans Of Capt Brown. Realf was born and
raised in England He is q peasants son, but his
native talents brought him into the notice of
Of the nobility, who took charge of him, and made
arrangements to give him finished education. He
was taken into the family of Lady Noel Byron,
where he made his home while pursuing his
studies. Falling in love with young lady of noble
birth, who was relative of Lady Byron's, he was
censured by Lady b. for his presumption. He be-
came offended at her interference and finally left
Lady B. to work his own way in the world. About
this time the Chartist movement was made, which
Realf joined and the result was, he was obliged to
seek safety by emigrating to America. He made
his home some years in New York city. part of
the time he was there, he was engaged as assistant
superintendent of the Five Points Mission. He is
well known author and poet. He gave up
his situation as assistant superintendent, and went
to Kansas in the summer or fall of 1856. first
met him in Lawrence Kansas. No word was re-
ceyed from him. to my knowledge, after he left for
ity and that Of Secretary of State, to solicit
funds for the support of our organization. He pro-
| posed to deliver course of lectures in various
| parts of England, and the net proceeds of which
| were to be given to carry out Capt. Browns plan.
| He is man OF rare talents, and powerful and
| fluent speaker. He is about Is years of age. Mr..
| Kagi, believe, got letter from in Eng
land few months ago, stating that Realf had
sailed for this country, and that he had quite sum
| of money with him. but further than that, we have
been unable to find any trace of him. Capt. Brown
| and the rest OF our company who knew him, think
/ that he is dead.
1 Thar BALLOON VOYAGE TO EuRoPE.-The balloon
exhibition of Prof. Lowe is finally closed for the
4 season, and the promised aerial trip to Europe
i postponed mainly " on account of the weather"
4 All the apparatus having been removed from the
Palace grounds, visitors who, on Thursday, were
allured to the spot to witness an ascension in the
small balloon, found the great globe itself, gone
like the baseless fabric of vsionn The heavy
blow on Thanksgiving day rendered the preliminary
ascension Impossible, so that no visitors were adj
mitted and no money received. The balloon has
been carried to place near the gas-house, at the
foot OF Fourteenth street, North river, where it
will remain until spring.
4 New York Times, 26th
4 A PRAIRIE ON FIRE.-We cut the following de-
scription of prairie on fire from the Minnesota
Pioneer and Democrat. 1t will be interesting to
our readers:
The might've arrived here it was our privilege to
witness one of the grandest sights of the Western
country. We stood on high bluff overlooking
the town, and saw prairie fire in all its madness
and destructiveness. From out of the West, above
the DIM horizon, the great red flames came surging
IN long, quiverlng waves, extending four or five
) miles over the prairie. AS they came roaring on
wards the, scene was perfectly magnificent. The
Whole heavens were red as blood the flames rose
nIteen Or twenty feet in the air, and seemed to
! threaten destruction to everything before them.
Some farms which lay in their way very narrowly
!, escaped by having burrows powed around. Sew
!, eral wheat stacks were swallowed up, and one
q man only saved his dwelling house by six feet
men worked like Trojans all the night fighting the
n nr,, ABOUT quarter of mile on the other side
y = lhe flvcr the flames wheeled around with sud-
u zen chsnge Of the wind. A lofty abrupt rocky
ui ss @eh seemed to bar their way cfectualy
vas soaiea IN Two or three seconds and the fire
down the slope the other side in several
q aisunct streams looking exactly like liquid red
not lava pouring down some rocky mountain The
st blackened waste as far as the eye could reach.
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