New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-25

the United States might learn a lesson or WISDOM
N from the degraded position of the Republic OIL
II Venezuela let itbe remembered, that would
have the slaveholding States yield an iota OF heil
sovereign rights?
4 A negro highwayman, named Manuel Cisneros
was garoted on the 10th inst. at Puerto Principe
in this Island.
i The police have commenced distributing poisoned
sausages to the numerous worthless ours by which
the streets of this city have been infested and
which recently has bitten many pedestrians. One
hundred and twenty of these ours died on the 4tA
instant.
/ A criminal named Manuel Gonzales, while being
conveyed on the 18th inst by two police officers,
i from Nuem Paz to st. Nicolas attempted to make
4 his escape the estate called the Yobos. Find
ing they were unable to oyertake him they fred at
aud killed the criminal on the spot. From the fire.
quent occurrence of similar events in this Island,
/ itwoud almost seem the police give criminals in
their charge chance to escape, so as to have an
/ excuse for killing them.
i Regla and Guanabucoa are now lighted with
| gas!
Herr Hermann, the German slight of hand per-
former, with his wife, dined with the Captain Gen
eral on the 18th inst, During and after the dinner
| Hermann performed some of his very best tricks.
On the old railway from Rega to Guanabucoa
upon which hitherto mules have been the "motive
power,n locomotives are hereafter to be substi-
| tuted. g..
4 On the 18th instant Don FREDERICK Campco as
sumed the Yice.Rectorship of the Royal UAver-
i sity Y of this city, to which office he has been ap-
pointed by the Queen of SPAIN
| My friend Don Cristobal Duran, by q g Royal
order,'' dated Sth December last, is appointed a
| Supernumerary Professor of Medicine and Surgery
| in the same University Doctor Dnrau received his
medical education at the University and his thesis
| at the time of his nlatrculation took the gold
medal He is a young gentleman of more than or
| dinary talent and ability.
| Don Miguel Lopez Gomez is appointed Profess
sor Of Mathematics in the same University.
The Botettn of Porto Rico gives the following
amounts as the Maritime Rents y (eustom-house
luties) received in that Island during the last two
years: In 1859, $l64 1888 81; in 1860, Sl69 292 a.
Tho theater, now in the course of erection at
Matanzas, of which the walls are scarcely com
pleted has already cost $49,542. I suppose it is
intended to rival our " Tacon," in size at least.
Avolume written by Don Antonio f. Sapu, emit
tied Plus the IIth, is shortly to be published.
A white man got into quarrel with negro, on
18th inst on the wharf, gave the latter blow
with stick, knocked him into the water, and he
was drowned.
On the evening Of 10th inst, lady, Dona Maria
Rodriguez was burned so severely that she died the
next day.
fire took place on the estate Aguns Boticus,
near Pijuan on the llth inst 1t was extnguished
before any great damage had been effected
patent for five years has been granted to Don f!
ldefenso Hidalgo, for an invention to 1ejorcad, |
render better the quality of tobacco.
Permission has been granted to Don Jose de |
Frias, to organize a company of shareholders to |
improve the breed of horses in this Island The |
company is to be called the Jockey Club
Cubano."
Dir. DeLave disappointed every one on Monday
evening by taking hobby horse-to which he was
fastened by the wris-on his rope, and thus cross
ing from the Tacon Theater to the Montserratte
Gate. He collected s"eryy triang amount
After the performance, man was beating a
child cruelty at The corner of Neptune street,
when passer.by interfered on behalf of the child
md this led to free fight.
Among other new tricks of Hermann, the sleght-
ofhand man, is the pulling of the head of
'ooster, and then sticking it on again. This trick
performed in the public market, caused quite an
On the 9Th instant, as a train was passing over
bridge on the Sabanilla Railway, near Bolindron.
(Which place is Matanzas) the bridge gave
way. Three or four cars were destroyed, two
Chinese killed and another wounded.
On the same day, train got off the track on the
Cosed Railway. Beyond the detention of the
train three hours, no injury was sustained
The U. S. steamship Crusader, Lieut. Maffit, did
not sail until last afternoon. She awaited orders
rom Washington.
when this letter was commenced ION the 10th
nst] it was under the supposton that the W. G.
4ewes would have arrived on the 18th, her adyer.
ised day.
Three or four wealthy citizens of this city have
'een thrown into prison for having been concerned
n cargo of Africans landed recently.
The bark Howard Spec, ship Catalina, and Po-
acca Carmen all cleared for your port on the 18th
nst., and it is supposed will sail this morning.
The weather is delightful. Public heath without
Iteration. AS ever, 49,
P. s. am happy to state that the reports re-
pecting certain houses of high standing having
allied, alluded to in my last letter. have proved
ntrue. 1t is hoped the storm has passed over
7ithout doing further mischief than that Of which
gu are already advised. The failure Of G. Stati-
ler & Co. is represented as being bad one Mr..
Iatnef himself Is at present III Germany.
There was grand ball, ] hear at the residence {
f Col Helm, y. S. ConsulGeneral, last evening.
Mt not having been present at it, am unable to
i've you any particulars of the reunion, although
oubtless it was as elegant as similar entertain
rents previously given at the same hospftabIe
lansion have all been.
The brig California cleared for New Orleans
esterdaY. {
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