The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-25
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Twelve hundred emigrants pissed through
Columbus, Ohio, last week.
There have been several cases of cholera
treated in Philadelphia within the last few days.
A bew paper called the Commonwealth is to
be issued IN New York this week.
The bondsmen of John Surratt are John r.
Bayne, r. II. Trunnel, Owen Thorn and Michael
Shea.
Max Msretzek has leased the Union Hotel Opera
House, at Saratoga, and the opera season will be-
sin early in July.
The messenger of the Marine Bank was knocked
down and robbed Of $500, near the foot Of Fulton
street, New York, by two weil-knOwn thieves, on
the 20lh.
dispatch from Nevada announces consider
able falls of snow in that State. At Austin the
zoos Ofseyeral houses were broken by the weight
Of he snow.
Mis- Rye has arrived in Canada with a company
Of one hundred and ten single women, eleven
young men and eight families, all OF whom have
readily found employment in domestic situations.
A boat containing eight men was upset at the
mouh Of sacO river Maine, Friday. Five men,
all Frenchmen, we're drowned. -Four leave
families
General John A. McClernard and his wife were
thrown out OF their carriage, at Springfield, ILL.,
nois, Friday evening, and severely but not danger
ously injured.
The Fenan State convention at Burlington
Vt, Saturday evening, was quite well attended.
speeches we're made by 0'Neil and Capt. 0'R4f.
ierty. Some money was raised, but no campaign
plans were diyuiged.
In the United States Circuit Court, at Canaan
dsieus, New York, Allen P. Hewlett has been
convicted Of secreting his property from his as
sgnee in bankruptcy and sentenced to tie peni-
Tertiary for one year snd eleven months.
The Council Bluffs Nonpariel notices that the
gTasshOppers are moving northward from that
place in vast droves. The grief OF the people at
Their departure is not of a demonsratIVe char
lcter.
Ii supposed that, owing to the large number
Ill.
president. there are not now more than three
hundred uDpardoned persons 70 receive the ben
eft OF new proclamation.
Tie large warehouse of the st. Louis Transfer
Company of the OHIO and Mississippi railroad, in
81. Louis, was burned on the 20th. consider
oble quantity Of miscellaneous merchandise was
IN the building.
St. Thomas advices. of June 18th, state that
band Of slaves had revolted on st. Johns Island
shot their Overseers, msltreated the police aud
fed 10 TOrtols, where they were Overtaken by
a squad Of soldiers and two of them made
prisoners.
ZAlfred Lee, the richest colored man in Wash.
iDgtOn, died on the 10th, aged sixty three. He
intelligent man aud good citizen, long in
the flour aud feed business, and worth nearly
three hundred thousand dollars.
Near hcGregOr, Iowa, on the 18th inst, the
house of man named Kelly was struck by lightn.
II & and burned to the ground. One of his daugh.
te was instantly killed. Another daughter died
OF her injuries. Kelly was also struck and has
ugly cash in his cheek.
Some time ago, paragraph appeared in the
Chicago Journal, stating that Professor Fowler,
OF Hlllsdale College, had seduced one of his pupils
The statement was founded upon the story OF a
girl who represented herself to be the victim. The
professor sued for libel and, on Friday, obtained
a verdict for $500.
Italian newspapers give shocking accounts #
the famine which is raging 10 Messina. People
dying in the streets, and the poor are trying
10 keep themselves alive on potatoes, grass, and
even less nutritious and more disgusting food.
Crime is on the increase, brgandage prevails
everywhere, and the crops have almost entirely
failed.
The special committee of the House, which has
been charged with investing the allegations of i'm
proper Influences used by the Missouri representa-.
tives upon Senator Henderson, in the impeacb :
ment case, will report that those allegations are
uBfOunced. The committee claim that the evi.
deDce shows Mr.. Henderson only made up his
nil al the last moment to vote for acquttal, and
hat the consideration promised for his vote was
the control of federal patronage in Missouri.
Adyices from the Missouri rlver s1y the Indians
are quite troublesome. Hundreds OF Indians who
participated IN the Minnesota massacre were near
Benhold, openly hostile aud defiant. The hostile
Indians near Fort Rice had sent word that they
would make no treaties unless the government
would have steamboat travel stopped and take
all soldiers out Of the country.
London banker, named q. W. Belding. COM
nitted suicide on the 2lst in his cell, ia Bedlow
buttA JAIL new lOTk. where ne was cOuuQeQ ga
civil process. His firm, which did large Ameri.
can business, failed some time ago. He teie-
graphed Boston creditor he would come to this
country for the purpose of sfecting a comprO-
mise. On bis arrival, the Boston creditor imne.
dsiely caused his arrest His wife aud two
children are momentarily expected from England.
The village Of Charleston, Illinois, was visited
on Thursday by terrific tornado. The Catholic
Church WIS blown down. The roof of Cages mill
was lifted of and carried over one hundred yards.
The roof Of the Charleston Hotel was blown of
and carried into the courthouse yard. A large
portion OF the roof of TsylOr's grocery was also
blown of. The course OF the tornado appeared
10 be from northwest to southeast and to demOlish
almost everything ia its course. The damage TO
property is very heavy.
The eastward bound express train on the Cleve-
land aud Toledo railroad, leaving Toledo at ESQ
A. NJ, Saturday, was thrOwn from the track about
two miles east Of that place, by dispatch switch
which had been forced open and blocked with
ones. The engineer, baggage. master, and ex.
press messenger were injured, the former severely
and the Others slightly. Three men were seen TO
leave the locality 10 a wagon Immediately upon
the occurrence Of the accident, and il is supposed
10 have been an attempt 20 rob the express car
None of the passenger coaches left the track