The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-02
Northern Correspondence.

Man war has been carried in this city The Cofpo-
ration have had nearly four hundred large SILVER eda'
struck from appropriate design ana nave = 49, ,
each of the Volunteers The medals themselves are very
beautiful and their intrinsic value is about seven noaIS
niece On one side are the words CcrrO G0ra0' CGaP''
teDcc Chcrubusco Hera Cruz" And on the other RE
sented by the City of New ork to the Noiuh''e u VI"
lst New York Regiment in Mexico - .r
The aforementioned side has also device OF le "euS
Liberty with bundle of arrows pointing TO the mans %
the Montezumas The other has the arms oil Ne" holN
Take it altogether this is very liberal and
testimonial and reflects honor him that gives ana MIN
that takes " Each Volunteer, it IS to be hoped WIN pie
his gift and transmit it heir LOOM Ot course te
deqd too are not forgotten Their medals VIII oe pre-
served as sacred indeed.
We are expecting the steamer Crescent City here by TO-
morrow or the day at faHheSt She brings us see ny
the teegraphc dispatch announcing her departure Dig oI
of the ready rhnOan article much needed hereaDout "
every point of view, the establishment OF ue oil steamers
each equal to the Crescent City, would be podglouSy a
vantageOuS TO New York, Havana and New Oeah' |' anu
each of them. d.
Every body here quite disguised with the Congress oil
the United States and their dawdmg long dawn-ont Se
of legislation rather their no legislation What good are
they doing Washington What need there that they
should stay there days onge Indeed they had pos
sessed ordinary application and industry two months ago
would have seen them adjourned. The plain truth IS that
nearly all of hemand party Just as bad as anOiheI-
are busy Cat the peoples eXpense eectoneeng and Pre
dent making The people, it seems, not capable oil man
aging this matter for themselves and must have their pub
lie servants do for them. Indeed this impenence on
the part of Hon Senators and Representatives, getting to
be quite unbearabe In Oen times even, when the people
Cat least modern say sol not half intelligent and
wenfomed as now such interference wouldn have been
permitted all it woudn have been permitted, however
in the days of Washington Adams and Jefferson PoIltI
clans think altogether much OF themselves and their IN
luence As body, they corrupt and selfish, think
ing more of spOIs' than any thing else Gloomy would it
be for this Republic, there not immense body Of
middcme unnteested in politics further than to do
right have right done, who control political action At
Washington now, nearly member Of both houses Is
engaged il tits abominabe game of nurng certain parties,
or benetittng ohe-DGrties such, and not connected
with any national question political measure, in which
any human beng-eXcep pOliticians-s interested 1t Is
equally hope, that the masses of the people, be-
yond the effect OF these improper Influences.
Evening before last the performances the Chatham thea
ire were for the benefit of Mess Kpp L Brown who met
with such sweeping loss couple of months since. The
house well filled, and the benefit have been sub
stantial one The pieces light and lively. The Chat
ham, by the way making money small rate, though
its prices the small rate
If you remember much about New York in the Of
what places are, and what places not genteel, you
know that the Park around the City Hail. has for past
been in the Ia ter category Fashion, however pover-
bay whimsical and this the ban has been taken
off. From shutdown O'Clock, it decided to be
ceptionabe promenade Though surrounded with the
oudest of caer certainly Of the most agreea-
bic PAGES in its quarter Of the city for promenade especial
| ly cOrs lenng the fountain
Among the peculiar features of these times in New
York the fact that than half the houses and lots OF
the city and of Brooklyn Williamsburg, and the other sub
urban places. for sale. The may be SAID OF the
farming places within TO 100 miles of the city We
migratory people that ac-evey body wants to be NOV
ng-t makes difference where, if they only move. With
all the confusion, however, in trades sales etc, there seems
be very little evidence Of real poveryhat is
lively little city. Folks appear gay and hearty enough,
| which is the true philosophy. MsNHATTAN.
| REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.-The following is
the substance of the bill passed by Congress in re-
| Iation to the reduction of the Army:
| l. The provision of the law under which Major
! General Taylor and Brigader Generals kearny and
Twggs received their present rank in the army, re-
quiring them to be dismissed at the end of tine war;
unless the President should in his discretion, elect
/ to dismiss instead of them Gems. Scott, Gaines and
! Wool, is repealed, and all these officers will remain
! permanently in the army.
2. A number of the additional paymaSters, quar-
| termasters, commssaries and assistant adiutant
| generals will be retained in service until 4til
! March. 1919.
3. All those officers of the old army who have
vacated their commissions, to take appointments in
the line staff of the temporary levies, to
tain their present position as TO rank until by deaths
other casualties they can enter their former regI
| ment with the rank they now hold. That is. they
are to be supernumeraries. The number Of officers
| whose cases are covered by these two clauses Is
| about seventy.
1. The officers and men who have actually done
! service in Mexico. and been hOnorably discharged
will receive three months extra pay. Such recruits
were merely mustered into service and never left
the country for the seat of war Will not be entitled
| to extra pay.
TIE ARMY IN PEACE.-The following are the
leading items of the army appropriation bill for the
| year commencing on the Ist inst: