The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-06-13

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dickinson, of New
York, one of the bunker delegation to the Baltimore
Convention, in speech delivered before that body,
regretted that he had not been born in Virginia.
The democrats of Troy seem to entertain the same
views, if we may judge from the following resolu-
ton passed at barnburner's meeting in that city:
Resolued, That in Senator Dckinson's expression
of regret that he was not born in Virginia, his
democratic constituents fully agree wih him. That
it is the only point which there is any real SYM
pathy between them and him. That they implore
him to attempt to remedy the evil lin which he had
no voluntary agency by eRigrating as soon as pos
sible to the State of his preference.
The resolution was adopted with a tumult of ap-
plause, and when the band struck up Oh! carry
me back to old Virginia. there was perfect up
roar of laughter.
PoLIT1cAL.- II. Kuhns is thewhig candi-
date for Congress in the ninteenth district of Penn
sylvania.
ps~ Col. Doniphan arrived at Baltimore on the
4th inst The Colonel is a delegate from Missouri
to the Wing National Convention.
GEN. CONFERENCE.-The Philadelphia Greys
gave splendid entertainment to Gen. Cadwalader
on the evening of the I'd inst
A NAVAL BATTLE, PERHAPs.-The steamer
Porcupine, which. arrived at Genoa on the 18th of
May states that Austrian frigate, pursued by two
Sandman frigates, was seen off Messina.
IMMIGRANTS There arrived at New York during
the month of May, 32877 immigrants, at the rate
of nearly 4OO, 900 per annum. OF these there were
from Germany, 1l,036; Ireland, 1859; England,
3771; Scotland, 8s9; France, 5S4; Holland 526;
Switzerland, 1893; Italy, 49,; West Indies, 80 !;
Spain, SO; Denmark, 7; Wales, 207 The arri-
walls for the previous month were 1881.
PRoposALs-The Canal Board of the State of
New York are to receive proposals on the goth of
)June, for a loan of $SOOO0O The stock is to bear
an interest of six per cent.
ps- The Petersburg Railroad Company have
agreed to subscribe $4,000 to the Meherrin Navi-
CATION Company.
NAyAL.-Commodor S. Skinner, chief of the
Bureau of Construction Commodore Smith, chief
of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and Commander
Harrison, ordered to the U. S. sloop-of-war st.
Louis, now fitting out for the Brazilian station,
arrived at Norfolk on the Sd inst.
been made at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, by Capts.
Paulding and Forrest, on the U. S. ship st. Louis,
with Capt. Taylor's Submarine Camels, are said
not to have proved successful.
The WHALE FIsHERY.-The accounts from
the Kamschatka fleet of whalers are said to be bad
Upwards of fifty vesselsare reported as having done
nothing. There have been several severe shocks
of earthquakes felt at sea in that region, which
supposed to have frightened the whales off theil
| usual feeding grounds.
MoRE Proposals for colonizing
Vancouyer's Island, accompanied by glowing
account of the place and of the benefits likely tt
result to the settlers, have been extensively crcu
lated throughout Great Britain.
STRAwBERRIEs.-Th editor of the Philadelphia
R,1l1atin has seen strawberries four inches in cir