The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-12
0orresponornre Of the Oresrei1t.
LETTER ooXLvrrI.

cagqdian Gogersment ReRoped to Toronto Columbia
l56erghtv n sac Of ReadyrOGsted Beef Politics
.. New York, October s. Is49
Eds CresoeHt-A special Geographic despatch was re-
oeiyed last evening from Buffalo with the intelligence that
the city of Toronto has been resolved upon the seat of the
Canadian Government and that the Governor General and
his cabinet will meet there Thursday for the despatch of
business We had been previously informed that the Minis.
had set out from Montreal Lord Egin 1t also
stated that his Lordship has hired residence Niagara
Falls where he intends to spend the summer We have
nothing further from Byt0wn. AT the last accounts quiet
had been fully restored there
Yesterday was commencement day at our College, Go.
umbia and quite pleasant was enjoyed by the papaS
and mamas OF the youngsters who spread themselves ont
for the occasion. About dozen and half of tho vounp
gentlemen received diplomas as Bachelors of Art bakers
dozen made Masters of Art and one reverend gentle
man was dubbed Doctor Of Divinity. Amongst the mag
Of the land who graced the ceremonies with their pr
were John A. Dix and General Scott On Monday
evening Mr. Dix delivered Grafton before two of the So
oele OF the C0lege in which he reviewed the history of
republCsnism in actical but liberal spirit mon going
the whole ground, however he made il manifest that
practical repubhoansm has been eabhhed in no country
but our own The French had gone beyond us in republican
theory but they stopped with enuncation As to the Gre
clans and Romans, their governments had title to
the term republican. Switzerland ourselves had the
best claim in the premises In the course of Mr. Dxs ora
ton he brought the shade of John Jacob Asto for coat
of whitewash Great things he had donei Vo6dersyin
deed, had he performed He had amsssed the
OF any man in the New World and he had disposed Of it
literally have patience with this disposition to be-
praise the As0r peoples it does not crafty Them while
deceves the world John Jacob Astor died in the possession
of property to the value of nearly twenty millions of doa
oRseth OF this amount he bequeathed to the offset of
erecting monument on which his might be read some
centuries after it would otherwise pass away with the men,
OF his successful pecuatOns To his SON already the
richest man in the United States except himself he left the
bulk Of his immense fortune To fahfuPssrvans-those To
whose management he indebted for large increase of
his weath-he left either the meest panee or nothing
A IN of pIl
but have ghr to reject all claim to our grateful acknow
Judgement in the premises.
Some little excitement has been produced up town by the
report that two or three entersng popalos of me8shOps
selling beef already roasted which had been procured
from the milk factory recently burned In Fifteenth street.
There about $50 COWS burned to death in their stalls
on that OCCASION and it portion Of their cacasses that
mas been offered for SALE ready for the table 1t said
be excellent for Bologna sausages and the deg law
expired last week. the manufactures of that article have
been short of stock until this god send Of burnt turned
up Those concerned in the speculation that they
not offered the beef in question orhuman food for dog
meat, etc. and there proof to the contrary Indeed
that be the whole truth Of the story and there has
been no good reason for the disturbance growing of the
Politics in this city, and the State generally have lost
nothing of their interest by the settlement of the nOmina.
tons in convention The wings feel that the city least
in dangerof the State they profess to entertain but
small apprehension But there ground for confidence with
regard neither The Tayorites made sad complaints al
though not noisy ones of their treatment hOu ghout By
DOt ne general government state leaders. They talk
of Old Hunkers (meaning thereby Clay whgs) dsrespee
fully John Van Buren, deserted followers ever did of the
faction under the tide that threw away their votes
upon Cen Cas-. The Mirror Of this city dig
ned position, which It careful to define style of non
oommitsm that would do credit to the Sage of Kinder
hook 1t despises party tactics and shows its impaaiy
by paadng in the sized type, the tickets Of both great
parties at the head Of its columns 1t asks nobody to vote
for either it expresses pefe for either It does not
oOndeoend the qualifications Of their COM
pOnent membss either actually relatively 1t does how
ever come out strongly at odd times with hOmiy mat
tiers Of international trade in which favor shown to
the principle Of protecting domestic manufactures by high
tariff The union of the democrats firm enough for all
present purposes. Beyond the splitting Of few hairs no
difficulty presents itself to the full development Of the
paTy capabilities. If they do now carry the State thsv
be convinced that their principles are not appreciated
Our weatheFB still gloomy and chilly, but have yet
storm little and but little rain has fallen for the past
week, and there has been But little wind The coast, how
ever s5epresented to be stormy the Immediate neghbO
hood. Business has fallen off somewhat, but it still brisk
The Stock market is still depressed and bes appearance
| of improvement Respectfully yours, INDICATOR.
| MASSACHUSETTS WING CONVENTIONAL dis
patch from Worcester, Mass, on the 81 inst. says
"The Wing State Convention assembled in this
city to-day, Marshall P. Wilder, President George
| n. Briggs and John Reed were nominated by ac-
clamation for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
The Convention is one of the largest and most en-
thusiastc ever assembled in this Commonwealth.
The City Hall, which viii hold from 1900 to 1900,
is filled to overlooking"
MAsoUERADNG.-A highly dandfed, hand
some young man Says the Boston Chronotype) Gre
ated quite a sensation in Manchester, ~ H., on
Friday night, the 28th ult, which was considerably
increased when it was found that the parsonage
who cut such a swell was a woman, and she had
visited Manchester in company with a man named
A. Patrick. The parties were both arraigned be-
fore the Police Court, where her ladysRip was