The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-16
Correspondence of the Crescent.
Russia - amaea State Legislature = Congress =
tsement-Prosperity of Brooklyn.

| New YORK., Jan. a.
| Eds. Creseent-The Evening Mirror of this afternoon
CONTAINS the following intelligence from Russia, part
| Which is new and important
The Cholera has carried off great many persons in St
and been fatal the highest classes
was feeble in November but out Of ali danger The
he ~ n I b OF M 81
and arrived here on the first steamer The Emperor Niche
large on m the marc from
Knssla to Poland All the lately under the orders
and MOSCOW had been asd eio 5
army, and the work is suspended"
BY the arrival of the brig Cleaner Capt Rowe we have
intelligence from Jamaica to the 18th ut. The letters
give sad account of the state of the island Flour
Baltimore and Philadelphia brands selling 3s per Darrell
corn meal i6s; Rice 6s cwt.; Pilot bread change
but large supply butter in demand 81 1Od per h.
lard dull at to 6ad hams to I'D pork 60 7Os per
Dbl. None but retail business done.
There IS but little of interest going the Legislature
today The Senate debating the everlasting slavery
luons and devising TO let off criminals with
less punishment than they usually receive In the House.
notice was given by Mr. Taylor that he intends to introduce
bill providing for the erection of monument to Col Bax
ter, Of this city, who fell Mexico Bills autho rizing
railroad from Auburn to Binghampon also introduced
In Washington usual, still less doing than Albany
Nothing, indeed, worth telegraphing The most important
intelligence from that city is that of the receipt by the De-
partmen OF the commission of officer of the army which
the said officer has thrown Zachary Taylor longer
an officer in the United States service
Our Health Officer gives another cheering report from
Staten Island this morning Neither nor a death has
occurred within the last twodays The weather has been
very cold but since noon to-day has been slightly modeat
ng 1t is yet, however freezing hard under spicy nor.
wester
think may safely report an abatement in yiruence
OF the California fever Much less said of in the streets
and several that knew to be severely attacked
d0oa again. Upon the whole so far much fewer have been
carried off than to have been anticipated when the
disease broke out Only three ships have SO far got
OIL and but few OF those remaining will be able to sail within
the time designated in their early advertisements Those
that have sailed carry but few passengers The Ocean Bird
tomhouse.
find the following in the advertising columns of one of
our morning papers:
Wanted-The advertiser an unmarried man of 29 years
would make satisfactory arrangements with young lady
with slOoO Or $1,000 to accompany him. Address, etc.,
The very cold weather of the last four days has had the
effect to stop suddenly the upward progress of the
died houses in course of erection in Brooklyn The work
Will be resumed as soon the weather will justify the
spring will not be old before the burnt district will distin
guished only by the beauty of its buildings.
Yours, respectfully, INDICATOR.
The Postal Treaty-Steamers-Bark overloaded-
California Fever-Cold Weather-Health-Wau
Street Bears-The Isthmus-veracity of New
Workers, etc.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. 1849.
Eds Crescent-It that Great Britain is not quite
SO greedy on the score of inland postage, are after
ALL she taking three cents and five for every single letter.
The Post aster General Washin has simply re.
scinded his order of the 18th June last establishing
the rates agreed upon in postal tre providing for
the time that intervene before the contamination Of the
arrangement Under these ccumsta many are in doubt
to the disposition Of their letters and will withhold them
until Something definite is known the subject.
The Europa will be the next steamer for Liverpool and
sails next Wednesday, 10th 1t hoped that some fur
the instructions" from the Department will be re-
celved before that me but Mr. johnson only speaks of their
issue upon the ratification of the treaty.
Our next steamer from Liverpool will be the America
which is now week out and be expected in Boston
between wednesday and Saturday of next week.
The Hermann left Boston at O'Clock this morning and
may be expected to be here early morrow The Wash
ingon is also looked for hour her day of sailing being
the Both ult., four days after the Eoropa
The bark Carssa which left this port day before yester
day, loaded with for Belfast Ireland this morning put
into Newport r. L. to discharge of her cargo being
overloaded She is to be ghtened 10 inches Crew badly
frost-btten-so says the Telegraph.
Yesterday and to-day three vessels have sailed with
gold hunters for San Francisco direct and one for Cha
gres. Mr. Henry E. Rien gentleman well known here.
about and in other places fine fellow and warm hearted
oco. is at the fore' of company of Ito be) one
hundred and fifty Each of the crowd puts in one hundred
and fifty dollars. with which vessel purchased and to
be supplied with provisions and sundries suitable for the
California market.
The weather continues extremely cod-the thermometer
is not low but brisk norwester penetraes the very
bones OF those who have to expose themselves to it. The
freezing pont-at sunrise at 27o. What pity is that
you could not have touch of such weather for few days
We have report today from the Health officer and it
that there have been additional deaths
day of our exemption.
The cold weather helps Post-oce managers in cap
sizing the mail arrangements We do well now to get a
letter from Albany in three days. No mail from the South
or East has arrived to-day so far.
In Wall street the Bears have to-day been shown little
chance for their lives the exravagan rates of yesterday hav
ing moderated nearly to the average At the first
board to day, U. 8. Sizes, 49, went off at l09s1 a
less than yesterdays closing rates. Treasury Notes held
their own 1881, and Harlem down to 5S-a small
decline.
have before stated doubts whether any considerable
number of people could be accommodated at Chages with
conveyance the Isthmus without serious delay and
Others in New York who judged from the same evidence
that similar notions to inter.
esed parties. The consequence that people began to
look into the matter TO the dement OF suny spectators
and firm published a card declaring ali
fears the subject groundes Yankee paper thus treats
the statement and compliments New Workers generally:
1t is safe not to believe New Yorker in relation to
matter of public conveyance No placed any re-
upon New York hackman, steamboat captain rail
cheated NN'N' "N'''' 'e'Hs
mot word of lie in it, except SO far as the universal
Specification of New Yorker is concerned Some New
Workers pH tell the truth-and perhaps all would if SO
of their teachers not imported from Yankee land
look for the return of gold seekers from Cha
gres with any thing but gold in their pockets
Yours, respectfully, INDICATOR
Something about New York Editors--M. M NOAH
Col. Webb of the Courier--Mr. 1nman, of the
Commercial Advertiser--Mr. Beach, of the Sun.
NEW York, Jan. s. 1S49.
Among the New York editors your and my old friend
M M Noah the Nestor of the band leads the st-n point
OF age and experience rate. What successful ed
tor he has been Good hearted always willing kind
ness liberal handed not too nice his political morality
true to his friends and not spiteul toward his foes
sou TO i've we and almost equally desir0us that Others
sso should live we-such are some of the of
Major Noah He has New York grow up as it were
at any rate he has the growth of what we in the
way of literature and classic refinement For some forty
years he has trod the stase-and life that has proved ira
gedy to many, has been him an even drama Long
may ii be ere the curtain drops upon his last acti
Major Noah still retains his poriness FORM activity of
limb and benevolence of feature He mixes much with the
world, and acceptable where. You may see him of