The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-03-28
NEW ORLEANS:
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 2s, 1s4o
Corresponding OF the @resrent.

WEDNESDAY, MORNING. MARCH 2s, 1s4o
Correspondence OF the Crescent.
Pennsylvania Debt Letter. from San F+aneise
Passengers 6v the Crescent City.
NEW YoRK. March l6, 1s4s
Eds. Crescent-The State of Pennsylvania il determines
to pay off her debt and begins the operation in earnest
bill has got almost through the Legislature appropriation
for that purpose the to be derived from two
h tns taxes ON collateral inheritance and second the
centage on the capital Of banks and railroads. charged as
bonus By the State for all charters granted to such corpos
tons. The sum total of this revenue will probably mo
exceed el50 and would only pay the debt
TWO hundred Pennsylvania five per cents
are now selling in market at 81 but stocks are vau
able id proportion to the time they have to run we mus
expect soon to quote an advance upon this price of SOM
hundred per cent!
An effort madein the Tribune of to-day to help the bull
Of Wall street, and the California speculaon generally il
their distress. by publ hng couple of Letters purporne t.
have been written in San Francisco The writer states upou
hsnomaton of captain in the navy that one locality ha
been found where the gold abundant that there is ma
necessity or pashins the Garth goo day is the
obtained bv each man.
Tho Canada papers continue TEEN with indignation
produced By the action of the British Parliament upon
Canadian INTEREST," from their nature peculiarly local. There
are many subjects Of grievance of which the Canadians CON-
plain one OF which is the imperial legislation upon church
matters in the province which place some eight or nine
years ago. The spirit of dissatisfaction spread over the
country By the recent governmental action regarding the
ebaon losses avors this akng of old matters and the
work done with hearty good will. Rsferpg to the
Clergy Reserve Bills. of the Toronto papen holds tho
following language:
against The peop which he infatuated rulers Of The en-
s .s1.h 4; he o
they spe from e..
S $ as 1s nd A
our Legislature manage our local Attain they have dis
caIded the well known wishes Of nearly million Of Brtish
IN the British GSS H i%n o 81 fe.n
SSs: :aa i I;
dozen II he maintenance ofan anti Ch.tsD
nave resisted the omitted voice Of ten
ss. en-
men, who arc riong in luxury upon wrune from
Minister thrust upon rs stsis.psd pIshood with al L:
sbominaiions and have successfully resisted the claims Of
1s peU9s 81 county, TO equal rights priusEss and
this kind Of talk b. persisted in batch of Irish Judges
and shes will soon become necessary, to teach the Cana
dams the loyal duty OF silence on political aas THERE'S
apeculia sgniGcance in the words colony BORDERING on
Republic" and in equal rights" etc.
We have now four American editions of Macaulays His.
tory Of England for SOLE in Issued in Bos
on one in Phadelphia and two by the Hapen of this
c The Harpes purchased the st chance pubish this
book and. in common couesy should have been permitted
to dispose Of ct least edition without interference but
the Bosonans got the notable peext that several words
which appeared in the London imprint with supeuous
dpthons or consonant were printed by the Hape without
such supsrduties They therefore issued correct edition.
In which ''eror Improperly spelled snour traveller
tsvelsr." ofence'' oenss" etc., putting il down
at price considerably less than the cost of the Harpers
work. The Phladelphians followed the example Of the
Boston people, and undersod them in turn The Harpen
have issued edition following the London copy lite
rdtt and issue it at lower price than either of their
petton We therefore have about the cheapest book
issued Is Q result
The London edition rstsil here at % so Harpes flint
edition at ~ the Boston copy - rs the Philadelphia
at ID cents and Harpers second edition. with elegant
engraved portrait ut IS cents per volume cheaper than the
Philadelphia by the value of the portrait osay nothing
Of the superiority of the getting up.
The dissasfaction of oice.seekeu with regard tn the
course of the administration in the matter of appoint
msnt. is growing more manifest daily. The "Orignsl
Taylor man of the Minor cautions poltciansto remem
Der that their obligations to their party transcend those of
the individual and that they have right to bestow
patronage which belongs to their party upon political op
ponents'
The actual number ofpasnge by the Crescent City yes
tsrday. seems to have been 3H Mr.. Fremont and child
Mr. Jacobs her brotherinaw and COL Hughes. Chief En-
ginesr Of the Panama Railroad, being of the ber
Our weather has again changed to bright sunshine and
bland wind. Nothing more is heard of tho cholera.
Yours. etc.. INDICATOR.
Erie Roiiroad-Report of the Directors-Progress of the
q; Fsy asa IS ogsre-1sSn aiessa = ii: Hssiss-
NEW York. March II, 1s4s.
Eds Crescent-The Directors of the great Erie Railroad
have made report prelimnar to call the public for
.obscspon Of e4coooO required to complete the road
Hornelbvle-360 miles from New York, Bonds. at per
osnt interest. to BE- Issued for this ambunt convertible
into stock at any time before maturity-ten yean.
Tha cost of the whole road estimated at 4o Of
which about 50 900 have BEEN paid in and expended in
constructing and furnishing the oad Bnshamton which
sutn