The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-15


News frem Mexico.
We are In possession Of files Of Mexican papers
upto the 3Orh ult. They contain nothing Of inter-
est. The political world is quiet, and there hes
been no revolution. This is quite encouraging; it
is TO be hoped that the crop Of pronunciamientos is
quite exhausted On the night Of March eth, Don
Juan de dos Canedo, Deputy of Congress, was
assassinaed in his own house inihe city Of Mexico
He must have been murdered y lille he was taking
his sesta. His servant ent-nad lis chamber about
10 o'clock at night ald ,'Gmb'rl over the dead
body Of his master. lie had rereived more than
thirty stabs, all the left side of the body and
thus must have been killed while asleep. No clue
had been discovered to lead suspicion to any person.
A cloak and patio alone were taken, and they
probably were used for disguise. Private VEN
geance must have been the motive.
The official paper pompously announces the at
tendance Of the President and Cabinet Officers at
the alteration of the holy cross, at the Cathedral
From MoNRovIA, AFRIcA-The schooner Ly-
sander, Capt. Powers, arrived at Baltimore on the
9th inst. from Monrovia, which port she left on the
3lst of Jan. Capt. p reports that the U. S. ship
Yorktown, Commander Johns, was in port when he
sailed, and that the officers and crew were all we'll.
The brig Smithfied, with missionaries, bound to
Monrova from Providence, fifty days out, was spo-
ken by Capt. Powers, Monrovia bearing E. S. E.
200 miles.
NAvAL.-The U. s. ship Plymouth was at Ma
Gao, and the Dolphin at Whampoa, on the 31st of
January.
The U. S. ship Rartan, bearing the broad pen
nant of Com Parker, left Port Royal on the 23d of
March, for Bermuda.
The launch of the U. S. steam frigate Susquehan-
ha took place at Philadelphia on the 9th inst
When the bow of the noble ship reached her des-
tined element, her name was given by Morton Nc
Michael, Esq.
PRoF. WEBsTER.-~The Boston Post, Of the 4th
inst, says the report from the Jail the previous
evening represented Dr. Webster as exhibiting signs
that he had begun to realize his true condition He
was disposed to converse on the serious topics ap-
propriate to his unhappy situation.
The Herald says that his appearance is that Of
deep detection. His time is mostly occupied in
reading his favorite authors, and in writing A
writer in the Bee states that Prof Webster has been
among the most strenuous opponents of the ab0li-
ton of capital punishment.
LATER FROM THE FROZEN NORTH Intelligence
had been received at St Paul from some distance
above Lake Superior, bringing news that an Amer
lean vessel had been seen by some Indians, and
had sent letters, saying that Sir John Franklin
safe. The last news was from ST. Paul, of March
9th, and that brought the rumors from Selkirk's
settlement, altogether a different direction. AT
least one favorable circumstance may be inferred
that all the Indians aware of the interest taken
in the fate of the ships, and Of the reward for their
preservation.
FROM BUENos AYREs.-Papers 10 January 26th
have been received at New York. On the 18Th Of
that month the body of Com. Rogers was exhumed,
after having been inferred nearly eighteen years.
The military and civil authorities united with the
naval officers of the ST. Louis in doing honors to
the deceased The British and French officers also
took part in the ceremony. II was one of the most
imposing pageants ever seen in Rio.
VIRGINIA GOLD MINRs-The several mines in
Virginia are represented to be in full operation
now, and with the aid of good machinery some of
them are producing fair results. The White Hall
mines continue to yield handsome profits, and
correspondent of the Fredericksburg tVa,) News,
says that the Woodville mine, owned by Col.
John P. Adams, of Baltimore, is becoming very
productive, and promises to take stand among
the first mines in the Stale in point of yled.' The
mines owned by Messrs Barnum, Colby & Co, Of
Baltimore, have been sold TO New York compa-
ny, for $4,000.
NEW YoRK CIrY.-The Comptroller has, 10
obedience to a resolution of the Board of Alder
men, calling on him for an exhibition of the finan-
ca condition of the city, stated there has teen APP
propriated for the various departments for the year
tba Of n ,b;
81, 533, 649 IL has already been expended
less than twothirds or 81 ,450,8lS 80 to meet the
claims for the rest of the year. For street paving
alone 100000 was appropriated; and of this
amount, S2l5, 6S5 60 has already been expended
PAYING HER DEBT BY THE AID OF GUANo.-A
London letter in the New York Courier, dated stt
ult., says that the Government OF Peru, which fol
the last twenty years has neglected to pay the int
her national debt, has at last agreed to re-
cognise the debt, pay the interest," and also create
sinking fund for the purpose of qndaling the prn.
cipal by annual instruments. The rapid increase
Of the demand for guano found on the rocky shores
of Peru, the sale Of which is a Government mo.
nopoly, is said to have been the cause of this pros.
porous condition of the Peruvian treasury
Mr.. Andrew Stevens appears in the N. Y Herald
with biting letter in reply to Mr. Wils's defence
of Mrs. Forrest in the Home Journal, In proc
that the Macready quarrel not the cause of The
separation of Mr. Forrest and his wife, Mr. s. make.
the unexpected disclosure Of letter from Mrs. For
rest to her husband, dated Nov. 49, 1913, in which
she not only cordially approved of the whole of Mr.
Forests conduct but even Gpplauded that very
portion of the Card'' of Nov. %, 1913, which ha
been most condemned by her since the separation
! and which has been subjected to the most sever,
| animadversons of the press.
| CALIFORNIA MISUNDERSTANDING to a re
cent order of the Grenadian Government, published
through its Charge d'Affaires and Consuls, persons
sailing from the United States, en- route to Califor
mia, via Chagres and Panama, are requested to pro
cure passports. This order cannot but occasion
much annoyance.
BRITISH FINANcEs-The income for the yea
ending April s, 1850, was ESQ, 795, 560-the ex
pendture E5O, 533, 65l. The Chancellor proposes t.
appropriate f75O,0O to the reduction of the public
debt, and the rest of the surplus tie be disposed
| in various modes of relief.
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