New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-22
!. NEW ORLEANS:
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1852.

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SATURDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1852.
Congressional.
81 WASHINGTON May 49,
srsATE-The Homestead bill was received from the
House, and referred to the Committee on Public
lands.
resolution calling information respecting the set
dement, of the accounts Of the Hon David Tod, late
bl giving the assent Of Congress to the State of
Missouri taxing land in that State sold by the United
States day of sale was taken up and ordered to be
Z bill appropriang $1,000 for and estimate Of
the oss Of constructnga basin at the terminus Oh the
Chesap and Ohio Canal at Back Creek nea- George
Nh walker opposed the BILL and Mr.. Pratt replied de-
Tending it. I'd was then ordered to be engrossed Ior
Owing to Mr. Borandis continued illness, the amend
men giving aid to the oolns nns was Id
An Amendment appr ,priatng 100000 for Indian de-
nrsdat;ons in eorpia Al and Florida in 1885, was
debated nnti late hour hen the Senate adjourned
HousE.The House, in suance 81 w Th =. &
present only two dozen MEMBER The Rev: l. Morgan
prayed and the clerk read the jou ma, anu
thereafter the House adjourned unit, Hi1ay a r.
This was In accordance with a 'oution passed pre-,
viousy order that the hall may be anu
for summer use. nav IA 1880
sEsArE-The Hon. Isaac Toucey, recently elected I
Senator Connecticut appeared qualifea' anu eu
his seat-the credentials having been present. W.
Smith. p.s;
Mr. Seward offered resolution calling upon the eresi-
dent Of the United States If not incompatible with e
public interests furnish to the Senate Of the
ter Chevaler Hulsemann lately charge
of Austria, on the departure of Mr. Husemann and the
reply of the Secretary of State thereto
Mr. Pratt presented the resolutions of the Legislature
of Maryland They not read but from his remarks
they related to the Chesapeake and Ohio Cana
and the baltimore and Ohio Railroad. the coal in the
western part of that State. He complained that T. b.
Stuart chief engineer in the navy had reported that an
thracte coal better adapted to the generation Of steam
than bumnous coal in contradiction to anterior expert
test of these two kinds of coal and his motion the
resolutions referred to the Committee on Naval Al
fairs
Mr. Hale. during debate resolution of no especial
public Importance advised both political partiea not 10
require the endorsement of the as
naity else they would be defeated in their thirst fol-
puuder and the reconstruction of the Buffalo plat
Mr. Pratt on the authority of the President Of the
g. coutradcted the that if he (Mr Fillmore had
beep in the Senate had been the casting
the compromise measures he would nave voea agan
favor of these measures and if he had been occupying
the chair of the presiding officer he would have voted 1o
The Senate took up and resumed the consideration
che Homestead bill Without disposing Of it. an adjourn
a,ent took place until Monday
APPOINTMENTS By THE PREsoEsrBy and nth he adrte
and consent Of the Serae-Consuls OF the United ssa9s
Of Newirauada William Walton at Carrara, in Modena
sniridon Ladico at Port Mahon in the Island OF Min
rea John Morand for the port Of Denia, in Spain 10
senh Augustus Henriques at Melbourne Australia. Ju
dab solomon Levy, for Tetuan. in the Empire OF NO
ROCCO Meshod Abecasis for Larache and Arzla in tn
En,nire o6 MOROCCO Manue. at vigo. in Spain
Francis b. Ogden, at Manchestes England o..,ou., g,
George Sargent Of Iowa to be Surveyor General 10
-. tSie District Of Wisconsin and Iowa.
Pearson p Reading Of California to be agent for IN
indians in California, in place of George w barooul
resigned. ------
SUPREME CouRr OF THE UNITED srArEs.-Fiiday Ma
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& T. Caswell This cause was argned BY Mr.. Attorne
e era Crittenden for the plaintiff in error and by MI
f,ut,sr for the defendants in error
NJ, 1923 G. Hill and G, p Goodai plaintiffs in erro
wJ VI Tucker.executor of A. Robinson These cause
,re arat,ed by Mr. Revordy johnson for the palntn
nd submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Taylc
for the defepdants in error A.
No 1874 j. Bacon ct al, plaintiff i'm error u.s. :. Al
s-aws This cause argued by Mr.. Wharton Tor IN
Isiptis in error and by Mr. e. Howard for the DEFER
dant in error -------
~ sr.sx.1os OF A CAPTAIN AND GREw.-The folowin
- melancholy narrative is taken fro private ietter VIII
- February 25 1852, at Valparaiso, on board H. NJ.
Dido:
ywo ten here much sooner had not delayed so muc
Time looking after Captain Gardiner gentleman OF 10
tune who BAD joined the Patagonian Missionary oe,et
md had gone to small barren islands OH Inc Hor
tn enligbten the inhabitants wild as they were we =
soyed Intelligence from Rio that we were to look att
80, Gardiner at the Falkland Islands, where we pr
cap, and hearing here that vessel had left provision
d nt,,ng for him, expecting he would call for then
I'D search LOT nHl 10 StAteu slla ohi.
we and; there we could find nothing that cou
i% ~ b;s discovery but large boat moored to ire
and on the hill was flag stall with piece OF oeo-.le
san aac we c,,t the name of our vessel on sever
y tes and got under weigh the next morning We e,
cbored at Gberts Cove about two or three Gays sei
shre we sent boats shore and cut in tree was TINS
ss ;t;on Dig deep under this spot you will ind
aottIea We dug and found it, and in 1t note as 70
a oo.se Captan Gardner-yo,. will find is at spanis
hor Mt distance of about &c miles from this place
We proceeded to that place the seAe M L ~, az
sspeaking two canoes Of strangeook'ug na DI,s
- tnavvu ms
I. FOUND them. :. AZ. ,,sor;r+;on
,manitv in Its worst form they caught fish, and u
ham raw and subsised wild herbs and roots OF tree
How they could bear the cold cannot tell for ten mont
on o. in the summer We gave them few articles
Iot,;ng but they would not wear them we ieit Iaei
~ srensh Earbor the same evening, and sent pests
here as soon as dropped anchor and then psneia
;ht WHICH trust shall never witness again StreW
e.: I;ferant carts OF the beach were Capt IT, ana Two
II nartv Mse first we saw Capt. G.. in state
acomposition supposed to be him. by there pei
M ,tch hanging his skeleton form and some dstan
~ m him there was another We proceeded some q
lance % with lantern when we entered tue ene
smell at the END cave fnn Hu NJ
nokng ute. ,sls, though they mad nVed shers s9
time The DO ats crews were allowed 10 rave tne a
NV tey ~ The id Of it nailed his will stating tn
th NE frat rat shin that found them should have them
DuIeu ;;sarintion Proceed on the beach about m
S half YOU will three more 90 not delay; Tor
are starving We made ts o5 Se az hnlned NV
them dead appeared they asa been snnnneu ~
natives and had starved to deat we mad rough
sage from Rio to here, as is generNs ee case i0uu
Horn. -.---~
Ax 1,.u woop CurrEn.-The Lowell Mass, cour
tells the following for fact:
Last week Mr.. Bigeow Of Sherburne, told 8 he :
rived Irishman whom he had just employed on 's a aa
to 90 out his pasture pointing to pasture over
yond his orchard) and cut all the scattering pines
Eastman went into the orchard instead of the pasta
md commenced work upon the apple trees He cut do,
two entire the orchard before NE shs
done was estimated at two hundred dollars. me pc
fellow was hardly of the mischief he had done
said he meant to got them all down before night
SENTENCE OF MAIL RoBBEHs-Willam H. Haines, t
Young man convicted at staunton, Va, of robbing :
mail has been sentenced to the penetentiary for
- re.rs John sentemyer convicted of similar often
was sentenced to three months imprisonment 1t appe
he took mail bag containing only newspapers, but 81
sequently stole horse which to make his escape
that for the latter offence he has already served years
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