New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-20


or cypher, Of the sovereign, and ia
equivalent to the arms Of other countries It
contains the legend ADD nj Maid Khan, son
If the Sultan Mahmond Khan May mis- victo-
ries be perpetuated " To the right Of the too
gra is sprig fresh roses, which is the partic-
ular sign Of the present young Sultan. Beneath
this are two lines in the Turkish language
which is thus translated into English,) with
the date Of the hegirs 1853, A d. 1853: 'eTo
aid in the perpetuation of the friendship exist
ng between the two countries, Add al Maid
khan's name is written on the Nor umene OF
W Washipgton
Hon Jeferson Davis, Secretary es War, has
written letter relative to the position he occu-
pie in reference to the tw5 wings of the demo-
cratic party in New York. He states that he
1oes not consider those who stand firmly on the
platform Of the Democratic Convention Of 1852
to be freesoilers, but if in the progress Of the
either division should array themselves
on the side Of the enemies Of the Administration,
or become the agitators Of questions which the
democratic party is pledged in all time to pre-
vent the revival, then he shall look upon them
aa foes of the democracy, and disturbers of that
peace and fraternity essential to our Union;
and as such, to be opposed by all who entertain
the views and influenced by the motives
which govern himself. .
The CLAY MosuNESr-It is said there will
be noble monument erected TO the memory of
Henry Clay. in Kentucky, the State of his home
and adoption In Ohio there has been two sub
scriptions Of 81 600 each, by two citizens Of
that State, and $500 by citizen Of Mississippi,
who refused give his name. Fayette county.
KY, has subscribed $4,000; Bourbon $5 900
Franklin more than this sum, and others in pro-
portion.
CLOSING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 1t is adj
vertised that the Crystal Palace will be closed
in December, and as that may mean the first of
December. 1t is possible that little more than
six weeks remain for visiting the exhibition,
and the New York journals are therefore calling
upon the resident citizens to visit it, as, thus
far, nearly all the visitors have been strangers.
The stock is selling at 55, or As below par. Be-
fore the opening it was up as high as 170.
NEWSPAPERS IN CALIFORNIA are pub
lished in California thirty eight newspapers,
twelve of which are dailies, one tri-weekly, two
semi -weeklies, and the balance are weekhes.
Sixteen of these are printed in San Francisco,
four in Sacramento, two in Marysville, two in
Stockton, and two in Placerville. Three are
printed in foreign languages, and two devoted
to two different languages. Total weekly cir
culation, 100000.
UNIFORM FOR THE PoLIcE.-The Commission
ers of Police of New York have decided upon g.
uniform for the police, consisting, at present, of
| light navy blue single breasted coat. with nine
| brass buttons. This is to be worn always when
the men are on duty. An overcoat in the same
style has also been ordered
UNITED STATES STEAMER ALLEGHENY. The
Norfold Argus says it is thought that it will re-
quire ut least four months 20 reft this steamship
should the Department think it worth while Il
a make another attempt. In the meantime, hel
officers will have to be detached, and her mel
| tpa sfaprad IN tho shin Pam mi a
a HARPER GCARD.-A company of citizen sol
: diers with this title, composed entirely Of EN-
ployees in Harper s. Brothers establishment i
New York, paraded recently, numbering 10
muskets.
The California popular vote will this yeal
reach $4,000, it is said The city of San Fran
cisco polls 10,1l3 votes, being an increase O
2l27 votes since the Presidential election, wher
it stood 1886. The vote in the rural district,
of the county has risen in the same time from
430 to 826 The vote in the city of Sacramento
reaches 5536 now, against 1890 atthe Presi
Dental election. Marysville polls 1907 votes
Stockton l472, and Nevada City l09S.
A German colony has been, for couple Of
| years, settled in Pickens district, South Caro-.
lima, on tract of 10000 acres of land which il
| has purchased in common, to be divided among
the several families of the. community. Houses
have been erected and village laid out, called
s. Walhala," and schools and churches have
been instituted. The colony is said to be now
in very fourshing con lition
Ole Bulls Colony, in Potter county, Pennsyl.
| vania, it is stated, has turned out most unfortu
natey Not more than forty immigrants remain
upon the lands, which lie on Kettle Creek, and
said to be poor oil lily fitted for cultivation
Mr., Bull expended large sums of money in i'm.
provements, such as erecting a fine hotel, anc
other buildings; but serious difficulty abou,
the title of the land purchased by him hai
| thrown the whole enterprise into confusion, ane
resulted in an expensive lawsuit.
The Martinsburg (Va,) Gazette states tina
an unusual amount of sickness exists in tha
town, and during the past nine days there hay
2 been eight or nine sudden deaths, said to hav
been produced by cholera. But in populatio
of $500 that number of deaths, it is said, prove
that though it be of cholera, it is not in virr
: lent form, and cannot be regarded rs an ep
: demic.
: The Hardy (Va) Wing states that the gran
s jury for that county lately indicted N. eleven
= ger, Esq, for passing a small not on the testi
= mony of man who asked him for it in exchang
i for gold dollar, giving as reason thashe wa
e afraid of losing the gold.
. James Grant, well known in New 1ork as
q popular barber was chosen in September las
: to the office of County Recorder at the eleetio
in San Francisco He ran on the democrati
and the mechanics lien ticket, and is electe
by over 200o majority
The last California papers state that Con
Dulaney was about to sail in the frigate S
, , Lawrence for Acapulco, where the captain an
! crew of the American schooner B. s. Allen ha
been imprisoned by the Mexican authorities, Q
the charge of having contraband goods on boart
Some Of the papers Of South Carolina are oE
posed to the election Of Col. Orr to the Speaker
ship of the House of Representatives of the ne,
! Congress, upon the ground that no one froi
? South Carolina should aspire after FEEDERS
: honors.
le The school directors of Pittsburgh have tatel
y adopted the draft of q bill to be submitted {
II the Legislature of Pennsylvania for enactment
90 the object of which is to provide for the eauea
le t0n of all the eolored children insfirtsoufsn'
OF During the present season. 1. Is sea, ~ ~.
er nersons have crossed the bridge leading to Goa
ry island and paid their tribute o. twenty we hre een.s
IS each The number is about 20,ooo larger enan
J, last year. ===s==
~ Tho War Department, it Is SAID, mas con
II ..aa,e5 with the owners of the new steamship
80 .Nav.sao OTT TT.,sfo