New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-08-17
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NEWS By IEfkG
LATER FROM THE PLAINs--INprAN bATFl rs
LoUisuHie, August ia person Just =, -
Fort Laramie reports grand aemohstrd. !,
and fight among the Indians. Several tribes
were engaged, the principal Of which were the
pa,ynees and Sioux, the latter suffering de-
feat. with considerable loss of life.
Some returned Californians give an account
of the BATTLE. which is said by the person re-
ferrcl 10 to be an exaggeration They state
lint the number of Indians engaged was about
eOo0 the Sioux on one side being aided by the
Claeyenees, forming a force Of 5000 and the
Pawnecs being joined by the Sacks, the lowas
aud the Potawotamees, numbering together
about 5000 strong. The fight lasted one whole
day, and the number killed on both sides is sta
ted at 500 or 600
The battle took place about fifty miles from
Fort Kearney.
ONO RIvER-LouisriHt August 15,--The
river here is now rising, with heavy rains all
day yesterday.
The steamboat Lexington has departed for
NewOreans.
CoNTRIBuTIoNs IN PHlLApEIr1IlA- Phiiadc}-
| mia. August 15-Eleven thousand four hun
| bred dollars have now been collected in this city
| to aid the Howard Association in the relief Of
| the sufferers by the epidemic in Neworleans
| GOVERNMENT APPoiNTMENT-Ur0 Shingt0R,
| August l5.-Major Bryant, Anti Benton, has
| been appointed United States Marshal Of Mis-
souri, Eve papers
| FURTHER BY THE AFRIcA.-A dispatch to the
| Charleston Courier gives fuller details by the
| Africa We copy the following;
| Relative to the Turkish question all that has
TRANSFERRED is that the Sultan Of Turkey had
signed the agreement dictated by France, Eng
| land and Austria, and was about to send an
ambassador to st. Petersburg. The protest Of
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palities by the Russian troops is said to have
| been temperately written. The Foreign Bourses
regard peace as secured, and continue firm.
Italy is in feyerish state, especially the Ro-
| man Territories, and symptoms of an approach
| ing insurrection are almost apparent, as riots
| have occurred at Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini
| Friuli and Farrara, nominally on account Of
| the high price Of bread. Rsvenna, indeed, Is
reported TO be in a state Of siege, and numerous
assassinations had taken place, amongst others
the Secretary of the Republic of San Marine
had been murdered. Rome also, was in very
excited state, and it was rumored that several
| Patriot leaders were in the city. The police
however, were on the alert.
The export of Breadstuffs had been prohibited
from Ancona.
| The Costa affair ut Smyrna was precisely il
the same condition as reported by the last adj
| vices Another Hungarian, however, who had
escaped from Beyrout had arrived at Smyrna
and went on board Lloyd's Austrian steamer
| where he was arrested BY the Captain III
| Austrian subject, when he jumped overheard,
/ and applied to the American Consul, who grant
| ed him protection, and compelled the Captain Of
the steamer, also, to deliver up the refugee
wife and children.
| A political crisis had occurred between tn
Ministry and the House Of Representatives il
Denmark. The cholera was raging fatally il
Copenhagen,
Gen. Concha, the late Captain General q
Cuba has written a full exposure Of the NAL
} administration of the Cuban authurities, an
asked permission of the Spanish Government
publish it.