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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-17
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Crescent Mutual Insurance Company

~ In conformity with requirement.. Charter Com
pany submit tthe following statement;
Premiums received for the ending July ~,
Un,er%naed Riii Jay H. il
ssas .sls -
po, WnSe sTs1s F Rs & Pmnm' for year endn. Iag
Premium. on Marin marns Riaks ks,............ 2s.Is1 g
- ssas. .si3 70
Rstam Premiums iaia 80 a,
Premiums year ending as 500
Losses paid during the same period
ON ms1ins s,s asi; 81 ~
On River Risks .. ~ III os1 So
On Life POicy Parehasedj .................. 5ssTs
tast.qss
- s4ss. l9i Of
Net Earned for the year ending July 49, 50
TT. The Company hay; the following as.ets ,,.
Invested IN Bond and Mortgage on property worth double
s s Icing Notes g. P5smuT. rem. T. s @
Due for Premiums in course Of q 55s q
ss1slss II
menbered that the both July 1885, before the undegned JUS
ee Of the Peace and for the City sd personally appeared
Charles mansn Secretary the Crescen, Mutual Insurance Com
ofNeworean WIN being duly according TO law, does
say, that the above Just true.
transcript from the Books Of the saId Company.
c.J. MANsONI, ,secret"ry.
Sworn Aghsd before this 30th Jniy 1885,
CHARLES RICHARDSON. Third Justice Of the Peace,
Parish Of Orleans.
The Board Of Trustees hRye resolved pay Of
cent in h the certificates Profits ohe yeam 1850,
1882 the holders thereof their legal representatives, amer
tue Eighth day of August, TroImo.
The Trustees have also declared Dividend OF "hyfve per
cent the Premiums Of the Company year ending
the Twelfth day of July 1888 for which certificates will be issued
and after the "a Monday in September
TIIoS A. ADAMS President.
MOSES GREENWOOD Vice President.
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sret-Tbs proprietor this would inform the EEa9
public that having thoroughly repaired and renovated h
throughout he eay accommodate them with Lodgings py
the Night Week Month Situated in the centre o. business an -
the principal and places Of anusemen II
The
which clean, and accessible at all hours AZ the Bur
will qualities WINES and LIQUORS.
well a. TEA COFF EE md CII6CnATE Charges moderate
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HOTELS AND BOARDING.

CITY HOTEL, NEW ORLEANS.-NrHFzA
Messr. o. BARTEIS co. respectfully announce zsl
10 their friends and the public generally that this well
old established during the been
completely No
providing the comfort Of it's guests and will be eopened on NUN
DAY, October 10.
B City will tolly for the
Of Gentlemen the Ladies and Family Department having
hnnnd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-19

RAILROAD AcCIpEErscThe fearful increase.
of late, in the number Of serious and fatal rail-
road accidents. demands the prompt action Of
the several legislatures of the States in which
they have occurred to provide some means for
remedying the evil. Whether such repeated
accidents are the result of carelessness or the
want of uniform system of management
some method should be speedily devised for
rendering railroad travelling more safe and
certain. AT the close of the last session of our
Legislature committee was appointed to
examine into and report upon the subject.
This committee consisted of the Hon. H. L.
Bartlett of the Senate. and Mr.. McAlpine. the
State Engineer; and these gentlemen traversed
over every road in the State during the last
summer, for the purpose of gaining statistics
and information Their report, which is a vo-
luminous and able one. has been presented. aud
referred to the Railroad Committee of the
Senate. with instructions to report bill upon
the subject. the special committee not having
been authorized to do So A proposition ha'
been made to print 1000 extra copies OF the
report for distribution; and it is said to con-
tain highly important statistics, not only of
roads in this country, but also OF those in
Europe we trust that the motion will prevail.
When any useful and expensive political report
is made-such as that of the Canal Fraud Inves-
tigating Committee Of last year-the State is
taxed to the amount of thousands Of dollars
or the printing Of extra copies. Let us see if
consent can be obtained to let the people have
chance to see one in which every man. woman,
and child in the country is Interested
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-19

MS upon the threshold Of any ssch movement
OF course nobody can suppose that the United
States government will or can be party to any
Icy for the desired acquisition. How, then,
with England and France pledged against us,
is this branch of our manifest destiny to be
fulfilled? Let our position be declared-iet the
late letter of the Secretary of State be boldly
and firmly seconded by Congress, and let us
wait the result. Prudence and sound policy on
the part Of England will soon suggest the true
line of action to her. American cotton the
suppression of the Cuban slave trade, the
increase Of the English home and colonial
traffic with Cuba and with us-something per-
haps. too, of Canadian reciprocity, and some
thing by her ancient and hereditary jealousy of
France-will infallibly make of England a neu-
trail or an ally Of Brother Jonathan when the
question is brought to the pinch. There need be
no apprehension entertained, then, of the for
NAL declaration of our true position in regard
to the island Of Cuba Sooner or later it must
be ours; and there are abundant Indications on
both sides of the Atlantic. that the time will
soon arrive for action. The fruit may not yet
be fully ripe. but we should at least prepare the
way for quietly gathering it ere it falls to the
ground from decay.
We turn over the speech of General Cass to
our readers. The old Senator seems to be alive
to the exigencies, necessities, and demands of
the times. Let us advance. We stand foremost
in the front rank of the nations. Our foreign
affairs. and our rightful position on this CONT
nent, have been too long neglected. The spirit
of progress, the spirit Of the age. the verdict
of thecountry in the late Presidential election
and our simple duty as nation call for some
decisive action. Let the Monroe doctrine be re-
affirmed-let the world understand our position
towards Cuba--let Mr.. Everett and let General
Cass be sustained in asserting it, and let us keep
pace with the march of events.
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DOU BILE SHEET
Malls for California.

THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD.
The steamship Ohio, Captain Hartsten win leave this
port at two O'Clock afternoon for Aspnwau
the Uncle Sam, Captain Mills at three o'clock for the
port and the Northern Light, Captain Tnklepaugh
also at three o'clock, Cor San Juan del Norte.
The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific
win close at O'Clock to
The NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD, with the latest in
,eIgence from all parts of the world, viii be published
At ten o. clock in the morning.
Single copies, sixpence. Agents win please send in
their orders early possible
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Perso,oy Intelligence,

Washington Living Is in Baltimore from whence he viii
proceed 70 Wa ,hngon where he contempates spending
few weeks and win perhaps be present OF the inaugu
ration or General Pierce.
Commodore stockton IL detained from his scat 10 the
senate ~ sickness in his family
The olc term Of President sparks with the Harvard
University, closes this day.
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The boundary Troubles I'm Central America.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
New YORK. Jan. IL, 1853
Having read in your valuable paper of the l4h inst
article copied from the Panama Star under the head of
The Boundary Troubles in Central America with
ference to the territorial dispute between Costa Rca and
New Granada and observing that IL is written with de-
sign to create feeling in the American public against
the former country by representing Costa RIGA as
ambitious and designing State anxious to encroach upon
the rights of her neehbors with the assistance Of Eu
ropean powers, think II duty owe to justice to adj
you these few lines in order to unfair
inference
know from reliable that the minister of Costa
Rca has proposed to the minister of New Granada to sub
init the difficulties existing between the two countries To-
the sole arbitration OF the government Of the United
States know, likewise that Costa RIGA has shown the
same disposition with regard to the territorial differences
unfortunately existing between Nicaragua and that
country These facts ought to put forever to rest any
presumption unfayorabe to the proceedings of the small
Republic of Costa Rca which wants to take advan
tage Of Others and which in reality has titles dis
tinction but her honesty, moderation and Hberality
by the insertion of the present letter you will oblge
fir, your obcdient servant, AN AMERICAN,
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raids store from the street; Fitzgsrsla standing ip
the back ROOM walking towards the door between the
store and the room opened the door and went in and
asked him what he had been doing; he said nothing
then asked him where his wife he pointed
where she lay the floor and said she In dsad' she
laying her back two pals by the mantlepece
with her head the stove asked him II she was
dead and he said she undoubtedly" then turned
round and took Fitzgerald by the neck and a be must
come to the station house; told him he would hang
and he answered that then all 1would be at end'
then assisted by others took him to the Eighteenth
ward station house, have known Fitzgerald and dressed
him May last they lived -unhappiy together and from
the language have heard him towards her, thought
he was jealous of her have heard any
reason why he should feel jealous of her. she bore good
character ana was a very industrious woman he
great drnnEard have often heard him say he would
kill her, at such times he under the influence OF IL
quors; never saw him misuse her when he SOBER
Several other witness examined oil Of which only
went 10 corrobomted the testimony already given The
then submitted to the jury brief charge
from its coroner and in about fifteen minutes the iury
returned the following
That the deceased to her death by Sings 6red1
from pistol in the hands of her husband Patrick Fitxpe
raid and also believe ii to be premidated act ON his
Part"
The deceased forty Of age, and native
of Ireland The committed the husband to the,
Tombs for trial
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fraudulently to pocket s 900 over and above the
value of the article confess cannot, by any rule
OF arithmetic known to me, work out such pro-
Dlem The contract affords no such room for SO
great "shave," as the marble is paid for not &C
cording to such sizes of blocks az may be delivered
by the contractors, but according to the dimen-
sons of each stone laid down upon the plans be.
fore the contract was made, and constituting part
of the same. The dimensions being thus deter
mined, if the contractors furnished larger stones
than those called for by the drawings, they were
not paid for the surplus which you will see s pro-
vided in the contract. The archit ct says that be
knows of no stones for which the larger price was
paid having been broken up to ma e smaller ones
and the contractors for cutting the marble assure
me that nothing of the kind has been DONE The
smaller stones, at the low price, are often cut up
to make up the small features of the work. but the
larger ones never. This, with every other part of
the work, is in the hands of sworn measurer
provided for BY law, and being independent of
contractors This officer ascertains the quantity
of work to be paid for not by the sizes of the blocks
delivered, but by the dimensions provided for in
the plans and contract
My object is not to defend any man who has
been guilty of fraud in connection with the work.
If there such, let them be exposed, and their
dishonesty punished Isimply desire to draw your
attention to the character of the testimony upon
which your sweeping charges rest, and ask it,
where 1t is susceptible of such easy contradiction
it is just to persist in daily denunciations of men
who have not yet been heard in defence of them
selves against that testimony, and have never seen
line of it, except as it has been Swallowed forth
in the newspapers.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
r HI. STANTON
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-21

GREENoUaH.-The news of the death of Horatio
Greenough at Rome called together meeting OF
American artists and his peraonal friends January
18th. The sculptor Crawford, Hon. Lewis Cass,
ir., John M Chapman, w. A. Story, and others,
passed resolutions of eulogy and regret, and re-
solved to wear badge of mourning for thirty
days. Mr.. Greenough widely known and
well beloved in Rome.
The second resolution offered by MIR. Story was
as follows;
sResolved, That by his early and ardent deyo-
ton to sculpture, at period when this department
of art was scarcely known practiced in our
country he is fairly entitled to be considered as
the pioneer of American sculpture By careful
culture he trained and developed original powers
of high order, and attained public fame Of
which we, in common with all Americans. are
justly proud. His works are marked with purity
OF conception, correctness of taste, gracefn, de-
sign, and rare delicacy of sentiment He BROUGHT
to his profession the accomplishments of scholar.
ship, and be pursued it with iberality of shirt
and elevation of purpose. He lived and sbone not
merely Tor success, but elevate art, and no ner
sonal spirit of rivalry or jealousy dwarfed the
loftiness OF his aim. He was eminentlv = csnte.
man In whom refinement of feeling ever promnted
courtesy OF manner. He also won the friendsbin
ana regard OF all who knew him. We feel. there.
lore' tnat In him we have lost not only an able
ana educated artist, but an honorable and h;oh.
minded man." A's"
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The Presid emit Elect.

General Pierce still remains in this city, and the
time of his departure is not generally known
though he will probably remain here two or three
days longer. great many of our citizens have
called to pay their respects to him at the Mer.
chants Hotel, but generally the people seem to
respect his natural desire to avoid any undue
crowd, and he will have no reason to complain of
moIesaion by visitors. He has bad opportunities of
walking and driving out quietly; and his visit to
Philadelphia cannot but prove agreeable.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, of Sat1rday.
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LAKES UPON TRAVELLERS, other than what is me-
cessary Tor the expenses and legitimate profit upop
travel Is but another name for tricks upon travel
lers. Inc practice has grown up in desire to
shlrk the pay ment OF taxes the part of certain
avarlclous people, who have stimulated their rem.
resentatves to bring In bills and to pass laws for
imposing per capita tax upon every one passing
over their State domain. The system Is robbjno
Peter to pay Paul. Paul is a iandboIder. or far
mer or possessor of other property in the State of
New Jersey or Maryland-we mention these two
States because they are the most culpable in the
matter-and he don't like to pay the necessary ex-
penses Tor administering the Government of which
he Is citizen, and therefore locke about to see if
some one else may not bear the burden which pro-
perly should rest upon his own shoulders He sees
Peter in New York and New England, and Peter
in Richmond, Charleston, Savannah Mobile and
New Orleans; and as it may be pleasant conve-
nient, or necessary for said Peter to pass through
New Jersey or Maryland, Paul chooses to treat the
stranger uncourteousy enough to tax him for the
honor and necessity of his journey. This Is what
we call robbing Peter to pay Paul, or the imposi-
uon OF taxes upon travellers to meet the State ne
cesslty OF individuals New Jersey has for MANY
years pocketed one hundred thousand dollars =
year by the imposition of this tax and MARYLAND
one NTH of all the passage money received on the
railroad travel between Baltimore and Wasbinp
ton. The practice is injurious TO the State of Ma
ryland, injurious TO Washington, and a WRONG
upon the public generally. We have mentioned
already the intention further on the part of Mary.
land, to make bad worse by the imposition of an
additional tax of fifteen cents upon each passenger
In case authority Is given to construct bridge
across the Susquehanna.-N. Y Express
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FaoM PERU.-The British mail steamer Lima
arrived at Panama on the 18th utimo, with dates
from CaIlao to the llth January. On the Sd jan
at Callao.
During the year ending December 81, 1852, 625
vessels of all nations entered the port of Callao
total tonnage 24,95l, crew 1923 Of these ~
were from England 2l from America, and IL from
France. There were ALTO from New Holland.
The number of ships of war were %.
The guano taken from the Chincha and Lobos
Islands during the year 1852 amounted to l25, 562
tons. or this quantity England took ST 1876 tons;
United States 36,646 tons; France l2,168, and
China 694.
The markets are steady and we'll supplied
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-21

DIVISION OF FLoRiDA-The papers of Alabama,
ueorgia' and Florida, have mooted project for
dividing the last mentioned State and re- annexinp
portions OF It to the two former It is proposed by
the advocates of the plan to unite that portion Of
State lying west of the Chattahoochee river to Ala
bama, and that portion lying between the chatta.
hoochee and Suwannee rivers to Georeia. the hal.
ance to constitute the future State OF Florida.
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LATER FROM CHILL We have received, via Pa
mama, the Valparaiso MercTiO to the 30th Deem
Der, from which we translate the following:
''Since the departure of the last steamer no
events of great Importance have TRANSFERRED. The
country goes on well in the path of Cancellation of
parties, by uniting all interests in the great works
OF internal improvement, as railways, canals, SC,
and the crops in the southern portion of the State
have been abundant"
Senior Garrido, minister from Chill to Peru, had
LETT for Lima, and the relations of the two repub-
lies most amicable.
Public attention was directed to the question Of
railroad from Valparaiso to Santiago The
withdrawal of Mr.. Campbell, chief engineer, gave
ground to fear suspension Of the work, The
government had written to the United States for
engineers. 0
The barque Victoria, from Hambure. had
landed at Valdivia one hundred German imnoi-
grants
The government of Chill have opened To foreiep
The markets are steady, but not active Coal is
quoted at SIS, and flour at as 50 to S9. witbont
any prospect of decline
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-21

PLANT CHEsTNUTs.-The NelD England Farmer
says, very truly, the chestnut, both account OF
its timber and the fruit it produces, deserves
attention than it receives. The nuts intended for
planting should not be allowed to become tho
roughly dry. Those having been kept in quantity
in the stores would probably sprout. They should
be kept slightly moist through the winter and
planted in spring, Nature plants them in the
autumn and covers with thick coat of leaves; but
it is probab that large numbers of those spared
by the boys and squirrels never terminate, for
want OF being placed under favorable circum-
stances of light and warmth. 1t is said that thew
need protection the first winter as there is danger
of their being killed by freezing In transplanting
the next spring they require much the same atten-
ton other trees, but without so rich soil is
required for fruit trees. In Italy, chestnuts grow
to the size of small apples, and used for food by
the peasantry.
At farmers meeting in New York. MIR. Rice,
speaking of planting chestnut timber, remarked
that he powed up tract of unproductive hill side
and planted il with chestnuts, in rows four feet
apart every way. The first sprouts coming up
rather crooked and scrubby, he went over the
field and cut them down close to the ground,
which caused new shoots to spring up straight
and vigorous. The trees are very thrifty, COM
Pietely shade the ground, and grow more and
more rapidly as the soil becomes strengthened by
the annual deposit of leaves. So well satisfied is
ne with the experiment. that he is now placing
otner worthless lands in similar course of inn.
provement.
Emerson, in his Trees and Shrubs saws the
chestnut tree ID found on the banks of the Mousum
river, in the county of York, Maine, little be-
yond the forty third parallel of latitude and thence
southwark as far as Florida, and in the Western
States Ii is found in every part of Massachusetts,
but does not readily and abundantly ripen its fruit
in the immediate neighborhood of the sea-
Michaux says chestnut copses are considered in
France as the most valuable species of property;
every years they cut for hoops, and the
largest branches serve for vine props; at the end
of fourteen years they furnish hoops for large tubs
and at the age of twenty five years they proper
for posts and light timber. The chestnut grows
we'll on rocky hills, and other lands hardly rich
enough for cultivation.
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THE REPU BLIC.
WASHINGTON:
MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 81. 1853,

Congress.
In the Senate on Saturday the Pacific Rail
road bill was further considered. The thifs
teenth section, Incorporating the contractors,
was stricken out-yeas SO, nays IA. After
voting down various amendments, one moved
by Mr.. SHIELDS limiting the use and applica
ton of the money appropriation to that part of
the road within the Territories, and directing
the parts of the road within the States to be
constructed under State authority, was adopt
ed-yeas 20, nays 20. The bill will come
up again this morning.
The House of Representatives We're in ses
sion during nearly eight hours in Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union upon
the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill.
Various amendments were adopted, and the
bill was reported to the House, but not defini-
lively acted upon.
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We observe that the Republic of yesterday, in
its jealous haste to find fault with the speech Gof
Judge Douglasl is driven to the extremely absurd
allegation that it is ga little too long, and ex.
hibits not only ssrheoric' but ga waste ofwords -
Union Of yesterday.
We did not ''fnd fault with the speech ~
We did not allege that it is ''a little too long, -
We did not charge that it Exhibits not only
rhetoric but waste of words." We merely
said that the praises bestowed by the Rich
mond Eramsi,aer upon the speech were be-
slowed upon our reporters condensed version
of it; and not upon the speech as it is officially
reported.
The GLOBE published the speech when it
was four or five days old. We said it was
then ''sour milk" and that when it became
little sourer the Union would publish it. The
remark has been verified. The Union printed
the speech yesterday-six days after delivery;
and yet the Union is paid as well as the Globe
for reporting Officially" the speeches of Sena-
tors
How is it, we again ask. that the official re-
porters are five or six days behind their work,
and that but for the Republic and the northern
associated press, Senatorial orations would be
passed over unread2