New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-19

Green peas asparagus, and all the vegetable
productions of the early spring are making their
appearance in our markets in abundance, and
though they yet have quite a &c silyerish taste,
are readily bought up. For myself, | do not
appreciate these young greens and sympa-
thize with the ancient planters whe makes his
chef de cuisine say
Like other cooks, do not supper dress.
That put whole meadows in platter,
And make no better Of the guests than beeves,
With herbs and grass to feed them fatter'
The Legislature has so far given way to the
demands of the Baltimore Tobacco trade as to
authorize the erection of new State lnspec-
ton Warehouse A suitable location has been
chosen, and commodious and imposing struc
ture, capable of storing two thousand hogs
heads of tobacco, is to be erected The rapid
expansion Of this trade, (the inspections Of the
first quarter of the present year being well on
to ten thousand hogsheads,l shows that it is to
be leading article of Baltimore commerce
The revenue of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road for the month of April is @232,II O6,
and falls rather below the expectation, which in
the early part of the month placed it at $780,
600 This has partly been caused by strike
among the engineers and hands on the road,
which retarded the freight operations.
A neat and well prepared volume has re-
Gently been published, giving full and inter-
| esting history of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, from the first inception Of the great work
| to its completion to Wheeling As an authentic
history Of the great pioneer railroad enterprise
in the United States, the book will be extern
sively read Its publication here having been
anonymous, the papers are very generally, but
enormously, ascribing its authorship to Mr.
VIM Prescott Smith, who collected the materials
and superintended its location, The real
author, however, is Mr. Charles Carroll Fulton,
| formerly assistant editor Of the Sun, but Mt
present the Baltimore Telegraph Agent of the
| Associated Press.
| The steamer Palmetto, which arrived here
yesterday from Charleston, brought the body OF
| Lit Totten, Of the Z, 5. Army, who died on board
| during the passage, and when but a few hours
distant from the city He was accompanied by
| his father, General Totten, of the L, s. Army,
and his mother, and received every attention
which the circumstances permitted. Report
speaks Of him as a talented and promising Off
GER and highly esteemed by large circle Of
| friends.
The arrival of the bark Shirley yesterday at
his port gives US late advices from the Liberian
Colonies, and brings the gratifying intelligence
| that all was peace, prosperity, and progress
| there, Bishop Scott, Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, returns in the Shirley from his episco.
pal visit to the church in the Colonies and ]
learn privately, gives the most encouraging nc
count of the condition, both spiritual and tenn
poral, of the colonists
A singular sort Of apathy seems to have come
over the merchants Of Baltimore in regard tc
the Memphis Convention, and no steps have vet
| been taken to have the city represented in that
body, nor is il proba bic that any such steps vii
| now be taken Baltimore, therefore, though
potential in calling the Convention, will be with.
out voice in the deliberations What is the
cause of this sudden cooling off it would be diff
cult to imagine, but some cause certainly must
exist OBSERVER
THE CHINESE MIsstON.-The New York Ex-
press says that statements have reached there
through the medium Of private letters from
Hong Kong, which, if they be true, would seem
to indicate the partial miscarriage Of the Chi
nese mission,
Hon Humphrey Marshall the new Minister
it seems, in the latter part Of January proceed.
| ed to Whampoa, in the Saratoga, and thence tC
| Canton, where he opened communication Will
| the Chinese Commissioner, Sue, preparatory t
| his delivering the autograph letter from tn,
President of the United States TO the Emperor
of China. Some days after, however, and be.
fore an answer had been received from the Chi,
naman, Commodore Aulick returned from Ma
nilla, and upon finding the Saratoga absent
from Hong Kong, Immediately ordered her tC
ION nm, and Al the same time severely TOOK hGl
commander to task for having, unauthorized
carried the Minister to Canton. The Saratoga
then, so runs the story, returned to Hong Kong
where a court martial was held upon the Cap
tain for disobedience of orders, but it resulted
in his honorable aequittal. Meanwhile, it i.
further said that the authorities at Canton
| hearing Of the withdrawal of the Saratoga, am
| seeing the unpleasant position in which it wa
! placing Mr. Marshall, sent word to that gentle
man that he could not be received at Canton, Of
sundry pretcyts, which showed that the Ameri
| can Envoy was far from welcome. One Of thes
| preteXts was that Sue was absent in the int
| rior, and that officer of the kuang Tuan,
provinces was Of grade high enough to receive
him. Mr.. Marshall then desired to leave Can
ton, but could not the Saratoga having gone
and there being no vessel to convey him thence
! At last dates February 26) he was at Maca
waiting for n conveyance to take him north
when che would come along. The whole troubl
seems to have grown out Of the extra oiiicous
ness Of Com. Aulicll, in calling off the Saratoga
leaving Mr., Marshall to get on as we'll as h
! could with the Chinese, which turns out to hay
been Just no way at all We are also informe
that the Commodore intended to return to tn
United States by the next overland mail II
has, probably, the i" other side Of the story t
tell
A DoNE-uP DAuPuN. - The Co,orier de
Eiats THiS publishes the following affidavit Z
Mary Ann Williams, mother Of the Rev Pretcu
der to the throne Of Bourbon 1t seems to set
tie the queston--if indeed it needed settling
| against the pretensiuns Of the reputable mission