New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-08-03
News Items by Mail.

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News Items by Mail.
The National Intelligencer understands that
the six new revenue cutters ust built at Bristol
| and Somerset Massachusetts, by S. NJ. Hood
coutIactor-the builder OF the celebrated swift
clipper ship Pathfnder-proye to be perfect
models in their way. They are called the VIM
H. Marcy. the jefferson Davis, the James {.
Dobbin, the Robert McLeland, the James g.
Campbell, and the Caleb Gushing. They are
expected to be at once taken to New York, where
they will be fitted for MS soon as possible, to
proceed thence without delay to their several
stations in the revenue service.
Lieut. NJ f. Maury, Superintendent of the
National Observatory, recently received from
merchants, ship owners and Others of NewIo rk,
a magnificent token of their appreciation of his
services to commerce and navigation in getting
UP his wind and current charts. Just before
leaving the city on his way to the Scientific
Convention in Europe package was placed IN
his hands containing $4,000 in gold, and hand
some service Of plate Such good fortune could
have befalleu no more worthy man, nor more
useful servant Of his country and the world.
The New York correspondent of the Sunday
| Dispatch says ''Thc Crystal Palace seems to
| he considered n total failure It's receipts do
not average @lj00per day. Double that amount
would sarcely liqudate its unavoidable expenses
and place to the credit of the sinking fund
sufficient per centage for the reimbursement of
the capital stock. Shares have, therefore fall
| len twenty-five dollars each on change, and
sellers are plenty, while buyers are uncommon
! ly scarce.
Some delay has taken place in the payment
| by the L. S. Treasury, Of the interest due LIST
inst, on portion of the per cent. stock re-
deemed by Simeon Draper for the Government,
owing to the official notice for the redemption Of
said stock having indicated, in some ambiguous
terms, the manner Of paying this interest. The
Department has now decided to pay this inter-
est, in conformity with all previous regulations
to the legal holders of the stock on the LIST June
last.
The Marietta Iutelligencer, of the 10th ult,
announces that the Directors of the Nashville
and Cincinnati Railroad have let, to highly COM
petent and responsible parties the building of
the three divisions, called the Western, the Sew
enth and the Eighth, embracing together ninety
one sections The competition for the contracts
is said 70 have been exceedingly close and spr
tied, 4 the work was let at prices below the
estimates of the engineer
4 letter from London, dated July 1, to the
New York Tribune says - You will regret to
hear that Mr. Peabody, the philanthropc Amer
lean banker, was dangerously i'll some days ago
with suppressed govt, and there was much anx-
iety felt in London, where he is much esteemed,
but the last accounts seem more favorable
The report of ntcrments in the city of Balti-
more makes the number of deaths for the week
ending the 25th ult 129, of which 80 were from
cholera -infantum, p from consumption, l. from
dysentery, and II from infantile unknown OF
the whole number, 50 were under five years Of
age.
A letter from Canton says it is the opinion Of
Intelligent Chinese at Shanghai, that the Reyo-
lutionsts will succeed in holding Nankin, and
that part Of the Empire, but that they win not
be able to overthrow the Emperor Mt Pekin so
that the trouble may result in a division Of the
Empire
The jacksonville ola Republican states that
the whole stock has been subscribed for the con-
structon Of a railroad across the Peninsula of
Florida. The route and termini are not defn-
itely fixed Tampa Bay will probably be the
Western terminus.
| There is a demand for laborers on all the va
rious railroads now making near Wheeling
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Marietta and
! Cincinnati, Central Ohio and Hempfel1 It is
said the hitter road offer to pay 81 per day.
! BY these and previous lettings, the entire line
Of the road from Wheeling to Milford near Gin
cinnati, has been placed under contract, and the
whole will be completed in the course Of the next
twelve months.
A collision occurred on Lake Erie on Friday
night, the 23I ult, between the steamers ST.
| Lawrence and Quebec City. The boats were
much injured, but the passengers escaped un-
hurt
The Savannah (Ga) Evening News, of the
/ 27t ult,, says: Gold has been discovered III q
\ branch running through the farm Of Col Cole
man, one mile from Greenyille Court house
The Wheeling Intelligencer advocates the
opening of railroad from Wheeling toward.
Goshocton, Ohio, which will tap many roads
running through that State into Indiana
The slaop-of-war. John Adams, arrived at
Boston on Saturday the 25d ult., from the west
coast Of Africa, after an absence of over four
years
The value Of the wheat crop Of 1851, in the
| United States was SAB 600 900 The value Of
the corn crop the same year was S39l 100000
It is said the smallpox prevails to an alarm
ing eXtentin Moyamensing, Philadelphia, among
the blacks Of that district,
The National Democrat, at New York, denies
that Colonel Forney is shortly to take charge Of
! that paper.
The cholera has broken ont among the boat
men on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, above
Harpers Ferry
The improvements Mt the Presidents House
are fast progressing, and thus far are greatly
admired
So far, llG democrats, 30 wings and 4 abo.
ltionists have been selected to the next Congress
Mr. Murphy, now in the Sixth Auditors Of
fec, is appointed Consul at Shanghai
Special eorr-sI Sa-.i "a ari t. s. lsg.s
WAsHNGroN, July II ~ The Minister L
France has undoubtedly been appointed, but thu
fact will moi, il it expected, he announced until
after the elections in Kentucky, North Carolina
and Tennessee Mr. Dix will certainly he the
man, unless the Administration s again fright
oned off by Southern demonstrations