New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-18

| DISTANCES TO CALIFORNIA THE PRESIDENT
ELECT.
Correspondence of tbr grfseent.
| WASHINGTON, February 9. 1865
The Federal CITY has bern the theatre of little ex-
citemeut to-day We have had in the Hall of the House
of Representatives grand session of the two Houses Oh
Congress in convention assembled The President OF tine
Senate (ir Atchson of Mssouri) and the Speaker VI
the House. (Mr Boyd, of Kentucky presided Jointy-
sitting not exactly in the same chair together but sac py
side The attendance Of honorable members was large
and the galleries crowded with ladies My seat on
this occasion being out of the - of female nfu
eucs was beniguantly permitted to hold without
interfering with woman's rights 10 1iumphe
The business of reading the returns from the different
States dry enough As the distinguished readers
progressed Qtessrs Hunter of Va and Chandler, of
Pa the grew rather restless and of the ways
present disposed vary the with occasion
al stroke Of humor As State after State announced
some Congressional wit would start the query
How do you think it will 60 -
Is there much doubt about the election ?" asked
other
1t looks rather strong for Pierce and King" said a
good wing from the South, as he hung down his head
We began with Maine for Pierce and then got YER
mont for Scott isn't that tie 2r said one.
Yes, but wait ittlen replied his friend I'm afraid
| some of the ether States won't come in so we'll
There :" cried newcomer " declare if Chandler
hasn't got the upper hand of Hunter only got the
whig States to read and Hunter is for the Democratic
| ones
Don't believe Califory been heeri FROM whispered
| down from the gallery
Twenty to iyen-broke in an outsider that
| too bad -
Yes but how you going to help it !'
oh what can't be cured must be endured sighed
the last speaker and the cooquy closed, amid the Off
cal flow OF certificates signed sealed and de-
| livered.n
But, badinage aside, there something truly grand
in this national proceeding of the public of the
American people. Here was the proclamation OF
tire change of rulers Of the coming reorganization our
government of the putting down, for time of pow
erfu party and the putting up of another and yet there
was no violence, no bloosshed revolution The old
officials Of the sovereigns to pass quietly the
to pass quietly in And the people who
have done it all by their free surages will raty and
honor the deed Such is the power of the successful
working of our Republican institutions
Cabinet rumors rife [ could give lists of
of all sorts and sizes but forbear From present
appearances shall be quite likely to as soon as
any one who's who and what's what On that occasion
the telegraph shall speak for me. have the names of
1T least three gentlemen who am sure will go into the
| Cabinet. But rerr3ns
By strange coloeation of figures the difference of dis
lance may have been given wrong in one of our recent
tables. To render it certain present The official
| printed version
The distance from NewYork to San Francisco via Cha
gres is six thousand six hundred and fifty miles and the
distance between the same points by the lsthmus Te
husntepec is four thousand nine hundred and savantv
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- 'ne oIs'in'e VI one tnou-
and San Francisco by way Of Panama distance FIVE
thousand six hundred and seventyive miles from New
Orleans TO San francisco by the Isthmu Tehuantepec
the distance three thousand hundred forty
miles-insking difference of one thousand nine hundred
| and THIRTY. Ave r,;Ise
| Fror, tbis - Iii H. ~ A.. 4, - ,,,r - -.
ri' '' ~ WIN oe seen tnat lhe Inference Is ABOUT
two thousand miles in favor Of Tehuanepec as previous
ly stated while the difference of time is cain NV
route of ten DAYS at least S''1 y '0-
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Can the south hesitate moment in such cause
letter now before me from Concord states that the
President elect will not leave there until about the Goth
inst He will travail sIovvIr y, ,oon. - a., ,,,.
condition 81 NJ pir.a,s " 'iie ueiioa'e
oh'on VI hfs' flerces neslth ana VIII not be likely to
reach here before the 25h Perhaps it may be later
cupied nv the amented Tovlo and he s,i+o ns
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An IyctpESr N rHr CAPrroL-A washington cores
o5.t g - Co., -. =
PO"UeH' u NV NO"'O'" Doniooia'' writing January y
says
Yesterday in the House poor lady over 90 years Of
age who had been for zix years prosecuting claim Oh
Congress in the name OF her mother woman So wears
old was the occasion Of quite The bill al last,
after SO many days OF hope deferred and anxious poverty
was brought up The lady herself who present, aud
seant attire OF sable listened 10 the debate with pain
Foulu pass pecane 700 evident 10 De doubted the long
pene emotions VI uer near were stronger imam her
srengtn anu she ated ana ie lnsensple on the moor
ne oai W some s=ooo was put through in-
stahsel NeFsr ule woman iaint Ia oestef time There
""0 N' !" 'S" VI oPP'si''o"'
fhoh MO AND TN RIVER PLAfrE-Rto De Jalelro Dec
loo--Ihe arrival on the Oth inst OF H. NJ steamship
from ne hNer Plstte places US IN possession oil
accounts from puehos Ayres 10 tne Zoth and from Mon
oe1 re 70 tne ole UT.
ING ~. Accouhts from the buenos Ayrean expedition
against Crqu1a that lhey nave not met with the sue
css teY ahcipateui ehat the province OF Entre MOS
wa hot imposed 70 l,9ternhe win them ana mat
moved le was acknowledged Chlei Ma
sis Sr, ~ St : ! i - N
me = > sup congress Cam McheeVer and storeship
hS ,r, al aie mo-, no" IN port;
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@ "a i -,tn year; the nay was one Of great ffJ9ic
tbs Cam s SpS e my tPoops Nere re'leMetln
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Ia; psiug az g'tlsi out az coming vents cast
W. a. slou'e sa! 'he NUMBER VIII snort
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APFo'sfMfSIs nv TI't PnEsrDENT-dohn l.. barnard to
pc Register OF the Land ohlce at Lebanon Alabama vice
sampso oiayton resigned Abadiah ward to be Re-
oeyer of Public Moneys at Lebanon Alabama. vice Peter
j. alker resigned Nimrod h. Benson, to be Receiver
o. fnole Moheys at montgomery; Alabama MS term of
nIo a Miao, VI e NJ S oi ue ostrel OF
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RoyaI Virginia. vice VIM GRAY deceased Wn No