New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-03

it was afterwards stated that they landed the opposite
the river In addition to the boats already men
toned having been lost enumerate the follow
ing One pair near Warsaw, opposite Capt summons
house and above Cincinnati the Messrs Wilson lost
boats Wiaeam J. Fawerett Cincinnati Fuel Company 3,
O brave q Dunseth s. Pollock O. dilmen 2. Horn & Rob
bins g. NJ o. Denold q Baker 2, D1aye3, Herren s. Pat
terson 2, Mckee 2, the Watsons land Myres A.
The Courier of the 18th has in addition to the above
the following:
Monn CoAL-BoAr D1sssrERs-0ne Hundred and 7S0enty
Boats R1otc1 Los-In addition to the array of losses
stated in the Courier yesterday and the day previous we
have heard of ten additional boats that have been sunk
together with the loss of eleven more lives. This is
fearful list of disasters and destruction, and we fear We
have not heard all yet, The sufferers were John Gait
breath pilot for Watson who losttwo boats and drowned
ten of the crew. Charles Reed lost pair OF boats and
one man drowned Thomas MeG lost two boats, James
Wilson two Michael Keho two, and George Smith one
The RIyER.-The Memphis Wing Of the 27thsays:
The river is rising faster ahan it before II
the rains above here have been bounteous with
there is no telling what may be high water mark. n.
AWARDS AT THE CaYsrAL PALAcE,-The New York Tr
bune announces the awards of the uries committees
at the New York Crystal Palace That paper gives
pete list of the silver and the bronze medals with the
of the exhibitors whom they conferred and
of the articles by them The whole number of
silver medals 115 which indicates that the juries have
bestowed them with considerable liberaty OF bronze
medals there 1S6 while 1910 exhibitors Tor artces)
receive the more simple distinction of honorable
ton The greatest namber of silver medals falls to the
lot of the United States The next country in rank is
France which has Is while Great Britain has 9, Ger
many s, and Switzerland Australia and Italy, each OF
bronze medals the United States has sos Great Br
tain 143 France 1873 Germany 1os Prussia So Belgium
TO- Switzerland 49, Holland H. Austria IS, Italy and sar
DINA A. British possessions 90 etc These figures may
not be exact many of countries were omitted in
the list. Among the awards notice the following
Hon L. E. Kitredge, Elm Hall, Parish of Assumption,
La (bronze meda for Plantation Sugar made from the
cane. -. 49,.
F. Lacroix New Orleans La for Goats, Vests and Pan
falcons (bronEe medal for superior excellence These
articles for taste Workmanship and quality of materials
are the best in the Exhibition.
J. w Benedict Galveston, Texas (bronze msda) for
pair of Mems Boots, made of alligator skin.
Mailer Jefferson Warren CO.. Jefferson county Miss.,
ronze neda for specimen Of Cotton of superior color
and handling.
D. MI Bachelor Gulf Hills Miss {silyer medal for Cot
ton OF staple and best working quality.
j. S. Winter Montgomery Ala, (silyer medaD for Hor
zohtal Steam Engine.
John Pope, the Oaks, Tenn silver meda for Cotton Of
staple and best working quality
LouslANAThe ouchita Register the 24sh announces
that the navigation of the ouehta river may be
side red as fairly opened
The Democrat of Shreveport of a. late date recommends
the establishment of bank Shreveport on the Free
Banking principle. bank with capital of two hundred
thusand dollars to begin with would be sufficient. After
showing the facilities to merchants and planters which
would afford and the great benefit to that region which
would arise from such an institution it says
We feel well assured that proper by the right
kind of men would Immediately awaken interest in
sister parishes End in the adjacent counties Texas
and that the requisite amount of stock would be readily
taken. Who then will make the first move /? We know
tive gentlemen in the country who could alone take half
the stock and who could realize much larger profit on
their capital than they do at present
The propretors of the Democrat at Shreveport have
been appointed publishers of the of the United
steats in place of the Red River Republican.
FRom PARAGuAY,-The Navy Department has received
letter from Lieut. Thos j. Page, of the o. S. steamer
Water Witch, dated Ascension, Paraguay, Nov 20.
The steamer Fanny, with the representatives of the
United Paraguay Navigation Company arrived
at Ascension del Paraguay the 14th November, Tho
represented to be remarkably for steam
navigation. The U 5 surveying steamer Water Witch,
Lieut. Com Thomas j. Page, u. g. NJ sailed from Aseen-
sion the 18th of November pursue her explorations
mp the river Paraguay having permission from President
Lopez to proceed far the frontiers but further
the present, account of the difficulties between Para
quay and Brazil, The officers and men were all well
Lieut.. Page left two officers Lieut. Ammen and Lamoden
Engineer to superintend the construction of small
steamer for which they brought out the machinery and
which will be ready for launching in about six weeks
With this boat expedition to be up the Plco-
mayo and Dermeo rivers and to the Grand Cataract of
the Parana, said to exceed Niagara in subimity
On the goth ult, Mr. Edward A, Hopkins, who was APP
pointed Consul of the United States for Paraguay Feb
ruary 1851 presented his credentials to his Excelency
the President who, matter of personal distinction
gave him public reception
ExoRRirANr FoRE1as PosrAGE-The Richmond Enqui-
calls the attention of Government the enormous
postage charges imposed upon citizens travelling in
Europe and foreign nations and cites the following rates
of Italian postage:
A single letter. weighing not more than 100 grains
Apothecaries weight, is charged So cents.
double letter. weighing from 100 to 2lS grains, is
charged CT cents.
A triple letter, weighing from 2l8 to 436 grains is
charged 81 cents,
appears therefore that for letter weighing less than
half ounce lover o graius we charge these foreign
only cents and carry the letter 600 500 miles
whilst for letter of the weight they charge us 81
cents and carry the letter only few hundred miles In
other words they charge three as much post
afe charge them and for not half the distane
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HoRRlRLE MunpER,-A most daring and outrageous
murder committed last nigst between and Y clock
at the house of William Bender Main street 1t APP
pears that Tip Morgan, William Grant and one or two
Others at Bender house, drinking and at the
time Charles Appel, German algo there, between
whom and Grant difficulty sprung up in whic9Grant
struck Appel two threa blows with his fist At the
the contents of which lodged the latters head nct
ing wound from which he died in very short time Ap-
pei very clever peaeeable German proprietor of the
William Tell house COURT street, and leaves Young
wife and child to mourn his untmtly death. Morgan
escaped and up to late hour last night the officers had
now in jail memphis Wing, 2sth ult.
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ARwANsAs.--The South West Independent of the 7th
ut has the following items
Charles Gregg, young who resided in this town
shot in quarrel Frog Bayou last week and ut
last accounts was not expected to survive. 49,
j, r, Hanson was Instantly killed, Van Buren, q
few days since, by the fall of q tree.
On Saturday evening last at Fort Smith, Cherokee
halfbreed was shot by another half breed named Ross
Two balls from discharge of pistol took effect
both entering at the left nippe-one going entirely
through che body and the other lodging against the back
bone
Ross was apprehended. The wounded man did not die
immediately from the wounds aud strange to say refused
to swear to affidavit of the shooting after it had been
made out and another who had witnessed the ARRAY
was searched out to testify. s'F-'s
ARREST OF boTrERY DEAIgRs.--Two brothers c. and
Mcdonald acting under the assumed name OF X r. Mars
Co. who were heavily engaged IN operating in lottery
policies have been arrested in New York 1t seems thoy
had issued flaming circulars schemes ETC. the head
Of Grand Consolidated lottery 100000. $4,000 and
S25 prizes In their circulars they present this
hortation, 10 all nnlaeky buyers say try again
don't give up the ship and success will be yours" The
officers secured large number of their circulars and
schemes, together with thirty letters, which they were
about mailing and about five hundred Others which they
had received from their dpes in various parts of the
country nearly all of which had contained money in
varying from So and upwards, and asking for schemes
numbers etc Some Of these letters quite raey in
their style, being net only from young men and madens
but also from elderly ladies and old men who it would
appear, had heen fer time patrons of b b. Mars
Co Many Of the letters imporea and beseeched have
lucky numbers sent to their writer's they already had
expended considerable sums to purpose Some said
that in case lucky number could be drawn by them the
patronage Of the whole neghboreod would be secured
the lucky firm T. -" III
We learn by the Georria Citiyan of the Oath