New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-13
Congressional,


Washington, Jan 8, 1853 -sENArE--Mr Foot gave
nstice of Pill providing for the construction q rail-
road frsm the Mississippi river to the Pacific coast
4 Mr. Mallory introduced bill to establish new Land
District in Florida Ea
Mr. Mallory resolution calling for statement Of the
sxpendtuaes incurred IN the removal Of the Indians
Mr. Casss was agreed to- directing inquiry
as 70 Of making an Tor the
Ths select committee the Pacific Railroad is not
YET appointed.
the other day relating to the eayen and Buwer treaty
be referred and that that motion be postponed and made
the order Of the day for Tuesday next which day he
would ask 10 be heard on the subject. Agreed to.
Mr. johnson Of Arkansas notice Of bill granting
an additional section Of land in each township to new
States for school purposes "a
The Senate then adjourned to the 9th.
HounE-The Speaker laid before the House commun
cation from the Treasury Department enclosing the es
mates for the revenue CATERS for the coast OF South
Caroline Texas and California Referred TO the Commit
tee on Commerce. A9 #
that he had been unanimously drested by that committee
to report the following resolutions in lieu Of that hereto
fore referred to them
ReSorea, That the thanks of Congress due and
hereby presented to Duncan N Ingraham commanding
the United States soepofwar st Louis for his udicious
and gallant conduct the second af July last.
tending the protection of the American Government
Martin Rosetta by rescung him from forcibe and illegal
seizure and imprisonment board the Austrian brig Of
Resorsd That the President of the United States be
and he hereby requested to cause to be made medal
IN.
ham, as testimonial of the high entertained by
Congress OF his yalo promptness and udieous conduet
on the above. mentioned occasion.
ReSoted That the President the foregoing resolu
tons to be communicated to Captain Ingraham in such
terms he deem best calculated give effect to The
objects thereof st..
Asnghy debate ensued the resolutions being support
ed by Messrs BayIy Orr Richardson, Hiyer Churchwe
Chandler Philips, Barry Houston Stanton of Tennessee
aud Smith of New YORK. and opposed by Messrs Smith
Of Alubama Smith Of Vrginia and Perkins The ques-
ton was under consideration when the House adjourned
General Hayne, the great antagonistof Web
in Congress- buried in the cenetry Of St. Mi
chaels Church, Charleston. plain white marble
| ument marks his grave, and that together with the
gravestones Of others Of his family is enclosed within
hedge of neatly clipped low cedar bushes fresh AND
green.
| The hull of the clipper ship Great Republic
has been raised and workmen are now busiy employed
in pEoppng up the bers in the hopes of being able to
have her towed to the drydocE, Steam pumps at
work discharging the water from the hold.
John A. Parker, distinguished merchant of
New Bedford Conn., died in that city Friday evening
at advanced age He left fortune worth at least
million Of dollars and grandfather Gov. Cifford's
wife.
Each of the four steamers of the Collins line
have crossed the Atlantic about forty times conveying
in the aggregate from fifty sixty thousand persons and
not life has been lost by neglect carelesness acct
dent
A census of Chicago for the year 1858, which
published in the Tribune of that city states the total
population Of the town to be 6o662 which is included
a marine population of 1881.
Forty three slaves were sold, says the Freder-
cksburg (Va News in that place the Sd for $4,000
One brickayer brought 81 ,495. One woman and child,
or years DID, brought 81 $50
A Philadelphia paper estimates the present
population of the Incorporated and unincorporated dis
ricts of Philadelphia at 5O0l50 persons increase
| 91,Ooo since the taking of the census in 1850.
William Hendry was tried in Providence last
week for kissing three ladies in the street against their
pIA ,,,ln5,.4
| amounting 81 90 for each kiss.
The Cincinnati Commercial says that, on o
trial before the Police Court it stated that many
reds Of barrels Of blood were annually used in that city
| for making sweet wine.
| The real estate and personal property of
Brooklyn is estimated at S66944S79 against S57 955O92
the value of property the 1t of January 1852 being
| an increase of $S9s9O92 in the last year
| When we reflect that every mother has chill
dren of surprising genius it is matter of serious inquiry
where all the ordinary from who path
| in every day life
During 1858 there were launched at Philadel-
| phia 16 steam ships, steam-tugs, steamboat and
IL sailing vessels There Is other boats now under
contract.
Ion," the Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun conradics the report that treaty had
been made with Mexico and sent to Washington for
ratification,
The permanent debt of the city of New York
now amounts to s9s237oS, and the funded debt to
s950000.
The real estate of the city and districts of
Philadelphia is valued at e8s against S192
45SoI9 last year.
A brick house fell down at Dayton, Ohio, on
the 5th killing persons and iDuring severely eight
others.
| The Literary World, journal published in
New York, closed its existence on the 31st ult.
Mrs Martha J. Waggaman, sister of ex-
President Tyler died in Georgetown c. on the Sd inst
DR. Samuel Mcclellan, popular physician
Of Philadelphia died in that city the Sd inst.
A gentleman in Paris was recently robbed
Of or lost s4oo in bonds the city of st. Louis
The deaths in New York city during the past