New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-23

Iii another column we give the annual OF
the Branch year ending June
be tlle entire amount of
d over and a quarter mdon OF
dollars It eonsid urpgise We OBJ.
served I'LL the annual repo Of the Director Of the
Principal Mint ietlara the Branch Mint at this
place Fvas snperfluohs and to be closed. OF
II would please tor to have
All and bullion reserved at this port trans
ported ID Phladelpt of this sugt
gestiali ii be well to remark Philas
Selphiai Is fupus, the remark will
more force and ith more practice To the
Hill Mint 10 ths rleans Branch,
Hui coin are nothing into the port Of
Philadelphia even ID comparison to New Orleans
BIZ the Branch MINIS in Georgia and North
were built at 4 time of great excite
od these States, and these
mines Hags tile actual coinage al both
minis gear 1866 was being ID
Gated distant from HE geaboatd, without
incoI peniance To- the commerce and trade Of the
country BE- abolished But when the suggestionis
made mint eonseive ~ Ne en-
tireIg dit place We shall more of
3 ii hereafter. Z
was considerable aetiyit and hustle on the
leyea today, occasionsd the aiTaIo of seven steam
81 them from the large cargoes
From accounts. the Ohio and fississippi
are becoming from Louisville
ana ineinnat to this port rule From ST.
prospects are not so unfaTorabie So long
as there Il twenty 10 twenty inches of water
on The bars there Will De boats built meet IT.
N The mississippi to the mouth Of the Ohio,
or 10 city of very good stage for the
class of boats 50 that there viii not be much
interrupt to point for some to come
There is nothing doing IN cotton Of moment; IN
faet, there cannot be much III market On sale either
in tisat second III hands, AL the stock today is
reduced Thousand bales, and good share
oe on ship 30 fiat the stock now lower
than has been at any time on I'D July, except
ing once the LAST ten years. The stock of tobacco
IA than the same last year, but
Y much lsss than the PIC Vious nine years,
Fteig distant ports have improved but they
are deisny low yet, and ship loaded at the cur
rens have sufficient left at the end ola
foreign slle has good luck honleward, to
pay 6or new coat paint, but hether the owners
b new dollar an old one il matter Of
doubt. arrivals have not been numerous
ttasaeek; vessels from New York are having long
voyages, some and then after forty to
fostyliye days.
LIEUT.. To0HGY IS I4ECTURE lieut.. Ps % Tooley
E Of the Nicaraguan Army delivered q lecture as
evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
gave q very Interesting narrative of the capture
Of himself and his mnanions, and the mas
saereso al himself BY Tie Costa Rcans, and d
bis captivity and release, together with the sights at
scenes he saw. He drew lively portraits Of Moro
and other Costa Riean mob lites, and set forth il
strong eolors Their toward the American
prisoners, as contrasted with the humanity Of Gen
Walker ~ the Costa Riear prisoners. Moro lie Dc
nouneed as merely tool the hands Of the British
Consul ut Costa Riea and the future Of Nicaragua
and indeed the whole Of Central America, he pic
tured glowing eotors and with true Young A1neri
can enthusiasm. MI
dent. delicate, but good cooking
youth, appar not more than ighteen !; which
with his uncommon ex perience and Inflated arm--
his lett arm being nuated at the elbow account
of Costa Rican bullet Rounds-ap peared to win con
sderably upon his audience. The audience was no
large, spectable number Of ladies
and the young lecturer was listened to attentivel,
II and frequently applauded. 3s3