New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-15

l1a.slaia bsef De obtained fof fess ffan
enlfSf Cents per and all the eeessafies af life
n,srsS s Eaea, Passed q
were aeeir harottes Isatlsi. Passed
fhe cutter JEFFERSON Davis In the Sound 5s
From the Se1Etga Pacific.
Iae Raelfe steam CATION Company ys steamer
galdevla had arrived at Panama. The dates are
is Gnayaguil "a priI W. 81
CHILE.The losses by the late heayv NH nave
been very great large a!lantlty grain. pota.
suffered, and many buildings were injured. Great
al the mischief has bee The 7Hercttsis isof ounfffr
that will not affect the pros
poets Of the country. The storm interrupted the
traffic across the Andes with the Argentine Republics.
and the mining interest in Serena also suffered TN
fortunately, about twenty lives have been lost The
mines Of copiapo and Huasco continue to yield saSs
faetoriy, and are actively worked. Copper ore of
good quality has been recently discovered III Ghlians
The 5fercttriode par,oT says maritime diaas-
Ter has occurred on onr coast. The North American
FilaIer George Washington touched at Tafcahuano
Is Ior fresh water and III port Was consumed by
tae flames her whole cargo was lost The orgio of
she fire Is attributed to two Of the sailors whose trial
h e proceeding. All hands were saved. # &
hoIIyI s. IN last advces fron this republic are
L OF afraTalso. 1t appears that the state Of
peace which this unfortunate country has for some
&c. t. III so5 but eparatoryt to another rsvolus
ssnta w S, otees o which was to proclaim General
Nv N upset the of
go % u W. plos gas fortunately discovered and
se,,,,d se arrested tried
sg 80. tss ~ sI to DEATH They, however,
refused 20 denouncs saefa ssss
length young oigseer i'll Hnne M ra,f,anfs
that mad entered into plan og &c
gase snsn " aa ~ arrest Of one cs
the enel SflieeTs @ connected WITH
the War Department thiHs1 III aTTssssSS
the discovery of widely sprsad rIexs
throughout the entire republic. NM a.
The cutting Of Cascarila has been prohibited nuta
II further orders. sss
"A new dacraa
been promulgated by which the decree of June 27,
1854. repealed from the 1st of May next . after
which the duties established bS the law Of uMe 3OtE
1s4g are no longer to be imposed and Tile articles
there referred 70 are in future, Is pay duty q 20
per cent. On all goods passing the oase Of
Cobiiah, duty of per cent IS to be charged from
the lstS Of May next, and liquors 8 per cent, rhe
produce Of the dntyt be to the public work.
EGUADoRs-EWe find but little in the GuaYaaui
papers The question of the next Presidential efec
ton appears occupy most of the public attention
The candidates are General RohIes, Seniors EIizads
I Gomeze Ia Tore, Bustanlente and AguirTe.
The high price Of breadstuffa, and the enormous
duty on -four, sS 60 per quintal as imposed by Con
gress last year under the plea Of encourag hons
produce, calls forth many strong remark from the
press upon the false principle Of protective duties
We find nothing else Of interest in tie papers.
/ From B0gota ana CartEang gcns. wy
From Carthagena we have the gratifying intelIi
gence that the National CONGRESS- Of New Granada
passed on the 2st Of March Decree declaring free
the port Of Garthagena The decree reads somewhat
as follows: 8 s s
Artl. From the first day of September next the
port Of Carthagena, on the Atlantic coast, win be
perfectly free for the commerce Of In
the boats that enter said port as well as
the merchandise that IS introduced into it, will be
/! subject to no class Of fiscal duties -sssS
II Art 2. The freedom Of the aforementioned port
Will only comprise the walled part the district Of
Garthagena. 4. ss5
4 Two Weeks Later from the Sandwich Islands.
By the arrival Of the bark Fanny Major, We hare
dates from Honolulu to the315th March. Previous
/, dates were to the 1st Of the same month.
II HIIp Nor N DANGER. "a correspondent Of The
Polynesian, commenting upon the statement oi
another correspondent from the same place, to the
effect that Hilo sooner or later would be engued BIZ
], the stream Of lava which burst forth some seven
months ago from the volcano of Mauna Loa, and
which since then had been making steady progress
J, towards HiIe, says 7 @ -a sssss.
! /" Shouldsthe lava continue to flow, unless at Il
vastly accelerated speed, 4 am candidly Of opinion
that it viii be many long months ere it reaches Us
4 will not be SO presumptuous as to affirm that NJ
are vet perfectly free from danger, but the chance
are, there being very pereeptible depression of th
Land to the southwark Of the bay betwfxt il and th
lava, that the flow may shape its course, tiaa
d direction" y 81 55s{s 55s.5g5$s a5s= III. II 5SF