New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-17
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III flle Lessat Of Louisiana, held On Tues
HE of March 1856, Gen. W. NJ Kidd, Sen
stor from jackson parish was chosen President, and
III Ut gesass Secretary.
Tho meeting being ganiaed, the following Tesou.
u 49ions were unani moasly adopted 3
# lst. l2esolusd, By the; members Of the American
party the General AssenblJ that We cordially
aorsesthe nominations made BIZ the late Philadelphia
4pnyention ,of Millar illnofe and ndrew j. Don
that We pledge ourselves to use all honora
eXeEtons osseenge their election to the Tespons-
BE Positions for which they have been chosen:
888$ ID Resolced, That we will join the American
party of Basoi Rouge in meeting to be held on Sat
urda5 for the purpose Of the
above nominations fes
Sd. That the friends of Willard Fillmore
and Andrew j. Donelson, in each Of tIesx Electoral
Districts IN this State be requested to hold District
on the first Monday Of june next at the
For tie First Electoral District composed .of the
PARISHES Of Plaquemine and St: bernard; the Third
District NC tile city Of New Orleans and Faubourg
sIreiIe IN he Fof New Orleans. 55
the Second Elect oral District. composed Of the
Second District Of the city Of New Orleans, with the
exception of rene and the First District
of the city Of New Orleans, in the city Of New Or
Il leans, .ss55 Ill Ia. ,*.sz:-.%
the Third Electoral District, composed ofsthe
Fonrt city Of New Orleans, thatpart
OF parish Of Orleans lying on the right bank Of
sle issssippi, The parishes Of Jeersons
John the Baptist st. James, Ascension, Assilp
afouFehe and Terrebonne at the town of Thbo-
Saux. a $ssE Ss ss3g
For the Fourth Electoral District composed of the
parishes ct Tamnany, w ashington, Livingston, st.
Helena, and West Feliciana, Point Coapee East
and West Baton Rouge, and Ibelyille, at Baton
Rouge
the Fifth Electoral District, composed Of the
parishes Ct s. Landry, GaIcasieu, st. Martin, St.
Mary. Lafay ette lion, Rapides and AFoYeles
IA the town of Opeloasas. =
For the Sixth Electoral District. composed of the
parishes Of Nachitoches, Sabine, Winn DeSoto Cad
~ B9ssier, Rienyie, Claiborne, Ouachita Caldwell
jackson. Union, house; Cencolrlia Tersas Frank
lin Catalonia, MadisonaId Carroll, at the town of
Minden III the parish Of: Claiborne.
TO select each, one electoral candidate and one al
1ernate pledged to the support of the above distir
ished names for the offices of President and Vice
President Of the United States.
Eel tn ReSofced, That we recommend to the Amer-
can party of the State Of Louisiana the holding of
State Convention il the town Of Baton Rouge, Oh the
third Monday in June next, and that every parish
elect delegates to said Convention. :,
ReSolred, That this meeting recommend to
the american party Of Louisiana that the State Wig
and all Snbordinates be dissolved and that open
American Clubs be established in their stead,
9Th iaeso!red, That committee of six be APP
pointed BY the Chair to draft address toe people
OF Louisiana, as coming from the members of the
Z American party OF the General Assembly, setting
6gth the unconstitutional, illegal and unjust acts Of
the Democratic party in the Legislature, with respect
ITO the contested seats Of members in both Houses,
and their unprecedented and tyrannica course in
moving the Sheriff Of the Parish Of Orleans without
assigning any acts Of maladminstration orlnalfeas
g .
The foIloWipg gentlemen compose this committee
q " e5srs ker, Burlington Gardere, Alexander,
onald and Duperier, to which the Chairman on
motion, was added 3n
PARTICULARS OF THE; Loss OF THE STEAMBOAT
HENRY LEwIs.We received by telegraph few days
a brief account of collision between the steam
era Henry Lewis and Edw. Howard, in the Ohio river
near Evansville, la, by which the former was sunk
ntnro f liyyna Inst IF thn
steamer Hungarian furnish the following particulars
Of the disaster \: 1t ,5s=s a.
The Hungarian, a. few hours after the. collision,
came MP to the wreck of the Lewis and took off the
surviving passengers and all the freight that was
above water. The Howard was alongside the wreck
and did not leave until Capt. Emerson of the Lewis,
: had made arrangements with the Hungarian for a
barge which she had iii tow, and had transferred his
passengers to the Hungarian.
The Lewis sunk III about three minutes after the
collision with the Howard which occurred about half
& past o'clock ID. the morning. About the time she
had fairly settled on the botton the forward part o.
the boat was discovered to be on fire. She was theI
lying across the current, some eighty yards distant
& from the Kentucky shore The Howard went TO hel
assistance doing which she had to run head on and
the hull being sunk, there was no resistance to the
Howard, except the upper works, which received
such shock from this second collision that the sky
light from one end of the boat to the other broke
through and fell upon the cabin floor, and the whole
cabin was started off. Many passengers were caught
IN the ruins: Some succeeded in eNtreating them
selves, while others We're cut out with axes, they
Indicating their whereabouts by calling for assistance
Others persisted in their rooms or among the trag-
lnents OF the cabin s5E- =
The number of lives lost is yariorslv estimated Mt
from twenty to fifty. There was $4,000 insurance
on the, hull of the Henry Lewis, and 900 on her
freight list. The portion of the freight brought by
the Hungarian is consigned to Rogers, Mcclure /
Co., to be sold foraccount Of underwriters.
I4AFoURdnE IrEMs.-From the Thibodavx Mincryt
Of Saturday last I'VE extract the following para
graphs 4
We cannot bEag Of the weather. We have has
nothing bat clouds, rain and mud during the entr
week The lIafouIche is brmtul ,and the banks over
flowed below Lockport,
8Sshauldn cold weather intervene to mar prescn
prospects, the fruit crop of this portion of the Stat
Will beyery abundant Never have we seen the tree
SO full of bloom.
The pleasure trips on the Opelousas Railroad t
Bayou B9uff are now becoming common withus. =
large party left here on Sunday morning last, an
returned in the evening much delighted with the ea
eursion. " 9 doubt not that the approaching sunme
sl be one of unusual gaiety with us, aud that Las
asi IlaS Will become as tanlous as Nahant
" g near 1t mentioned that Afessrs. Hall and Hi
dreth, propretors Of the st. Charles, New Orleans
contemplate erecting large and spacious Hotel o
last Island. An establishment Of this kind is nue.
needed, ana tl would pay a handsome per centage,
properly attended to. Last Island is enyroned b,
: one OIL the most beautiful beaches anywhere to b
found on the whole Southern Coast Oysters and fisl
OF al abound IN the greatest plenty Las
Island is situated aboutsxty miles from the presen
terminus Of the Opelousas Railroad 1
We learn from the Mobile papers that the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad is to be opened to-day MONDAY,
to the Gainesville Junction. distance Of 1929 miIe
from Mobile.
ESED RIY,ERs-We clip the following items from tn
4 Shreveport Southwestern, Of the 18th inst g
The river continues to rise fast and there is n,
doubt but we shall have fine navigation for tn
balance Of the season. 5-s =
lt lained the greater part of yesterday, which will
ne lear again render the roads almost impossible.
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"a GOOD REGULATION In Richmond, Va, some 0
the omnibus lines employ person for the purpose o
nreEenting any drunken or disorderly persons rdins
" me coaches to the annoyance of otherpassengers
2 similar atl arian cement would find favor here.