New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-23

HfiaS N@1NE a9 44ag ts assistance VI pns ctbhtus
sss hu ipily 70 carry out the requirements Of
aNoRs I'D gs. 2ulaa6AN Minute guns. in honor
oi tlie memory u tie glorious Old herostatesaiaH,
wsFa dFaa At intervals yesterday commencing
IT saariss and eaia st sunset. Flags were display
ea al sam the public buildings and ship.
ping aud ny usual tokens Of public regret over 4
gEaat pahga e Wege generally visible.
LOUISIANA The exercises in elo-
Fibntion 81 prizes and honorable
aea taton, will take place this even
sns laeE N tlas University Hall, corner Of Ba-
goHns aad 9fa6aQn streets.
0 ss ran srFEEBHEs By rHE OVERFLOW m
AI81s ON readers must not forget that there is
b bea pnaEaenade concert at The Lake.eud of the
poasahartTain Railroad tonight under the direction
Of Ill Iahaaa, Of the Orleans theater. As the OBJ
aet t concert Ii tho relief Of thennfortunate SUIT
terers b. The overflow in Algiers, NE hope there
win be 4 faIl attendance.
MoCdMB's InoN TIE by referring to our adyertia.
ing columns orr readers will he able 10 form pretty
st conclusion To the value Of this great improve
ment ID the manner Of haling cotton. Certificates
are presented fremnen Of wellknoWn respectabiiity
both Of this and neighboTing States, who have had
practical eEpefiencen tho benefits 70 70 derived from
tie improvement, which We entertain ttledoubt will
hare the eject uf bringing the tie into general use
throughout the cottongToWing region, We viii pro-
baby refer "a This matter again, and perhaps az
greater length
ron I'LL LakH SHORE Tue lake shore packet
Virginia, Capt. A. Il Myers. having resumed her
place, VIII leave the lake end BIZ the Jefferson Rail-
road % the arrival Of the 40 Al II train Of cars,
andth lake ead VI the pontchaFtrain Railroad OH
the arrival tie u o'coek train for Bay st. Louis,
pass Christian, Mississippi CITY, Biloxi and Ocean
Springs. II hardly necessary to call the attention
of The travelling public u the GOODNESS ana comfort
Of the spacious cabins Of this boat Fare reduced
nom previous years from % ID sss per cent.
LATER ERoa Ta1 By the arrival, yesterday
mornng, Of the steamship Texas, Captain Wilson,
FROM IadIanoa via Galveston, ne have received Gal
weston papers % the 18th iast and from the interior
az late Is due. They, however, contain 40 news d
importance. The crops in all parts Of the State were
extrsmsly dnes particularly that 81 cotton. The
weather hal been good, and ne complaints are made
Ofsicknesa of any kind.
A GANG or CoUNTERFErrERs BROKEN UP,--A
large ana wellorganzed gang ot coin coanterfeters
has been broken up Ia the town Of London, Canada.
The leader seems to have been gnnsmifh, hitherto
considered respectable character A digent search
of his shop reaulted III tie discovery Of apparatus for
eoanteFfelting Among the rest was die for the
manufacture d bogus American quarters u il be.
heVed that the gang has eonederates in various parts
Of The United States and Canada.
THE NEw sIooroF.WAE RaoogLYN.-- New
York Times 81 the 10th instant says The new u. s.
steam sloop .ofwar Brooklyn, which has been CON
sructing at the Westervelt shpyard is fast approach
ing completion aud II announced to be launched on
Tuesday, The 27th iastsut at 10 o'clock, a. NJ. She
win be ii readiness 70 make her trial trip in Novem
ber just one year from the date of the contract fl
building her. after which she win % into active
service.
we learn from Vie Washington Union that TIL
Hon. Aaron T BFawn, the Pest Master General, lef
Washington CITY on tue 18Th Instant with his family
with the Intention Of spending few weeks at hi
residence III Tennessee. Daring hia absence, Hoa
Horatio King, under provision Of the act Of 1856
viii discharge The duties Of Post Master General.
On Tho 18th Of August there will bio Laid in the ct
OF New York the Conversions Of a Roman gatholi
Cathedral church, which Il Is intended shall surpas
inmagniaceuce any church edifiee at present on th
continent. The building is to be- s25 feet in length
q feet wide ID the clear with transept OF 172 fee
aal walls Of 100 feet in height, The roof viii he suI
ported BY 81 gothic columns, with groined arche
springiag therefroni, iscalsuIated that Owe yeal
viii be consumed II It's construction and that it VII
cost 81 eco
Hon Thomes &. Seymour, United States Ministe
to Russia i expected home id November. He ha
forwarded T. the Light GuaFd, Of Hartford, a gol
tankard, etc ID prizes for its next target shooting
He formerly commanded that corps,
sTs1AlERs DESTROYED By FFKE.-The steamer
arctic and Great West were destroyed by fin
while lying at the Marine Railway, two miles beoi
pittsburg Pa, 81 the evening Of the 18th inst. Th
Arctic vas valued Al $i5 ,O0e, and the Great West
$4,000. Ihe former was insured at Pittsburg e
5000; the latter was also insured, but 70 Wha
amount Or IN what otEcs was not known.
PoRTABIn SgEAM ENaINEs.--Hessra. Weed, Iii
aenbersss %, Nd. 81 Camp street, have heea afpopie
eEenlsss IS q A. /. Az1hsmhauis portable sis#I
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