New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-15
NUMBER 24l.

was an opportunity Of Comparing her With two
M esses ss o M similar dimensions, which accompanied
ieI ~ Ma. purpose, viz the steamer Youpp
America, Of this port, and the wreck;nu .cbonnass
Johnson, OF New York, as well as other vessels
observed while under way, and particuIarIv ene ~
lhs pnIon line OF steamships, Of Philad siphia,
Wfhch was fortunately met with during the mi,
lhe comparison in favor Of the Winans ste s1ner
was most striking in fact, under circumsta a.
highly calculated to produce heavy rolling and
ptchngr the unduiations were slight as scarcs,
to merit the name. Notwithstanding there were a
considerable number of persons on board wio
were unaecustoIned to the sea- not one of them
experienced the slightest nausea or seasickness
Whlch evidently woHld have been the case had
they been Oh board Of either of the other vessels
Another gratifying fact ii that her speed did NOT
seem to be impeded by the rou9hness of the sea
and the motion of her engines was as regular and
uniform as IN smooth water. 1t was also noticed
that there was an entire absence of shocks which
are experienced by all other vessels when running
into heavy head sea, and strange as it NAV seem.
not sea broke over her to prevent any part of
the deck being occupied inside the railing.
Murder of Child In Norfolk, Va.
NORFOLK, Dec 9.-Vrginius Leonard aged Ii
years, son OF Mr.. Leonard, editor of the Argus of
this city, was found murdered tonight in a room
at the National Hotel. He had received deep
staD m the neck The excitement caused by this
event Is very great. No arrests have vet been
made.
Affairs In charIestoyvn.
From letter of the 7th inst. from CharIestown
to the Baltimore American we extract the follow
ing:
In consequence of the extreme severity of the
weather much sickness has been produced in the
neIent re-, companies and the hospital, which is un
ger tne ne direction of Dr.. Edmunds Mason, is pretty
wei MED. The medical staff labors with much
zeal, and their efficiency is highly spoken of.
"a letter came in Yesterdays mail addressed to
NJ ltwas written in ciphers, and at the bottom
nad couple Of lines written in photographic
Gha!aeters. AS there was no one in town able to
decipher it, it was not handed him,
The following has also been handed me IT was
written some days before the execution:
. ,,-o.. ,5.....- CHARLEsIows, Va, Nov. - 1879
Dear !sa'-l have just had my attention called to
seeming confliction between the statement al
first made to Gov. Wise and that which I made al
the time received my sentence, regarding my in.
tentlons respecting the slaves We Itook about the
Ferry. There need be no such congiction. and a
few words of explanation will think be ouite
sufficient I had given Gov. Wise a full and par.
tIcular account of that, and when called in court
TO say whether ! had anything further to urge, /
was taken wholly by surprise as | did not exnect
my sentence before the Others In the hurry of
the moment | forgot much that had before in
tended to say and did not consider the full bearing
Of what then said. ntendedt to convey this idea
''That it was my object to place the Slaves in a
condition to defend their liberties if they would
without any bloodshed, but not that / intended to
run them out of the slave States. was not aware
OF any such apparent conficton until my atten-
ton was called to it and do not suppose that a
man in my then circumstances should be super.
human in respect the exact purport of every word
lie might utter. What said to Governor Wise was
spoken with all the delberation was master Of
and was intended for truth and what I said in
court was equally intended for truth, but required
more full explanation than there gave" Please
make such use of this as you think calculated to
correct any wrong impression may haye given:
The prisoners this morning are all apparently in
good spirits, and awaiting their approaching end
with much calmness. Cook was this morning en-
gagged in reading, and spoke confidently Of visit
from his wife and sister.
The prisoners have been notified that they need
entertain no hope of a pardon, as the Legislature
has unanimously passed resolutions approving o.
their sentence.
mississippi Democratic State Convention
From the vicksburg Wing of yesterday we cop,
the following:
This body assembled in Jackson on Monday
Hon. w. S. Barry, of Lowndes county, presided
There were a number of Vice Presidents and Sec
retarles, among them our contemporary, Col. j. +,
McCullum of the Sun, who was one of the Vice
Presidents. There were but small number of
delegates present, except members of the Legisla-
ture. The highest vote given was ninety-six, and
less vote than forty frequently elected. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were chosen delegates to the
Charleston Convention:
DELEGATES FOR THE STATE AT LARGH.-W S,
Barry, of Lowndes: Z. Barksdale, Of Kinds: Chas.
Clark, of Bolivar; W. S. Wilson of Claiborne, e.
AHe'1,a'es.-J. A; P; Campbell, of Attala J. W.
Matthews, of Marshall; A. N. Clayton, of Mar
shall: Thomas j. Hudson of Marshall.
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRIcT.-A. B. Diworth,
of Tishomngo; j. I. Simms, of Coahoma.
= AHe'nates.mJ: M. Howry, of Lafayette S. c.
Rutherford, of Tippah.
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRIcT-J. N. Thomp-
son, of Chickasaw; W. Fl. H. Tson, of Itawamba
Ahe,ndtes.-A. NJ Reasons, OF Calhoun; A. G.
Smythe, of Pontotoc.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRIcr.-James Drane,
of Choctaw; Bev. Matthews, of Lowndes.
.iRe,mates.- B. Covngton, of Winston: Isaac
Enloe, of Noxubee.
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DIsrR1cr.-Jos r. Davis,
of Madison; c. Z. Hooker, of Kinds.
-4he,ndtes.-Wirt Adams, of Jssaquena: joseph
McAtee, of Rankin.
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DIsTR1cT.---D c. Glenn. of
Harrison; Geo. H. Gordon of Wilkinson.
-4he,mdtes.-E NJ Davis, of Amite; Douglas
Ne, of Copiah.
The following gentlemen were chosen to COM
pose the electoral ticket:
ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.-H 7. Elicit,
of Claiborne A. X. Blythe, of Yallobusha.
Fn,S Congressional Dist,'iA-J. w. Clapp, of
Marshall.
Second Congressional Distict. Richard lIarri-
son, of Monroe.
Third Congressional Distria.-P. F. LiddelI, of
Carroll.
Fourth Congressional District Livingston Minis,
Of Kinds.
FIM Congressional DstIict.-J. B. Crishman.
OF Lawrence.
resolution was offered by Mr.. Matthews, of
Lowndes county, declaring the Hon. Jefferson Da-
Wis the first choice of Mississippi for the Presidency
was adopted by a vote of % to H. This is letting
Gov. Brown down awfully!
From the Wing we extract the following para
graphs:
We learn that man named Morton, who is Under
Indictment, in lssaquena county, for homicide. was
drowned on Monday, in the Mississippi river, near
Skipwiths landing.
We have been informed that man was whipped
last week, in the neighborhood Of Warrenton, in
this county, for selling liquor to slaves. He had
been living in this State for three years. and pre-
tended to be ignorant of the law; whereupon some
OF the slave owners in the neighborhood learned
him!
WEATHER IN NoRrH LouIsIANA.-The Natchi-
toches Union of the Sth inst. says:
Until Thursday night of last week the weather
the wind changed, however, that night, and on
Friday morning was bowling along at u 2.40 rate
direct from the North Pole. The same frigid
blasts that fan the cheeks of the oily EsquimauN
We're putting away into our unaccustomed faces
with great pertinacity causing big fires and heavy
ovcrcoats to feel extremely comfortable. BY night
the seet was coming down, and on Saturday
were perfectly white They Wore their snowy
mantles until Monday morning, when it turned
warm again, and the rain began to descend in ear
nest
Boors SHOES AND BRoGANs.-The particular at
tention buyers is called large of boots shoes and
bognns place this day O'clock the auction room
of Roger Co.. No. 2S Old Levee Terms. $500
ninety days credit