New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-06
Domestic 1nte111g en- 9.

SOUTHWEST PASS, August 5.-The Tehuantepsc
Company's steamship Habana, which left Minatitn
on the afternoon of Tuesday, the I'd inst arrived 1t
this point at o'clock this morning, and passed up
the river with the California mails and passengers,
making the passage from Mnatitlan in two and 3
half days.
The Habana brings advces from San Francisco to
the Goth ult, which are ten days later than those
received by the overland mail at Memphis.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2o.-The Pacific mail
steamer Golden Age, and the Vanderbilt steamer
Uncle Sam sailed to-day for Panama, with 81 100000
in treasure and 700 passengers, nine of whom go via
the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec
Business in San Francisco is very dull, and thu
prices Of most descriptions Of breadstufs and prov
sions closed with a declining tendency. -
There is no political or general news OF importance
to report.
Important from Mexico.
WASHINGTON, August 5.-A meeting Of the Cab
met was held yesterday, to take into consideration
the dispatch received from Mr.. McLane, our Minister
to Mexico in relation to the treaty recently concluded
between him aud the Constitutional Government of
President Juarez.
Mr.. McLane and our Government were in posse s.
sion of reliable information several months since ,
that the Mexican Government had invited Fran ce
aud England to assume the protectorate of Mexico,
but as yet response has been made by those Gov
ernments.
Buchanan Out for Reformation.
NEW YORK, August 4.-The New York Herald pub
fishes letter from Governor Wise, of Virginia. 10
friend in New York, stating that President Buchanan
is candidate for election to the Presidency, and
would use his patronage and power to disappoint
Senator Douglas and all other aspirants.
Governor Wise in his letter pledges Virginia 10 the
support of Buchanan, on sound platform of popular
sovereignty against squatter sovereignty and thinks
she will rally to her support all the Southern Sates
Governor Wise says Douglas cannot be nominated
and concludes as follows:
elf have the popular strength you suppose me to
possess, it will itself fix the nomination. Get that
and l am confident of success"
The publication of this letter has created trenen.
duous sensation at Albany and other places.
The Washington National Monument.
WASHINGTON, August 3.-The Washington M,nu.
ment Association about to resume the constiuc.
( ton Of the national monument at Washington in
honor of the father Of our country, under chatter
granted by Congress at its last session.
Lieut.. Ives, the engineer OF the monument, has
issued proposition under the sanction of the Wash.
ington Monument Association, Of which the PIesi.
dent Of the United States is the head requesting the
various Postmasters throughout the country to aid
the patriotic enterprise by placing box in their re
spective Offices to receive contributions and forward
the returns to Washington.
| Lieut.. Ives urges that all should participate In
such an undertaking, and that sum however rifinc
from each citizen would soon complete the noble
work.
Portmaster General Holt, in letter to Lieut.
Ives,. cordially approves the plan Of placing boxes
at each postoice, and speaks Of it as a privilege
which Postmasters and others will promptly i'm
prove.
Domestic Markets.
New YORK, Aug. 4.--The Cotton market closet
steady. The sales to-day were 300 bales, generally a
previous quotations. The sales of Cotton yesterday
were 14OO bales; Midding Uplands 1896. The Flou
maket to-day closed with declining tendency Sale
to-day of 1900 bbls superdne Ohio at s5 rs to SIS
Corn closed dull and unchanged. Eastern Mess Porl
$15 60 to SIS IS. Lard closed steady al IlIc Suga
has declined to &C. and closed at prices rangnl
from to 7c Coffee closed steady, prices ranginy
from 10 to ll2c. for Rio.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 4.--The Flour market close
buoyant without material advance in prices Whisk
closed steady at 24c. The Provision market is gen
orally unchanged.
River Intelligence.
ST. LOUIS, August 4.-The Mississippi at this poin
is about stationary, with eight feet six inches 9
water in the channel to Cairo. All the upper stream
are falling. .-..--.