New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-21
TALK ON CHANGE.

The talk for the past fortyeght hours has been on
the great battle between the Austrans and the Allies
in Italy. The first accounts received on Satur.
day, under much doubt. Yesterday they were con-
frmed. There is much discrepancy in the various
accounts that it is impossible to decide whether the
result was drawn battle, or one side was beaten and
the other could not avail itself Of its adversarys dis
comforture to follow up the victory. We shall have
full details by the Persia, due in New York this day
tomorrow morning. 1t is not supposed that this
one battle will settle the differences for which the
war was undertaken, or that the tremendous prepa
ratons for the last six months have only been carried
out just to have one fight.
There was some talk OF the commercial advices
but they only for half the week, we will wait
few hours for the full details by the Persia.
As the stock of cotton is getting low, there is less
desire to talk about it, Tobacco is coming in freely
as will appear by marine lists. The weed is only
in fair request at factors asking rates. At this
of the year there is something in cotton and tobacco
offering for topics. The question is where can one go
to spend few days. enjoy country air and breezes
There are several places-as will appear by our ad
vertising columns. Many of our citizens have their
yachts and sailing boats all in order, and quite feet
can be brought out on the lakes. AS recreation,
sailing and fishing are talked Of We desire to intro
duce to our community the splendid schooner yacht
Corypheus, now on the way hither from New York.
We have been furnished with the following descrip-
ton of this presumed splendid vessel. She was built
at Santuket, Long Island, near New York, by Capt.
Hankins and Mr.. Rowland for Messrs Story and Mil
liken of this CITY, The following is the description
furnished us:
The Corypheus is what is called fat-sharp built
suitable for shoal water-she has rocking keel and
draws amidships feet inches, feet forward and
measurement is, length over all, u feet width "a
feet depth of hold feet inches, and burthen 9l95
tuns. Her carpenters measurement is, keel, IS feet
BEAM 20 feet inches hold, feet inches fore.
mast, 66 feet mainmast 81 feet; mainboom, 20
feet; bowsprit outward, Is feet. She is copper-ast
ened, and has very little hollow on her water line.
She has every appearance Of being fast saier has
trunk cabin, which is quite capacious and lofty and
carries fixed iron ballast under her cabin floor from
abaft the mainmast Forward her main cabin
which is fitted up with berths and seats upholstered,
with cushions the transoms, which serve for COM
Portable ounges-are two state. rooms, one on each
side of the center board one for the owner, the
other for the captain. Forward one of the state
rooms are neatly fitted up water closet and close
lockers and forward of the other is the steward g
pantry, and ice locker capable Of containing three
tuns of ice, and well ventilated. Forward is the
cooks gallery below deck, fitted up with every
venence for the necessary culinary operations to suit
the most fastidious of gourmands. Water tanks are
fitted in the wings and peaks, and in the forehold
the berhs for the The whole of the apart
ments and fittings up are neat, convenient and sub
stantial. The cabin is finished with mahogany. A
spacious cock pit is abaft Of the trunk cabin and she
is steered by tiller like our pilot boats. Her deck
is finished off very smooth and neatly, and her rig
ging is top.shape.