New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-19
NUMBER 2l9.
One Day i'm Adyance Of the Mail.

'Ais@isaFfl lNTKLLH5xSGE~--The recent cold
weather in Vieksburg had moderated, and It was
raining on Thursday night. The Wing Of ofyes,sTday
has the following:
We learn from the oficerh Of the steamer Ese-
bucs, that two gentlemen weye frozen to death On
Bleds0e's place, Suniower cozfty, On last Sat1s~
day night Mr.. Bledsoe and his overseer, Mr..
Bishop, went out hunting in thsir shirt sleeves on
ken by the cold spell which suddenly set in Sat
urday, and froze to death before they were dscov-
cred. Dir. Biedsoe was quite yeung man-we
were unable to learn his first name.
The Brandon Herald of Wednesday last says:
We regret to learn that on Sunday night last.
about O'Clock, the gin-honse OF Cci, Joseph
HcAflee was entirely consumed by fire, containing
at the time twenty bales of cotton-ten Belonging
to himself, and ten belonging to Mr.. Samuel Pringe
being the whole of latter's crop. We have not
learned the cause Of the fire.
The Macon Star of the 18th gives the following
account of a mail robbery:
It was discovered q few days ago that the mail
carried on horseback between this place and
Hubbard had been robbed Of portion Of its con-
tents.
found scattered along the mail route, appearing to
have been extracted from the mail bag, examined
and torn up.
Suspicion rested upon the mail carrier, a warrant
was accordingly sued out, and he was arrested.
He was tried before Justices Gray and Ferris, but
alas, for the uncertainty of human affairs, the
Court discovered that they, as Justices Of the
Peace, were not authorized to examine into Of
| fences committed against the Federal Govern
ment, and accordingly discharged the prisoner.
| FURTHER ny THE STEAMSHIP AsIA.-The French
expedition to China is diminished, it is said on ac-
count of the cost, while that to Morocco is to be
| augmented by two brigades.
1t is said that conference had been held in
| London, between Sydney Herbert, the Secretary
of War, and the chief secretary of the French Min
lister of War, in which all the arrangements for the
|
departure ofth expedition being fixed for the first
| fortnight in February.
| The London Times says that the vessels fitting
out at Portsmouth to reinforce the squadron in
| China will sail for their destination on the I'd
| November
| The London Times of the 9th of October says:
| In addition to the large quantity of engineering
4 stores which the detachments of Royal Engineers
about proceeding to China take out with them, the
authorities have decided on forwarding to China
several miles of telegraph wires, together with
| telegraph apparatus of the most modern construc-
tion in order to enable the force which is about
1 be dispatched to China to keep up instantaneous
| communication with each other whenever sepa-
rated. Several of the non-commissoned officers
| and men of the Royal Engineers who have been
selected to proceed with the detachments to China
have been undergoing course of instruction at
the telegraph school at the Royal Engineer estab-
lishment, Chatham, to enable them to lay the wires
and work the apparatus.
The SdlM Public, of Lyons, contains the follow.
ing article:
/ 1t is seriously proposed to establish direct
steam service between France, India and China.
The first result of such service would be to re.
move the carriage of silk from the exclusive dis.
cretion OF the Pennisular and Oriental Company.
But it is intended to go farther the French
company charged with this service would, if we
are well informed, be q banking house specially
created with view to the extension and facility Of
our financial and commercial relations with these
countries, where English houses reign exclusively
and without competition.
Contracts are stated to have been made for sup
plying the whole French force in Italy up to thu
Dist Of May next.
NJ. Frederick de Coninek, of Havre, has just pub
lished second pamphlet on the lsthmus Of Sue
Canal scheme, OF which he is a determined an
, perseverng adversary. The Bishop of Orleans, il
his last pastoral letter the Roman question, oh
serves:
The victorious obstinacy of NJ. de Lesseps pierce
the land of Suez, and through seas that approach
each other, and opens shorter way for the gospe
to the Indies.
On this passage NJ de Coninck remarks:-
, Certainly, if / shared this opinion, should d.
nothing to prevent the construction of the Canal o
Suez; but / consider the sacred cause of the Cos
, pei has nothing whatever to do with the subject
We are no longer in the times of Vaseo Cana ant
if our worthy missionaries desire to carry the goo
] tdings to India and China by Suez rather than b,
the Cape of Good Hope, they need not wait for TIL
good will of the Sultan, and, afterwards, the con
clusion of NJ. de Lesseps' labors. They may Sc
, out tomorrow.
M de Coninck is of opinion that the Pasha o
Egypt makes use of the Sultan's name as pre-
text for getting out of the Suez Company. he benl
both shareholder to large amount and propre
tor of the Alexandria and Suez Railroad, whcl
yields profits quite unhoped for, and to which, o
course, the canal would be in opposition.
The Times has n leader on Lord Broughams
speech at the Edinburgh banquet, and says W.
i were never more serious than when we hail il
! Lord Brougham an almost providential medium be
, tween English and French ideas.
. Lord Brougham was elected Chancellor of tn
i Edinburgh University, by vote of 654 to 4l9 fo
! the Duke of Buccleugh.
Sir George Grey has announced his intention o
accepting the Goyernorship Of the Cape of Goo
, Hope.
The will of the late Robert Stephenson, ESQ.,. ha
been sworn to by the executors. The persona
) | property alone was valued for probate duty q
] f4OOOO0, which is exclusive of the freeholds.
A fire took place on the 2sth at the palace of til
Senate de Luxembourg. The Sale de Joanna
, was completely destroyed and four persons wer
dangerously injured. The galleries, museum, al
, chives, library, ETC., were all saved.
2 The Paris correspondent Of the London Heral
writes that Government had given orders to al
iron company for one hundred gunboats, twenty
five of which are to be completed with the utmos
f Dispatch
y The Monite,a. de Bologna contradicts the repor
i that the Bishop of Rnini had been arrested
Three monks were arrested in consequence of seri
i GUS accusations against them.
!. From Turkey we learn that the nomination o
: ua SiAhu NiAiSl Hau peeH Soi
trmed.
The Commissioners for settling the boundary
question in Montenegro were obliged to leave til,
country having been attacked by the inhabitants
Some insurances were effected at Loyds, on th
27th of the bullion by the Royal Charter at rs pc
, cent.
! The great gale which caused the wreck of til
! Royal Charter, and the detention of the steamer
North American and City of Baltimore, was mos
disastrous in its effects all around the coast of Eng
j land. Numerous vessels (mostly coasters) wer
i wrecked and many lives were lost. Much damag
was also done on land.
t The following disasters to American vessels al
! reported:
The bark j. M Thurston, Captain Grant, frol
London for Port Talbot, in ballast was drive
ashore near Falmouth but was subsequently towe
. off and taken into Falmouth harbor. The damae
was not supposed to be extensive.
1 The British ship England, from Liverpool ft
New Orleans, went ashore in Holyhead harbo
but was expected to be got Off
The American ship Rockingham, from Cardiff
4 outward bound, lost anchors and cable in Penart
i Roads, and was run on the mud.
h | The bark Marlborough from Baltimore, was to
;. . tally wrecked near llfracombe; crew saved, wit
the exception of the pilot and second mate.
n The ship Tornado, at Liverpool from New 1orE
was struck by sea on the 9th OF October, whic
| washed overheard the first and third mates, tiv
4, seamen and two boats. Three other boats wer
A also smashed.
l. heavy gale had occurred on the Black Sea, an
q. fears were entertained of very serious damage
II the shipping.
l. RAILROAD SMAsH-A collision occurred betwee