New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-27

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Special d tas New Orleans Haisy essssansI
WASHINGTON. ID Gil, Feb. Id, ssau
The opinion il gaining ground here sJrat Basss#
and Cameron are % Be the Chicago ticket; md
what vas at frat merely aruuor nj nero ! boa
ssts.s is been aiopssss ID ssasss whoIa Il was
intended % affect, and Il now generally accepted
here az an unavoidable conclusion TEaa New
York Courier 4 Enquirer, and the Eyening ross
repudiate the new moyement, rspeI ths alliance ii
y intended ID effect and declare that nine ssasa o
the opposition arrayed against fse Democracy ii
composed of theradicaI republicans. vino wsli iisitt
and die lighting for Seward. These prstensions,
however, are not borne out 70 the declarations III
those representing NE party here, who generally
regard Bates As occupying shout Tie san1e position
as Speaker Pennington, and agree TINT II &oald he
better 70 adopt the principle Of availability 1lE ID
give Up 'petty chickering's about DID party nanass,
90 as 70 rally party from the odds ard eass of l
% take possession Of the Government. They aye
quite ~ certain That Bates will lie The candidate.
~ Stewards View York fugiamen ARE tkat The
architect Of the Republican party viii Sc slae
lucky individual. Mais, aosls Uerrosss
a rev days ago was ID the company III rusg,.
pct 81 Democratic Congressman and tse eonyegsa-
hon turning Y the Chicago Convention, gas ,sls
pfased % lind alI Of them, representing different
sections Of the Union and having different opuor
fnnstles Of observation unanimous ID tIse eoHyss
ton that Bates and Cameron would be Tie Re,,ui,
iican ticket, One member offered tc bet sIa
Seward wauIa not get one third of the votes ii liz
Convention. Another was willing 10 bach Bates
against the whole field. The faet ID. Eae minds III
the Democratic members are falTg made s,p sgifh
respect to the fact of the change of iii Republican,
Presidential programme, and anticipate III results
y the fail campaign with The most SERIOUS ind
anxious fears.
Congress ID 10 busy President-rnakinr HAT ILL
though great many important schemes og IeQisIa
| ton are in course of construction. spd sor,e Ill
them on the stocks, there ii hut Iite reason II ~
lieve that many measures of general importance
will be consummated 1T this session. paeife
Railroad bI may possibly be pushed through m
DER the superintendenee and pressure of 4 Confer
ence Committee Of the two Houses. Tlae tarin
tinkers will scarcely be able ID do anything as this
session.
4 y y scarcely pleasant thing aowadays to ID L
eandidate-ap apparent for the Presidency. Ill ol,.
IN that position seems To be as much pressed
bored and pursued By bis FRIENDS, ID Id j r,srs,s
eutea BY his enemies, No wuTlder tias Mi. rssasi
lay has anch q worn look of exhaustion. He Yaz
ceiyes on an average busheI soT Ietse-a 4 ssav.
which, Of COURSE he can never read 4 uraersssr,s
that no less than twenty applications lave bern
made 70 him fnr ma terials for wring ha biorranhs
or Tor composing some sort of Iaudatoia dg hins.
Il He y impoEsuned and pursued ID Say mai 4
simple man, having no idca Of tic troops os once
peggars and rencher friends that attend ths arcat.
can form no conception of- tn Ill osd story Il
Actaeon being run down By his own dogs.
The Inauguration Of Mills equestrian stasse ii
washington y to take place on the 21d MT, md
provisions have been made for Il grand md bril-
Liant celebration Of the affair. The occasion ,yilI
pc one Of very imposing interest. TIE PROGRESSION
e ineiude all the dignitares here aad military
companies from Virginia, Maryland and New York
VIII partlclpafe n The ceremonies, and ada to the
briliianey Of the scene. The Honse las aSlopsed i
JOINT resolution appropriating $4,000 for Till iasi-
dental expenses of the celebration
a formal exchange Of the ratification ii lie
Bowlin treaty will take place this week. ss1or
Berges, me Special Commissioner from Parasiias.
will then enter upon the settlement Of se
due under the special convention oE ttat .re,,.v
after which be will remain for some time iii tfe
country, to inform himself of our people and i,,st:
tutions.
MECHANICS AND AGRIcuLTJRA-. STATE
FAIR ASSOCIATION or LOUISIANA
= 1
! The firm establishment Of this Association ana
tue regular and perfect accomplishment Of HI Oh
leefs may now be set down as facts of the n,s,st
hxed and immutable description, and ts.s res.alts
Will II due time be made apparent ID tie increased
attention to the mechanic arts ana tls n,,,rns i
ments in agriculture that viii Be stimulated IL the
benefcent workings of the institution. which xril,
not only encourage them by the oaer of iii
material returns and by exciting al ambition Is
excel IN the periodical exhibitions but wIIl spreas
abroad by thousand channels essential informa.
ton and instruction, and incte increased attention
70 the imp srtance OF the interests fostesed
, AS will be seen by reference to publication. q
! proceedings elsewhere made, d large rleefina Il
the subscribers to the Mechanics ANA Anrssnltu
ral Fair Association of Louisiana Z ID hsia IL Nh
! Mechanics Institute buildings on The evening d
the a4th INST, at which Il was announced that The
] requisite preliminary subscription Of sistY.Gye
. thousand tWo hundred dollars had been made.
me draft Of charter was thereupoa reported 81
! committee appointed for the purpose !; It was
adopted, and . resolution passed which conmis-
stoned the committee 70 take the necessary steps
to OBTAIN the passage Of the same BY the Legista
ture. OF course the Assembly viii iDcornoratt.
the Association. and It win then commence I
anthoritatigely. The names Of the gentlemen son,
posing the Board Of Directors are publishaa q O.
columns. sss
Later from, Key west.
me United States steamship Crusader, Lieut..
=. N. Maffit, having eoaled at the naval wharf.
sailed the sth inst. on cruise ID the Gull. She Il
70 be about three rfour weeks returning ID tbs,
place for coal,
The United States steamer Walker. Lieut.. Comaie
Wilkinson left this harhor on the 9th inst. sha i
engaged making hydrographcal survey of the
channel between tho reef and kess--naar In,lia,l
Key.
The ship Harry Bluff, Capt. Rodman. i nav ,o,a