New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-17
DOMESTIC INTELLIGEN.CE.

The Fusion in New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-The Douglas State Com
mttee mas rejected the proposals for fusion with
the Breckinrige party on an electoral ticket By
seven yeas against five nays.
Domestic Markets.
CINoIENATT, Sept. l6.-Flour nominal IS as to
% 80 offered. Whisky is selling at l9c per gallon.
The sues of Pork amounted to ara bbis. al S5a M
per Dbl. for Mess. Oats are worth 3lc. per busheL
Departure Of Steamers for Europe.
New YORK, Sept. 15.-Three steamers left this
port to-day for Europe, viz. The Fulton, for
Southampton and aavre; the City Of Manchester,
for Liverpool via Queenstown; and Bavaria. for
Southampton, Havre and Hamburg.
The total quantity Of specie exported by the
above steamers was 1904 900.
Railroad Collision-Loss Of Lie.
CHICAGO, Sept l5.-The passenger and freight
trans came in collision last night between Racine
and Freeport. Five persons were killed and
twenty-five wounded.
There were no names of Southern States resi-
dents among the killed.
Steamboat Disasters
LOUISVILLE, Sept. l5.-The steamer City of Lou-
isiana struck snag and sunk at Hat Island.
The boat will probably be raised.
The steamer B. J. Adams struck a snag near
Helena, demolshing two staterooms in the ladies.
cabin and slightly damaging her lower guards.
She is expected here soon.
U. s. Court Decision.
WASHINGTON Sept 15.-In the u. g. Court the
Calvin demand against Capt. Hollins, Of the d. d,
defendant; because Hollins had acted under the
| orders of the Secretary of War in the lombard
ment of Greytown.
The Shipping List Report
New YORK, Sept. l5.-The Shipping List of this
morning estimates the total cotton prop Of 1859
and 1860 at ,770 bales.
The total exports to foreign ports were 1888 256
| bales. =
The stock of Cotton on hand on the LIST of Sen.
tember was 227 $50 bales
River InteIiipenes
LouIsyMLE, Sept. lb.-The Ohio river at this
point is falling with feet inches Of water in the
canal by the mark.
IpIocY CURED BY A SURGICAL OPERATIos-We
find the following interesting account in the Rich
mond Enquirer:
About year since young man named Eram-
baqt, living IN Wilmington, NJ G., was assailed at
night by rufians and severely cut the head with
knife, besides nearly having his arm separated
from the body in two places. The wound in the
head proved the most disastrous, as it left punc
tured and depressed fracture, and paralysis, epi-
lepsy and idiocy superyened. Thus was strong,
powerful and intelligent man rendered one of the
most pitiable in the list of human casualties
semi.paralyzed epileptio idiot After being sub
jected to the experience of nine surgeons of Will
mington, two of whom most judiciously advised
trepanning, and the remaining seven opposed the
operation, the father of the young man twho, by
the way, was in the theater in this city on that
luckess night in the year l8ll when 80 many lives
were lost by the burning of the edfice) resolved
to do something more effestual for his sons re-
covery, and did what he should have done long
before-brought him on to Richmond to consult
Professor G. b. Gibson, who performed the ope-
ration of trepanning on Monday, assisted by DR..
Cullen, and in the presence of one or two as
sistants
Now, before the operation commences imagine
the condition of the patient-the idiotc expression
Of the eye, unvaryng condition of the pupil the
pasied nerveess hand, the shrunken features, the
pale and hollow cheek evincing to the beholder
, only intensity Of suffering. The operation be-
gins. The bone is laid bare by crucial incision,
and after very little loss from hemorrhage, the
erphine is anXiously applied down, down it goes,
until it touches the dura mater and-biessed re-
sutton the withdrawal of the instrument reason
has again resumed her seat of empire, the idiotc
stare has fed the paisied hand resumes its z cum
:. nng,' and the facial expression its varying but
conscious sway
4 DIR. Gibson having fine appreciation for the
feelings of the young mans father, went anG
brought him into the room and on his approach 9
Q flood of tears poured down the cheeks Of the soI
. on recognizing his father, which he did by an cage
a grasp with the before palsie hand and an earnes
glance of the now intelligent eye. The old mai
could not speak for joy-tears of thankfalness re
lieved him, but words could not express his graft
T. tude. The brain was relieved the moment the de
. pressed portion of the inner table was removed.
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Kirehho No Al street. asuperor lot Of
ID coal. See advertisement.
/, SERVANT WANTEp.-A servant is wanted by o