New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-20
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1860
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door transactions, and Carondelet street was wei
thronged, and general good feeling prevailed
There was some tall about the teegraphic dis
patches of Liverpool accounts up to the 5th
brought by the Etna. Now Ttna is associated
with volcanoes of fireand lava, but as the advice
brought by this thunderer were not SO late BY
one day as those received by the Bohemian-re
ported day before yeaterday-they fell harmlessIy
on our market. The simple question is this j
England wants cotton and breadstufEs, and the
usual course of drawing bills on this side at sixty
days sight is instituted all that Mr. Bull has to dc
is to send over the aovcreigns, Or perhaps those
double eagles which have b7en going over to him
Tor years past viii answer the same purpose, as il
is not expected they have all gone through the
crucible Of the British mint. In the meantime
Carondelet street and eottondom continues in good
humor.
Talking about England brought up the praise and
encomium bestowed on our fellow citizen, Captain
John Wilson, by the British Government, as will be
seen by the following letters below:
ATLANTIC RoYAL M4L sfEsA NayteAT1os Co. Lly1Tgp )
Lospos, 10 Cannon street, b. G., Nov. u, 1860. :
Dear Sb'-The Directors having recommended
you to Her Maiesty's Government for recognition
Of your services in rescaing the passengers and
crew OF the steamship Connaught, have the pleas
ure to forward you herewith the copy of letter
received from the Board of Trade awarding to you
and your crew and your chief officer the follow
ing:
To yourself
a GOLD cHRbNoMErER AND CHAIN.
To Mr.. Connaton-
a TELEsCoPE, with suitable Inscription.
10 each Of the crewf-fye persons
sim OF TEN DOLLARS.
am Dear Sir,
.@.= @ Yours, respectfully.
49, B0AE, Secretary.
10 fAfT. WusoS, brig NInna Schiller of NewYurk.
M1Ess DEFAar1pST ~ wheIaii Hi No Nov Is, $50
Sri am directed by the Lords of the Commit
tee of Pfivy Council for Trade to acknowledge the
receipt OF your LETTER Of the 9th November stating
the rewards which the Directors of the Atlantic
Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, Limited,
mad awarded to the officers and crew Of the Amer
ican brig Minna Schiffer for rescuing the master,
crew and passengers Of the late ship Conuaught
In reply, am to acquaint you for the nforma-
ton of the Directors Of the aforementioned Com
pany that my Lords have awarded the following
rewards to the master and crew of the Minna
Schiller:
To Capt. Wilson
A GOLD cHRoSoMETER AND CHAIN.
10 MIR. COnnaton- "..~
TELEscoPE, with suitable inscription.
To each of the ereW-fve persons
SUN OF TEN DOLLARS.
lam, Sir your obedient servant
The s5crsiay q the ane Royal Mai steam Na9Eaon aa
Company, Limited 10 cHnnonBreet.
ATLANTIC o55a 5 5aaa $5s sAy5a4g'cs Say. Co. aEEzD
AT meeting dt the Board Of Directors of the
Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company,
Qimited,) held at the Offices of the company this
day, the following resolutions were unanimously
passed, WIN. Maleomson Esq, Chairman, in the
chair The Chairman brought under the notice of
The Directors the gallant conduct of Capt. Wilson,
Of the American brig Minna Schiffer, in rescuing
the passengers and crew of the steamship Con
naught, on the octasion of the destruction Of that
ship by fire on tho Tth of October last about $50
miles from Boston, United States:
ReSotted That the Board Of Directors of this
Company desire to convey to Capt. Wilson, of the
American brig Ninna Schiller, his chief officers
and the crew Of that vessel, their unanimous ex-
preston OF the high sense they entertain Of the
gallant and humane conduct displayed by them in
resculng the passengers and crew of the steamship
Connaught, belonging to this COMPANY upon the
occasion of her leing destroyed by FIRE on the 7th
of October last.
ResoIced, That this Board has determined to
present them with $500, to be applied as follows
$1,000 to Capt. Wilson and $500 to the chief officers
and seamen, as a mark of appreciation of their
conduct.
Resoluea, That copy of these resolutions be
forwarded by the Secretary to Capt Wilson.
A. BoATE, Secretary.
The acknowledgment direct from the British
Government is a distinguished mark of feeling and
appreciation Of the humane and gallant conduct of
Capt. Wilson, officers and crew of the brig Minna
Schiller. Also the appreciation of the Board of
Directors of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Com
pany is feelingly and appropriately bestowed.
We are not Informed of any movement on the
part of our community nor the Board of Under
writer's to take into consideration the services of
Capt. Wilson, though the matter has been talked
of Possibly the financial pressure has prevented
iue consideration on the subject. The sum sub,
icribed by the merchants and insurance offices of
New York AMOUNTS to $7T6o. The citizens of
"a little by town in size on the
Rio Grande) subscribed and paid 1925. The great
'ity of Boston and its merchant princes were mag.
lanimous, and subscribed exactly $780, The
dinna Schiller landed the rescued passengers and
crew in the port of Boston.
The arrivals Of steamers are free and business
vas tolerably active yesterday the levee 1t is
gratifying to notice the improvement in commercial
md financial circles thus far over last week.
The steamer bf the sth from Liverpool was fully
lue last evening. Her advices will be only one
lay and few hours later. The most important
Intelligence expected is, g Has she on board the
me million of dollars in gold for New York bank
rs2n Z.z.=
We are compelled to be brief in our talk, or
ather to cut itof, to devote an hour to the cause
t the South ard secession. We are going to vote
gainst the eooperationists yes, that we are We |
re for going right out at once and settling the
4atkeT.