New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-09
DOMESTIC INTELLIGEN CE
Congressional Proceedings


WASHINGTON, May SIN the Senate yesterday
Mr. John Sherman advocated the passage of the
pending Tariff bilI saying that it would yield from
sixty to seventy millions of dollars and afford a
reasonable protection to all sections.
WASHINGTON, May SIN the Senate yesterday
Mr.. Davis spoke on his resolutions relative to
| slavery in the Territories.
Mr.. Brown, Of Mississippi, urged immediate
legislation to protect slave property in the Terri.
tories.
In the House of Representatives to-day, in the
Committee on Tariff, Messrs Taylor and Millson
Intellectually tried to introduce amendments to in
crease the duty on sugar.
Mr.. Petit offered an amendment to repeal the
duty on sugar and molasses. This amendment was
rejected.
The testimony of Mr.. Wendell before the Com
mittee on the Covode Resolution, shows that he
expended from $4,000 to $4,000 on the English
bill.
A part of the expenditure has been traced; the
rest is in a fair way of discovery.
The testimony of Messrs Simplon and johnson
shows that the Lecompton Constitution, made at
Washington, was sent to Kansas by an Admins
| tration agent
The Committee on Naval Affairs are about to
report bill to provide for the establishment of
Mr.. Butterfeld's Mexican Gulf Steamship Mail
Line, proposed to eonnectIwith the New York and
Boston Southern Steamship Line.
1t is understood that the New York and Eastern
members will oppose the passage of the bill.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Brown, of Mississippi
introduced bill to deepen the channels of rivers
emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, and authorizing
certain Stafeq In levy tunnape dues.
This bill was referred.
The resolutions introduced by Mr.. Davis, relative
to slavery in the Territories were considerably de-
bated.
No conclusion was arrived at, after which the
Senate adjourned till tomorrow.
Arrival Of the Steamship Teutonia.
New YORK, May s. The United States mail
steamship Teutonia, from Southampton and Havre,
has arrived at this port.
| The Teutona left Southampton on Wednesday
| evening, 10th ult.
| Her commercial as well as political news has
| been fully anticipated by the Bohemian at Quebec
| and the Brazil at St. Johns.
| Vanderbilt's U. s. NJ. steamship Illinois was adj
yertised to sail from Southampton for New York
| on the 1st of May.
| Destructive Fire.
1 ALBANY, IN. bIay O. ueshIuclLtt 10 u0W
raging through the forest north of the city on the
line between New York and Massachusetts,.
| Domestic Markets,
| New YORK. May s.-The Cotton market closed
firmer, at fair inquiry. The sales were GOO bales.
Good Middlings are quoted at l1sc. to 1lsc. A de-
cline of SC. to 10c. in Flour is reported. The sales
amount to 1850 bbls.. superfne State is selling
at s5 35 to S. 40. Wheat closed buoyant and has
advanced &c. Rye is selling at SEC. Corn closed
dull. The sales to-day foot up 1000 bus. Prime
to choice is selling at 76c. to s5c. Pork closed dull
but steady at previous rates. Lard closed quiet
and steady at lie. to llc per pound.
| CISc1sNAr1 May s.-The Flour market closed
firm. The sales to-day foot up 1900 bbls., at IS 70
to SIS 90. There were 1900 bbls. of Whisky sold
at l7Ac. per gallon. Lard was held at l0l to 10ac
per lb; the market closed firm. Molasses sold al
As to Acc. per gallon; the market closed quiet
Coffee closed firm. Rio is quoted at IA to 14ac
per pound.
4 River Intelligence.
ST. LOUIS. May s.-The Mississippi river at thi
point is swelling slowly, with feet inches waite
to Cairo.
LOUISVILLE, May s.-The Ohio river at this poir
is still falling.