New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-13

cert against the Polish or Hungarian outbreaks.
h'SSIA.--Advcr8 from St. Petersburg say that
new tarlt on European goods will soon be estab-
lished.
F'rom cl,fnn.
WArHlNGToN, March !, 1SGl.-1hc government
has received dispatches from the East Indies, with
dates 10 tbc 30th Of December. Minister Ward
had left Hong Kong for the United States on the
18th Of December, and may shortly be expected
to arrive in this country.
The aspect Of affairs in Chna and Japan was as
Stunning more Tranquil, peaceful solution Minis
ter Ward suggests the prODTiety OF keeping one or
two n-ofwar in the China seas, whose duty it
shall be to visit the various ports open to commerce
in that country, and il will not be long before an
immense trade will be carried on between the
United States and China and Japan.
THE New BOARD OF EyANINERs.-The Board Of
officers, sed Of Captain RinggOd and Com
| mandcrs Davis and Maury have been appointed by
the Secretary Of the Navy. in pursuance of the
| recent naval appropriation act, to examine the
data for charts Of the surveying expeditions under
| 'aDtan I;inggold. Commanders Page and Rogers
and Lieutenant Brook, and to report if they are
| such as to Justify their publication.
Dispatches from Flag Officer Stribling were re-
| cclTcd to-day at the Navy Department. He says
| that in consequence Of the disturbed state OF
| alma, he had not until January l considered it
! proper to send any vessel to the southwark The
John Adams had sailed for Manila, Siam and
| Singapore. The commerce Of the United states
| with siam. he says. is Of considerable importance,
| and an occasional visit Of a nan-of-war to that
| country is advisable. At all the countries ar0uud
| the China Sra aud japan the frequent presence Of
mnn-of- war is beneficial to our commerce, as well
as to countrymen residing there. He expected
TO 20 north with the Hartford aud Saginaw
A ~HOcNI>G AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIH.-Nr7.
Cooley, wife Of T. 3. Cooley Esd, residing near
Middleton, Frederick county, Va, left her house
on Tuesday, the 18th uIt, for the purpose (ac-
cordinE to The story of her colored maid) Of
visiting some Of her ncighbors but not returning at
dark inquiry was instituted and it was ascertained
She had not visited any Of them Speaking of the
search, correspondent of the Alexandria Gazette
says:
On approaching the meat-house, groans were
heard emanating thercfrOm. and as the key could
not be found, attempts to break down the dJOI
were begun but while these were in progress
the key was found in the dwelling house, the door
opened, and the lady, in complete state Of nu
dity, was found sitting on the floor with her hands
| covering her face and perfectly unconscious. Some
Of her clothing was hanging from the meat hooks
in the ratterS, and some strewed about the
| floor. A saing tray was almost filled with blood
| apparently freshly spilled Marks, resembling
those made by the pressure of fingers, were upon
her arms, and her head, neck and sides hor-
ribly lnutilatcd by what appeared to be a blunt.
pointed puncturing instrument. Her shoes and
| Stockings were found under her bed. in her cham
| her, saturated with blood. Medical aid was prompt
| ly procured, and everything done for the unfortu
nate lady that science and skill could suggest but
all was of no avail. She fingered inthe same help
less condition in which she found until satur
day last, when death came to her relief. Her hus
band, who had started from his home on the freigh
train Of the Manassas Gap railroad, with cattle fo
the Citv, on the same day his wife met with thi
terrible calamity, was teegra he'd to instantly, bu
returned inst in time to see his estmahlc lad
expire. No clue has yet been obtained for tn
solution of this most extraordinary occurrence
The colVrt1 woman is under arrest.
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