New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-01

.a5 We every part Of the country, wilG military, II
The evil auth0Nty is insufficient,
Mossrs Cochrane Ind Branch afasEat trom the
report,
The Fugitive Anderson.
W4sHrsGros., Feb. 28-.-T-66 Senate is in exocu-
tive se2sieT IN the case Of the fugitive slave,
Abstraction Of Bcoka
WAsnn5arcv, Feb. 28.--The select Commttea
Oh the Abstraction Of Books by members Of Con
greas report Gay regard the eAtiEe charge ground
less.
The House has concurred in the senate's amend
ment stopping the mails in the aecediug States.
The report of the Committee of Conference on
the Oregon and Washington war debt bill, was
concurred in.
Mr. Stanton Intellectually endeayored to get the
volunteer bill up. . +.
The Senate Post-offce appropriation bill, as
amended, passed.
Preparing for Sea.
NORFOLK, Feb. 28.-The U. s. frgate Of war
Germantown is getting ready to go to sea.
Invitation to Crittenden and Johnson.
CISCIENATI, Feb. 2S.-The City Council have
invited Messrs. Crittenden and Johnson to accept
the hospitalities of the city on their return from
Congress.
Louisiana Legislature.
| BATON ROUGE, Feb. 2S.-In the House to-day,
Mr. Heron, OF the Committee on the Judiciary,
reported unavorably upon the acts relative to the
fees of the Justices of the Peace in New Orleans
and the acts amending two articles of the Civil
| Code.
| The bill forming new parish out Of Union,
Jackson and Claiborne, was reported favorably
upon, but the House refused to make 1t the order
| of the day for Saturday.
| The Committee on Printing reported against any
bill contrary to present Ia of public printing
Mr. Lindsay, from the Committee of Finance,
| reported unfavorably on the bill authorizing the
city OF New Orleans to invest the McDonogh fund
| for city funds.
Osborne, of Brooklyn New York, asking that
| New Jersey and the Southern District of New
York, be included in the invitation to the Western
border States to join the Southern Contederaoy'
/ Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations
Mr.. Ewing's joint resolution to adjourn sine die,
! Saturday, was tabled.
/ The resolution removing the Commissioners OF
the Board Of Public Works, being the order Of the
day, was taken up and laid over till Tuesday.
Many local bills were referred.
Domestic Markets
| CNc1NNArI, Feb. 29.-The sales of Flour were
unimportant, at 81 SIS to 81 so for Snperine State
Corn dull at 81 to 3Gc. per bushe. Pork CLOSED
firm, with sales of 700 bbls. at SIT to SIT so fol
Mess. Whisky sales 2000 bbls at L. 4c. per gallon
Candles are quoted at 16 to l2c. per pound. Sale
of Coffee at l29 to l4c for Rio. Molasses is wort
, 80 TO 33c. per gallon.
sales uninlportant at 1lsc. Flour dull and decline
Sc. sales of 5000 bbs. at SIS 10 to IS 20 for Super
fine State. Wheat declined to &C., Corn duh an
declined &C.; sales of $4,000 bushels at 654 to 6st
Pork quiet and steady; sales $50 at SIT Is for Mes
Lard steady at 81 to l04c. Sugar steady; Cuba q
Al to &c., Orleans at to &C. The sales of Me-
Orleans Molasses amounted to $50 bbls. at 81 t
&c., Cuba and Muscovado are selling at zZc. pc
gallon.
t River Intelligence
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 28.--The river continues t
| fall with feet inches water in the canal,
| ST LOUIS Feb 2S.-The Mississippi at this poir
is rising rapidly and is clear of ice. All the uppe
streams are swelling.