New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-01
NEGRO SUFFRAGE MEETING IN BOSTON.
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MEmPH1s, May 31.-The steamer City of Mem
phs, from New Orleans for St. Louis, exploded at
the foot Of Buck Island, forty miles below here
at O'Clock this morning, tearing away the for.
ward cabin and setting the boat on fire. She had
twenty eight cabin passengers and sixty on deck.
The following are lost: Mr.. Smith, of Evansville
Ind; Mrs. Dome, of Deagles Varieties pilots
Frank Perdue, George Britton steersman George
Hanger, of St. Louis; first engineer Harrison Fox
second steward G, A. Hambleton; cabin boy Jas
Robinson. The following are scaded: Mr. Wake
field, of St. Louis; Mrs. Selden, of Jefferson, Tex
Sam. Harris, second mate, leg broken; Nick
Burns, second engineer, leg broken; H. Smith
third engineer, slightly. About sixty persons are
supposed lost and injured The steamer St. Pat
rick brought up the survivors to Memphis. The
City of Memphis was owned by the Atlantic steam
ship company, and valued at S9O0OO on whicl
there is no insurance.
MEMPHIS, May 3I.@The steamer Prairie State
struck snag at South Bend, Arkansas river, OF
Tuesday night and sank over the lower decks
She is owned in St. Louis and will be raised. NJ
further particulars.
The clothing store of NJ Ullman, on Front street
was destroyed by fire this morning The flames
communicated to the commission houses Of Ne
vile, Rose & Co. and NJ. Wolfe The engines be-
ing absent at a fire in South Memphis, the fire
spread rapidly, but was finally checked Loss
$50 600, mostly insured.
WASHINGTON, May Silt is said the report OF
the secretary of the treasury will show total sales
of nearly $50 900 since the 1st, at 1909, and
that no gold was sold in March and April for less
than 1871
Among the recent pardons issued is one to W. S.
Simpson, Confederate Congressman from South
Carolina.
The Senate this day confirmed the appointments
of Jas. Wilson, Of Indiana, Minister to Venezuela
William FaXon, commissioner, and Capt. CIV. Fox,
assistant secretary of the navy, and Jas. Ready,
New Orleans, assessor of the internal revenue.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-1t is untrue, as has been
published, that the President does not specially
object to the reconstruction resolutions now pend
ing in the Senate. He adheres to his own pro-
gramme of reconstruction.
The consul at Liverpool writes the State depart
ment, under date of May 18th: " Two weeks go
advised you of the shipment to New York of
$50 900 bushels of wheat of American exporta-
ton. The City of Cork, which sails tomorrow
takes 49S sacks of French -four, the first instance
of such shipment from this port to the United
States, and probably the first time that flour was
ever shipped from Europe to America
The secretary of war sent to the House to-day
in compliance with resolution, Gen Whttlesey's
review of Gems. stedman and Fullerton's report
of the freedmen's bureau. Whittlesey says theil
report is unfair and unjust, and denies that they
made thorough investigation or represented the
good il. had done.
WASHINGTON, May 3l-Senate.-Mr. Wilson,
from the Committee of the Houses, reported a
joint resolution of respect and veneration for the
memory of Gen. Scott, and that, when the Houses
adjourn to-day, they adjourn to meet on Monday;
that committee of seven Senators and nine Rep
resentadyes be appointed to represent Congress
at the funeral, tomorrow The resolution was
unanimously adopted. sifailar resolution was
adopted by the House.
The third section of the reconstruction resolu-
tions was passed as originally reported from the