New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-09

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/ RES The jails are filling fast. In September last
1 two hundred arrests were made, and at least as
many more since. In every corner Of the island
Selling and imprisoning is still going On. L .!s
numbers of able-hodied men have come INTO algG
\ within the past fortnight and remained withont
any ostensible business or means Of lyeahoo o.,
The police court did not discover anything 70 coti
firm their suspicious. On Wednesday ae .aoi,
ment arrived The police visited the s ssarrsd
lodging places in the town, and t 70
twenty-five emigrants to place Of sateIy; h,t
The persons arrested were closely seaTchtsu
nothing calculated to bring them unuea W. ana
attention was found. The menare sun M nrsnn
double guards are placed arouna ths p,As an 4
Troops are being forWafoeo W -
s The town Of Colon has been searching for
Stevens but he was not founai y ''t''
he il not great way from Danhn. (.
4 Fsn;an proclamation was found on Fenan
named Flood, urging preparation for the coming
4 struggle. Ri.
s.s FRANCISCO, Feb. a.--The steamer Sierra
Nsvadal 20 long fast on a rock up, the coast. ar
i lived to-day from Portland, with New York dates
4 Of Inn. sd. The sailors Of the ship White Swal-
low. arrested here for mutiny, state this action
was ocoasionsd q the brutality Of their ocers
i The Democratic State Convention Of Oregon
4 meets on the 9TH OF April.
! General sweeny In Canada-viewlng the
Sleepers. -
| HAMILTON, C. W., Feb. General Sweeny and
Colonel Roberts passed through this city last
night on the express train. Colonel Booker, the
Mayor and the Chief4o Police passed through the
train and viewed the sleepers. NJ $sstf-. {; W.
From New York. ssgy q Ii
NEW sYaRK, Feb. IA large meeting of the
National Temperance Society was held last eve
ming ut the Cooper Institute. = ~
A eulogy on the late DR.. Valentine Mott was de-
livered last evening under the auspices ofs the
New York Medical Society, in Clinton Hall, by DR..
Jennings Bedford, to large audience. 4. ~ N
NY The Public Debt.
NEW YORK, Feb 2-The regular monthly state
ment of the national debt for the present month
has been issued from the Treasury Department
1t shows an increase of SIT 0000 900 in the public
indebtedness during the month of January :" s'5&
3& III Gen. Howard ON a Tour.
/ The Tribune's Washington special says: Maj.
Gen. 90. Howard has gone on his lecturing tour
through the New England States. He is to re-
ceiyed 500 for each lecture delivered and the
money thus received is TO be devoted to the fund
accumulated for the rection Of q Gong egational
church in this city. During the absence OF the
General, which it is supposed will not exceed q
fortnight. Brig. Gen. Charles Howard will have
charge of the bureau. 884 .+5y -s1N %
@ Bushyshackers Organizing. 76a@
& KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Feb. al The! Junction City
(Kansas} Union says: The Commissary and Quar-
Iermaster's warehouse at Fort Riley was burned
on Wednesday. Loss estimated at q million dol
lars; nothing saved &eAs 9sls92 p
= SRs Virginia. Railroad. sgg 3F
iRIcHMosD, Feb. a.-The Senate bill authorizing
the construction of a railroad from Winchester to
Strasburg passed the House to-day after lengthy
- Claims Not Considered. 4a3ser1e
/ NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The Herald's Washington
special says it may interest persons intending TO
present claims to the Treasury Department for
captured or abandoned property, to know that the
Secretary is not considering any cases of the kind,
in consequence of the pressure Of other duties.
No action will be taken by him on this class Of
business until the return Of Assistant Secretary
Chandler or until there is relaxation in other
business lsi 4&H$ s85 t 3&.4# y
f German Emigrants. .ss3 IN
The Boston correspondent of the London Times
STATES that there were $4,000 German emigrants to
America last year.
Sensation story.
A correspondent Of the New Nation writes, in a
letter from Macon, that he has been informed that
numerous negroes are being hired under false pre-
| lenses, and sold into slavery The negroes. are
hired as if to work at numbering in Florida or Lou
isana factfor work of any kind so distant as td
4 furnish pretext for taking them on board of yes
sells, and they are sent over to Cuba, where pur
chasers are readily found. One steamer from Au
gusta with considerable number of these deceived
blacks on board made a trip to Cuba in three
weeks. Several parties in Charleston have MADE
very profitable ventures.a
f. Small Fox. sa4fsa
sCiNcINsATT, Feb. Especial dispatches to the
GaZeItes STAKE tlaG prevailing 10 al
alarming extent throughout many parts. Of the
South. The Huntsville Independent says that I'M
less some organized effort is made to arrest its
progress, it will become atmospheric and sweep
over the land. 0si3ltS 4a' alI5 9l sa7s05 Lrn j. "a
@ The Spanish Insurrection.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. IA Madrid correspondent of
the London Times furnishes some queer data going
to prove collision between the rebel Gen. Prm,
who is so persistent reported as en- route to Por-
tugal for safety and the commanding officers OF
md ont
says the eonjectures yentured upon by thinking
men are endless. Those who incline to believe in
the secret understanding between Prim and
@ 'Donnell imagine that the object OF the latter
was and is to frghten the Queen and leaders to the
abdication which be was charged with attempting
to force on her at Sagranja i. #5 @il5n
@ South Carolina Lands.
The Worlds Washington.s special says: General
Sherman stated to the Commissioner from South
Carolina that his military order turning over lands
in that State to the negroes was not intended to
last longer than when peace was declared, and
the rebels laid down their arms, submitting to the
laws of the United States
The Reconstruction Committee have had under
consideration the evidence in regard to the condi-
tion Of affairs in Tennessee, and the evidence of
Gen. Thomas is very favorable. ILL
| miscellaneous washington News.
WAsHReTos, Feb. 2--The President to-day
transmitted to the Senate the report Of Gen. sher-
man relative to his Department Of Mississippi. It
/ relates mainly to Shermans trip to Arkansas and
he intimates that the interest Of that State and
the military would be subserved in the sonlpleton
/ and repairs of certain railroads which received
great damage by material having been taken dur
| ing the war. To this end he recommends the en-
4 ploying certain negro regiments in cutting wood
for ties in order to assist completing the railroad
| from Memphis to Little Rock. Fzis5 n
i Five thousand dollars g conscience = money was
received at the Treasury Department to-day. +
4 1t is understood that General Gaseman has been
i appointed Minister to the Dominican Republic.
4 The loyal States, excepting Iowa, Kansas and
/ Michigan and the Pacific States. have furnished
\ the amounts expended by them in support of the
war. The following are the amounts of the Yves
tern States: Ohio, ss5 900 900 Indiana, o. 500 900
4 Illinois (estimated) 10000 600; Wisconsin
/ Sl2 200 900 Minnesota, s2590,000; Missouri
$4,000, 900; Kentucky sl,6Oo,Ooo. The remaining
States will be soon heard from. Y 45A t98 ~
i The total amount of expenditures will reacf
about five hundred million, and this, it must be re
\ membered, is in addition to all classes of war ex
penses of all the States which can be ordered
/ under the existing laws. N NV $3.50 .5-t5.
4 The Washington correspondent of the New
4 York News, gives the following somewhat start
4 ling account of the machinations of certain par
ties there who, are trying to cook up a war witt
i Franee:f Tt3les Fl H5 sa54g g
4 General Grant is understood to be great,
lvexed and displeased at the action of the Secre
tary Of War, in delaying to issue the general orde
that was made out some weeks ago, dischargins
fsome seventy or eighty unemployed genera
officers, and their stats. It is generally believed
that this delay arises from the sinister influence