New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-19

The king Of Sardinia was suggested as the umpire
| Of tie commission, but the British government
waived any right in thatrelaton, and Judge L. r.
Curtis OF Massachusetts,, was selected. The III
terests of the Hudson Bay company are involved
| in the decision of the commission.
The Herald's Washington special says 1t has
been decided by competent authority that coiored
soldiers are entitled to bounty under the act of
July 29, 1866, in all cases coming within the
provisions Of sections IL and l3, where they re-
ceived no bounty or less bounty than 800.
The Kansas people are cOngratulating them
selves over recent discovery of salt in the eX-
treme southwestern portion of the state The
Lawrence Tribune states, on the authority Of
gentleman who was Of a party that visited the
salt region, that it completely covers the ground,
forming crust, and can be shoyeled up by caEt
loads. The salt is Of the purest character, and is
fit for use as taken from the ground. When
cleaned from the surface, leaving the earth bare,
it appears again Immediately, and in day or two
hard crust is formed Of the saline deposits in the
soil. This salt exists m similar abundance over
country Of sixty miles in extent
There was largely attended meeting at Oko-
Iona Miss, on the l2th for the purpose Of devils
ing means to build the projected railroad from
Memphis to Selma. It's also proposed to connect
Grenada with Columbus by rail-
Secretary Stanton has notified aboutfoYty newly
appointed lieutcnantg in the army that if their
letters of acceptance are not received by the de-
partment on or before December lst, thcir ap-
pointments will be cancelled
The suit in the United States Court, brought by
M ChsOiL tPSl NNi"i S'IhP'+iS AA"'' t.i
Wells & Co. for infringement Of letters patent by
ssillhg unlicensed paper coAats mas peti ueciueu'
the defendants saomttlh9 70 a decree 3oF per
petual injunction.
The day express west on the Buffalo and Erie
Railroad, was thrown off the track near Westley-
VI!le, I9aE ihllGs eaat o. Ere fehu az GiocH
Oh the 18th. Some fifty persons were injured and
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avarar[r. corn nearly an average: tobacco. con
siderable more than full crop; wheat, less thar
an average. There is an average crop of oats
i The crops in the Northern counties and in Eas
TeRless6c are very good, and make up somewha
for thn dnfcinncieS in other portions of the State
Mrs. Jacob sThompson, of Mississippi has bee
at Washington asking the President 10 allow he
husband 10 come home. 1t is said she left ther
with assurances from the President that he nigh
return 10 his home in Mississippi.
, Emily Campbell, an Engshwoman recently ar
rived from the old country in az emigrant Ship
threw herself into the North river in New York
! with her newly.born baby in her arms in til
hope Of committing suicide, She and her husban
were living in Thompson street but her contine
ment had eaten up his little subtance, and he wa
) out of employment. She thought by the ras
deed to rid him Of the burden of her and lie
chids subsistence but she was bnoye9 qp IN IN
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The excitement regarding the gold dlScOyerlf