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New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

SIXTY 1--WE YEARS AGO.-Uuder the title of
Grandfather and T." a Scotch magazine has an
article describing some of the phases of metro
poitan life and manners in the year of grace 1900,
from which the annexed anecdotes are extracted /:
The pavements and crossings must have been
very queer, as witness the following Two ladies
of considerable distinction stepped in carriage
at jewellers near Charing.cr0ss and one Of them
got out. The coach stood across the causeWay.
Some gentlemen wanted to cross to the other side
and desired the COaChman to move on little the
fellow was sarly and refused. One of the gentle.
men then, without any hesitation oDened the coach
door, and. with boots and spurs on, went through
the carriage he was followed by his companions,
to the extreme discontinue of the lady Within To
complete the Jest, party of sailors coming up,
observed, that If this was thOrOughfare, they had
as much right to go through it as the gentlemen ,
and they accordingly went through the coach.
Although there are million or two more of us
now than in $500, and although we are robbed, the
robberies do not assume the following forms: On
Monday night, Mr.. Bates, of Cecil court, st. Mar
tins lane, and another gentleman were stopped
in a post-chaise near the workhouse at Islington
by three foot-pads, who robbed them of watch
and some money.
Some days ago French priest was attacked by
foot pad in the Edgeware road, who, not content
with the few shillings he had about him, insisted
on his coat alleging it was superior to his own
The exchange was no sooner completed than the
priest ran so did the thief vociferatng to him tC
stop but in vain, the priest fearing he meant tC
i'll use him Onreaching public street the THE
gave up the pursuit, and the priest, putting his
hand in the pocket of the coat, found at once the
cause of the renewed attack-f50 note in the
thiefis coat
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
sUPREME COURT.
8Gw ORLEANS @floneg Sflar::, Il,
CREsCENT OFFICE, NO. "a CAAP STREET,
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SATURDAY Evening, May 25 1866
Inc Hoiu iI'' Nes naS Deeh very hlueh depressed
to'Gay " aIyIees IRON Ne" OH, ana fates nave
ueg"ueu lu'iy 1euS' ftlFaVe ulsPatehes came
~ manu- "' S"oit Intervals 'hrousnout lle oay' anu
an "a 'ii1Al eA"lUiseu iapiuiy ieeeuins move
=, Vle Wv hoiA as may oe inferred
hoi' .ue uDloiieu' "n'Gh We se'eoV from CON
9'ueIaVle nulpel Vi tg'estd~s Ne" AofNr
a, n'-oolu' IoSa lz''o +. NJ l95; lou r M
+9'S ms 100 W Hen ~ is Eeoohecteu lHa'
1Ie closing la'e ~ new ofh lasI evening was
L'02' Uieie Is III Vae 'toofe' "uleA
piScIo'e 'olai uecih9 'o'uay up " L H. Oh pu'
g " cent lne eheet upon otF market, however,
Is esPeeldliy uue 10 uIe 'ocI tnaI purchasers nad
ahuclpa'eu coutlhueu upward movement al l.Ie
No,'n aAu pousnt 5es'eFuay as ll'sh as l49' |lcn
WIZ ieaaiiy account lor tle aistius5 ana reaeuon
noNoe"oie 'o'o"y oH teoelPt VI iu'eAisehce Oh
0ouu'eI nloEe"len' III 'ne Nof'hern u'afhes'
we suoJo'h 'ie sa'eS ior tlle aay IN the ofaer ~
""'oh '"ey 'I"nSpile"' we 9Au0o ~ l449 S-Oo9
"o Ia 9eoVV 4v l49 SoVV1' @ooo1 ana soUVO at
SoVoU a' ltls 94O,OoU ~ "a stVooy anu
aiotoVU az ~ S9o9o uhQ 9lo,o0o az loS' s4z'ooo
aO 1859 ana o'Voo al loo4, NO s"'eS OF any mag
Suue naae UInSpite9 ~ ollSoL anu no" 4uo'e
Gold at I5Sat@l53, aud Silver at l22gl25 for Anne
rltan coil' ana lo94gI4o lor mexican ooiars
FOREIGN hAohANGE'-' ne movement IN 9terlin
aI @nu rian'S Is p'iv,aIl susPenaeu' IhsIe Is ouI
NIUE coilefclal olieFlus' "Lo 'Ae oalhs auu pfl
V"'o drawers aEe ols'nc.,ueu 70 sell' Wine the oe
maui loF any cless oi p,.s cannot De reported as
pe''eI 'lah nolnna'' Inc iolo"lng are tne ony
saieS .nat nave oeeh teporLeu 10 US since our last
VIZ 1oouat I'4o4 anu &'OV al I4S' po'n Dill OF
,9uins pilis-aHu @o0U ''e"r 9'el'ihs az l'oO' IN
anu oVVol anu sonie silaLer lo's aSoool' me quo
sa''ons 'ls evening eAllpi' no naIerla! alteratlon
@nu'eSer ana we therefore repeat previous prices
"iun 'ne remark 'Ia' no sues ol any magnitude
eoulu W eneclea h' tnese rales, VIZ; bahh
3v'I'tS l1oe,0o, oIeat Dit,S Ioo' niL OF La
os .,'S ltISgiaS, Dunn t- FRANCS 'o''s'oO'' ana
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
MONSTER ESrERpR1sE.-The San Francisco

n blOHoIEh EhIERFRlSE.-Ile 5an FRANCISCO
correspondence of the Chicago Tribune, says;
Away up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, so
nigh IN air that water and air lose their respective
gravity, and sticks of wood refuse to float on its
surface, is beautiful sheet of water called Lake
Tahoe, by 1900 feet the highest body of water on
earth naVigated by steamboat. Surrounded by
mighty peaks whose submits are clothed in
mantles OF eternal snow, while they look down On
valleys where eternal summer reigns, this lovely
lake seems beyond the reach of civilization and
consecrated to solitude forever.
But science has already seized upon it as fit
subject for another of her triumphs, and daring
engineer, Col A. H. Won Schmidt, of this CITY,
has determined to turn its vast volume of water
to practical use. He has Incorporated a com
pany with vast capital, and will actually com
menCe the work next month of tlnneling the
mountains to draw its pure waters to the Cali
fOrna side. The waters are to be turned into a
channel Of stream and carried over the hills
which skirt the valley of the Sacramento thence
through canals among the Placer mines, down to
the level of the Capital City thence across the
valley towards the coast range, and ultimately to
San Francisco. This enterprise would, if carried
out supply a dozen towns with a delicious water
of a purity unknown elsewhere, provide the
miners with water during the dry season, irTigate
thousands Of acres Of now unproductiye land,
making 1T to blossom as the rose, and lastly to
supply to all time to come the teeming millions
who will inhabtsan Francisco.
II WILL take lifetime to carry on the plan in all
its details, but Won Schmidt, who engineered to
completion the Spring Valley Water works, by
which San Francisco is supplied with water from
distance of forty miles, is confident of its feast
bility, The route by which the water would
reach San Francisco is nearly two hundred miles
long but nevertheless Won Schmidt is thoroughly
in earnest, and as | said, proposed to commence
work next week. To any man who has scaled
the dizzy heights Of the Sierra and seen the ire
mendous obstacles to be overcome, the project
looks like the freak of dsOrdered Imagination
but the child may be already born who will live to
see it fact accomplished.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
Artlval. nt lhs rr.aeIpaI no.el..

ST. CHARLES-w D Lang, O P Mitchell, Mem
phis !; 6 llremelberg, N Y ; q A Townsend, Brook
lyn; l. Collins, h W Outlaw, city; N Paige, Ala;
Brickel u S A ; Bronson, L Myers, Mem
phis; Col H Beers, Little Rock ? p TaIman,
n Y ; r Slyd, London; NJ Adams g NJ Chapman
Mobile; General J P Major, H /. Boon, Texas !;
G0odloe and wife, Austin, Tex: Miss A, do do: z
W Chittenden, Galveston A A Samson and wife,
Houston; Mrs loft and family. do; Miss @ Toft
do; Col Mathews, Ala; Kinnicott 18th U S
lntty; Capt G Mathews, Miss Mathews Ala;
Mrs II II Ware; Miss d Goodoe, Austin; g a Nea-
fus, La; Cen A Battles; P Jenkins, Shreve.
port; W aimrall, Woodyille; Minor, w Minor,
CITY HoTEL-w A Blackburn, Burnett Texas !:
G c Colby, Portland, Maine S Lofurd, do !; L W
Boss Iowa; J Clifford, do; W Fl Stanford coast :;
y 7 Matthews, Houston; j Rugg L9ca; L s
Mean, U 5 A, Washington, D c; W NJ Esnard,
city; NJ Mouton, Jasper, Texas; D Ward,
'LynchbGrg Va; G W Ward, do l. C Swingle
Galveston; J Keenan,, do Lieut. z Smith, 10th U
) Y; W Thatcher, Shreveport, La. ID. Pratt La,
} W Elicit Dallas, Texas; Hunter, IL H Hall,
Mexico; D Dinkeraker Galveston; w Price,
Mr.. Young, Maxwell, city; DR. Maddox, Alex
dria; W Lewis, II Shepherd and family, Z Lorgney
Natchez; J P Rodney, La; ] NJ Ferguson, II AL
piners, A BeVin, 7 B Allen, L Haynes, Plaquemine
ST. JAMES HOTEL--G W Brooks, Rankin co,
Miss; Phillips St Louis; G Wilcox Clarks-
vile, Tenn; Folsom; I Sheffield; l. Presley
Goodman, Miss Tackett, Richand, Miss; I
Il Simrall, Crystal Springs Duff Green Vicksburg;
y Rollins and family, Jackson Railroad; A John
son. Rome, Ga; b W Finney, Va; J Sanchez N ";
W Brewster, New York; G B Taylor, Mobile, Ala;
E Pittet, H Webster city ; S II Putnam, Jack
son, Miss Ed Ware, city Carle, Meridian Miss :
L kohn, Pensacola, Fla; J Layden, Memphis; G
II Williams, Oakolona, Miss; VI Brown j Ford,
Galveston; Miss Baldwin, J B Tapping, Indian
ola; @ Smith and wife, Qmtman Miss Miss NJ
Bren, va; L Gohn, Y: G Guelewil, Il P
Jones, N C Mrs BoylstOn and daughter, Mobile :;
W Hardie, city; W Brewster, n Y; H Chase,
Memphis H bennett, city, w r Wetherell; S
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

AN ODD SToRY.-An odd story is told of crack
young barrister in London, lately a member of
Parliament, who was recently about to be married
to young lady of distinguished connections, 1t
seems that the prospective bride was possessed
among other desirable qualifications, Of very
noted name, OF neat little fortune of $4,000 a
year, and was, moreover, the niece of distin
guished peer Great preparations We're made to
have the wedding in the most splendid and re.
cherche manner possible. A certain nObleman of
high rank was to give away the bride, and the
great Tory chief, Dsraeli, was to propose the
health of the pair at the wedding breakfast. All
the ton were looking anxousy forward to it as
promising to be one of the most brilliant affairs of
the season, But, notlong before the happy day,
when the upper circles were all agog at the com
ing event, the bridegroom suddenly disappeared.
Very soon it leaked out that he had involuntarily
become an inmate of the debtor's prison. 1t was
malciously suggested by some that he had got a
friend to put him in to escape the match owing to
the discovery that the lady's fortune was not SO
large as had been supposed Another report was
that upon learning Of her beloved's incarceration,
the bride that was to be sent her whole fortune to
the jail to acquit his debts, which he, however,
had the selfrespect to refuse-as the amount was
not sufficient for the purpose.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

Ihe Boston traveller, OF tuesday evening, re-
ports:
Call loans on choice collaterals are obtained of
banks and private lenders at five per cent. and at
still lower rate on public securities, although the
common charge to transient borrowers is six per
cent. Ii is quite difficult for capitalists to find en-
plOyment for their loose funds, and consequently
large balances are remaining idle The discount
market is rather inactive on account of the scar
city of tirst-class paper for sale. The banks are
selecting short dates and in the street the longer
maturites are eagerly sought after at seven for
fair names, while choice pieces are occasionally
taken at six per cent. The lower grades are ont
of date at higher rates Most of the sales of mer-
Chandise are made either for cash or on short book
credits, and therefore but few business notes are
given out.
The Chicago Times of Friday says:
The demand for money is increasing, and our
bankers have better opportunities than for some
time past Of employing their surplus funds to ad.
vantage. In some quarters, for a day or two
past, currency has been so scarce that brokers
have forced their exchange to sell at so cents dis
count; but generally the market is well supplied
and good paper passes freely at 10 per cent. per
annum. Some private bankers, however, are
charging spectators commission extra, which
makes the rate eqnal to l23@l5 per cent, but the
Incorporated banks are not charging over 10 per
cent per annmm
The market for Eastern Exchange is fiat and
lower To-day some of the banks sold round.lots
at discount Of SOC. per thousand, but the bulk of
the sales were at par
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

sARDGNEs.-The loves of the ''litte fishes billed
in ile,' shoud know that the fish which furnishes
tAem with such delicious repast belongs to the
herring family and genus dlosa. The popular
name was given to it by Cuvier, who was the first
to assign it to distinct place in the tinny tribe
He called it sardinia from which it is known as the
sardlne. Sardines are caught principally along
the coasts of Brittany and to less extent in Por
tugal. The fisheries employ large number of
men and women. The fishing vessels-of eight or
ten tons each, and carrying crew of from six to
ten-go out two or three leagues from the land,
aud watch for shoals of fish. When they see them
they spread their gi-nets for them, and scatter on
the water the bait which has been prepared, and
which consists of the eggs and flesh of fish, espe-
cl9ly Of cod and mackerel, and sometimes of
salted fish Large quantities of sardnes are taken
IN this way. Some are salted on board, and others
are carried on shore, aud either sold fresh or pre-
pared for shipment. For the latter purpose they
are salted and packed away in tin cans with
melted butter and olive oil, which is poured upon
them in an almost boiling. state. The caus are
sealed up to prevent the air reaching the fish, and
are then ready for shipment.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
An ANOMALY IN Book PUBLGsHNG.-Th New
York World says;

An ANOMALY IN Book PUBLISHING New
York World says;
Now that the tax laws are before Congress- we
hope that some attention viii be paid to the book
trade At present our laws discriminate so much
against the manufacture of books in this country
that our publishers to an extent not generally
known, arc getting their new publications printed
in England. The late publications of the Messrs.
Appletons are manufactured for them in London
by'Eyre Spottiswoode andiOther English houses
Messrs. Mppincott & Co., of Philadelphia, patron
ize English booksellers largely, taking whole
editions Of popular books, such as the Globe ed-
tion Of ''Shakespeare;n the "Golden Treasury"
series Of Messrs, Macmillan q Co.; Figuiers
"Worla Before the Flood;n and professor OWENS
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the
Vertebrate Animals" together with most of the
cheap English editions Of the cheap novelists.
Messrs. Roberts Brothers, of Boston, have about
one half their publications manufactured in Eng.
land the most recent instance being Combe's
Tour OF DR., Syntax,n Buffers "Hudbras,' and
Miss Jean Ingeow's "Stories for Children Mr..
W. j. Middleton and Messrs. heypoldt q Holt are
also manufacturing theirs in England.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
Cattle BinrKeG.


Arrived on Saturday and sunday-9G Texas
Beeves, l79 Calves and Yearlings, and As
Sheep, Sold on Saturday. Western and l54
Texas Beeves, 96 Calves and Yearlings and 81
Mich Cows. Stock on sale-lO Western and 1913
Texas Beeves, 264 Calves and YearIings, 25S
Hogs, sos Sheep. and Is Mich Cows We quote
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

That is to say, about $l40, ,OOO On Monday next
Stephens will leave New York for tour through
all the most popular cities in the country, with a
view to making addresses and raising further col
lections He will be accompanied by General
Halpine and Captain Doheny.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

A farmer refused to hire an Irishman, because
two previously hired by him had died on his hands.
" Faith, - said the Irishman, u have wrought in
many place, and niyir once played sch trick -
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

The colored hands employed in lumber mill in
Charleston South Carolina, "struok" recently,
when their places were supplied with white men,
and the work went on uninterruptedly.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
Things in New York.


Correspondence Of the Public LedgerI
NEW Y0RH, May ls.--Head Centre stephens has
to-day authorized to be made public the following
statement of the various sums Of money he has re-
ceiyed from the Fenian Brotherhood in America
since he was officially connected with it:
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
A.croaic to ATy yyIGe.

Lucy dear, thy sweet face is ever before me;
Upon thy fair bosom my head hath oft reposed;
Care-worn, sick of the tolls OF life, I've gone to
thee,
Your soft hand hath soothed, thy gentle smiles
composed.
Tell me, 0, tell me not, thy love can ever wane !;
All! ah, how all my joyful hopes OF bliss would
fee,
Then could say unto death, healer of all pain,
Ever welcome, mora, aoon or night, ask thou
for me.
o- FRED.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

Boston editor having had his eyes opened by
Moore's history of slavery in Massachusetts, mildly
suggests the propriety of little mOdesty in future
on the part of those who have long held forth in
the hOlierthan-thou vein, He says "it certainly is
not pleasant to admit. that in Massachusetts, in it's
earliest settlement, slavery was recognized by
law, and strengthened and made permanent by
various enaetments. Mr. Moore shows that the
old Puritans not only bought and sold cargoes of
Africans but dealt III the same way with their In
dian captiyes, and eVen in a limited degree, with
whites who were numbered among the dissenters
and heretics of the times or who could not pay
their debts. 1t is mortifying, again, to remember
that Peter Faneuil, the generous gver of the cold
Cradle of Liberty" to the city Of Boston, was q
slave owner and importer"
ExoTICs.-A Paris letter tells of recent Euro
pean tour made by gentleman in search of va
riOus articles of high reputation in Paris and sup
posed to be imported from foreign cities. The
tourist visited Milan and asked at the principal
restaurants for famous dish served in Paris under
the name of c0telettes la Milandtse, hut the Mi
lanese walters shook their heads and said they had
no knowledge of the dish. At st. Petersburg he
attempted to buy some articles of Russia leather''
but failed in the same way. AT Stockholm, the
govemakers were unable to supply him with
Swedish kids, and at Seville he endeayored to
purchase genuine Spanish fan, but finding the
specimens shown quite familiar. he incurred how
it was, and was TOLD these Spanish fansn were the
newest and most fashionable styles inst received
from Paris.n The tour developed the striking fact
that articles highly priced because they purport to
come from foreign places, supposed to excel in
such manufacture are not known in those places
at all. Nine times in ten these eXoticsn are pro-
dueed IN the cities where they offered for sale,
and high prices are paid for them on that ground,
when they would perhaps be sneered at as speci-
mems of native manufacture.
|
The cOlored hands employed in lumber mil IN
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
Stock hand and shipboard not cleared
The exports include 1904 bales for New

Stock hand and shipbosrd cleared l42 OH
The exports include 1904 bales for New York
and 3lS2 for Liverpool.
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-Th have been no
receipts from the coast since yesterday. Thesup-
ply of Louisiana Sugar and Molasses is limited,
while the foreign production is large but there is
little or no demand for either. There were sales
this morning of Is hhds, Louisiana prime Sugar at
l54e. and 10 do seconds at lac. % b.; and yester-
day, not previously reported, 100 boxes No u
Cuba Sugar at l25e. f} H., and 10 hhds fully fair
Louisiana Sugar on private terms. There is only
moderate retail business doing at 119@l29c. for
common to good common Louisiana Sugar, 1910
l4!c for fair to fully fair l5I6 for prime and l6c
~ 1b for choice. There is no movement whatever
in Molasses, and prices are held somewhat above
The views Of buyers. The stock of Cuba Molasses
on hand is quite large, Eeing estimated at abou
900 hbls.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
The Chicago lime Of Friday gaYg
d5ommerrial 9ntelIigenre.

Saturday Evening, May e. 1866,
CoTToN-The market is quiet but firm to-day.
Advices from New York and Europe have wholly
failed TO affect the general movement, and opera
tions only restricted by the limited character
Of the supply. Sales, nevertheless comprise 225O
bales, which have been divided among thirteen
buyers, most of whom report prices very stiff,
with steady and unmistakable tendency to the
outside figures in yesterdays quotations, which
repeat as follows, viz ordinary, 2883Oc.; good
ordinary, S2@33c.; low middling, 36@37c.; and
middling, 4O@4lc.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28
STATEMENT oF COTTON.

stock on hand Sept ist ls65-bales .,,...,... 1928
Received since yesterday 279
Received 2I7-7O752
,..,....... 79O76l
Exported previously $40 2G2-6487l
New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-28

New ORLEANS, May %, 1865.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-10

made to railroads to construct branches when
they are desired by the people who are imme-
diately interested in the matter, and would pro-
mote the development of their property and
afford them avenues to market. Such grants
being so restricted as not to violate individual
rights or public interests.
In reply 10 your hrd question, which to my
mind includes both the others, say, again, that
believe general law regulating the construc.
ton of railroads and grants OF power for that
purpose to be most consistent with public policy
and the interests of the Common wealth; and en.
tertaning these views, l would certainly use the
legitimate and constitutional power of the Exc
cutive to secure so desirable result
The spirit of monopoly N this and other mat
tersD should be discouraged in republican Co
vernment, and have no sympathy with any
policy which may be designed for Its encourage
ment. -hf -"
am, gentlemen, with high respect, your obe-
dent servant, ..... JOHN w. GBARY
To Messrs, Lyon, Shorb q Co., spang, Ohll-
FAINT Co., and others
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-10
THE NEW YoRK PRESS.

from ne Odty Re1Us-- Democratic.
"Ihe House OF Representatives passed the Civil
Rights Dill Yesterday over the Presidents veto, by
vote of one hundred and twenty-five to forty-One
MIR, Raymond OF this city honored his name by re.
cording II IN the negative The Speaker, Mr., Col
fax, on the contrary, displayed an unusual anxiety
TO place his on the list Of those VINO are suDYertng
the Government, IN order to perpetuate their own
power The poor foolish negroes who crowded the
galleries driven almost wild by the excitement
OF the occasion and Wed with their white brothers
IN noislness and grOtesqueness OF exuliadon.
III the President yield to tne assumption of the
radicals that this bill has been oOnstltulOnally en-
acted over his veto, then has the revolution been
contaminated and the character of our Government
been changed, by the subordlnation of the Execu-
tive and Judicial Departments TO the Legislature