New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-30

that Santa Anna has visited this country in the in
tsrsst Of Maximilian.
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Tie former members of Gi5sen's Louisiana |
Brigade are requested to peruse the notice in
smother column in which they are invited to at
tend Q meeting at Lyeeum Hall, Friday evening,
with view to organize a benevolent association
for the relief Of needy comrades and the removal
OF the honored dead to appropriate cemeteries.
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LocouET hsTrrUTE PR1zEs AND D1fLoMAs-
This evening an exceedingly interesting exhibition
VIII be presented at Odd Fellows HALL ia the dis
aribution ofprizes and diplomas to the pupils Of
the Locquet Institute. The exercises Will GEM
mence al Is o'clock.
CHAEaE oF DEPARTMRNT CoNMASDERs-
the oficial orders Nos. As and 50. published be-
low, IL viii be seen that under authority from the
Headquarters of the Military Division Of the Gulf
Major General 3. r. s. Candy relinauishes the
command Of the Department of Louisiana to Breget
Major GeneralA Baird
GenerslBair announces that no change in the
orders Or current details of the department or in
ahe staff Of the department commander, win take
place, unless found necessary hereafter:
HEADaHARrKRs DEr4R4gESr o. LeuTst4KA,
NEW ORLEANS, La, May 3, 1866
n Under the authority of General Orders Ne. s.
current series, from the headquarters of the Mill
tary Division of tho Gulf, the undersigned re8in-
cuisines the command Of the Department of
Louisiana to Breyet Major General "A. Baird, o. S.
Volunteers.
II. Brevet Major S. NJ. Eaton, Signal Corps. D.
s. army, and Brevet Captain Louis Y. Cagiare, 8lst
VI y. Golored Infantry, Aides de Camp, will report
TO Breyet Major General Baird for temporary duty,
and when relieved by him will report by letter 10
the care Of the Adjutant General Of the army.
ED. r. S. CANDY,
Major General q. S, Volunteers
NATHANIEL. BURBANK.
lst Lieut., Acting Assistant Adiutant General.
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Aa48fs4'ias REGts Ha 2sy 18gi1 555
IN pursuance Of General Orders No. 8, current
series from headquarters Military Division Of the
Gulf, the undersigned assumes command of the
Departmental Louisiana, RELIEVING MAJOR General
Ed r. s. Uanby thefefroH1.
changes il the orders or current details of
9he department., or in the stat Of theydepartment
commander, will take place, unless they lie found
necessary hereafter, when they will be properly
Breget Major General q s, Volunteers.
0ficial
NATHANIEL BuRBAnK.
Ut Lieut., Acting Assistant Adiutant General
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The Cairo Democrat says that seven different
commissions win soon be engaged in ascertaining
the iactsirelatiye to the Memphis riots. Congress
has appointed Commission, General stoneman
another, General Howard a third, General Fisk a
fourth, the city council fifth, the white citizens
sixth, and the negroes seventh.
Twill be q curious and interesting task to com.
pare these together
The Goldsboro M. C.) News was burned on the
TnoTning Of the 2sd. The office, presses, type
materials, books, etc., were totally destroyed.
Via 4
The proprietors have our heartfelt sympathies.
The Northern overland telegraph enterprise is a
gigantic aaair Through British America, 1900
miles; through Rusman America, 500 miles !:
across Behring Strait. Isl miles across the Gulf
of Anadyr, 80 miles and thence overland 10 The
mouth Of the Amoor river 1900 nlilss, or total AZ
1894 miles. At the Amoorit is Il BE continued by
Russian line conuseting itwith Irkoutsk, through
Western Siberia, Communicating with Niini.Noy.
gorod and Moscow, and thence to ST. Petersburg.
The capital invoked ambputs to sIoooO,o0o
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The very valuable leases held BY WIN. B. Astor
Of Trinity church, ID New York, viii terminate u
The slst Of this month"; and put The church into iul
control Of property worth at least Sc 900. Nj
Astnr held possession Of three hundred and thirty
six lets, which were let in 1861, at very low rat
income out of the houses built on them reached,
one year, the sum Of al 800 600.
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A gifl was arrested in New York The other ia
for stealing some money from the mistress Of IL
house where she was engaged. She was prett
thoroughly searched, including the garments 81
lad on, IS well as her waterfall, without success
Finally, false bosom was examined, when th
Slls were found secreted within,
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aomas " RirdsalI, presidentof a New Yor
lnsAsauee Company, comnitted suicide on tie ~
1nss,, By taking strsehnne, He was enbaWasse
y hispeenaiars Affairs.
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The wife Of clergyman. named Rudder, iumpe
from ths balcony d her dwelling ON the 23d inst.
ID New York, aud was killed,
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he moae IN which re settlers 81 the new Terri
tolses illustrate the moral law il thsir treatment
the Indians e strlkiagy ezhbisea ID ihe following
extract from the Idaho statesaian.
Tbs process OF thinning cut the ismgly Of 10
heFesbonts, has commenced ia good eafnest. I'd
ports we're current on The streets On Sunday amer
noon that thefe were fifteen good lnatansu tsG
dered Permanently peacaable up tie river, nee
the mouth Of Moor's creek, From an We eoai
learn we tAink Il IS trae- One man ssid he 81,
poneat sayeth net.
Deneir, the rope walker and gymnast, is astol
ishing tie people Of Galveston with his peTilo,
seais.
The trunk Of a citizen Of Chicago was broke
open shout ten days ago, and y. s. and Cook G
bonds stoleu u the amount Of sls,50o.