New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-06


NEW YogE, July 5-Vera Cruz dates to tho 22d
state that the vomto was raging in that city and
many deaths had occurred. The French troops
that evacuated Matamoros had arrived. 1t was
believed Santa Anna was acting in the interest OF
the church party and expected to be elected
president conditional upon restoring the property
to the churches. Maximian continued reorgan-
izing and concentrating troops. Reinforcements
had been dispatched to San Luis Potosi compelled
by the Liberals moving against that city.
New YoRK, July 5.--The celebration at Tam
many Hall, yesterday, was largely attended. A let
ter from the President was read, in which he says
there can be no nobler work than the obliteraton
of the passions and prejudces which retard recon
Citation and prevent the restoration of the Union
In Brooklyn, w. J. Votz, painter, deliberately
| fred loaded musket into group of children,
killing one and wounding two.
| BRAsHEAR CIrY, jane 5.-The steamer PisanO,
| from Bagdad, the 26th ult, en- route for New Or
leans, with twenty passengers, has Just arrived.
The steamers Holcombe and Eugenia, with two
schooners containing. Generals Mejia, Olyera and
stafs, together with about one thousand persons,
consisting of troops, government officials, and
women and children, crossed the bar of the Rio
Grande on the 2eth, bound to Vera Cruz. Gen.
Escobedo occupied ,Matamoros on the evening OF
the 2Sth, with two thousand men. Matamoros was
remarkably quiet and orderly.
WASHINGTON July 5.-Portland, Maine, partcu
lars Of the great FIRE show it to have been terribly
disastrous All the newspaper and insurance
| Offices banks and hotels, eight churches and con
veat schools, lawyers Offices, including valuable
libraries and nearly every prominent bushes
house in the city, we're burned, as well as gEea
number of private dwellings. The estimated nun
her of houses consumed is two thousand and tn
loss exceeds ten million dollars. The churehe
not burned are appropriated to the homeless, an
G committees are engaged in endeaVors to alLeViat
the dstrssses of the sufferers. The flames are si
!, troublesome in different parts Of the city. Near
!, all the hose pipe bgrst, and several fire engine
a were used up.
R1oHMoNp, July s.-Judge Chambers has granite
an ininnctionin tho case of b r. Fickle, superb
% tendent of the National Express company, again
d several Virginia railroads, restraining them fro
carving out the special transportation contrae
y y with the Adams Express and Southern EXPIRES
o companies, which excludes all others. The
n cision is considered highly important as decidiT
Is the rights of railroads and express comp2nie
= The effect of the decision places the National
g. Fnress company on the same foeting as those pi
le bviously named
PHILADELPHIA, july 5.-Dr. Paul Beck Go
% dard one of the most eminent physicians in IL
country, died to-day, after hrief illness, aged
oT WASHINGTON, july 5,-The committee of G.
W ference on the tax bill have recommended
fixing of the tax on cotton at thEee cents |
pound, and giving gas companies the right to
KS to their rates the tax until the 30th of April Is
to They agree to leave the income tax unehang
he tho exemption of six hundred dollars be
retained.
'ld WAsHLNGToN, July Sit is understood that
de-. Southern representatives will issue an address
ma. the people Of the South, recommending tRe el
the ton of delegates to the Philadelphia eoh'en'i
Gov They regard it as highly important 1na' tn1 9o
shall cooperate in that movement esPecialiy'
YER it ia understood the conventions only Tor the
ce, roNo, oF 4ba soutb to the Union, and not Tor
cen party parposes. o,. MI, LII
up ronooI the act retrocedng the county OF Al
ondris to Virginia, was discussed and lald O.
so oa and tbe same disposition was made OF the Dill
had nav the loyal people in the South for supp
furnished.
The Senate refused to transfer to the secre
of war supervising and other power over the
And of the commissioner of Indian affairs, now e
sire, cised by the secretary of the interior BY vol
S1 =" 81 to II.
ozo- The conference report on the army bill
'he agreed to in the Senate.
Nothing of moment transpired in the House
r1oN cepting the tariff bill
I'd to Mr. spaldng, oil ohio' gave Io'ioo tLs'
noon tariff bill shall be dlsposeu Oh ne "oU.u
Inge, call up the resolution repolAeu W 'n' s0l'''
Said mittee IN the housseau,orinh0" oaso'
state AUGUSTA, CA July o'-Fieeunlen "nu 4
ond were engaged IN o hght az A'iSnta ID oH IL e
,r of in which q few Were Wounaeo' the PEoml
rtcu pearance OF the military preVehteo tA'" dlstnl
from becoming general and serious