New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-18
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t Associated Press DlsDatches.1
NEW YoRK, May 17.-The Times special from
jharleston learns, by telegraph, that the South
)arolna stay law was decided by the Court Of
Errors at Columbia as unconstitutional.
butcher named Reinhardt has been arrested,
,harged with being engaged in the robbery Of
Higgins last Saturday.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-The Senate has passed
the House bill repeating the act Of the Thirty
seventh Congress relative to passports and
amended it so that passports hereafter shall be
granted only to citizens of the United States
The House has now concurred in the Senate'B
amendment to the act regulating the place for
holding the criminal court within the district Of
Virginia asked by the committee of conference.
SAN Francisco, May 15.-The reported massa-
ere at Fort Goodwin has been reasserted but it Is
denied by General Mason, in an official dispatch,
dated April 80.
NEW YORK, May l7.-Head Center Stephens re-
eeived number of military men yesterday. He is
chiefly engaged in the consideration of financisA
matters, and constantly receiving subscriptions
from all quarters The Fenian Senate is in session.
Their mysterious action is regarded as ominous.
They ignore Stephens authority altogether
w AsHlAGTUhy A1uY At.--OtfbItS--Ine DlLt nag
passed prohibiting the shipment of nitro glycerine
on passenger vessels or cars.
| A resolution has passed, appointing commission
ers to examine site for fresh water basin for
the iron clad navy at Portland.
The bill passed granting lands to aid in the con.
struction of railroad from the central Pacific
railroad in California to Portland, Oregon.
The diplomatic appropriation bill was taken up.
NIyy DptaD
the House Committee Banking has under CON
sideraton bill to exempt from taxation all gov
ernment bonds in possession of national banks.
The investigation concerning Mr.. Davis's COM
plicity in the assassination plot proceeds slowly
New YORK, May T.-There is great excitement
among the Fenian Brotherhood in Brooklyn, by
the discovery of large defalcation by a promi-
nent officer of the order, The defaulter's name
is withheld for the present.
WASHINGTON, May IT.-House.-A bill passed
authorizing the use of the meter system of weights
and measures directing the secretary Of the treas,
ury to furnish each State with set of standard
weights and measures of the meter system, and
authorizing the use of weights of the denomina-
ton of grammes for the post0diee. Also author
izing the President to appoint special commits
soner to facilitate the adoption of uniform COIN
age between the United States and foreign
countries.
The committee on the bankrupt law has re-
| ported new bankrupt bill, which was the one
originally reported by the committee and amended
| by the House, with some other amendments meet
ing objections. 1t was then made bill and went
over to Tuesday next
The Senate bill providing for reports of the
decisions in the United States Supreme Court
passed.
The Senate joint resolution to extend the time
for the construction of the first section Of the
Western Pacific Railroad passed.
The House then went into committee of the
| whole on the tax bill.
New YORK. May l7.-The Tribune's Florence,
Italy, correspondent, writing under date of April
80, says within fortnight we shall be involved in
war, The abandoned fortress of Cremoua ia
being hastily fortified. The aeet has concentrated.
All soldiers on lurlough have been recalled, even
the reserves of the classes OF 1884, 1885 and 1885.
All the official papers fire the Italian heart Gems.
Cia T. Dirci, La Marmora and Pattenaa Petit are
assembled in military council. Every body is pre-
pared for war; and still they try to shift the re-
4 sponsbiity upon the Austrian armaments. In fact
Napoleon is the great wire puller who first pushed
/ Bismark aud now pushes La Marmora, so that Aus
tria cannot avoid war.
+ ST. LOUIS, May 17,-Cotton was held above the
views of buyers. Flour and wheat firm and un-
changed. Corn better at 68@76c. Oats, mess
pork, bacon and whisky unchanged.
SAN Francisco, May 1.-THE imperial consul
of Mexico here has an official dispatch that the
liberals, after their defeat at Michoacan, endeay-
ored to rally, but were surprised and complstejv
routed. The occupation of Lavistana by the In
perialists is officially reported
There is general depressionin in mining stocks. }
The Republicans yesterday elected James n.
Wood.
Nav YORK, May 17.-Letters from Oaxaca con-
tiFm the reports Of the Republicans under Diaz
occupying Pulta and Flaeio, but say he remained
only three days, leaving on the approach of the
Austrians under the Mexican General Estafette.
Meanwhile, Alvarez attacked Acapulco but was
decidedly repulsed. The imperial General Las
Delo had been compelled to reinqush his cam.
paign in sinaloa, for lack Of pecuniary means.
| New York, May l7,-Cotton closed firm but
quiet, at S56186c. Flour declined I5c. Ness pork
$50 so. Money more active at 4@5 per cent.
| Gold 1899. Government stocks d shade better.
VleEsBURG, May R.-Psssed up, Baltic, at5 P.
n, yesterday, and Magenta at A ID. to-day. River
stationery.
! LOUISVILLE, May T.-go sales Of tobacco.
/ Flour, suPerdue, s. choice SIS. Corn 63c to Csc.
Oats 49c. Mess pork 33060. Bacon, shoulders l4s.;
E3FgoptfpUesa ga eia5Hzja 13,lr,s 50