New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-28
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1866.

defeated, receiving only four votes, while the
negative was almost unanimous.
The journeymen taiors' society of this city
have resolved to turn out en- 1adsse tomorrow to
receive the President.
new YORK, Aug. 27.-A train with petroleum,
on the Erie railroad, collided with another train
near Narrowsburg, New jersey. The petroleum
caught fire and burned the entire train, three
dwellings, and fifty thousand feet of lumber Mr.
Williams, while endeavoring to rescue his chill
dren, was fatally burned. His wife jumped from
a second story window and Immediately gave
birth to a child. Loss $4,000.
San FRANCISCO, August 26.-The British ship
Twilight, from Hong Kong for San Francisco,
has been wrecked near the Island Of Pacqoty
One hundred and forty-three Chinese passengers
and one European were drowned. The flag ship
Hartford had arrived at Hong Kong from Amay
and reported that the Imperiaists had beaten
$500 rebels causing them to retreat.
WASHINGTON, August 27.-There are the strong
est indications that the convention of soldiers who
indorse the President, to be held at Cleveland,
September II, will prove to be a great success.
Many prominent officers in all the States of the
North will participate. No less than seven gen
erals from New York, in addition to those who
| originally signed the call, have registered their
names TO be affixed toit. Among these are Gems.
Egan, Graham, Dixon and Ferriers. Hundreds Of
letters are received daily by the committee from
soldiers who indorse and sympathize with the
movement.
| MEMPHIS, August 27.-Twelve cases of cholera
and four deaths are reported to-day.
steady rain has been falling since yesterday
morning.
ST. Louis, Aug. 27:-Nine cemeteries report 90
cholera deaths on Saturday, and eleven cemete-
teries report 70 yesterday, showing a tolerably
marked abatement.
Flour unchanged. Wheat3c to SC. lower; sales
at g 25t9s2 "a. Corn easier; mixed and yellow
60G64c., white 72675c. Oats lower at 35040c
Provisions and whisky unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 27.-Tobacco-sales SO hhds
leaf at fully sustained rates. Flour active; super
fine 81 2j; family $40. New red wheat active a
81 %. Corn in bulk 6Oc for mixed and Csc. 70
white. Oats, new, 35c. Mess pork $33 25. Bacon
shoulders lie; sides 214c. Whisky 81 &c.
CINCINNATI, Aug, 27.-Flour unchanged but i
fair demand at $l00$l3 for trade and fame
brands, and S6t0$9 for the lower grades. Wheat
3 404$2 45. Whisky unchanged. Pork dull a
533, with small sales. Bulk Meats firm at fu1
prices; demand light, Bacon scarce and in goo
demand at lie. for shoulders and 2lG72l4c. 70
sides. Lard dull and nominal at 2O3c. Cold 147
SOUTHWEST PASS, August 27.-Ships Bavaria
Harriet Irving and Louis Henry and bark Montan
are inside bound out. Steamship Mississippi
still at the bar. There was high tide at $50 thi
morning. Steamship Admiral Foote, bound t
the westward, had been at anchor at the bar a
day. The weather is too roughfor her to proceed
The wind has been blowing gale from the Sout
Southwest all day, but it has now somewhs
, moderated. Rain is falling.
+ New YORK, August 27.-Gold closed l48
+ United States 5-2O's ll33 1905 1863. Cote
. closed steady, with sales of 5000 bales at333@35
n Flour dropping sales $50 bbls. Southern at s
OILS IS. Wheat l@2c. lower. Corn 1c. lowe
. Oats dull. Pork firm sales 1900 barrels of me
II at$32 75@33 Lard firm at 1S@21c. Rio quie
Sugar steady sales 1000 hhds. Muscovado 95t
=. ll3c. Coffee firm. Turpentine dull at 65@6G
i Rosn dull at $2 8718.
# SAVANNAH, Aug. 27.-Four bales of cotton
9 the new crop, classed as middling fair, were so
to-day at 10 cents