New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-12
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lSrERIoR--TaE EMPEROR SPEECH.
Y NEW YoRE April 6.-The Paris correspondence e
Of the Journal Of Commerce writes undeF aate VI
March %: , ;:
I attempting to force himself again into once as
minister OF the interior, in order 10 lheoauce re-
dictionary measures.
lincs ago at the odeon theater as well as by the
crorls il, the streets which uttered many offensive
Il sbonts. Matters look uncomfortable, both al
home and abroad, and altogether there is more
4 public uneasiness than has for a long time been
i tho case.
4 The following are the concluding remarks of the
i Emperor to the delegation who represented the
! reply to the speech from the House:
I 'sGould have borne the weight of the govern.
ment the last Is years. with its ineessant cares and
heavy responsibility, before God and before the
4 nation,if had not felt within me that s,fengeh
/ which is awarded by sense of duty, ana .! tne
/ consciousness of having useful mission 10 carry
i out.
4 .sFrance. equally with ourselves. desires pro-
gress, stability and liberty, but npert5 Whlch
shall develop intelligence, generous ihsthets anu
the noble exertions Of labor not loerty border
ING upon license, which would excite evii passions,
destroy ali belief rekinde hatred and give rise to
4 ldisordsr. ,
III We require a liberty which shall enlighten,
4 eontrol and discuss the actions of the government
Ihnt nnf. become an arm to undermine and over
Il thrpwsit. Fifteen years ago, when nominal chief
IF the State without effective power and without
icru
Il Science and the suffrage which had elected me,
Il yentured to declare that France would not perish
i in, my hands. | have kept my word. For fifteen
i years France has developed and increased, aud
| her high destiny will be accomplished after us.
Onr sons will continue our work. My guarantee
this the assistance of the great bodies of the
State, the devotion of the army, the patriotism of
all good citizens, and lastly, that divine protection
which has never failed our country
GREAT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DESTRUCTION OF
+ y 20 " JaF,fl I,Lrs1 s1rs-
New YoRK, April G.--Immense fires are now
raging in several places in this city.
The large brick building on the corner Of Broad
way and Barclay streets is entirely destroyed, and
the fire is progressing.
Nos. 200, 202 and 204 Broadway are burned out,
and the fire is still burning among the buildings in
the rear, on Fulton street.
The Caremont house and adjoining buildings
are on FIRE.
Another is raging further up Broadway. The
loss Of property is very great. No estimate, how
ever can yet be reached, as the firemen have but
little mastery over the fire.
The fremont house is also on FIRE.
MASS MEETING m FAVOR or gHE EIGHT HOUR L ABoR
A0vEMENT--A H0Ax--oRDERED TO SEA.
NEW York, April GA mass meeting of the,
workingnlen of New FORK and Brooklyn was held
last evening in Union square, for the purpose Of
agitating the eight hour labor movement Four
stands were erected-three of them for English
and one for German speakers. The professions
were headedby bands Of music and bearers of
torches.
The reportsof the Bermuda Fenian expedition,
etc. is hoax.
Orders have been received at the Brooklyn navy
yard to equip the sloop-of.War Pensacola immedis
ately as fag ship. The destination Of this vessel
is not known hut 1t is supposed that she is to be
the flag ship either Of the South Pacific squadron
or Of the flying feet that is to cruise among the
fishing feet on the coast of British North
America.
STILL LATER PARTICULARS or THE DESTRUCTIVE
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
New YORK, April among the losers by the
Fulton street fire were George Richmond, boots
ana shoes $50 DG0 half insured W. j. Sbar,1 bill.
lard table maker, s25 900, partially insured Jas
Eustice, Jr clotier s25 600, insured: w. L. Grif-
fifth, billiard table maker partially insured. These
parties occupied stores Nos. l46, 14s and $50 Full
ton street. r
The building No. 202 Broadway was also de-
stroyed. 1t was occupied by Knapp & shetfen,
clothiers, Sherman corsets, and others.
The Glaremonthotel in Fulton street, as before
stated, was destroyed. Total loss, $500 GOO.
The loss by the Barclay street fire is estimated
at s3DD000, and may exceed it. Hatfield, tailor
loses $40 900; supposed to be insured A woman
Is missing, and tits eonjeetured she lost her life
An old man named Stmbaek, was found in the
east building ALMOST dead, and was removed to the
hospital. Other fires occurred further up town.
this morning, but there are no particulars of CON
sequence. 4t#s &lg 5} 4HaE4s
SERVANT GIRLS ARRESTED ny ORDER OF THE FIRE
s. if5 MARSHAL. ~ s#gs
q New YORK, A pril g. Five servant girls who
were employed in Bangs restaurant, destroyed by
fire this morning, were taken by the police and
placed in custody. They are detained by request
sof the fire marshal. NJ " lsH "a aj1, a
COLLISION BETWEEN THE CRY oFiNEw LoNDoN AND
STEAMER MONITOR - MO oDIFIcATIoN OF THE TEST
OATH.
u New YORK, April 6.--The steamer City Of New
London arrived here this morning from New Lon.
don having been in collision, Capt. Smith reports
this morning, at 2 o'clock. off Eaton's neck, his
vessel was run into by the steamer Monitor which
LETT here last night for Derby Conn. The New
Leuddn was struck about 10 feet abaft the stearn 4
and cut almost completely through the hull below
the water line. Having q tight bulihead she makes
little water. The Monitor was also badly stove,
and was run ashore in Lloyds harber Her pas
sengers are brought here by the New London
Nobody was injured a4ts1F 55
a The Posts special says; Secretary McCullpch |
and Postmaster General Dennison have sent com |
ethe Senate asking for modification
Of the test oath for ofdce-hoders. Several per-
sons now hol5 places who cannot take the oath,
and therefore no salaries are paid to them.
THE 3BANK r PANIe. 4 F45Es gg
z ALSANY, April 6.--The bank panic at Rochester
continues
h A run has been made ill day nppn Powers,
banking concern, butihas made no impression. He
has stacks of money tand will keep open until g.
o'clock tonight and resuIne at tomorrow, to /
satisfy tiniil people. Good Business men deposit
with him freely today The paiiie is regarded as
a silly one by men best Informed in monetary at t
fairs at ta5F4t
FURTHER PARTICULARS or THE ROCHESTER, MONEY I
5s PAsNIc-THE EXCITEMENT 'NEARHY OVER.
n ALBANY. April 6.A4A dispatch from Rochester I
says Z The American Express Company brought /
iere this morning from New York over 81 500 0A0f
d ncuiFeney. Of which about 81 100000 was for the
banking house of y. W Powers The run upon
Mr.. Powers is sabsiding, and his deposits are /
equal to what is drawn out. II is now thought
that the bank panic is nearly over here y
LAYING or THE LAST RAIL on THE MISSOURI Pa
5sNf cIEle RAILRoAn..
q ST. LorTs, April 6.-4IAe last rail between
Kansas City, No., and Wyaudotte. Kansas, Joining
tho Missouri Pacific aud Union Pacific railroad,
was laid On Monday last By the principal officers
of such r0ad. .f i f.
On Tuesday the new board of directors of the
Union Pacific and numbeE Of friends of the road
took a tour Of inspection to Gross Creek the pre-
sent terminus of the line.
Ninety miles Of the Wyandotte road will he
ready for traffeto Fert Riley early in June, giving
SI5 miles direct rail west from st. Louis.
AN ITALIAN vEssEh TAKEN FROM THE nARBeR or
BugNos AYREs BY tAswAR STEAMER.
NEw YORK., April 8. -AdYices from Bdenos
Ayres state that an italian vessel on which an EN-
barge had been laid by the Federal court at that /
port, had been taken oRtof the hsrbor under the
Of the guns of the italian war steamer
Rel6ce, which steamed into the inner roads for
The action taken BY the local au. I
horties in the matter was not ascertained prior I
Q the departure Of the South American mail
teamer.
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