New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-21

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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFENDS THE NEUTRALITY
LAWS.
WASHINGTON, June I5-The attorney general
to-day appeared before the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs and argued against the pToposed
repeal OF the neutrality laws, as recommended n
the Fenian resolutions referred to them last Non
day. Mr.; Speed did not think the law ought to be
neriered Wit as 1t was essential for occasions ike
| the present. There is no prospect that the COM
mttee will report in favor of the repeal of the
law, though the pressure for such repeaI from
| prominent and influential Fenians is very great.
..s.... PARDoNs.
| The only pardons ordered by the President "a be
issued yesterday to individuals charged with trea-
SOD, wero two: one to r. T. Buckner, Of Louisiana
and one 70 VIM. Oldham, Of Texas, under the
twelfth clause Of the amnesty proclamation, ex.
eepting all those from general amnesty who have
been indicted for treason in any United States
court. Mr. Oldham was Confederate Senator from
Texas.
RETNTKEafENT OF UNION SOLDIERS.
The work of removing the remains Of the JJnion
soldiers buried in and around Washington IL now
very near completed and it is said that By the Last
Of the month AL Of the bodies within radius of
twenty fve miles from Washington viii be ex.
humed and inferred in the National CemeteFy,at
Arlington.
ROUSSEAU AND GaINvELL.
| Specials to the evening papers say Mr. Grinnen
y ~ MS seat today bearing marks his face Of
| the blows given him yesterday by Mr. Rousseau.
Mr.. Rousseau is also ia his seat receiving the con-
| gratulatiens of the chivaIrY.
| FESIANIsM, THE MONROE rocTEIHE AND THE NExI-
CAN LOAN.
The H0Hss 56saE1ittee oI foysfaa relations will
report resolutions mildly eensuFng the course Of
| the government on the Feniau movement. The
committee will also take bold position in refer
enoe to Mexican matters, but unanimously oppose
the Endorsement Of the Mexican bonds
| ANOTHER INVASION ANTICIPATED ~ PEarAsy Ar
RESTS GENERAL BURNS CHALLENGES TIE
BRITIsH.
| New YoRK June l5.-An Ottawa dispatch says
another raid is expected at Fort Erie. Fourteen
| Fenians have been arrested at Hamilton, with I'M
portant dispatches in their possession. Informa-
ton as to the movement OF troops is forbidden.
Large numbers of Fenians are reported as assem-
bling along the southwestern border.
The Fenian General Burns has challenged Col.
Lowry, Of the British forces at Fort Erie, to q
pitched battle with 1000 OK 5000 troops The Eng
lish officer who received this challenge tore it up
and threw 1t on the ground for his answer.
REPORT ON THE cREyAssEs IN LOUISIANA.
The report of General Humphreys concerning
the losses by cFeRasses in Louisiana sent in to-day,
shows the breaks to be numerous and unusually
disastrous He recommends appropriations for
repairs as follows: Yazoo bottoms, $305, 600;
eight levees the Tensas bottom s295 600; three
leVees on the Mississippi delta, S2l7 0O0 an aggre
gate of $Sl7 900.
!; He says that the crops of cotton grown in the
alluvial regions above Red River in 1850, would
amount to sos, ,0o0 600, and the sugar crop below
that would be, at present prices, $50, ,00oOOo.
I
quire So, ,900, 600 divided between Arkansas, Louss
lana and Mississippi.
} He estimates alluvial lands at 1900 square
miles, of which 123, 600 are in the sugar region of
which one-tbird might be brought under eultiga-
ton, or 100000 acres for sugar, and 7,000,000
acres to cotton. The government is recommended
to undertake the repair of 1--WE breaks, viz Those
E in the Yazoo Pass levee, the Lewis Swamp leVee,
the Bolivar County levee, the Miers Bend leEee,
and the Christmas levee, the aggregate expensesof
d which it is estimated would be s3O5, ,000 From
Gaines Landing to the mouth Of Red river is desig-
mated as the Tensas Bottom, in which the levee
e breaks are fourteen in number. The government
, is recommended to repair eight of these, viz: The
!. Fords Belle Point leVee, the Polk,s Grand Lake
y leyee, the BallaTd's levee, the State boundary
d levee, the Ashton Landing leYee, the Bass
evee, the Brown and johnson leyee, and the Point
Pleasant leyee, the aggregate expense OF which ia
river to the mouth of the Mississippi the breakl
+ are reported as very numerous, but details are
& given Of only three, viz: At Morgauza where the
Is below Bayou Sara where the break is half mile
ID long, and at Robertson ohnn's ten miles above
G. Baton Rouge, where the break is two miles long
The repair of these breaks is recommended, and
the estimated expense ls $2lT,SG0
re EAE1ssoURI AFFAIRS.
he ST. Louis, June 15.-The deed conveying fhi
Southwest branch of the Pacific railroad to JOIN
K G. Fremont was executed by the governor, anC
m delivered yesterday at Jefferson City. mortgage
-e to the State, conditioned upon the faithful per
formance of the stpulatons of the contract of sale
NJ was also executed on the part Of the purchaser
in General Fremont
,e General Shields speech at st. Joseph, night be
/? fore last is represented to have been very mill
y affair, treadng very tenderly upon radical toes
s. Experienced judges announce that the arm!
b. worm has made its appearance in few localities
at where it has been quite destructive not only K
ps meadows, but to the grain crops.
or Premiums for the best tobacco were awarded a
n Peppers warehouse to-day. The first premium
Va was awarded to tobacco raised in Franklin county
a6 1t was purchased for sos per hundred Seeon
az prize tobacco, rem Galloway county sold for $2l6
~ Prize for best hOgshead awarded to hOgshead from
al Pike county but the event Of the day was tn
he sale of 225 pounds of tobacco, too small quantt
ali to compete for the prize, to George W. Rueker
he Co., for the sum Of 5000 per 100 pounds. It wa
an raised by ]. N. Minge, Of Franklin county, Mo.
he POLITICS IN OHIO.
ng CoLUMnUs, June l5.-A Democratic, or Copper
se head mass meeting, to open the campaign, ha
IN been called, to meet in this city on the 28th inst
M when lit is announced that g. L. Yallandiqhar
3 andsome of his followers, including Fl. j. Jawei
IN and Generals Morgan and Mc0ook, will orate.
, a meeting of the Democratic State central commit
lss' tee has also been called for that day.
se- Union primary meetings id this city, for the elet
tion of delegates to the county convention to-mol
"a @F9 row, were held this evening, and passed of ha
81, mouiousy.
rt, INDIANA POLITICS.
ng The Democracy of the Third Congressioni
H. District of Indiana have nominated the Hon. H.
he Harrington for Congress. The District CONVEX
We tion adopted the following resolutions:
NY " That we approve and heartily endorse the re-
int toration policy of President Johnson, and viii
Ir. we did not assist in electing him office, we s
feel it our bounden duty to extend to him OF
ser hearty support in his efforts to preserve the Coz
,lf sttution and the union of the States.
the 8" That the present system OF taxation, whic
taxes the. industry of the laborng classes Of th
people, while it exempts the capital OF Il
AXIS wealthy, is discriminating in favor of the lattt
against the former, and is unequal and unjust.n
ELECTION or UNITED STATES SENATOR.
ars CoNcoRp, N. H., June l5.-The vote for Unite
ta- States Senatorin the House of Representative
ed, to-day resulted as follows: James w. Patterso
ock 1893; Ira A. Eastman, 10; Daniel Clark, q.
ent the Senate the vote stOod-Patterson, 8; Eas
the man, g..
be- Mr.. Patterson was warmly congratulated, in al
fore out of the State House, on his election.
GENERAL SHERMAN AMONG THE CANADIANS.
hief GoDERICH, G. W., June l5.-Maior Gener
Bal Sherman arrived here this evening, in the reven
len- cutter John a. Dix. The general and staff We
9ath invited up town by the mayor, and were ente
tanned at hotel after which they left +
1ur- Detroit.
y THE New Southern TELEGRAPH CoHPAN,
'ien FROM CINCINNATI TO NEW ORLEANS, VIA MEAPHI
ss5s Several weeks ago, we made editorial mention