New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-20
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st1p aItAy MORNING. OCTOBER %. 1855.
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The IEsurreetton n Gambia.
POSITION or AFrArRs on rHn ISLAND.
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hasten, ID q cuTsory way, to sketch The nre
Sent siafe 81 matters id this country Hast Snnf3ay
morning t2sth of August, o. st. fniiitary oners i
91a oeaan AZ the same time ail over the Provinces
Ihe pftHclpat engagement took place At Vrysaa I
aa elevated situation near The village yauaos. IN |
W. Province OF AppcbTlnos, where the Eqvntian
aIlny nneer flie direction 81 TWO pashas was er-
Saihpea. IAe Egyptians, completely defeated /
rave been compelled to capiEulafe leSvtno "A Az
pa{fte held about 800 killed and woundsd iva |
guns, Twelve horses and ail tents ana furniture
among the HefIenes the loss is gnmnarafiyeIv
Emai--unly III killed ana &5 syonn5aa 5AsaansT
me former the GTetans had To deplore the loss AZ
3ne Ct their ohieEtans, called Dimetrois Nersnzis
ns Eg talla ssFe Tered on the condition
Aayvae, village near the shore Of The Anphf-
IaalIc glH tsnda;9 and secondly. that thew 5yaud
sena beasts of burden next day to remove their
ssles anu 1nTnltlres IN addition they have ey.
changed ten hostages on each SIDE for lie fnlal.
ment Of the terms agreed III. 1s $50
1naoTfunatelys however, just as the Egyptians
SCI on TWO leiseFs afTlved-one from the f1rtyuce
ct HeTacleions fCandia,) aud the other from Ina
province Of Maevizion- announcing the direful
suerings and the Understandable atrocities Is which
their lellowr ethren, women and children of fbe
I've villages, have been submitted by fbe mineral
Iu1kIsh troops and BIZ the Indigenous Turks This
appalling news 90 much exasperated the Christian
psep5e tlas, n splta Of ths reiterated remon-
stEaaees and exhortations Of their chieftais they
pat n death the ten hostages unInindful Of their
own hostages il the hands OF the Egyptians who
"a Way Ct retaliation, put TO death Six ont Of the
LII She province Of Selinon, the fortified town Of
haldanos, Inhabited for the most part by the
Mof5t aeft 81 indigenous Turks, has been strictly
nieeAaded sIAee the beginning Of hostilities- e..
since last Sunday (2sth August, D. SIS by Tie
Hellenas.
Tn lAe province Of Kissamos, the fortified town
also q hastelion is constantly harassed by fre.
guent inroads on the part Of the Helienes Three
OIfeniAn steamers are nppred In the harhor and
1IQn time to time lombard the insurgents but
With Very trif1ing results owing to the distance
ana want Of de2teritS and skill.
Aa-dag the teEn Of MaiaXa, in the province Of
5Ydonia, IL constantly attacked by the insurgents
Has coabatants are within our sight. More than
thirty Turks have been brought into this town
wounded. Last night an the gates Of Canea were
thEo8n open to outside, hastiiy-eoming Turks
asking TOT admission.
IN one word, up to the present time the fartune
81 the arms has been favorable to the Hellenes
I1ey are fully convinced that they have iii their
slas everything protocols, treaties, nationality
me sympathy Of the public opinion Of the civilized
world, and most especially OF the phi. Hellenic
BRITISH press PA their behalf and on That account
they are full of hope for the attainment Of their
sacred In-theiF national unity with the kind
Fed raeethe Hellenesi
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41JSf AGfas RESS WILL STAND ON THE QUESTION
SEE ADaIIs8IoN on SoUTHERS REFREsEST ATtyEs.--
Wien Congress assemblies next winter the first
Question far them 70 decide viii BE- whether or
natthe Representatives III the ten Southern States
shaltbe admitted Oh this question the House
Biii stang as toiiews: For then admission From
DelaEaFe, !; Kentucky, 1: Maryland, q; Illinois,
ilsdIaaa Missouri. 4. New Jersey, Y; New
9orS ~; ONE e; Pennsy Eania, ~; Tennessee
~ est Nlrginas 3 Wisconsin, 4 (; total, ga. The
members elected and entitled to take their seats
aIe q follows From Alabama, +; Arkansas 2
Florida, Il Georgia n !; Louisiana, 4 Mississippi
North Carolina, South Carolina, 8 I; Texas,
virginia. total, 52. This, with the sixty
IohE Democratic and conservative members from
Ehe Aaith, as above, makes ZIG members. 1t il
not 1aite quorum, on a majority. The law re-
ggrss the House to consist of al members, Of
Nh9m i II aie quorum This requires only u
members more There II good reason to hope
that, among all the twentyssix Northern States,
fifteen Republican members can lie found honest
enough 70 desert ths radicals and stand BY their
country.
Nav for the Senate. The Senate viii stand on
1he same question rs follows: From California L
Connecticut, III; Delaware, q Indiaua Ken.
5ueky &; Maryland 4; New Jersey, Oregon,
EafnsTl yania, e; Tennessee, II + West Virginia,
II; Wisconsin, Il; Vermont, 1 total III The 20
senators from the ten Southern States make 81
senatars, which Il q majority of The whole mum,
beTsl II lsitrus that in this list of II Northern
Henat9Es are included Mr. Edmnnds, Of Vermont |
and 1lassrs. Wiley and Van Wrinkle, 0f West viz
gIlia-al three Re pnblicans. There i good req
son 70 believe, however that they will all desert
Stie radicals and vote with the Conservatives and
Democrats. Here win be, then, the legal aid
constitutional Congress Chicago Times.
THE' ATLASTI0 TELEaRA Aolo NE Resenue
is Appafsioaed- The Investors Guardian, al
English Journal, thus explains how the revenue I
derised from ire Atlantic telegraph is 1t present
appoftionsd:
"A through message from London to America Of E
~ words h charged Gao; the British Line to Ya,
lenfa gets S.; tbs neriean lines Port Hood to /
81 New L
$40 As The Newfoundland telegraph company
takes one.third of the gross receipts Of the twoI
cahiess &c 8s.: the Atlantic telegraph company
receives only sl2 I6a. This amount Of 60 l6s. |
per message has to meet the following claims
Working expenses and maintenaneeof the cables,
witta staff at London md Nalentia; debentire
holders, per annuni R50G0; the Anglo merican
company 70 per cent. per annnm on 9690 000--l
8l21,QA0 This can be paid of at three months
notice rs funding AI,290D00. One years interest
is nenlly due NOW. Then follows the Atlantic teIe-
graph per cent. preference stock Of 1000, 900 |
900 and the original per cent stock of
5000 .oep $4,000, Should any balance remain
after the 4l3 los, per message Of 20 words has
supported the above charges. the Anglo American
company can claim ena-half; and the remaining
half il equally Divided between tho 5 per cent.
preference stock and the per cent. original
storkhoders Of the Atlantic telegraph company.
Eli this, which We believe to be tolerably acon
rate statement Of the question as 70 profit il cor
Te9t, it seems Ia 1s thatthe Newfoundland lines
take an undue proportion in appropFiatng one
third Of the gross RECEIPTS and that it would be
much iaiFer partn ship asraugemsntif they took
the proportion nj tho net earnings, after providing
FOR the working expenses aud debenture and pre-
ference charges
IA ET5sAsBuRG CIrfzES DECORATED BY THE
DUKE oF NAssAu.H Is knows that when the
Duke of Nassau He'd from his dcminions before
The advancing PFussiana, he sent large number
Of casks filed with ahe best Rhine wine from his
cellars at Bieberich TO Strashnrg The Prusaian
agents claimed the wines as Legitimate booty of
war, but By the interference and with the aid Of
Barthelemy Chabert, citizen Of Strasbnrg the
duke saved his wine from the grasp Of the Prns
SLAMS. III Acknowledgements of this service n, 4
Glabert has NOW BEEN decorated with the Knight
cross Of the order 0f Adophna ag Nassau.
While taking trip across the Atlantic in a
hard gaIs from westsonthwest, Mfr. Scoresby
made some investigation inregard to the height
of waves, with the following results " Average
highest altitude, 43 feet; mean distance between
waves, $50 feet; width from crest 70 crest 600