New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-09
late New. by westerm ,rsapers.


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0elng made in the Office holders continue to Gre
ATE considerable disappointment among the Office
seekers, many Of whom are leaving. Important
changes IN the Offices in Boston, Cincinnati and
" Louis have been impending for several weeks,
Inc President however, to day removed d. n
CODY, the commissioner of Indian affairs and ae-
pointed Lewis V. Bogy, of st. Louis, in his place.
me change is to take place on the LIST of N0vem-
per. There are several applicants for the position
OF head of the pension bureau,
Returns received from the local land Office at,
East saginaw Michigan, show that 30 ,427 acres of
| the paniic lands were disposed of during August,
as follows: Agricultural College Scrip 1852.
with military warrants. 5992 under the homestead
law; 2051 sold for cash, 1876 acres.
Inc cabinet meeting to-day was attended by all
| the members, excepting Secretary Seward who
was prevented by sickness from being present.
fhe meeting lsstedfor several hours. Apart FROM
tne caoinet meeting, nothing of special interest
transplred at the White House to-day.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury Chandler
returned to-day and entered on his duties, thus
negatlying at once the statement that he had ten
dered his resignation.
Although Chief Justice Chase is understood to
hoid the opinion that more legislation is needed
before he can hold term of circuit court in Viz
@ g,liia: 9ndge Underwood has expressed willing
nsss so convene the district court at Richmond in
november: In view Of this, JEFF. Dayfs;s counsel
were conndent to-day that the trial of their client
would take place next month
, montgomery Blair, who has been nominated for.
SongTess Dy the conservatives of the fifth Mary
Iana district, has decided to decline IT, The dig
trlct IS now represented by Benjamin G.. Harris.
pat ~! me me delegates have nominated new man in
The surveyor general of Colorado writes to the.
and office that the gold yield in that territory If
Sy Se very Large this fall, new and valuable mines
goia at 1900, 900 q year.
| FROM ST. JOSEPH.
sE e.. Joe, oct. 5-Fhe Columbian and the Taeony
eTsG AZ thIs point to-day from Omaha, and pro-
/ The Montana Is oVerdue from boIo,-,
me riyer at this point ID falling, and reports
| IRON I ABOVE ABOVE indicate continued decline.
a ohited states mail box was found fT,iz rnorns
lng N faVine within the city limits broken oner
and the contents rifed. It Contained q +brnTaIs
nah .1.a petween Atchison and st. Louis Many If
s ae.teLs had @ osen opened and the ncIozures
ascertain the anoant realized by the robi1s,a b,,t
are satisfied that there were four arafts dra1, ~
parties IN AtchisOn in favor of merchants IN LnSy
city, for sums amounting altogether tn s9ano 'Tt
Atehison mail passes through this Office anJ +h;
box was sent under charge of the nessenger "a
the Hannibal depot last night. It is supp9sad Il
was stolen from the messenger's car.
FRoa JEFFFRsoS CITY,
JEFFERSON Cry, Oct. 5.-The Supervisor ar
tsegisratlon OF Maries county, refuses TO either
perform the duties of his Office or resign and h ID
reported here that the governor has instructed
him not to register the county 1t il one IF fbe-
most quiet and orderly counties in the State and
upon no pretence whatever can the neglect to ax-
ecnte the registry law there be accounted for ey
ctpt t!at y Is wen known that it will give con-
serVatiTe majoritY.N
FROM MACON CITY.
HAGoE, Mo-, Oct. 5.-Col. Clark II. Green the
recently appointed pension agent at this place.
received notice from the secretary of the i1terior
to-day that he had been removed He stated that
the President had received a letter from him Of
abusive character, SO much SO as to be
uFalt 90 place on Tile IN the department. He re-.
tnfnad the letter to Col. Green. who pronounccs
it base radical forgery of sentiment and sio1a
tn7es Col. Green has prepared and sent to the
department certificates from number Of our
best citizens to that effect.
This base radical forgery haafemnnrarilv nIoae6
the pension office there, by keeping the widows
andorphans of cur brave soldiers and the mafmeiT
arc crippled ones from their just dues at q time
when they most need it. Col. Green offers a re-,
ward Of $500 for the perpetrator of this forgery
FROM MEXICO.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.--A Paris letter Of the IstT,
ns6. says; In consequence of some imnortaI,fsy
news received from Mexico on the 18th n ths-
present month, the Emperor Of France who had
already dispatched General Deeastlnau his ai5
oe-eanp, to MaIlmilian sent him an orderly tel
egfaph to come back to st. Cloud, where his in--f
strtGtons were to be revised and modified Mar
shal Bandal, the minister of war was present at
tais interview which am assured was Of the
generally accepted, based understand mt
merely upon the critical condition Of afiairs III
Aexlco, but also upon the tirmness of the attitude
rTSseenuy Ts assumed by the Cabinet Of Washington.
Ehe intention OF the French government to brine.
about "a speedy settlement Of Che Mexican CUES.
ton, 50 as to get rid az soon possible Of per-
petual subject OF sOlieitude and annoyanoe''
10 this ehect the feet of transports coIIected
at Breste and GheYbourg for the purpose OF en-
barking andbringing back to France the first in
sdaiment OF troops is to be largely increased SO
as to be capable of carrying the whole Of the
Erench contingent, and to eVacuate Mexico all at
once. An that will remain Of the French army
will then be small garrison in each of the haf-
6ors Where the customhouse duties conceded to
France by Macmillan are to be collected. Such
jnata a1n 14adr IN
the cabinet council in reference to Mexico, I
must sag, however, that the Paris RatTie,is not
quite Ct that opinion and asserts, on the CON
trary, that Gen. Decastlnau's mission has not for
Its object to put Immediately an end to the inter
Ventlon OF France in Mexico.
WASHINGTON ITEMS OF NEWS
WASHINGTON. Oct, 5.-Seyeral reported cases
past few days.
Secretary Seward, who was taken i'll last night
VIVID .nesnrn OF his late attack, the illness being
Q ooceaslonSd by over exertion in the. discharge Of
his atieial duties while in debilitated condition
was tins evening considered to- be improving in
health. ,t1ssff. - s1--9 -
The October statement of the public debtshoEs 8.
d eeGfease OF twenty-five and a third Millions il
now being 2Jhz3 800 25T 50. The amount of coin
IN uhe treasury is over eightysix millions, or an
increase OF nearly ten millions while the currency
mas decreasaa fourteen and third millions; the
asnonnt OF noth coin and currency being over one
hundred and eight millions,
. hear Admiral Dahlgren has been ordered to-
take passage from New York, on the Ist of De-
cenber, To- take command of the South Pacific
squadron. -r
Some 1900 of the quarterly reports of National
banks, out of 1860 now due, have been received
by the controller of currency They show the
banks to be in a soSnd condition. The agents ares
remarkably correct, and exhibit very general
compliance with the provisions of the currencyz
act.
The. commissioner of internal revenue has de-
clded that rubber boots and shoes are subject to
a tax Of five per cent. as articles of wearing ap
parel, manufactured or produced for sale frof a
indla rubber. The tax on boots or shoes mani l.
facenred of leather is emily two per cent.
DEMOCRATIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NEWS
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 5.-A dispatch from Car
son, Nevada, last night, says the Democratic and
! Johnson conventions have nominated Winters for
governor and Mitchell for congressman.
: The report of the death of the Mexican Liberal
General Diaz is eontradicted. Consul Cody has
received letter from Gen. Alvarez, dated near,
Acapulco, Sept 22d, which says Gen. Diaz left
tne state OF Guerrero in August with some troops
and went in the direction of the State of Puebla.
where 400 1mperialsts Joined his ranks. He af-
terWards surprised and defeated small garrison
at The village of Feliec de Laseda, and then
tha road to Qrizaba with 1000 men.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.