New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-26

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Great excitement still prevails, which is not
lessened by General Canby's visit to the city to-
day There are rumoTs tonight that the plug
uglies Of old town are organized for an attack ON
| the radical headquarters. In West Baltimore
street the radicals have made every preparation
for vigorous defense. They have stored an ar
mory Of reyolvers and rifles in the building, and a
| very strong body Of police and 200 or 300 armed
| boys IN blue remain within earshot. There is q
belief among the supporters of the police com
missoners that the radicals of Pennsylvania are
ready to march to their assistance. Forney's visit
to the city yesterday has much to do with the i'm
preston This is the threatened invasion to which
| Governor Swami alluded to in his remarks at An
napols this morning.
| street fight occurred in West Baltimore on the
announcement of the governor 3 intention to go on
| WITH the case. One man who cheered for johnson
| was knocked down.. A few others Joined in the
| neetee, and some Of them were severely handled
| The timely arrest of all the parties prevented
| the ffacas spreading into riot. In some of the
wards the old rowdy organizations, which had ex-
Isted before the war are being renewed and calls
are published in the papers for every Democrat to
| prepare for action.
| AT midnight everything is quiet and the excite
ment is calming down
| A special says three thefsand '~boys in blue .
and eight hundred policemen have reported to the
mayor armed and ready f0Y duty. but il is now
| thought that there will be no trouble.
1t Is reported that all the members of Governor
swami stah have resigned and sided with the
radicals.
atlray there on Saturday evening, duaing po-
lItical meetiag OF the unconditional Union men.
disturbance occurred and firearms were used, |
resulting n the killing Of one Iaaa a conservative,
ana Wcundlng two other participants in the meet
ing. The man Kill ed was Chas Gall.
Mayor Chapman Convened the city council to.
| day, to make arrangements for 5ne public recep-
| tIon OF Mr.. Peabody on the occasion of the ded-
cation OF the Peabody Institute, on Thursday next
Mr.. Peabody has written letter to the tFastees,
N which he makes further gift to the Institute
| OF half a million.
FROM EUROPE IRON FoRTTFIcATIoHs FOE PORTS
| MoUTH-THE BRITISH PROVINCES CONFEDERATION
Observation-Disclosures A--CANDIA.
| 1t is stated that the engineers of the wa9 de-
| partment had decided to after the construction of
the Portsmouth fortifcati0as from a combination
ot granite and iron, to one OF entirely iron OF the
| most massive character.
The delegates at present in England from
! British North American colonies, had been enter
| tanned at a banquet by the British North Aneri-
| can Association. Most of the speakers were in
| favor OF the confederation scheme. Earl Caernar-
Won, secretary of the colonies, declined, however,
to commit himself on the subjeCt he promised the
matter should have the full respectful attention of
| the government.
The Italians had completely yoccupiedPeschiera,
hlantua and Borgoforte. The Italian Senate had
| been c0nvOked and was holding secret sessions
for the trial of Admiral Persano. 1t has been
officially stated that the loss Of the Italian troops
at Palermo during the riot amounted to three hun
| dred and siXty-siX killed and wounded. A tele-
gram from Rome dated October H. says dispatch
/ dated Baltimore, October O. has been received
here from the council of archbshops and four
bishops, in which they salute the popeand express,
wishes for the preservation of the ancient rights
of the Holy See.
AUSTRIA.
The emperor had returned TO Vienna from
lschia, and was to set out for tour through Bo-
hemia in few days. Prior to his departure. the
Hungarian diet was to be convoked and the i'm
periaL patent issued, announcing that as soon as
II negotiations with the diet are brought to salts
factory conclusion, the Hunguarian ministry will
be formed.
tives to Austria in reference to the argest by the
Austrian authorities at Altfriediek of 500 Hunga-
rans, who formed portion of the former pressed
Hungarian legion The Austrian reply by teIe-
graph answered that the necessary steps had been
taken for carrying out the guarantees contained
IN the peace treaty, and no impeachment would be
offered by the Austrian authorities to the return
OF the members of the legion to their homes.
] Accounts from Gambia continue to indicate that
the insurrection was losing its seroRs character,
and the public mind was becoming appeased. 1t
was said that the leaders of the insurgents had
sent deputatjon to IIoritta Pasha, offering to
enter into negotiation for submission on conGition
that the conferences on the subject should take
place in the presence of the consals of Frauce
England and Prussia, and the conGdtion had been
accepted. There were 10000 British troops of
the line in Epirus and Thessay, and further rein
fOrcements were to be sent.
A rising of Christians of those districts was con.
sidered imminent
FROM NEW YoRK-FANNY FERN Is, HUSBAND CREATES
A Neutrality-suspicious. AND PARTY P04ITICs.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Considerable agitation
was caused in financial and political circles To-Day
by the announcement that Mr.. James Parton, the
well known auctoneer, had published a treatise
on the relations Of railroad operations to party
politics. The pamphlet made its appearance this
afternoon. 1t sets forth in considerable detail the
working of several roads, chiefly, however, the
organization aud management of the Chicago and
North Western Railroad Company and its de-
tendencies. 1t is alleged that within three years
the chief officers have issued new capital without
a corresponding increase Ct assets, amounting to
over $4,000 600; also that about sS O00G Gao have
been divided among the directors by the transac-
tion that the dividend paid had heen borrowed at
| a loss of nearly 30 per cent.
1t is also asserted that the r3tes of tpansporta-
ton have been raised along the lines from SO to
j8 per cent, on the score of earning fair re-
turn for this fictitious capita. The article
broadly intimates, also, that vast Sums of these
} monies are spent for elecGi0neeriHg purposes,
t and among other things, to pay the two expenses
D of Macmillan in Mexico.
D Cholera is alarmingly on the increase in Hua-
: son City, N. Y, opposite New York. Thirteen
new cases were given en- Saturday, and nine
deaths; new cases in every instance terminated
!: fatally. No sanitary measures have been en-
9 forced
t FROM MrssoURI-FpRIoUs sroRM-DAIAGB TO
t Observation-Disclosures, INJURED-REGIsrRY LAW
e voID-A POINT FOR THE hAwYERs-cATHoLIc
! CHURCH AND BUREING GROUND TAXED BY THI
4 RADICALS--WHAF A CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN SAYS
i RADICAL TuREAFS.
IS JEFFERSON CIrX, Oct. GA drizzling rain sci
e in last Wednesday night, which increased il
e severity until Sunday afternoon, when it cul
u minated in a f0riOus storm of wind and rain
c which subside q at about O'Clock P. M., and waE
followed by a. clear, cold, frosty night.
,s The storm did considerable damage, washing
y deep guIleys in the wagon roads, and cansin!
y several very heavy land slides on the Pacific rail
n road just ut Of the city, preventing the running
n of trains between here and st. Louis.