The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-09

TUESDAY HoRsIse. JuNB ., ICES.



present. the courts having enjoinsd them ell -
Three thousand six hundred and thirty emf
grants arrived in New York on the 9Th. 1oIiIs o.
: The wheat harvest has commenced In rennes-
see. The yield will be large and excellent In
quality. vsla yllooo niaea iti..i9ai - .-uu
: The Isrselifes Of 81. Louis, two thousand IL 10
said, have publicly pledged themselves 70 vote
AGAINST Gen. Grant, eglld OF DE- -
'Goulding has completed his thousand mile feat,
and after recupersting, intends to challenge Wes'
The steamer Virginia, at New York. from Liv.
erpool has fifteen cases of smallpox aboard, and
has been quaraatined. go BY go ~ -,
az chairman of the national Democratic executive
n banquet was given at Rome, on Tuesday, to
7. B. Read, 81 which ex-Minister Adams and .
number Of American artists we're present: h9s1
q Weston failed to accomplish the 100 miles IN 23
hours, making soa miles In % hours and 81 min'
utes. 800 o.. -. u
iresl shows that ont of 652 children received
during the past year 6ls died. ia.l pa
"A cavern or grotto, said TO rival the famous
Mammoth Cave OF Kentucky. has been discovered
about twenty miles north Of Ottawa. % iesiar
The arrants issued for the support OF the gov
ernments for May amounted to SAG. ls6, 600, NOS
including the reduction Of the public debt. sit
D petition of some forty railroad presidents,
fsvoring the bill for the future extension Of the
Union Pacific Railroad. has been referred to the
Pacific Railroad committee. .sau9s
The Boston steamships Ontario and Erie were
sold by auction on the 3D., for $750,000. II is ru-
mored that they we're purchased for New York
The English system Of betting. recently intro.
dnced BY the American, Jockey Club, was very
brisk In New York on the Sd in view Of the sp-
preaching races at Jerome Park. r,sI.s.ssAsr
The Empire Club, which has recently been re-
organized with Isaiah Rynders as resident, has
declared in favor Of Chase as the Democratic nom.
inee. ~ IeqtN Hhu llcN att--i aaut itndfal
new town, called Monument, has been laid
out &C The present terminus OF the Kansas Pacific
Railway, three hundred and eighty-six miles from
the Missouri river. TO which point regular trains
will commence running next Monday. 1i1i
The Indians have brought story to Sitka that
the white men are collecting gold oy the handful
Parties have started for the diggipgs, which are
CD the main land. ia lll :, o9.fe f9n
Rear Admiral Thomas ]. Craven has been de-
tached from command of the navy yard ct Mere
Island, California, and ordered to the command OF
the North Pacific squadron, and Commodore jones
Alden has been ordered to the command Of that
| navy yard. .fslfN9 fn fhfifi ' y tlfI
70 On the Sd the German Catholic Union, sitter sp-
pointing committee to draft an address TO the
| p pc expressing sympathy a. well as wish Tor
| the maintenance OF his temporal power necessary
10 his Independence "a the spiritual head Of the
church, adjourned to meet at Chicago next year.
A dispatch from Silver Cisy, Idaho, says some
soldiers and scouts headed by Beebee. General
Crooks chief scout, attacked and killed thirty
| five Indians near 0wyhee Ferry. This band OF
saysges had committed many depredstions IN the
| past Two years. Not one escaped. b ha3til ll1f-
| AT o meeting of the New York Chamber Of
| Commerce, on the Atm, the resolutions Of the
Board of Trade of Louisville, favoring reduction
4 Of the tax on distilled sprits and tobacco, we're
| sdopfed.s 1he resolution favors tax Of hfty
cents per gallon on whisky. el,d l.l
/ n The New Hampshire legislature organized on
1 the Sd by the election Of Ezra A. Stevens presi-
| cent of the Senate, and Simon G. Griffin speaker
i OF the House. The vote II the Senate Was for
Stevens and 8 for John M. Sayers, semocrat. In
the House, Griffin, ls4, against 80 for WIN. Little
| Democrat. sfiro .alifdlih r fsl-sI ! .5ii b
4 The German Catholic Union, q. New York, on
the Sd. adopted resolutions reminding members OF
| heir obligation TO send children ~ Oatholc
schools, we're there any, and suggesting peuuons
20 the State governments by the episcopAcy Tor
| proportionste shares of the schools funds. IL
appeared that one hundred aud hfty-seven so
rieties numbering hundred thousand members,
are represented. .iaIf lri go ol 4alab frIl ~ 4
The Canadian military authorities have obtained
possession OF the court house and academy q
Burlington, Durham county. for the accomm oda-
ton Of troope 10 be stationed on the frsntier.
The 18th Highlanders are under orders for Quebec
to relieve the 30th regiment, who return % Eng
lard. 1t is believed the government does moi
attach sufficient Importance 10 the Fenian rumors
to induce them 70 retain tLe 30th regiment. 6liag
Governor Hartman, Of New Hampshire, waa
insueurated on the 4th, and delivered his ANNA
message, which is mainly directed 70 local Affairs
The floating debt has been reduced to less thar
1000 and the entire State Indebtedness Is about
s3.500.000. s260000 of the debt has been paid
the past year. The material interests OF the state
are In o prosperous condition, and the governor
urges on the legislature the duty Of encouraging
home manufacture and agriculture, and closes
with brief allusion to national affairs.
L Ground was broken In Nebraska City on the I'd
for building railroad by the Midland and Pacdt
| Company, to connect with the Union Pacific rail
| road al point one hundred and ifty miles due
west of that city, and TO pass through Lincoln, TIL
capital Of the State. There was large concours'
/ of people, and much enthusiasm. The meeting
presided over by the chief jus ice OF the state
Speeches were made by the msyor aud others
| The road will be built within two years, saving
distance, between New York and san Francisco
Of one hundred and forty. eight miles. q sai lf 4
| President johnson, IN the natural course o.
| events, 10 expected TO return 10 Tennessee mex
year not 'Greenyille but the farm u x mlles fron
there on the railroad, will doubtless DO his home.
About six months since. the president pnrcn .sed
beautiful plantation, containing about he hun
dred acres. at Hendersons depot, With two hns
Touring mills On IL. aud also q, beautiful oulid
ing spot within hundred yards iroG the depot
commanding view of the Aileghanies for lift
miles, and that within the past three months. Tn
name of the po-toffce at that station has beef
changed from Henderson" to HON e." "a 1.
A dispatch from General Napier. dated Adigral
May 2lst. says a small detachment Of troop
would remain at Zeoula. All the remaining
/
Amnesty Bay to enbark far home. Another dis
patch from General Napier, GATED June Lat, n
| ports that the crown OF Theodorus, captured
Msgdals, was returned ~ the queen, Who r.
I named at the capital. General Napier ais
tsted that great food had swept throug
Zooryo deiiIe, causing much damage, and rem
der ng the road impsssabe. DULY six native
we're drowned, instead Of six hundred. as re
ported. .il..t..L,, ..-.f 81 .35ss
A desperate ARRAY occurred on Monroe street
Memphis. on the Sd, between III police and nsgr
, | bur glars who entered Price 4 Yestnsn's count
| ing room, in which Capt. Perry southern an
| police officer Wright we're Shot aud the forme
fstaliy wounded. One negro. named Ksge Bed
foId, was MORALLY wounded. fhe others ESCAPED
bot through the confession of Bedford the Others
three iD number, pere arrested the next morning
Il was with the greatest difficulty that tho polio
were restrained from inaicting summary puDisl
1 ment on them. .-, b. 4. f.--'I ~
The Lesvenworth Conservative OF the 5th prin
the following: q Gen. Crawford, at Topeka, r,
| | ceived dispstch from Sheriff Bestus, OF Jnnctio
City, stating that information had been receive
from Major ssoner, agent Of the Ksw Indian
| that xeveraI hundred Chevpnnes weY. fighting In