The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-17
ITEMS BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.

The new Tammany Hall will be ready for the
use of the National Democratic Convention.
The funeral Of Lord Broughsm took place at
Cspues on the 18th.
The bark Freehsnkel, from Antwerp, Is at quar-.
antine below New York, with nineteen cases of
smallpox aboard.
The base ball game on the 18th, between picked
men of New York and Brooklyn, resulted in favor
of the latter by three RUS.
At the Fashion Course, on the 18th, the trot be-
tween Jessie Glencoe, Pepper Ghost and S'sy,
best three in five, was won by Jessie-one dead
The United States marshal for st. Louis has
applied, through the commissioner Of Internal
revenue, for force OF cavalry to assist IN arrest
ing dstillers engaged in violating the tax laws.
An Omaha dispatch says that reduction OF
twenty five per cent. has been made on the pas
senger and freight taiif over the Union Pacific
railroad.
verdict of $500 was returned in the case OF
Rebecca Gray against the National Steamship
Company for the loss Of her husbands life by
collision OF their steamer with o canal boat.
The committee from the New York Board OF
Trade adopted resolutions favoring the redemp-
ton Of the national debt in gold, and the funding
Of rreenbacks with - per cent. bonds, and the
early resumption OF specie payment.
The American AntiSlavery Society held Its
| tweniy.ffth anniversary meeting, in Steinway
| Hail, New York, on the 18th. About sixteen
hundred persons were present. Wendell Phillips
| and Charles c. Burleigh were the principal
| speakers. -.--.
The election Of eight police commissioners for
( Toledo, rendered necessary by the recent action
| of the Ohio legislature, took place on the 18th,
| resulting in the choice of six Republicans aud
| two Democrats. The Republicans also elected
| two school commissioners without opposition.
/ TIE papers of Virginia City, Nevada, detail the
/ massacre of the household ct Red Rock ranch,
| eest of Long Valley, fifty miles from the first
/ named city. The Indians took the party by sur
| prise, the whites not suspeeting they were hos.
| tile, and killed Mr.. w. II. Pierson, bis wife
daughter, "a young lady of eighteen) John
Sutherland, and another man whose name our in
formant did not learn. A boy, twelve or fourteen
years Of age, made bis escape, but was hotiy
pursued by the red devils for nine miles. The
bow thinks the murderers belong to the Pi Utes
Boston correspondent Of the New YORK Tn
| bune writes that the famous Rowland will cast
has assumed new aspect by the death OF tn
complainant, Mrs. E. Ii. Green, formerly Mis-
Uettie Robinson. She is said TO have child. Mr
| E. M. Robinson, the father Of Hettie, who died il
June, 1860, left fortune Of SC 100000. the who'll
| OF which, with the exception OF $4,000 In lega
! cies TO servants and friends, went to her. he
aunt Sylvia Ann Howlsnd, by the contested will
left Hettie 81 100000, which her heir will get
In any event, whether the present suit 10 won o
lost. II won, the whole Of the aunt's fortune
nearly 81, 500, 600, will go to the heir, thus maxim
total of S. GOO, 900. As money at interest double
every ten years or so, this infant, If 1t lives to
twenty-one years Of age, will be worth asoT
S35 coo 600.