The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-18

osbers. N thsf tbsir Vpers considered them dam
aged to the extent of 93l.ll4 Is. being loss ana
damage TO sheep ewnsrs Of $l2s,e 27 g.. II AZ
the dogs In the 0tato we're put up q suction
would they bring that sum o....
The ecienti6c expedition organised under Mr..
SeWardb direction for the exploration OF Alasks.
has made its report. One of its members has
published paper on the newly acquired fsrrtory,
which contains rather full details Of the character
Of the country. Large and rich fisheries lie of In
the North Pacific. and were always favorite re-
sorts with our fishermen. Much inconvenience
was entailed on them by their necessary trips to
San Francisco not the smallest part of which Was
q heavy outlay of capital on ocean going craft.
Now they can fish IN fifty fathom water in ordin-
airy open boats. Curing stations can be estsb.
lished on the coast. Formerly the importation OF
Goldfish from New England ports to California was
hessy item. II has been stopped completely In
the acquisition Of Alaska. 10 1867, twenty
American vessels were employed among the Shu-
msnin Islands on the shores OF Southern Alaska.
The average catch was nearly one hundred tons,
which was valued ct nine and q half cents, CON,
per pound the average cost of outfit aod labor,
three thousand dollars In gold. IL Is stated that
the eastern portion Of the Behring's Sea is ex.
tremely rich in cod and that the area within the
limits Of fifty fathoms depth is eighteen thousand
miles In extent. The banks along the shores Of
Alaska, south of the Aleutian Islands. are about
four thousand five hundred miless The whale
fisheries, especially in Archipelago Alexander,
are well known. The coast survey has discovered
indications Of large beds of anthracite coal. The
warm current from Japan exercises Q beneficial
influence on the. climate Of Alaska.
Macs, by Christopher Turner, sixty-ave years
ago. Ia still running, and is considered sound old
ship. She 10 owned in New Bedford, and is just
now being fitted out for years whaling voyage.
The Endeavor was the first American ship that
ever passed through the Straits of Magellan.
The fifth auditor Of the treasury department re-
ports that for the year ending June 80, 1868, the
aggregate salaries paid to the United States con.
- l-I. H. l. .kn1e
$37S, 750. The total receipts In fees from consul
lates we're $435.179, showing revenue from this
source Of SCI ,499. The consular system of the
United States was never seltsupporting until the
year 1866. Since then the net revenue from this
source has amounted to over $50 900 year. The
report also shows that the total expenses OF
assessing the internal revenue tax throughout the
country for the year ending June 80, 1868, was
IS ISL ,l79. The total amount paid to revenue
and special agents during the same period, incud:
amount paid in counsel fees In internal revenue
cases, and as rewards to informers was $4380S.
| The total amount of taxes enormously assessed
| and collected and refunded was 81 LOG, SIS.
A. A. Wilder, of Detroit, has perfected an In.
! vention for getting rid of horses in propelling
street cars. Ii consists of steam condenser, and
appliances for attaching locomotive engine to
| the forward platform of the car In such manner
| that neither steam, smoke nor cinders can es
cape and the noise made by the machinery is not
so great as that produced by the working of
| Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine. The boiler
is located upon the platform, and occupies space
| twenty inches In diameter, with an altitude of
three feet, while the engine Is completely hidden
under the body of the car, and protected from
dust, ost, snow etc.. by substantial casing Of
wood and galvanized iron. The plan also pro-
vides for heating the car by steam. 1t has been
| tried and works satisfactorily.
certain little damsel. having been aggrav-
ated beyond endurance by her big brother,
| pumped down upon her knees and cried " o
Lord bless my brother Tom. He lies. he steals.
he swears; all boys do; US girls don't. Amen"
The University of London has recently estab
lished new degree, the highest in the faculty of
arts, with the title D. Lit. doctor Of literature
II is open to all graduates in arts of the English
universities and Of Dublin on passing two exam
nations at an interval of at least a year. The
former of these is in the Greek and Latin clss-
sizes generally, with prose compositions in Greek,
Latin and EDgliah, and in the history of the world
to the end of the eighteenth century. This ex-
animation also confers the degree Of NJ. A. At
the second examination candidates bring up. in
all cases. the English language, literature aud his
tory. and either the French or the German
language and literature. In addition to these.
of the following subjects: Anglo-Saxon with
lcesndic, Sanscrit. Arabic, Hebrew with Syrisc.
The final examination has just been held for the
fret time, and Mr.. r. F. Weymouth. who took
bis N. A. degree in 1s49, has been admitted
D. Lit, having passed In the optional subjects,
French, Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic.
negro man. named Melvin White, voted for
Seymour and Blair at the election on the 80, at
Murfreesboro, N. c. he left the polls and went
home, and fell dead shortly after. 1t is generally
supposed he was poisoned by some of his politi-
cal opponents for " betraying his race" as they
said.
On the 9Th inst, negro named Thomas Ryan
was hanged in Williamson, Martin county, N. G.,
for the brutal murder of young man by the
name of Legget, clerk of GAINESVILLE. Legget
was clerk in store and all his offense was that
he refused to give the negro fend liquor.
| Seven negroes from Marshall county, Miss.
were received the other day at the Penitentiary of
that State. One of them is styled reverend"
and is president Of loyal league. His msfor-
tune was occasioned by his breaking into store.
The question Of building ship canal from
Petersburg to some point on the Appomattox
river, where the water Is of sufficient depth for
the accommodation of ses-going vessels, which
has been sgitated by the press and citizens of
that city at intervals for some years past, is be-
the last meeting Of the City Council the subject
was again brought up. and q committee appointed
10 take initiatory steps in the matter.
The San Francisco papers report that certain
sections of San Joaquin county produces forty
bushels Of wheat and eighty-fve bushels Of bar.
ley to the acre. The Chill club wheat, however,
raised in Los Angeles county. yields eighty
bushels of wheat and enc hundred bushels of bar
ley to the acre. These immense crops, IL is
stated. are produced without the of any kind
Of manure or fertilizer except rain and sunshine.
In England. in soils under the most perfect state
Of cultivation, thirty-two bushels of wheat per
acre is considered very fine crop. From TWEEN.
tyeeht to thirty bushels per acre is the custom.
airy yield Of the rich grain growing countries.
Travellers tell that the tea which the Russians
make is greatly superior in favor to our own ;
and Russians think its excellence Is owing to the
fact that II lie obtained from provinces in China
near the Russian border whereas the real reason
of its superiority lies in the artful manner OF
sleeping the herb. They pour boiling water upon
the tea and drink it soon after; while We simmer
and steep and boil till the foe flavor il mostly
given of In the air. The fact that the smell OF
tea in the cook rooms is often more refreshing than
the tsste should have explained this long ago. The
best way of making cup of tea is. first heat the
cup with hot water, boiling, then throw in little
dry tea pour on boiling water cover with the sau-
Ger, and let it stand onlya few minutes. Il Vest
ern Rural.
Adam Norris, of Warren county, Ca. with one
pillow and horse, cultivated this season eleven
of land in cotton and eighteen acres In corn.
The land was of the poorest. yet he made five
bales of cotton and one hundred bushels of corn.
Not only did he cultivate this crop without assist
spce, but unaded and alone picked the cotton
and harvested the corn. Adam Todd of the same
county, with but little assistance, made five bales
of cotton on nine acres Of land and two hundred
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