The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-12
ITEMS BIZ LAST NIGHTS MAIL.

Vanderbilt has gone abroad--efter the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway.
new radical daily is to be started in Phls-
delphia.
Santa Annals property at St. Thomas has been
sold at auction.
Virginia City, with but single exception. has
elected the entire Democratic municipal ticket.
Rev. DR.. Israel Putnam, Of Middeboro, Massa-
chusetis, died on the sth, aged 50 years.
There was heavy snowstor m at Augusta, Me-,
on the Sth.
Western, the actress, sailed for California on the
sth.
The State of Michigan has received draft for
sl7l 600 from the general government for war
claims allowed.
A Jealous lover treated his sweetheart to oysters
and strychnine in Chicago on Wednesday night
The result was as might have been expected.
The revolution in Venezuela is increasing. A
cessation of hostiities for fourteen days has been
Mr.. Vanderbits "Mouutain Boy" thrsaseus
to knock the quarter from DexIer'sn best time,
making 2:l74, 2:l7.
convention on Thursday. There thirty-seven
circles in the State and full regiment ofinfantry
enlisted 10 the army.
New York revenue collector and his deputy
are charged with having released two rectifying
establishments seized for having Illicit whisky
hsnd, in consequence OF the receipt Of heavy
bribes.
proposition will be submitted to the Memphis
council at its next meeting to connect the Mem
phs, Louisville and Mississippi and Tennessee
railroads here by means Of q tunnel under the
city.
The Mississippi Central railroad is to be ex-
tended from jackson, Tennessee. the northern
terminus, to Milan, on the Louisville and Memphis
Railroad, which will make the route complete to
New Orleans
Several wealthy negroes sailed as cabin pas
sengers in the English steamer on the Sth for
Southampton. They 60 10 England 10 attempt TO
enlist the sympathy OF the English in the negroes
here.
CIV. Gsyer, prominent merchant was thrown
from his carriage in Memphis on the Sth aud dan
eerOusly injured. Miss Charlotte Harrison and
Miss Bryant, who were also in the carriage, were
Bids for 100000 of the Maryland "defense
loan." authorized by the late legislature.
opened at Annapolis on Wednesday. The accept
ed bids were at par, and the bonds will bear six
per cent. interest.
The Hoossc Tunnel. when completed, will be
over n 600 feet 1--we mlles) long. Only 1000 feet
OF the mountain has been penetrated. The pro-
ject has cost Massachusetts, $4,000 900 already /,
| and will require s., 600, 600 to finish it.
| Intelligence from Newfoundland says that the
seal fisheries have been on the whole successful
Up to the 2SIh ut. two hundred aud fifty thousand
seals arrived at st. johns and Hsrbor Grace.
Some casualties are reported. Twenty four men
belonging to the Deerhound have been missing
| three weeks.
Weston, the pedestrian, is backed for q five
thousand miles walk from Bangor, Maine, to st.
|
| twenty five hundred dollars side, ana the time
| one hundred days. He Is not TO travel on Sun
days which are included in the time. He will
start about the 18th of August.
The last sensation is the accidental discovery OF
whisky spring near Nodaway, Missouri. The
| liquid flows from between two rocks, and looks
Ike highly colored brandy, but it tastes and smells
| like pure whisky, and has the same intoxicating
| effect. The man on whose farm it has been dis
| covered expects TO realize fortune by the well.
| Washington specials say there is project on
| foot, on the removal of Johnson, 10 arrest and
try Gen. Lee for treason and murder. It Is ex-
pected that Grant will resent this violation Of the
| terms of his parole as a personal insult. The
| rest is TO be backed by Wade aud other Republic
cans in order TO defeat Grants presidential aspi-
rations, and s suppose to have been concocted
| by Butler and Stevens.
In the Methodist Conference at Chicago on the
sth the question of the admission of the Southern
delegates was taken up and discussed, DR.. George
Peck, of New York. making an earnest plea for
their reception. He was followed by others on
the same side. DR.. Nelson offered resolution
designed to equalize the time Of the speakers
both sides. The resolution called forth an ant
mated debate, which was carried amid great
deal Of confusion. 1t was finally adopted, after
| which the conference adjourned.
Special dispatches received at the India Office
from Gen. Napier. dated Talanta, Abyssinia, on
the 2lst Of April, say that after the capture Of
hsgdals thirty guns and mortar belonging to
the AbyssiDian government were destroyed, and
the town razed to the rock on which il stood.
| zen. Napier reports tnat the queen ana tne ner
apparent to the throne are In camp. The army
viii reach the Red Sea coast during May. All the
troops are WELL and the army trains are well up
with the advance Of the returning forces.
Three hundred Boston merchants have petit
| toned the city government In favor OF Edward
| Cranes proposed marginal street, TO connect the
| various railroad depots with deep water. II Is TO
be 100 feet wide and will cost upward Of
81 GOO, 900. New land TO the value Of IS 900 900
will be added to the city, and an apprecisble sd-
vantage will be the immediate delivery Of goods
into warehouses. saving truckage. Josiah Quincy
| adds that by this aid Boston, being twenty.four
hours nearer Europe than New York. may be-
come the port of entry to the future great city Of
the world, whence IL may be inferred that Bostons
eIs OF modesty has begun.
The races on the Nashville Course on the Sth,
the first mile and quarter dash, purse 500,
| was won by Pat holloy, beating Jack Hale, Viola,
| Magazine, Little Edith and Ottawa. Time-2:l83.
| The second race, two miles and repeat, was for
$500. The purse won by Chickamaugs. ia
three heats, beating Maggie, Hunter and Conflict
| Time-3:504, 3:544, 4. Conflict took the second
heat Third race, mile heats, for 800, purse for
untried three year olds, was won by Skrmisher.
beating Egn, Donovan and Little Edith. Time
l:52l. On the 9th the first race, for the Cumber-
| land stake No. OF $3.50, for three year olds, a
| dash Of two miles, was won by Pat Malloy, who
| walked over the track, Smith and Duncan paying
forfeits- The second race, for the association
purse of $500, mile heats, best three in FIVE !;
five horses started: the first heat was won by
Conflict, and the nextthree by Ooltawah. Time
l:5l. l:56, 1864. lola. The third race. for
beaten horses, mile heats, was won by Nellie
Gwynne in two straight heats, beating Viola,
Magazine and Pat Cleburne. Time-l:53, 1.52i.
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