The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-30

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| Inc Washington Republican says: Senator
nsnusg, Oh Louisiana. in connection with Gen.
Lonesueet has prepared bill for the rebuilding
Of the levees on the Mississippi, which he win i'm
troduce after the holidays. "'' -
The New Mexican Legislature met ON the 7tb
inst. and organized BY eectipg Hon. Severe Baca
president Of the Council, and Hon. r. NJ Stephens
speaker of the House.
Color ell wyukoop, in an address to the America,
Geographical Society Wednesday night. in New
York. defended the Indian buresu against certain
charges made against 1t, and said : "As the bureau
exists at present, 90 not know how 1t can be bet
tered. have failed to see, so far, how the de-
psrtment Of the interior or the Office of the Indian
bureau has been to blame for any OF our Indian
troubles. Let the sympsthies of the people Of
this great country be shown for the Indian as thew
have been for the African, and irrespective Of
Indian bureaus and Congress. there win be such
rsdical change in the condition of the Indian as
will be OF incredible benefit to him In future and
consequently 10 our whole countryn
The Irish Literary Association Of Memphis has
presented Henry A. Wise with tT00 80, as % O
slight testimonial for services in the cause of
civil and religious liberty" Wise replies that
Geo knows need material help. The Isish
blood in North America is one of my main hopes
for the restoration of constitutional Law and lib
erty 10 the United States."
A Virginia paper publishes the following mar.
Tisge notice: On December 9th. in front of the
parsonage in Crab Bottom. Highland county on
horseback IN the big road, by Rev. Stephen
Smith. Mr.: George A: Bslteman, aged sixteen,
and ! hiss Barbara J. wsgoner aged twenty four,
IS 900 and 5000 900 by his last stroke in New
York Central.
A house on the farm of Mr.. Joseph West near
Pleasant Valley, N. T., occupied by the family of
one OF his hands named Adams, caught fire from
some unknown cause, during the absence of both
Adams snd his wife on Tuesday week, and was
entirely consumed, together with two children, q
boy and girl. one six years old and the other
~ 81 Ed In fhA
left alone.
Commerce is SO depressed that the pilots of
New York, IN body, petitoned the commission.
ers to permit them to withdraw seven of their
boats from the Sandy Hook station. The Pilot
Board have granted the request in order to tighten
The expenses OF the men, with the understanding
that the number Of pilots on duty shall not be any
less. For the present, therefore, there will be
only twelve boats instead OF nineteen In active
service.
Two San Francisco policemen tried to arrest q
CLinaman on the I'd OF this month. They found IL
necessary 10 leave him moment, and 80 hand.
cufed him with bis arms each side of lamp post.
when they returned their prisoner was gone-he
bad climbed up the post and swung his arms over
lie top.
lie Roy Van Pherson aged twenty, and BRIDE
groom OF six weeks, fell backward on saw ia a
portable saw mill, near Coal Ron, Washington
county, Ohio. The saw entered his back near the
s SpS5y f@aabshs bis sni5sy through his
in a few hours. nv easu
somrer is preparing speech on finance. in an
sver to Mortons. Sumner favors speedy resump-
ton of specie payments, adopting in this respect
the views OF Horace Greeley. Soon after the re-
GEES be will enieavor to call up his bill for the
sumption OF specie payments on the 4th of July
next, which lie introduced on the first day of the
session.
Capt Fox, assistant secretary of the navy du-
ring the war, and afterwards special commissioner
to Russia, is TO assume the management Of the
kiddlesex Manufacturing Company. at Lowell, ON
the LIST OF January.
The Lynchburg Court of Appeals has Just de-
cided that the cities of Danvi.le and Lynchburg
are liable for the small notes issued during the re-
belion for war purposes. The Richmond city
council undertook to assume debt Of this charac-
ter, but failed. and the question has been taken
into court there. The bankers and brokers in vari
Gus parts OF the safe are gathering up this class
OF paper for nominal price, ard doing all they
can 10 get II declared good
During the past year IL les vessels have arrived
at Chicago, and l3.2ls have cleared There have
have been Ala, 740 hogs packed to date, against
5s1 100 st the same time in the previous season.
At Dubuque on the 18th 500 900 damage was
done by fire to the works of the Northwest Metal
Company.
The fine three.story brick residence of General
Geo. W. DeZier, in Lawrence, together with
the furniture. totally destroyed by fire on the
18th. The loss on the building and furniture Is
Gabriel Martin and his two maiden sisters, resid.
M in Columbia county, Geo., were murdered and
rob bed Thursday night, their house set on fire,
and tier bodies consumed. Suspicion is said to
rest on some negroes residing in the neighborhood
as the perpetrators of the deed.
Two freight trains on the Hannibal and st. Jo-
seph Railroad collided one mile east of Chlcothe,
on Thursday morning at 2 O'Clock. Both engi-
neers, A. A. Cooper and n. Young, and both fire.
men, were killed instantly. young lady was
fourd burned to crisp from the waist up, and
one leg burned off. Almost the entire wreck was
burned. The trains were running at twenty-five
miles per hour when they collided. Both we're
behind time.