The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-09
SUNDAYS D1srArcnEs.
FROM EUROPE.

LONDON. Feb. AFTER the closing of the mar.
ket reports Saturday, spirits turpentine advanced
Liverpool. Common rosn at Liverpool closed
FRasKroIr, Feb. 7.-Five.tweuties closed
Prnss Grasn has, T. ST.
stricken from the rolls Of the Spanish army.
The Carlists are very active, and there are in.
dcations that they are laboring to produce an
sn p ,umo1sd ms break ont e,
been fixed upon BY them for open demonstrations
against the provisional government.
IL 10 said that Prince Ferdinand has consented
to be q candidate for the throne of Spain.
Orders have been issued for the execution of
the assassins of the governor Of Burgos.
1t is generally conceded that Benor Olozaga
will be chosen to preside over the Constituent
Many rumors prevail about the proposed drec.
tory. Some sssert that the members are to be
elected for five years.
Many political arrests have lately been made.
All tne prisoners are charged with being engaged
PARIS, Feb. Queen Isabella has issued
another manifesto, denouncing revolution in
spain and asserting her rights TO the throne.
The great powers have granted delay of eight
days for the government Of Greece to make its
fnsi decision in regard to the proposals Of the
eminent good reason to hope that the pacific pol.
icy Of King George win triumph over the excite
ment Of the hour. Great agitation still prevails In
NJ THE CUBAN CABLE.
HAVANA, Feb. THE insurgents burned
eighteen large plantations In the Eastern District
Cholera OF very yiruent type is prevalent in the
insurrectonary districts = Insurgents, Spanish
troops and citizens falling victims. Steamer Ca
orero lost at sea while carrying government sup
plies from antago dc Cuba to ManzsnilIo An
attempt OF Cubans to IRE O powder magazine at
Puerto Principe has been frustrated. Two Cuban
S1rfal Da~n 81 - An
OF volunteers while attempting to escape from
Guantanamo. private letter denies that they
were trying to escape. Jose Cespedes, late COM
missioner to the insurgents, sailed to-day for
affairs. Influential and wealthy Cuban families,
who gen orally sympsthixe with the rebellion con.
tinue to emigrate to New York and New Orleans
Salnsve has destroyed two towns and captured
another In st. Domingo. The inhabitants OF Aux
Cages and vicinity are panic-stricken. MANY
escaping to Jamaics.
FROM WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Senator McCreeyy and
Others had an interview with Evarts regarding the
release of Lieut.. BraiDe of the Confederate navy.
Evarts doubts whether Braines case comes within
the presidents amnesty, but listened favorably
10 appeals for mercy. - -. = 49, -
Recent utterances and votes Of Speaker Colfax
Indicate liberal feeling towards the Southern
rights. - -
Delegates to the Southern Press convention. on
The IN instant, will be entertained by the Mobile
Board of Trade. Several railroads have rendered
complimentary passages to editors TO and from
Mobile. -
A secret agent of San Domingo states her
public debt not over half million.
FROM NEW YORK. Wl |
NEW YORK, Feb. THE financial agency of |
the Central Pacific Railroad announces thai the /
first mortgage loan is closed, in consequence of |
the large negotiations Of bonds since January lst
Less than two hundred and fifty miles remain to |
connect the road with the eastern lines This gap |
Is 70 be closed In about one hundred days
The assessors books show the aggregate sales
OF Clshn Co. for 1868, were forty three millions;
those of A. 7. Stewart thirty millions.
Delegates OF the Irish Republican Association
waited on Grant yesterday afternoon The Re.
publican central committee will be received on
Monday, Grant spent Sunday quiet. Dlned to.
day With A. T. Stewart.
Official Dispatches from Brew. Major Gen Aver.
borate the recent report of Gen. Horace Porter on
the subject of militia troubles in Arkansas.
Bremen bark America reached quarantine with.
steamer Hbernis. She fell in December a5tS
with the British balk Cuthbert water logged took
from her the wrecked crew OF ship Hibernia |
whom the Cuthbert had taken of. The America
she had saved. Her arrival brushes the last hope
for the safety Of missing boat from the Hibernis
which undoubtedly was lost with thirty nine per. |
sons from the wreck of the Hibernia.
FROM MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Feb. THE Avalanche's Little Rock
n both houses Of the legislature to-day on the
militia appropriation BILL In the Senate Roy Re.
publican, denounced the bill in the severest terms
he also denounced the militia bill, saying they
,eard Of. he was opposed to voting them dol.
ar. Pending his remarks the Senate adjourned.
Gov: Clayton sent message 70 the Senate to-
Jay giving an account of bis visit 70 Crittenden
county. The operations Of the militia there are |
substantially the same as reported by him some | d
sys since. He says only atty men now remain | T
here, and that In few days that would be the |
My county under martial law. The report Of the d
Military purposes to be nearly SIS 900; balance 1
ne troops and unpaid, nearly $50 600.
IL Is reported that q party of men from Texas y
ntered Little Rock county last week and murdered o
x negroes and one white man, and that the | 4
,ilitis had gone there. A second military ezpe- \
ltion Left last night for above on the Economist
10 clue to the object. Il
Weather unsettled, raining hard during the fore =
con. The river fell one inch. Arrived-SiIver n
loon from Cincinnati, Argonaut from Louisville. 4
eparted-Lizzie Gill to st. Louis, Richmond. | =
lth 1000 bales cotton, Nick Longworth, Indiana. I,
ebert Barnes and Mollie Able to New Orle ans. Il
reported sinking Of the steamer Coosa is incor- Il
ct. The officers Of the Mollie Able report her Il
Fulton all right, on her way up. - =,
FROM GEORGIA. n
CoLUMBrs, Ga, Feb. 6.--The Southern Press 81
onvention viii meet In Mobile, Ala, on Wednes- b.
~, 18th inst. A. r. LANAI
President Southern Press Association. CT
FROM MISSOURI. e'
ST. LOUIS. Feb. Ga man named Hoefer, liy. h,
9 IN the outskirts of Hannibal. No., murdered ~
3 daughter, ten years of age, yesterday. he n,
rangied her with strap, cut her body Ia two r.
re her heart out, cut 1t open and swallowed the q,
ood. he was arrested, aid when asked why he | h,
mmitted the deed replied that Christ was killed, q,
O ~ was no worse for his child to die than
rist; that he offered her as sacrifice to Christ. oh
Is said the man is insane on religion. fe
CONSOLIDATION OF Army BuKKAUs.-A Wash. CO
ston special of the Sd says: Secretary Schoeld re
peared before the House military committee 10. co
at their request, to give his views regarding pu
consoiidatcn OF bureaus Of the war depart
mt. He was decidedly In favor Of making one re.
reau of the quartsrmsster's, commissary and OF
Department., another Of ordnance and srtl. fol
y, and third OF engineering and surveying.
ssid the necessary work Of the department fet
nld De much more expeditiously and efficieutv an