The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-22

etroyed W. ID. r. Williams oil and paint stor
and Hutchins' grain and feed store, on Bay slree
Loss s24 ,OUO which is partially covered by inst
rance.
The firm owning the silks seized in New York
short time ago, for an attempt TO evade the dutie,
has offered $50 600 10 have the goods restored
them. The secretary OF the treasury has the maj
ter under consideration.
Gen. Dnlce's new wife is The widow of LAT
Cuban liberal. He is evidently conciliatory in a
his acts.
Hsnd.bills were extensively posted up abou
New York on the l7tb, with fac sinlile of the en-
velop found in the coat pocket OF the murdere
Of Mr.. Rogers, and offering a reward of $3.50 I
$1,000 for information as TO who wrote It, and b.
whom sent, TO be communicated, cOnfdentialy I,
the district attorney. and guaranteeing the party
so communicating protection from arrest or deten
ton in consequences also, Offering to the mar
who was with the murderer. but did not partici
pate therein. areward of $4,000, and guarantee
against prosecution as an accessory, if he will
come forward and give Up the murderer to jus.
iice.
The Senate committee on commerce have
agreed TO report the House bill of last session with
slight notifications, making an appropriation OF
five millions for the Improvement OF rivers and
hsrbors. q appropriation OF $3.50 900 for the re.
moval Of He'll Gate distractions in New York
bsrbor 10 included.
Another Western merchant, joseph Winslow
was robbed in New York on the 10TH of $4,000. nv
thief who got into his room at the Commercial
put his money under his pillow, but neglected 10
bolt the door. "
There is report that the murderer of Rogers il
arrested by detectives who are trying TO keen the
matter secret, but IL is discovered. The mayor
has offered $4,000 reward and foil pardon 10 the
murderer's accomplice.
The valuable trOtters Dick, May and Harry
Boyle. belonging to William P. Wells, stock.
broker, were stolen from his stable in New York.
On the night Of the l6lh.
A FIRE broke out on the 18th, in the store of A
MeDifee, in the block on the northwes corner of
Cherry and Broad streets, Nashville and before II
could be stopped the whole block was burnt, 10.
gether with the roof of q dwelling house adion
ing, and stable. The entire loss is estimated Al
s4OOOO, the greater portion of which is covered by
insurance. The stores were owned By Norris
Reed, Lumsden, BlOomstein and Ellis. A portion
only OF The goods IN the others was saved. The
dwelling house is owned by Mrs. James johnson
and is fully insured Another fire occurred on the
southwest corner of College and Broad streets. in
the store OF Mr.. Samuels, which was extinguished
with about $500 damage, covered by Insurance.
The agricultural department furnishes the fol.
lowing estimates OF the corn aud cotton crops of
the past year. In corn there has been an increase
OF l37 ,OOU 90 bushels over last yaar an aggre.
gate increase OF 1000 900 bushels larger than
1853. This does not include the Pacific States
which are not favorable TO the production of corn
OUT Is decrease IN proportion to the population.
The total product is 9O5 lis 0C0 bushels Since
october the returns which were received bv local
reports from the cotton sections have been much
more favorable, especially in the southwest, ghefe
the result, in comparison with the average plant.
ed, Is better than In auy preceding year since the
adoption of free labor. Picking 6as been nnex.
pecIedly prolonged, and the autumn was favor.
able. The estimate gives the total product al
$780, O0 bales, and this is believed to be below
rather than above the actval yield.
AT the Chicago post Office during 1868 there
were sc sos $50 letters sent and 500 bushels of
mail distributed.
iull examination OF the Central Pacific Rail
road. similar to that of the Union has been crder
ed at the hands Of the same commission
Ano,her prize fight between Chicago roupbs is
Deing arranged. Jerry Donovan has challenged
sno Fred. Busy accepts. Both nave had several
lsuc encounters. The stake is TO be $1,000 or up-
liter the signing of the articles, in Canada.
Inc Indian appropriation bill recommended ia |
or 81 500 900. 40
Massachusetts, paper says: There are some
urlous soclal Iacts IN regard to the Vineyard Iu-
lahs; There Is a great mortality among them. |
nd the same fragilty of life that the negro shows
'nen brought into cold climate yet their num-
ers, on The whole, rather increase than diminish
70 tne west end OF Martha's Vineyard, where
here are more deaf mutes among the white nom
lation than any where else in the country. 40 far
) we know, there have never been any deaf
lutes among the Indians, living side by side with
re white brethren of Chilmark and Tisburv.
hese ulDes are the descendants of the "prayinQ
ar were neutral or friendly TO the whies
Ihis Is from San Francisco letter: There is
DIV IN THIS city middle aged man who wear
nee was at work by the month as a mechanic.
I'd not worth dollar. To-day he ia worth ar
asst 81 600, 600 in hard coin, and his Income from
le mine alone in White Pines is over $500 per
". VIII say this for him, that he has more
nse than most men who have grown suddenly
"a. be is investing his money in San Francisco
al estate. The other day friend was iokino |
m on the subject of marriage. remarkino that he
uIu now marry any young lady iD San Francis. |
/, TO which be replied: "Well I know cal
est wlo was willing to mnry me when /
On : cent, aud now lh able, I'm going 10
The World commissioner has been on an exna. /
ION through the drug stores of New York. The
eparation sold as opium he finds to contain mud i
40, powdered charcoal, SCOT. cOwdung, pounded '
ppy petals. and pounded seeds of various de. | n
riptions. Flour is also used as an adulterant il
uDard Is sophisticated TO very large extent {
Will be seen by reference to the fact that onlv u
lrteen pounds of the genuine Turkey drug c
'ched TINS country last year. The aduterants a
ID are ''fheum rhaponticum," bread. Crackers &
herc and venetian red. The chief modes of II
liberation OF Peruvian bark are by the addition 81
mart osl ks OF various ki0ds and starchy mat.
{, the latter, probably, after tarrifcaton. One
Ie OF sdutefston Is to mix with the pure arti.
bark from which some of the active PRINCIPLES
'e been extracted with acids. These specimens 90
sys show traces of acid generally the HYDRO. a.
ORC, In the watery extract. o.
wo cases Of trichinasis have lately occurred
Albany, New York. A German family pur. ms
sed piece OF pork for dinner, and two bows do
ongng 10 the family found the pork ia the m
se during the morning, and ate some of il | in
Z: The remainder was cooked, aud the whole ne
MY, numbering seven, ATE it for dinner. The M
!, who only ate 1t when cooked, did not suffer wi
n the disease, but the two boys were attacked 20
trichinasis, and one is now 10 a very dan. mr.
Gus condition. The other has recovered from IL,
serious symptoms. In order that there should
10 possibility 1 any mistake in the diagnosis IA,
he disease, DIR. E. r. Hun, by means of an Il
rument which he had constructed for the of
pose, removed pc ton of the muscle from nm
arm OF the boy, Who has recovered. and by n,
microscopic examination, found twenty-one
lin9 IN piece no larger than the head of a de
he first attempt 10 found a Catholic church in INF
en- Bay, Wisconsin, was made in l642, and a ne
, bark chapel was dedicated 10 l66s Il has m,
celebrated its bicentennia. IN,
meeting Of the ninth army corps officers, and 10
be officers OF the BURNSIDE expedition into hi
III Carolina, has been called by Gen Barnsde thr
eet 10 New York February next, the anuiver. his
OF the capture Of Roanoke Island for the pur. car
OF forming a permanent organization, and fed
og measures for general meeting at an early