The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-20

houses OF the Legislature have appolhleu ooAA
nittee 20 investigate the matter.
The Missouri LIE legislature has memorazeo Con
gre IS 10 transfer the Indian bureau 10 IN, war az
partment, and voted thanks to Gems. eheridih
and Custsr.
The November returns of sales in ST. Louis and
Chicago do not show we'll for the former city.
The largest amount Of sales returned that month
by any one house IN 81. Louis y sls2.OOO. Cmcsgo
hoss,s house that sold $40 900 the same month.
OnIx eleven ST. Louis houses sold over $leO.OO0,
willie Chicsgo boasts one hundred and twenty,
over All 600, only twenty-one; add over $4,000,
only twepty-seven. lac greater pumper range
lanes Alexander q well known cattle dealer,
left TTov, New York recently, for Corpus Christi.
Texas, where he is to engage exIensney ~ . .
Slaughter Of cattle. Mr.. A. takes WIN nun me
appsratus for tanking 200 head OF catte per osy'
Ne has alresdy purchased 10000 head 10 texss
at the sum of "a per head, which he VIII XIII ior
their hides and lard. -,
less than 500 900 a year-all due 10 HanA
sV indling congressman. ,.
Ii has Just been discovered that an innocent
man has served seven and 4 nall years III INC
Michigan peDiteniiary.
an Eastern contemporary says at is easy
enough 10 find villages IN New England where
there are twenty admirable glr,s uno nn, 1uLT
President Jnarez recently gave an omclal ottaS.
| "a at 10 members Of his cabinet ana other invited
| guests, at which Gen. Rosecrsns was presen..
| The American minister assured senior leuaJaus
| that the present and succeeding administration OF
| The United States entert aimed and would enter
tain The most cordial feelings for the repuhic oil
| Mexico. .,. ..,;o,
uith Vauor aduiterations is liquid coorless wnen
| pure, Of offensive smell aud burning taste, 90
tanned by continuing IN Fermentation IN Tue eiauu-
ing process after the alcoholic portion Is drawn
of. lis action upon the animal system Is that OF
postiye poison, its vepor producing nausea, heau'
ache and giddiness. Its presence In liquors. Is
highly Injurious sno inS' CSs;n II may he de-
| tecfed bv acitatnS the liquor with water aud
leaving IL stand for the oil to rise to the surface
One ounce Of fusel oil kills asrAbbt IN iour MN
The liberal policy OF the new captain-generh
! Of Cuba Is was 10 be expected, has found some
sdherents among the Liberals Of Cuba, VINO pre-
fer liberal reconstruction OF the islaha, even
upder Spanish rule, to the doubtful issue OF war
tor independence. Some prominent men nave
iu,tleft Hayan or BayamO to treat with the CHIEF
of the revolution about the conclusion oil com
promise. -. a.,
The five police officers charged with the
murder Of the late Judge Tyler were arraigned
, before Judge DeWolf in Chcago and not beng
, supplied with counsel they waived an examine
ton and were each bound n the sum oil s5OOV oai
10 appear when summoned.
A Young man giving his name as James ISylor'
was arrested at the Academy OF Music, fi''spu,g
! while In the act of picking mans pocket. tie
SAWS that he is cigar. maker, and resides IN Oin'
cinnati While being conducted TO jan TINS morn,
q ing by an officer the prison said to hun " VIVA.
: made you in such a hurry IL you a nnse yu :"
waited Id have ierked over part OF the swsg 70
0 ION and made il all right; you was too Cd
i smart" He said be had been warned When nc
6Iat came here to look for the two officers whe
arrested him he also SAID he would gel e'en WIZ
,, Psv y, I'm stoepel. a well known German
A. O. tboIic priest died recently at his residence IL
y Al eghany. 49,, 81 ,h
ir naonaI ha ks 10 Putsburg, recenuy, but Tor om
IS cause or other it has been kept quiet All Una
10 seems positively known is the fact that the sum
% SI2 GOO was taken from She vault OF the 0enK on
a dsv or uigbt il the latter part Of last week. In
! theories OF the robbery are various pat Ine mo-
pr nrobahle on seems 10 be that some bold operato
"a defpoiled the vault during banking hours VIM
"a the receptacle was open. -
~ The n,,tols used in the Bur-. Hamilton duel nv
III In The DC ssession OF gentleman IN Newoarl
Burrs i marked with an y. They are OF tne o.
u, style Of manufacture NM looAs, TJ
al the barrels carrying half-oupee bali me oarte
ng are of the double. aDd-twist'' MAKE they oe'
~ the mark of j. Twiggs, London Ihe plsso
&c, resemble each other exa5ty. These wespo'
have been used in some ten q a0fil HlR
liz ieIically famous. We are not lnIotnleu no
mspy lives have been sacrihce9 oy .ss uss
ny them. The last owner, the late Commodofe %
Dr.. Ter limited States navy, cleaned them aio ut'
his IN, no of once month regularly while ne hVe
me Ii il said they never miss hse. :. .
her The total value OF property destroy n IN y
Vas late Great FIRE in Philadelphia is set at ssOi OC
an. Insurance. 500 COO. ii AZ.
ray II il said that Commodore Richard nea
ys. has suffered stroke Of paralysis and mat MS CT
late s ss,;, a. cri,ical
irk. NJ ~ 80 nklux hill passed lis laat re adj
irk- :; - saannessae uouse on the 18Th, by vote
~ ~ t tn snd r. now law. Acting Governor Bo,
ash' ton left for Knoxville this evening 70 consult
eoi Rrownlow and il is understood that Gen; coop
'hal with number Of Tennessee militia, VIII az o.
g. be sent down the Decatur road TO ths scenes
the the recent disturbances. Col. John Bfownic
ling ~ ~ ro in Nssbyille saws there will not be
and a,,.n :, ;l,a called ont but that those put In
ring ssid v;ll bsiI from Fast Te nnessee.
lhs A few nights since desperate ne az occur
Dor. - Hrnti,gton Carroll county, Tenu., In VII
hey 10 ,nsn named steele aud Batter we're kill
be. Tho sef,av orioinated from very triiipg CAT
aggravated by overdoses of whisky, about DO
oas men participating for time in indiscrimin
ana shooting The police did not interfere 10 prev
- the bloody melee.