New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-04
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Personnls

Mr.. silvannus Packard, merchant of Boston, |
who has distinguished himself more than once by
princely liberaity to the Univeralist denomination
of Christians, died on Monday, at the age of II
years. ...
Judge L, P. Thompson, of the supreme court of
appeals of Virginia, died at his residence in Staun-
ton, on the 2Ist ult.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement G.. Clay are still in Peters
burg, Va. the guests of DR.. Withers, of that
city. Mr.. G. has improved very much since his re-
lease from confinement,
1t is said of the Rev. John M. Johnson a minis
ter of the Baptist Church. who died in Pike county,
Mo-, on the 26th ult that, during the last nineteen
years of his life he travelled 2T,949 miles in the
discharge of his ministerial duties, and preached
1882 sermons an average of three week. during
that period, and received as compensation for his
services S1205 or about SCI so year.
| A Washington special says f. W. Kellogg,
ex-congressman from Michigan, Chaudler's right
hand man, now collector of internal revenue for
the Mobile district of Alabama heretofore counted
radical of the radicals, arrived in Washington a
few days since, from his temporary Southernhome,
with considerably modified ideas. He insists that
Congress must modify the test oath, or that none
| of the Southern appointees can be confirmed.
Secretary McCulloch sent him to the House to eX-
press his convictions to certain members who were
opposing the modification asked for Kellogg met
| with rather cold reception from his former
friends who charged him with having turned cop
perhead. He replied by telling them they were
all a pack of insane FOOLS and should be sent to
madhouse.
NJ. Paul Annasoff, commissioner of the Russian
government to the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, arrived in the Persia. After delivering his
dispatches to the Russian minister at Washington,
and spending few days at the telegraph compa-
ny's headquarters in Rochester, he was to proceed
to San Francisco by the steamer of May l, and
there join the expedition under Colonel Bulkley,
which is preparing to start for the Russian posses
sions with the material and supplies required to
complete the line to the mouth of the Amoor.
The Russian government continues to manifest
the most lively interest in this great telegraphia
enterprise, and is extending to it all needed
encouragement and facilities.
The Honorable William George Krebs, formerly
judge of the circuit court of Baltimore, and
awyer of eminenee, died at his residence in tina
y city, of pulmonary disease, on the oath.
In Orange, CT, Mr.. Amasa Bronson lately died
aged one hundred years, eleven months and six
: teen days. In Waterbury, Ct, death has jus
occurred at one hundred and two.
Mr.. John W. Crafts, who met with a sudde
death at his place of business in South Boston, o
the 24th ult., had an insurance on his life for be
tween fifty thousand and seVenty-fYe thousan
7 dollars.
: Among the noteables in Washington are the MAJ
quis of Lorne, son of the Duke of the Argyll, tn
e Hon. Mr.. Arthur STREET., son of Lord Belper an
I; Mr.. H. Yates Thompson, who has recently offere
to establish an American professorship at Oxfort
n Edwin Booth made his first appearance for tw
years in Philadelphia at the Walnut street Theate
e on Monday night, the 23d ult, He was receive
y with great enthusiasm.
! Major Robert 7. Hemenway, late of the staff
General Sherman, died a few days since, at h
e residence at Mount Pleasant, Indiana.
3, The heirs of the revolutionary General Ko
i. ciusko lately lost suit for six hundred acres
m land situated near White Sulphur Springs, Ohio.
sr William MeYey, member of the New York leg
o lature from Cattaraugus county, died on the 10
ult.
,e One D. A. Clark, an absconding cotton brok
st from ST. Louis, was arrested in Cincinnati on t
g 23d ut. 1t is alleged that he is defaulter in
sum of $4,000. He was released on bail
)" $4,000.
rs The Hon John P. Caruthers, of Memphis, v
ns rendered the professorship of law in Cumberla
W W University, lately vacated by the deaths of
he Hon. Abraham Caruthers and the Hon. Natl
if Green but he was compelled, from professio
ne considerations, to decline the honor.
av MIR, James H. Coggins, a well known citzer
- Nashville, committed suicide by cutting his thr
q with razor, on the 22d ult He was supposed
'', be deranged.
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