New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-02

day the 2Gth while attempting pursue the coast Sl
route to New Orleans ali
The News denies the existence Of small pox in sa
Galveston, except few scattering cases. s s1
Mr.. W. L. Miller for many years citizen of Sol
New Orleans, was buried Monday having died at alt
the rooms of Mr. R. Jones, on the Strand, who Al
gave him every attention and medical assistance viz
during his short illness. He has many friends IN col
New Orleans who will be interested in knowing
| that he wanted for nothing while in Mr.. cones $ to
publish this statement An absurd report got I'M pr
der weigh to the effect that Mr.. Miller had ded OF
the cholera. We have made inquiries and hnd no Lii
truth in it.-[Galveston News. ar
THE spou,s or WAR.-Ihe Galveston Bulletin G.
says: e
Public rumor points to exofficers whose terms n
of service numbered less months than the tens Of 9,
thousands they supposed to have maze. B
TEXAS PENITENTIARY GOODS. o
! The Huntsville Item states that the cotton anu
wooden mandatory in the penitentary OF leaas :,
is doing fine business. Instead OF hnding any c
difficulty in disposng of its goods, since the door
has been opened to Northern eompetluoh' II can =
not complete its Texas orders, Whlie us pil''s
range from three to ten cents per yard under those
for far inferior articles brought from 1he Morrill,
| 49, CHEAP ONIONS. c
| wao thersfeld NAV shed tears over her onions b
Tbav have been selling in Galveston for the past f
month at prices that will not pay for the barrels
They have sold at private sae a. at auction
but no one would sing. They have sometimes so!o '
as low as 70 cents :, - A., ..,.,.:,, M
We are happy to learn that the resoiuuoh ap.
proprjating certain monies to Mrs Houston on {
account of Gen. Houston's salary as Governor OF
the State, has been passed by the convention
unanimously all parties uniting IN this trioute 10
the memory of the depart ted representative ieAah
'o'o1'A "lN Houston Telegraph.
The State Gazette urges that the convention
submit it's acts to the people for ratification or re-
lection.
A WORLD RENOWNED MAJOR. The Houston
Telegraph says:
i We notice that the world-renowned Major Tom
Ochlltree is stopping in the city. There is not
+ man, woman or child on the face of the earth WHO
;, has not heard OF him.
The Houston Telegraph tells the following
: story:
=. An ungratcful hussy was logged badly on Sun
d day evening by an outraged - lovyer' The cir |
cumstauces were about these: negro girl
accosted dashing young samho some time since,
d and asked him why he could not be oollglng ike
other Young gallants and make her nice present
c Unable to resist the force Of this appeal he toe
her at once to dry goods store and supplied her
J. with two dresses of the gayest coors, besides
superb ft-Out of the finest brass Je"ery 10 De
ThinEing he had now secured good thing, when
7. Sunday came, Sambo dressed himself up hand.
somely, put ona pair of snow-white gloves, poured
an bottle or two of cologne on his person, and
atarted off to Get his Dinah and take strut with
P her through the city. Arriving at her house. he
found her laundly flirting around, arrayed IN the
x. clothes he had given her. On making known the
object of his visit what was Sarnbo's astonish-
d ment when she dsdainfuliy replied, asking him
if he was fool enough to believe that she
~. would be caught on the streets Win nasty
j. This was too much for Sambo's philosophy, and
letting fly at her with his fist he stretched her out
wo on the ground badly damaging her beautiful coun
tenance. Not content with this he proceeded, II
E spite of her cries to tear her dress from her PACK
piece by piece and did not stop until he had lei
her in all the graceful proportions u colhpltt
TN safnbo seemed to be the happiest darkey in tn
Of world after his performance and we haven near
4 yet that the marshal has got after him.
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A AN INCIDENT AT SuAa7sGuEG.-O the i1th da
of September, 1868, when the armies OF the COR
T federacy and United States fought the dasperat
" battle of Sharpsburg, Captain Carey F. Grimes
nor. among host of other gallant men, received IL
mortal wound ,.;,
~ MARIAN and courage with him was virtue. Vine
NJ shot down, he reviewed the good days W9r
ore which he had done, and in that last moment di
- PLAYED the nobility of his nature most consplct
Try. nusIv as this little incident will show:
~ There was man in his battery whom he ha
~ suspected Of cOwardice, and uphralded Tor N
weakness: but in that long days bloody Work l.
49, found this gunner true as the steel OF ms oW
The +ho sword With the instinct of true knight, 1
ras sent for this man, and as his lfeblood eobc
t L;3 """ Syomrade have done you injustice. Y
i We have shown yourself good soldier. ForG'
and me- eu -, 41, 1,.oos+ of II
~; gallant soldier! How tendery they wrapped b
,rnss martial cloak around him. and laid HIM to TAI
aT5 his last sleep with brother soldier, his peer
cred gallantry Virglnian
fur TIE REPRESENTATIONS or me GRoUND HoG;-Dyg
eol, Jag last summer Mr.. Peter Nrenn, at the Bon !!
was saloon, kept pet ground hog at his estapiI5
ehc ment, which became quite faV0rlte Win l
I'll no 81 visitors The animal made burrow II an Y
ana Goored room used as lumber ROOM and haYl
Inc previously supplied his nest with paper; rags
lslPe other articles necessary for his comfort, ne
nom tired to it for his winters sleep on the tenth
u ttle of October. He seen no more Tor nearly
cked htu NV, a lie Tvov ont and ESCAPED. 3
EeES' Dunctually on the second day of February,
ahon came out from his burrow, to the delight OF
i owner, who would have regretted The loss OF
i"e VI net. The day clear, and alter wandering
short time about his summer haunts, as II WISH
to see that all was right about the familiar premiS
soou he retired to his nest, and it is supposed cur
Jle o. himself up for another nap. At the END OF
q. weeks he made his appearance the second N
y ~ and has since come out every day, MheH ng
the came out in February he refused to eat but he
deter oT I'll al no i[anner for his long atgtincu
OF a He does not seem to have suffered in any "
e ie except that he has lost about half his weight,
1'at 70 that lie is in fair way to recover;
ented, e-------
S they r Nv, N,rpn AMI THIN PRESIDENT
lady Ahh oi'D ~ '.'l>' ,,.,e,,.;,1o for tho fo,l
The Washington Union Is fesponsi0A0 ioi ''' ava
inning ing:
pillar Asa mart of the res gestoe of the ed an
hment bonn ia he varied sights and emotions of
8 own Sev va Five the following rich scene which
advis cuypod ot the head0uarters of sergeant Eckl
we'd to ~ tIa seventh nrecinct City Hall. Present
on the ear~aont his clerk and an old negro man na
J, loos- Ca6rrr \ sort of sexton of the building.
evil in His Excellencv the President of the u
back States escorted by Mayor Waack and other
peared tnrushed functionares of the district are d: