New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-19
NUMBER 81.
Personal.

was native Of Hartford, Conn, but resided much
Of his life in Gewburyport, Mass. He died of
cholera, at San Antonio, Texas, where he had
lived for a number of years.
On Saturday evening, as the BuiyIay family
were performing at the Winter Garden tEleater, in
New York, one of their number Julio, while per.
forming the difficult and dangerous feat known as
the leap for life, y fell distance of 2s feet,
sustaining severe injuries. The only thing that
saved his life was that his elder brother, obsery
ing him about to fall, rushed to the footlights,
and as Julio descended head foremost, he was
received into the formers arms
Horace Greeley won glory by prize squash at
| the Cooper Institute last week
Captain Biddle, an old cavalry officer, living in
Mooretown, Canada, blew his head off with an
ounce ball, upon hearing of the failure of the
| Bank of Upper Canada. He had $1,000 invested
| in it.
Captain Fox made $4,000 snaf-box out Of his
Russian embassy business.
Genera! Dix does not propose to take charge of
the French mission until about the Ist of Decem-
ber, the date at which Mr.. BigeIow desired his
resignation, if accepted, to take effect The
generals family will precede him to Europe, hav-
ing taken passage in the steamer Arago for HaYre
| on the 9th inst.
Mr' Il. D Jennings mas returned to New York as
special correspondent of the London Times
special to the Phiadelphia Ledger says that
General Howard has ordered the rents that have
accrued upon the property Of Joseph Z. Davis
brother of Jefferson Davis, to be paid to him from
and since the date of his pardon papers, which
were issued on the 2Sth of March last, but
not forwarded to him until early in September.
is stated that the value of these rents is not far
/ nor :.
that the property of Jefferson Davis is also in
cluded in the amount held or claimed by bis
brother, one title covering the whole
The Marquis de Bossy, an eccentric French no.
bleman, member of the Corps Legislatf, and we'll
known in English circles, died in Paris on the 26t
ult. He achieved an unenviable reputation bv his
singular conduct during the sessions of the chapfs
her where he repe eatedIy delivered speeches con.
tanning matter entirely foreign to the subject un-
der debate. Though listened to frequently with
considerable goodwill by the majority of the
members present, N. de Rouher and others CON
Quoting the business of the chamber were. re-.
peatedly compelled to bring him under parliat
nentary restraints. He was married to the.
Countess Guiccioli, Byron's mistress who, how.
ever did not succeed in curing him of his seccen-
trlcltles During Mr.. Stephens's (Fenian) soiourn
u Paris, the 9. Q. |. R. was the guest of the
Marquis, who entertained him in grand STYLE
The Well-knoWn Southern writer, John r..
Thompson has returned from Europe.
Rev Mr. Turtle has beon chosen Up. E. Bishop
of Montana and Nevada.
Captain Fox made $40 900 snuff.bez out Of his
Russian embassy business.
Grau wants 100000 gold to take Ristori to San
Francisco
The Mercantile Literary Association of Boston
have invited Mr.. Beecher to read lecture before
them, the bigots of the Parker fraternity having
struck his name of their list after the Cleveland
letter.
Bishop Coenso writes to the London Times de-
Tending his hymn-book for not containing the name
of Christ.
John Pope is going to establish a branch of
= Agricultural NeWton's department in the Rocky
Mountains.
Gen. Mott, of New Jersey, has declined the
> offer of colonelcy in the regular army.
, William D. Bond Esq, has been engaged by
Charles Reade to prosecute the Round Table, y
Lord Brougham is eighty-eight, but he has &C.
cepted an invitation to make public address this
month.
Lieutenant Commanders Edwin Woodward and
Morrill, Miller, u S. navy, have been ordered to
the naval academy for duty.
By direction of the President Lieutenant g. p.
Cramer, twenty-frst New York cavalry, has been
reinstated, with the removal Of the stoppage of
pay and allowances. He has satisfied tho Presi-
dent of the injustice of his dismissal.
A monument to the memory of VIM. 3. Harm
den, the founder of the express business in
America, has been erected in Mount Auburn by
the express company now bearing his name Tt
is of the italian style and of Fitzwiam granite.
The foundation is 28 by Is feet, on which rests
platform feet square; this latter supports four
columns, which are surmOunted by o cap. Tha
, monument is appropriately inscribed, and embel.
lished with various insignia of the aRocation fall
: lowed by Mr.. Harnden. The monument cost
: $4,000.
VIM. E. simms, captain in the Mexican anGa
colonel in the late war, and NJ. G. in the United
States and Confederate congresses, was lately
married in Paris, KY, to Miss Blythe, an heress
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