New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-20


Mr.. Snider's bill relative to the ferry ACROSS Re
n River at Shreveport, was passed finally. ss.F
s On motion of Mr. Mutt, the Senate bill for tn
t relief Of the State Military Academy at AlexaI
drla was made the special order for tomorrow, a
, l O'Clock. ,.g5. s.,e
s. The House then adjourned. ty
/. ~ 4-. Personal. 57... s,fs-
Mrs. Gardiner Greene, who died in Boston las
week at the age Of ninety-fye years. was the onl
fperson living there who sailed from the Provinc,
Of Massachusetts under the Bsitish flag just before
the revolution. With her brother, the late Lore
Lyhdharst, and sisteg, she embarked for ENGLAND
in the last vesssl that ft under the English ensign
The three children then went to England to yis
their father, the famous painter ,. S. Coyley who
was at that time yeceiving much patronage from
the patrons of art in London. She lived ninet,
years ster meeting her father in England Upon his
return from Italy. f"r3
i On Janaasy 10, says the Lsndon Morning Post
the honored corpse Of a valuable military servant
OF the Crown was consigned to the grave in the
Equiet grounds of the Brompaon Cemetery:
/ Sir James 9. Love died on Saturday last, at his
lodgings in 0yington square. Fhe old and gallant
pser 4ae "a had aaned rge age as he vas born in
ond Regiment under Sir John Moore in Sweden.
Sir Frederick subsequently servedin the Peninsula
under the same ilustrions general. Served after.
ward in the Peninsula with the Light Division in
Guiding the stor1ning Of Cindad Rodrigo, and all
the affairs and battles in which the Light division
took part up to 1872. During the Campaign in
Holland, under Lord Lynedoch, he was present
at the attack on the fortified village of Merxem,
and The bombardment Of Antwerp. Present IN the
several affairs before New Orleans and in tie at
tack on that place, on which occasion he had two
] horses shot under him, and was slightly wounded
in the arm by rifle ball. Served also the cam
paign Of 1915. and received four severe wounds at
the battle of Waterloo, when the Ffty.sscond Regi.
ment charged the French Imperial Guards.
The colonelcy Of the Third (the Kings OWN
Regiment of Hussars is vacant by the death Of
General Peter Augustus Lauteur, G. r., K. H.,
which took place at his residence at Bromley,
Kent, q few days ago. The deceased had been
upward Of sixty years in the English army having
entered that service in the spring of 1924. He
was promoted to lieutenant colonel after Water
! loo; was made Companion of the Order of the
Bath the same year tlsl5,) in recognltion,of of his
services during the campaign; and in 1896 was
made Knight of the Royal HanoTerian Guslphic
Order. The late general retired On half pay in
January, laas. ~
l. Dr. George Petre, the eminent Celtic antisuar-
ian and author, died at Dublin on the 18th ut., of
tfever. The Dublin Evening Mail Of the 20tA, in
alluding to his lamented demise, says His col
lection of antiquities-to whom he has bequeaGhed
| it we know not-was the most curious and inter-
estng of its kind in the world, containing as it did
| SO many pieces of antiquity identified with owners
! recognized IN history. amongst these were the
| bell of st. Patrick, handed down th4concurrant
evidences of'its authenticity to the present day
| the crozier of Comac, sen of Cullinon, the king
| and bishop OF the ninth century, the founder of
the acropois. on tho Rock, of Cashel the " Staff
of Murus "-another Episcopal baton Of the ninth
century; the Great Seal of Henry the Second the
seals and rings of princes abbots, and feudal
lords brooches, bodkns, heads, and amulets ;stEe
| bronze Cells and Puniesshaped swords of the
Ftivolg the stone hatchets and flint arrowsheads
of the Aborignes and the inexplicabie relics OF
Druidic or Dedante superstition. This collection
was the work of lifetime. ..l.- .-
The famous MourayisG the sanguinary pro-
Consul of Welna has become blind. The super
sttious Poles look on his affection as visitation
of Providence. ,. ......-
Victor Emanuel's youngest son, Prince Otao
Eugene Marie; Duke de MontfeTrat recently died
in Genoa in his 20th year. The King has only
four children left, namely: Prince Humbert, now
in his 22d year. and presumptiva heir to the crowa
Prince Amadeus, Duke of Aosta in his 2lst year !;
| and two daughters, thePrincess Cotids Napoleon,
and Queen Pia Of Portugal.
Prince Lneien Bonaparte having been raised by
| the Emperor to the dignity Of Imperial Highness,
the report that Prince Napoleon would not assume
the Presidency of the Commission of the Exhibi-
ton had been put afEesh into circulation.
The exKing Francis had had fall, and had
seriously injured, if not broken, his leg. Some of
the Naples clergy have been putting up prayers
for the recovery Of "our King"
The following gossip concerning the approaching
marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, the Prn-
cess Helena, appears in late London correspon-
dence:
The marriage of the PMncess Helena will, it is
now said, take place on tie 9th of June, according
to present arrangements. The bridesmaids will be
two daughters OF dukes, namely: Lady Caroline
Gordon Lennoz, daughter of the duke of Rich.
mond, and Lady Margaret Scott daughter of the
duke of Buccleuch; two daughters of marquises--
Lady Alberta Hamilton daughter of the marquis
of Abercorn, and Lady Laura Phipps, daughter of
the marquis OF Normandy; two daughters Of earls-
Lady Murel Campbell, daughter OF the earl OF
Cawdor and Lady Fanny FitzTilliam, daughter of
Earl Fitzwlliam two sisters of earls-.Lady Alex
andrina Murray, sister of the earl of Duumore and
Lady Ernestine Edgscumbe, sister of the earl of
Mount Edgecumbe. ::'The happy couple" is to
reside at Frogmore, where, in the good hearty,
OBSERVATIONS Oiu tllleS OF GcOfge In, queen Char
lotte used to give sumptuOps breakfasts tcpartes
of 200 Of the nobility, after those wonder l great
suppers and balls at Windsor castle, sucA as we
never near of IN these degenerate days.
DR.. Craven, the medical adviser of Mr. Davis
since his capttsre, has been mastered out of SER
vice, DR.. Cooper, post sargeon at Fortress Monroe
assaming charge over the prisoners there. Dr. G.
returns to New Yorh, to resume a practice left
at the commencement of the, war. He represents
the health and spirits of his late charge as excel
lent, and being furnished with the various papers
and magazines, keeps well posted upon the GUY
rent topics Of the my. The eel. of the prisoner
accessible at all times to tho doctors but latle
conversation, however was at any time carrieao on
The, Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Won Eocl,
one of the most enlightened statesmen of his coun-
try, died in Manich oa the lsth u,t.
1t isrumored in Washington that neither Con-
grsssman l4swis D. Campbell, of Ohio, appointed
minister to Mexico, nor ex-Captain Nicholas Smith,
of Kansas, nominated to Greece, are likely to be
confirmed by tho Senate. " ..aH
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\ "Goad-bye" to wood and coal, also to brick
| chimneys and all the expensive and troublesome
| lamps taOW and sperm candles and street gas
| All these will soon be among the things OF the
| past. We venture to assert, and we think all our
readers will concur with u.s. that we have bought
GOAL during the winter at cost of from twenty to
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