New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-26

OF oil the romantic stories in the Arabian NIGHTS
there IS none more extraordinary than the little
episode that has just occurred at St. Petersburg.
The late attempt to shoot the Gar it will be re-
membered, was frustrated by the prompt action
oil young man, who stood near the would-be as.
sassin. The young man, acting from momentary
impulse in striking down the arm he saw raised
against bis sovereign, was atterward so frightened
at his own rashness that he ran away as fast as his
legs could carry him. He was pursued and
brought back to the presence of the emperor, at
whose feet he threw himself in a state of terror,
as ii he had been the assassin himself. The empe
ror raised him, embraced and kissed him, and pro-
claimed him Russian noble from that hour. The
romance Of the story is this ...
The new Russian noble, only five minutes before,
! was q poor llliterate drudge in small hatters
shop IN ST. Petersburg. week ago his habits
and daily occupation were of the most vulgar and
menal character. To-day he ranks with the most
ancient nobility of the empire. a subscription
was at once set on foot to provide him with means
to sustain his new dignity, and presents are flow
ing in upon him from every direction. His pho
tograph is displayed in every shop window pray
ers are said for him in all the churches, and
retinue of the cars own servants are In constant
attendance upon him. And this great change
has come upon him simply because, doubtless, he
impulsively seized an arm he saw holding pistol
and thus diverted the shot from its intended des
tination. There is something so melodramic
apouG tne WnIle y G o oiJ % 70
devised spectacle, the object being to gain favor
on the part of the emperor from the lower orders,
to whose ranks the empcror's savior belongs.
Regarding powdered Aalr' 2 London correspond
ent writes:
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queer associauoh mas beeh formed IN London
1tis called the Cash Payment Association and is
intended I'm take advantaue of the diRerence he.
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tween osS, anu 0ieu'' piece Every polson WIZ
pays ten shi!llhgs year 70 lhe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
list of shops at which, for ready money, he may
nbta,n oondg fror eevan +o t,yanty Ave ,,er cent
~ oo.
U4e"PeI 'Han li7 o'"ei WISE h"ulu' AAe 'L'uesliSL
give this pledge to the association, being them
selves Tepaid bv the additional customers sen
them.
shen''
perty and estates of the Marquis of Westminster
when it was estimated that if realized they woult
srno,,t N Tho oporr,,,s o,,, oF eie noo mn
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Here is q reminiscence of that daring Girondist
Condorcet giving the starry of his capture and nm
-. - .
h"ppy sequel
Connected with tine GTondlns, ne was hunted
down and tracked ike the other iugitiyes belong
ing 70 me party. Ihe story OF ms capture shoulc
luDteN :
TauOn Of the utter uselessness OF theoreuca
science, if combined with practical ignorance
After wandering Tor two days m the helds sur
roundlnG the httle town ot B0urg la Relne, ne was
driven by hunger 10 little gdrgohe by the road
side, where few workmen were seated at theI
noonday meal. On belgg asked What ne Wouit
SLoose 20 nav Seiseu' ne IePlleu ulaS ny snouil
eggs 7; was the natural ouestion proTered bv thi
landlord, CoHdorcet who knew the various symp
toms Of philosophy proiessed Dy the wise men men, o
on a c",rso f tbo stars 1 Vbn 20 u
familiar with every hidden mystery of the sun ant
moon, as we'll as with the innermost workings o
me human heafts-Was totauy ignorant OF the Tela
of an n omeiette. P''I'0 '1-'9
Without the smallest hesitation, quite boldly AM
bravely, peri' cly satisfied with his own power
cslGuaoh ne answered H. as once lqse an 9meiet @ @
T1royiGa5 he f155d nIentv of fhraa5 as occnmnani
ment The landlord stood aghast What man
AAS1 " - - =,
egg9 70 4Is oiele.Se, ! tust @ oe MN
workmen were seated, he bade them come an
peep at the citizen whose stomach was capaciou
enough to absorb an omelette of twelve eggs a
e s.tIs, puC eng Hn'te m r. lellgen
something more than mere exaggeration of appe
tite, and soon detected signs of embarrassment an
fear in the individual before them; me dehcat
Se a9"sgn 81 of tbe rane T6oGy or or
6roached and questioned him; his answers weT
embarrassed and confused and, in few moments
the encouragement ne made o. Il ms name an
po5lIlon lau oeooe ito t wd1 IA
contained in ring which he wore and which, ha
he but known the proportions of an omelette fc
one he had never needed
There are some 100000 inhabitants in Sheffield
England, where there were only 1000 two cer
turies ago, and the rateable property of the tow
must be nearly million. Within the present cel
tury the Sheffield goods were carried from tn
town on paokhorses every week, while now n'
much less than 2OOO tons week pass by rallWa
to Birmingham In those old days the streams {
the river afforded the power that turned the Whee
of the grinder and worked the hammer. No
some of the largest steam engines are employed
and the rivers, where fifty years ago the peopl
Used To hathe have become the drains of til