New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-31
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Green pea shelHng machines have been INTRO
tits gratifying to learn, by late austrsiap pa
rer. 'fhst az Warga Wagga there has lately psei
4 grand corohoree Of the aooTIglnes,
Nhs Gaeefa Of Madrid announces that the queer Sc
,ns 1ocmn4ed Inc sentence OF death passed on y,
eprhYed in the late revolt into that 81 "a
years transportatea.S9 ,no,
The London Field notices that the faX, upoa
s5s s,T mon tiogs friends for keeping tne'a, !
rssiTased Id the financial accounts t St rita;,
ending March, 1856, as amounsiasg, lsr me nre
Il f9l9Sla, an increase Or Rs,VS4 otst sSAs go
ma mortalIsy returns for England fer ls61 s 81
III that year rs q the men y NJ q,au T 80 IF as
fbs xvn,nen mad reached one hundred ears 2, as
W ~. ma Woman dying at l0S. and on
= f M ids of these % very aged people Luz
don had ~. S. 500 Is, s,,,,anrt
ry.-a 4 raty1rn lust presented to parameht
that there are fifty towns in IRELAND, wit
PpannistonSf upwards Of three thousand eacl
s-rfieb ara anEepresented in parliament. Ine tot
rafeahla valuation OF Ireland Is ttSoVV'VVo'
yhs London police report that in the course
4,3Eraay an,iinr AZ Michaelmas last there were :
zen and 1877 wemen 10 the meTeponlan t pS,a
Ts s1nsar the penal servtude act. How mssjt,e
these were Bob Brierysn is not statssSRss he IN
arrangements are IN progress foFitish arch
p,hnrch 0f Careon, MonmeuthsR ends and the
ancient CITY Of Isca SiluruESis of the King. .
seaf 81 one of the thregenth century.
bishoprics, remarsaels Commerce. Of Cairo,
Gaosen g aSnrSs Y states - a tremendous
WAR IN 4Mho aspire to the crown, and has
under dssition to the despotsm Of Theodore
batsladina the general of Gabassi has placed
aFSSInce Of Tigre under contributions Of men,
xees, animals of all kinds provisions and
dfoney. Both parties are making great prepare
tons for Kar. According to the statements of
the Abyssinians, there will be not less than $780,
600 eoTnbatants upon the field of battle Consul
Cameron and all the other European prisoners
whom the newspapers had stated to have been
released sim in the kings power at Peters
bnrg. This news is 80 bad that we should wish 10
be contradcted, but the source whence we have
Is one which renders it quite deserving of cred
ence.n
a Paris correspondent gives the following touch
ing account Of the last visit Of the Princess Dag
mar of Denmark to the late Czarewiteh:
The Young princess had been summoned at his
express wish and arrived accompanied BY the
mari she syas 1T once led to,tbe diving Care
witch, and she knelt By his side, sobbing bitterly.
He had been senseless, but in the white kneeling
figure he suddenly recognized his faneee, drew
her towards him. and murmuring some words in
andibie save to her kissed her forehead Then,
ms one might read Of in novel, be took the
prince " hand! and without again speaking PLACED
was at once interpreted by the family as signify
Ing his wish that his brother should bestow Oh her
the throne his own death would deprive her Of.
From thatmoment Princess Dagmar did not quit
the death chamber till the grand duke had breathed
Ais last. She closed his eyes, and imprinted
parting kiss on his forehead, and thenceforth the
imperial family considered her as one of them
selves.
The few towns in England where the Methodists
are numerous and strong enough to show hospi-
taiity for two or three weeks the seven hundred
or more ministers who attend the yearly meetings
of the conference, are called conference towns;i
md sort Of rivalry Is felt among them as to the
arrangementsthBy mike for tile comfort of their
reverend fathers and brethren, The Leeds Meth
-odsts have won the palm this year for their pro-
vision asto the daily lunchs eerning the embel-
lishment of which they seem to have taken pat7I
tern after the famous Sunday school Of Mr..
Reechsr's church in Brooklyn. The London Meth
soaiat Record says;
score d ladies delight to play the sneathanded
EhFlis for tho occasion, and in the midst of the
school room some marvellous architect in eonspi-
racy with tan equally marvellous plumber, has
constantly thrown mp il spray, is scarcely less re-
freshing than ths less ethereal comestihles which
sire placed On che tabesD
Ait tha GIerkenwell police court il London, on
she LII inst, man attended before the sitting
magistrate to lay before him statement Of facts
II connection with mixed pickles. He stated that
Ills servant bought from q shop in the neghbor-
hood some mixed pickles. HIS wife and servant
etc Of them, and shortly afterwards were attacked
witlcholerac dIarfhea, and their mouths were very
aere surgeon was sent for who said 1t was the
ninth or tenth case Of the kind he had attended
nnder similar circumstances It appeared that
when pickles became pntrid, they were placed in
p tHb, mixed with turIneric and mustard and were
theu sold as picaliy. He had purchased samples
from twelve different shops. and In each instance
lie bad found that the pickle was Bad and in all
the instances some portion was putrid. From
what the surgeon had informed him there could
be but little doubt that the eating Of such pickles
was the cause Of much OF the diarrhea and cholera
now prevailing IN London,
The English papers are struck by the fact that
@eme titled men IN England and ireland actually
work for q living Here is asnobbish paragraph |
Lord James Butler, Of the house of 0rmond of |
NAnthony, Is not only state steward in Dublin
Ae, but retail dairyman. Bis lordships carts, I
saith tie owners name Inscribed thereon accord +
ing to law, traverse Dublin, supplying al who /
viii take At least four quarts Of my lords milk /
sdaIgi Thia ii only one Of the many examples Of I
mai
hope apprenticed two OF his sons to handieraft 4
& business. There vas once lord Teynham, who,
iii partnership with q tailor, made money by sell
ing, or pretending to sell, government appoint
lnents. Recently, Lord Thomas Gordon was u
the bankruptcy court as d tohaeconistf and Lord
Henry Lotus Is now before the same court his
vocation being that Of steward TO the Marquis of
Ely bis master being also his nephew. Many
other examples might be adduced wherein the
calling and tho title Of the individual seem to be
out Of harmony.
religious work was recently published in
athens, which the Holy Synod Of the Greek
Church pronounced heretical, prohibiting the
people to read Il Or 10 have it in their houses. At
the saame time an indictment was found against
The puhlisher Of the book. After some time had
aiapsed nv tninater Of justice made inquiries to
lind out why the case was not tried. The answer
was to the effect that ia order 70 pronounce Just
sentence It would be necessary to examine the
book earefully; but as the Holy Synod had for.
hidden any one to read IL, the Judges found them.
selves unable to proceed.
although the telegraph lines are now 70 widely
extended, the employment OF carrier pigeons is
not altogether dispensed with. The duke Of Rich /
ngnd objects to having Goodwood Park disfguredI
by posts and wires, and consequently the Electric
Telegraph Company employ pigeons to convey |
messages from Goodwood TO the telegraph Office /
at Chichester during the races At the recent
meeting thirty pigeons were employed, and the |
distance, six miles, was flown IN about three
minutes aud quarter.
The plague Of locusis in Algeria causes consid |
cradle uneaslness to the government. The troops
were recently called out 70 act against this new I
Epecies Of enemy but the consequences of this /
massacre may lay the seeds of pestilence, mas. |
much as the remains Of such an agglomefat0n Of I
dead insects have produced a nuisance Of the |
Morst nature. TO convey an idea of the number /
Of locusts daily destroyed we are told that three
thousand cwt Is tile average result Of the days
battle with this new foe.
The assize court Of Piacenza, Italy has SEN
fenced Mgr. RAMA, the bishop Of the diocese, to