New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-02
Personal.

/ A letter from Vienna, June eth, states that
| So General Mcclellan went down to Prague few
/ days since, from Dresden, where he has been re
siding for some months and after visiting the lions
of that fine old town and paying his respects to
/ General Benedek, the commander in chief Of the
northern Austrian army, he took his departure for
| Munich. He is expected here in few days and
will probably occupy himself considerably i'll OBJ.
serving the immense military preparations now in
! progress in the heart of Europe.n
Gunner O'Neil, of the Canadian Royal Artillery,
was recently convicted of completely in the Fen
ian conspiracy, and, on being drummed out of ger
| vice, shouted q" Hurrah for the Irish republic I"
He was then rearested, and was hogged in the
presence of the members of his late corps.
Miss Mary G. Halpne, of Nashua, New Jersey,
contributor to several literary works had an
adventure with burglar a few evening since,
Only herself aud mother were in the house, and it
was raining in torrents. She watched the opera.
tons of the burglar while he removed a pane of
glass and introduced his hand to raise the window
and then, thinking that the affair had been carried
far enough, she discharged a revolver twice. drop
ping him to the ground. A policeman fastened to
the spot, but the burglar had escaped leaving a
pool of blood under the window.
Lieut., Jas. j. Waddell, the commander of the
Shenandoah, is reported to be in a decline. He is
residing near Liverpool.
The Prince of Wales has breakfasted with Lady
! Scarlett-no relation to the scriptural woman in
red
The Chancellor of the Eychequer June It'll, re-
quested the House to grant to the Princess Mary
an annuity on her marriage of $1,000 in addition
to the f3, 600 she already enjoys He remarked in
cidentally that there was the precedent of some
forgotten Princess Sophia, and took occasion to
| say that the Prince of Teck was q very fine fellow,
that he would live in England and that he had not
much to live on. The vote which is moderate al
most to parsmony, passed unanimously.
Mr.. c. Il. Mccormick, Of Chicago has given to
the Union Theological Seminary at Hampden sgd
neY, Prince Edward county Virginia, thirty thou
sand dollars, the endowment Of a professorship
Mr.. Mccormick has also added five thousand dol
lars to his contribution Of ten thousand for the en-
dowment Of a professorship in Washington Col.
lege, Lexington, Virginia, of which General Lee Is
president. The chair is filed by Professor r. S.
McCulloch, formerly of Columbia College, New
York.
| Colonel John 2, Rose, of Wabash, is the only
surviving Mason who participated in the founding
Of the Grand Lodge Of Indiana, in the year 1917.
Hon. Arson Burlingame has purchased tract Of
land near San Mateo, containing / 100 acres, and
proposes to become resident OF California as soon
as his mission in China is ended
The departure of the French Imperial family
for Fontainbleau has been postponed, in conse.
quence, it is said of the imminence of war
The Buffalo Commercial calls upon Senator
Sprague to make constitutional amendment by
ceasing to use his shirt collar as a funnel.
I. B. Read, who knows all about it, says tina
Leig Hunt was not the original of Dickens's Harold
Skimpole
Z It is reported in Paris that Garibadi has left
Caprera for the Italian coast in a French ship.
General Grants father is postmaster at Coving |
ton, Ky.
General Cass was estimated to be worth from
four to five millions.
1t is considered important enough to publish in
Paris that the Empress of the French wears spurs
when riding. Her horse is trained to their use.
young New York lady has recently been mar
ried at Rome to an Italian duke, and is to be
hereafter, instead of a dreadful Mrs" the
Duchess Della Revere.
The St. Louis Democrat says: owe under.
stand that Mr.. James Shea, who died day before
yesterday, left his whole fortune-over 500 600
to the Sisters Hospital. He had frequently been
nursed in that excellent institution, and having
no near relatives in this country he left his wealth
to those who would make good use of it.p
Stewart, the merchant prince in New York, re-
ports an income lastyear of S. 7s8 900, upon which
he is to pay tax of over 100000.
Dr. R. D. MISSY; distinguished surgeon, died
in Boston on the 23d, aged Sc years. DR.. Mussy
performed most daring operations and saved his
patients. He first removed the entire collar-boue
and shoulder of patient in 1896, and the patient
is alive at the present day; he repeated the opera
ton in lS45 upon gentleman from Sanduskv, who
still lives. He operated for stone in the bladder
up to 1854, fortynine times with but four deaths.
He first tied both carotid arteries successfully.
Ex-Governor Wise signs himself Henry A.
Wise, brigadier general c, S. A, prisoner Of war
on parole.'
Secretary Harlan has returned from the West to
Washington.
General Steele and staff are on a tour Of nspec-
ion through Washington Territory.
Literary, as well as alliterativey, speaking, Mr.,
Peabody is prosecuted to pony up " for poor
'eople and sti poorer preachers Requtescat IN
Pace.
The following appointments to the naval
cademy at Annapolis have been made by the !
President:
At Large William Kelly, Kentucky; Willie NJ.
8elcher Illinois; Thomas S. Punkett Tennessee
Z. A. Page, District of Columbia Sons of of
Ieers-James NJ Cow, Kentucky; Walker Frazer, '
daryand Daniel Whippe, New Hampshire il
crank Fl. Harbuck, Iowa; John NJ Robinson New =
FORK; William s, Long, Pennsylvania; Walter Fl. =
Donaldson, jr New York; Thomas G. Spinner
,Sh9 Frank ELery, jr., Vermont; Elias B. Bliss,
iichigan Z
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