New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-17
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The National IntelIigencer imnfiedly censures
he President for leaving large official patronage
ID the hands Of the radicals to be used in the
achievement Of their recent victories.
Major Robert Beale who died in Washington on
the llth was for several years sergeant-atarms
to the United States Senate, and during portion
of the administration Of President Lincoln was
warden Of the jail. He was a large property
owner. and q genial, social gentleman, whose
mansion was the faVorite resort of many OF the
leading public men Of the nation, whose CONT
dence he largely enjoyed,
VIVA. Dugan, one of the Fenians lately on trlal
at Toronto and acquitted, was addressed by the
Judge as follows:
William Dugan, the jury has found younot guilty, |
end I think properly. So you have received q |
character which in brief words states that you |
are an honest, hard drinking, hard worklng man
Contract that character, il you can, any u " ~ ~
tnre an honest, hard working man anu al VIII oe /
right. Now you are at liberty.
The fossil remains Of mastoden have recently
been exhumed in New York, 1t required fear
men to lift the upper jaw-bore. 1t twas found So
feet below the surface Of the earth. Prof. Marsh
pronounces the discovery the most remarkable
scientific event of the age.
| Prime South American beef and mutton is now
brought uncooked in joints to the London market
as cut from the animal, How this can be accom-
| plished, considering that it has to traverse six
thousand miles of ocean, or to cross the line, seems
/ puzzle, but the means used is simply in the ab-
stracton Of the oxygen from the tin cases in which
i the meat is hermeHoally sealed. The oxygen is
driven out by water, which is poured into the tin
ron below, and pushes the air before it through
an aperture at the top. At the moment it is all
4 expelled the water Is drawn Of again, and non
oxydisable gas, the nature Of which is secret,
follows and flsfhe canister, wAiehis thensold
down
a Wilmington Delaware paper discusses very
trenchantiy the merits Of the newspaper press and
newspaper men of New Orleans, 1t is trifle too
piquant in some of its personal illusions to allow
of Republication in this community, bnJ was evil
IDENTIFY based upon information from well-in-
formed source. Among its statements is one to
the effect that the Times was formerly edited by
"Judge Pitkin.n "Judgen Pitkin, our readers
will remember, visited Wilmington recently and
probably told the Wilmington editor all he knew
or thought about us. Pitkin is one Of the judges
that we read about il the book with sheep-skir
cover on it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins are treating the people o
vieksburg to g a Cup of Tea.n
Among the political signs Of the times we oh
{ serve that the New York World and the Nationa
r fnteigenoer are lecturing the President, Will
n the Chicago Times has turned its back upon hin
b altogether They are dissatisfied because he doe
J, not make cleaa sweep Of radical oficeholders
u Some of the Democratic papers are chargin
# the loss of the election in New York to the Fe
d mans President" Roberts is said to be tire
d mendous radical and is threatening to make
g serious breach in the Democratic party.
e A Navasota, Texas, paper dryly remarks tha
there is no sickness or disease in that place ex
{, eept what is usual in a large city,
9 Gen. Banks says he has lived strictly virtuou
/, life for six years past.
Does he call his conduct on Red River when h
rTexas Ranger.
7 Let Banks put that in his pipe and smoke it!
The New York Tribune again vigorously de
nounces the retention of Jefferson Davis in prison
If he is tried says the Tribune, it is morally certain
he will not be convicted; if convicted, he viii no
be punished. Tt thinks magnanmity to Mr.. Davi:
will so mollify the South as to facilitate recon
struction upon an impartial suffrage basis
Il a gushing Tensas parish contemporary mentions
the honor Of being at wedding where the de
licious yiands and sumptuous supper, composed o
all the delicaees of the season, made captiy,
every heart'' Is your heart in the right place
neighbor?
The Mobile Gazette Admiral semmes's paper
has suspended publication for want of adequat
support. The+Ga2ette was conducted with dignit
and ability, but was scarcely up to the demand
Of these high pressure times in point fenterpris
y hand experience.