New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-11-07
Personal.

Alrernon Charles Swinburne, the famous young
poet, is son of Sir Charles Swinburne, Bart, Of
England.
D. R. Locke (Nasbyl, it is said, has been offered
and will accept a lucrative position in New York.
He is at present connected with the Toledo Blade.
Three young men of respectable families in
Philadelphia, while under the influence of vinous
stimuiants, the other day, took possession of a
charcoal wagon and drove it down Chestnut
street, crying their wares in loud voice. The
vehicle was dilapidated and ponderous, and the
horse was an architectural steed with futed sides
These gay young men stopped at several . drink
cries n and paid for what they imbbed with buck
etsful of coal, and their career was only brought
to an end by certain large individuals with brass
buttons, and commissions to keep the peace.
Hon John NJ. Speed, Of Lynchburg, leading
lawyer of Virginia, died Thursday, the 1st.
Albert Pike, who is now living at Memphis has
fallen victim to a confidence man, who called at
his house and succeeded in stealing $500 in gold.
The statue of Benton will soon be erected in
Missouri Park, at st. Louis
Chang, the Chinese giant, eight feet high, acct
dentally stumbled in Worcester England, lately,
and two living bodies rolled out of him. one of
which had furnished the head and the other the
legs Of the monster. Barnum's Fejee mermaid
probably supplied the idea of the ingenious COM
bination.
Mrs. Gen. Grant is granddaughter of the Rev.
Mr. WrenshaII, the first Methodist local preacher
licensed west of the Ohio.
The Buffalo Advertiser announces the death in
that city, on the oath of October, of Mr.. Prince
Earl, at the advanced age of 10l years, month
and IL days.
Catherine schertz, a Jewess, is creating great
declaimer. Her sermons are pronounced very
able.
Elias Howe, the father of lock stitches, cele-
brated his golden wedding at Boston recently.
Among the presents was gold tea-service by
Elias Howe, Jr., who, as Mr.. s. Weller would say,
was the consekens of the manoovren this gol-
den wedding was intended to commemorate.
Rev. Dr. Dix, rector of Trinity Church, New
York, preached sermon recently in which he re-
ferred to the claims Of the heirs Of Aneke Jams,
and made plain statement in reference to the
exaggerated rumors of the wealth of Trinity Cor
poration. de said that IN no year has the estate
yielded revenue adequate to meet the current
expenses of the church. Each year the deficit
has ranged from s25 900 to 100000, and the trus-
tees have been selling property that is, consum-
ing principal-to meet these deficiencies. During
the last four years the debt of the church has
ranged from $650O0O to near ss5O,000. He could
not tell the exact value Of the property; but in.
stead of its being sixtyive Millions as stated he
would be glad if it were one-tenth of thatamount
In the Boston Supreme Court recently, the
case of VIM. B. Hazeltine VS.. Siias G. Hitchcock
was tried and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff
The defendant, while on visit to the house o
the plaintiff was attacked with the smallpox. TIL
plaintiff, who is physician, attended him durin!
his illness, which continued for two weeks, an
was thereby prevented from visiting his other pa
tients Considerable furniture, which had bee
used by the defendant, was destroyed by tn
plaintiffs order, after the recovery Of the defen
dant The defendant gave the plaintiff note 70
$500, in consideration of the losses that the plain
tiff thus sustained, and for his services as physj
clan. This case was an action Of contract on thi
note. The defendant alleges that the note was OBJ
tanned by fraudulent Misrepresentation as to tn
value Of the practice which the plaintiff lost an
the necessity of the destruction of the furniture
Two new manufacturing establishments at Fal
river Massachusetts,, are in contemplation, one t
make print cloths, having capital of $4,000 900
and running one hundred thousand spindl es, tn
other to run forty thousand spindles.
John Whipple, the oldest and one of the mos
eminent lawyers of Rhode Island, died at ProVi
dence, few days ago, at the advanced age of 50
George Peahody's fortune is variously estimated
and conjecture is busy trying to discover what HI
Is WORTH In185l he was numbered among thu
nilionaires oil London, and during the following
ten years his business greatly increased. In 1861
he was said to be worth sl5OO0000 in gold, anC
he has endowed various charities in the princelJ
sum of 81, OO0, 600 Mr.. Peabody is now probably
worth $lo,0oO,o0O or s15000,Ooo, for the increase
Of his property during the past six years has beer
considerable.
Mr. ]. B. Glentworth, once New York polit
elan of some note, died at Weisbaden, Germany
on the Sth INIT. in the Goth year Of his age.
Old Mr.. Dawson, of Fredericksburg, Va. was
recently cured Of rheumatism by . stroke q
lightning. Whether or not survives not stated.
The retiring editor of the Crcleyille t0hiol
Union says that during the 81 years continual
service he wrote 5000 columns, and all for yictuals
and clothes.
Mrs. Keenan,, Of Lowell Mass, was divorced
from keenan, at 10 O'Clock. Saturday morning,
aud married 10 Jones at O'Clock, Saturday after
noon.
Washington IeEingis old summer house was
lately sold At auction for $40.
Madame Ristori's fayorite street cestulNe" ap-
pears to he dress Of the heaviest danask silk,
with lsyna Jgliffe all ,tsr. ,-,, 49, 4, t,,y,