New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-10
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Capt Kholoston, of the royal school of mining
! engineers, connected with the Russian empire, is
on q tour Of scientific observation through the
United States, and is now visiting the Iron Noun
tain, in Missouri, aud other points of interest in
that region.
Attorney General stanbcry has given an opinion
that the nominations for public offices rejected
during the session Of the Senate can be legally
made by the President during the recess
The navy department has received information
that the headquarters of the Asatic squadron,
Rear Admiral Bell commanding, have been estab-
lished ut Hong Kong, China.
Captain Thomas c. Morse, a well-known aud
respected citizen of st, Louis, died suddenly of
cholera morbus on the LIST,
Miss Clara Barton will lecture the coming sea
son on Personal "reminiscences of Scenes on
the Battlefelds.n
Mr. Martinez, proprietor of the Maison Doree
restaurant in Fourteenth street, New York city,
died on the Slst ult,, of apoplexy.
Joel Hart writes from Leghorn that he has COM
peted the statue Of Henry CLAY for the Louis
vile courthouse, and will ship by the first vessel
Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, formerly chief Justice of
the State of Maine died at his residence at East
Bridgewater Mass, on the lst, in the ninety.irst
year of his age.
Prof, Sanford, director of the Dearborn Observ.
atory, at Chicago has recently been elected an
associate of the Royal Astronomical Society Of
London.
DIR. Thomas H. Webb, the secretary of the Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology, died on the
25th ut., at Quincy of an attack of heart disease
A. F, Smith, superintendent Of the Hudson river
railroad, was thrown from carriage at Norwich,
on the 3Oth ut, and quite dangerously injured.
A. T. Stewards income this year is over
81, 100000
Senator John P. Stockton will be one of the
New Jersey delegates to the Philadelphia con
yentoD.
Ladies in Louisville propose to prescnta cane to
General Rousseau.
Lieutenant General Sherman thinks there il going
to be a general Indian war.
The French Empress has just presented to the
Imperial Library Of Paris a large bible of the
thirteenth century.
Simon Cameron has a poor opinion Of the Presi.
dent but not nearly 10 poor one ~ tile President
has Of Simon.
The people of Raleigh, N. G., are to erect
monument over the daughter Of Robert E. Lee
who was buried in that State
Professor John Stuart Blackie has in prepare
ton, to be published in the autumn, in four vol
umes, Homer and the Iliad'
The real name Of the author of George Geith >"
Maxwell Drewitt,' ETC., is said to be Mrs. S. II.
Riddel Her nom de plume is F. G. Traiiord.
Among the names signed to a call for a johnson
convention in Michigan, appears that of William
Shakespeare, of Kalamazoo.
Sir Belingham Graham, who died recently in
England, aged seyenty-seven, was the hardest
rider and hardest drinker in England. six foot
wall or six bottles of port were bagatelles"
with him.
The marriage of the Grand Duke, heir to the
throne of Russia with the Princess Dagmar, Of
Denmark, fixed for the 18th of October, is post
poned till next year.
Rev. Isaac S. Kaloch, still tenderly remembered
in Boston, and now editor of the Ottawa kansas
Journal presents his claims to the next legislature
for the Office Of United States Senator.
The title to the property of the Fauquier Fe-
male Institute has passed into the possession Of
the Rev. H. H. Wyer, late Of Louisa county, Va
He will reside at the institute and assist Dr.
Bacon.
The Prince of Wales appeared in the cricket
field at Sandrngham, the other day, (, the first
time since he left Oxford. He was speedily
bowled out by Mr.. Wright, with round 0 for his
score.
The National Inteigencer says that the Pres
ident has made further donation of 5000, in aid
of high grade school in New Orleans, to DIR. P.
B. Randolph, the special agent of the Louisiana
high grade schools now in Washington.