New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-21

t monkeys. A gentleman s,aO mas scent some tint
y In Pektn mentions = court house in process o
1. erection, which is surrounded by q bamboo scaf
folding forty feet high, on the top of which the
laborers move about with wonderful rapidity
going up and down the bare poles like squirrels
. using only their hands and the soles Of their feet
y They show great eXperness in throwing materials
= from one to the other at q considerable height
u even casting spade full of mortar to a man on
the roof of q house without dislodging a particle
" of the mortar. The paper hangers, also, are very
. expert in throwing sheets of paper, with one side
covered with paste, ready for being put on the
wall. Their paper for room purposes syery good,
: the Satin pattern +" being the most commonly
used. Paper of this kind is not kept in rolls, as
WIN US, put in squares of about ten by twelve
, lnches One man stands by the table and applies
tne paste, and then adroitly throws the sheet up
+ 10 aaotaer one, who fixes it on the wall,
r AT the last lorettes ball given in Paris,
| one OF the most notorious of them wore a gold
nSCkiace composed of medalions each one of
"1leh represented a different coat of arms none
De!ohslng to any noble of lower rank than mar
q1gs. 90 the Indians wear their victims scalps.
,SuEEN BEss~-There are eight portraits of Queen
ElZapeth IN the London National Picture gallery
Lhese represent her at all ages from ROSY maiden.
d H9od 10 shFlyeled age. They all represent her as
blonde, slight, with light shade of red hair hlne
eyes, thln and finely set mouth and nose same
what aqniline. One of them, Flemish portrait
deplcts her IN black, ieweled and quilted gown,
e wi.n se paruet SHOWN at throat Another painted
atter death, shows us the queen seated at a table
her mead upon one hand the other hand holding
book; she is very old now. and wears a SAD
thoughtful expression. Alegorieal figures sur.
ronnd her and death is Whispering in her ear
Two inhabitants of Vienna Austria recently de-
oated whether man or woman had the most van.
NY; unable to convince each other they made tbe
question subject of bet; the stake was 1000
HORNS 10 decide, they agreed to place them.
/ selves IN front of mirror shop and count the
number of men and women who out Of one hundred
OF either sex should stop and admire themselves
| IN the looking glasses. In an hour they counted
| had ~,
look at themselves, and out of one hundred men
ntnety-hve stopped to admire their faces
The picture gallery in Madrid is scarcely second
to any in the world. 1t is particularly rich in old
masters, though by no means deficient in the mod
ern schools. There are no less than 10 original
| Raphaels, 46 Muros, 43 Titians, GA Valesa4ezs
5i !intonelas 30 Reubens, So Teniers, 81 Van
| Dycks, 40 Rembrands, besides numberless others
OF scarcely less merit. The Armoria will claim
the attention of all Americans if for no other rea-
| son than to see the authentic armor worn by
Christopher Columbus It weighs fortv-one
pounds. No, 23l2, which stands near by in the
same museum, is the equestrian armor of Gortez.
Mr.. Curling, seventeen years agent on the Devon |
estate in Ireland. says: "There are G6s0 persons
on the estate. They are energetic, moral and well
behaved. do not remember crime in seventeen
! years not even so much as stealing chicken
They are eontented, grateful peOple-grateful |
even for far play. Out of six hundred farmers, |
deduct Fifty. and the rest do not see Il wheaton
loaf, or smell meat, except at Christmas or Easter
| They have been brought up to this custom. One
tenant on the Devon estate have seen sit down /
to potatoes, buttermilk and Indian meal who pur-
chased at recent sale fl0000 worth of property |
and did not borrow shilling to pay for it. be-
heve this to be the usual mode of living in /
Limerick
Ireland will presently he depopulated, if emf
grafton continues at its present rate The last /
number of the Cork Reporter states that hundreds
OF emigrants are scattered through the town await
ing the arrival of the next trans Atlantic steamer
= These people, says the Reporter, have come
from Limmerck, Glare, Kerry, and some from /
I1pperary, and are, without exception a well /
dressed, well looking, healthy interesting body" |
Norwegians are excited over the state Of oysters
found in northern latitudes. Several sudden deaths
have recently occurred. Queen Christiana ordered I
the most eminent men of the mediCalsprOfession in /
the realm to inquire into the cause. An investiga-
ton revealed the startling fact that the deaths /
were produced by the eating of diseased oysters \
suffering from presidential consumption, - which
disease renders their flesh poisonous, rather
unpleasant prospect for the lovers Of the delicious
A FoRTUNE-A Lucky Steamboat Engineer
Some years ago, H. W. Taylor O steamboat en-.
gineer, wooed and won a French lady ri that tirne
resident of Kentucky. Making their home AT
Smithland. in that State, they lived happily en-
Joying the bread which was earned by the sweat
OF her husbands brow. Pursuing his business of
steamboat engineer, Mr. TAYLOR, during the two |
years Immediately preceding the war worked
upon the Cheney, then running between this city 4
and Columbus. When the trumpet-blast of war
aIueu Lle ndlloh from lis dream OF peace, Mr..
Iaylor entered the service of the government and
continued in it until the noise of battle was husbed
and quiet had returned to the distracted land He
had no hope that Fortune would smile upon him
ana was astonished when in one of hermad pranks
she made his wife one of heriayorites and lavished
upon her tayors which she never expected to re-
ceive Only few days since, the mail brought
Mrs taylor the news of death of an uncle in
France, and apprised her of the pleasant fact that
she had been made his heir, and was conseuuently
the owner OF fortune of 100000 in gold, and real
estate Of great value.
Mr.. Taylor left Cairo yesterday for his home at
Smlthland where he will join his family and i'm
mediately proceed to France.-[Cairo Democrat.
The New. YORK HERALD ON THE MEMPHIS
RIOTs.-We have published accounts of the col, t
lison between the whites aud blacks in the city of
Memphis, Tennessee. 1t appears that the muni-
clpai atlalrs Of the city are conducted by white 9
men Lhe police regulations are shaped accord {
Ingly: The military, however, are mostly blacks a
and the city is, in measure under black military
law There is but small detachment of United =
states regulars part of the eighteenth regmeut) in
me me city. The accounts furnished give us a list of
Killed and wounded, black and white list of +,
casualties that would have been considered in
Europe the beginning of Revolutionary outbreak e
nut We ind the case different in this instance. /,
While the blacks and whites were fighting, there Il
stepped in company of United States regulars, n
restored.
This black riot in Memphis should teach Con-
= Si'N 'a4 Ie par tlletL u ieSSOns III may
be that this riot is to be repeated in all parts Of
the south where negro troops are stationed. We
nope not, But no one can be blind to the fact
that there will be difficulty in carrying out any
plan OF reconstruction if those two hostile ele. o
nepts, no doubt purposely placed so by the radi.
cas-, black military force to oyerawe loyal
~nlte population come together. :
In the Memphis business we see that small de. I
aehment of United States regulars suppressed all
1lhicultes. Is it not better, then to have in all
ilsqqieted districts the negro troops withdrawn
and their places supplied with United States regu.
ars! If one regular is worth hundred black
soldiers, the United States treasury will gain much
BY the exchange, and the country be saved from
31ch outrages as have lately occurred in Memphs.
me subject is worthy the consideration of Con al
gress and the war department.--[N. Y. Herald. tr
Three young and conceited wits, as they thought
passing along the road near Oxford Sc
net grave old gentleman with whom they had a a
nlnd d to be rudely merry tie
"Good morrow, father Abraham" said one. al
,Good morrow, Glther Isaac y said the next.
Good morrow, father Jacob,n said the last.
y am neither Abraham. Isaac nor Jacob" di
eplsd the old gentleman, but Saul, the son of 6
ASh, who fo c,tt y