The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-08

St. Louis Is to have Turkish bath.
The Varieties opens tonight. $500
variety's the very spice Of life.
Gold in New York 1884,. II
Rollins, Harlan and others, accused Of internal
revenue frauds, have been discharged. 4
An elevator and 100000 bushels Of grain were
burned in Troy yesterday.
1t is expected the new Spanish government WI
abolish slavery.
By an accident we were last night deprived Of
our Northern and Western Newspaper mail.
Who viii write up the artistic life Of 7. B.
Thorpe in New Orleans during the var'
Mr.. Prentice has $50, 600 residence In Louia-
vile.
Miss Blanche De Bar. granddaughter Of Junius
Brutus Booth, 10 ct the Richmond theater.
DR.: J. Bostick, of Austin, Texas, died at the
Overton Hotel. Memphis, on the Sd.
Bishop Qunlap, Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, has interdicted rirualism in his diocese.
There il letter from Gen. Lee in another col
umn.
The Houma Civic Guard has our thanks for
its many implied compliments.
For Appletor's cheap edition of the Waverly
Novels, go to Gresham's, 81 Camp street.
Geo. W. Jamison, Q well known actor, was
killed by en- express train at Yonkers on the Sd.
The reception of Admiral Fsrragut at Constan'
tinople was any thing but cordial.
Howell Cobb, If Georgia, land J. P. Sullivan, OF
New Orleans, wire IN New York last week.
Dickens receives $40, 900 for 100 farewell read
ings in England.
sne nsuoDss ssnssssrsss. - accompanied Dy
his son Major Thomas.
The Galveston News thinks Galveston the
prettiest city in the South. She may be as pretty
as venus but New Orleans is as moist as Venice.
| The Hotel Dieu Is still surrounded by water.
The body Of deceased patient was recently re-
moved from there in q boat.
| At the water-line on Common street are plenty
Of boats and RATS for the accommodation Of those
wishing to traverse the inundated section.
| The Highland style of bare legs has become all
the rage among men and boys in the inundated
section.
The route to the Fair Grounds. via rampant,
Esplapade and Broad streets can be made with
little or no wading.
While Claiborne street was overfowed the
horse railroad and its wooden bed upon the neu-
trail ground we're great convenience to pedes-
| trians.
|
Horse Railroad, was arrested on the Sd on the
charge Of employing disabled horses on his
| cars.
ing SO neatly excised' from his head by piece OF
casual timber at the launch Of ship that he did
not know wen it was done.-lN. Y. World.
Experience of q very disagreeable character,
says the st. Louis Republican, has convinced
many of the farmers in some parts of Illinois and
in Missouri, that they will have to manure their
| fields, or abandon the culture Of wheat.
d. O. Sullivan, editor of the Irish People, has
commenced suit against Brick Pomeroy. laying
his damages at $25,ooe for libel in stating, in the
Democrat, that he had been bribed or bought to
change the politics of his paper.
One of the greatest musical excitements ever
known in New York was the opening on Monday
night of the Theatre Franchise, under the direc'
ton of Mr.. Grau. Fabulous prices were paid fol-
| seats. Spectators succeeded in the old game
and $40 was the regular price for good seats.
Jasper Blackburn asks, Are we to have Re
publican campaign in Louisiana pending the
Forthcoming election ?" and remarks that " We
are tired of running our head into the lions den
| without any decent help or appreciation from
any source. As things now stand" says Jasper
Louisiana is sure for the Democracy" just 90
Some correspondence in another column vii
show that the project of congressional excursion
by water from Pittsburg 70 New Orleans, is still
under earnest consideration. 1t ia to be arranged
with view to the improvement of the navigation
of the great Western rivers. The committee hav
ing the matter in charge have called on st. Lou
for $4,000 to assist in defraying the expenses o.
the excursion. New Orleans may also have an op
portunity to assist.
Among the passengers by the steamship Balti
more, which sailed from Baltimore on the I'd, fo
Bremen, was the Rev. DR.. McMuilin, OF Chicago
who goes to Rome for the purpose Of represent
ing the grievances of the church in Chicago, IL
connection with the differences with Bishop Dug
gan of that diocese. The Very Rev. DR.. Cochran
Of Wilmington, Delaware, also passenger, goes
to Rome as theologan from the United States Il
make preparations for the grand Ecumenical Coun
Gil of 1869.