The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-19

| Gen. Grant has ct last " surrendered
| Pitkin was not beaten by sypher, but came
down like Crockett's coon.
| The National Bank of vicksburg has suspended
payment.
| Murdoch is to give readings from Dickens's
works, in Philadelphia.
Bion Bradbury. an old Democrat, has been nom-
mated collector of Portland, Maine.
| The New York World Is to issue an almanac for
1865.
The funny editor of the Mobile Register viii
make Us "snicker right eout," if he don't mind.
Six inches Of snow fell at Springfield on the
18th.
The Mobilians are now enjoying the "Black
Crook" b. rr
Mile Jansuschek is admired by the Cincin.
natians.
Roasted pumpkin seeds, very nice, are sold in
the streets of Venice.
Bayard Taylor dimes and wines in Venice for
forty cents. -.-...-
Snow two and a half inches deep has fallen in
Monroe, La. asrF .tLFsH5
Gen. Grant called on the president after leaving
the war office.
Felis suggests that Forrest has many admirers
outside the city. and would probably be listened
to by them in TeDsas intense ave.
How easy it would be to respond to the numer.
calls for relief with the money squandered for
cigars and whisky. r,.y
Hobbies, the gushing fellow, says the wedding
bell is melody flowing Gown a summer rainbow
into bed Of rose.leayes.
The New York Evening Post and the Journal of
Commerce are reported to have cleared sl75, 900
and $50 600 respectively last year.
To the public: 1t is safe to conclude that nobody
visitor. t
1t appears that sportsmen have had fine times
near Bastrop, Morehouse parish, in shooting wild
pigeons.
Jackson's motto in 1890" The Union. it must
be preserved" Democratic motto in 1867" The
Union, it must be restored."-IEx.
The Charter election in Watertown, New York,
on Monday, was carried by the Democrats by one
hundred and fifty majority.
Martin, who shot Judge Busted at Mobile, has
been removed from the Office Of district attorney,
and Mr.. E. ii. Grsndin appointed in his place.
The Chicago Republican mildly observes, cit is
well for the country that the arbitrator in the
White House is constitutionally coward"
In Isle potatoes were purchased in ireland fsI
eight cents per busbel and shipped to BaltimGE
where they we're sold for two dollars per bustS.f
The Mobile Times says there is not blunder in
the Mobile directory for this year. Reason-no
directory.
Hobbies says a peculiar kind of pedestrianism
has sprung up at the Hub: Young men walk off
without settling their board bills.
A girl with a rigging laugh" caused an alarm
Of fire in Peoria. They took her for belle, pre-
bably.-[Ex.
Don't stand in an open door on a cold day to
ask the nonsensicsl question, ais Mr.. So-andso
in ~ when it is plain to the most casual observer
that he isn't.
Horace Greeley says that during the Clay and
Polk presidential canvass in 1874 he wrote an az.
ersge Of three columns of editorial for the Tribune
every day.
The Charleston Courier learns that James Cor
don Bennett. Jr., proposes to commence planting
of the islands in the vicinity of that city, in
conjunction with three or four other capitalists.
Bishop Potter's diocese of New York is to have
two new sees. The Long Island bishopric is to
rase bishops fund of $50, coo; the see of Albany
and Troy a fund of 900. Trinity will assist
the people of Albany.
George Pomeroy, of New York, formerly of the
finn Of Pomeroy & Benton, dry goods merchants
Of st. Louis, has begun suit against his former
partner, claiming damages to the amount of
slC00000.
Inc ran mail OaZeIte Styles fTeSluentldl meb-
ssges as dreary reading. Whereupon an Ameri
can critic responds that the difference between
English and American rhetoric is equivalent to
the distinction between dreary and Duhdreary
productions.
Vanderbilt has commenced reducing expenses
on the New York Central Railroad by cutting
down the hours of labor in the shops to eight
heurs, with pay in accordance, and has prohibited
the directors of the road from riding free, except
with passes signed by himself or the vice president
The London Times, in view Of the recent treat
ment received by Dickens in this country, is quite
enraptured with u.s. % Nothing" it says, "that
MIR. Dickens can tell the world will testify more
strongly to the generous character of the Ameri-
can people than their own conduct toward him."
Paris landlady requested Christmas party
on the third floor to cease dancing, as a man be.
low them was dying. The quests acquiesced.
Returning an hour later, MY dear children, - she
exclaimed, with the most benevolent smile, "y you
may begin sgaiD, he is dead ~
Fifty.6ve paupers in the Almshouse at New
buryport, Massachusetts,, cost the town slS,4S7
last year. The people are considering the pro-
priety of sbolishing the institution, aud boarding
the inmates at the hotels, as a measure Of econ
omy.
In the Massachusetts, legislature, on the l4th
the committee on the subject made a report to
the house recommending the repeal of the law
establishing the State constabulsry. bill was
also introduced to regulate the sale of intoxicating
liquors. sara
Charles Lambs reply 10 the billingsgate Of q
hshw roman by simply calling her prOnoun, seems
the height Of absurdity.- N. Y. Com. Adv.
, Is 7. ". sure il was mbg-wasn't IL Lndley
Murray, or Lord Mansfield ? Mobile Times.
Possibly at. W." meant to refer to the encouu.
ter between Daniel OiConnell and the fshwoman,
when ne called her paraleIipipedon.
! There are not wanting circumstances confrma-
tory Of the Chicago report about plots against
Gen. Grant. For instance, says the Cincinnati
Commercial, man made the following bold
statement in Lorng's Library, Boston, on Monday
morning, "IiH take the Life of General
Grantrn ll-rse -