The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-21
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SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 81. 1854.
GENERAL ITEAs.

greet 10 learn that Mr.. Jebu Gillespie, an old and
highly esteemed citizen Of our parish. whose
plantation is on Red River. lost his Clubhouse. mill
and between thirty aud forty bales OF cotton by
fire last Monday. The accident occurred through
the negligence Of negro who had charge Of the
gin Loss estimated at between $4,000 and $60so:"
Speaking of broom corn as crop, the Rich
mond Dispatch says it is one Of the most profitable
crops which farmer can raise, considering the
amount required TO be invested IN 1t. One gentle.
man (Mr. Owens.l living near Atles's on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. planted eight
acres In IL this year. and has realized from 1t $3.50
or s43 70 per acre, independent of the seed which
will amount to about two hundred bushels, worth
when ground up for feed, about hfty cents per
bushel. .rlt.s.-
AN Albany husband wished picture hung on
the east side of the parlor; wife expressed her
intention 20 have il on the west side husband OBJ
jected; wife urged; both grew angry; bad words
passed between them; separate rooms we're taken
that night; war was renewed next morning;
neither would relent wife left the house !; hus-
band asks for a divorce for deserton.
A Yankee writes home from the Rhine 1" Take
the upper Mississippi. or even the Hudson river,
place upon their bluffs the ruins. put a little HIS
torical truth and an immense amount of romantic
fiction upon each headland, have few men write
eulogiums upon them. endthe winding hhine VIII
be wound up forever
The Cairo Democrat says " The New Orleans.
jackson and Great Western, the Mississippi Cen
,rs End the snS Ohio s
to carry through freight from Cairo to New Or
leans at the same rates as are now charged BY
river"
A Frencbman says there are az many varieties
of laughter as there are vowels. Those who
laugh in A are noisy aud troublesome, the Il
lsuRbers are phlegmatic and melancholy. the
laughter is infaDtive and irresoute the foil and
hearty but look out for those who laugh In U for
they are invariably hypocrites. 81
The Dubuque Times and the rats have raised an
important revenue question. Some $500 worth
of stamps were pasted one day upon whisky bar
I'll, DL.~.l 80 Aaaftl
rats, having taste for the paste where with they
were stuck on ate them all on slick and clean.
Rbomberg won't pay for any more stamps, the
rats won't confess judgment, and whisky can't be
sold without its patriotic insignia. Now " what
the reason nit Rhomberg's whisky ~ 1
Du Chaillu describes the costumes OF the court
of King Diops in the following manner: The king
were a dress coat-and nothing else his first min
lister wore q shirt, without sleeves-and nothing
else; the second Minister wore q necktie-and
nothing else the third was adorned with a hat
and nothing else; but the queen varied the lash.
ion by wearing an umbrella-and nothing else."
A glorious field for an author 10 search Of new
ballet sensation.
The discussion now going on about railway
safety brings TO mind Punch's prescription for
preventing railway accidents. 1t was as follows:
Tie director of the company In front OF every
locomotive drawing pssseDger'train. II col.
lisions should happen under this plan, the direc-
tors OF the colliding locomotives would be per-
sonally liable.n -.a
japan Lilies, with beautiful gold band on the
petals, are being introduced into the couseryato-
lies OF the United States. A few bulbs were i'm
ported Just after the visit OF the Japanese Embas-
ssdors. in 1860. and can now be purchased from
SO to $50 apiece. The flowers, in some instances.
measure nine inches across the top, and from the
size and fragrance, one of them forms complete
bouquet in itself.
In Hudson, New York, there was curious bet
made. Two citizens got into discussion as to
the chances in that Slate, when the Republican
al srl~a n &C., ~ -.
one cent for each vote that Hoffman received as
a majority. This was accepted and the money put
up. The Republican then offered to tax IS and
pay the Democrat one cent for every vote that
Seymour should get Ms majority in the State.
This proposition was also accepted and the money
put up. The Democrat made over $500 on an out
lay OF SIS.
A clever Yankee farmer. being much troubled
with rats. and being determined TO get rid of them,
tried every possible plan but without success. at
last he got lot of rats and shut them up in
single cage; they deyoured one another till only
a single one was left. de then turned this one
loose, when. excited with the blood of his fellow
rats, and having become a genuine cannibal, 10
killed and ate all the rats it could find on the pre-
misses.
At wilma Polish woman convicted of having
acted as a go-between OF certain revOluti0nists,
and of having advised In several iatters general
rising Of the Lthuanisns against tie Russian gov
eminent, was hung at the beginning of October.
She was about forty years old, OF ladylike deport-
ment, and though very nervous when she was
broughtto the place OF execution. made n demon
strsiion Of her anguish whatever. The execu-
toner tied her legs tightly together, pnioned her
arms, and laid the rope around her neck. An
officer then read the death.warrant to her, aud
asked her If she had anything to say. She shook
her head, and upon sign from the executioner. q
sort OF blanket was fastened around her, and
while he himself violently jerked up the rope, h
assistant cuDg to her legs. which he did not let GO
until several minutes had elapsed. The rope was
then lowered, the executioner undressed the
corpse, the clothing OF the executed belonging 70
him, aud the remains were buried without q coffin
in the field to which carrion is taken. The popu-
lation Of Wilma manifested much sympathy for tho
poor woman, who left several small children.
Chinese organ Is contained in the Musuem of
the Conseryatore lmperiale de N lsique At Paris.
1t was constructed about the seventh century,
nearly two hundred years before the first pipe or
gan was builtin France.
The London correspondent of the Times says
that be saw IN London the other day handful
inviting the burglars. thieves, aud ticket ofleave
men of the vicinity to attend q lecture on prison
life, by Jerry Burke, converted thief. who had
been in every prison but one ia the metropolis.
There are bands of converted prize fighters. and
negro. mi1srels, who 90 abous holding revival
meetings in the English manufacturing districts.
The most popular Is converted negro minstrel,
who SINCE rOusing revival hymns with banjo ac-
Compartments, which are applaaded aud en-
choTed by admiring crowds. At times this bro
theirs zeal pushes him into q short haIeIujsh
breakdown, which has great effect, after which
they unite 10 prayer.
The VIcksburg rImes. OF the 18th inst, says:
We understand that the Lewis Levee, will GER
taiBly be built. Gen. GIem Is fully alive TO the
importance of protecting the river counties from
overflow, and viii cooperate with Gen. French,
of the levee board, in pushing the work forward
TO completion. This viii certainly be gratifying
news TO friends Ia Yazoo, Bolivar, Washing.
ton and issaqOens counties.
The dedication OF sol. smiths autobiography
is ss follows: ITO Henry Marsh, Esq, the best
decipherer Of obscure inter ineste1 aud fntsrp).
lated manuscript have ever met with, who pre-
sides foreman, ia the upper story, of the in
mense Institution known as the printing house Of
Harper ~ Brothers, and who has occupied that
exalted station Zone hundred aud six Steps TO it
AZ pre- ent) for years OF MORE this volume Is most
respectfully Inscribed by his obliged fdsnd and
brother typo. The Autbor.n lf n1frf. r
At Cove hollow, 10 the southwest corner Of
Cooke county. last week, body Of Indians mum
herring about one hundred and dfty, attscksd the