The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-01
Ehs cSlew Orleans Greatew.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY l, 1858.
PersoBal liens.


by Commodore Vanderbilt.
Charles A. Pitkn, prominent real estate agent
in Cleveland, has been arrested for forgery to the
amount of $4,000. Financial embarrassments
drove him TO commit the crime.
Commodore Vanderbilt, king Of the New York
Central railroad, has Used no-psss order. This
good story is told of him: dominic Of New
York cOlled al his Office and asked for pass.
" We don't issue any," said the commodore.
" But, Mr.. v, you know me 80 well that you
should make an exception in my case.n eyes"
said Vanderbilt, &c make an exception ia every
case"
The science of putting is becoming Zone Of uni
versal requirement. g. s. LeOnhardt, of KOnigs.
berg, has just sent a case Of his aromatic cheese
&c the second chamber, with q petition, namely:
That the House will subject his cheese to An eX-
animation, and then declare its opinion, whether
his cheese ia not able 20 compete with all other
cheeses in the world. The absurdity of the thing
is that the forms Of the House require that mem.
Der should be appointed to report on this as on
every other petition. There is probably not
newspaper in Germany in which Mr.. LeOnhar1t's
cheese will not be mentioned, and the advertise
ment will be gratuitOus one.
The late Edward Vim. Johnston brother Of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston, was literary reviewer Of the
old National IItelligencer, under Gales and Sea.
ton, when they were warm political and personal
friends Of Daniel Webster. They went to Sara
toga one sur m r leaving Johnston 10 charge, but
requesting bita 10 avoid politics. They had not
been gone more than week before Johnston
wrote and printed three-cOlumn leader 10 show
that Webster was the greatest humbuy of bis
time. The article brought Gales end SeatOn TO
Washington, great exCi ement, and caused a Va.
cancy in the position Of literary reviewer.
The Athenian Jenkinses are growing enthusi
astiC over the young king Of Greece's mIstlche.
Walter Brown, the oarsman, is having paper
boat built at Troy, New York.
William B. Astor's real estate is said to increa5e
about 81 100000 to 100000 year by the natural
advance.
The New York Sportsmen's Club threatened TO
prosecute DemonicO for violating the game laws
by recently serving up brook trout out of season,
at his celebrated restaurant, but upon his prcms-
ing not to do so any more they let him of.
Louis Napoleon looks as little like an emperor
as a Chatham street old clothes dealer, whom in
deed he closely resembles. Its said that young
American IA Paris, when he first saw Louis, said
TO his friend That's the fellow | spouted my
watch with last week"
Dickens, it is reported, has sent one thousand
dollars TO Mrs. GLENN, mother.inaw OF Edgar
A. Poe, who il an inmate of a charitable institu-
ton at Baltimore, and for years has been in ex-
tIemely INDECENT circumstances.
Senator SaulsbuTy Is now at his home at George
town, Delaware. He does not propose TO take
his seat in the Senate again during his term of
Office, and the Republican papers in Delaware
calling upon him TO resign.
Mrs. Deborah Cass Silliman died recently in
Santa Cruz county, California, in her seth year
She was a sister OF Gen. Lewis Cass, and widow
of Hon. Willis Silliman, late of Evansville, who
was the publisher of the first newspaper started
in Marietta, November 30, 1901.
A boy of sixteen, son of Or, T. G. Sachse in
Chicago, robbed his mother of one hundred and
sixty dollars In money, and one thousand dollars
worth of jewelry, Few nights ago. Dr. Sachse
was absent in New York. and the promising youth
broke a window pane, and " fixed things" about
in the style, as he supposed, burglar wonld
have done his work. The officers were not de-
ceiyed, however, and the boy was caught with
part of the pluncer at the railroad depot, when
about to leave town.
Fifteen dukes and counts serve as priVates in
the papal army.
Major Davis, of Massachusetts,, formerly of Gen.
Buffers staff, committed suicide at Hong Kong,
hina, November %, 1867 by shooting himself 10
the head. Cause, pecuniary embarrassment.
The new president Of Liberia was inaugurated
on the 9th of January, 1868. His name is James
s. Payne, and he was born within four miles of
Lexington, Kentucky, at the place now owned by
Mr.. VIM. Bradley. Payne's father was the slave
Of the late Edward Payne, Of Fayette county, in
that State.
Gen. George A. Custer and Lieut.. Cook have
Just been discharged, after protrscted eXamna-
ton, at Leavenworth, Kansas. They were
rested on the charge of numbering William John
son, private in Clusters regiment, on the plains,
last sumner. II appears that several men de-
serted from camp one morning, and we're pursued
by Cook and others, with orders, as was said, 10
shoot them. When overtaken, two or three OF
the deserteTs were wounded, johnson fatally.
There WIS a conflict Of evidence to the eircum-
stances Of the shooting, but the court held it was
justfable.
correspondent of the Springfield (Nass.) Re.
publican partly confirms the Lacrosse Democrats
story about woman becoming man. The
writer says:
1.-THE article is true, with one important qualia-
cation-that is, she or he had no child by Mr..
Powell, and they separated by mutual consent.
Afterwards an operation was performed by ply
stefan for mslformston, and he became perfectly
deVeloped-the supposed woman became a man.
My employer has been we'll acquainted with both
parties for the last twelve years, as he resided in
their neighborhoOd previous to coming East, two
years ago. The little addition of the child by the
first marriage made story incredible but aside
from that il is strictly true and entitled to belief"
The most exciting news of the day is that
Charles Francis Adams is to succeed McCullOch
in the treasury department. This change, OF
course involves the immediate removal of Rollins.
Gen. Mcclellan is to take the place Of Mr.. Adams
as minister to England.
Wesley Munger, an old and prominent physician
Of Chicago, died at Nashville recently, worth
nearly million of dollars.
Theodore Tilton says that during the recent
reprmand of Fernando Wood by the speaker Of
the House of Representatives, Mr.. Wood looked
and Mr.. COliaX acted like a clergyman. deaf
man, not hearing the speakers charge, but only
observing the scene, would have supposed that
the gentleman Of the white mustache standing
at the bar Of the House. was a candidate for
bishopric; and that the high-perched dignitary
who held the book in his hand, was performing
the Vedination. During the whole exercise Mr..
Wood seemed like one of those Old-fashioDed
deacons who rise and stand during prayer. And
when MIR. Colfax said, lyon may take your seat, I"
he uttered the words as if they were an amen.
Adams the leader of the Jafa colony, gives his
version of the history OF that enterprise in letter
published in q Philadelphia paper. He denies
that there is or has been any suffering among the
cClOnists who remain in Palestine; says that those
who have returned 10 America and told hard
stories about the colony we're too lazy to gather
their crops that every thing is lovely ard pros
porous win the cOlonists now, the man and their
teams having all the work they can do at good
pay; that they number forty five, and are expect.
ing recruits from England; that fine macailm-
lied road, 100 feet wide, is now being finished
from Jerusalem 10 Jafa.
Sir Cullen Eardly, BART, who married a wife in
New York, in 1859. and another in London, in
1867, has been sentenced TO eighteen months i'm.
prisonment at hard labor for bigsmy by the court
Of queens bench.