The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-30
Personal AND roLrrIcAL ITEMS

Miss Beecber is a resident of Hartford. See
rotary Toucey was lately a guest at one of he,
circles, and after some mild potations of clare
became genial and elusive. When he took h,
esVe ne made his adieu 20 a very old ladv bJ
taking her by the hand and saying with impress
will be happy" '-U 'ou
The queen Of Prussia is now travelling in France
anco9hHo, under the name Of Countess Hohen.
thai accompanied by a maid Of honor. a cham.
berialn and eleven servants. At MarseiIes il was
only after she had gone that people became a ware
m enc nau oeen mere The queen visited nearly
all The pubic buildings and ouriositiss NOT for
getting tie hospitals, where she remained longer
than ia other places. ~" s''
In late conversation with newspaper co,.
respondent, the irrepressible father of General
Grant gave the following account of the cbris,anl
ing OF his son: " II occurred in tbi, wav no
was our first born, and his grandfather. grand.
mo'her and several others felt an interest in nam
lDg him. We finally agreed to write ali The
names we chose, lone each, there beiny sevan Of
nsl place them IN hat, and draw, abijing nv
the result. Ulysses was drawn first Rut ~
g t sa.h choice was Hiram. SO to please
my istner we permitted it to be Ulysses Hiram
put all Know how they got his rame Ulysses s.
on the west Point books. | tried to get n cor.
Tected' but UlJs said he didn't like the name
hlIam anyway, and so we let il stand -
senator Sumner is in Boston for medical traat
ment and viii make but few. if any camDaion
sReeehes this fall He is to have electricity a.
Other wra i o0;s "ro seiss iase-.sd shiis
spark passing from one to the other
Inc eldest son of the crown prince of Prnss;a
oo1eeted to be bsthed. His father was agreeable.
ana directed that the opposition OF the nov he -
gsrded. However, when escaping a hsh he 80,
INTO the garden, he was astOunded that the sentry
did not present arms 70 him. Conlplaining 10 ~
iather, ne was asked: Why, do you want a sen
try TO present to little uuUashed nrinca y,
since then there has been no more obiection ana
the Bath.r O'u0i Vi
DIR. S. G. Howe was allowed bv the crso;,,
government TO send four hundred bags of Honr
mue-oaek, 10 InsuTgent Cretans in the SDbakian
mountains, and after the custom officers had sean
ihe hour, Dr. Howe examined it again and found |
" 10, pes just onehalf bran. The knayery Of the
Greeks ia said TO exceed all calculation = Wv
Senerai sherman has written a letter on Indian
Auslrs IN which he says that be will do what he
can 20 capture aud suppress the hostile bands of |
tory TO be guarded Is extensive; and the settler.
on the frontiers must, If thew wish pra,ection |
heed the advice often given out never taken NOT 1
20 settie 10 sneh exposed situations unless thew
70 heip defend themselves by militia
There are three sources of wealth. see sroppd
'ne sentlemen who, like myself, beloug TO the DER
bnt Ssn,,d law; we are jealous Of our profession
re-, ss . men, let me tell you that no lawyer
mat ever lived in The pursuit OF his nrofssyion
~ rh suueu one dollar Of wealth 70 the countrv. |
nspSsy sa ese1 did no preacher ever did: no
DsnAer ever old. We are usef1I trus, in onr |
several avoeations in life bn, 4, :. eu's, 10 our
2 tsks advantage Of the mstortunes and foss
70 il in s our S D6sR they have the dol
The Wiekedest Man IN New Yo,eSo Seymour, Seymour:
a. neen converted Then there Is still hon ~
' eSy :; Butler. IL D. DID Please senior 1sr
souy, preach to him from jeremiah IN. 10 s S
be csnIss ann me nrePans, and the bowls anS |
ne csuidrons, and the cendlesticks ana s ,S
IA ana the cups; that which was Of SoIa 10
,u sno mat which was Of silver. ia silSsr I'm
-, u me Guard took swsy."-[N. Y, Demo. :.