The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-23
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A proposition is before the Canada Parliament
to give Mrs. Darcy MCGEE an annuity.
Darcy MCGEE is to be succeeded in the Cana
dian Parliament by the Hon. Peter Redpath.
Commodore worden, of monitor fame, goes to
Germany this summer for two years residence
A son of the late Governor Csrlin, Of Illinois,
was stabbed, it is feared fatally, in st. Louis
lately.
General Grant and son returned from West
Point Saturday night, and spent Sunday in New
York.
The Democrats have carried Bloomington. ILL
nois, by 276 majority. Bloomington had hitherto
been radical stronghold.
The captain general of Cuba gave banquet to
the Prince of Coburg and the Due de Penthicore,
On the 10th. 1t is rumOred that their visit has
some connection with Mexican affairs.
Captain Hartstein, who rescued Doctor Kane,
and afterwards took the rescued Resolute out to
H. B. NJ. died on the last day Of March, of psral'
isis, IN Paris, where he had lived since the out
break Of the war.
AS the impeachment trial IL nearly closed
Washington is filling up with ofice-seekers, of
whom there is already large crowd. waiting the
chance to make grand rush upon President
hduc, 10 rOOu As ne Is luhuRuIdteu.
James Hamil and Henry Coulter, of Allegheny,
have signed articles Of agreement to row for the
sculling championship of the United States and
$1,000 side, on the Schuylkill river, Philadelphia,
June Is.
Eight hundred women sang the "Marsellaise
in Marseilles the other day. They were employed
in government cigar mandatory, and as the
tobacco leaves served out to them were too dry to
work with, they chose this way Of asking to have
them dsmpened. The ominous chant threatens
soon to be heard all over France.
Miss A. Harris, of Winston county, Mississippi,
last year raised bale of cotton weighing six hun
bred pounds. The entire work of planting. Guilt
waiting, picking and ginning was done by herself.
The cotton was sold few days age, for 1892,
bringing four cents pound above the average
market price, on account of its superior quality
and cleanliness
There was much excitement in the vicinity Of
Jefferson Barracks. ST. Louis, on the 18th, owing
to the appearance of several dead bodies in the
river. In 1866 there was large number Of inter
ments on Arsenal Island, below the arsenal. A
dyke was subsequently built which changed the
current in the direction where the paupers were
buried, and several collins and corpses were
floating onthe river in the vicinity. Eight bodies
were 6shed out at Carondelet; seven at the Bar
racks, six at Quarantine, and several at other
points continued to be picked up during the day.
Governor Fenton has signed the great under
ground railroad bill, authorizing tunnel from the
City Hall right through to West Chester county.
Engineers say it will practically amount to the con-
siIuction of a subterranean street. The cars are
to be driven by steam, with way stations at inter-
walls. There will be through trains likewise,
whereby passengers may leave the City Hall and
be set down in Harlem in less than thirty min
utes-that is, in about the time that it takes one
to walk from Wall street to Union square. The
tunnel is to follow the line of Broadway.
The following are the names of the persons re
Gently arrested in Columbus by the military au-
thorities, as is supposed, on suspicion Of being
concerned in the assassination Of the notorious
Ashburn: William R. Bedel, Christopher c. Be-
dell, James W. Barber, Alva c. Roper, william L.
Cash. William d. Chipley, Robert A. Ennis Elisha
j. Kirksey Thomas W. Grimes, Wade A. Stephens,
John Wells, colored, John Stspler, colored, and
James McHenry, colored. All the parties have
been released on bond signed by four hundred
of the most influential men of Columbus, including
twenty.four respectable colored citizens.