The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-14
NUMBER 2O7.


l $780, 900. and VIII be copplcted h November.
The offssc Of ,. @. Abbott, lawyer, IN Lowell,
Mass. wagsntsred recently sad'robbed Of $4,000
worth of st,ck certificates, bonds, e1c.
Yale College has challenged Harvard for six
| cared bost race at Worcester. 1ass., on the 2fth
Of July. The challenge will be accepted.
Several members Of . Memphis base ball club,
arrested on the charge Of being Euk-luxsrs. sued
he Super,ntendez< Of the police in heavy sums for
false imprhonmepx .'f1slf Fae
An ancient maidss. named Olive s..Floyd, died
In Boston on the lassdsy Of lat mo.>h. shc-wxs
just eighty years old and had lived Is servant in
one family for sixty I've yeas0~ l3 f6fsa,
Persons who have lssf thsir registrssion certid-
Gates, bat whose namesappsar on the l;sts should
make siudsvit to the fass, and they win be per-
I mitted to vote.
I Last year on tEs several raarosds Of New Jer-
sey there were no less thAn one hundred and
tvsnty-fve persons iDjurc5, sevensy-ave or them
| fatally. n +'i ~ |s.1 ~ q t.1..'il s.a..
| Three ncors arrived at New York the other
/ day. Two of them bore he historic names Of;
Abd-eLKsder and N,hom,ss, and being agricul-
turisis, the whole Of them obtained Immediate
| employment from fmmer
| Do nor loose sight Of the fact tEef the main
issue in the coming election is the adoption or re-
DMs
Speaf against IL; work against H. and vote against
it.
The husband Of h0>h Issscs menken Obtained 4
decree divorce agsnst her on the 10th in Chi
csgo, IN the Common Pleas Court, on the ground
Of adultry. committed with, John @. Hoenan. in
New York. m ~
The horn Of sea unisorn was lstely extracted
from the side of the ship Pocat outas, new at
Boston. 1t had passed thrsagh . thickness OF
four and hslf inches of Southern pine. and
about twenty inches In length wss left In the
ship. .... 4.
The Bs1alo Driving lssecatcn appointed July
20, 20, 80 ana 81 the time for holding the great
annual 1ostin9 fair. Premiums anourxoR TO s20.-
600 have been decided or and arranged to suit all
classes Of horses runnisg.. The meeting was In
desnissly postponed. orti W ,nii
Speaker Coifax laid before the Horse, on the
lo'h, the address Of the National Assembly of the
Provisional Government or Crete, asking Con-
Rress for recognition and nia TO secure their CON-
.plsts emancipation and ths independence Of the
island. e i;r
Aavlees are received frora.A,aska to ther 18th
uit- The Aeaith OF the garrison was good. Gen.
Davis had been entertaining some Indian chiefs.
movement was In progress 70 establish seal
fisheries, and 10 was reported tbatanew steamship
=
line 10 San Francisco was soon to be opened.
The nocturnal bsckmen Of New Yorh are called
/" Highthawks" by the gamblers, whose servants
they are. They generally In league with
thieves and pickpockets, and woe 10 the green
horn or drunken wretch whom they induce to
enter their travelling dens. n f1I
Stephen j. MesDy, the well-kno~u Fenisn.
arrived in New York the 10sh, on the steam
ship William Penn, having been released fromk
prison By the British governments ION condition Of
his return TO the United States. He vas accom-
panied to HAVE BY British officers, and . pardon
banded him when he sailed. t5t ar So
A heavy rain fsn in St. Lonis on the night Of
The sth iDst. and the next day, csntnuioe almost
without intermission. 1t froze hard dnrng the
night, and the trees, fences. etc., were heavily
coated with ice in the morning. The frut vas
badly injured in localities, and it 10 feared It
is now utterly destroyed. ..I
Mr.. Conrad Peppenhusen, proprietor Of the
extensive India rubber works in College Point,
Long Island, has made the celebration OF bis dfty
nrst birthday the occasion of .princsly gift to
that tswn Of slOo.o in cash. aud vast area Of
property for religious, educational and social pur-
pores
According 70 . Little Rock special Of the 9th to
the Memphis Avalanche. messenger from Vicks-
burg says that General Gllem ignores in toto the
asse nblage at the capital calling themselves the
legislature Of Arkansas. He, however. says he
has no sushoriy to dissolve that body, and win
not, unless they attempt to seize shs treasury
y joint resolution has passed the Pennsylvania
legislature requesting the president to give pro-
lection to all persons engaged in the gusno trade,
and to cause the government Of 81. Domingo TO
restore the island OF Alta vea, in the Caribbean
c. ~~Lt 49, 49, a
zens. The joint resolution viii be dispatched to
the president q, once. '5a
Some siatistician has published an account OF
Losses by fire and shpwreck during the last
twenty years Number Of fires, 1868; number
Of buildings destroyed. sls, 1855 !, number Of Ship
wrecks. 233s; number OF lives lost, 397,sss;
number of pounds Of Gotten destroyed, l,soi,-
5s2 900; value Of the above property, s27ss,-
AIS 600. s oelt sv .oel..tr io.
The British war Office IL IN receipt OF later dis
patches from the British expedition IN Africa.
General Napier had reashed latiuude H. The
Abyssinaa king is at MagdsIa ready for seige.
His force consisted OF five thousand elective men;
be has also twenfy-six large guns. General Ma
pier had eomplsted plans for genssal assault on
the works. ,a ~ slH 'a stia il
On the evening Of Good FRIDAY IN Chicago, .
ia'ai hcetoept occutiec AZ tne os- mary . Cathe-r
dra conner Of Madison street AID Wabash ave-
nue.. The cathedraiwas densey packed. Dnrng
the services an slarm Of fire vas raised, which
cfeated panic in. the church. and a rush was
made for the door. A portion Of the galleries fen.
and three persons were instantly killed. ali fe-
males. Several Others were severely injured, two
Of whom viii probably die.
Mrs.. Coates. Of Trenton, was in the last car of
train returning from Nav York. when q man
shook handkerchief inpregnated with pun
gent smell over her face, by which she was
instantly ssnderea unconscious. Her money was
taken from her person, and violent effort was
made to Pull heavy gold ring from her hnger-
Her dress was cut and torn, the bosom and
pockets being cut open by the thieves, 1t is
doubtful II she ever RECEIVERS from the effects Of
the chloroform.
The uxinfed rolls Of VOTERS in the several pro