The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-02
D,roxta PAKAsHArus, ETC.

Geo. Ellis has the Comic Monthly and the Days
Doings foe July, and the New York Mercury.
Henry W. Lougfellow has been elected men,
Der of the London Reform GLIB.
Prince Alfred arrived at Windsor, on the
26th ult. L.-t+-
GeDtemen's seeve-buttons are now male Of
the once COMMON gold dollar piece.
Two deaths from the sting of locus is are re.
ported in the North.
ExCoufederate General Forrest lost 100000
by the war
Basket wagons are the fashion at Long Branch
this season.
The president has relieved Gen. Mcdowell of
the command OF the fourth district.
Thurlow Weed was to leave for Europe yester-
day.
Judge Chase and henry A. Wise have engaged
rooms at the St. Cloud Hotel, New York, for this
week.
Porte Crayon, now fifty years old, has two fine
babies, the youngest five months DID, the other
name David Hunter Strother.
MACK. of the Cincinnati Enquirer, reports that
be gets $4,000 worth Of stock in the concern aud
and $4,000 year.
We are assured by New York contemporary
that Harry Fshnestock, of Jay Cookies house,
has the hsndsomest girl baby on Madison avenue.
Mrs. General Grants travelling costume is a
short suit Of handsome black silk and ash.colored
bonnet.
Mrs. James Gordon Bennett contemplates ira
yelling 10 Europe for two years, when she will re.
turn home.
The New York Citizen says Will Hudson. Of
Cleveland, has been offered 5000 year to go to
New Orleans to edit daily paper.
81 s.s-o
duced the fashion of carrying large white poDga
parasols, which are called "sun protectors"
Thanks TO the steamers Louise, Harlan, Jose.
pine and St Mary, and the Texas Express Com
psny, for favors.
VIM. S. Allen, who has been edtorially con-
nected with the ST. Louis Republican some twelve
years, is dead.
White linen door mats. with deep fringe 10
| cOloTs, are the "genteel things" for country
| drawing rooms.
The wide brimmed, English white felt hats
| which are now 50 much in vogue among young
gentlemen, in New York, are very stylish but no
becoming to every one.
Robert Boz ner has the largest editorial head il
New York, 7s James Gordon Bennett come:
next, and Horace Greeley third-so says Knox
who supplies them with hats.
Agate (Whitelaw Reid) is offered by Horace
Greeley in person an editorial place on the New
| York Tribune. He is an owner of the Cincinnati
Gazette.
Colfax takes only three newspaper men Yves
with him Richardson of the New York Tribune
Bowles, Of the Springfield Republican, and Bros,
OF the Chicago Tribune.
John W. Forneyis trying to sell the Washington
| Chronicle and is said to contemplate a removs
to the Pacific coast He was offered the Baltimore
American newspaper for 100000.
"Swede," of the Cincinnati Commercial, ant
Gath, >" OF the Chicago Tribune, are suspected L
be George Alfred Townsend, who meantime write
for the Cleveland Leader twice week, and sew
eral otLer publications.
The New York Mail heads an account of th'
recent wedding of senator in the following
scandalous manner: "a capital hymen ceremony
Senator Henderson takes Foote, and Miss Foot
l. presented with SON."
Mr.. BuIlingame says the Chinese have NOR
books, encyclopedias. pamphlets, magazines
etc., than any other people. Their principal en-
/ cycloptda embraces five thousand volume:
Have they congressional printing bureau,
Hon. ReveIdy Johnson, the new America
| minister 10 the court OF Great Britain, will sa
| IN m HE DNIL Ol DdlllulOEt On INC is hi angus
| Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and her son faddie will
| among the passengers. She will be under Nj
johnson s protection to Liverpool, where she WI
meet friends.-[N. Y. Times.
The Hampshire Gazette, of Northampton. Mass
now in the eighty-second year of its publication
ecords the dearh of Eliphalet Packard, former
Of Cummin gton, who "bas been regular sul
scriber TO that paper from its first ISSUE" an
observes that sit is doubtful if to the day of h
death a single copy has escaped his notice.
Speaking of the death Of our late citizen, Co
JOSIAH Cole, on board the steamer Crescent Cit.
at Sc a, the New York World says: 4" Mr.. Sims an
Judge McVsy, of Louisiana, with Capt. Holne
| rendered him the last Offices of friendship an
humanity. On the morning Of the 23d, with
sight OF Csrysport Lighthouse, his body was con
mitted TO the sea-"
| Senator Sumner has written a letter TO say thu
| he should welcome the election OF cOmpeteu
representative of the cOlOred race to either h0u:
| Of Congress a. hns triumph of the cause
equal rights. Uuti this step IS taken our succe'
l. incomplete he does not, however, take u
trouble TO say from which State he would like
see a cOOIed me ber elected. Nor does he ind
Cate bis purp Ose 10 secure the triumph Ut eqli
ngbtsN by advocating the election of cOlOre
senator from Massschqsetis IN place Of the "dl
tnguished senator whose term OF service explr'
next MaIch.-LN. Y. Times.
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