The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-01
SUNDAY soRNINe, MARcH |. lsss


The Chicago water-works have cost 81, ,7Ol, ,2sl.
London is to have street always.
Minnesota sends ratskins to Europe.
The only infalble prophet-Ytold Yeousough.
Texas is planting castor beans.
The foolish young king of Bavaria has got over
his Partially for Wagner.
Some one calls the time OF squeezing girls
hands the pdhply season of life.
The Bay St. Louis Gazette has sensible New
Orleans correspondent.
Thanks to Mr. J. J. Johnston of fha aissm5r
Lizzie.
g Faust" tonight at the Opera House, and the
"Prophet for the sixth tine on Monday night
Willis used to have his cards engraved, The
wish, but not the time for cal.n
1t is said that the real hair powder Of the day Of
Louis XIV is coming into use again.
Major General Mccall died on Tuesday, at West
Chester, Pennsylvania.
The foundation stone of the bridge to cross the
Mississippi at st. Louis, was laid on the 25th.
A colored girl in Chicago stole two washtubs,
and being detected, made seven unsuccessful at
fempts at suicide.
Mrs. Lander interrupted an impressive scene in
" Elizabeth" at Chicago, to rebuke spair of chat
fering females in proscenium box.
Coburn has opened new house near Central
Park, New York, and gone into training for his
$4,000 fight with McCoole.
A Biddy in Albany stuffed some letters into
hydrant, thinking she was operating on q street
letter box.
II is said many recognized leaders Of fashion 10
New York have ventnred to wear ia public toilets
that exactly correspond with their particular
style of beauty in form. height, complexion and
manner.
DR.. s. G. Howe says whipping in schools is
mere labor-saving machine, and demOraIizing in
all its tendencies. He does not believe that
teacher is competent who cannot govern q school
without the use of the rod.
Rev. DIR. Newman's Advocate has been desig-
mated by the clerk of the United States House OF
Representatives as one Of the papers to print the
laws, etc. The Advocate justiaes the right to
this honor by the statement that " it is customary
for me Of our preachers to read the Advocate
from the pulpit to the people,"
Why, asked Head, are congressman likely to
live TO a good old age expecting that the reply
would be, because death loves a shining mark"
or because those whom the gods love die young"
but Pete replied that it was not reasonable to
presume that congressman could live to good
old age, when there is so much bad-in-age among
them.
Ring, streaked and striped, black and tan.
bones and banjo, reconstruction, constitutional
mopgrel mensgerie, speckled, negro, radical,
constitutional, so-caled, gorlla-bayonet, check
cred, Niger, etc.. are few OF the adjectives ap-
piled to the various so-called constitutional con-
ventons in the Southern States.
The governor Of New Jersey argues that the
ratification Of the l4th article of amendment hay
ing been already made, no further action can be
taken by the State, except the matter be again
Submitted by Congress. No time was set by Con-
gress for the ratification by sufficient number of
States, and. therefore, New Jersey cannot avail
herself of any right to withdraw because Of the
delay of other States.
new arrangement of harness has recently
been patented by our townsmen ]. ]. Smokey,
says the Natchez Courier, which he claims will
at once subdue the widest and most refractory
horse, and yet enable him to be driven at his
fullest trottng speed, without injaring the mouth
The lines start from the thigh and back straps,
thence 10 the head, and passing through rings in
the bit, are again turned back through other
rings. properly placed, to the drivers hand The
fullest leverage power is obtained, with the addi
fional advantage that the horse is not pulling
against the driver, but his mouth is pulling
against his TANKS. Even when urged to his
utmost speed, he can be made to stop in a second
and be rendered powerless of effort. We trust
that Mr.. Smokey will reap golden fruits from his
ingenuity and labor.