The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-01

Diptheria prevails to such an extent iu Weston,
Ct., that people fear TO attend the funerals. One
man-lsaac Rhodes-has lost six children within
fortnight.
A Psrisian dairyman has taken an action against
Russian princess to recover f20, the amount OF
his bill for milk supplied 70 the princess's bath.
The latter Gays the milk was not pure. The dairy
man denies the soft impeachment, stating that he
himself poured the milk into the bath, and that
the princess added the water. The trial promises
some fun. ~ Z. .
Advlces from the Danish West Indies say the
people Of st. Croix were anxious for annexation
to the United States, and revolution was threat
sneo If they failed In their ooject. An editor has
been arrested for circulating q petition for an
nexation. The Monongahela Is to be launched
again on the lat of March. 81
The West Virginia Republican State convention,
held at Wheeling, declared for Grant.
A snow stoim at st. Paul lasted from Saturday
afternoon till Monday noon. The railroad trains
were blocked up.
In Morgan county. Kentucky, recently, man
named Isaac Hall was called to the door of his
house and shot He retreated, was pursued into
me house and again shot, aud killed. Within q
few days, number of men have been arrested
and lodged 10 jail at Mount Sterling charged with
the murder. One Of the parties Is Halls own
brother. one his brotherin law and all the others
are his relatives by blood or marriage.
President Caberal, of 81. Domingo, has fed to
Venezuela with his cabinet. The rebel forces
have entered the capital.
Several months since one James II. Leverich.
cashier Of a bank in New YLrk city, became de-
fsulter to that institution in the amount of about
<40O,000 IL was supposed the defanler had gnne
20 Europe, and subsequently il was said that he
had taken mp residence In South America. At
about the same time man and his wife. giving
their names as Durand, went to Detroit, bought
handsome residence. furnished 1t elegantly and
settled themselves to enjoy quiet, comfortable
life. For some reason, Mr.. Durand lately con-
cluded TO visit Europe. and, going 10 New York 70
as = m
h. Leverich. The Detroit papers report that he
has surrendered to the bank the property 10 that
city, and that an attempt is being made to COM
promise the affair.
Mrs. Mary A. Peaslee, an inmate of the Insane
Asylum, at Augusta, Maine, was shockingiy mur-
dered recently by Mrs. Catherine Hurley, an
other inmate, during ft Of frenzy.
The Kentucky papers are disgusted at the re-
appearance of the +" bureau" An order redis-
trictng that State, signed Sidney Burbank. AS.
sistant Commissioner, State of Ken ucky," has
just been issued. and the Louisville Courier says
. y has the appearance OF freedmen's bureau 10
full blast, and looks though that delightful and
very desirable institution, which died a natural
death IN Kentucky, on the 18th inst, had returned
among Us TO stay, and had this time brought its
knitting along. By what authority the defunct
thing u reestabiished, does not appear, and we
are left entirely TO conjecture
The exkng OF Hanover, just bought out by
Prussia, is doing the magnificent in Vienna.
When be rides out two fore riders in black dresses
a Ia Rocco, fol owed by jockeys in scarlet jack
cts. richly ornamented with gold scarlet caps
and powdered wigs, precede the royal sleigh.
which is drawn by two Mecklenburg horses,
whose saddle cloths are covered with gold leaves
aud silver bells, the coachmsn beilg dressed in a
livery OF scarlet and gold. The sleigh contains
the ex king and his minister, and on the back of
it sits footman dressed in the same costly livery
rs the driver Of the vehicle. The sleigh is fol-
lowed by snother pair of jockeys on horseback.
and then by the sleigh Of the crown prince that
was. who sits beside his sister, and holds the lines
himself. The sleigh Of the ex-queen is also pre-
ceded by two jockeys. These follow the sleigh
Of the suite, snd jockeys and valets on horseback
conclude the splendid cavslcade.
One of the Mexican bandits captured rich mer-
chant and sent to his wife demand for large
ransom. 1t was refused and the next day another
messenger appeared with an ear, which the lady
recognized as once upon her husbands head. She
still refused, and the following day another ear
Was sent with the intimation that the gentlemen
would be sent home in pieces unless redeemed in
the lump. This brought out the money but when
the husband returned his ears were on his head.
The question is, where did the other ears come
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