The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-20

NitlIs. Ou commencing MS ROUNDS CdrO - RNcu
to each Waterman, which he carries about with
lin. At every station he has to visit is q frame
Of the ssme size at which, at given time,
stamp presents itself and impresses mark on the
pastebosrd. The marks are so arranged that
when the whole are printed they f0rtd one COM
plete design. Any delay or omission on the part
of the Waterman leaves black space on the
card which tells the hour at which the man failed
in his duty. When going of duty the men push
their cards into kind OF letter box. and az this is
done the exact time at which they are deuSered
is printed. All this contrigance IL beyond the
mems CONTROL and there is no possibility of tam
periDg with the mechanism. .-r. q e.. rr.s
Sentence of death has lately bsen passed on so
many persons in Prussia that Reindel, the public
executioner, has almost business than he
can attend to. Fifty nine capital sentences have
been laid before the king for final examination,
and as soon his decision, which. IN most cases,
owing 10 the peculiar strocty OF the murders
con mitted will be simply to confirm the sentence,
Mr.. Rendel will start on his journey. At Posen
he will probably have TO cut oil I've heads: Az
Insterburg mother and daughter. who murdered
the second husband Of the former, will probably
be beheaded next. At Glogau, three persons are
waiting for the eXecutoDer. al Janer Two, at
Bromberg three, etc. Leonhardt, tue RUSSIAN
minister of justice, is an opponent OF capital pan
isbment, and aDxious to have most OF the cuiprita
psrdoned but King William will not hear OF it,
and never grants pardons to murderers who can
not show ct least some extenuatiDg circumstances
Of their crime. ~ .......-..-.
Tie last number of the Autographs contains
specimens Of the handwriting of a number OF
handwriting is very similar to that OF his old OPP
ponent Btust ard what is still more singular,
| there Is strong resemblance between the hand.
writing of the Russian autOcrat and Guiseppi
| Garibaldi. Napoleon the Ill writes hand very
| similar 10 that of his mother HOrtense. The
Emperor Francis Joseph writes small and rather
beautiful hand. Queen IsabeIles penmanship Is
| very poor I; she writes large hand, awkward aud
| ugly. Eugene writes better; her handwriting ID
| OF II edium SIZE, regular and somewhat angular.
| The king Of Prussia writes the strong, legble
Il hop Aof cld Qhan liza md
ing is long, thin and airy. The empress of Austria
| evidently does not write much; her hand Is that
of school girl. Old Gortschakof writes plain.
| legible hand, but the Marquis de Mousuers PEN
! msnship might be greatly improved. DrOuyn de
rHuys and Rouher write large and rather ele-
| CANT hand; their colleague Picard scrawis his
| signature in a perfectly inegble manner. q.
| Mile. Schneider was rather unpleasanuy treated
| by her French landlord in London, M. Daguerrean,
at whose hotel she stopped during her recent So
journ in the British metropolis. After one OF the
| representations of the Grand Duchess OF Gerol-
stein was over, Mile. Schneider gave champagne
| supper, which soon assumed an exceedingly gay
character. When the guests had left Mile. Schnei-
DER one or two hours after midnight, waiter
knocked at her door and said IN. Daguerrean
wishes to see you, mademoiselle." EdNeS e't,
trer," replied the diva Of the sabre Dc mon pere.
NJ. Daguerrean came in and said = " Mile. Schnel-
der, regret exceedingly that cannot keep you
any longer at my house. II has always borne an
| excellent reI utaton, which 1t would lose in case
should tolerate in IL repetition OF such drink
| lIu scenes as nave luSL thke0 place your
NY porter will. tomorrow morning, convey your
trunks TO any place you may Designate The ac-
tress, it is said, responded by throwing tumbler
a. the landlords head.
SouvenieTs,n the following anecdote: " The cell
ebrated dOube-base virtuOso Botesni stopped.
during one Of bis numerous peregrinations through
the United States, with the rest OF his concert
troupe at a hotel in q city whose name have for
gotten. BoltesiDi accompanied by lltte
negro boy, half a child, half monkey, but as DE.
voted 10 him as little man Friday, who loilowed
| him everywhere. Now, the landlord OF the hotel'
in question had but one room to spare. Bottesni:
, | took it, ard said the little negro might look out
| for himself. The virtuoso took a late supper and
, | went TO bed. Next morning be was awakened at,
| daybreak in order to continue bis journey; the,
| case of his double-bsss was put on the shoulders
of porter another took trunk and carpet Dag
and the musicians set out. BOtlesini thought the
could not find him any where. Finally he said to-
the landlord, As you ind the little fellow,
buy bin railroad ticket, and send him after me-.
They reached the town where they were to give a
| concert in the evening. Fortunately 1t was only
six miles distant, three hours ride by rail. For
tunately, too II occurred to Bottesini to examine
the strings Of his double bass. He opens the case.
but there is no double base in IL 10 its stead he
finds in the case the little negro snoring like the
missing instrument The little fellow, unable To-
find bed, bad taken the instrument out of the
case put il into an alcove, and then laid down in
the case Fortunately .here was crack in il, and
thus the boy not stied. Bottesni telegraphedt
. for the double bass which arrived in time for the
, | concert"
| his twenty boys, whom | had met in the large
, | poplar alley near Hohensch wangau, (says cor.
! respondent of the Vie Parisienne,) " Here comes
, | his majesty the kingl" Sure enough, the tale
! youth IN the comfortable gray summer suit and
! | with fine Pansma hat on his head was no othej
, than the sovereign OF Bavera. He is by al odd5i
the finest young sovereign prince your correl
, | spondent has ever seen. He wore no kid gloves,
! | and he held in his hand twig he had torn on
: from a tree, and piucked leaf after leaf from i;
> while humming ditty. When he came up 10 the,
schoolmaster and his boys he stood still, told tbs
: teacher TO cover his head, exchanged few words
: | with one or two of the boys ana then asked all
Of them in a loud voice. my children, are all OF
you industrious at school" The schoolmaste!
replied that he was satisfied with the application
, OF his pupils. "Then, cir" said the king, turn!
+ ing to him, hope you will let the boys have !;
. free afternoon to-day" The schoolmaster wal
only too happy 10 comply with his msjesty's re.
quest; the boys shouted hurrah ~ and the KING
a bowling and taking of his hat, passed on, hun;
: ming sgsin snd pluckiDg the leaves from his twg;
i He looked like student OF German uuiversitys
!, rather than the sovereign Of nearly i've millioi
J, people.
J. There is curious rumor ahoat in the dpOs
!. matte cirles OF Europe, concerning the reasonS
g which induced ueen Victoria 20 ask the Empress
Eugene her influence in favor OF the preseii
. | walton of peace. About three months ago tn,
i empress Of the French, it is said, wrote 10 Quees
n Victoria TO Queen augusta, Of Prussia ard Qdeea
N Isabella, OF SpdlDs 10 the EuptesS ElLAOeAn, VI
IF Austria and TO the Empress Marie Of Russia, thai
ID diplomatic complications Of very grave charac,
ter might aIise very soon, and, unless pai1s wers
+ taken 70 prevent the breaking out of war, E1ropi
a. mipht be on the eve of a terrible CONFUSION Il
d. order TO bring about equitable settlement, shl
al proposed TO the august ladies 10 question: 10 conf
ID 10 Pans and see il they could not agree on certai;
e. CONCESSIONS which their husbands might be win:
IN 10 sanction. The queens OF and empresses I
1t whom this letter addressed, we're requisite.
pr not TO divuge IL 20 the diplomatic adyiset
ID of their husbands. The replies were all unfavo;
g | able to the plan Of the Empress E9genie, viii
of | then wrote q somewhat meuacing letter TO th
r. | queen Of England, in which che deplOred N;
D. dangers to which, she said, the present pOica;
of | situation exposed the peace OF Europe and
vas owing TO this last letter that Queen Victor;
vs. vent 20 Switzerland by way Of Paris and held ?;
nd interview with Eugeule IT'S generahy peheVe'
of that this interview led TO no results whatever
ch Paris correspondent has invented romano
tt, pafor l. Uarried MARI