The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-27

Some len miles north OF Salt Lake City Is oeli-
ing sulphur spring. II gushes out IN greas so.,
umes at the foot of alimestoDe rock from gu
ture as large as a hogshead and strea!n .uss
would I'll tube foot square. the ws'er Is very
strong. 1t is boiling hot, and stroiiing @o'no"'
often cook eggs in it. 81, 60
In Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday >. HARSH SOU ~
Case & SholI, packers, i've thousand Two huuui ,
and ity sheep for five cents per head, tue seize.
retaining the hides and the purchasers slangutei
ing the animals. The Leader says: mu.'o ..,d =
ceedipg ly cheap at present. Large quanuAes |
of sheep are being slaughtered, as, on account Vi
the scarcity of fodder they will not pay Tor VIII
teripp. Csrcasses are sold in the Market ior Hom
forty TO sixty cents each"
Bepry " ard Beecher went to Boston the otaer
day. ard returning be told his people at FRIDAY
evening PRAYER meeting that the religion OF boS-
ton is as cold as ice. In answer TO question
how be accounted for the frigid theology OF .ne
Bsy State Mr.. Beecher said 1t originated IN tne
dead orthodoxy Of former age. II the furlan
fathers had preached Christ instead OF Calvsnism,
the men who deny the divinity OF the savior
would not now be in power in New England.
A Virginia hunter, one Of party VINO recehliy
killed thirty one deer in five days, brought doEn
big buck and seized his antlers in order to cut bis
threat when the animal with desperate euor.,
rose and lunged at his slayer, both roiiing on
precipice on the mountain side. The hunter held
on TO the horns and was not hurt, the DUCK dyihg
ia his grasp.
The Boston Advertiser. speaking OF the men
now confined in the Dry Tortugas on the charge
of completely in the assassination OF PRESIDENT
Lincoln Gays: Nobody ever conceived tnat Ar
mold was guilty of anything beyond the plot 10
abduct; there .re grave doubts whether Laugh
lin, now dead, implicated further tnan that,
and the commission which tried them UNDERSTOOD
this fully or they would have been sentenced 10
the eaIlows, instead of for life at the Tortugas.
Spangler whose six years. term is now more than
half expired is undoubtedly an innocent man.
knowing nothing OF either plot. Every oooy
who ever examined the matter, except President
johnson, became convinced of this long ago."
The Alexandra Gazette adds to the above: I'VE
believe Dr. Mudd TO be entirely innocent. IL Is
time that this outrage upon jostice and Humanity
should cease"
The schoolmsster has evidently not made his
| presence very familiar to the HuDgarlans. IL ID
stated that the district in that country lying oe-
| tween Pesth and Jasbereny has been lately visited
| by severe earthquakes, which have seriously
| damaged several large public buildings. Hap
! ply however, the local authorities have discov'
| cred the cause Of these phenomena, which they
| announce TO be the prevalence OF the bad habit OF
swearing. Accordingly. the said sapient autnori-
| ties declare that every one, without respect OF
person. who is heard TO swear, Is TO De nned TWEEN.
| fy-ive forms and to receive twenty stripes ana
| everybody who hears another swear 10 requested
| 10 deliver up such wicked earthquake-causer 10
| the police Swearing must be very common In
Hungary, for, despite this ordinance, the papers
state that earthquakes were very prevalent In
| various places near Pesth on the 22d OF August.
| The earthquake in San Francisco Is SAID 10 nave
! been predicted by Prof. 8. NJ. Thorpe, of Ne
| braska College. In letter October 29) 10 the
| New York Express, Mr.. Thorpe states that upon
the evening of the day, some months ago, when
| il was first announced that Vesuvius had broken
into eruption, be propounded the following theory
| as the cause of it, to-wit: That vast mass OF
the crust Of the earth under the West Indies hav-
| ing by some means become detached, had fallen
| into the burning mass below, and had given rise
to the sntecedent disturbances in st. Thomas and
vicinity that the shock had sent rolling ward
an irresistible, although sluggish ocean OF lava
seeking vent that " the phenomenon reported
that morning was the first demonstration, and that
the various outlets of the globe-especisly In the
line OF march--would in regular succession OF
time give similar tokens of the surging commo-
on beneath them J" and more to the same eject.
1t is not agreeable, also, to learn from the pro-
lessor that be fears that our Atlantic coast, from
New York south, must suffer in turn, though he
suggests the consolation that body In motion Is
retarded in proportion TO the distance trayersed.
correspondent of the Revolution, VINO signs
herself ",Heen," is vehemently opposed to the
practice INDUCED in by some women Of allowing
themselves to be called by diminutives instead of
by their Christian names in full. She says: ELIZA.
beth is a stately name but Lizzie is suggestive OF
one who is weak and dependent, however lovely
she may be- Catherine is beautiful and strong; but
Katie or Kittie what burlesque on the origin
al name. So with all pet or nicknsmes- Who
could imagine Miss Anthony doing so ridiculous a
thing as 10 call herself Susie, Think of Hattie
Stowe or Maggie Fuller One Kansas paper had
the hardhood to nickname Mrs. Stanton, Liz. but
it produced tremendous recoil on the editor
| head. One of the correspondents of the Revolu-
ton signs herself Lizzie Leaven worth, NJ d. Now
shall never take any Of her medcines-not one
single homeopathic pill of it'll she calls herself
Elizabeth"
of the falling off in school returns In that State
during the last two years is not on account oil
careessness or mistakes in the return OF the mum.
Der of children, but that the children are be-
! coming less In number yearly, except In manu-
! faot irwin tour mr. Uh InHuy
foreign population. Forty years ago ten children
was common number in family now the ave
rage is but four.
Esquimaux of Labrado has returned to London
This is the ninety ninth yearly voyage TO tina
| nhospitable coast. where the missionaries, ant
at times the native Esquimaux, from the ex
IRENE privations of the climate, depend chief,
| upon the provisions sent out once year by thi
: society.
A gentleman in Taunton, Mass, kept q nam
| moth pear in drawer some weeks, and on takinl
it out, recently, found that it had been excavate
and filed with q mouse's nest In which were iv
dimnutive miee about the size of peanuts, of
pink color.
|, The treasury ring at Washington, it is asserted
relentlessly pursue any member of Congress, n
d, matter what his politics may be, who ventures .
y interfere with its schemes, and in only few in
stances has failed to defeat the reelection of tn
|. honest congressman.
!, 1t is rumored that John Sldell intends to max
" | an EFFORT 10 recover DIS properly III Now Otleau
;. and for this purpose has executed apower of a
= torney to two New Orleans gentlemen. This wa
= acknowledged before Gen. Dix. American minstt
!, in Paris, by John Sidell and his daughter, aud
> Frankfort by his son, before the United Stat,
4 consul there. Young Slidell is clerk in Erla
); gers bank.
- Swiss immigration into North Carolina has bee
= productive of gratifying results. A meeting
, prominent planters was held.at Goldsboro' on Il
:, 18th instant TO adopt measures to encourage ID
4 | migration on q large scale. call was made fl
i. one hundred thousand Swiss, German and Lor
: bard families. besides ten thousand good Date
= laboring families.
% PROPOSAL FOR ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL YAcH
3 RAcE.-It will be remembered that when Il
= American yacht Sappho, in September last, co
n tested with several English vessels in a matt
~ round the Isle OF Wight, the schooner Cambr
IS was the hesdmost winner. Her owner, Mr.. Jam
u Ashbury, learning apparently that the Sappl
n was by no means TO be regarded as the champs
Is of these waters has just put forth a challenge
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