The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-02
FRESH JoTTINGs.

Two fools in New York commenced, on 6atur
day, the pedestrian feat of walking one thousand
miles in one thousand consecutive hours.
The New York Herald's Washington correspon-
dent says Judge Groesbeck was the speaker of
to-day, and, that the day is over, the general
opinion is that he has borne of from both sides
the lsurels for argument and eloquence."
Washington specials give rumors that the Fifth
cavalry, Of which General Emory is commander,
is TO be transferred TO other duty, aud that Gen.
Rousseau will be commander of the department Of
Washington.
We had a call on Sunday from MFR. Percival NJ.
MoorehOuse. of Texas, who has just fallen heir to
an estate of about IS 900 600, left by Col. Ed.
Noorehouse who died in New Orleans few years
since. Ii this is not another valentine" fortune,
we congratulate Mr.. ?; upon bis luck.
Monroe Inteigencer, April 80
The sum total of the receipts from nearly all the
collection districts in the United States. proves
the revenue for the last FIVE months to be at the
rate of sl2 900 per year, or $50, ,OOOO 900 less
than the estimate made by Special Commissioner
Wells.
The Washington Inteligencer intimates, in an
authoritative sort of way, that General Schofeld
was informed in advance of the presidents inten-
ten to nominate him for secretary of war,
and that the general consented to the arrange
ment.
The recent avalanche near Cisco, California, it
is asserted, was 6ye or six miles long, and must
have carried with ii mass of snow ten feet deep
and a half mile wide, weighing over five million
TONS Three avalanches occurred in California on
Nsrch 4th and 5th, killing thirteen men and de-
stroyiDg 100000 worth of property.
In addition TO the two hundred gold and silver
medals and diplomas awarded at the Paris Expo
stIon to Americans, and now exhibited in the old
Hall of Representatives, in Washington, one hun
dred more were received on the 2Sth ult. The
distribution will be made in the course of the
week.
Fifteen years ago, Moses L. 0akes, Of Boston,
sailed 10 Havana, and soon after, the lady who
afterwards became his wife, sent him letter en-
closing two gold dollars. Both of the parties
have been dead for some time, but the letter,
with the inclosure safe, was only received by the
young mans father last week.
1t is stated that the Congressional Democratic
Executive Committee has unanimously passed re-
solutions requesting the Democratic National Com.
mittee to reconsider the previous action, and issue
a call for the presidential nominating committee
to meet in New York early in June. 1t is probable
that congressional caucus of all the Democratic
members will shortly be called, for the purpose Of
making the same request.
new process of embalming-the invention OF
Mr. W. R. G. Clark-is attracting the attention Of
the medical profession in New York. The in
ventor obtained the body of woman who died
in February, and, applying this process allowed
the subject to remain until Saturday last, when
seyenty-two days after death-sn autopsy was
made in presence of number of distinguished
medical men and others. The popularity of the
new method is that the revolving process of reno.
voving the thoracic and abdominal viscera, as now
practiced, is entirely dispensed with. In the ex-
animation on Saturday, the brain, heart, lungs,
stomach and intestines of the subject were sue
cessfully examined, and all found to be in per-
feet state of preservation, while the external ap.
pearance was lifeke to a degree that was start
ling The method by which this body was pre-
served is said to be so simple as to do away with
the skill of the surgeon and snatomist, being
nothing more than q wash, which can be applied
by any person of ordinary intelligence, and which,
in addition to its preservatiye powers, is also
proof against contagion.