The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-17
THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER II 1868.


BE careful of fire.
Miss Thompson is playing in Savannah.
"Jetusalem" tonight at the Opera House.
CaKotta is said to be getting better.
Forrest is Learing at Boston.
M'Ie Bishop is coming home from Australia.
In rsviDg his late publishing firm Mr.. Ticknor
took Out 100000.
Pe,ch blossoms are now seen in every portion
of Fbrida.
Ths speakership is said to lie between Blaine
and garfield. Blaine has the inside track.
Rsserdy johnson carried musket at the battle
Of yjsdensburg. sI 81
There is q good deal of talk of making Carl
Schprz Senator from Missouri.
ID is expected Hannibal Hamiin will succeed
Noiil in the Senate from Maine. as
Matilda Heroine has been doing the pulmonary
drasis in Oswego.- World.
A daughter Of Thomas Il. Benton is said to be
teae hing primary school in San Francisco.
Oliver Dyer, originator Of the "Wickedest Mani
senhstion, has joined the Swedenborgians.
Charles A. Dana is said to be yearning for the
mission to Venice.
Ten new theassrs are being built in 81. Peters.
burg.
F.A. B. continues his very lively and interest
ing letters from this city to the Galveston Civilian
Romero is charged with drawing too heavily on
the Mexicsn treasury.
Ellis has the latest numbers of The Nation,
Round Table and Scientific American.
}'he Houston Telegraph discountenances the
revival of cock-6ghtiDg in that city.
sye have another bundle of California papers
firm our attentive friend Mr.. Charles Bruff.
elsewhere are interesting details of the late ter
rible disaster on the Ohio river.
dickens was Q swift, but rather slovenly, re
porter.
,his said orr street cars will soon be propelled
by compressed air.
IL is rumored that Mrs. Sumner has become
,econciled to Charles, and will soon rejoin him in
Washington.
A Washington special says knowing ones laugh
ut the talk of making Wash5uIne secretary of the
treasury.
Princess salm.Salm has given birth to little
Prince Salm. Salm, who has been christened Maxi
milan Charles Francis Joseph.
Cant. Ed. Terrell, the Kentucky guerrilla, died
lin the Louisville city hospital, on the 18th, from
;old wounds.
Fred. Kornick, of st. Louis, having lost bust.
mess situation in Memphis. blew out his poor, fool
fish brains.
We are indebted to Senator Kellogg for pam
.phlet copy Of the report of the secretary Of the
interior.
Referring to the loss of ship load of calicoes,
Felis says, 1.-THE bark that held the prints went
down."
The New York World devotes nearly page to
the demolition Of Partons argument against smok.
ing.
4. AZ 20 houH
by Ofenbsch, Just introduced to New Workers.
Tostee and Lsmbel6 were in the cast.
In another column will be found Gen. Custer's
report of his late successful battle with the In.
dams.
Mr.. Fields, of the late house of Tcknor Fields,
began his career in that establishment as boy"
his name now stands first on the list.
II ia said mother earth is attempting to initiate
the Grecian bend, which Is the secret OF the re-
cent earthquakes.
Elsewhere are brief abstracts of the reports Of
the secretary Of the interior and the postmaster
general.
Gen. A. L. Lee, VINO has been North to nego-
tate for the sale Of levee bonds, has returned. II
is rumored that he has succeeded well.
Gen. Beauregards engagements prevent his
serving on the board Of engineers appointed to
consider the matter OF CITY DRAINAGE.
1t is said Deacon Andrews, Of Massachusetts,
was " in good spirits when he was consigned tc
the State prison for twenty years. Another
Mark Tapley.
Train is free, and wants an Office. he ba,
brought an action against the lord lieutenant Of
ireland for false Imprisonment, claiming 500 O0l
damages.
A Washington dispatch to an evening contem
porsry says Mrs. Edmonson, tie New Oriean
poetess, is here electioneering to secure Steed
mans Office for COL Edmonson."
Lippincott's magazine for January 10 fine
holiday number, and contains the opening chspte
of brilliant original American novel entities
beyond the Breakers
Col. Charles Case, receiver Of the frat nstiona
bank, b mentioned a. the probable successor o
Gen. steedman, collector Of internal revenue 70
this district .-t... f. -s
Fred. A. Dsckray, who has been nominated b.
the president for attorney general for Florida