The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-17
ITEMS BIZ LAST NIsHr,s MAIL.

Mr.. Seymour met with an enthusiastic recep-
ton at Utica, on the 18th.
Frank P. Blair, Jr.. passed Chicago, on the
ION, en- route to the Rocky Mountsins.i
A. w. Griswoid. cashier of Burlington. Yer
mont bank, has been robbed of $50, 900 in govern.
ment bonds on railroad train.
Whartons nickel works, together with the
buildings occupied by the operatives, near Cam.
$4,000.
Washington specials say Seward has purchased
Sonora and Sinalos from Mexico, and negotiated
treaty OF commerce between the United States
and China with Mr.. Burlingsme.
Advices from Detroit say Professor Waters has
discovered new planet in the constellation
Caprieornus. II shines like star of the eleventh
magnitude, and is situated in the right ascension
BIZ degrees and 43 minutes, and in decnation Is
degrees and as minutes south.
IL Is rumored that Senator CONFESS intends mat
fimony, the bride (expectsnt) being Miss Hill.
dretb, the niece of General Butler, q young lady
of rare beauty and accomplishments, upon whose
education General Butler bestowed much care and
attention.
An open buggy, weighing l25 pounds, whose
body is made Of one piece of rubber one eighth
If an inch thick. has just been made at Bridge.
port, Connecticut, and $4,000 has been offered and
refused for it. The running gear is of wood, but
the next carriage made will be entirely of rubber.
A constable who was spending tine evening in
company with his justice Of the peace, at a house
Of III fame in Chicago, on Saturday night, was
shot and killed by the propretress. The ]. p.
the State, and promptly arrested the murderess.
Great International Commercial COnven.
tion" will be held in Portland, Me-, on the 4th of
August TO consider the various projects for In.
cressng the facilities of intercourse between the
interior and the seaboard-to the end, of course,
of making Portland the grand entrepot of the
continent. -
While landing picnic party at a pier in New
York on the l3th,a from steamboat, girl fell
overheard, and policeman in trying to rescue
her was drowned with her. During the excite
ment the guard Of the steamboat gave way, pre-.
cipitatng over dozen more into the river, and it
Is thought several Of them were drowned.
Seven young girls went in to battle 10 East
river, New York, on the evening Of the 18th when
one Of them got beyond her depth, and in her
struggles to escape drowning, dragged three 9th.
ers into like danger. A boy fourteen Yeas old
named Frank Beck, hearing the screams of the
girls, came to their assistance, and succeeded by
persistent diving in rescuing three of the four
The other, named Powers, was drowned
A desperate attempt was made to rob an Adams
Express car on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
near BTownstown, Ind, recently. Five men seized
the engine at BrownstowD, detached it and the ex.
press car from the rest of the train and ran them
away about eight miles. On attempting to enter
the express car, however, they were driven of by
the pistols OF the guard, one Of their number be-
ing wounded and captured.
The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Com.
pany have leased the Nashville and Northve
Railroad. Trains will commence running regu.
larry on Wednesday. The State bonds due the.
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad amounting
10 100000, will be issued to Receiver Clife. The
striking employees of the road had parade on the
18th. in honor Of a settlement of difficulties and
prospect ofspeedy pay. "r"
"A few days ago gentleman visited Wooster,
Ohio, looking for site on which TO locate paper
mill. As soon as his errand was known, the bnsi-
ness men Of the place, instead of raising their
rents and the price of their lots at once proposed
TO funish him. free of cost, suitable site aud a
steam engine TO run his machinery He accepted
the proposition, and is making arrangements to
erect mill that will cost about $35 coo.
young man named Freedland was murdered
by three negroes, Saturday night, in Maury
county, Tennessee. They entered his room, cut
his throat, and hacked him TO pieces. A negro
was subsequently arrested, suspected of being
one of the murderers, and taken to Columbia,
where he was seized by a party of white men.
who took him off and it is supposed killed him.
Two other white men were murdered in Msury
county, Saturday night, by negroes.
woman went to the police station in Portland,
Maine, on Tuesday last, and said that she desired
to be taken into custody, as she had deliberately
put Der husbands eyes out by throwing vitriol
into bis face. An investigation showed that the
parties had quarreed frequently, and at the din
ner table high words passed between them, when
the wife threw quantity of vitriol in his face.
The mans face was badly burned, and his eyes are
closed, but the physicians are not yet able to
certain whether his sight has been destroyed.
A newspaper mar, who was blown some two
hundred feet through the air in steamboat
explosion on the Ohio last March, has just re-
covered enough to be about, and describes his
experience. He Inventories himself: "A bald
spot where the iron missile crushed my skull, q
spi bald eye, q face that resembles q beet,
and over my arms, body and limbs scars
that resemble great slices of fresh beef laid
upon the skin. But, after all, / am yet alive
and getting ready 70 once more pursue the item.
izing business, which you know is vastly better
than being fshed out of the Ohio some torpid
day, with no coroner handy for an inquest"
The maidens of Chicago have learned trick or
two from the married women as to the power OF
the courts. One of them kept her betrothed on
his good behavior by threats Of a suit for breach
of promise. If he was absent from her for two
days there came q note: Darling-If | do not
see you in two hours shall commence the suit.
Thy adoring Marion" Naturally he went. Hshe
wished to go 10 a concert, and he did not profess
q willingness TO escort her, there came a note
" My Own Thornley-The papers are in the hands
of lawyer. Faithfully yours" The youth en-.
dured all this until she insisted on his taking
class in an infant Sunday school and cut of his
imperial. Then he had her arrested for disorderly
conduct.