The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-15
NUMBER 234.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. ETC.

Wntam StelnWay mas an income OF SIS 900.
Prof. Blot is to live in Boston.
Strawberries are . dollar quart in Louisville.
Hecker, The New York farins man, returned an
income of sl2s, ,ss2 last year.
The present population Of Brooklyn Is estimated
at 400, 900.
Seats are to be reserved on the New Jersey
railroad trains
Tom ssyers's presumed legitimate children
have got his property out Of chancery.
Kansas City boasts q man of III as its Oldest
inhabitant.
The Clinton man who had the wrong finger cut
of wants SIS 900 damages.
An undisputed right of woman-the right to
bare arms.-lEx.
String (snap) beans sell for two dollars peck
in New York.
The Princess Baccochi left all her money to
the prince imperial of France.
The empress Of Austria gave birth to princess
at Buds. on the 22d of ADIil-
Parasol umbrellas, sung to the side like swords,
1t is reported are carried by the Parsian ladies'.
Seven bishops preached at Louisville last Sum
day.
Hon. J. S. Black is in Galveston to argue rail-
road case.
Fruit and corn are very promising in Morehouss
parish. The same in 0uachita.
The London papers mentioned an attempt to
murder Home, the spiritualistic confidence man..
The Chicago Tribune and the Cincinnati Ca
zette, both ultra radical, are convinced that the
president will be acquitted
Felis Oates thinks rhad. Stevenss omnibus
bill, whether intended for wheel or for whoa, Ia
only another stage Of the reconstruction game.
Arkansas furnishes artificial limbs to all citi-
Zens of the State who were so MANNED as to re-
qnire them while fighting on either side.
The Sherman House at Chicago, which Is to be
the headquarters of radical delegates, does not
admit colored persons.
Boston has the unenvable reputation Of publish
ing the two toulest illustrated newspapers In
America.
The cats are killing the birds that live in Union
Square, New York, and the police are killing the
cats.
II ia said that Eve was the only woman who
never threatened to 60 and live with her mamma.
And Adam was the only man that never tantalized
his wife about I" the way mother used to cook"
There is one man in the world who can read
Eot's Indian Bible, aud he is J. Hammond Trum-
bull, formerly State secretary Of Connecticut un-
der Buckingham.
Three years ago not an egg or q chicken could
be had for love or money in Arizona. Now the
inhabitants, it is reported, live almost on chickens
and eggs.
sugar-K Kisses-Oh dear how we do miss you
at our end Of the table No desire for food any
more; wouldn't give grost for j..
man in Indiana carries his doorlock in his
pocket for fear that IT will be picked when he
is away from home. There is nothing like being
careful in these days.
DIR. Samuel @. HOWE is editing and publishing a
mon,bly journal devoted to the cause Of Cretan
independence through American Intervention.
The second number is nearly ready. It is called
The Cretan.
The Louisville Courier says OF Miles O'Reilly's
merits as poet: " His Pegasus is q sort of con-
venient hobby horse, with head at both ends, so
that it is impossible to tell in what direction he ID
galloping."
Judge W. S. Oldham died at Houston, Texas, ON
Wednesday week. He was a native CT Tennes-
see, leading lawyer, and represented Texas I'm
the Confederate Senate. At the close of the war
he went into voluntary exile in Mexico.
The Republican reports what it considers the
probable assassination of Capt. Twitchell, OF
Benville parish, a member of the late recon-
struction convention. He started to 90 to Sparta,
but did not arrive there. A search for him only
resulted in finding his horse and saddle.
A reporter upon the Harrisburg Telegraph
spreads himself thusy, In a description Of q char
aeter at a masked ball: "Miss A. II. personated
tambourine girl, delcately.eyed, like those who
whirl and prank on the meads of sensuous and i'm.
perious potentates, while rich music luIls them to
Sleep"
B'ugham's sneer at the length of Evarts's
speech, which he said the author had striven to
ms aka Dnm NAL nal In ffosif
was, remarks agate" an excellent thrust, and
one that Mr.. Evarts deserved; bat 1t did not
come with good grace from man just launch
ing out on a three days speech himself
One of the representatives most urgent for an
immediate adjournment Of the Ohio legislature In
reported to have made very effective speech i'm
the late Democratic caucus. He said: must
go home. always go barefoot In warm weather.
at home but l can't do it here" de voted regu-
lsry for "shortspan," on the Newport bridge
BILL on account Of the danger Of long bridges.
"Do persons ever say improper or wicked
things while under the influence Of laughing
gas," asked Connecticut parson Of dentist.
mot often," was the reply. Soon the parson
was lost to all worldly temptations, and the teeth
were out Suddenly opening his eyes. and at the
same time cIapping his hand to his mouth, he ex-
ctdlUeu' 'Ono loOtn Out! Unyt u-u III II more
amt tt1o gone"
The following n the superscription and text Of
a letter lately received by a merchant Of this
city-"To Sum Hole Sail Grocey Merchant New
Orleans Lous.n The letter reads as follows:
CHARLOTTE DICKSON County, Tnx,l
Apr 28th, 1868. I
Mr.. onesr;
DieT Ser-As I am unerquainted with eney
Merchant Grocer at this time this is the metherd
that take to get up q commucaton | wish to
in quier about the price Of produce such az
poltrey corn or wheete potaters sasserfras tee
root. You will pleas give me q full statement OF
prices by sDsering this you will obligs me.
YOus &c.
Ny Address - Charlotte Tenn.
Gideon Welles, says Washington correspond
ent, goes out on horseback every afternoon, look
ing like gray dervish. He likes the lazy en-
joyment of Office. Seward stays at bone OF
nights, drinking sherry kindly furnished by Mar
shaI Mnrrav Self.enioymeut In the kew of hi1