The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-12

Ex-President Pierce was better yesterday.
Business is looking up in Mobile.
Gov Seymour weighs about $50 pounds.
Peaches in New York are ten cents each.
Miles 'Reilly's poems are soon to be published.
Prince Arthur made his debut as public speaker
at the opening of park recently.
Mrs. James Gordon Bennett and suite are doing
Switzerland.
The New York Times pleads for the use Of the
word cable" as verb.
The baby heir to the Greek throne is named
Constantine Henry Demrathenes.
Seven French editors received the cross on the
emperor's fete day.
booster wants a divorce because his wife eats
with knife.
The Memphis police have shut up the keno
saloons.
The Chinese embassy sailed for England on
Wednesday.
COlfsx left Cheyenne for Chicago on wednes-
day.
Gen. John c. Breckenridge and Hon. James n
Mason were in Toronto on the Sth.
Browns last sculling time was the fastest on
record.
II is stated that Gen. Buchanan has his troops
well in hand for any emergency tonight.
Gov. Swami, OF Maryland, has been nominated
for Congress.
Ex-Msyor Heath is visiting brotherdn Maiden,
Mass.
DR.. Newman has been addressing Methodist
-o.-sP rs~~ss,ss - the NORTH
The best illustration of the Grecian bend is a
sea-sick lady paying tribute to Neptune.
A hinge alligator appeared in Charleston harbor
the other day.
Broadway feminines who essay the Grecian
bend are said to resemble poodle dog trying to
walk on its hind legs.
Burlingame has announced in card that he
won't make contracts in the name of the govern
ment of China.
Rev. WA. P. Dillingham;, Universalist, of Maine,
has became pastor Of Swedenborgan church
in Chicago.
Brick" is giving some of his capital Saturday
night talks to the readers of the N. Y. Democrat.
He is strong in pathos he is in billingsgate.
If you want to induce a friend to give up any
unnecessary habit, this is the weather to do it,
lex.
High buttoned vests, high colored plain silk
scsrfs tight trousers. long coats and tapped tai
mas for overcosts, are the fall fashions for gen.
temen.
Washington special to the Picayune says
heavy internal revenue frauds in the Mobile Dis
trict, Ala, reported and that Collector Fuller
left Thursday for New Orleans.
The term csrpetbsgger" was used by the
Missouri press in 1856 in connection with their
notices of the emigrsnts sent by the abolition aid
societies to COLOMBO Kansas.
Singulsr-That the colored members of the Leg
islature who so frequently " rise to pint of or
DER" never elevate themselves to quart of the
same material.
While Frank Burnham was walking in Boston
with Mrs. James Freeman, Jr., Mr.. Freeman pis-
tolled Mr.. Burnhsm and then took to his heels
like man.
There was contrsdicted rumor in Washington
the sth, that the president has been solicited to
send additional forces to New Orleans to prevent
anticipated trouble there.
Mr.. Leon Godchaux, who sells excellent and
fashionable clothing at the cheapest rates, has
sent US a lithograph, from the hands OF our
fellow. citizen Manouvrier, of the fall and winter
styles for ls6s-69.
The lithograph is equal to any from Paris or
New York. Godchauxs large and favorite estab-
lishments are at 81 and SO Canal and 2l3, 2l5 and
2l7 Old Levee street. We speak from experience
when we recommend Godchaux and his goods to
our readers.
1t is remarkable to perceive what a large num-
Der of Incompatible hotels (" cousin Nour.
ma " discovers in his travels. The difficulty of
keeping those, institutions woud seem to be no
longer g proverb. According to the same au-
thorty the railroads are all models in their way,
and C. N" is great traveller.
A Philadelphia policeman found fast youth of
twenty one steadying himself against lsmp.post
the other evening, and, on asking him what he
was doing, the happy man replied: "sir-I (hic)
rm-don't you know, You nig'ramus-I'm prsc'is
ing the Grecian bend, am
We have received 8 specimen Of rice hnlled
and polished by the new Perseverance rice mill,
in the parish of st. Charles, 80 miles above New
Orleans. The mill is owned by Messrs. Steward &
Kip, and is, we are informed, the first ever
erected above this city. Judging by the spec
men before us, it seems capable of performing
its work in the most satisfactory manner. We
trust that the enterprise will meet with due re.
ward.
The New York Mail says that about the middle
of this month there will be grand diamond ball
st the Academy of Music, in Montreal, which will
be one of the most brilliant affairs ever witnessed
in America. There will be great rivalry between
the representatives of different countries to pro
duce the greatest glitter of precious stones. One
lady alone it is expected will wear over half
million dollars worth. This affair is creating the
greatest excitement through fashionable circles.
Townsend Geo. Aired is tall, pleasant,
strangely fascinating, blueeyed boy of some
CHEEKY voice, warm grasp. and lots Of laugh
ter. He can and does write poetry, as all such
enthusiastic souls will, but his "best holt" is
descriptive prose, and in that he is a marvel.
Let old BenWsde, or Evarts, or Fillmore sit down
to dosnd he aast aAHs VI Rsss Tools enough
them of T" as easily as Gustaye Dore ever drew