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

this city.
We do not hear that Rev. DR.. Newman has &C
cepted the challenge of Mr.. bennett for fist
tourney. Why not improve this chance, doctor,
ITO prove your doctrine orthodox
"Give u.s." says the wicked old Pcayune," "a
smiling, rosy checked maiden dressed in the cos
tune Of highland lassie." We hope nobody will
be indscreet enough to give the Pic any such
thing.
Capt j. Harvey Mathes, one of the editors of
the Memphis Avalanche, afforded US the pleasure
of his genial presence at the CRESCENT office yes
terdsy. He was about departing for home after
q pleasant bridal tour in the South.
The New York World learns from Trustworthy
sources (" that General Grant is not on speaking
terms with President johnson, and has not been
since the difficulty occurred between them in re-
gard to the reinstatement of Stanton.
letter writer in the South says you cannot go
on cotton plantation in Alabams now without
hearing the command, Senator. start right
smart to your cotton picking; Judge, you go and
bring my horse round )" or. Colonel, have
shoe put on that mule right along"
George Alfred Townsend is Washington cor
respondent of six daily papers, and furnishes to
each two or three letters week. of from one to
column, and makes about eight thousand dollars q
year. He gets up every morning at o'clock and
writes till noon and spends the after part Of the
day in gathering information.
Theodore Titon, in the pious Independent,
speaks of o contemporary religious editor as an
" illustrious Ounce, who walks about in the shoes
of its dull-brsined publisher, and Selling semi
occasional opportunity shovels into its editorial
pages the fms and tails of his ancient and ish-ike
sermons, and fills the remaining gaps with such
current scurrities as he gets time to write in
Pepnsylvsnia Dutch" Theodore
Wendell Phillips says: " The South creates an
ideal Yankee; he does not exist; he never did
exist. The North creates an ideal Southeruer;
be never existed. The United Estates lsvishes
thousands of millions of dollars in an endeavor to
deal with en- ideal Indian; be never existed"
And Wendell Phillips and his coadjutors created
an ideal negro that cost the people Of North
America millions of lives and hundreds of millions
Of dollars worth of property Mobile Tribune.
COL Wyncoop, agent of the Cheyennes and
Arspahoes, has resigned his position, stating as
his reason therefor that he cannot continue in
pursuance nf nrdars IN nnnGregats Indians fn-
gether to facilitate the murder Of innocent women
and children. At the date of his resignation he
was under orders to proceed to Fort Cobb, on
the Washita river, and congregate what Indians
he could of his agency at that point or vicinity.
A Portland paper takes one Of Filoneno's au-
diences to task for satirical applause" during the
time she was struggling to Tree her hands from
pair of very adhesive gloves. Another paper de-
MES that the applause was sasirica, and explains
that FIlomeno twitched away at the perverse
fingers SO pertly, and turned to the house herself
with such jolly smile at her own perpexity, that
the audience were pleased aud gave her little
oUugratuiatury round.
match for Blind Tom has turned up in Vicks-
burg, according 10 the Times of that city. The
wonder referred to, is negro girl, raised in Kinds
county and named Emma. She is about Is years
old, is as black as the ace of spades and does not
know q single note, and cannot spell the simplest
word. She was house servant, and as such was
permitted to play upon the piano. She can play
any piece, however difficult it may be, after hear
ing it played, and her accuracy and delicscy Of
touch is really something very remarkable. For
the past two years she has been employed as a
field hand, and has had no opportunity of playing,
or listening to others play. Her performance on
the piano Is astonishing, as well for accuracy,
delicscy of touch, and brlancy of execution
She can play anything she has ever heard, with
marvellous facility, and seems never to weary of
the instrument.