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

lug new loTk hop-crop Will yield 0VVVJ oaies.
The onion crop is short.
Gold closed in New York at l44S.
The Academy Of Music was jsmmed las. night.
Thanks TO the officers of the steamer Mary.
Bayard Taylor has returned.
Switzerland has los 900 new breechloaders.
Monogram door knobs are in vogue.
sailor defines q comet az q star sprung aleek
Tennessee has produced 8 milk-giying calf.
Fsrrsgut has arrived at Athens.
How to make strong det--bolt your food
lex.
George French. negro, LOG years old, died at
Poughkeepsie on the 4th.
Silver ore has been discovered in Penobscot,
Maine.
Poor Csrlotta now throws her pillows ont of the
window.
Grapes are ten cents pound in Cincinnati.
If a lady wishes TO have good carriage she
shouldn't ride in one too much.
Nile. schneider's son took prize at the college
distribution of prizes. She went with delight.
At recent autograph sale in London letter
Of WeshiDgton's brought 60 l5s.
The Hoossc bore has had nitro. q ycerine &C.
cdeDt.
New York is anticipating an invoice Of yeloci-
pedes.
The German wine growers are in ecstae,es over
their crops.
s. t. Clarke, of the Tribune, has gone to En-.
rope.
The twenty fourth volume OF the correspond
ence of Napoleon l. has appeared. 1t tells Of the
Moscow campaign.
a son or the duke OF Cambridge has come on to
Canada. A pretty Canadian is said to be the at
traction.
During the sane month, lady and four Of her
daughters, all living in Stowe. Vt, gave birth to
promising heirs.
What in - delays the Hell Gate improve.
ments is the shocking inquiry Of a New York
paper.
Fessenden says when be was treasurer he was
il the tightest place be was ever in in his e ex-
eept when he found himself obliged to vote to
keep the president in his Office.
distinguished chemist has died at Lucerne,
but the telegraph spells his name in SO many diff.
terent ways it is impossible to ascertain who it
is.
Adam Leche, an old and honored citizen of the
parish of St. John the Baptist, died on the ID 10
his s4th year. He assisted under jackson in the
defence of New Orleans
On the 5th Commissioner Rollins nominated the
Georgia and Florida j. R. West, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arkansas.
The Boston Post says It really seems as IL Pol.
lard would be of quite as much service to the
community at large, and possibly to himself, if he
would only sacrifice little of his historical dig.
nifty" and set upa grocery store.
Bonnets have undergone but little change if
anything, the size is smaller than usual. Some of
the latest mportations, made Of velvet are pulled
on the center, with a coronet or diadem in front.
adorned with bead coronsls and trimmed with
tufts of feathers; strings of lace, clasped by a
flower. with long satin ends falling from this lace
to near the bottom of the dress, etc.. etc.
We are pleased to notice that the Fair Grounds
are again open TO the public, free. Beautiful
lawns, fine drive, brilliant autumnal flowers, and
shady grove are its attractions. It is very de-
lightful early evening resort for those wearied
with the dust and din of the city. II is easily
reached by the horse cars, or by excellent shell |
roads.
A correspondent attending the late meeting of |
the Academy of Science at Northampton, writes |
the following:
The prospect of the arrival of the Academy
made some stir among the hotel pr0prietors which |
communicated itself vaguely, even to the lowest
here next week ?' asked a disturbed chambermaid.
was at loss for definition which would be of
use to Der. Finally made the mistake of saying,
: II is an Academy, asocety of gentlemen" lis
{ cattle show ye mane!' SAID she. This
,hambermaid is a person who follows her own
avs OF discrimination. A few days before, when
first looked from my window out on this grand
Iretch of meadow and river and mountain, I ex.
,lamed Involuntary, ooh, what view"
Yes,n she sand, with genuine sympathy in nv
leigbt; It's fine view ye gifts from this winder.
lie can see the jail intrely."
The queen, at last accounts, was enjoying her.
elf very much at Lucerne. John Brown is in her
ute, and is conspicuous as usual by bis Highland
costume. She has her own horses and carriages
rom London and drives about the lake aud the
ills like any other lady out for q holiday Her
majesty dresses in her customary black, and or
inarily wears black straw hat She dimes at
wo O'Clock, and takes supper, German fashion,
q the evening. The irritation of her mius
as been so much subdued that her physicians
commend longer stay. Probably this advice
IIl be followed. as there is no reason whatever
by her majesty should return home. Indeed,
be would hardly be missed-so little do her sub.
,cts see Of her-if she stayed away altogether.