The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-27
GENERAL ITEMS.

A lucky fellow, at an auction sale on rainy
day. found himself the only bidder, and carried
OF the last page of the marriage settlement OF the
Dauphin, Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette, pear
ing their signatures, as well as those OF Louis
viii and Charles X, all for about dollar and
half. That paper is worth its weight in diamonds
at the imperial archives.
Mrs. J. j. Audubon, the widow OF the naturalist,
for whom an appeal was Cotton up In Savannah,
writes the editor of paper in that city that she
knows nothing of the signer of the appeal and is
in no nesd Of assistance, as she is boarding comior
taby in New York city, and her thirteen grand
| children are Independent OF her.
The Bangor Wing tells q remarkable story OF q
man down at Tenants Harbor, who, being out
| in his dory, fell overheard, and, not being able
| to swim, conceived the idea OF striking bottom,
ewes and bis teeth firmly together, he struck out
| for the shore, until, thinking he must be near
lard, he opened his eyes. and found himself in
| the middle OF corn field.
The interior of Japan is abuudantly watered.
| The valleys are described as exceedingly fertile,
| while the woodlands equal anything on the Amer
lean continent. The camelia japonica is often seen
| growing to an altitude of sixty feet the acacia,
the camphor wood trees, the palm tree, the tall
cedar, the variety Of chrysanthemums, rhododen-
| drons the orange, the fig and pomegranste, are
| on every hand, and add intense beauty and In
terest to the landscape. Mr.. Geo. s. Fisher, late
United States consul to Japan, estimates the po-
| pulation at IS, 000,0 600.
Every one who reads the papers must have no.
| ticed how many aged men " who voted for WASH
| ington" participated in the recent election. II
| may be doubted whether the statement was true
in more than one or two instances. As the first
presidential election took place IN l7s3 person
10 have voted that year must have been born in or
| before 1867, and would now be more than hun
bred years old. No one who is now less than
ninety-seven years of age could have voted al the
second election of Washington.
The managing editors of the Paris daies have
begun TO tell stories about the circulation of each
others papers. ViIlemessant, of the Figaro. pub
lishes list, in which he Intentionally states that
the circulation of his enemy Girardin's paper, the
Lberte, is only between fourteen and fifteen thou
sand copies. and magnifes the circulation of most
of the other papers. Girsrdin revenges himself by
| publishing another list, from which he omits the
Figaro saying that nobody knew what its cifculs-
ton was, there were many lies told about it,
bat the general impression was that 1t was very
limited.
A writer in the New York Tribune states that
in walking down Broadway be saw a man, ap-
pearing to be drunken sailor walk up to beg
| gar woman sitting on the curb-stone, and pretend
ing to be blind, and deliberately kick her. Great
sympathy was aroused, and the woman made very
handsome collection from passers by. She walk
ed down few blocks, where precisely the same
scene was re-enacted. This performance was re-
peated two or three times, when the woman wen'
to her home in Water street, or rather to a beer
shop there. whittier the reporter followed her ane
found her and three or four more blind beggars,
with their sight restored and all rejoicing In the
good luck for the day and in their toddy.
Balleydier relates in his work on Plus the Ninth
the following anecd0te. One day little boy
ebowed his way through the Pope's body -guart
and presented petition to him. II read as fol
lows Holy father, have poor, dear, srck
mother am too young to earn living for hel
and for myself; our harsh landlord threatens Z
eject us II we do not pay him the four dollar.
which we owe him. Oh, how happy four dollar
would make Us. Holy father, lend me the fou
dollars, will refund them to you when an
grown up" He Immediately caused ten dollar
to be handed to the boy. No, need only fou
dollars" exclaimed the little Roman, radiant witt
ioy Plus bent over the child laid bis hand on hi
head, and said in kind tone, /" Take them. m.
child; four are for you, six are for your mother
and until you are grown up, l will pay your hous
rent"
Tie Baltimore Gazette says the line of steam
ships between that point and Bremen, inaugurste
a complete success, and will be speedily followec
by considerable increase in the means OF direc
| | trade.
A travelling dentist visited Brownsville. Tenn,
few DAYS ago, and offered to put in full set Q
false teeth for any one for $40 or $40 to be pal
when the old set was extracted. number q
, persons accepted the offer, paid the $40 and hs
their old stumps drawn out. When their gum
healed and they called for the new set the DENTS
) was non est. The victims will not bite at snothe
humbug soon. -,
A bsudsome California gold nugget, thickl
: yeined and nearly ene-half covered with gold, wa
4 found in the Lincoln tunnel Butte county. abou
|, ITO feet back in the drift. 2500 feet below the to
e OF the HILL and 500 feet above the bed OF the 81
II Bate Creek. II contained about i've pounds {
gold, worth SIS per ounce and its value was abor
q $500.
v Commencing in the northwestern part Of Geo
d cia and running through Alabama to the gulf: ID
d deposits Of iron and coal are found not merely
"a small beds, but in mountains covering ranges {
A. hundreds Of miles. The iron ores are of u
Il purest hematite and are now worked with a Il
" ciity far ahead of ores of the same character
II Pennsylvania. Some Of the furnaces We exau
II iped which are built after the old fashion, al
" making, with cold blast and single tveer pip
IL from twelve to fifteen tons Of charcoal iron Pr
ID day, at cost of not exceeding fifteen dollars p'
ID ton. With such advantages the South COOL
without the aid of tariff control the iron busine
m of the whole country This no doubt may astonii
a | and be received with incredibly by T" iron men