The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-23
FOREIGN AND PERSONAL ITEMS.

commander in chief Of the forces il india for the
term Of five years. during which period the salary
amounts to 1915 600.
The oak tree near wittenberg, under which Or.
Luther the ref0rmer, burned the edict OF ex 'om-
issued by the pope against him. stands,
and is shown 10 viEitOrs still.
The corporation of Liverpool has erected and
opened to the public plunge bath Of gTeatd imsn-
sions at the small cost of $25 900. and iDaugurated
it by a series of swimming matches for prizes
About, the French novelist, is OF Germsn
descent The name of bis grandfather was Ab-
huber. His father changed 1t into About, which
the French could pronounce more easily.
Alexander Dumas has edited and contributed to
moie thsn one hundred journals. He has written
twelve times much as Victor Hugo, and eight |
times as much as LamaTtne.
Now that old Viennet, the Nestor Of the French |
Acsdt my. is dead. Alexander Dumas, Sr,, and his
son, will be competitors for the vacantseat among |
the forty immortas.p
Alexander Dumas Is at Havre, and was last seen |
at he bull fight 10 a tribune. where he was the |
central point of attraction and OF universal gaze.
He with six beautiful Spanish ladies', all OF |
whom tried TO emulate in attention toward him.
French papers say the vines present q splendid
appearance all over the country, aad, therefore,
a. Thomas Mossstt, French astrolOger, prophe-
sled in l26s, I'VE shall have cheap claret, sad
bless God"
Nine Christian churches, of the primitive By
ZantI style of architecture have been discovered
at Lallibae, the holy city OF Abysslnia which has
not been visited by Europeans for over three cen
tuTes.
The daily consumption Of food in London is re.
ported g. be as follows: 1900 tons of fish. 1900
sheep, 700 oxen, 80 cows 1000 pigs 5000 chickens,
100000 oysters, and about 100000 loaves OF
bread, weighing one pound each.
That the pen is mightier than the sword, is
shown again by the fact that no more challenges
TO fight duels have been sent TO Henry de che
fort editor of the LanterDe, although he keeps on
attacking nearly ali prominent BonaPsrtsts 10 the
most scathlDg manner.
Modern Turkish literature has a great female
poet hose works are entirely unknown to the
people of the 0ccident Her name is Lezda Ha-
yOoIne and she has written Eve volumes of lyrics,
said to be beautiful that they will certainly i'm
moTtaliZe her name.
The high rituastic organ Of London, the
Church Times, Is very muCn put out with Queen
Victoria Tor marketing her sympathy with Pro.
tessntism so far as to send congratulatOry note
on the occasion ef the recent dedication OF the
great monument to Luther.
The scoundrel who, at Liegntz and GOrlitz, IN
| Silesis, engaged young girls of good appearance
as housekeepers, gOvernesses, etc., for the New
| York market, but was found to be an agent of a
| Bremen prOcuTess, who Is doing large trans
| Atlantic business, has been sent TO the penlten'
| tiary for FIVE years The Prussian courts are de-
termined 10 punish all fellows OF this description
| to the full extent OF the law.
| A secession from the Roman Catholic Church
has taken place Esceutly at Vienna, the capital OF
| Austria. The setsders are known as New CaIhD
| lies and have organized as an independent body
| under Rev. Karl August Forsener. They renoun3e
allegiance tO'the pope as sole head of the church,
| abandon the Latin language in their prayers aud
| adopt the Protestant method OF worshiplng God
| in modern languages.
| In the South of France, near Toulouse, there
| was a race not long since between veloclpedist
| and hoIseman, for q distance Of forty I'VE miles,
| which the latter only won by twenty I'VE minutes
| after run of Fix hours. The result, IL 10 said
| might even have been reversed, and the inanimate
have beaten the animate machine, had not the TO =
mer teen mpeded by strong head wind which
| was blowing the whole time.
During the recent sojourn Of Prince Napoleon
al Cons aDtDople, Russian spies logged his steps
| so successfully that the Brussels Nord, the Rus
| sian organ in Western Europe, has been able to
| publi.h very full account OF all the secret nego-
| tatons OF the prince with the statesmen OF Fur
| key. Especially are the remarks IN which be dis
paTaged the condition and power OF Austria, given
a. great length. These remarks cannot but loose
still more The bonds of friendship between Aus
Iria and France.
! Although Count Bismarck il not yet dead, an ar.
dent admrer of bis, Count Lmburg SuTnen, has
erected d monument to him at his eudal estate vi
Peterwtz in Silesia. The monument Is a very
tall pillar, bearing the inscription: % Prgpotea
| It's AuStTiG FlGgeltuLa, JJu'iS BOruSSlR Itade1,
| 1.-THE scoutge of arrogant Austria, the avengef Of
the rights Of Prussia.) II is said that quite mum
Der of BismaTck's admirers will initiate the exam
pie set Them by Count Lmourg.
The great sensation in musical circles will be q
| young laoy from Palermo, who is now studying
at the Milan Conservstoire, and will appear IL
| February next at the Paris Theater des ltaliens
| she is said to possess a finer voice than ethel
| Patti or Nilsson-a most beautiful girl, with al
olive compile xon, large black eyes, and possessed
| of easy, graceful manners. N. B8gier, who wen
to MiisR in order to engage her, says she will be
! cine as famous as Mallbran and Pasta. Her name
is Rosabella ADgln
A letter from Vienna to La Liberte (Pars) say
that private letters from COnsantinODle TEEN will
accounts of Prince Napoleons visit. Never va
foreigner received by the sultan with such dis
! tnctOn. A noteworthy fact is a present o
$40 900 given by the prince TO the Polish resi- lent
at CoDsiantnOple. Gen. lgnatief, the Russial
| minister has also been much excited by the nu
mersus interviews between the prince and SeVe
Pacha, a Polish refugee named Koscielski.
MirsmOn's widow is writing her memoirs, whic
| are TO embrace, also, many posthumous papers 0
! her husband. In some quarters IN Europe It J
! suspected that the announcement Of her work
merely a trick to ext0rt more money from To
French emperor. 1t is well known that SIZE is di:
satisfied with the rentes that have been granted {
} | her and wants large sum 10 hand, which neithe
n Francis Joseph nor Louis Napoleon is willing I
. give her. She is Disguised with court life Ia FL
k rope, and longs TO return to Mexco-
q The highest mountain in the world is the Iv
! Gamin, 20 450 feet The highest peak 10 In
world is Mount Everett, 20,O O2 feet. The hfghes
!. permanently inhabited place in the world
= ladak, Is III feet. The greatest mountain helgt
|, visited by man is beyond Ivy Gamin, y ,359 fee
d Pie highest point at which a man can ascend
u without having his health seriously affected,
!, l6 500 feet. The highest balloon ascent yet mad
is 40, 600 feet.
At the secret printing Office in the Quirinal pa
ace, in Rome, says the correspondent OF the Lor
;, don Post, the printers are putting 10 type %
y programme of matters to be treated of in tn
y council according 10 the decisions Of the six COT
- Eregation of prelstes engaged in drawing up IN
= | propositions. As the different parts OF this PR
grsmne are printed they are sent of to the Cath
e tic bishops, TO give them time TO study the sal
u iects before coming to Rome TO vote upon then
s. The Duke de Sess, husband of q sister OF tt
II hing Of Spain, is speDdthrift BONNER az
rather incined TO the tactics OF the class WI 8r
"a known as "dead BEATS lie obtained 200
IS frsncs worth of jewelry by false pretenses Il
,, other day, and pledged 1t TO other parties 10 ra
y money. By threats the jewellers succeeded
II compelling restoration of their property. h
~ wife mas now had the duke interdicted; that !
70 legally incspacitated TO manage or dispose OF
;. property or business, the wife herself being a
~ pointed guardian or curator.
Is Alta recent sitting of the Paris Academy
u Sciences, PslDieri. OF Naples, sent in cOmmuI
:, cation on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, whiC
% seemed to be on the decline short time ago. b
., which he says, now seems 10 have settled dow
y into state of permsnence, emitting little la