The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-12
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. Ers.
Detroit has Sc SIS inhabitants.

Detroit has Sc SIS inhabitants.
Seven divorces in St. Louis on the It'll.
Bonner is to build house on Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Lincoln is writing her own " Revelations"
PoloriOus thinks the king Of Abyssinis The
odorous) appropriately named.
Ole Bull returns to Europe in June, but will
again visit us in the fall. l
Felis Oates says that the Hippophagi are set
of people with whom he has no disposition to
a-hlly ate.
this city scornfully rejects tie Picayune as the
proposed Moses of the African race in the
South.
For want of vase Pierre Technic keeps his
flowers in an cid champagne bottle. A good.
naturned visitor recently complimented him upon
the bouquet of his champagne (bottle.)
The newest ear ring in Psris is diamond but
ton that does not hang from the ear, but is put
through like stud and looks like diamond
nail.
1t is admitted on all hands, says Washington
dispatch, that Mr.. Fessenden holds the decision,
in the case Of the president, in his own hands.
Should he vote for conviction there Is little hope
of acquittal; if in favor of johnson. then con.
yiction is out OF the question.
They draw nice social distinctions in England.
Robert Browning the poet, has written letter to
the papers correcting an error concerning the pa
rentsge of his late wife, still more distinguished
poet than himself. Elizabeth Barrett Brown
ing" be says, was not the daughter Of London
merchant, but of private gentleman"
Somebody has counted the number of rs in
late number of NJ. Alex. Dumas's new paper:
there were Dinetytwo of them. He is accused of
Eirua .Ian4 AsoI md ha
sells them to dealers in autographs, and makes
500 TO $3.50 year by the trade. II is said his
daughter, who was divorced from her husband
some years since, Is about 20 appear on the stage.
She looks as if she would make capital Mrs.
Iaudle, or an untamed shrew.-tP Paris Letter.
Mr.. John Brown an American living in Valpa-
raise, Chilli has lent that city $3.50 900 in gold for
internal improvements. II is but few years ago
that he landed at Valparaiso from a ship where he
had worked as one of the crew, and with nothing
but the clothes he had on commenced work as
journeyman carpenter. To-day his property is
valued at five millions. he has an interesting
family, lives in princely comfort and stands at
the head of social and financial affairs 10 Chill.
The first thing the Gar did the day he reached
Paris was to go and see Mile Hortense Schneider
play La Grande Duchess" in NJ. 0fenbach's
bunoonery. He has, since his return TO his do
minions, ordered the press to abstain from any
commentary upon her private life, which is no
model OF virtue. writer here noticed, the other
day, the difference between the conduct of Alex
ander !. and Alexander II. The moment the for
mer reached Paris he FASTENED to visit Madame
de Stael and Madame de krudener. You know
where the latter went-[Par letter.
A New York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger says: Trinity Church corporation has
killed of what is called the Broadway Arcade
Railroad. They sent several experienced engi-
neers to Albany to testify before the committee
having the subject in charge that if an excavation
of fifteen or twenty feet was made in Broadway,
opposite Wall street, the s.eeple of the church
(276 feet hgh) would topple to the ground. This
argument appears to be conclusive. A good many
people would like to have an Arcade railroad. but
nobody would like to toppe over Trinity steeple."
The picnic editor of the Pic picks his way to
all the Park picnics. At one of them on Sstur-
day be was " Immediately taken charge of by
the sweetest little fairy, who insisted on piling
our (his) plate with delicacies, and who antici.
psted our (hs) every wish.' Apropos of
" delicacies," there is. something too much of
them at these sylvan gatherings. Something
palmer and more substantial than cakes, candies
and sugared fruits, would be quite as acceptable
to the boys and girls. Why not treat them to a
modified barbecue Of beef, roasted potatoes and
corn dodgers, cooked on the spot, and while
thereby saving them the misery of sour and dys-
peptic stomachs, show them the efficacy Of pure
air and free outdoor sports in cutivating healthy
sppetites! Who will set the example sug.
gested!