The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-09
GENERAL ITEMS.

The compromise of frauds on the internal reve-
nue. by the commissioner, II is reported, has been
decided by Mr. Evarts TO be entirely Illegal, aud
that such cases must hereafter be submitted to
the secretary of the treasury and the attorney
general.
A writer in a New Haven paper, over a female
signature, Gays that several ladies' OF that city
"have given little time to collecting the names
of married men aud the vicious women whoruavel
with them" The supposition is that these female
Paul Prys are seeking 10 bring about harvest of
divorces that they may gather some of the fruit
now beyond their reach.
Difficulty is often experimental. turning certain
metallic alloys las of zinc, copper and TIM In a
lathe owing TO their extreme hardness and the
readiness with which the cutting tools become
blunted. IL has, however, been ascertained that
if the point of the tool while in use, be kept con-
stantly mostened with petroleum the work will
proceed as readily as with red hot metal. Steel
tempered TO light yellow has been turned with
the greatest facility by using a mixture Of two
parts of petroleum and one of oil of turpentine.
Connecticut paper s9ys that sixty years ago,
in Norwich. John Cox. an ingenious blacksmith of
that town. made q two-wbeeed velocipede Ia all
respects like the ones lately introduced, and be-
came quite expert in the use of IT, astonishing the
good people of that period by his deXterity in
handling it, going through the streets at great
speed, turning short corners, and performing all
the eyoutons SO much admired in the modern
bicle.
The Marion, Ala, Commonwealth OF late date
contains an account OF the murder OF one negro
woman by another near that place. They got
into fight over piece of lightwood, when one
with dirk knife six inches long, stabbed the
other five times, inilcting wounds, any one of
which would have proved fatal.
Alexander Ferguson, of Chicago, " champion"
quot player of the United States, has offered to
make match with any man for the sum Of $3.50
side the one TO shoot at the hub" mot BOSTON,
with bullets and TO use any frearm he chooses.
while the challenger will pitch quoits at the
object II IL be not more than six inches above tho
level of the Rrouud, thirty shots to be fred aud
thirty uuoits thrown.
The finest structure yet attempted 10 New Eng
land, is nov going up at the head of State street.
on the corner of Court and Washington streets.
Boston. II is of black and white marble. and will
cost more money than was paid for the whole
State of Maine. when it was purchased by those
shrewd buyers years ago. IL will be paid for
with the money belonging to the young millionaire
Sears. i ~
Kentucky schoomaster fell in love with one
Of his pupils, says the Danville Advocate, and
married her, although she only thirteen. As
he used to scold her like the child she was she
went back 20 her mother and he roamed of else
where. After awhile each was informed of the
others death and each proceeded TO marry again.
The girls second choice very kindly died in
year or so, as did the schoolmaster's, when he
married third time only to be divorced. About
two weeks ago this much married couple met by
chance, Joined their fortunes again, and as the
girl has arrived at years Of discretion they expect
TO be happy.