The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-23
almost as extensive and as proltable to Caucasian


enterprise.
Correspondent of the Pail Mall Gazstte
writes: The Vatican Is still engaged 10 consider
ing the expediency of inviting representatives,
from the Catholic powers TO the Ecumenical Ooun
Gil. The pope has decided the question as re
gsrds Napoleon Ill, and an invitation will be sem
10 the Tuileries; but the holy father hesltates
about the emperor of Austria, whom many OF the
cardinals and prelates have united with the Jesu
its in urging him to exclude. The faction regards
the emperor of Austria accommodated; bat
the pope sees q difficulty in inviting TO the coun
Gil the very Christian aud passing over the
apostolic potentate. As for Victor Emanuel,
nobody mentions his nsme."
RunOr has ii that there is a great GOODNESS be
tween Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter. the
princess royal Of PInss a. The latter Is said to
have urged her mother to desist from her purpose
Of abdicating her crown and retiring to Castle
Rosenau. 10 Thuringa. Her sister Alice, the
princess Of Hesse Darmstadt is said to have added
gre ally TO the estrangemeDt between her mother
and her eldest sister, Of whom she is exceedingly
Jealous. Itis even believed that the queen has
made a WILL in which the disinherts the crown
princess Of Prussia, and leaves the bulk Of her
fortune 10 the Processes alice, Helen and Louisa
bequeathing only moderate sums TO Wales, Prince
Arthur and Prince Leopold.
Prince Napoleon tried incOgnito at Constant
nople and signally failed. He hoped to purchase
a few Persian Injuries at a reasonable price, and
his imperial highness put on shocking bad hat
and brown overcoat, but it would not do. He
was soon recognized aud surrounded by the
veriest pack that ever hunted game down. He
Just bought half as much as be intended, hut paid
imperial prices for the smallest tribes. We have
had the bill Of fare OF q dinner given to the
prince by Abdul Aziz. These unbellevers can
oish up something better than swallows nests,
hut they drank nothing but water, while the
prince and suite had delicious and costly wines
set before them.-IEx
The emperor of The French has another pet in
stead OF his big dog Nero. tits fine black raven
bearing the name of Jean. II used to belong 20
/ IL h 10 IN ami
about the bird, extolling his intelligence and
amusing ways Napoleon said he would like to
form tie acquaintance of Monsieur Jean," and
Madame WaleWska promised to send II down to
| Fontainebleau. When the emperor saw Monsieur
Jean" for the first time, the latter, very grave
looking raven, bent a piercing glance on his ma
| iesty and exclaimed then In a croakng voice,
- Bon jour, ami; bon jour. ANA (which cause
the emperor to burst into fit OF laughter. he
| seut WOid to Madame Walewska that she must let
| him have the bird and :" Monsieur Jean now sits
| perched upon the emperor's window at FOntane-
blesu, condescending TO receive its food at the
| hand OF Napoleon III and rewaTding MN occa-
sionally with patroIlzing Bon jour, anu; Don
jour. ANA :"
| A number Of farmers near Hamilton aud Guelph,
/ Canada, have been victimized in highly original
| manner by party Of ingenious scamps. me
| operators" duly provided with surveyors Oh ain
| ard compass present themselves in the fields near
| house claiming TO be surveying the line for a
new railI Dad the " line y Is made TO run either
| directly through the house, or across the door.
| yard the farmer protested and begged, tue sur
yeyors sympathized and finally, rather than put
| Inn to so much inconvenience, consented to go
| back mile and change the direction sufficiently
| 10 take the road away from the house, II the
owner would pay the thirty or forty dollars fol
| the extra trouble. The proposal was, OF course
| gladly accepted the money paid and pocketed
and The surveyors started their line again through
another mems premises, where the same iarc'
was Ie-enaeted. The ingenious humoug has been
exposed at length, but the victims nave not re
| covered their money.
| A London letter writer says: " Notice has beer
taken in Parliament of the generous spirit shown
by the Philadelphia Library in restoring to The
British government the collection of British 5tat'
papers found in that city. Mr.. Bentinck asked
| that the correspondence relating TO the gift nigh
be published, and the government, through Mr.
Sclstsr Booth, promised that 1t should be. Id
stated what has been before made public u
America that the government had by way Of &C
| knUwleogment sent 20 the Philadelphia Li0rAr.
committee a set, az far as published. OF To-
| ChroI ices and Memorials of Great Britain an
Ireltn and of the Calendars Of State Papers
with fac.similes IN phot0zincography OF IN
| Domesda book and other national manuscripts
being in all one hundred and nfty-six volumes
uniformly bound. This, said Mr.. Scater Booth
was a grateful TecOgui ion Of the honorable an
disinte rested feelings which prompted the gilt Q
the Pl iedephia committee"
Gounod the composer of Faust" and "ROme
end Juiiet," lives in very handsome house In IN
Rue de la ROcbefOucau'd. in Paris. He is yer
POLISHED and cultivated gentleman, has hn'
intelligent, open face, and what with his grace
iul manners and easy pollteness, makes mo-
. winning impression with all those who come
| contact with him. He Is a gentleman OF medu
height strong and broad shOuldered, with blond
bair and full whiskers of the same color. He looh
, | more like German than a son OF the 5out
On y his flashing black eyes are those OF Frencl
| nan. BE IS fifty years old, but looks oonsiderao
. Younger. Twelve or fifteen years ago he vi
| en1 oh furr ohnut in Arpe al
finally determined TO become priest but he b.
8 long since got over that notion, and is now ha
| PLY married to the daughter OF the late Germa
) | plan 81 and professor OF music, Zimmerman,
| next opera will be Francesca dl Rimini."
{ | barber and NJ. Care have written the librett
| and used for the subject one of the books
a | Dsnte's "Divina Comedls." "Frsncesca dl XII
iri" will be performed in about two years at Il
r Partisan Grand Opera.
The following anecdote shows that lovers ca
\ not be too courteous in the means which thu
{ choose for their correspondence. A young nj
had gained access to the house OF one OF Tue rio
est aud most aristocrauc families 10 Paris. de 4
e in love with the only daughter OF the house, trl
!, 10 ingrstiate himself with her in every posslh
o manner and especially always brought her Z
u latest publications. One day the father oil
o young lady came home at an earlier hour IN
!. usual: the ladies still O3 the promenade.
the table lay NJ. de Camors. Octave Feuilie
- latest novel. In order TO while away bis ume, !
} l. old gentleman lakes the book. about which
| has heard a great uedi, huu BahOi
= over it. He is surprised TO find numoer OF vor
|, underlined with lead pencil, " not beautiful pi
= sages," but Insignificant words such as " ~ a
!, your OF and" He turns over one leaf, T.
!, leaves, three leaves. and finds everywhere I
= same thing. Suddenly an idea occurs TO him 4
y fathers having beautiful daughters are excee
ingly keen.sighted In certain matters. He tries
connect the underlined words, and his strih
. | eyes read as follows: dearest Matemoseno
: Wiii-it-insult-yo u-if-I-tell-you- /
|, sdore-snd, ;" in short, love letter of the m
= gushing description, and closing with the sugg
y tive words " Auswer-in-the-next-
Wait, you rascal" cries the father; " v
give you your answer" So saying, he takes lie
' pencil nndernes some words Ia the next chapt
=. :, wraps the book 10 piece of paper, and han is
n 10 his fooiman, wbQm he instructs to take Is b
~ to the sentimental young gentleman. The lat
" opens the volume his heart thrObbing like
~ sitdge hammer. and oh. jos find. that words
y underlined in the next chapter. He reads a.
- lows: "If-yOu-impudent-p uppy-dsre-ag
~ -to-ciO ss-ihe- threshod-Of- my-honse =
- sll-kiek-you-Out-O -the-"indoS.'
n A DOuEsTIcATED OTTsR The Detroit Post ~
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