The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-26

"Persimmonses were displayed on the fruit
stands yesterday.
A murderer can be hired at Portici, near Naples,
for two cents.
Fresh oysters at sixty cents per dozen in the
Louisville restaurants.
Hon. james Mann Is recovering from a recent
indisposition.
While in Galena Grant walkei half mile to
attend church.
Tie New York Word reports the Democratic
enthusiast growing more and more intense.
The earl Of Mayo has been appointed governor
general OF India.
highly in portant and beneficial results are eli ]
expected of the meeting at White Sulphur
springs.
n. Tbayer, the French senator Who lately died,
was the son of BostoDian. His mother was
| daughter of Gen. Bertrand.
John Chnaman pares onions without incopveni-
| ence to his eyes by having piece of potato on
| the end Of bis knife.
| The wickedest Man in Cape May eats deriled
| crabs, drinks sulphur water, and dehes Jersey
| hghtainq.-lN. Y. Mail.
| Hon. Harvey W. watterson Of Tenn, is pro.
minent'y mentioned as the future collector Of the
| port of New Orleans.
New York city is flooded with stump tail milk
All milk is slack TAIL" (laoteal. )-LTimes.
The Franklin Banner announces that Charles
Smith, formerly of that parish, and a we'll known
Radical, has come out for Seymour and Blair.
The Blair Knights Of this city are to be made the
| recipients of a magnificent banner at the hands Of
several worthy citizens of st. Louis. descrip-
ion of the banner will be found elsewhere.
Brilliant in conversation, exceedingly shand-
some hospitable to a fault, generous and fascin'
sting to an extraordinary degree, is one descrip-
tion OF Menken, by friend.
Gen. Franklin writes to friend in Vcksburg
that he believes if ''the army who fought could
be mustered to-day, a majority would be found on
the Democratic side"
Chloroforming ladies travelling by night in rail.
way cars is among the most recent amussmentsat
the fashionable watering places, going and re-
turning.
| A lunch.fend at Louisville attempted h XII
waiter for limiting that five plates of soup were a
a trile too many for fellow who never bought a
drink.
club neither popular nor appreciates CLUB
foot Times.
Some strocious joker has doubtless been kicked
b. cripples,n rs he deserved.
Mr.. Henry Henrichs, the great German trage-
dian. will commence an engagement at the New
stsdi theater New York, on the first of Sepiem-
her. and will receive for his services 81 900 per
| night and hall the profits of the house.
Owing to the extraordinary heat during this
summer in Paris, all the tropical trees and plants
have lowered and produced fruits aud seeds, even
the msnlocs, indigo, cinnamon, coffee, banana
and also the cotton plant.
| The New York boss bakers had q target eXcur-
sion the ether dsy.-IEx.
| The oavaraat tast of their ahnOtinQ skill would
have been a target consisting of one of theil
own lOsves.
ID. C. Jones, respectable oolored man Of
Louisville, aud one who has long successfully
transacted business in that city and in New Or
leans, died recently in the former city. He was
b, nefactor of religious and charitable institu
| tons.
If we may believe the rhetorical Burlingame
his Chinese associates were penetrated with "pro
| found grief" in finding the public schools Of Bos
ton closed upon their visit to that city. Ii is to
3 | hoped the Celestials will survive the terribl
| a1liction.
, The Pic. says it has been suggested by en- oil
; resident that in view of the vast number Of pei
s sons who will undoubtedly crowd upon the gale
ries in order TO witness the procession on Satul
day night, 1t would be well to have the support
! looked to. good suggestion.
Mr. Seward has beautiful home in the heart {
! the CITY Of Auburn. He has several acres Of Ian
. laid out in gardens, winding walks and shad
/. groves. His house is an old fashioned one thi
belonged to his wife father, Judge Miller. 1t hi
l. lately been remodeled and enlarged.
Dexter's trotting quarter Of a mile in thirt
/, seconds creates a sensation 10 sporting circle
g His trainer is confident that Dexter will do mi
e in 2:I2 before the end Of autumn. 1t il reports
that Bonner has Just declined 100000 for q
ID horse.
A correspondent of the London Star points o.
., the fact that the American mint juep, pose
Il to be recent invention, was known and a
le preciated in the time of Milton, who wrote
De "Comus:"
a. md fret behold this cordial julsp bs.e,
Wnh spirits Of tain and frAgra At syrups mixed.
Horace Greeley ssys he knew Abraham Linco
more than sixteen years, met him often, talk
with him Familiarity; yet, while multitudes fan
that be was always overlooking with ioeulsr nj
rations or "reminiscences, he cannot rememo
that he ever heard him tell an anecdote or stoI
He thinks Lincoln would not have lived out
official term bad no one sought his death.
Mrs. Stanton says she met several wealt
Quaker merchants from New York; who, shaC
of George Po1 and E las Hicks forgive seem
= know and care q good deal more about
;, street stocks sad per cent than the reforms OF
~ day. Seeing 30 many wealthy friends remind
rs of what we heard Samuel Gurney, veal
-o Quaker banker in London, once say. Being asl
what had becsme Of the Jews that had at
''U time controlled the money market in Europe
-, laugbiDgly replied that I" the Qaakers had dr''
them out.H
.b. The Cincinnati Commercial Of the 2lst contSin
exclusively, what purportee to be full repor
,eh the speech made on the day previous by MT PEN
top at Bangor, Me. Tie Cincinnati h1qu
e,v Of the 22d charges the Commercial With purc
ing its copy of the speecs Of the reposter Of
,no EuquiTer, who had cOpiad il from Mr.. Pendlet
snzscript for the Enquirer. with the understi
,an ing that ii wss not to Ss published 1nt it was
certained that it sg5ssd substantially with
Nh. speech as delivered. The reporter in q1es
had been discharged from the Enquirer for