The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-26

QdlDL1l Convention OF L1r1zf4us DppO9t1 Z
secret sociefies which meets az Pift-bnrg on The
9Th Of May, j. one on the Action Of the secrei
orders on Christian cisilizston.1 By Senator VII
SOD, OF Massachusetts President Blanchard. OF
Wheaton College. Illinois. has also paper. in pre-
parsfion. on The secret orders Of reli ti0nr aud
President FaiTcbid. Of Oberi.n. will spread him.
selfupon the :. Action Of tie secret orders On So
cial relations"
The vsne npon the Newsfork custom house. i,
il Is said, weighs twenty tons inside Of the dome
u has al Indicator feet long. and over
ole hundred feet above the heads Of the pe0p G
below. The shaft running I'D through the roof l.
forfy-six feet long. The aTr0 90 SIDE which shows
which way the wind blows. i made Of wrought
iron and Is tvenfy-four feet long. and the festh-
cred end u fOnr feet and half vide and ten feet
long. One would think that IL would take some
thing more han zephyr to move this great ma
chine.
Our Western IneisDs play pretty strong g4ms
81 cetiliry, on occasion, but the chgalry Of q ouf
SISTER republic cen disco1nr' them. as the
billiard people say. easily Ooe Of these, named
Leon Chavez. bonors G1sdalsj1rs with an occa-
sioDal visit he Is gentleman of leisure who
seeks little plessurable excitement, cssi0naIlg
IN bfigandage. HIS latest exploit Is thus chro3 !
ieled IN Mexican paper: short tine siace
while attending dance in one Of the San PeTFo
gardens several Of the beautiful daughters Of oar
veaithest families were seized BY large nun
Der Of masked villains and carried away. tn :
morning Inez de T. wac found at the same garden
n latIE mduI4c@ 1cr IAlr lad Dee1 snaTe1. her
breasts cut open, her person vl0lated, and resson
dethroned through her sufieriEgs- She gas neary
naked On her was found letter from Chavez
saying that unles 100000 10 gold Was sent to al
camp IN the mountains westof Gnadalaiara al the
other I've ladies' would be similarly treated rae
money was sent. and after Chavez received ft he
and bis companion tends fen upon the ladies' and
outraged hem They hen tied them on d muies
and seff hem in charge ofthe servant who broGgal
them the money"
L.
stores bieh, extencing one hundred and ninety
feeton Newton street. aud two hundred and al
teen on James street. The Newton street front
ie adorned with towers eighfy-eight feet hizh a.
either end. and one IN the center one hundred and
ten feet high, the roof beng a Manssrd The
interior Is equally well designed. Toe dining
room Is foored with encausic Tile pavement from
the celebrated Waterloo potteries of SfsfT1rd-
shire, England The ST. james is the property Of
n n Bsllou, Of ballou's Pictorial. aud has been
nuils win me earnirgS from the sales Of cheap
literature issued By hhn.
Two danehIers Of Captain Raine, lighthouse
Keeper at Crown Point. were drowned Wednes-
day in an attempt 10 cross Qke Champiain on the
ice. The captain and bis son were saved.
The director OF the bureau Of statistics fnr-
nishes The following official returns Of the imcn,-
grafton al all The Poris Of the United -tstes
during The quarter ending December 81 1851:
The whole number Of passengers arrived was
5G.zl3, II whom IL 7i2 we're citizens of tie United
remsin IN the United S;ates leaving of immi-
grants 6h739 Of whom IS .302 we're males aad
16s51 females Under Is years Of age, ~ sos
is 10 40 years Of age, Al .737; 20 fears Of age ana
over, 1879 Or The whole number Of Immigrants
50 ,915 arrived at New York, 20lS at Boston. 1867
al New Orleans. 1874 at Baltimore. eSf al Port
land, lois az Galveston. AZ 81 san Francisco 102
st Charleston. IA AT Oregon. 81 at PhiiadeiDhfa.
and the rest scattering. OF the whole number Of
immigrants, 245l2 we're from Great Britain and
Ind - -.
France, 1908 from other countries OF Europe, 81
from China and Japan. 1874 from the British
North American Provinces and the rest scatter
ing. There were 6lA5 farmers, 10 GIL laborers,
s5zi meehsnlcs, 1910 merchants. zoos miners. 367
Of professional csiiDgs. 673 traoermen other than
mechanics, andthe rest scattering or not stated
The whipping post still honrishes in Barren
county, Kentucky. James Banch GOT the beneff
OF Il a. Glasgow. the other day. He hsd stolen
four -dollar vest.
A parallel 70 Mr.. Dickens's account Of the den of
thieves. in Oliver Twist, has been found in New
York city, where the police recently broke ID
gang OF thieves. Consisting Of two men tE0,wo-
men and nine boys. who had meeiog place in
Crosby street Here the leader, named Prank
Oliver, maTshailed his followers every morning
and assigned them each district 10 which TO ply
their vocation Each mol ming the newspsoers /
were reed TO ascertain If any large meetings we're
to be bed, and if so. special force was dis
patched to the place. The plumber CONSISTING OF
handed over to Oliver. Who paid a certain per
cent 10 the operators for their services. The or
yanization II seems, was still IN its infancy having
been going on for g little more than month"; Tue
stolen goods found amounted in value TO owe
A new method Of propelling steamboats, is an
by which the steam power is applied d.
'ecuy 10 the paddle wheel. without the iateryen-
bon OF eranks, shafts or walking beams. III
claimed that, besides great economy N power.
his mrfnnI will \ at 10. 4T.-.
ng more space and insuring greater safety THAI |
ne machinery nov IN common use. Apr0p0s, IL
8 announced that company has been formed in
Syracuse 10 build steam ting and apply IL to /
lew plan for towing on the Erie Canal The tug
10 TOW canal boats in teams It is claimed that
he new method will reduce by one half the COS |
II ireiehiiDg and the length OF time bet Feen /
Buffalo and New York.
All the operatives in Sprsgue's cotton mill, at
3alIic, Connecticut, struck for higher wages on /
be lsth- The milI has stopped work.
The New York ab0ru0nisis are able to use the
treet crossings under The present system Of /
leaning, Tor cemetery purposes. A gang of /
aboreIs were sent TO clear the crossing az the 4
orner Of Second avenue and Ninth street. to Il
make 1t passable for a procession. the other day
M found the body of sn infant waich bad the
ppesfsnce Of having lain under the filth for seVe-
al weeks.
Frank Mordsunt was discharged from leading
heater Ia Philadelphia, lately, because be 40.
nsnagenent Tor the balance Of his salary, hold
ng that a. the character be reDresen.ed was BIZ
ykes, q drunken reprobate, he was Just fed in
sonlging IN the ardent before aitemp lag lt-that
etiiDg was IN fact only dressing Tor the part.
.eclsl0n of the court reserved
Tbe charter Of Mountain Lodge, I. O. o. F., at
'Alion, Ga, fell into the hands Of a soldier, a
lembef Of the order, when Sherman sacked that
lace he took IL with him 10 Columbus. Ohio.
nd delivered II 70 q member OF the state Grand
ocge. by whom it was ssnt 10 the Grand Score
ny Of Georgia, and last week, after many ioar.
eyings, the document was restored to tue lodge
hch was reopened and reor gained on the oc-
ssi0D BY the state Grand Master.
The Detroit pa pers complain OF the habit which
reyails there OF throwing diiapidated hoop-skir;s
ITO The cutters, where they are carried 70 the
ratings Of The sewer siaks, and there gather al
Re debris hostiDg in the same direction ,Sin many
stances completely stopping the escape Of
'atef- Many Of the streets owe their flooding BY
e recent rams TO this cause and the authorities
ave since been ~ considerable expense In clear-
g The sewers Of these singular DISTINCTIONS.
a correspondent % the 81. Paul Pioneer
'rtng iron Fort Wadsw0rth, Dakota Terri.
~, March ), gives sad account Of sudsrinr
% starvation among the Indisns WHO came in
% suIrerdered 70 the authorities a. Devils Lax.
~ TALL Near the Black Butte, on the Mouss
yer, here were eighty lodges all Of whom are
resumed 20 hsvs persisted There was also
nali camp at the bern Chefs Bluf.'' rho
ere entirely without supplies. aud no hope il en-
-tained Of any Of them being il ,sstence nor.
be lndisns at Devils Lake are getting nh eno1vh