The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-30
FOREIGN AND Personal ITEMS.

Wagner, the German composer, says that be
has ade by his compositions about 500 O0O
and Re adds, somewhat nGiUeiy. future ages will
doubtless wonder at the small compensation which
be received for so many extensive works.
veteran Of the Paris stage says that Mile.
Tagioni never appeared before the footlights
without drinking some cold beef soup. Nine. Son
tag drank The gravy OF very rare mutton chop
before sbe went on. Nine. AlbOni always took
glass Of Bordeaux. Fanny Elssler drank little
sherry. Nine. Bosio invariably took glass of
orgeat. Aalibran took good draughts Of cham
Two female pickpoekets from London, sttired
in the richest style snd pretending to be wealthy
ladies' from New York, have been arrested az
Weisbaden, where they had formed great many
srstocrstic acquaintanees, and piled their nefari-
Gus trade so successfully, that when they were
finally arrested, the police found a whole trunk
illed with watches, trinkets, portemonnses, etc.,
Dispatches announce the death 10 Paris of the
Rev. Drs Bishop, Of Chicago, lately elected pastor
Of the ST. Johns Church.
In government circles in Paris it is claimed that
the famous list of subscribers to Rochefort's
LsnteIns which was sssed By s the p2ls e. ss tss
coDfscated and which contained the names Of
most of the hyperloyal funetionares, and OF
nearly every shining light among the imperialists,
was spurious and prepared for the purpose of
being seized by the police, in order to excite the
emperor's dstrust against bis most devoted sd-
berents. But Rochefort and his friends say the
emperor may satisfy himself OF the correctness of
the subscription list by ordering the police to
sesrcha at the houses Of the functionares 10 queg
ton for copies of the Lanterne.
Among the wealthy foreign residents of Paris
are ffy negro and mulsttJ families, who hold
intercourse With great many aristocratic French
| families on terms of perfect equality. Nj. Pont-
cherry, wealthy negro from Portau-Prnce.
lives with bis family in one OF the finest houses on
| the Chsussee d'ABtin, keeps half a dozen white
servants and was invited last winter to all of NJ.
| Rouher's parties. He is a millionaire, and has
very fine gallery of paintings and statuary.
Another negro resident OF Paris is Candoris, whose
| father owned large plantation on the island of
| Nauritius. The son sold the plantation, married
| an English woman at Capetown, and went with
her to Paris where be lives nov in brilliant STYLE
r. che of rhe hoidest operators at the B0nrse, and
Is considered very rich. His children are almost
white, and his Oldest daughter young belle Of
| eighteen, Is courted by great many young Off.
GERS and others, who not to care dg for her
colored descent. Belleisle, very black negro,
owns two three large business houses 10 Paris,
where be settled thirtSdve or forty wears ago. aud
made money in the oyster trade. BE Is also mar
ried TO a white woman. His daughters are all
msrried 10 Frenchmen.
Queen Isabella of Spain weighs two hundred
and twenty five pounds. She has become very
hOmely, and when she appears 10 public WIN her
| two eldest daughters, bota OF whom are very
handsome girls the contrast Is most striking The
queens husband is the very embodiment OF stu
| pidity; be looks in his gorgeous uniform like an
| idiot wondering why they have dressed him up so
| nicely. He is always head over ears Ia debt, and
the queen herself is likewise mostly short OF funds.
| The better classes OF Madrid society look with
profound contempt on the royal family. As
proof of the queens unpopuarty at the capital OF
Spain il s said that there is in Madrid scarcely
single girl bearing the name Of Isabella.
Young Prince Milan 0brenowicb, of Servia, had
| at The PaIIs College, which he left but few
| months since, a young friend by the name of Felix
| Ceri.e, to whom he Was greatly attached. Cerse
received the other day the following letter from
| Belgrade "My dear Felx-Now sm prince,
| but that would be no reason for me to forget you
/ I oanA
| The charges on il have been paid. Michael Ill"
Milan lately visited his old grandmother aud said
| to her jocosely, " Grandmother, his highness Is
hungry and Would like to haxs s2mstaes 9sas',%.
n other y replied the lad laughing, /" whenever
dia,ely kiss my hand and am about tired Of that"
| Vsrzip Bismarck's estate, contains twenty i've
| thousand acres, which Bismarck has rented TO
seven ia mefs. He has reserved for his own use
| only the chateau and the park, and the privilege
| of hunting in the forests of and fishing in the
lakes Of which there are several close TO Varzin.
| So be has nothing TO do with farming: The other
day he visited one OF his farmers whose melan,
choly air had struck him for sometime past, and
asked him what was the matter, and II he thought
perhaps be had paid too much rentf /" NO" re.
plied the farmer, but having no capital DO not
| make any headway, and can not make as much
| nroat as I should like to do" Chow much money
| 90 you need?" asked the count At least six
thousand dollars but money is scarce, and IL can
not be borrowed even at the ruinous rate OF 10
moreover, at a low rate of interest,"" replied the
count. Go to my secretary and he will give you
| the money you need"
The impeschment trial has now been taken
| told Of by the German organ grinders. Tney
| immortslize the great Struggle Ia strains OF po-
| etry by no means In cOnsonance win horace's
| rules in the A5S poettc0, and exnDit AZ tne same
| tine large and very coarsely executed OIL paint
! ing on which the principal scenes OF the trial Ee
represeptsd. As regards the accuracy OF the
piciures il is sufficient to state that Andrew
johnson is Represented as attending the trial 10
, | handsome red uniform, while CHIEF Justlce Onsse
| wears a robe Of the same flaming color ana
buRe wig. The last aud most touching scene OF
| the paintings Of the organgrinders Is Andre"
Johnson, stll clad 10 the same crimson uniform
calling down the wrath of Heaven upon ,lt nus ene
| mics Iestiog on his knees and his hands iitted u
r Heaven.
Madame de stsel's grandson, the Prince d
BroQlie has entered the monastery OF 50. sdip'ce
I where he will meet his young friend; the hsrqul
Jnles de BeIIune, (brother Of the duke.) who's
| retirement from the world caused 80 great sen
II sa,ion two years ago.
The King of Prussia is so much delighted viii
% the voice ard singing Of Christns Nilsson N y
has ordered NJ. de Hulson' the manage ., w.. W
I, royal theater, to engage her a. sny price. %
PSuljpe I,ucca is quite oisgusted with the King
at admiration Of Christine Nilsson, and taiks
leaving the Berlin theater. ..
The papers of Switzerland complain bitterly
ts the offensive pride and arrogance which Ouee
Victoria and her children displayed curing tne
soionrn at Lucerne. They say that the Oldest y
! n bitant can moi remember that @ny o. tse ~
| and imperial families that ever VislIeo o"lhe
n | land were ever guilty OF carrying eHclulVebe
a | and ,uperciliousress TO such ridiculous extren
ys | as the queen and her children did. she 80
rounded herself everywhere with Chinese wa
RI without taking the slightest notice OF the gra
lr inconvenience which she thereby caused TO 9th
ut | travellers The Swiss papers intimate We
n. bluptly that a return OF ber majesty to al
mt place IN the Alpine republic is BY no means ae
,se | Table.
ID; A Vienna correspondent says; Much misehi
,ct has been done in Austria for centuries past oy q
zee | vtecled education which toe crown princes ge
IA | erallv receive. The present emperor, hoWeW
TX. seems 10 be determined that his son shall have
| rseson IN complain afaerward OF the neglect OF
las imnerial father IN this respect The empei
no catches with the utmost sOlicltuhe over rue !
ron sons which his son receives, and, while ne e