The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-23
their socsrins BY the modest, logical, kindly Lacy

their doctrine by the modest, logical, kindly Lucy
Stone Blackwell.
Had the lypcbiDg Of the Reno brothers and other
persons said TO have been members of the railroad
banditti which have SO long infested Southern
Indiana. occurred in any Southern seunirecon.
siructed State, says the New YORK Journal OF
Commerce, the outrage would have been at'ribu-
ted by Radical papers to the inextingushabe bar
barism and ferocity Of the native Southerner.
The telegraph says Secretary McCulloch has
ordered the reinstatement Of the recently dis
charged employees of the New Orleans Castom
House, in consequence Of complaints of merchants
that the decrease of force involves delay and
neglect of business.
The treasury agent at Mobile, according to the
telegraph, reports the discovery of $1,000, 900 in
gold belonging to the late Confederate govern.
ment, and that parties were endeavoring to get 1t
out of the country. Secretary McCulloch has
ordered the agent TO take possession.
The Monitsur announces that Lavette has been
appointed foreign minister in place of Moustier;
Fascade minister Of the interior, in place of Pr
nard, and Grissier minister Of police. Monster
has been made senator. Pinard, who has been
removed, is said to be responsible for the recent
severe measures against the press.
At Brooks Higgins wedding in New York the
other day Madame lie Vert and Miss 0ctava LIE
Vert we're present. The former was dressed in
her butterfly dress of white, trimmed with black
lace and diamonds" The latter was in rose
colored silk. No less than three hundred and
seventy. five bottles of Rhodener champagne were
disposed of. at cost of fifteen hundred dollars.
Brick Pomeroy gives as his reason for refus-
ing to employ incorporate men, that he prefers
helping those who are striving to make for them
selves homes by honest labor, before the ones
who would spend their earnings, not for the
identifying of their homes. but for the poisoning
of their bodies and destruction of their sppetes.
Dom Piatt is q good, orthodox Radical, and is
thoroughly acquainted with the character of his
party and its members, whom he compliments as
follows: Possessing more real rascaty than
any organization ever known to humanity, we are
dying of an overdose of propriety. Our thievish
fingers are covered with kid gloves. and we plum
der the poor agriculturists and rob the treasury
with grace and refinement really beautiful"
Congressman, you know. writes "Gath," are
not proverbially classical takers. Too much
good English is dangerous thing in q campaign.
There are, doubtless, very many people 10 Illinois
who have no other objection to Lyman Trumbull
than that he cannot spell prejudice" with
before the j. The most taking thing about Jim
cussipg. He cussed right down to a human
level.n
1t is reported that ex President Pierce was
much overcome by the sad news of the death of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hutchins (by the Ohio dis
sster,) and he is again Frustrated by sickness.
The personal relations between the deceased and
the general were Of most pleasant nature. Mr..
Hutehins invited the general to accompany him.
self and wife to New Orleans. and for several
weeks he thought seriously of accepting the in
vitaton.
"The Indian has passed his day Of grace !" says
G. A. Townsend Up 10 this period it was well to
have made all efforts to compromise civilizations
with the Indian. At last Europe and st. Paul
have come bolt up to the red man. We are his
neighbor. We cannot be savage |; he will not be
civilized. Destiny utters the dreadful verdict of
"VeIy well :" Wei have found that the civil aim
OF the nation is only corrupted by the Indian.
Our indulgence has been gambled away. Our
treasure has been squandered-upon his ig norsnce
like gold sown upon slime no frui. has come Of
it. Behind us all wretched Europe presses. say
ing, "Give rs land 20 Before us the remains
Of barbarism stand arrayed, saying, "The land
is ours and the wild beasts ON which we feed"
Gen. J. A. Early writes from Drummoudville,
Canada, 10 the Morning News to defend the repu-
tation of Stonewall Jackson against the absurd
attacks made upon it in an article by Mr.. Pollard
in Putnam's Monthly. He emphatically denies
that jackson ever proposed so indecent thing as
to send his men naked and armed with bowie
knives into battle. The condition of the weather
on the occasion alluded to and the scarcity of
bowie knives were both in the way. Gen. Early
Jaws Gem Jaeksou (under whom he aerved "a
brigade and division commander) was one of the
greatest soldiers, heroes patriots and Christians
ever produced by any country or age, but the
boldest man'in his strategic movements and his
tactics on the field Of battle. in all the army Of
Northern Virginia, was Robert E. Lee.