The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-31
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL ITEMS

Galveston has colored conservative club.
Senator Bayard has gone TO Europe.
Greeley reads Ihad. Stevens out OF the radical
The Democrats Of the sixth Ohio district have
nominated Nelson Barrere.
The Senate passed in the course of two hours,
one night recently, ITO private bills.
Allen T. Curtis, formerly OF the New I ork sun,
committed suicide in Chicago recently.
Old Gyascutus Foote has recently written
yery palayering letter to Brownlow-LEx.
Gustavus Horton, of Mobile, has been appointed
probate judge in place Of Judge Rspler.
The Democrats Of the Seventh Congresslonal
District Of Ohio have nominated John II. Thomas.
The Jews of Nashville have organized Demo-
cratic club and passed resolutions opposing Grant
csSah price has. we Learn, been made the pre-.
tended mayor of Mobile by the pretended Cover
nor at Montgomery.
The Abingdon Virginisn announces in almost
every number the withdrawal OF some new " 10y
Christine Zavistowski and her daughters are 10
he among the attractions Of Pixies Opera House,
New York, the coming season.
The health Of John Minor Bolts mas Deen nesry
restored and he will leave Saratoga in few day
for Long Branch, and then return 70 his home.
seba Smith, the original Major Jack Downing,
and husband Of Mrs. Elizabeth Cakes smith, 10
not expected to live rom Ssy 70 usy WA. bela
recently at the Academy OF Music, bIookyn' W
ratify the nomination Of Seymour and bali;
The mother OF President Hopkins, OF Willlsms
College, died on Tuesday of last week at the sa'
yanced age of ninety five years.
There was a grand Democratic rathcanon meet
inc firing Of guns, and Illumination at loerVlhe,
a week ago Monday. A colored Democrstlo eluO
has been formed there. ouo.Ia,
Stevens calls Greeley o scsrecrow. greeley
calls Stevens q blackleg. Forney calls cameron
an old villain, and Cameron declares Forney Is
rascal. Which nobody can deny.
Franklin Pierce wrote q letter to the Demo
cratic ratification meeting in Concord N. d., pro
poupcipg most unequiVocally for the platform anC
The New orleans Republican, fearful lest it'
contemporaries will mistake its true political status
prints huge carpetbag at the head OF lls eo,umaS
Sir Morton Peto and his two partners, Belts and
rramnton passed their last examination IN INT
bankruptcy court, July 6. and were discharged
THEW are at liberty 10 begin business anew now.
There was grand demonsuauon IL Ons nas.a
nm the oath. Speeches were made oy Genera
Hampton, Hon. ]. B. Campbell, Hon. Chas'
Simonton and others. a.,
Miles O;RielIy says that II Is no wonder that
has been not for some time past. "lhe genus
man down stairs has been firing up TO give IN
radical party warm reception. ~.
Rev. Zedekah S. Barstow, u, u, nas Ie ti',
fSom the pastorate at Keene, New hsmpsnn'
after q useful and greatly blessed ministry Oh Ia
The following nominations were sent in. on tn
q7th. William Aiken, collector Of customs
Charleston George h. Patton, OF Iowa, minsts
resident at Ecuador.
fAe LIST Wisconsin heavy artillery, but VINO cou
not legally hold q commission as such, mas Ju
cot her nav by an appropriation OF Congress.
The senate rejected Solomon p. McCurdy =
chief iustice of the Supreme Court Of Utah solC
n, johnson for assistant secretary Of we ueasuf