The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-28


and regards his life as public man ended.
"His excellency the president is misnoner,
the official designation Of the chief magistrate Of
the republic. $50 far as he has one, being simply
the president.
Dom Piatt, writing as Republican, says 1--WE
have no end of rogues, and an equal number Of
asses, in our organization, that would steal the
last cent from the treasury, and drive rs to the
devil"
1t turns out that Sue Murphy was not truly loyal,
after all. An army officer writes Ito Garfield that
she used to entertain him with "secesh eloquence"
while her father was in confinement for waving
"secesh fsg." Naughty Sue!
Train has played himself out in London, Dublin
and New York. He had better go to Omaha and
establish horse railroads of invisible iron, with
phantom cars drawn by nightmares.-[New York
Times.
Chevalier French, the aronsut, says he viii at.
tempt to cross the Atlantic in his great balloon,
from New York, next April. He declares he is in
earnest and has full faith in bis success, as have
many scientific men Of Paris.
The point of the following, from the New York
World is not apparent here: "Lambele has re.
turned to her original obscurity Of New Orleans,
and has dragged thither the husband whom she
acquired by conquest in New York"
A Havana letter from well informed Spsniard
to the Journal of Commerce, says that Spain will
never regain her power in the Eastern Department
and that Cuba will be lost to her within year or
eighteen months.
The Gazette Rationale Of Paris, formerly the
official Moniteur, has a significant article showing
that the prince imperial has no right to the throne
of France, as the emperor was elected by uni
versal suffrage and cannot transmit the power thus
obtained.
Among the sights of Canal street yesterday
were two young gentlemen of African descent
who had despoiled their heads of every particle
of wool naturally belonging thereto. Is the col
ored population getting ready for the long i'm.
pending war of races?
Don't let your friends call you I" Doctor" unless
you are an NJ. d. sedste Dsytonian travelling
in Coshocton county. was summoned from his mid
midnight slumbers to attend an urgent and inter.
esting case, happening in the family where he and
his companions were staying.
The Home Journal chronicles, among recent
engagements, those of Mr.. Spencer to Miss Julia
Tyler, daughter of ex-President Tyler; NJ. De.
Bile, Danish minister at Washington. to Miss -,
of New Jersey; Count Luton. Of the Prussian
legation, to Miss Pourtales, of Washington. d. c.,
and Mr.. ]. Gran, the successful opera director, to
Miss Rebecca Levy, daughter Of Arthur L. Levy,
| Esq.,, retired merchant.
Auber was present at Minnie Hanks debut in
| Paris, and, after the performance was over, he
went behind the scenes and congratulated and
| kissed the blushing young lady. Some naughty
Partisan Bohemians pretend to have noticed that
the old maestro is in the habit of congratulatDg
and kissing all good.looking young debutantes,
| even though they have sung execrably.
The following will be among the actors of Ed
win Booths new company: Edwin Booth, Edwin
Adams, (leading business), Mark Smith, Harry
Langdon, Augustus Fennon, Thomas B. Hind, D.
| W. Waller, VIM. E. Drummond, Nelson Decker
and John Chatterson, Miss Mary McVicker, Miss
Fanny Morant Miss E. B. Proudfoot and Miss
Augusta Pitou. Stage manager, Mark Smith.
While Grant and Fsrrsgut were visiting the to-
bacco factory in Baltimore, the admiral turned
the laugh on the president elect when the latter
said smoking was not vice, or the admiral
would smoke" by replying, 4" the general forgets
| that am no longer rice admiral" When after
| passing through the building, both were weighed
and it was found that Farragut weighed Isl and
Grant l55 pounds the old sailor accused the soldier
| of having bummerized four pounds of tobacco to
| make up his weight.
We have received from C. C. Haley, the enter
| prising newsdealer at 10 Commercial Place and
1853 Poydras street, pile Of fresh periodical liter
| ature, almost too ponderous to be catalogued in
our columns, but it comprises, among many
| other things, the following The Tribune, World
and Democratic almsnacs, Old Guard. Catholic
World, Southern Cultivator, Frank Leslie's Lsdy's
Magazine, Field, Turf and Farm, Spirit of the
| Times, American Artisan, Scientific American,
Round Table, Nation, Revolution, the Irish week
lies, several Southern literary weeklies, New
| York and Western papers and the sporting pa
pers. What Haley has not in the way Of current
literature it would be difficult to say.
"Our informant" says the St. Louis Republi-
| can, twas with General Mcclellan, in his parlor
at Washington, one evening, when Pope was fall
| ing back upon the capital, pursued by the troops
| of Lee and Jackson. There came q ring at the
bell, and the servant opened the door, and an
nounced the president of the United States and
General Haleck. Mcclellan rose, received hi:
visitors, and conducted them into an adjoining
apartment. They remained but a few moments
| and then departed. Mcclellan turned to friend
| and said quietly: 81 am in command o.
the army again. General replied the other, q
hope you have not accepted it without proper
guarantees meaning pledges that there should
be no more executive interference in military op
erations. Sir was the response, when The
president of the United States tells me, with tear
in his eyes, that am the only man who can TAKE
command of the army and save the country, it il
no time to ask for guarantees y"
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