The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-16

in Nevada with an editor Of that commonwealth
who inquired after the health Of Tennyson ana
"Thos. 7. Carlyle" remarking, Them men
ken sling ink, they KEN"
The New York Sun pitches into Ole Bull savage
~ for having given, at the late Philharmonic con-
cert in New York, two long, but not deep, con-
certos of his own, to the exclusion of everything
classical. ,.
Grant stood It all till the Tribune told him
yesterday morning that negro good enough to
vote for him was good enough to be his uls-d-
uis at q ball, and that ran him of.-[New York
World. ~. Is - rrsa.l
Last year Rev. DR.. Tyng's society tst. Georges
and chapels) contributed s230,l33 for various
purposes, while Trinity Church, St. Psul's chapel
and St. Johns chapel, also in New York, uni
teddy contributed but $10s, 1888.
A gentleman stepped into Clarke's the other
day and was examining the latest publications.
Polite clerk inquired If he did not want magazine
to carry home. mo-" was the reply, 81 have one
there already and she is constantly blowing up"
tVicksburg Herald.
The board of trustees of Baltimore rejected the
application of Annie Surratt for the position OF
teacher in the public schools. She Is educated,
and competent for the place, but the board, 1t is
stated, are prejudiced against her religious per-
suasions. rr..If rH .af
Il is stated that John P. Ford and C. B. Bishop.
in behalf of number Of actors, have made ap-
plication to the president for permission to ex-
hume the remains of John Wilkes Booth for the
purpose of reinterring them in some private
burial ground.
Mr.. E. Rice, q former alderman of the city of
New York, and prominently connected with
Northern Railroads, is in town and stopping at
the St. Charles Hotel. He brings the best of let
tiers to many of our best people, and we hardly
need commend him to courtesies which his Gre
dentias will secure.
A London paper Of the 23d Of January, says:
"a curious feature marked the business of Fri.
day on the London Stock Exchange. There was
revived demand for the Confederate loan, which
was quoted at 60 los. The idea that some recog-
milton of these bonds may be given by the Anglo
American commission has brought about this
renewed speculation"
chief of the Carolina Cherokees, is negotiating
for lands in Alaska" and we hope Georges ex-
ample may be followed by others. Land can be
had cheap there now, and, on the very highest
authority, the climate is represented to be de-
licious. Let the Cherokees go up to Alaska, the
Cheyennes follow the Cherokees, and then, what
with selling the islands to the seal companies and
the main land to the Indians, Alaska will prove
frstclass investment.-lN. Y. Times.
Edwin Booth has in his cast of Romeo and
Juliet" an actor, Mr.. W. C. Drummond, who is,
perhaps, the OLDEST member Of his profession
actively employed) in the United States. He
played with Cooke. Kean, Sheridan Knowles,
etc., and there is to be seen an old bill of 1913,
in which Mr.. Drummond's name may be found in
conspicuous part.
Mr.. Beecher's strong denial, in the Ledger, that
the celebrated odd hot story is true, in spite
of two ladies' who assert positively that they heard
him make the remark in the pulpit. has called
forth an anecdote from q Buffalo gentleman which
proves that Mr.. Beecher's own memory is very
poor authority. The gentleman asserts that the
Rev. VIM. II. Millburn once told him that he COM
plimented Mr.. Beecher one day on some remarks
which he had made upon hymn during the pre-.
cedng evening. Mr.. Beecher had forgotten that
he made any remarks upon the hymn at all-was
quite astonished, in fact, and utterly denied hav
ing done anything more than read the lines. If
Mr.. Beecher can forget what he had done within
twenty.four hours, how long can he remember
what he has not done?