The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-31
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. ETC.

Vicksburg wants theafer.
"Neither pianos nor children admitted" is the
notice on New York boarding.house BILL
The Great Western Railway of England cost
nearly $3.50, 900 a mile.
Eugene speaks French only tolerably and scolds
in Spanish.
Forty thousand hsres were sent from Germany
/ to Paris for Christmas dinners.
Mobile is to have q wagon and plOw manEac
The ex-king of Naples is dangerously ill at
Rome.
Thanks to the officers of the steamer Louise and
Josephine.
The La Crosse Democrat is deficient of Brick
dust.
New York has had masquerade on ice. Big
thing.
Is it not trife too much to expect the authori.
ties to clear Mudd ..
We can now boast Of two successive beautiful
days.
Seward denies the story that there are any ne.
gotiations for the transfer of Cuba pending.
The Jay Gould party made the trip from St.
Louis to Louisville in eight and two-thirds hours
running time.
An ingenious chap wants TO con tract to keep
the Hudson river from freezing by sinking artesian
wells along its channel.
He has hay.seed in his hair yet," is the New
York slang for legislator whose vote can be
secured by strategy instead Of money.
There ia tiger near Chintagoonta, Madras,
| who has, within year or two, eaten more than
| two hundred natives, and is still at it,
At the recent banquet given by the duke of
Norfolk on his coming Of age, ton and half of
family plate appeared on the table. 80
| Yankee Sunday.scbool philanthropist gathered
houseful of children by circulars which promised
each one attending stick of candy.
| There's q boy in Southbridge whose school
mates wallop him daily, because bis name is
| Andy Johnson.
Why should Irishmen become the richest peo.
| pie 10 the world? Because their capital is always
| Dublin-[ Yicksburg Herald.
Massachusetts, politicians are confident Alexan.
| ander Il. Rice will be secretary of the navy in
Grants cabinet.
thief entered the room Of Maggie Mitchell at
| her hotel in Memphis on Monday night, and stole
her jewelry, amounting to thousand dollars.
The Denton Monitor fstters itself that Northern
Texas is at last rid of Indians but there Is no
telling when the red devils may not resppear.
Mr.. Dickens is to receive from Mr.. Chappell
$4,000 for farewell series of readings in Eng.
land for enc hundred nights.
Report has it that Pike has lost half million
through the failure Of his dyking enterprise It
will not break him. L
Houston is happy over the success in the Texas
convention of its ship channel project Lands
are granted to secure the opening Of the channel
to large ships.
The new favorite shade for full dress is said to
be warm tint of salmon, known as melon, or
more correctly :cantslope color. which lights well,
and suits variety of compilations.
Queen Victoria, 1t is expected. will break the
silence she has maintained since the death of
Prince Albert, by delivering the speech on the
throne on the reassembling Of parliament on
February l6.
A new hand in Boston shop made terribly
rough work in shaving customer. When the
hsgglng ended the victim asked Did you ever
shave anybody befores ," :" Yes, SIR" "Ahi did |
the man liver"
George Alfred Townsend says that as late as |
1861 Forney was on the point of turning him of |
his newspaper for publishing, as a reporter, an |
encouraging account Of the free negro population |
of Philadelphia.
M. Laboulsye has accepted liberal offer to un- |
dertske lecturing tour in the United States. All
bis travelling and hotel expenses are to be paid
and the sum Of sl60 in gold will be guaranteed to
him for each lecture.
Archbishop McCloskey says the church is older
than the Bible, and is the authority for its iusp-
ration. Many other writings not included in the
Bible had also been declared inspired by the
same authority.
The records Of the department show that tweu-
ty.two brigadier generals, hfty-four colonels,
thirty-four lieutenant colones, twelve majors and
three captains are holding brevet rank as major
generals.
A female recently psraded the streets of Chi
csgo, exhibiting above a pair of stout ankles a
skirt upon which the indeble brand of the miller
was still visible +" ninety.s six pounds, extra super
and put up expressly for family
use.n
The New York City says of Hotham, the Con.
cord hermit: We will not dignity him with the
title of crazy, for insane people are more sensi.
bic than this Mr.. Hotham, who will become Cold.
bacon before he gets through with his under
ground life."
The clouds break-the sun shines. As will be
seen from the telegram so kindly sent us by Maj
Ocbitree, the convention has passed the immigra-
tiOn bill. This, we suppose, is the bill which ex.
tended aid to the European and Texas Steamship |
Line, and established also an immigration bu.
|
A dozen of Quaker gentlemen have had an in.
erview with General Grant, at which they pre-
ented their well-kno Sn views of the Indian
question. The general told them that every days
experience confirmed him in the opinion that we
hall have no peace on the plains and frontiers till
he Indian bureau is put into the war depart.
nent.
Last week sleigh was returned to one OF our
iverY stables with ladvis fur collar in II The |
lvery man sent II TO the residence of the man
Who hired the team. The lady of the house said
oid not belong to her, but she would keep il
nd ask Mr.. - how it got into the cutter
imagine Mr.. --'s surprise when the article
Fas [Champlsin Journal.
The New York Commercial Advertiser says:
Mr.. Greeley may continue to proclaim / am
olier than thou He may putter and swagger,
ave and swear, and spit through his teeth liar,
nd villain He may go on humbugging the m.
ophisticsted that he is an honest man and a DO
tical saint but he will never he ahla N nnska |