The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-20

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| IN. Y. Tribune.
Chang and Eng are married to two sisters. the
daughters of an American clergyman. Each
brother has nine children. The family OF EGG
consists of six sons and three daughters the fam.
lily Of Chang consists Of three sons and six daugh.
tiers. Their first children were born within three
or four days of each other the others at irregular
intervals. Chang's ninth child was born three
months ago.
Mr.. Parton never performs his own writing.
Having carefully mapped out in his own mind
the subject which be proposes to treat be throws
himself upon lounge or in an easy chair and
dictates, while scribe writes. The same is true
of Mr.. Dana, and they both throw off matter with
great rapidity. Their manuscript undergoes very
little correction afterwards.
The bride of General Fitzpatrick s the niece Of
the archbishop and of the secretary of war of
Chill, and was, at the time of her marriage with
General Fitzpatrick, the belle of Santiago. No
lady attracts more attention for her extreme
beauty. She is a brunette, and wore at the inau.
guraton ball dress of crimson satin, trimmed
with lace and crystals, o magnificent necklace
and tiara Of diamonds.
Washington special says the fact has been
came evident to General Grant that A. T. Stewart
could not be retained as secretary, he Immediately
wrote very earnest letter to George II. Stuart,
Of Philadelphia, rendering him the position, and
urging him to accept. Mr.. Stuart replied that his
health was such as absolutely to preclude his 90
ceptance. H~r .tnf
In the Senate chamber notice the feeble and
shattered form of Gov. Brownlow His hands
and feet are shaking terribly and necessarily.
The hands move lthe whole width of the handy at
each pulsation. There Is another case Of shaky
nervousness In the Senate which moves the SYM
patty of all, aso-that of the man, glorious
Gov. Yates. He looks TO be about thirty years
old, with very heavy, coal-black, curly hair, and
as he has not been much In his seat lately, till
within few days, 1t Is thought his nerves will
soon get sieadier again.-[Wash. Cor. Cleveland
Leader. -.----.---.-....-. 80. ri. fr
General Rawlins the new secretary of war; is
young man Of not more than thirty-six years.
and possesses marked and even striking physique
He is above middle stature, of a slender but mus
GUAR and well-knit frame. His head Is carried
slightly forward, and there is q perceptibe stoop
as be walks, which probably grows more from the
weakness Of bis chest than from habit. His head
Is long. especially so between and forward Of the
ears. The features are sharp, face oval, look ag-
gressive and alert, eyes keen, almost piercing
beard and hair full and very black. He speaks
deliberately, like conscientious man, whose
mind has been laden with weighty interests and
those not his OVID. He has q quick and sugges-
tive intellect, and very clear perceptions.-[New
York Mail
The Baltimore Gazette says: To what Mr.. Cres-
well owes his appointment to seat in the cabi-
net puzzles Marylanders to divine. This individual
is recognized here as the veriest weathercock |
that ever twirIed in the political atmosphere. He
has been everything by turns and nothing long. |
He cast in his fortunes with that of the Know /
Nothing marty "a soon IA IL hecana unnar,nost In
his States He took stock with the Democratic
party when 1t regained the ascendsncy. He was
he most uproarious pro-slavery man and secession.
st after most of the Southern States had left the
Union. He became one of the noisiest patriots
md most vindictive loyalists as soon as that was
ound to be the paying side.