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The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

The FISK OPERA fRoUPE-An AtcfM Sltindy,
At1Gc, hnad and 1h0ler IN a.-There has been
trouble among the members of the Fisk opera
troupe. At the performance of &c La PeTchole, ("
Friday night, M. Aujac was doing the agonized
lover with remarkable energy and success, and
lrms Though the scene was not comic one twas
burlesquing the whole business with her charac-
teristic antics. NJ. Aujac was encored, and began
to repeat the song, when Irms indnlged In some
particularly grotesque movement. He stopped
suddenly, stepped forward, and declared that "a it
was impossible to sing while Madame continued
her betises." There was an immediate shout of
bravo" all over the house. The air was begun
again, and tremendous peal of applause at the
close obliged NJ. Aujac TO give IL for the third
time. He was sfterwsrd called twice before the
curtain; and, although there were a few Kisses
and other demonstrations from the 1rDs party, IL
was evident that the tenor had the sympsthies OF
the house As for the offender herself, she mani
tested not the slightest concern. IL is also said
that Mr.. Tholer, " one of the quetest aud most
gentlemaDly actors" In the troupe, had punched
the head of Birg6eld. the pastoral and mild-man.
nered director. Birgfeld's face was bruised, and
his teeth broken, and by the end of his interview
with the gentlemsnly actor he was insensible.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

CowARDLY SHOOTING OF CoSDUcroR.-At
Peru. Indiana, conductor Theodore Corwin, on
the Wabash and Western Railroad, was shot by
man whom be had attempted to put of his train
for attempting TO steal his passage by hiding in
freight car. After Corwin had got him of the
train. the man said to him 81 know you, think, -
at the same time drawing a large navy revolver
and shooting at him, without taking effect. Again
he fred, the second shot striking his bilI.book aud
package OF papers, passing through both. hit rib
near the heart, from which II glanced AID entered
the abdomen, where it still remsios.
brother of Corwln's attacked the vould.bo
assassin, knocking him down with his lamp, but
be made bis escape, aud after running a fe Tyards
from the brothers he turned and fred the three
remaining loads ct them. neither of them taking
effect. In making his escape he dropped his hat
and package, by which II is hoped he may be de-
tected. Corwin IL in q very critical Condition
with no hopes ofrecovery.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

RENABKABLE EFFIcACIEs OF THE MAD SToNE.-
couple of weeks ago in our Mississippi items y
we published from the Oxford Falcon an account
of the biting, in Lafayette county, of four persons
BY mad dog, and that the parties bitten had
come to Marshall county to have applied to the
wounds the celebrated mad stone in the possession
Of B. A. Milan, ESQ. The stone was applied 10
each of the four persons, and worked to charm.
On one of them IL adhered for eighteen hours, and
could not be shaken of until all the poison was
extracted from the system. We are glad to an.
nounce that DO serious results have followed from
any Of the bites. The cures were remarkable, and
the stone is more valuable than diamond. SIEVE.
raj dogs that were biz By the same dog, ut the
time the parties alluded to above, became mad,
and were kiled--lCrystal Spring (Miss.) Repor.
ter,
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

SEVEN BY NINE FARM NoTEs.-Mr Editor Of
City Topics: There was death and birth on
our " plantation" last night. Dixie's" family Of
three puppies was less by one this morning, the
black member of her family lying stark upon the
rug in an out building. The event did not appear
to affect the appetite of the surviving brown and
white infants, neither did it cause Dixie" to in
termit her customary maternal functions. re.
member, however, that she had made me sn unac-
customed early visit at my bed side, and it might
have been for a word Of sympathy in her beresve.
Inent. Subsequently she was found in the dark
sleeping room Of the cook, where she had evidently
retired TO nurse her sorrow.
The birth was that Of four white pigs. They
came in as quietly as the puppy went out, and
when first discovered, lay upon their bellies,
stretching their limbs and nosing their mother as
Familiarity and unconcernedly as though they had
known her for considerable period of time. The
discoyerer, fearing that one Of them was little
too closely pressed by the maternal corporosity.
entered the inclosure. and was advancing to
apply apropitiatory Utilization when the observant
SOW sprsng TO her feet with an energy and grunt
unbecoming an invalid, and impelled the benevo.
lenty intentioned writer to execute leap to the
outfide of the fence. he looked back fearing to
see a crushed and mutiated family of piggies, but
they were also upon their feet unhsrmed. The
writer contented himself by throwing a handful
of clover to the disturbed family.
Bad weather for gardening this. The ground
is no sooner dry enough to be worked than Jupi-
ter Pluviuss mandatory clay by the shovel and
the hoe," summarily interferes with all horticul.
tural progress. But the fruit trees are enveloped
in cloud of pink and white, and seem to thrive
on the prevailing mud and moisture.
Jefferson City, Feb. IL.
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Don't buy miserable single thread machine,
when you can get first premium Grover q Baker
at the New York price, Hfty-nve dollars, and war.
ranted i've years, at ls2 Canal street.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

THE LATE Col. BRoADwELL.-rhe Shreveport
southwestern, Of the 18th, says: We are pained
to learn from our dispatches Of yesterday, OF the
death OF Col. Broadwell from the deploraole acct.
dent to the i'll fsted steamer Mittie Stephens, on
the lake above this point. or Col. BrOadwell's
birth and parentsge; of his early career and edu-
cation, we confess we know nothing. Then why
any mention of him-why should he not "enjoy
the privilege OF al the weary" as Carlyle says OF
John Sterling, Why should be not sink 10 rest be.
meath the waves OF the devouring lake, never more
TO be mentioned until the drum beats the tattoo
OF the last day Simply because, 10 our short &C.
quaintance, we Recognized 10 the deceased some-
thing above the ordinary level, and beyond the or
binary range OF common men. Indeed, Whatever
bis chances in fe the native energy the ole AZ and
vigorous common sense Of Col. Broad veil would,
10 any age or in any country, have raised him
above the level Of ordinary men. Hence .ais spe-
cal mention, and hence our sorrow, for, indeed il
Is heartfelt sorrow for bis unumely end. Under no
circumstances can man of his character and His
intellect leave this world without leaving a void
not easily oiled. But now, the loss OF such man
ss Col Broadwell Ia far more than the loss Of aa
ordinary individual. IL Is, in some sense, public
loss We deplore II as such, and sincerely sym.
pathize with his immediate friends.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18
JAMES MITCHELL

Buy the only sewing machine at for family use.
the Grover d Baker. Warranted for FIVE years.
Quilter, braider and hemmer given with each ma
chine at ls2 Canal street.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

Keep l. Hogan, 80 Tchoupitoulss street and So
New Levee, keep on hand large and extensive
stock of hardware and cutlery, Jas. Il. Hal &
Co.'s Msyesyills, Ky., plows, sugar and cotton.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

Call and see Keep Hogan, SO Tchoupitoulas
street, Tor hardware, cutlery, plows, hoes. cast
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Maidstone.

CURIOUS AND INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE MOST
REMARKABLE MAIDSTONE PERHAPS IN THE
wORLD.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

Monthly advertisements inserted every other day.
charged tvo-thirds the sbsve rates
First and Fourth page monthly advertisements. each
square, $40 per msnth
Transient Advertisements having the Of the paper.
at s-esn 81 80 each subsequent insertion
70 cents per square.
Fnt and Fourth page transient advertisements. each
Insertion, 81 80 per square
Advertisements inserted at Intervals 10 be charged
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Regular advertisers advertise largely shall be allowed
ssch from above named transient rates be
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An business notices Of Advertisements TO be charged %
ssnts net per line. each insertion
Atransent Advertisements be paid for IN advance
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Insertions viii be published six times and charged accord
ihsy.
All bills with regular advertisers shall be rendered monthly
Asquse is he occupied By lines solid agate.
THE WEEKLY CRESCENT
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Rates OF Adverfisings
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

MAeSoLIA wArER--Superior to the hast Inn
ported German Cologne and sold at half the price.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

One of the newsboys of this city glories in the
euphonious name Of Stuff McGulligsn. No doubt,
by any other name, Mac would smell as sweet !;
but Stuff McGulliganl ye gods, particularly Pace
bus, what pstronymic
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

A gentleman Of our acquaintance was in CONVEX.
sation, yesterday, at corner, near the State Capt.
tol, with the Hon. Blank a member from the fourth
ward of the city. Whilst they were conversing, an
old country gentleman, whose attention had al
ready been attracted by the groups of policemen
and the crowds of negroes around, stopped and
asked our acquaintance ifthose halls composed the
Capitol "Yes. SIR" and pointing to the Hon.
Blsnb-thst whiskered Pandoor and that fierce
hussar-" that is the Capitol, and this is one of
the cspitolists." The embarrassment of the old
gent and the Hon. Blank was complete, and dur
ing the interval our acquaintance took his de-
parture.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

A bill ordering the destruction by fire of the
following State bonds for redemption of State
debt, now before the Legislature, will probably
pass:
81 Bonds issued to the New Orleans. 0pelousss and
he state. ss2 900
IS Bones issued New Orleans, jackson I'd
he 80 - =. D.: IS 600
Rsilread cOmpssy and purchased ~ the Is 800
10 Bonds issued to the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Texas Railroad Company and purchased by the
Bonds issued 20 the Mexican Gulf railroad Com
psny and purchs ed BY the 1000
Bond issued to the Baton Rouge. Crosse rete ard
Optloasas Railroad Company and purchased by the
90 Bonds issued for the ef of the State treasury
parchsfed By the state-s5OO each 5000
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

The bill to license gambling houses lately in
troduced into the Legislature, fixes the license at
$4,000, payable in advance in four quarterly in
stallments, the fund so accumulated to be devoted
to the aid of the Charity Hospital.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

Cripples will commit Irish bulls, like other
people. Last night gentleman was sccosted by
a one-armed boy with please, mister, give me
a nickel !; I've got an arm that l can't use."
" Where is your ARM" asked the gentleman.
I've lost it, sir 4" The nickel was forthcoming.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

We we're handed. yesterday, specimen of leaf
tobacco, which was produced in Sabine parish,
Texas, and from its remarkable Dimensions
measuring no less than &c inches long By IA
wide-we are inclined to the opinion that the
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

Ifthere is anything more graceful and enter
tanning then the sight of Mr.. Moe. the skater,
circling and wheeling about the Academy's stage,
we should like TO see it, The skating scene is
worth the price of admission to Humpty Dumpty's
soiree.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

Lone Star State is destined to become formida-
BILE rival in this respect to the gem Of the An
TILES The leaf referred to is soft, silky aud elias
tic, apparently admirably adapted for the manu-
fscture Of cigars, and reflects considerable credit
upon the locality that gave it birth.
pretty good thing happened in a caffee house
on Camp street, yesterday. according to the in
formation we have received from distinguished
ex recorder of the First District. There was
gathering Of German citizens, when some one OF
them remarked that there were mere niggers in
the Legislature than Dutchmen. The remark was
received with enthusiasm, and was drunk to with
three cheers, including the good old Democracy.
few days ago a beautiful and powerful tow.
boat, the Charles Chandler, arrived at this port
for service on the Mississippi. Yesterday Capt.
Mcclellan invited few choice spirits to accom-.
psDy him on a short trial trip. They left the
wharf opposite the Mint about half past 10 or ii
in the forenoon. and steamed up to Csrrollton.
The Chandler was just in from her long and
stormy voyage from the North, and was 10 no way
fitted for race but, as she steamed up. the
Heroine, rival towboat. left her mooring just be-
low The Pontchartrain depot, in the Third District,
and started also on her upward way. The odds
were against the Chandler, and she was beat. But
the result under the circumstances is no criterion
as TO the speed or power of either boat
ou1naHseah Bill wants to know il q gross insult
must De gwen iAA fimes' He panseth for
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18

on-naHseaA Bill wants to know il gross insult
must De given iAA tmes' He panseth for a
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special dispatch from Washington in the Re-
publican, yesterday, announces that Mr.. ]. Ed
monston. renowned as the colonel commanding
Governor Weiss State militia, has been appointed
internal revenue gauger for the FIRST district Of
Louisiana. 1t viii prove subject Of congrstula.
ton for all peacesble citizens that this distin.
guished soldier has exchanged the sword for the
gsugipg rod, and that bis motto now is, "Lst Us
have peace.r
New-York tribune., 1869-05-28
% NOTHING UNREASONABLE"

Miss Anna Dickinson lectures on this subject
ot Cooper Institute this evening We hope not
IN offend her by few suggestions.
II seems TO us not unreasonable to presume
that an apportionment, allotment, or distribu-
tion of duties, responsibilities, and functions, to
the sexes respectively, which has prevailed III
all ages and among all races and nations under
every conceivable diversity of circumstances ana
of moral. intellectual, and social development,
is bosed on considerations deeply grounded i'll
Nature and the Divine purpose, so that its over
throw can hardly fail to be at once difficult ana
baneful.
II seems TO us not unreasonable to believe
that the relation of Woman to Man which mas
almost uniformly been approved and upheld by
the wise and good, must have originated III
mutual and spontaneous conviction OF htneSs'
convenience, and mutual benefit
II seems to us not unreasonable to pre-
sume that if Women indifferently with Men
sbould be required to fulfill political trusts,
from highest to lowest, then the able and
fearless female soveregns who have relgned
and ruled-often despotcally- the age OF
Semiramis TO our own, would have recOghlzeu
and voted upon that truth.
II scems 70 us not unreasonable to believe
that if it had been best that Women alike
with Men should vote and hold office, that
rule would have prevailed SomeWhere, prior to
the year of grace 1869.
We may be wrong on these points and II
so would like to be set right. We are not
impatient, however, and prefer that Miss Dick
inson should present her views in her own
chosen way, allowing us to gain light on the
nnnnrnl snhicct as we can.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-28
PERU IND MEXICO.

The budget lately adopted by the Congress
of Peru presents surprising figures. From these
it appears the Republic received in customs
$12,33O,GOO, and by sales Of guano $32,39O,9O0
making in all $44, 4,123500. Its expenses are alto
gether $61, ,561 $780, leaving a deficit of $16561,-
S0O The amount of this deficit would suffice
for the honest support Of any State Of Peru
vian Importance. Cuba manages about as well
as Peru in having to pay $33,OOO,OOO at least,
independently of extraordinary war costs, to
the rule of her oppressOrs. Berated Mexico
does much better in having to meet budget
of not more than $22,000,O0O. The deficit of
Mexico is one-third and that of Peru One-fourth
of expenses, to meet which the former Repub-
lie is about to issue paper to certain extent
and the latter to borrow in Europe.
The war budget of the two Republics is
nearly the same that is to say, about S11, ,OOO,OOO
a fact which is not to the credit of Peru espe-
cially. The Home Department of the latter
spends the large sum of S13,724,227 in year,
while its finances are carried on at a cost of
1872, 100000, including the heavy sum of $12,-
100000 paid for service of the loan Of 1865. 1t
would not be safe to say, at this formidable
rate of expenditures, that the financial Obliga-
tions of Peru are in the most desirable cOndl-
ton. Mexico is much less expensive IN the
items of her budget and, allowing for her
career and condition, has of late administered
her revenues with greater care and economy.
A few feasible taxes, including those of Gus
tom Houses and mines, keep Mexico from ruin.
Peruvian credit is mainly established on guanO.
The interest of debt of more than $780,
COO 600 adds somewhat to the immediate burden
of Mexican Obligations and we hear that Uni
ted States claims to the extent of SGO,OOOOOO
will be presented before international Commits
sioners These claims will in part represent
that swarm of fraud and greed most anxious
that the United States shall become the great
est claimants Of all, and seize Mexico whole
sale in payment of her debts Of the supposed
sixty millions of claims, fifty-eight will stand
fair chance of being condemned, and possibly
ought to be.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-28
,J1UAICA REVIVING.

According to all accounts affairs at Jamaica
are beginning to exhibit pleasing signs OF re-
turning prosperity. For the first time in great
many wears, revenue has recently got ahead of
expenditure; and the Governor has just an
nounced that the Colony, which has been for a
long time past unable to meet its liabilities, is
now completely solvent. The revenue of the
last financial year was sufficient not only to
meet all the expenditures for that period, but
TO cover a deficit of nearly half a million OF
dollars on the previous two years; and as the
revenue for the current year promises, so FAR,
to be at least equal to that of the last there Is
every probability of there being a considerable
surplus at the end of the last quarter. Mean
time, agriculture and trade arc reported to be
rcyiying all over the island, and a hopeful
spirit, it would seem, now pcryades all classes
of the population. Such a change from the
distressed and almost desperate condition in
which Sir John Grant found the island, when
he assumed the government two years and a
half ago. speaks volumes for his administration.
As TO the improvement in financial affairs, this
is not owing TO any actual increase of the
revenue, which is not larger now than the
average annual receipts of the decade preceding
the deplorable events of 1865; but 1t has been
brought about principally by the rigid economy
with which the public money is expended under
the present Ieglme-all offices not absolutely
necessary for the requirements of the public
service, and all sinecures-of which Jamaica
had her full sharc-having been abolished.
Taxation, too, is moro cquitably assessed than
ever before, the result being that the great
bulk of the people pay their taxes with a
readiness and cheorfulncss utterly unknown
under the old state of things. We now have
proof that it was planter rule, aud not the
ALLEGED Incidence of the blacks, that made
Jamaica a proverb of poverty and wretchcd-
ness for the last quarter of a century.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-28
THE PEpRoICH or CIVILIZATION


The London Times complains Of "such a
" spread Of want misery, paupcrism, and crime,
" that we are at onr wits end to meet it,
The PaR Mall Gazette Of April says: The
" emigration Of Preston operatives 10 the
United States, in consequence oi the strike,
is perhaps tho wiscst movement they could
" have adopted. The workmen are merely fol-
lowing the course Of the trade. For some
8" years past, America has required less manu-
" factugcd cotton from Us, simply because she
" has manufactured more for herself This in
&" crease seems destined to become permanent,
"and operatives who can find no work in En-
gland are likely to be in demand in the
United States. Already the streets
"o Of every large town are filed with the un-
" employed" Still later news cOTObOratcs the
reported distress, such as Nine mills, includ-
" ing several of the largest at Blackburn, are
entirely stopped, and others are running
short time. The PoOrLaw officials are over
burdcned with applications for relief, and
" the appointment of assistant relieving officers
"will be necessary The arrivals at New
York in 1868 were greater than in 1860, and Of
these GOOOO were Of the manufacturers and
small capitalists of England. The Pal Mall
Gazette gives the reason 1t says: The work
cling population is annually threatened with
starvation at the first approach of frost. But
starvation has ceased to be bird of passage;
ait lives with us throughout the year"
Some years ago-mcasured by the revolutions
Of opinion, it seems cepturies ago-as far back
as the dark agcs-the patriarchs of the South
ern States gravcy met Henry Clay on the floor
of Congress with an anti-manufacturing phi
losophy and a vindication Of the Slavery and
planting system, on such grounds as the con-
stantly recurring distrcsses of the English oper-
atiyes afforded them. Slavery guarded by the
interests and duties of the master, was so much
more beneiicent than the system Of wages for
work, with the risks of the worllmcn unreeyed
by any relations to the employer. We are done
with the debate in that form. 1t has cost us
something, but still less than it is worth, TO get
rid Of the conditions which required and favored
the argument but, silenced in one form, it takes
another of less repulsive features, but equally
malignant in spirit and bearing. Agriculture
is now ptted against converting industry and
England, with its pauperism and tie incident
moral plaques, the oppression Of the laborer by
the capitalist, and all the wrctchedncss that
there reproaches civilization and scandalizcs
civil liberty, is made to supply the enemies Of Il
thoroughly diversified industry in this country.
But the argument derived from the bad distr-
button Of the products of skilled industry is as
false logically, and rs unwarrantea in It's pres-
ent use, as when it was employed to fortify
Chattcl Slavery.
Englands position in reference to the ques-
ton at issue is preposterous She aims to make
herself "the workshop of the world" She
must brcal, the business balance of the nations
to effect this. Only the people who do ther