The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-10
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and viii be elected unanimously on the 18th Of
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Private equipsgss. with gilded harness. mono
gram and brass- buttoned coachman, can be hired
by the month in New York.
We understand that theatrical manager Of this
city is arranging, snd will soon bring ont grand
ss1ss9n shea Is nothing Les. than vslo0ps0s
The work Of boring the srtesisn well at Charles
ton, South Carolina, has been stopped BY IN ALI.
estof making its wsy into the main pipe, and has
defed all attemph to remove it. .a1gii1oiIsn
Mrs. Maria Kennedy, Of this city. says the New
Bedford Mercury, has received an appointment to
the White House for the term OF four years, as
assistant secretary In the cooking department.
II is reported that s. NJ. Pike has purchased the
block extending from Twensysecond to Twenty
third street, ON the east side of Brosdway, New
York, for on million dollars. and proposes to
| erect thester upon the ground .l
newspaper paragraph advertises "cele.
| brated kid glove" by the name OF Josephine"
| This is very unhistorical. Poor Josephine owed
her divorce from the bspefsctor Of his species to
| the misfortune of being kidless-lEx.
James +. Ballatine editor of the Chicago Re-
publican, was taken with violent hemorrhsge Of
| the lungs ct Warrington q few days since. He
has been bI ought home and Is In very critical
condition. ,l q 80 q. .s .-..5 s..1sflE 1r' %
When in his recent speech Senator Sprague
spoke Of Congressional corruption, he said be
knew OF q member who had been asked to re-
port q certain matter in q certain way, and the
temptation laid out before him wss 100000.
Mayor Fox, Of Philadelphia, has given notice to
the citizens that one thousand sparrows have been
imported fromEurope and let loose In the public
squares to destroy the worms and other insects,
and he asks that they be protected.
A New York paper says the internal revenue
bureau is organized thus Commissioner Delano,
salary 5000 Solicitor Smith, (Delano's lsw part
ner,) $4,000; Secretary. John Delano. (Delano's
soD,) $1,000; Clerk, Clarke, (Delsnos soninlaw,)
$1,000.
There are two Hiram Powerses, sculptors. The
one last developed is from Lewis county, New
York, and he carved the head Of his employer
with killing effect. The work was so well ex
ecuted that Powers viii have to be executed him
self.
A terrible tragedy recently occurred at Greno
BILE, the great kid glove city Of France. Baroness
Brewer shot her husband, aged 6s years, her Sol
and herself, with a revolver. The greatest ex
element prevailed in the city, AMI an immens
| concours, Of people followed the three collins t
the grave.
On the evening Of March IL, Mr.. 9. nj. Craw
1 ford, q well known Paris correspondent Of Londo
and American papers, gave soiree at his hons
IN Paris. 1t Is spoken of by the papers OF this
city as very brilliant affair. Among those pres
| ent were Mr. Burlingsme and the second and thr
members of the Chinese embassy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bierstadt, Mr.. and Mrs. Parke Goodwin, Nj
Bowles of the American Bank in Paris, Colon'
Bordan, of rife celebrity. and other Americans
, besides o number of attaches of our own an
other legations, two or three Paris editors, an
distinguished English people now in Paris Gel
, Dix he'd promised to be present but was pr
vented. young American lady, Miss Enm
Lsjeunesse, sung at the soiree with great a.
plause, and the Temps reports that she will /
: heard in public in Parisnext winter.