The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-02

The French define "hiriatiop" to be "the Soun.
daiy line between friendship and love-"
| A writer in Good Words says: In family affec.
tion and feminine chastity Ireland can challenge
| the world to equal her.n
Parton is crsmming up on the Washington lob
by, with headquarters at Ben. Eutier's residence.
He says Butler lives like fighting cock"
James Brooks, Of New York, is the Oldest, and
c. O. Bowen. Of South Carolina, is said to be the
handsomest and youngest Congressman.
Daniel Pratt, the great American traveller, has
been elected delegate to represent the Yale
students at the inaugural ball.
Flakes Bulletin thinks anybody proposing to
start another newspaper in Texas is fit candidate
for lunstic asylum.
paper in the State with sufficient gallantry to es-
pouse the cause of" womans rights"
Butler says that the immortal ad interim Thomas
has received about $l4.o during the year for
inspecting grave-ysrds. If this is 20, he may be
called the most successful undertaken in the
country.
The question whether Beecher said swear words
in his pulpit is still mooted. His own cousin, q
Baptist, now comes out and says he knows Ward
says ii was "d-d hot"
Mullins, the Tennessee congressman and orator,
is reported to have sent to Nashville paper
printed clip, with the written memorandum, ed.
etOr Nashville Banner pleas Publish within Denyal
as marked"
sentimental poet, who probably Intended TO
speak of dimples is made by the vandal printer to
say:
Little "pimples" so sweet aud soft,
Love the cheek OF my love.
The Halifax Citizen. mindful of the superior
courage beneath the scarlet coats Of England and
Canada, says that American officers during
the rebellion were "bullies and braggarts, but
towards more than either"
The Savannah Republican objects to a state.
ment, by Northern paper, that Gen. Lee sought
to destroy the Federal capital, as q gratuitous
falsehood. 1t adds that q" he might have done it,
and very properly, but he never did,
At the last ball at the Hotel de Ville Strauss
pulled out his watch at midnight. and, turning to
his orchestra, said: " Gentlemen, II. Auber has
entered on his eighty-seyenth year I; let rs play
the qusdriies of Massaniello in his honor.u
A Jewish writer in the Cincinnati Israelite ar
gues in favor of making Sunday the day of rest,
in conformity with the custom of other religions.
he declares himself to be the Selected spokes-
man of respectable and highly ntslligent party''
in his church.
Three cold nights have been not little severe
on tender plants. On Monday morning there
were icicles attached to cstern spouts In Jefferson
City, and the use Of hot water in one case was
found necessary TO secure q flow Of water from
the cistern.
Few men have been pronounced great on
slghter provocation than Charles Sumner. He is
q strange compound Of bigotry, .egotism and
affectatiOn, wih perhaps. about as little original
ity Of thought as ever fell to the lot Of mortal man.
and greater degree of selfshress than has ever
before been confined within the corporate limits
II tai rI..n1 w.kf1
PSSlsl'elifs EPSsef. and AH"An Ar"ihAfhn"A as N '''S0H'
The town of South Danvers, Mass, has been re-
christened Peabody, in honor Of the philanthropic
London banker. On Thursday week, George Pea.
bodys birthday, the village was the scene of ex-
trsordinary festivities. There was a banquet,
speeches. gathering of school children, promenade
concert, all being eulogstic of the philantbropist
who has done SO much deserving Of eulogy and
thanks.
young Bostonian commercial agent was re-
Gently tried and condemned by a mock court of
salesmen in st. Louis, for selling goods WITHOUT
q license. He took everything in earnest, ell
legal forms were observed, and the defense con-
Quoted with serious vigor. He had even been
arrested by mock officers in uniform. He was
finally sentenced to {" stand treat" much to his
astonishment.
IL has been ruthfuly SAID ef schuyler that the
little man runs larger amount Of machinery TO g
smaller amount of boiler than any other living
person. The wonder to me lie that somebody doesn't
invent steam engine on his model. The same
principle upon which he operates in the political
world woule, if applied to mechanical purposes,
turn sixty.foot wheel with two-inch cylinder.
Sehuylers objective point, now, s the next presi-
dency. He Gays no understands Grant to be a
'ope.term principle man." and reasons from
thence that he (5chuyler) is certain to be the
next RsdicalsceDdldste which ia non sequitn'. to
say the least OF it. Meantime he keeps his little
bellows blowing, and seems TO have perfected an
arrangement with ell the puffers to keep himself
before the people, Mack"