The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-28

Germ the welfare OF the second empire. ii luis %
true, the elevation Of Prince Cardinal Bonaparte
to the pontifcal throne may be regarded as highly
probable, il not a. foregone conclusion.
Bismarck's nephew, who, few weeks ago
married the daughter OF StarRard pastry COOK,
it is well known, received the hesrtest congratu.
latops Of his illustrious uncle on his wedding day.
The Prussian premier acted very sensibly In not
manifesting any dspleasure at this so-called
mesauidnce. The nephew acted very sensoy.
too !; for he has got nothing but his wits and his
title Of nobility while bis young wife is pretty and
accomplished, and has dover OF lone hundred
thousand dollars.
M. B. Jouvin says in the Paris Gaulois, about
Christina Nilsson: mile. Christina Nilsson Is
twenty-four years old her deep blue eyes are
rendered still more somber by the arches OF her
long eyelashes. In return, however. ner ndtoe
and dreamy smile sheds flood OF light over her
face, which bears strange yet charming express
sion. Her light blonde hair harmoniousy crowns
q rquare and expansive forehead, and her COM
pexion Is OF that wilderness peculiar to the daugh'
tiers of the North. There Is 10 her person some
thing of child, of fairy, and of an apparition
the spectator, who listens to her with pleasure
mingled with kind Of vague uneasiness, not
knowing whether he applauds Q woman or
vision, thinks some magcian's wand may sud
denly cause Violette, Martha. or Ophes. to dis.
appear. As regards her voice. it could not be
compared with those of any of the other great
artists of the lyric stage Of France"
At the last hunt in the forest Of Fontainbleau,
the courtiers who accompanied the emperor were
emperor suddenly halted 10 the middle OF the
forest and requested his attendants not to follow
him any further. He then advanced alone, and
was met at some distance further on BY tall man
in peasants dress, whose features the courtiers
were unable to distinguish, but who, they saw,
had very small, white hands, and several rings on
his fingers. The emperor conversed with the mys-
terious stranger for over an hour and half, and
when he finally returned to his attendants, they
noticed that his majesty was exceedingly thought
full, and even morose. Upon his arrival In Paris
the emperor retired at once to his cabinet, pacing
the room for several hours, and refusing admit
lance even to his private secretary. Some OF the
courters at the Tuieries think that the mysterious
stranger was no other than the Count Of Paris, the
Oreanist prince, while others assert that it must
have been ex.King Ferdinand, of Portugal, now
candidate for the Spanish throne.
Lapeievicz the leader of the Polish insur.
gents, has become one Of the confidential ad-
visers of the Turkish sultan. The Russian papers
accuse him Of being in the pay Of the Count Won
Beust
AT recent ball in AK Ia Chspelle, no guest at
tracted more attention than Henri Rochefort. the
Lanterne man. The band struck up the " Ian
terne March " as soon ss the famous journalist
made his appearance.
ance Of new plays, inasmuch as the audience on
such occasions, with few exceptions, consists OF
citizens of the quarter Latin, who, to man. are
Republicans, and delight in showing the emperor
that such is the case.
Two wears ago, when the Muhlbach fever was
at it's height in the United States, the corpuent
Louisa received an offer from an American pub.
Usher, who wanted her to write novel about
Washington, which he told her would have sale
of one hundred thousand copies, and for which he
promised to pay her ten per cent. on the retail
| price for every copy sold. For some reason or
other the tempting offer was not accepted.
Hans Christian Andersen recently told a friend
that be had never been sick for day 10 his life.
NJ. Guillemot, In his article on "the Foreign
| Residents of Paris" in the Presse Libre. says
there are rarely less than five thousand well to do
Americans in that city.
/ for q doll as present TO little Marchesa In
/ Rouen. The doll Is dressed Ia short costume OF
| pearl gray cashmere, worn over petrcost OF
cerise satin, Grande Duchesse hat OF pearl gray,
feather. with full blown rose. TheIe are several
| dresses besides, but the two most worthy of no.
tee are dinner and ball dress the first Ia rich
silk of turquoise blue, made with two bodies the
latter ia of Valenciennes lace, with tie smallest
bit of muslin let in 1.-THE cost OF the lace dress Is
800 francs.) Then there is a white cashmere peig.
| noir, beautifully embroidered also muslin ones
| trimmed with lace. The whole Of the under-linen
Is OF the finest batste, richly trimmed with Vaen-
| cennes the Observation-Disclosures are perfect
cobwebs of lace half square shawl Of fine
i Brussel lace q carved ivory fan gloves of all
kinds ceven the useful dogskin,) bonnet of white
Professor Carl vogt, the illustrious German sa.
want, will lecture in the United States next fall,
| under the auspices Of the German Turner'S, who
are to pay him nearly twenty thousand dollars in
| gold for bis lectures.
twenty.on years ago. he had delivered from the
balcony of the Hotel de Vile the great speech in
which he assured the French people that the red
flag should not be unfurled.
Maurice Strakosch intends to build IN a street
adjoining to the Partisan Boulevards, q concert
hail. which is to cost between five and six millions
| francs and which will be the finest structure of
its kind in the world.
Lord Salisbury is fretting himself to fiddle
| strings for want of work the management of
| some thirty thousand acres and Of q railway
which cost 100000, being his present by
play.
The subscriptions which the st. Petersburgers
| circulated for present TO be offered to Adelina
Patti Caux, amounted in two days to upward OF
twenty-five thousand roubles. The little canta-
trice has perfectly turned the heads of the Rus
| slams.
The wife of Marshal valiant is dead. For
many years past she shaved regularly every day
for she had q thicker beard than most men
During her last Illness she did not shave at ali
her beard was 30 bushy that when the physician
who visits all the dead to see they died q natural
gentleman's postion?n
The Persian fireside is q round hole in tbs
earthen floor of an apartment, an iron vessel
being set into the hole and filed with fuel. Over
this is placed low table, covered with thick
mat or quilt reaching nearly to the floor. BY this
| means the heat Ia condensed and retained so as tc
warm the room. II one wishes TO toast his toes
he thrusts them under the quilt; and if severely
chilled. he creeps under il bodily.
Although but in his twenty-frst year, the Duke
of Norfolk, as the representative of the oldes
house +" in the realm, outrsnks all Queen Victo
ris's subjects He does not incline to Catholicism
as reported.
M. Raphael Felix, the Partisan manager, and
brother of the celebrated Mile Rachel, has thir
teen children.
Queen Olga, of Greece, is always present at the
Cabinet meetings presided over by her husband
King Georeios /.
The Hanoveran nobility express their hatred o.
Bismarck and King William, of Prussia, by giving
the name of the two distinguished Prussans to
their dogs, sows and asses.
Nearly two thirds Of the persons that are nova
days presented to Plus the Ninth are Americans
Russians who visit Rome carefully avoid comiDI
into contact with the pope or any of his dignita
ries. Next to the Americans, Frenchmen are thu
most Numerous of those who wish to get acquain
ted with Plus the Ninth.
| A tooth of Sir Isaac Newton was sold in lSlt
for the sum OF f730. II was purchased by noble
man, who had it set in a ring which he wore con
stantly on his finger. The prayer book used by
King Charles /. when on the scaffod. was sold ID
London, in 1925, for one hundred guineas. The