The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-26

nuts forward 10 the clerks desk which being
done, Mr.. Smith, of Kanawhs, moved that 1t be
referred to he judiciary committee. The hnai
disposition of the matter was that the peanuts
were taken from the table and generally dis
cussed.
The Michigan Lunatic Asylum is provided with
@ greenhouse at which there are ct all times
flowers in full bloom. Some OF the severest cases
Of insanity in men brought to the institution in
rons, and manifesting the most violent symptoms
Of this most terrible disorder, have been suddenly
Gained down to condition bordering on sanity
by the presentation of o bouquet gathered from
the greenhouse.
With the curious audacity of intellect character
stic of that singular and singulary brilliant man,
Charles Reade adopts these words as the motto Of
his new story, Pat Yourself in His Place" which
is begun in the March Galaxy: 81 will frame q
work Of fction upon notorious fact, 80 that any
body shall think he can do the same; shall labor
and toll attempting the same, and fail such s the
power of sequence and connection in writing"
New York letter says: The rich men, who
own whole blocks 10 the best parts of the city are
determined to make all they can out of them.
Most these have instructed their agents to
put up the rents from i've to thirty per cent
There is Hamilton Fish, who entertained General
Grant in such princey fashion, increasing the rent
Of block of houses he owns on Third avenue
twenty-five per cent, and William B. Astor, and
all the other great property holders following his
example,
Gen. Grant and Mrs. Grant called yesterday on
Mrs. Benjamin +. Butler-not on the general as
the dispatches this morning had IT, At the time
Of the call the general wss in the House, speaking
on the army bill, and replying "yes" to the query,
"Did he mean to nominate General Grant for the
rreaidoupv m 1S71ff A cinOuiar oOincidanrQ-
but not at all significant. learn from good au-
thority that overtures for social peace and re.
cognition have been persistently made by Butler
for some weeks past, and so importunatey that
General and Mrs. Grant have been compelled, for
the sake of etiquette, TO respond, and hence the
VISIT Washington correspondent, Feb. 10, New
York Times.
tsn Francisco has had wedding, that, for ex-
trsvagance in dress, wealth of outfit, and value Of
presents, sustains her ambition to rank second
only to New York among the cities Of America.
The bride, tall, fine looking, accomplished young
lady, was the daughter of Friedlander, merchant
prince, well known as the "grain king" from his
possessing great control over that market, and the
bridegroom son of Dr. Bowie, q leading physi-
csp. The trousseau cost $4,000, and was full
and magnificent beyond that of any former Cali
fornia bride. The presents, besides $4,000 from
the father, amounted to $4,000 in jewelry and
gold and silver service.
The following stsnzas, alleged to have been
written by Burns, have appeared in the Scotch
papers:
BURNS ON cARNwATH ROADS.
"I'm here at length, thanks to the gods
Thro' roads both deep and muddy
plain proof this that maxim roads
Is not the public study.
"And tho I'm not VII gospel cramm'd,
The Bible plainly says
The people surely shall be id
Who do not mend their tcdys."
The New York Star says: cit is related that
once upon time, in an ill advised moment, Mr.
]. G. Bennett, of The Herald, said, in reference to
shortcoming of one of his reporters: Il never
knew man of genius yet who didnt drink
TLereupon, or as soon after getting away from
the editorial presence as pOssble, every man-jack
in the Office went out and got drunk. Very clever
men are peculiarly liable to fall. Not because
they are clever, but because they are algsys SO
aggressively aware of the fact. Your clever map
is ever on the alert to make himself seen and
heard, and 30 not unfrequently degenerates i5to q
bore, or, as our expressive French friends say q
crdTapon. Now and then he fails brilliantly, as
George Augustus Sala has done in England. as
Lamartine has done in France, as John Brougham
has in America.
Theophile Gauter continues the history of his
PETS Here is Seraphita the white kitten " She
was an enormous length Of time at her toilet;
every morning her set Of furs was carefully
smoothed; she washed herself with her paw, and
each hair of her fleece, brushed by her rosy
tongue, shone like new silver. If you touched
her, she instantly efaced the trace of contact;
she could not bear to be mussed. Her elegance
and distinction provoked an idea of aristocracy;
in her own race she was duchess at least She
had mania for perfumes, and would plunge her
nose into bouquets; she would bite at scented
handkerchiefs with little spasms Of pleasure; she
would promenade over q toiettabe, among walls
of essence, scenting the corks. II she had been
permitted, she would willingly have worn rice
powder"