The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-05
NUMBER l47.


Commodore hugh G. Purviance was attacked
In Baltimore on the night Of the 9th ut, near his
| residence BY three desperadoes, knocked down
and roDDed OIL valuable gold watch and pocket
oook ccn,aning sla zen dollars He is dangerously
| Mrs. Caroline Elliot Kssson, the lady whoIob.
tanned the divorce three years ago, from ASSIST.
1 ant Postmaster General Kasson of Iowa mas
been married to Rufus J. Lsckland, rich grocery
merchant of ST. Louis. The lady is q sister Of
the Rev. DR.. Elliot, BY whom the marriage csre-
mony was performed.
| new suspension bridge is proposed To- be
erected over the Moncngahela river from the foot
| OF Grand street TO South Pittsburg. II charter
| Is procered. the work will commence In the early
| part of next season.
The full force OF Colts armory at Hartford fs
| now engaged on the contract to furnish the Ras-
| sian government with thirty thousand rifles, and
upon the one hundred eating guns ordered. The
| srmory IL 10 be enlarged. Uts So
The loss by the burning of the Prince of Wales
Tbester, al Glasgow, is stated at f70, 900.
james Armstrong, Semmes's lieutenant on che
Alabama, is resident Of Halifax and HAS
sso%sd Sssn British citizenship uy Fs e % ss.srss
Gen. Butler intends TO introduce Q resolution in
the House calling for information from the war
department as TO discrimination In the treatm.ut
l between colored and white laborers at Fortress
l Monroe. 4flsf 'fas.t ~ fl's 'fsalsfl %
The Savannah Republican reports that ex.Cdm-
modore Tstnsll has returned to that city. ss.cs
the close Of the be has resided with his family
in Nova Scotia, but weary of bsnishment, has
returned with the hope Of spending the remainder
OF bis days IN his native State among his old
friends. e.t.aa
Bere lie gentlemsn's diary of his wife's tenn
per: Monday-a thick fog; no seeing through it.
Tnesday-gloomy and very chilly, unreasonable
weather. WedDesday--frosty; at times sharp.
Thursday cold in the morning, red sunset,
with fyiog clouds, portending hard weather.
Fridsy-storm in the morning, with peals of thun-
der; air clear afterwards. Saturday (psy dayp-
CLEANS OF sunshine, with partial thaw; frost
nQ in q nYnh ND Clfnht 49,. -.
the morning; clear and pleasant at dinner time;
hurricane end earthquake at night
The "Zundmessergev vehr." or ignition knife.
gun. is new weapon exciting great attenton!in
Prussia, as superior TO the famous zundnadelge-
wehr or needle gun. The inventor, Meyhofer, Se-
Gently at quasi official trial, succeeded 10 hitting
the target thirteen times in thirty six seconds.
The cartridge is made o. peculiar kind OF paper,
and explodes when cut by knife. A curious
mistake in reference TO this arm arose by mis-
print ID German paper, the word icdsser water
being substituted for naesss;, knife, thus making
tappesr that gun igniled by mssns OF water had
Deen invented.
John Lorhrop Motley (ssys the Boston Tran.
script ia grandson Of the Rev. John Lothrop,
wi o wss an esteemed clergyman OF Boston from
1865 to 1916, aperod Of forty-eight years. During
tae occupation Of The town oy the English In l7d5.
Square. was torn down for fuel by order of Bsitiah
General Howe. II was built Of fue oak timber
Dinety'eight years before. ln 1879 his society
ubNcu WIN new oflCk.' huQ mas since been
known as The "Eecond Church, Dr. Lotbrop was
tbe great grand son Of Rev. john Lothrop the first
minister OF Scituate and BarDstable, one of the
most noted early Puritan dvines, who died in
1868.
A fire at Janesvile, Wis, DESTROYED block ~
buildings on West Milwaukee street. D. Day5s
Jr.. and Z. B Colwell are the principal suferers
Loss from $4,000 TO $4,000, which is covered by
Inc urhnce. Ihe western companies sharing tbe
loss are the Merchant, of Chicago and Enterprise,
of Cincinnati.
At the Adams House. Chicago. an officer from
Ohio was playing billiards with a young man
whom he had 10 custody on the charge of robbiUg
bank in that State Of SIS 600, when the prisouEr
ooned oul ano made ely run, but was finally
During the coming season there will be thirtk.
tH o miles of waterppe laid in Chicago
On the 9Th ut, party of militia numbering
~ portion of whom were colored went to the
house OF Aleek BpRh, at Csrson's lake. Crittea.
oen county, Arkansas, who was cripple coa.
hned TO his bed and carried him out and shot him
on the charge of harboriDg Kn-K'ux. SIS
FIVE persons were arrested at Rutland, Vt, Is
principal actors in recent incendisry fires in that
vicinity. Detective Whipple of New York, WHO
ieretted out the case, was brntally beaten and
robbed by them just before the arrest
Albert ID. Pike was arrested on the 2sth ult at
r1tchburg, Mas, for adultery with his daugh st.
n.law, and an Indictment for the murder OF his
lie was issued shortly after bis conduct with his
became known. II is said he
told her be would or could marry her IL the mother
eio "oys ufes Iihc ultu on tne kotn
nlt. In violent spssms, declared by physicians to
be the effect Of srsenic. The daughter has slso
been arrested Deceased was about fifty years
Did and the daughter was twenty.six. -r
disgraceful state of things has existed IN the
smeIlcsD legation for some time past. Ii appears
hat The secretary of legation, Mr.. Perry has been
behaving badly towards the minister in enter
ng INTO jobs and contracts 10 Spain, contraryto
be rules and dignity OF the diplomatic service
md that be sheltered himself behind the secretart
y state. Mr.. Seward, In fact, protected NJ
'erry 10 his misconduct, and went so far even as
o demand the resignation OF Mr.. Hale.
Colonel Mcmahon, whe died Friday night, was
BORN ID Franklin county, Tenn, became a printer
erved under General Taylor In the Seminole war
wed in jackson, edited the West Tennessee Whix.
rst published the Memphis Enquirer and in Isi5
egsn The Bulletin. Governor Harris, in 1860
laoe him quarteImaster, and he served throagh
be war, became editor of the Appeal and then
gent OF the 81. Louis Life Insurance Company.
Mr.. Douglass, owner Of the Ssppho, belonging
, The New York Yacht Squadron, has challenged
le English yacht Cambria to ocean race nefS
lmmer. y
AS the express train for Memphis on the Charles
IN Railroad was crossing trestle, 1t gave way
reclpltatng the engine aOd baggage car Ia tes
feek below, killing John Thomas engineer. Tns
feman, express messenger and baggage master
ere severely injured. But for the fortunste
eskiDg OF the coupling ihe whole train would
I'VE gone through causing terrible loss II life.
be accident which occurred on the 30th uIt rzs
fused by On uDsouDd tresfle.
DEBAUCHERY AND DEATH.-Coxsackie aud Med.
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