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

;ntroduction to several well-known American
An iliegitimsts daughter Of Murst, the famous
king of Naples, IL principal OF female seminary
in Bordeaux.
Prince Iturbids, who has bought an estate near
given it the name Of "New Mexico"
The life Of Lord Byron BY the Countess Guic-
col is declared BY nearly al tne 4omPe.en. crincs
The eproprietors of the Paris Moniteur assert
that the withdrawal of the government patronage
and official character from their paper mas not
materially affected Its prosperity.
Prince Sslm-salm, formerly colonel OF an
American regiment, and afterward in Maximllians
service. has been appointed adjotsnt of Prince
Frederick Chsrles of Prussia.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln spent recently rev
days at Baden Baden, where she stayed with
LADY from Chicago. Illinois, now resident OF that
fashionable German watering place.
Count Bismarck still wears the same bullet
proof vest % so-cslled Venetian chain armor)
which saved his life In 1885, when the son of Karl
Blind attempted to assassinate him.
The venerable bishop of Lublin, In Poland,
prelate upwards of eighty years of age. had re-
Gently TO fee across the Polish frontier into Cal
cia, in order to escape transportation to Siberia
The official list of the Danish police mentions
among the suspicious persons whom the officers
Of that country are to arrest as soon as they SET
foot In Denmark. two sons OF Brigham Young,
The latest news from the French world OF fash
ions il, that very plain and unpretending dresses
will be en- uogue again. The Princess de Meter
Mich has issued this fiat, and the votaries Of fash
ion will, no doubt, obey.
The Berlin VoIkszeitung, the most popular Dem
ocratic paper in Prussia. employs as nominal edi-
tor man whose principal occupation Is to serve
out the terms of imprisonment TO which he Is SEN
fenced for articles written Sy 4anes mem w.,.h.,
Mcmahon said TO the officers who accompanied
him TO the steamer 81 shall soon return. Before
the 3lst of May the cannon will have Numbered
on the banks Of the Rhine and on those Of the
Danube"
Henry Mayer, who, but q few years ago, was
one of the We althiest bankers Of Vienna, and who
lost bis whole fortune by ill-advised speculations
and dissipation, lives now in Switzerland on q
email pension paid him by some of his former
business friends.
Berger wrote on his death bed q letter to NJ.
Dsmaschino, q prominent lawyer of Athens, in
which he declares that the policy pursued by Ns-
poleon the Third towards Greece and Turkey is
contrary to the interests of France, and will not
be long in involving the empire In serious difficult
The very complete and valuable collection Of
autographs formerly belonging to Alexander Vat
temare, the famous ventriloquist, and advocate OF
an exchange Of books between the public libra,
ries of the various countries of Europe and
America, has been purchased Tor the imperial
library at st. Petersburg.
Chayannes, formerly q noted French litterdteur,
and friend of Bslzsc, died few weeks ago in
Paris in the most abject poverty. He retained
his good humor to the last, as Is proven by his
will, which is as follows: al have nothing. /
beaueath everything to the Authors Association.
Let my creditors take the remainder"
The indian prince 4" his royal highness the Ma
barsjah Dhueep Singh" some years ago bought
q magnificent estate in England and settled down
az q country gentleman. But the maharajah is
annoyed by poachers. He is fond of shooting,
and is said to make q good bag" when he goes
out In order TO keep his preserves he has offered
reward of one hundred pounds sterling for the
arrest and conviction Of every poscher, whereat
his English neighbors stand aghast. their own
offer Of rewards rarely exceeding i've or ten
pounds. A London paper, noticing this huge re-
ward. coupsels the Yorkshire poachers to let the
mabsrajsh's hares and pheasants alone-else they
may get caught 10 q trap of gold.
The London Telegraph OF February ~ says
Did the public remark one item in our yesterday g
review of the causes of death in london during
ls6s-nsmely, that from strophy and debility"
there persisted 1914 persons! Does it comprehend
the awful fact that transplanted from medical Ian
guage into plain English, the statement means
that all, or nearly all those victims OF the year,
were starved to death,
The duke of SaxeCoburg, Prince Albert's
brother, is q composer OF some merit. Two OF
his operas have been performed. without achiev
ing more than success desttIae. He IL said to
have the scores of ten unpublished operas In his
desk.
The growing influence Of Prussia in the Dan
ubaD principalities, says the Moniteur has given
rise there to reaction which does not shrink from
the most deplorable excuses. In Bucharest q
poor Prussian governess, who defended Bismarck's
policy at the dinner table, was In consequence
brutality fogged by the wife Of the boyar, whose
children abe educates. She was afterward thrust
into the cellar of the house, and confined there
until she succeeded In communicating with the
consul general of the North-German Confedera'
ton, who caused her Immediately to be released
and instituted proceedings against the woman that
had msltreated her.
nova, days merrier than in the ancient city Of
Cologne, on the Rhine. Among the gorgeously
decorated wagons the two that ELECTED this time
most rapturous applause, were those which repre-.
sented France and Spain. The former appeared
in the shape of q gigantic lantern, (Lanterne, }
with the most lsuRhsble caricatures Of Napoleon
Ill, Eugene, and the Prince Imperial The wagon
representing the Court Of Queen Isabella, was
! likewise very good. The French papers are
quite indignant at the non. interference by the
Prussian police with these clever burlesques.
There are at the present time no fewer thar
tbirtytwo Bourbon princes and princesses In Paris
namely: the ex queen of Spain, her husband and
five children. the Count d'Aquila and his family
the Duke of Ssvilla, the Duke and Duchess o.
Madrid, the old Duke Of Savona, the Count do
Gireenti, and several others of the same family
| Verify, the descendants of Louis the Fourteenth
| are no less numerous than they are unfortunate
And all these ,hirtytwo Bourbons have to live In
private houses within few hundred yards of the
Tuileres, where their ancestors resided in roya
| splendor.
The people of the little principally Of Monaco
| are in ecstacies over the decree of their sover
eign prince, by which all direct and indirect taxei
| are abolished and all arrearages from formel
| years RENTED. A general holiday ensued, wher
| the decree had been promulgated; the people fes-
tooned their houses with flowers, and salvos Of ar
tillery were fred in honor Of the occasion. Thu
| Prince of Monaco has now no other income thar
that derived from the gambling hell In bis princi
| pality and some real estate which he owns there
Several capitalists of Bordeaux have formed |
transatlantic steamship company. 1t is believed
| that now that so many Americans are coming :,
| France, q direct steamship line between Bordeau,
and New York would induce many Americans u
pass much of their time, while in Europe, In tina
delightful city on the banks of the Garonne where
| the expenses of living are much lower than IL
| Paris, while the climate is delightful.
| Constant, Napoleons ualet de chdnsbre, soll
his papers in 1917 10 Metternich for ten Thousand
| francs. Metternich never permitted them TO b,
| inspected, owing to the scandalous disclosure
| which they contained in regard to NapOleonI