The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-11

Pizzardi, having the first fire. approached his en-
envy and offered to waive bis right, IL the other
| would take his hand and be reconclled. Sire. or
will kill you, answered Mazzacorsti. The other,
| as you may imagine, did not wait for q second
summons, but levelled his pistol and at once laid
his adversary dead OF his feet. Another duel,
| also attended with Q fatal result, Is announced
from Turin.
The much-talked. OF interview Of four hours,
granted by the Emperor Napoleon to the project
| of Seine is said to have terminated by the en-
j peror uttering the following recommendation
Assemble the members Of your municipal couu-
| Gil; let the members support you, and together
| continue the grand work for the completion Of
| which Jon are certain Of my appreciation and
support" Needless to remark that n. Hanss.
mann FASTENED to carry out the emperor's COM
| msnds.
The duke Of Mon,pensier. who, the cable says,
Il the sipg OF Spain, Is the fifth son Of Louis
born at Neuilly. near Paris, In 1924. His cunning
father married him In ls46 10 the Spanish Princess
Louisa the sister of Queen Isabella H. and at the
same time brought about the queens marriage to
i her imbece cousin, Francis of Assist. Louis
| Philippe supposed that this would be childees,
| marriage, and that the children Of the duke Of
| Montpensier would accordingly inherit the Span
IN wsy He hmss dsd D eSe snS for
| more than twenty years none OF his family have
seen their native country. Isabella ii has nun.
Der Of children, and yet the old kings principal
| end will be essentially gained when Montpensier
himself puts on the crown Of Spain, with rea.
sonable chance, things Co. OF transmitting 1t to
- yvs'erity. The new king will be known as An.
One Of the fashionable preachers ~ Notre
| Dame recently Numbered from his pulpit In the
following style In denouncing the free-thinkers:
" These accused free thinkers will be condemned
In the ether world TO smooth the roads OF heaven,
in order TO facilitate the passage OF the chosen
/ ones" When the preacher descended from the
| pulpit, some one seized bis arm, and said "See
here, father, you should not be SO hard on the
W. birEo that
/ prove the road to heaven, which has hitherto
| been 30 narrow and impassable.n .
The Publishers of the Etendard, q large Paris
! daily, offer every new subscriber Q box Of sugar
! plums made by the coufectoner OF the empress
4 Nine. de Rennevie and Nine. BasssnvilIe, the
| addresses Of La Fanrille, another Paris paper
offer the following premiums 10 new subscribers:
| First, lsmpascope-thst IL, an improved magic
lantern second, splendid album of the costumes
OF all nations; third, two magnificent foalards dc
chene from the store Of the Compsgnie des hides.
But Villemessant some time ago eclipsed all his
newspaper competitors so far as the offering Of
premiums was concerned. BE bought all the or.
| sngts he could lay his hands on at Bordeaux
| and Marseilles, created thereby panic in the
orange market ia Paris, and then offered box Of
| oranges TO every new subscriber to the Figaro.
| While was in the gallery Of the House of Com.
mons, night or two ago, two members spoke In
succession, who seemed TO me to represent rather
| snusDgly two schools In the new house, One
| was o nobleman-Lord Eustsce Cecil brother Of
monplace looking man, with Jewish cast OF fea-
lures. His manner In addressing the house was
insoent TO the last degree. He kept bis hands In
his pockets, sneered at his subject, seemed dis
gusted with having to speak at all, and dropped
his articles, pronouns and propositions as though
they were too contemplate to be used: Last
mber-of---committee which
egreed-resolutions-- of-scheme now be.
foreAHouse." Hah srrogsntly, half indolently,
he let the words fall, saying nothing worth
the beating. The house was not hypocrit-
ical enough to cheer, but II was patient.
Then came new member OF the successful
tradesmen clsss-one Alderman Pochin-a sleek,
round-fsced man, with his hair parted down the
middle and soft, effeminate voice. He was hu-
ent enough, and bis words were not ill-chosen,
but Ike crack across China plate, there was
o fatal mispronuDoistion- dprOpos Of the crucial
"H''-which clsssed him on instsnter. He was
speaking OF commission at which one DR.. Has
'Assall. "HdssGl," said voice. "Yes,r con.
tiDued the speaker, unconscious Of any difference,
and turning In acknowledgment toward the wag
who had interposed, eyes, DR.. 'Assdu." And /
the laughter that followed. Then the matter Of
the speeches.. me topic was the adulteration or
articles Of food. Lord Cecil denounced Il, and
wanted the appointment Of government inspectors
who should anslyze and prosecute. Mr.. Pochn
apoogized for the adulterations in q modified
way, and, "a to one Of them-the mixture OF alum
with bresd-declared the adulerstion to be an
Improvement. The British shop-keeper become
member of Parliament Is not altogether bright
and shining light. Perhaps Of the two the noble
man has the more heart. There Is In the new Par
Lament large proportion Of Pochins. They are
they are shrewd and cool speakers. But they
take the shop" view OF everything, and would L
fear, turn on the working class and grind IL II II
was not to that class they have mainly to
ton Advertiser. ,
The Poles of Warsaw keep up secret system
OF communication with their exIed friends in ST.
IBERIA, by which means they are informed OF i'm.
portant events which have befalen the latter long
before the Russian authorities in Warsaw hear OF
them. Whenever q Pole effects bis escape from
Siberia he will be able TO obtain funds for travel
ing expenses at any Of the large cities Of Asia,
America or Europe, whore deposits. collected By |
leading Poles are kept for that purpose.
Marshal BsEaine seems to have ingratiated him. |
self more than ever with the Emperor Napoleon. |
He has just been appointed commander-in |
of the camp ct Chalons-s position much coveted |
by all the French marshals, because In case war |
breaks out between France and Prussia, the mar. |
shsl commanding the army of Chalons would no |
doubt be appointed commander-in-chief Of the |
The woman Deipeoh has been sentenced, at |
Montsuban, France, TO hard labor for life, her |
crime being that Of killing illegtimste children. |
A search made In her house led to the discovery |
OF the skeletons. She made full avowal, and not
only did she not profess conjunction, but laughed
several times during her examination. Her price |
for taking charge of these children varied from \
100 francs to 400 francs. Her treatment Of them |
she avowed with the most revolving Indifference,
without emitting detail. When the infants cried |
for hunger she gave them oil Of vitriol in bottle
70 drink. and then sienced their screams of agony
by pluDging their heads in boiling water. The /
verdict Of the jury was guilty with extenuating |
circumstances" What these "extenuating cir. /
cumstsnces" were 1t is hard to say. unless they /
were founded on the fact OF her having committed 1
ten or twelve murders instead OF one or two.
The following are the words In which Count
Bismarck proposed General Grants health ON the