The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-15
EDITORIAL PARAaRAPHs. ETC


The professors get $500 per month in the Cali
fornia University.
Velocipeding distrsctedly is now the phrase for
| making haste.
There is Train Revolutionary Club in New
| York.
Wisconsin, or, as it is more properly spelled,
Ooisconsin, means " Gathering of the Waters"
The Barney Wilamses have made fortune of
$750,O00.
The swell hotel clerks in New York were to
give an excrutiating ball on the 18th.
One of the Japanese students in Massachusetts,
has Joined the Congregational church.
One Leipsc publishing house sends 900 Ger.
man monthlies to this country.
One pound of raw sugar harbors lOo, 900 insects,
| aScotch savant tells Us.
Lucretis Mott completed her 10Th year Jan. 3,
| and still retains her health.
Grant is a member Of the Celtic Association, of
Philadelphia.
Chief Justice Chase has given $500 to the Boston
poor.
Honest topers call for fusel.oil in New York
now, when they want brsndy.
Stanton when in Office signed treasury warrants
for over IS, 0o0, 900 900.
Louisville had twelve inches of snow on the
18th.
Carl shurz vas yesterday elected to the United
States Senate from Missouri.
The president has formally nominated Perry
Fuller for collector of New Orleans.
Albany suffered to the amount of $500, 900 by an
inundation on the 1lth.
Thanks to the officers of the steamer Mata-
gorda.
Brick Pomeroy calls his short paragraphs "Red
Hot.entots."
IfA.Head will communicate with this office he
will hear of something to bis advantage.
Thanks to Capt. Whitney, of the steamship
Tsppshannock for late Havana papers.
Supervisor Creepy contradicts the story about
the stealing of seized tobacco in this city.
Mrs. Scott Siddons, in Lady Macbeth, wears
golden tiara presented to her by Fanny Kemble.
Gov. Pickens is dangerously i'll, at Edgewood,
South Carolina.
The wife of Maurice Strakosch has rejoined
him in Paris, after separation of seven years.
Carlotta Patti will return to America next year
under the management of Max Strakosch.
The Boston Post says that in Massachusetts, the
"prohibitionists are making arrangements for
tidal wave of cold water"
They have at length discovered a real workman
in the British Parliament, a Mr.. Carter, M. P. for
Leeds, who began life as q laborer in coiery.
Pau, the wonderful trapezist, fell twice last
night. but persisted in his brave endeavors, con-
quered, and retired in storm Of applause.
Some of our New Orleans restaurants are mere
ly unventisted tunnels, the feted air of which is
enough to ruin the best appetite.
There is a contest between Fifth Avenue and
Madison Avenue, New York, for the palm of
style.
Confederate Gen. wickhsm was one of pri.
vate dinner party given by Grant Saturday
night.
Brick Pomeroys New York correspondent
swesrs that he did not receive cent to advocate
the Alaska purchase.
The inmates Of the Soldiers Home, near Wash
ington, complain that they are swindled out of
their garden stuff.
Thanks to Captain R. D. Mitchell, secretary of
the Board of Public Works, for kind remem.
brance.
Brick Pomeroy says the changes were made in
the staff OF his paper because the editors were all
Republicans, and he was bound to ell their places
with Democrats.
The secretary of State of Tennessee has written
letter overhauling the proscriptive policy of
Brownlow and declaring for the enfranchisement
of the masses of that State.
A New Yorker wants to know what is the real
language Of that city. he says he recently heard
lime different languages spoken at one time on q
Hoboken ferryboat.
Daniel Pratt, Jr., the Great American Traveller,
is bound for Washington, addressing the citizens
on the way, on "The Archimedan Motivity of Her
culesn Equlibity."
A special to the Pic says: Secretary Seward
officially announces that San Domingo and Hayti
asked that protectorate be furnished to them by
the U. s. government.
The Madrid correspondent Of the International
says, with shocking indelicacy: "General Prim
is believed here to be the father of No. 3 and No.
8 Of Isabella's little ones"
1t was rumored in st. Louis, Monday evening.
that Billy Emerson, the negro minstrel, received
draft for 10000 in god recently left him by de-
ceased uncle in Ireland.
The Boston Commonwealth makes the statement
that every afternoon after 3 O'Clock, some twelve
TO fifteen United States senators are so drunk that
they are unable to attend to business.
An interlnear translation of the Bible is in pre-.
paration by DR.. Leonard Tafel, of Philadelphia,
the Old Testament to be issued in twenty parts,
and the New in eight.
NlcksDulR mas Lao d meetlng 10 promote tne
projected Raymond and Bolton Railroad. $4,000
have been subscribed, and $4,000 more are
wanted before the enterprise is commenced.
rich American, whose daughter was abducted
at Baden, and taken, the father knows not
whittier, has vowed to convert all his property
into cash and expend it in recovering his daughter
and Furnishing her abductor.
Mrs. Scott Siddons was born in India, and is
descendant of the great trsgedienne. The son of
the famous actress married the daughter of a Hin
doc King, and Mrs. Scott siddons is grand.daugh.
ser Of that son.
1t is said that railroad swindles have already
absorbed fourth of the national domain, and
harpes are still bounding the Hobbies at the
capitol for still further grants of land and sub
sides.
Who is Sue Murphy We are informed that
she once taught school in this city, and that she
now keeps boarding house on Julia street. II
this is Sue Murphy, Hon. Jasper Blackburn, when
in the city makes his home at her house.
Paris correspondence says that Baron Roths-