The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-14

Trade continues much depressed IN Engands
Carlotts Patti is going to Turkey.
Senator Grimes has sailed for Europe.
Busteed's case will be taken up again.
The pope is posting q nuncio for mission to
the United States.
Cool sending Fitzpatrick back to
Chill.
The Arkansas Legislature has adjourned after
withdrawing the " melish."
At the Dickens banquet in Liverpool on the
10th Anthony Trollope suggested the appointment
Of Dickens minister to Washington.
Freedmen and the crops are reported doing
well in Bastrop.
General Early has gone to Lexington on visit
TO General Lee.
Thanks to the Southern Express Company and
the officers of the steamer Norfolk.
II was cold enough last evening to render good
fires enjoyable.
The Galveston News says the crop prospects of
Texas are, on the whole, fattering.
Wendell Phillips signs for Peter the Great to
"chaw up" the unreconstructed South.
Sir Edward Cunard, agent for nearly thirty
years in New York of the line Of British steamers
well known by bis name, died on Tuesday week.
Geo. Ellis has London Punch, Harper's Weekly,
Hearth and Home, Western World and New York
Clipper.
The inhabitants of Richmond, Va, are debating
whether to call Miss Van Lew, postmaster, post
-si-ssesa postmiss.
The airy, fairy Lrlsu'' of TensysoA,s carly
dainty muse is Mrs. Rswnesley. mother OF seven
children, and as ethereal as prize OK.
Massachusetts, pines for the appointment of Dr..
Howe TO the Greek and r. W. Emerson to the
Swiss mission.
Mrs. Grant is said to have won all hearts by her
cordially and empressement at her first recep.
ton.
New York courts have decided that turtles are
reptiles and not animals, and that holes can be
punched through their fippers without infraction
Of law.
The late T. Bigelow Lawrence left nearly a
million dollars. All except $780, 900 bequeathed
to DR.. A. T. Bigelow, his godfather, and few
smaller private legacies, goes to Mrs. Lawrence,
the widow.
Eyrich. 100 Canal street, has "From an Island ;"
by Miss Thsckeray, one of Loring's Tales Of the
Day; fifty cents edition Of Pope's poetIcal
works, and "Anne of Geirstein," one Of Apple.
tons cheap series of the Waverly Novels.
The town of Madison, Ga, was destroyed by
fire Thursday night, the sth. Nearly every pound
of provisions in the town was consumed. What
escaped is wholly insufficient to supply the wants
of the people, and they are said to be actually
suffering for bread.
The congregation in the Fork (Episcopal)
Church in Hanover, Va. few Sundays ago, was
found to be gradually becoming insensibIe from
carbonic acid gas, which was prevented from
escaping by an obstruction in the fue. Bishop
White suspended the services, and great con-
fusion ensued.
Jennie June, the fashion orrespondent-other.
wise Mrs. Croly-says that when requested to re.
spond TO a toast at the Soross Press dinner, she
told her husband that she was afraid she would
break down; but he replied, "when you blow me
up you never break down." and she was thus en-.
coursged to make the required response.
Tie "fuDgus" OF Siberia and Northern Asia
supplies the means Of intoxication of 40 100000
people. Opium in Southern Asia enables 400 ,O0O-
600 people to get drunk. Persia, India, Turkey
and Africa, with 500 coo 900 people, use hasheesh
Cocoa is popular in South America; betel pepper
among the Pacific and Indian oceans.
We learn from the Shreveport South. Western
that the planters above the raft - propose TO
give two hundred thousand acres of land as basis
for raising the means to remove that formidable
obstruction TO the navigation OF Red River. On
this some very heavy English capitalist will sd.
vance the necessary means. There are ever
twenty-five miles of solid raft to be removed.
Bismsrck's son, a schoolboy in Berlin, was cho.
sen by the teacher, who wished to toady Bis.
/" What man rendered the greatest service to Ger
many within the last three or four yesrs!' To
the surprise of everybody and the extreme dis
gust Of the teacher, young Bismarck selected
" Or. Stronsberg"-s railway contractor.
The New York World Of the 10th contains
long article in favor of assimiating the manner
of handling and dealing in grain at that market
to the manner prevailing at Chicago. II also
argues that if st. Louis would compete with
Chicago, she must improve her rail connection
with the Atlantic seabosrd, and place no reliance
upon the New Orleans route.
The Lebanon (Ky.) Clarion says: "a hen be.
longing to the Hon. J. Proc. Knott laid an egg
one day this week which bears upon it in raised
letters the following inscriptions 'wol vol
VOL Ulysses 8. Grant, 1885, This is not SEN
sation story, but fact. The name Grant is some.
what indistincr and some read II Rains the rest
of the inscription is perfectly legible. This won.
derful egg will be brought to our Office in the
course Of , day or two"
Two more Texas desperadoes have kicked the
bucket. Ben Bickerstaf and a fearful accomplish
named Thompson were shot and killed in the town
of Alvarado, Texas, by the outraged citizens Of
that place. Altar receiving his mortal wounds,
one of which had burst the ball Of his right eye,
Biekerstaf fred two well directed shots at one of
his assailants and then fred several shots at ran.
dom; when Thompson was instantly killed.
AT a iustice's trial in Vicksburo on the 9th five
negroes, who had seen the gentleman there &C.
cused almost every day for year or more, came
into Justice Lowenberg's Office and swore that on
the preceding Tuesday night Mr.. Albert Newman,
son of DR.. J. G. Newman, at Mont Albion. took
out from bis house negro named Aleck Hill and
killed him. On the night and hour in question
Mr.. Newman was seen by more than one hundred
persons dancing in Vicksburg at the ball of the
Sans Souci Club. Mr.. Newman was instantly dis.
charged.
The daughter of the owner of 1900 acrea Of