The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-06
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Texas. 49, -
A Washington correspondent comes to the de-
fense Of the female clerks, and regrets that al
departments are mot n their hands. He thinks ne
business emasculates men.
General Thomas g. Polk, elder brother Of
Bishop Leonidas Polk, who was also Confede-
rate general during the war, died ct Holly Springs
on the 18th plt. -v4
Two George washiugtons, in jail ct Chicago.
were almost roasted to death by oarelsssly sst-
ting straw bed on IRE. The Times calls Il .
case Of smoked ham, -
Frank Pisrcss cabinet was the only one in the
history Of the United States that remained IN.
broken from the beginning to the end of the ad-
l miDisuation.
The fair "Forty Thieves" ct Niblo's have
adopted Q little abandoned infant one of them
found waling on the sidewalk recently. The wsif
has been christsned Lydia Palmer Jarrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raiden. Of Albany, Vermont, have
lost ten children within four years. Seven Of the
number died of diptheria-six in one week about
three years ego. ........-.
| De Leeseps. the other day, let the Mediterranean
waters through the Suez canal in to the dry bed Of
the Bitter Lakes for spectacle to the Prince Of
| Wales. w
| How to settle the Alabama question-Do nothing
about ii. II England wants to pay, make up the
accounts and take the money. II she don't very
well. Let rs take cigar and wait-[New York
| Sun. r
The Planters Banner says the Chicago people
have fallen in love with the parish of st. Mary,
and threaten to capture it. Among other recent
Chicago visitors was Mr.. Medill, Of the Chicago
| Tribune.
| rustic, describing Louisville, said the naest
| holo IN NJ =
whose name was cut in big letters over the door,
| and there was sharp pointed chimney on the
house two hundred feet high. 81 /
An enterprisng Paris Jew has offered the family
of Lamartine five thousand francs for the old
clothes, the pens, inkstand, and other personal
| property Of the poet, except his books, manu-.
scripts and valuables.
Private letters from Washington say A. T. Stew.
art has written to the president expressing regret
at the appointment Of Mr.. Grinnell to the New
York collectorship, and assuring him that the
interests Of the government will speedily require
| q change.
The London Times says If the Canadians
"should hereafter desire to enter the American
Union. Of which there is no proof or symptom,
England will assuredly not lift finger to pre-
vent it.n
The greatest difficulty the managers Of the Bos-
ton peace festival apprehend is the rush of chorus
singers from the country, who are "organically
incapable Of tune" But when the bells and the
artillery and tie hundred snvls are all set ago.
ing. it will make very little difference.
Andrew johnson, says the Memphis Avalanche,
has no taste for titbits, sylabubs and smbrosis,
bat loves bacon, green's, cabbages and hominy.
Everything he says strikes home to the heart Of
the masses. the yeoman olthe hills, the pebsians
of the hollows, who whistle az they hoe corn and
sweat as they split rails.
In the New York Supreme Court, on the LIST, the
custody Of the nephew OF George P. Morris, the
poet, was claimed by his mother. The boy has
been living with his grandmother, who claims that
his father con6ded him TO her care five years ago.
The mother says 1t was only temporary consign.
ment. Both ladies were in court. No decision
was given.
We learn from the Picsyune that Democratic
and Republican editor in Nspoleonville, La, on
Saturday last, attempted to settle o little differ.
ence by the free of shot-guns and revolvsrs in
one Of the public streets. Nobody was hurt,
however, and both editors were arrested. The
gentlemen concered were Mr.. Duppsty, Of the
Pioneer, and Mr.. Swords, Of the Advocate, Re-
publican.
M. Carrier and N. Gabel. of Grsu's French
Opera Troupe, the latter Of whom il the celepra.
ted Pisou the gendarme, had Q serious rencounter
on Saturday week as to the cast In the new
French opera. Blows were struck, and Gabel
challenged Carrier. The challenge was accepted,
and the duel was to have been fought In New
Jersey, but the police go. wind of the affair, aud
both parties were arrested. Gabel has left the
troupe.
An English actress named Miss Marriott is play.
ing Hamlet at New York thsater. The World
says Of the personstion: "She is q Hamlet With
swelling bust and rounded hips, 10 whose voice.
even where employed to utter mans emotions,
there Is q constant echo of maternity; whose arms
have the womsn's grace but not the mans exscu-
tive swing, and which with oil the advantage Of
professional training, are constantly reminding rs
that they were better made for csressing than for
wrestling. In word, to the credit OF her nature
if not of her profession. she is doing virile part
without virilty."
A writer in the st. Louis Republican has intro
duced the following style of TYPOGRAPHY: "Rsbsr.
Dsxter-King OF the New York Ledger and editor
of the Turf. he has circulation of 2:l5, and can
trot his mile inside of half million of subscribers
on a ten.cylinder track. All the distinguished
writer's in the country trot for his paper. He
learned the art Of printing when he was colt,
and by dint Of perseverance,. linked with Q native
business tact. and q thorough knowledge Of the
value Of advertising, under the saddle and to hsr-
ness. he has in his maturity become millionaire.
he is . perfect gentleman, seventeen and one half
hands high, of rch glossy color and faultless SYM
metry. He may be seen almost any day when the
weather is fine trotting around the Ledger office,
or writing editorials in the Central Park"
AMUsEMENTs.