The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-03
roREreN AND PERSONAL ITEMS.

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the bibliopos's who fourished 10 the reign Of
George III and w. Beng himself man of ex
iensiye reading and thoroughly master Of the best
English books not only 10 his trade but in bis own
library, his counter for more than forty years
the resort Of the asistocracy and gentry-at one
time 10 ST. James street, - another In Old Bond
street. The snthor Of "Wsverly" has gossiped
| sgsin and again with Robert rrphook. Sir Wal
| ter Scott employed the st. James street booksel-
Ter to collect the books of information on which
he founded the " Pirate" Many q time Lord
Byron has dropped into the shop. after visit to
| bis friend, Hobbouse, who lodged at Triphook's 8.
! Shelley, Leigh Hunt Coeridge, Hazlittt, Charles
| Lamb, Prof. Wilson and other foe spirits, have
fingered there 60 talk with the pleasant, garru-
| lous old bookseller OF thirteen brothers received
| within the walls of the Charterhouse 10 1850,
| brother Triphook was the last survivor. Thirty
four brothers attended the funeral service in the
| chapel.
Some very big nuggets of gold have recently
been found in Australia. At Gymple, 10 Queens
Golden Bar CT i'm $50 ounces Of dust being also
obtained in ~ course of couple OF days. AT
Berlin, near glewood. one man obtained Ia a
couple Of days $50 ounces. comprising one nugget
The same field two nuggets, weighing respectively
225 ounces and l75 ounces, have also been dis
covered.
Bsyard Taylor advises persons going to Rome to
reject beggar and give him a stated weekly al
lowsnce. he will soon come to expect it only on the
regular day; and, moreover, he will privately
manage that you are not importuned by his breth-
ren-at least in his quarter of the city. In my
case this plan worked very satisfactorily. My beg
gar greeted me with bow and smile for six days,
held out his hat on the seventh, and allowed no
one in the neighborhood to make claim upon
me.
According to the story told by the Paris cores
pondent of q London paper, Offenbach is In luck.
The story is.somewhst improbable, but here It Is
"Ofenbach yesterday received an intimation from
Madrid notary that Madame Ofenbach's great
Ifat xuho "a In had loft a
will, which had just been proved, and BY which
bis great great granddaughter inherited $4,000,
which little sum he accordingly inclosed to the
fortunate composer Of La Grande Duchesse.' IL
such be the ordinary course Of Spanish law future
Charles Dickenses will find ample field for their
genius in illustrating the proceedings OF Spanish
Chancery Courts
A distinguished general was explaining to
small circle at Compegne-smong them the EN-.
press-the merits of the Chsssepot igun. "But
we ladies.n said her majesty, "must have our
Chassepots to retain our ascendency and our in
huence, and our Chassepots are Beauty and
grace at twenty, wit at thirty, and kindness at
forty" The emperor, who had meantime Joined
the circle, replied with a smile, "You have not
waited for this age to possess the whole arsenal"
Mr.. Gladstone is looked upon as deficient In
worldly prudence. While combating in Parlis
ment, last session, the tactics Of Mr.. Disraei he
spending his leisure hours In critieising "Ecce
Homo" and on the very day before the election
which was fatal In its issue to his ambition to
represent his native county in the House of Com.
mons, he sent out the pamphlet called chapter
from his autobiography, in which he calls on the
world TO witness the mental conflicts through
which be has passed during the last thirty years
on ecclesiastical questions. he is accused of
having " q nature too finely tempered "
An English paper illustrates life in the Stafford
shire mining districts by this conversation: First
collier-"There's been foiye (explosion) at
Jsckson's pits" Second collier-"My feyther
worked there" First collier-"Yes, and he's
dolI 70 mia all ssry
he ID got my knoife.v
The Austria ministerial budget has been made
public. The deficit for the year 1869 is estimated
at f3 500 COO.
husband would listen to her request that Isabella
of Spain, and her husband, should be invited to
COmpiegne /; and, when Napoleon finally consent
ed, be did so in the firm belief that the dethroned
Queen would haughtily reject the condition that
che should come only incognitO as Countess of
Aranjuez. Her acceptance of the invitation was
utterly unexpected to the Emperor. Several
guests who had been invited at the same time as
Isabella and her husband sent excuses at the
eleventh hour.
Queen Victoria is said TO hold high opinion of
Der son-in-law. the prince land future king of
made at Windsor Castle Is attributed TO her de.
sire to have the benefit of his advice IN the affairs
of the kingdom.
Even now the English press is not entirely free
from libels on the queen. The last number Of one
Of the comic periodicals called "Qaiz," which
has come TO band, contains o cartoon in which
SignOr Marfori, the lover Of the ex.queen of
Spain, is depicted holding out bic hand to- the
favorite man servant of Prince Albert the High
lander John Brown. while underneath are the
words: "ATcddes fdn,bo. Honi soil qui nal q
pense.n
The popular vote in England gives the Liberals
a majority of liz. 000-more than fourteen per
cent. of the whole number Of votes given. The
Scotch, however, who are the most impartial
judges OF the leading question, gave an over.
whemiDg vote for the Liberals. being five to one
in the bor0ughs, and even in the counties ma. |
jofity OF about twenty per cent. on the total coun
~ vote. Taking Great Britain IS whole the |
msjority on the popular vote is about 262 900. In
a total vote of l,27s,O00, or more than sixteen |
per cent.
The Paris Temps says of the late Baron Roths.
child when the Credit Mober was started, M.
who was requested by the president |
Of the republic to give his opinion on it, drew up
q memorandum in which the practiced financier
predicted with surprising lucidity, all that has
since occurred-the excessive speculation, the |
gut of paper and the rapid decline of the estab.
sbments founded for flooding the market with it." |
There is at the prese IT time question Of chang
ing the Spanish flag. instead Of a stripe of vel.
low between two Of red, there would be one each
Of yellow, red and violet. These were the former
colors of CASTLE.
Mr.. Howard Paul, who is now in Paris, has of.
'ered M. 0fenbsch Is 900 francs (s5 000) to write
he music TO a sequel to the " Grand Duchesse,n
Inder the title of The Grand Duchess more Mar
lied than Settled and N. Ofenbach has the pro-
'osal under consideration. Mr.. Paul's suggestion
9 that the vivacious Duchess should marry Prince
Paul and heDpeck him that blacksmith should
De sent for to put straight the twisted sabre de
non pe1'e. and that q legend Of the celebrated
aber should be given, The libretto will be fur
lished by two English authors. II
The London correspondent of the Boston Ad-
'ertiser says Of the late Marquis of Hastings
After leaving Oxford University he hurried
long the road TO ruin with selishnesss prominent
n his vices. His splendid country house was
Gene of mad dissipation for weeks together.
Vine ran like water, and hundred deviltries were
'erpetrated. A gentleman told me only yester.
sy that he once saw the marquis open a knife
'hich contained several sharp blades. and put it
d the coat pocket of one of his guests while
snciDg at ball. The result soon after was
and cut and gashed In q score of places. This
Tss minor pleasantly of the wretched young
obleman. At other times he would take down
slusbe family painting and set it up on his Ia n
nd fire at 1t.
The Prince of Wales distinguished himself by
is dancing at the French Court, and Marshal
'azaine was the next most noted on the light
antastic.
When the physicians informed the King and |