The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-04
FOREIGN PERSONAL AND OTHER
GOSSIP.

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credible reports, caused the bodies of the
| English who fell in the late disaster to be
| sailed and forwarded, as potted meat, to the
Indians of the island. The purpose of this horrible
practice Is TO iname the ferocity of the natives of
| the interior. from whom Titokawarn expects a.
| sistaDts. Small kegs of this food have found their
| way to the Wsikato district. and had been seen
among the tribes located near Lake Taupo.
Gladstone has announced to his friends
that inquiries made By the minister of
| each department. lead him 10 believe that
be can announce a reduction 10 pub
lie expenditures amounting to fifteen millions of
dollars. His great difficulty in disestablishng the
lisa Church consists ia disenianglDg the property
| VI VI revenues OF private or personal origin from
tso,e Cs public or national origin, and to dispose
CT tnem 10 proper way.
| a french lacy, Mile. Marie de Gentelles having
recently publishes book censuring the luxury OF
| women aho me exhavsgance OF their dress, has
oeen AWARDED oy letter from the pope, highly
| approving OF the work In his letter, Plus IX.
| CANS IRE Iacs that IN OctUSar last he felt com
| PEELED to say few words on the same subject to
the people OF Rome. The suostance OF his present
1 remarks IS, that women VINO spend too rnnch
| thought on dress have none left for religion or
fsmiIy duties. In concluding he says that if wives
| wish 10 gain the esteem and affection of their
| bus Islands, they do not need costly and splendid
toilets but have only to cultivate their hearts and
| minds.
Lady Edith Campbell, eldest daughter of the
duke OF Argyle, who was recently married to the
eldest son OF the duke of Northumberland, was
attended by twelve brido-maids- She wore "a
white satin dress, riohIy hounced and trimmed
with OLD point lace, and for head-dress wreath
composed solely Of orange flowers. nom which
depended a veil of Brussels lace. The only Jew
eled ornaments were a valuable necklace of
pearls and superb pendant composed Of bril-.
lisnis OF the purest water. Her bridesmaids were
stiired in dresses of white glace, trimmed with
plush, the bonnets being OF tenry velvet, orns-
mented with snow6rOps." After the wedding,
the newly married couple left the church for the
duke OF Argyle's residence at Campden Hill,
where the wedding breakfast was served and
then departed for Albany Park, the duke OF
Northumbeiland's seat, Surry, TO spend the
honey moon. The bridal presents were very nu-
merous, including gift from the queen.
The oldest tree on record in Europe is asserted
to be the Cypress of Somma, in Lombardy, Italy.
This tree Is believed 10 have been in existence
the time Of Julius Caesar, AZ years before Christ
and is, therefore, 1901 years old 1t is 100 feet in
height. and 20 feet il circumference at one foot
from the ground. Napoleon, when laying down
his plan for the great road over the Simplon d.
verge6 from a straight line TO avoid injuring this
tree. Superior antiquity is claimed for the i'm
mense tree in Calaveras county, California. This
is supposed from the number of concentlic cir
cles in the trunk, to be 2565 years old.
The tallest chimney in the world is said to be
that at the Port Dundas Works, Glasgow, Scot
land. Its height, from the foundation, 46s feet
above the ground. Asa feet, the foundation being
IA feet deep. The outside diameter on a level
with the ground il "a feet, at the top IL feet |
inches. The most wonderful part of the story OF |
this lofty chimney is that having been twisted ont
OF the vertical line to the extent of feet inches,
by violent wind before the mortar was hardened |
human ekill has reduced il 10 perfect perpendic-
ulsr again. The mortar was sawed out on the |
windwerd side, SO as to allow the chimney to set. |
tie sufficiently to restore the perpendicular.
The number OF vessels built on the FIRTH of the |
Clyde. in 1868, was 2l9, with an aggregate of |
lG0,056 tons and 1922 nominal horse power. |
Though the number OF vessels built 10 1867 was /
242, yet the tonnage was only 1l3, 095, aud the |
kFW eha h..sl1
Napier Il Co. had the largest number of orders /
for ships of war. During 1868, the Naners built |
two monitors, the DeBnffel and De Tiger, and |
have at present on the stocks two iro1.clads the
Audacious and Inv incibe and an iron-plated ram,
the HotFpur for the British government. Laird & |
Co., of Greenock, have built and "enginedn six |
ste mers, with an aggregate Of 20,6S5 tons, for |
ira satlantc navigation. Another firm has con. |
stfucted sixteen vessels, with an aggregate of /
while the shipbuildiDg trade on the Thames re- /
msins at a stand-still, the business on the Clyde
Is increasing every year. This prosperity ia at |
trbuted to the lower rates of wages. and the i
cheaper prices at which coal and iron can be OBJ
tanned On the Clyde. The London shipbuidiag |
trade, it is asserted would be extinct we're il not
for the government contract given to the firms in
the metropolis of England.
Acelina Patti, after a series of triumphs at /
Brussels, has left that city for Lege l6 700 francs
were made by the representation of Lucia -
IL, 800 francs by that of I" ii Barbiere ~ and on
the last night, when Patti sang in Gounod's
- Faust" Tin French) the receipts amounted to
1920 francs-an unheard of sum for Brussels. |
Some of the places were let at 40 francs and none |
less than frencs. Patti was called back after |
every air; bouquets and wreaths were showered |
upon her-she was nearly smothered In flowers |
and the final trio brought down such a burst of |
enthusiasm that the whole of it had TO be gone
through again.
The Havre journals state that Madame Olympic |
Aucouard declares herself to be any thing but
an sdnirer of the American man. such as she had |
Sc en- him during her recent visit to this country. |
The Americans smoke they chew, they spit, they |
p 1t tteir feet on mantlepieces and tables, and
thu y csll themselves democrats, the word has on |
lhelr lips precisely the same sense as aristocrat |
has elsewhere. But madame greatly likes the |
women of America, calls them charming and |
iovely-too good altogether for the coarse and
awkward men.
One of our fast men and greatest dandies was
IN stage box with very young and benevolent
girl Whom he uTied to hide from every eye) and |
another woman. Some of his friends determined |
10 play trick on him. They gave louis to the |
servant az the bar, babe him carry bottle of lem
onade and three sticks Of barley sandy, nsistupon
the companys accepting them, and say they were |
paid for by the ladies' friends. The dandy refused
10 receive them the waiter insisted the scene be-
came 20 animated the attention of the whole au- |
dience was directed TO the box.-[Psris Letter.
Christmas is cheerful season in England. The |
Pail Mall Gazette, Of December ~, says: "Dr. |
Ian kester held twelve inquests yesterday, most |
Of The deaths being the result of holiday ex. |
ceases. BE bad already held inquests on elk
children who we're found dead on the streets on |
Boxing Day." The Gazette gives this intelligence
70 the world in department headed General |
Notes.
This is the golden age OF advertising. London
papers say that the Christmas pantomimes and |
ouIesques are full of puts. At Drury Lane a
we'll known firm of haberdashers have scene TO |
for the exhibition of their Christmas |
goods, while Covent Garden introduces a similar
display on behalf of a rival establishment. A.
be POLYTECHNIC so called scientific lecture ia
1evoied to the gloridcation of an enterprising |
Y matchmaker.
A correspondent of the New York Tines de-
crbes the mikado OF Jspsn a youth OF sixteen. |
With sensual and vacanf cOuntenance. a hard |
iead and false eye, brows painted half way nm |
ne Iorehead: Ten years ago he was considered |
geo, ana his existence doubted by skeDtical |
japanese; now he appears in public and is 70
'e the ruler Of his people.
On New Years day the prince imperial moved |
nto his new quarters In the Tueries. A inven,le |
'arty was given in honor of the occasion. The
ouDg prince OF the Asturias was present, and the
rinee imperial, whether of his own accord or |
Ut up 10 1t by his parents, offered toast ia which