East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-06-28

neighborhood assembled, one night
soon after, duly disguised and painted,
One John Roberts was elected "cap-
TAIN" and in that capacity he tapped
at Marsh's door and asked admittance
for himself and his party. This was
refused. A call for whiskey WAS also
negatived, and thereupon a hideous
hullaballoo was got up, of which
Parliamentary desk music gives but a
faint idea. The upshot of the affair
was that Roberts was killed. While
heading a party in pursuit of Marsh
through field, the latter fired at him.
ooh, boys, I'm shot," was Roberts
only utterance, and he dropped dead
A coroner's jury sat upon the case,
and gave the following verdict; =
THAT John Roberts came to his death
by a shot fired by Joseph Marsh, un-
der circumstances of great aggrava-
ton and without malice aforethought. !"
Marsh was thereupon arrested and
committed for trial at the next assizes.
Rather serious fun " surely.
The catastrophe of last week is not
an unusual thing. Several such cases
have occurred within short period,
and will continue as long as the sense
less and aggravating habit is INDUCED
in. A charivari tends to q breach of
the peace, and, as already stated, it is
a gross interference with personal
rights. No person of right feeling or
common discretion would engage in
them, for the sake of fun" and if
there is another motive at work, the
matter is made worse. Thore is good
ground for believing, that, in many
cases, the pretended fun-seekers are
really actuated by malice, jealousy, or
some other equally unworthy motive,
and thus practice theoretically harm
less, though silly, becomes the means
Of gratifying spleen and despicable
ill-will. The death of Roberts will
call down upon all charivaris the stern
est reprobation of all right-minded
people. Toronto Globe.
Some years since the "charivari"
commonly pronounced "chivaree" was
an established institution here, and we
have several times taken occasion to
characterize the practice as barbarous,
silly and disgraceful. We are happy
to know, however, that it has been
discarded, and now January might wed
with May,
=" Tigers mate with binds
And wolves with sheep
And every creature couple with its foe,
if so disposed, without fear of noe
turnal din or disturbance, and "with
no one to modest or make them afraid"
The Colored Elephant on our Hands.
The Philadelphia North AmIr'cGn, a
republican journal of notespsks and
answers, thus:
WHO FooTs THE BILL?
A circular is said to have been is
sued from the office of the bureau of
refugees, freemen, and abandoned
lands, which "directs that, in accord
ance with the act Of Congress estab-
fishing the bureau referred to, assist
ant commissions of refugees, etc, will
at once make estimates of the amount
of provisions, clothing, etc, as may be
needed for the supply of such classes
of persons within their respective de-
partments. 1t also states that rations
will not be gratuitously issued to
teachers of freedmen and refugees,
but such as are duly authorized by the
commissioners of the bureau may
purchase rations in tho same manner
as commissioned officers Of the
army, and will receive free transpor-
tation on government transports and
railroads. Public buildings, or those
seized by the government from disloy-
al persons, not required for military
purposes, may be used for schools,
teachers, soldiers wives and refugees.
We know nothing of the accuracy
OF this statement, and give it in the
words we find in print, SO that in what
we may have to say upon this subject
the text may be liable to no question.
We need no better proof than is af-
forded by this circular of the correct
ness of our previously expressed be-
lief, that this Freedmen's Bureau is
likely, unless closely watched and re-
stricted carefully within specified
bounds, to become as great sink of
money as anything connected with the
war. 1t seems, from the wording of
this document, that tho United States
government is to clothe, feed and
house thousands of persons not in the
military, naval or civil service of the
not employed upon the pub
lie works, not doing anything, in fact,
but receiving an education.
We have not before us the a. Of
Congress creating the bureau, but the
circular refers to it as requiring these
things to be done, and we find no fault
with Gen. Howard or the government
for endeavoring to perform properly
the duties thus enjoined. But in be-
half of the taxpayers of the republic,
we do most earnestly protest against
this whole scheme as unnecessary,
and, in view Of the tremendous finan-
cial embarrassments of the nation,
little short of outrageous. Guarded
as the language of the circular would
lead many persons to think ithe pro-
visions for clothing, feeding, &C., are,
the terms are guarded only in form,
while in reality the widest notions
connected with the scheme may esaily
be carried into effect under them
When we spoke of this subject on
recent occasion, it was urged in reply
70 n,tr. afric t,iroa thnt tho ,nlnr, liI not