New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-07


From off its Joys to dear.
Then, brother Germans, HE away
It's sweet lost joys again to find!
The Yolksfest's here with merry May
Stay not behind. Stay not behind!
1t may be thought that the invitation is rather
limited for New Orleans but it is well understood,
that the world and the rest of mankind" will be
welcome at the festival.
NOTES TYPOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY.-Tem-
perley, in his not very accessible Encyclopedia
of Literary and Typographical Anecdote," has a
most comprehensive collection, from which we
may quote perhaps with interest to writer's typos,
and readers, from time to time. Here are a
couple paragraphs chronologcally applicable
to-day tsJ
| On th of May, 17l3, NicssaIas Rowe received
Of Limits tke sum Of $50 l5s say 1854 for the
tragedy 81 Il Jane Shore II all in the following
year Rs eeeiyed the surg Of 975 IS. (say 1915
SOY for rageai q jane Grey" Lintot paid
| DR.. SeY A(eay IS SOY for writing Obser-
vationl Is Shore"
On If May, 1888. again, Mr.. Clements,
propris 81 the Morning Chronicle and Observer
London papers, was fined GlOO (say 5000 in the
court Of Kings Bench, for a libel on the Duchess
of Richmond, taken from the Court Journal. The
defendant had merely copied it, and had rendered
an apology
In themselves, these paragraphs mayappear not
to convey much; but what reflections may they
not awaken! Rowe's name as connected with
Shaksperes attaches to a lifetime length of
study for all who could choose it; and even Lin
tots name is one of no mean connection. The
price paid for Jane Shore " and that (95 or $3.50
paid for Paradise Lost, that paid for Johnson's
dictionary (Gl575 or $3.50 and that paid for a
poem by Tennyson Ia guinea or IS rs per line),
and thousand and one such things, need be nc
more than suggested. ..."..-
MORAL OBLIQUITY.-In no shape does mora
obliquity shock the sense of right more than il
that which it assumes when corrupting the infant
mind. 1t is fearful thing to see the idle, drunken
sot leading by example stronger than precept, his
children through misery in the path Of ruin 1t is
crushing to hear the foul-tongued mother forget
her womanhood and hiss about her baby daugh-
ter's ears language that men abhor even in the
sunken denizeRs of the stews. Instances of this
depth are happily rare in comparison with Others
oflitte, if any less real depravity. We mean those
in which the child is brutalIy forced to consider
the innocent divuging Of truth crime against Q
parent who would stide it for the purpose of con
t cealing another. Examples of this are unhappily
too common. One which has just come within oul
cognizance is saddening to think of that we re
late it in the hope that our doing so may leadto it,
being avoided future from fear-if from no bette
motive-of such an exposure as might be madt
of the parties. Atpresent we abstain from men
tioning names or other circumstances which nigh
y lead to their recognition; and as the circumstance
narrated are strictly true, they will doubtless b.
found to apply in more than one case, and 50 ma.
do more good than they otherwise would.
Nomatter when butquite lately certain posses
a sion was missing search was made for itthrough
e out the neighborhood but it could not be found
= and all the neighborhood denied knowing OF it
n whereabouts, till sweet little girl Of five or 81
j, summers with the purity and naiVete of innocen
youth, stated that twas in her parents premise!
The parents had already denied this; but on tn
At statement of the little innocent, they were agai
l. applied to- The child's statement was declared t
h. be erroneous-false-and to have reference t
IT, something of somewhat similar character t
I'd the missing one but the poor dear little chill
p corrected this statement, and explained too clear
for any further mistake that she was stating IL
truth and thought that she ought to tell it, al
her mother to love her for doing so. A bo
" march into the yard showed the child had told IL
20 %, truth the missing article was found there, al
~ carried off by the owner and as the doors cIost
behind him, cruel mothers hands were heal
re basely scourgng her infant daughter for its inn
IL, cent truthfulness A simple fact like IL
so can need no comment. Their moral obliqui
ct must be gross indeed who do not denounce SUI
depravity as inhuman, We hope that the me
10 fact of seeing it thus recorded will deter MAJ
&C., from the commission of such deeds in futul
Train up child in the way he should go, a
MS when he is old he will not depart from it." B
IN remember that" A liar is an abomination IN
Va. the Lord ;" and that He has said: " Thou sh
, - not steal.n Whatever one may know himself
ed be, at least let him not teach his children 9th
wise than thus.