The national Republican., 1867-04-13

the key,, should, when I present my.
self at the gate, dnd no one to open 10 mo .
This settled the CONTROVERSY, though poor, hon
e't Coleman resigned hb see rather than submi,
10 such decision. 3
On Easter Sunday depend all moveable fsssts
and fasts throughout the year. The nine sun-
days before and the eight following after are all
dependent upon u. and form, a. u were, .
bodysusrd Of this queen Of festivals. The nino
preceding are the sx x'sundays 10 Lent, ouinqua-
gesima, seIagosima, aud septuagssima; the
eight following are the fvs Sundays aftsr Easter,
the Sunday alter Ascension Day, Whit Sunday,
and Trinity Sunday. s4.Ea- 2 ~ t-E
The different customs Of Easter season stiil
continue in the various Kingdoms Of Europe.
Some amusing and hdloulous OF "iiftipg I" or
| "hsaving," is stiil praeticed In the counties Of
Lanoashire, Cheshire, stadordshire and War.
wiekshire On Raster Monday the men lift the
women, Tuesday the women '1ift'' the men The
process Is performed BY two lusty men or women
crossing hands over esoh others wrists, and then
mako the person to be "hesved - cit down on
thsir arms, they heave him to aud fro, up and
dovn, two or three times. and frequsntly carry
the victim several yards along the street. a
grave divine was astopishsd one Easter Sunday,
passing through Lancashire, and having 10 stop
At an inn, 10 End rushing into bis room 10 '1iftn
bis revercuce, four fat and rousing women, to
"put him through the ''maunsrs and customs"
Of the country. He compromised with them BY
paying each half crown, $50 cepts,) and es-
capped the compliment Of being fused up" on
the occasion. In Durham, on Monday, The men
take OF the shoes Of the women, and on Tuesday
the fair sex retaliate. aneicntly, the seeiesias.
ties and laics used 10 ppy ball In the church for
p-nsy cakes on Easter. tide The distribution Of
The white cakes on Easter Is still observed In
these counties Of Merry England. 81 ~ IN
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serious occurrence, which took place In 1888,
70 the Queen OF Edward III: "che Queen having
followed the Wing into that city was conducted
by him through the gate OF the abbey to the
friars lodgings, where, having supped and gone
TO bed with her royal lord, she was soon aroused
by one Of tho monks, who readily intimated to
her that ST. Cuthbert by no means loved the
company Of her sex. The Queen thereupon has.
tily dressed herself and won't TO the castle for
the remaining part Of the night, asking pardon
for the sin she had Inadvertently committed
against their patron saint
Another lively game observed Is that Of foot
ball. by oil classes even the reverend clergy and
men Of aldermanic proportions were not exempt
from the contagon Of the sport. We forgot TO
mention that on roll in tho custody Of Mr..
LySons, keeper Of tho Tower Of London, an item
Is mentioned Of f4OO (s2, OO0) being aid to some
adde's f6r 'lifting" Edward the First into his
bed.
The custom Of boiling aud roasting eggs IN and
out doors Is still strictly observed In Great Brit
ain, more especially inIreland. Many years Rgo
In that beautiful Gem Of the Sea. as Tom
Moore calls Ireland, we saw gourmnnd eat ave
goose eggs at once. This may appear incredible,
but is Is true Notwithstanding And another In
stance OF rousing youngster eating hens egg
for every year OF his age Qen) without feeling
any III or uncomfortable effects He was fair
specimen ofa Give" Fenian. He was we'll named
Egbert. Another practice there. years ago, was
for tho boys to sing In tho streets,
"Chri.t Is dead I'D rise
And the Jews must gu to prison" "
But the custom to rise soon on Easter morning
to SEQ tho sun for joy at the resurrection Of tho
Saviour 10, among the ignorant and lower classes,
truths as true as holy writ, at this day Of
modern enlightenment and progress. Indeed the
tradition among the classes specified attained
such hold upon the popular mind that that
erudito gentleman, Sir Thomas Browne, 10 bis
"Inquiry into Vulgar Errors" considered It Of
30 much importance as to refute its absurdity in
bis interesting dissertations on popular orrors.
The custom Of painting boiled eggs In Ger
many and Italy, In yariegated colors Is one still
in vogue. Some Of them have beautiful minia-
ture Landscape scenes painted thereon, and sold
high. And the ordinary eggs boiled hard as
rocks serve another purpose also; many an un.
lucky whit will get peted with them tomorrow,
on the other side Of the Atlantic.
Throughout the civilized world II will be duly
| observed, but nowhereas In the eternal city y
The Pope will ohiciate In person 10 St. Peters, in
| full canonicalsi will be carried In his car Of
| state by twelve cardinals or bishops, and utter
| q few pdtsT noStsrS. They arc printed on slips
Of paper and afterwards distributed to the popu-
lace. The scramble for them can readily be i'm.
| agined The churches are decorated gRily with
flowers; the TyrOleso peasant comes to mass fan
| tastically decorated with ribbons and In his own
| AWAIT nnalndv Utvaa In hia katntatnn. In
sweeter chaunts on his guitar, echoing and re-
echoing from bill to valley as he winds his way
| 10 the villages and cities.
1 In this country, in tho Episcopal, Roman Cath.
ollie, and Lutheran churches, the fonts and CON.
i munion tables will be decorated with white how.
enj but tho "lOw church" Episcopaliaus dis.
| card the custom or pTactice. All good Roman
Catholics in the city will attend divine service
before sunrise The most imposing service,
though, will be at IL O'Clock, q. m =. when the
Holy Communion, or Lords Supper, will be sol
| emniEed in the Catholic. Episcopal, and Lutheran
churches. Tho ohaunts hymns. stabat mater!
tomorrow In the above. named churches will b,
worth hearing, and we advise all to visit then
and have their souls for once raised, at least In
| Imagination, above this mundane sphere; and
should any frequent them for any other purpose
| may turn out as with Pope
Those who came to seof
R'mained to PRAYER"
SECOND WARD REPUBLICAN CLUB.-This
| club met In Woodward's Hall last evening" the
| let ce.president, VIM. L. BramhaII, In the
| chair, and A. g Hail. secretary pro tenn.
The proceedings Of the last meeting were read
| and approved.
Mr.. W d. Myers offered resolution provid.
| ing for the appointment Of a committee Of five to
elect q delegation Of fifteen to the nominating
conyenfion-the committee to report tonight one
week.
Mr.. J. Sayles Brown opposed the resolution
on tho ground that 1t would be q club of say one
hundred, legiSlating for several thousand voters
| in the District. lie wanted some concerted ac-
ton in this matter. 1t was a piece Of imperti.
nence on the part Of this club to open its mouth
the loose manner in which the various clubs con-
ducted tho campaign, each adopting mode of
| operation, and nearly all differing. He desired
that by some means tho clubs or their presidents
be brought together and some definite plan there
adopted.
Major II. A. Hall said they had quarrelIed lin
a friendly manuer) in the Central Association
about this very subject and finally they oonel
that committee Of Is from each ward be dele
gated to meet together and he thought that was
| = fair proposition, aud should be acceded to by
the ward associations.
Mr.. l. Edwin Dudley said this club repre-.
sented the Republican voters Of the Second
ward all Of them had 4 chance to join tho club,
| and he thought the club should concur In tho
suggestion made by the Central Organization.
Mr W. II. Chase desired to know, this being
the most important meeting held, why so few
| were here. He also desired to know by what