The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-04
LORD LYTTOT's t'tBLE' IN SOEG.

1.-THE Horse and the Fly" states one Of the
unanswerabie problems OF Life n quite a real
istic and strais h,forward way. fly startles
cab horse, the coach is overset: newly
married pair within, and the driver, a man
with wife and family, are all killed.
The horse continues to gailop OF III the loose
traces, and ends the tragedy by running over
an only child; and there is some little pathetic
detail here introduced in the telling that
makes the readers Indignation very white-hot
against some one It remains to De seen who
til 1t some one is to be. The fly? Nay, but on
closer inspection it appears that the ~, actu-
ated by matern instinct, was only seeking a
place for her eggs: is maternal instinct, then,
sole anthor Of these mischiefs al Who's III
the right one OF the best fables in the book
is somewhat in the same vein.
After a battle ha been won, 3 group o. ON
GERS assemble inside : battery and debate to-
gether who should have tie honor of The
success; the prince, the general star, the
cavalry the engineer who posted the battery
in which they then stan, talking, are sue
cessively named; the sergeant who pointed
the gun sneers to himself at TIE mention of
the engineer, and, close by the gunner who
applied the match passes away with smile OF
triumph, since it was through his hand that
the victorious blow was dealt. Meanwhile
the cannon claims the honor over the gunner:
the cannon ball, who actually goes forth on
the dread mission, claims it over the cannon,
who remains idly behind; the powder reminds
the cannon ball that but for him it would still
be living on the arsenal floor, and the match
caps the discussion, powder, cannon ball and
cannon would be all equally vain and inef-
fectual without fire.
inst then there comes on q shower Of rain,
which vets the powder and puts out the match,
and completes this lesson of dependence by
Indicating the negative conditions which are
as necessary for any effect in their absence as
in the presence of this great fraternity OF posi-
tive conditions, not any one OF which can
claim priority over any other. But the fable
does not end here, as, perhaps, Il all logical
strictness, it should. It wanders OFT into a
discussion as to which il the truer greatness,
that of the vanquished fire or that OF the vic
torious rain And the speech OF the rain is
charming:
Lo, with my little drops bless again
Ard beautify the fields which thou dldst blast
Rend, wither, waste and ruin, what thou wilt,
But call not greatness what the gods call guilt.
Blossomed grass from blood in battle split, .
And popped corn bring.
Md moulderlng Babies TO oblivion built,
NY viOets spring.
Lite by little my small drops have strength
To deck with green delights the grateful earth,
and so forth, not quite germane lit seems to
mel to the matter in hand, but welcome for its
own sake. -Fmtnightly Rerie,e.
The approaching publication OF the me-
moirs of Prince Talleyrand was announced
the other day, but it appears that the reading
public is not to be gratified with sight Of
them for twenty two years yet to come owing
to compact made with his late Majesty
Napoleon III. This astute sovereign, desiring
some eight years ago to know what these
memoirs contained requested that a portion
of the manuscript should be sent to him for
perusal This was accordingly done, and the
Emperor discovered that the memoirs were in
fragrant disaccord with the Memorial of st.
Helena, fact which was exceedingly annoy
ing to him He sent. therefore, for the Baron
Charles de Talleyrand, grandson ofthe Prince,
and requested him to interiere with the Naien-
cay family, who were Prince Talleyrands
heirs, in order to obtain further delay in the
publication It was therefore decided upon
that, in accordance with the wishes OF the
Emperor the memoirs should not appear till
after another postponement of thirty years.
As this took place in 1866, we have of course
TWENTY-FIVE more years TO wait until we can
get glimpse of these interesting revelations.
1t was in return for this concession Oh the
part OF the Naiencay famlly that Napoleon
i'll. caused the title of Duke de Montmorencv
to be revived in favor of the second son Of
that house. Phiddelpltid Press.
An investiga alton Of the case OF Jean Pierre
Close. who killed Aiphonse Shwartz at Barry's
Landing on the 18th inst, was held before
Jus ice Veazie on Monday last, and revealed
the fac. that Close had done the killing in
self-defense He was therefore discharged. -
Opelousos Courier, 2SH ut.
Of all the names: There is a Mr.. Stalyin in
Toledo; Billyards keeps restaurant at the
Canada side Of the Detroit Ferry, and there is
a butcher named Beller in the same town.
uozrru that do for one who makes the gentle