The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-29

@'If the internal fanatics and AbOlitiOnist
ever get power in their hands, they will
override the Constitution, set the Supreme
Court at defiance, change and make laws Z
snit themselves, lay violent hands on thos'
~ho differ with them in their opinions, OF
sAre question their infallibility, and finally
bankrupt the country and deluge 1T witt
blood.'-Ddniel Webster.
so we will have cloudy weather to day
ard areas of rain on the lower Mississippi
We will welcome the showers
According to new law in Massachusetts
a wife does not require her husbands con
sent to sale Of her real estate.
in another column will be found the care
Of Mcssrs. l.. j. Bright & Co., Of the Prize
Current. For the future they will publish
daily full telegraphic reports of the Liver
pool breadstuffs and provision markets
Read their card. ..- sa
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The sprinkling on Canal street has com
menced, we are gratfed to observe. 1t was
sprinkle and a promise yesterday, but il
was something, and for that the dusty pco
pie are grateful. Keep the pcrambulating
showers going, Mr.. Kenner.
The very large circulation, both morning
and evening, which the BULLETIN has at
tanned, together with the rcasonableness Of
our rates. make it the most desirable medi-
nm in the city for advertising WANTS.
Rents" etc.
We are indebted to Staubs Cheap News
Stand for copy of the double number of
the Graphic, containing extensive illustra-
t:ons of the great White House wedding,
also late copies of the New York Herald.
Staub is live newsdealer
Messrs. Dan Owens and Harry Blow, Of
that popular saloon, the New Pelican, corner
of st. Charles and Perdido streets, have our
Acknowledgements for sending us last even
ing something to refresh the inner man. 1t
came at very opportune moment, and was
highly appreciated. Success to the boys!
On Tuesday last, our old friend Mr. X. +.
Gray, was united in marriage to Miss Eliza
S. johnson, of South Carolina, and daughter
Of +. M. johnson, Esq, prominent planter
.of Plaquemines parish. The couple have
orr best wishes for their happiness, and we
trust their future may be as bright as our
sincere desires. trs .HF sH
There is a young lady up town who labors
,nnder the curious hsllucination that she is a
pendulum, and to see her vibrating before
iher mirror when adding the few last touches
III, her toilet, or swaying gently to and fro
whenever she happens to be standing erect,
SO excessively amusing. She doesn't like it
q bit, however, whom = teasing friend asks
.hor the time of day. H7nr
THOSE SLUICEs-Why is il Administrator
Lewis does not open the sluices at the head
<sf the streets of the Second, Third and
Fourth Districts, 10 that the city may he
,cieansed. The draft on the Water Works
80 supply water for washing for the poor is
,alraady very great ard it costs the city a
considerable sum to do it, whereas, if these
water gates were opened, stream would
dow down every street without any cost to
tho city beyond that Of opening the sluices.
Open them. Mr.. Lewis.
a number Of complaints have reached us
lately about the unfairness shown by the |
officers in the pay ment of the witnesses at
sending the trial Of the Grant parish prison.
,ers The negroes, it is said, are promptly
and regularly paid, but the white witnesses
Tor the defense receive only certificates of
Indebtedness, and are told where they can
per cent Such Partially is reprehensible
IN the extreme, and if brought to the atten-
t;oa Of the Court would, in all probability,
by checked by the presiding Judge.
II is said that Gen. Grant is in favor of
decorating the graves Of Union and Confed-
crate dead alike, and that Gen. Sheridan is
opposed t. il. These two soldiers belong to
widely different schools. Gen. Grant fought
the Confe<lerates with tho sword Gen.
Sheridan with box of matches.
louisville Courier Journal.
%C0rreoS, Mr.. Watterson, as between SOL
diers Of tho stamp Of Grant and Sheridan
among people Of the South. We can all
recall noble acts in the life of Grant, but
where is the man who can point to single
set in the career Of the pretentious Sheri-
dan calculated to elevate our opinion of hu-
naanity or to shed lustre upon the American
nsmef Beside such men as Grant, and those
gallant and lsmented soldiers, Mcpherson,
md Hartruf, Sheridan shrinks up into a
pigmy too insignificant for notice.
The Manchester IN. H. Union" says:
" Tho truth is, this negro business has be-
come a bore. The freedom and political
equality of the blacks is recognized by every
opinions they may have en-
and SO far as we are concerned,
VIC have no hesitation in saying that the
Of the black under the cir /
cumstances was crime second only to the ,
Of war for their emancpa-