The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-26

Y 70 1879
that the oldest iuhabltant does not remember
1t; but there can be no doubt that the schooner
OF Columbus ran ashore on 1t, and that when
he got home he notified the associated press
OF the fact that he had found new land In
mid-Ocean.
At first the Spanish people were inclined
to think that Columbus had done big thing,
tut, after studying the matter over for some
time, and foreseeing that, in the course of
years, the country would be capable of pro-
ducng such men as Grant. who would put
the nations OF Europe to great expense for
dinners, hotel, and cigar and whisky bills,
they concluded that, instead of being entitled
to reward, Columbus should be decapitated.
They We're merciful, however, and did him
no further harm than loading him with chains
and putt ing him in the Penitentiary at hard
labor for life.
Some distance from the land was O skff
containing Americas Vespuci, the man after
whom America was named, and who wasn't
within four hundred miles of the place when
the discovery was made. He however, wrote
q book about It, and as he seemed to know
more about the place than the man who
found It, they dubbed it after him. Cortes
the invader OF Mexico, was also In the boat.
as was Pzarro, the man who conquered Peru,
and fried the Inca on gridron to make
him tell where his treasure was concealed.
They were pulling with might and main for
the shore, evidently afraid that Columbus
would steal something before they reached it.
Next came Ponce de Leon, the searcher
after
The Fountain of Youth,
accompanied by a number OF venerable bald
heads, old and wrinkled and palsied of limb.
The old villains were striving earnestly to
bring their boat to the fountain which was In
the distance, and was surrounded by num-
Der of persons who had been relieved by its
magic waters of the burdens which swift
winged old time had placed upon them.
The Father of Waters.
Old Mississippi came next. The old gentle
man straddled wide-mouthed jar, perched
high on the top of rock and from the Jar
gushed forth a stream of the muddy water
which flows by the Crescent City. Around
the rock was grouped number of pelicans
was the man who discovered the hiding place
of old Mississippi, Ferdinand DeSoto. DeSoto,
II he had kept away from the river, might
have lived many years longer than he did, but
he took to drinking the water fhe wasn't &C
customed to water anyway and died.
The beautiful and touching story of
Pocahontas
followed
The artist had chosen to depict the most
thrilling scene in the tale. The moment when
Lo, the poor Indian, was going to put head
on Smith, and Pocahontas rushed In and,
after telling her noble pa what she thought
Of him, gave him to understand that II Mr.
Smith was not Immediately unbound and re-
stored to liberty she would commit hari kari
1t was most graphically portrayed. There
was but one fault, and that one was found in
Smith, who was so entirely uneoncerned In
the proceedings that he was fast asleep
scene from the American
Revolution
followed. A company of Continentals on one
side were backing up the American eagle and
urging 1t to go In and clean out John Bull,
who was on the other side, supported by q
half-breed and number of Hessians. This
great fight, it will be remembered, was
brought on by q great many circumstances,
prominent among which was the throwing
overheard of quantity of bad tea by the
Americans and the splitting up of liberty
pole for fire wood by the British. There were
several minor events which led up to it, but
these are all we can remember at present
IT no oil hal I'll
Bull got whipped.
fine End
of the pageant came with companyof chosen
knights of the King, and number of officers
Of his household, including the Lord Chan
celor, Lord High Admiral, Lord Treasurer,
Lord High Chamberlain and the Lord High
Steward, all richly clad In armor. They went
on by, and Rex'5 grand procession of 1879
was thing of the past.
Following the procession came that joviaI
band,
THE DISCIPLES OF MIRTH,
whose first appearance on the streets Mardl
Gras year ago as "Blg 40" created con-
siderable mirth and was generally pronounced
an important feature OF the procession.
Their appearance on that occasion, and the
amusing character Of the display, was we'll
remembered by all who saw it, and as con-
sequence there was much curiosity as to the
subject they would represent yesterday, and
many anticipations of fun in connection with
it.
When they appeared and the title OF their
display,
1.-THE Lunch Brigade
was seen there was prolonged cheer.
1t was an inimitable caricature on the mill
tia, got up with most faithful regard for de-
tails.
The brigade was proceeded by band,
which was, however, a peculiarly silent one,
as but two Of the instruments, the drum and
q trumpet, were capable Of giving forth a
sound.
Immediately after the band came the Brig
adler General, clad in a naval officers uni
form and riding in a cart. A banner conveyed