The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-03
TEE NEW ORLEANS DEMoORAT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1880

Eastern States will be able to secure reliable
laborers TO take the place OF those who. like the
Sand Lot patriots Of California. have deserted
the farms and the workshops to engage In pc.
litioal agitation. Distributed throughout the
great States OF tho North and West these nou.
voting and Industrious people will not be liable
to excite antagonism among other lnborers. In
the meantime California, relieved of their pres
ence will have an excellent opportunity to
show the world what can be done In tho line
Of progress under the auspices Of such en-
lightened and sell. sacrificing leaders as Denis
Kearney and the very reverend Mayor KaIloch
or course there will be no more assemblages
and speeches at the Sand Lots. and no moro
bulidozing resolutions defining tho duties Of
great corporations aud Legislative assemblies.
Oh. mol For II may BIZ Inferred that these meek
and patient patriots. who have been no long
struggling for their rights, now TINT the heath.
ems have been driven away. will ut once 20
earnestly to work. Then will Denis Kearney
lay aside his amnesty for the 'bloated arHto-
Gratis" and mounting once more bis drav. In
stead OF the political platform. will solicit the
patronage of an honorable blk" az well as any
other man. But perhaps We may anticipate too
much. Let us wait and $780,
NINE. DE IEMusATs MEMOIRS.
The publication Of Nine. dc Remusat's Me-
noirs has evidently afforded the opponents OF
the Napoleonio dynavsty no small amount OF
satisfaction by giving the coloring OF truth to
many OF the scandals that were brought against
Napoleon while at tho height Of his power
and grandeur. and which we're subsequently
regarded as fabrications by historians and fair
minded people generally. It is not very proba-
t bic, however. that these late eritiasms will
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the character OF the man that STROBE the world
like u Colossus" Mime. Dc Remusat. according
to her own account. must have enjoyed un-
| equaled opportunities for studying the do
mestic life OF the first Emperor. but her VOL
umes. from the beginning to the end indicate
that she either attached herself to the imperial
household az spy or In subsequent years saw
fit to revise her manuscript go az to conform
with the views of Napoleon's opponents. In
this connection the publication OF a letter.
which may be found In the Bibliotheuue Ma
tionale. among the papers relating to the Ma
poeon family. will DO found of interest It is
translated as follows:
ST.. CLouD. August 10. 1871.
Monsieur 10 DUO de Frioul:
Please tell Comte de Remusat not to meddls
have Withdrawn hi4 title OF Master Of my Ward
robe. Get q list OF my clothes. Have them
yerltieh, J., and marked. l am not aware that
Oomte dc Remusat was appointed by any de-
pare another that will dismiss him.
To thoroughly understand this letter one
must bear In mind that the Comte de Remusat
the husband Of the author OF the Mem oirs" al
lnded to. enjoyed the distinction Of being the
Master OF the Emperor's Wardrobe. Ia there
not Just here to be discovered some motive for
the wife's unfavorable judgment OF the CON
oueror Of the world? Not only Is her husband de-
prived Of his title OF Master OF the Wardrobe.
but he ia. In language more forc lie than polite.
requested mot to meddle' with his imperial
masters wearing apparel In future And,
thinking OF the matter. what had the "Comta''
been doing with those Rarments2 Had he been
caught wearing one OF the Emperor's shirts. or
had he been detected trying on the imperial
trowsere2 In any event the offsnse must have
been q very great one. or his reduction to the
ranks would not have been succeed ID By per-
emptory dismissal. From this 1t would appear
that Napoleon. having given the Count do Rem
usat the grand bounce. his mortified widow re-
taliates by letting the word know what mon
ster the little Corsican was.
PHYSICAL CULTURE IN SCHOOLS.
A lecture was recently delivered Ia Brooklyn. |
New York. on the advantages Of physical edu- |
cation In the public schools. which set forth |
some excellent rules for adoption BY teachers. |
1t was asserted that the children entered the |
schools OF to-day better. physically. than they |
came out. The games played by school boys |
at recess are no. calculated to develop them |
into hearty, vigorous mon. Thsy develop one
part OF the person only. The teachers. 1t was
argued should have some preliminary instruc-
ton themselves, so that they could at a glance |
tell the weak physical points OF pupil
and thereby becapable Of directing at.en-
ton to those points. Teachers should |
tell the children to slt back on the |
seats as far as possible and hold the chin up.
Give boy premium for keeping his chin an
Inch above the horizontal and 1t was commended |
that before the end Of the year he would be
erect. 1t was not thought neeess sry that boys
and girls should be made athletes Athletes
are not infreQuently deficient In those parts |
which they do not call into play. The necessity
- the public schools is that a sound body |
be cultivated MS we'll as a sound mind.
and teachers should be able to direct the pupils |
to those exercises which give them vigor where |
they are weak. The English youths who 90 to
college from Elton and Rugby start we'll. be-
cause OF the physical culture they receive. The |
foregoing suggestions. added to those recently
set forth by DR.. JOS. Holt OF this city. In his re-
port to the Board OF Health, are orthy OF the
attention of those charged with the education
OF the boys and girls Ia our public schools. and
may with propriety also b. considered by
teachers Of private schools
PUBLIC LANDS.
The public lands commission appointed last
summer has completed Its report upon the land
system. The following are among the recon-
A REORGANIZATION OF the general
Land Office and an increase OF Its force: that
swamp lands and pasturage lands may here
after be surveyed and patented By townships;
that better provisions shall be made for making
the boundaries Of surveyed tracts; that the sys-
tenn of letting public surveys by contract be dis
continued. and that all surveys and boundaries
between States and Territories shall be made
hereafter under the direction OF the coast and
Reodetic survey; that the Office Of receiver at
each local land office ba abolished, The c)m-
missioners will recommend division Of the
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