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Year: 1878

The Picayune has been very much ex-
ercsed of late about the threatened inva-
sion of freemen's rights in the matter of
the Orange parade at Montreal. Here are
some of it's outgivings:


The situation at Montreal requires wisdom.
1t will be no small misfortune If the
threats of disturbance and violence should
make it necessary to forbid what ought to be
o peaceful parade.


And again:


If there were only ten Oraugemen in Mon
tresl they ought to be able to march in mini
ature procession, with badges, banners. uni
forms and music, through any street of that
city, on the 12sh of July or any other day,
without being insulted or pe.ted with paving
stones. If there were but ten of their eppo-
uents in that city they too should have the
same freedom. The time is gone by when men
must risk limbs and life in expressing their
political religious opinions by words or
acts. The resolution of the Orangemen to Gel
ebrate by parade is to be commended rath-
| er than deplored, because it is the assertion of
| their rights as free citizens of q free Domin-
ion. Let them continue to parade every year
| until their right to parade ehan 70 longer be
disputed.


We are struck with admiration at the
justice of theee sentiments, and signify our
cheerful adhesion to them, but what We are
entirely disgnsted at is the innocence of


the Pic That venerable sheet has no
call to be SO childlike and fresh. Ger


tainly everyone has right to walk along


the streets, singly or in parade, whether


with religious, political or national signifi


cance.


But no one has right to insult another
If any man in this city insults
any one else, there is an ordi
nance providing for his arrest and
, vet New Orleans is considered &
place of considerable freedom of action
, The fact is that license is different thing
, from liberty true liberty does not include
5 the right of doing wrong to another.


Aud just here is where the venerable
Innocence of the PieayWne comes in. Thit
. parade of Orangemen is q most grossly
=, insulting affair. 1t is not q genuine, heart


felt honor which they intend paying to
Year: 1878

There was no bloodshed in Montreal on
the IL b. The Orangemen tried to form in
procession but the mob was so great that
thew were unable to do so al d returned to
their hall. The Mayor followed them and
asked whether they were willing to submit
to the properly constituted authorities
They answered yes. He then forbade the
procession as illegal and ordered the arrest
of the Grand Marshal. TIE Orangemen
then quietly dispersed.
Year: 1878

Come, listen 10 me for while, my lad,
Come, listen to me tor a SPELL


Let that terrible drum


For moment DO dumb,
For your uncle is going to tell


What befell
youth that loved liquor too well.
clever young man was he, my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blessed.


With brandy and wine


He began to decline,
And behaved like person possessed;


protest
The temperance plan is the best.
one evening he went to the tavern, my lad,
He went TO the tavern one night,


And drinking too much


Rum, brandy and such,
The ehGp got exceedingly "tight;'


And was quite
what your aunt would entitle "fright"
The fellow fell into snooze, my lad,
lis horrible slumber he takes


He trembles with fear,


And acts very queer
My eyes how he shiyers and shakes


when he awakes,
And raves about horrid great snakes.
'Tls warning to you and me, my lad,
A particular caution to all


Though no one can see


The viper but he
To hear the poor lunatic bawl,


"How they crawl
All over the floor and the wall,
Next morning he took TO his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed


And he never got up,


To dine or to sup,
Though properly physieed and bled;
Next day the poor fellow was dead.
You've heard Of the snake in the grass, my Lax
OF the viper concealed in the grass


But now you must know,


Mans deadliest foe
Is snake Of ditferen; class;


Alasi
'ris the vIner that IurLs in tho olass
Year: 1878

A Boston shoopkeeper sued for
damages because his store was short
ened twenty feet Ky the widening Of
a street, and in tie trial was asked
whether he had not thus obtained a
better and stronger light. He an
swered that he had. Then why do
you claim damages P Because, was
the reply, in this locality the quality
of goods sold requires the poorest
LIGHT
Year: 1878

1t is said that a man was recently
abducted from a town in New Jersey
and carried hundreds Of miles away,
while his family mournsd him as lost.
The motive for this rash act lies in
the painful fact that the abducted
one was the leader of a brass band
down there.
Year: 1878

TOO ola 70 attempt TO come TO Jne
wedding. AS Alice babe her good
bye the old lady held her to her
heart for a moment, and then kissing
the sweet face to which she had been
the means Of bringing so happy a
look, placed her in her betrothed hus-
bands care for the homeward journey.


1t did not take many days to con-
vince the mother that her child had
chosen wisely and we'll, and Josie and
the little brothers gave him a place
in their hearts right away.


So no cloud. even as large as a
mans hand obscurod the happiness
as che stood by Roland's side and
promised to love, honor, and obey.


The wedding tour was long one.
After many delicious days, spent first
in one beautiful spot and then another
they bent their steps LONE ward.


1t had been decided that they were
first to spend sometime at Alices own
home. So when the depot carriage
did not stop at the cottage door, but
drove on into the grounds of her old
home, Beechwood, and there under
the great carved stone porch stood
her mother, sister, brothers and Miss
Grey, what wonder was it that Alice
became so dazed that her husband
had to lift her in his strong arms and
carry her into the midst Of the eager
group before she realized or under
stood anything?


That evening when they were all
assembled in the dear familiar library
now ablaze with light, which touched
and brought out every luxurious de-
tall Alice was told wonderful story.


Miss Grey was her mothers own
aunt. Years before, tn. old lady, then
not old but just recovering from
grief at the loss of her betrothed hus-
band, had taken her dead sisters in.
FAINT daughter under her roof and into
her heart, as later she had taken Rol-
and. The infant grew up into a
lovely girl and became attached to a
gentleman whom Miss Grey did not
like. The young couple had been
forbidden to meet; but taking mat.
ters in their own hands had elopod.


That girl, Alice was your mother.
| have an unforgiying nature Miss
Grey continued, and when | found
what she had done, | vowed l never
would see or forgive her. But child
God's ways ere mysterious when
read your advertisement and recog.
nized your name-Alice Justin-your
mothers name, l had given it to hel
myself-all the old love for your
mother came back to my heart, and
sent for you. And so my precious
Alice YOU have been the means OIL
bringing back to me my youthful
heart, for | have never been really
happy since your mother and | part
ed


Bv this time Mrs. Justin had hel
arms around the old hdy's neck, and
they were sobbing together from very
happiness.


Beechwood had been purchased by
Miss Grey for Roland, to whom after
his engagement with Alice she had
told all the above story.


Miss Grey did not 60 back to hel
lonely home; and Bee ,hwood agair
rings with the music of youthful voic
es. Mrs. Justin's health is steadiI,
improving, and Josie queens it righ
Loyalty as Miss Justin oe Beechwood


Roland and Alice vie with eacl
other In smoothing the declining year
Of their dear old friend and it is ;
pretty sight to see the look of peac'
and content which lights up the with
cred face as her eyes look upon thei
welded happiness.
Year: 1878

A Yankee genius out West, con-
ceiving that little powder thrown
upon some green wood would facill-
tate its burning, directed a small
stream upon the smoking pile; and
not possessing a hand sufficiently
quick to cut off at desirable moment,
he was blown to pieces. The coroner
thus reasoned out the verdict:


1T can't be called suicide, because
he did mt mean to kill himself; 1t was
not q visitation of God, because he
was not struck by lightning; he did
not die for the want of breath, for he
hadn't any thing to breathe with
1t is plaia that he did not know what
he Was about, so shall bring in Died
for the want of common sense.
Year: 1878

n SPRING.
The gentle zcphyrs murmuring low,
The lap of earth is free from snow;
The Spring comes tripping Ger vale and


hill,


The Sunshine wakes the datlodil.
In the Springs soft sunlight,
When The days arc warm and BRIGHT
Vegetation then will yield
And become the bright gems of the field
Year: 1878

Color OR No CoLoR.-The Euery
EUening and Commercial and the RepuJH-
can are laboring hard to help the negroes
to prove they ought to drop the word
"colored," as applied to themselves by
themselves. Both papers have long re-
ports of the discussion that has been
going on upon the subject for some time.
When marriage is published in such
papers those abroad do not know
whether it is of a negro or white. AS
many Of the negroes for many years had
taken the names of white families, there
is in consequence some embarrassment.
Now we think the negroes ought to take
this matter into consideration, and for.
bear little.
Year: 1878

The New York Herald says I'm SEN
fencing an unfortunate man who, while
drunk, had kicked his wife to death,
Judge Davis yesterday advised him to
have proceedings instituted in behalf Of
his doubly orphaned children against the
liquor dealer who had taken away his
reason. A.more general recourse to the
law on this subject would decrease the
number of our moral murderers.
Year: 1878

SENATOR 6AULsBURY's GREAT sPEncH
on the reconciliation of silver Is conclu-
ded in our issue this day. Those who
wish to understand the question clearly
should read this speech entire.
Year: 1878

Two ROYAL WEDDINGS took place in
Berlin last evening. A curious feature Of
the festivities was the traditional torch
light dance of the Cabinet Ministers of
the Emperor, in which the renowned
Bismarck bore a conspicuous part.
Year: 1878

IL isimpossible TO be burdened with
too much information. There are grades
In mental strength, The blacksmith
who hnds his apprentice unable 10 strike
a sufficiently heavy blow, does not sup
ply the youth with more and larger
hammers, but rather advises him To
such exercise as will tend to strengthen
his muscles. Similarly the youth who
Is mentally inefficient does not need an
cducttion that will impart to him more
information, but does need such train
ing as will enable Kim TO make the most
OF what information he really possesses


The man of mental force, even though
he can hardly write his own name, will
frequently accomplish great things
for himself and humanity The man
who lacks mental strength, will grow
more and more insufficient the greater
burden of acquired facts is laid upon
him. He needs not more knowledge


but greater ability TO use knowledge.
The son of poor man, as rule has an
advantage over the son Of the rich man.
because the first is compelled bv circum-
stances To learn a practical use for what
knowledge he gains, while the latter
may find no such need in his life.


'''N - NNaA0' anu iilN DdItHl OE any
educator, who fails TO recognize them as
truths, will be apt TO fail IN the educa-
tion of the young. In these is To be
found the reason why adverse circum-
stances are frequently better educators
than colleges II is not enough that the
young should be readers, or students.
They may be both and be useless
dreamers. But when the young begin
to think, TO put fact by fact and build
thereon conclusions, then they should
no longer he looked upon as dreamers,
but should be careful ly encouraged.
The trouble with our modern, social,
and educational systems, is, that we
have so many rules, such strict belief
that two and two always make four, so
many writers and editors, ministers and
teachers, 10 think for us, that we lose
the habit OF thinking for ourselves. We
accept the conclusions of others, and
lose mental independence; we run in
grooves, and If circumstances throw us
out OF our groove, we are helpless.
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN can do nothing
speech did not suit them, though they have
taken good care not to assail it-they give
that wide and uninterrupted passage.
He has been numerically abused because
into the street, like TILDES's barl of
money, that everybody might help them
selves. Now they abuse him because he is
providing u way by which the silver dollar
can get to the people under an exchange for
greenbacks and charge upon him that he is
boarding the greenbacks, when the law pro-
hbits the curtailing of the latter by con-
traction. 1t Is paid out as fast as
it is received in exchange for sill
yer in the regular business transactions OF
the Treasury Department. :" | will whip
you if you do, and | will whip you if you
don't is the policy adopted by the Demo.
Gratis toward Secretary SHERMAN. He will
never become favorite until he throws the
vaults of the Treasury open to free exer.
else of Democratic enterprise akin to that
which BLACKBURN's committee is practc


ing under the dome OF the Capitol, by which
they seek at present to promote a fail
degree of happiness under their own jack


cts. Pity the Secretary cannot crafty the
greed of this hungry crew; but if he gave
the whole nation to them it would not ap
pease their sharpened appetites for spois.
Year: 1878

SINCE the last election of ANDREW JACK
son no candidate for President has received
a greater per centage of the total vote cast
at any national election than that received
by General GRANT for his second term in
1s72. OF the popular vote his per centage
was 5563; and of the electoral vote, sl.97.
In 1s6S of the popular vote his per centage
was 5267; of the electoral vote, 7?.19.
There is no especial significance in these
figures; but great many people are curl
Gus to know whether he could strike the
average between these two results in n
third term effort.
Year: 1878

much hesitation. The man who swings
himself clear Of all party discipline by re-
sorting to such methods practically makes
his bed with the so-called Independents,
and will not be disturbed in his rest therein
by any well-wisher of the party
Year: 1878

THERE is an Independent candidate run
ming in the first Congressional district of
Virginia against the regular Democratic
nominee. viii the Republicans Of that dis
trict be wise or otherwise?
Year: 1878

We reach for riches and we grasp
iHillstone, unless in health to enjoy them,
A cough or cold quickly works our phy-
steal ruin unless we are careful Use Dr


Bulls Cough Syrup. Only % cents a
Year: 1878

exclaimed, "Don't shoot; / am the
man you are looking for; | am Sam
Bass" When brought into Round
Rock and questioned by persons,
the wounded brigand said: 81 am
Sam Bass; l am shot all to pieces,
and it's no use to deny it,"


Thus ends the career of one of
those bold and reckless adventurers
that delight in the wild freedom and
the plumber Of the frontier.


The sad ending of the life of this
noted desperate viii serve as an
other light among the moral wrecks
that lie along the strand of time.
Strange to say there was q good
angel that occasionally threw light
on this strange and dark life of
crime. Young, pure and fair
among the daughters of North
Texas, she watched the fortunes Of
the robber chief. 1t was the bright
and beautiful rainbow spanning the
dark abyss of a ruined human life.
Year: 1878

written in California, was shown,


in which he said he left his wife


at Quincy, ILL.,, because he was
afraid she would kill him if he lived


with her longer that she had ex-
torted everything from him-his
land, cash policies of insurance,
and eyerything-andh he had started
out to escape further misery and
extortion, He did not know of his
wile's whereabouts, and made Ia
quiries concerning her. With this
interesting disclosure new light was
Of course thrown upon the case,
and the adiuster took Mr.. Vein
mann to California, and there
Wackerle was found alive and well.


1t also appeared that there were
other persons in the neighborhood
who knew Wackerle well, and who
corroborated the account which he
gave of himself. He made an afi-
davit setting forth the circum-
stances of his obtaining a policy Of
insurance, and his deserving his
wife, and his whereabouts since that
time. Other affidavits were made
Substantiating the minor points Of
his statement. A photograph OF
Wackerle was taken, and the mar
will come East if necessary to dis.
prove the false claim of his death
set up by his wife. 95llaii
Year: 1878

Says the Charleston Is G Journal Of
Commerce of July 10Th: "Our readers
will recollect that one OF the excursion
lists on the steamer Allison lost a gold
watch overheard on the Fourth of July.
The excursionist was Mr.. Il. Buck, who
valued the watch highly, and be sought
the services Of Captain A Smith. the
celebrated marine diver of our port
The Allison was lying at the head af
Union wharf when the watch dropped
over, so that its location was somewhat
indefinitely known. After lying iu over
thirty feet of water, and an unknown
depth OF mud at the bottom, since the
fourth, Captain Smith undertook to find
the watch yesterday, though the chances
we're hundred to one against him. He
secured it, however, the first dive, being
ten minutes under water. Itwas lodged
over foot in the mud. While falling.
one Of the cases Of the watch opened,
and when recovered little fiddler was
found to have made his bed in the case.
and was brought to the surface with the
watch.
Year: 1878

-NAsBYs witness has at last got along, and
his naD1e is, not McCafferty, but Weber. AS
his evidence is substantially that outlined by
the Manager Nv Testimony" we may con-
clude that the Parson miscalled his name at
first so as throw radical spies, sheriffs and
such, off the track. But Mr.. Nasby has
made one mistake in regard to his witness.
'Ez they can't find out enything about his
antecedents they cant say enything agin
him." he wrote. But they have found out
something about Weber. They have dis
covered that two years ago he professed to be
in danger of his life and called upon
loyal men at the North for protection
against Louisiana bull-dozers. They have
found that but few weeks after the
death of his brother he wrote to cousin
saying that that brother, the Supervisor Of
West Feliciana, was murdered by the White
League for telling the truth. Then he rep
resented many times to many people that the
life of no Republican, white or colored, was
safe in Louisiana. Either he was lying then
or he is lying now. His story then was sup
ported by a great mass of testimony. His
story now is only supported by James E.
Anderson. His testimony in regard to the
Sherman letter is enough TO convict him OF
falsehood. He says he destroyed that letter
in order to save the honor of bis family, and
at the same time swears he promoted the
honor of that family by falsely accusing inno-
cent men of the murder of his brother. Who
believes that man capable Of telling lies over
his brothers fresh dug grave would destroy
an instrument SO well fitted to advance his
political and pecuniary fortunes?
Year: 1878

cepting the nomination show that he is insult
able. He said that it had been understood that
he was an educated man, when it was the re-
verse He had never seen the inside of a
schooihouse since he was sixteen years old;
that he was not speaker, and as for property,
he was not worth a dollar. Now with such
testimony as this coming from himself, it is a
question to be determined by the people of the
district whether he would be fit representa-
tive to represent one of the most important
representative districts in the Union. 1t is a
singular speech; a man boasting of his lack of
acquired ability and of his having lived over
forty wears without acquiring, or saving dol
lar. Whatever may be thought of his confessed
lack of acquired ability, or his unsuitableness
to take care of the money of the people, having
never earned, or at least taken care of his own,
he certainly deserves credit for his candor.
But we fear that while his boasted lack may
make him popular with the stone-cutters, it
will have an unfavorable effecy with the rest of
the people of the district were it not notori-
Gus as it is, that he has been the head centre of
all strikes and troubles which have occurred
on the granite islands.
Year: 1878

THE Tribune intimates that since Glover
has sheathed his graphing hook in the seat
of his own trowsers there is great relief among
Democratic statesmen. There is no doubt
that the House would cheerfully appropriate
million dollars for the purchase OF "old
stag whiskey" TO be used at Glover's wake.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters' and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve ccm-
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

The Wilmington (Del.) Republi-
can says: son Saturday, a decripit


old colored man came into the


Farmers Bank of Delaware, and


surprised the officers by handing


them a rusty old bag, in which was
about $1100 in specie, 5000 being


in gold dollars chiefly and the bal
ance in silver. The bag, of course,


was heavy, and although the col
ored man who brought it was


known as a regular depositor at the


bank, of money in notes, from time


to time, some suspicion was maui
tested that he should have brought
SO much specie at one time. In
answer to interrogations the colored


man said he lived near the canal


between Summit Bridge and Kirk


wood, that he was now somewhere
between seventy and eighty years
old and that he had worked on the
canal ever since he was a Young
man, aud that he bad been saving
up his money for a great number Of
years, he could not tell how many.
and thai the only place he had for
its secretion was UP an old ehim-
ney. Some of the silver gave evil
aeRee NJ The truth Of what the old
gentleman said, for it was black
aud smoked, aud had evidently lain
q long time in one position without
even having been turned over lie
was asked why he had not sold the
gold when it was bringing such a
high price during the war, but he
expressed surprise to think it had
ever been worth more than a dollar,
and Oonld not see why one dollar
should be worth more than another.
Under the instruction of Mr.. Rob- |
inson, the cashier, the colored man
took his 5000 in gold up to Robin
son Il Co., where he sold it for one |
per cent. premium, which it was
bringing, after which he made a
full deposit at the Farmers Bank"