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donderblonderstronke, or some such
name, was engaged at a weekly salary
to lead the orchestra at a place ot amuse
ment, but on the number of musicians
being reduced refused to be conductor
any more on the ground that be bad on
ly engaged to lead an ‘‘orchestra,’ 7 and,
as the musicians had been reduced to
less than twenty-two in number, there
was no orchestra and the coi.tract with
him had been broken. The managers,
not understanding this refinement of
Mynheer Vonderdondcrblondcrstronke
refused to pay his salary wherefore ho
brings suit. After learned argument, it
was decided that the Mynheer was right,
that as an orchestra is an instrumentali
ty to produce an harmonious accord of
sweet sounds, it was necessary to have
at least twenty-two musicians to accom
plish the desired end and on this the
punctilious Vonder&o. got his pay.
One of the infinite number of millions
of dirty tricks that make up this accurs
ed Radical party is just come to light'
It seems that a short time before the late
fraud in November last, called by some
a Presidential election, this blessed Con
gress at Washington passed an act mak
ing eight hours a legal day’s work for all
government employees. As nothing was
said about pay, the government workmen
received the usual ten hours pay for
eight hours work and thousands of them
were won over by the bribe to vote the
loil ticket. Now, however, that the elec
tion, so-called, is over and Solomon in the
White House, an order goes forth to
cut the pay down to the eight hour
standard. The workmen are thus put in
the position of being forced to work only
eight hours when, rather than give up
the pay, they would gladly work the
tw > extra hours per day. Os course
they are highly wroth, but it is to he
hoped they may learn by the bitter les
son that there is no reliance whatsoever
to be placed upon the word of that scoun
drel conclave at Washington.
The death of a once prominent aboli
tionist in this City brings to mind a
story told of the way in which a brace of
p >or down-trodden i reed men cheated him
out of a large sum of money. It seems
that on one occasion he gave several
thousand dollars to a couple of glib mu
lattoes in order to fit out a ship and en
ter into commerce, whereby money and
great philanthropic reputation were to
accrue, hut on getting their ship what
did the men and brethren do but hie
away to the Guinea coast and there en
ter into the African slave-trade !
In a letter to the Banner under date
of the 26th of February last 1 had occa
sion to say of Grant “the chances are he
tmns out to be as colossal a humbug as
ever sat in the Chief Magistrate’s chair.”
It is now the fourth day of April and
how say you, Gentlemen of tl le Jury, as
to the accuracy of this prediction ? Here
at least the conquering hero is sunk very
far below par and is assailed from Han
to Beersheha with a covert malignity
that lie does not deserve at the hands of
those who so lately cried him up as a
gocl. It is hut natural and proper for
the South to care nothing for the Chief
Butcher in the legions that laid her low,
but for his own people to revile him,
that people for whom, at the cost of many
thousands of human lives, he played the
gladiator puts the loil character in no
very enviable light. But, Deo Vindice!
Retribution comes at last. Pcde. claudo
says the poet, it may halt in all its foot
steps but it comes, it comes at last.
By the terms of the modified Tenure
of-Office Act, this man Grant is bound
as hard and fast as ever was Andrew
Johnson by the original statute, for the
modification, as they call it, is only a
modification in the mere letter and not
sense. He is powerless, then, so far as
the government patronage goes, and
should he use the veto there is a two
thirds majority in the Congress to
stamp it out. Why then is any one,
how then can any one in the South ex-
pect aid from this surly nonentity? Not
in Grant, neither in Congress is the
South’s hope, but iu the war-cry that we
are ready to guarantee legal protection
to the negro whenever called on, but
will never, never, never consent that any
but the whiteman shall rule. It is false
that the South is powerless; if her people
do not consent —and they never will con
sent, let fFsh-pot politicians say what
they may—to negro suffrage, and, by
consenting, suffer that barbaric ballot to
neutralize the white vote, the vote of the
South holds the balance of power in this
country as you may thus see. In the
24 States that fought against the South
the vote at the late election stood for
Grant 2 493,938; for Seymour 2,193,306,
a majority of only 300,632 for Grant,
the hero of the war, in the States that
waged the war. All his military pres
tige. all the festering recollections of the
conflict, all the influence of the Northern
press and the Northern pulpit, the cry
of “loyalty,” the power of the illustrated
and literary sensational journals, all the
fears of the bondholders for their bends,
and all the steady legislation of Congress
from 1865 to 1868 for his benefit, could
not break down this solid Northern De
mocratic vote of two and a quarter mil
lions, yes, and not only could not break
it down but were glad and happy to come
out of the tussle with it, with a paltry
majority of 300,000 in a total poll of
about four and three-quarter millions.
Is there not something full of hope in
this ? Estimate the tremendious ad
vantages of the Radical and tremendous
disadvantages of the Democratic party in
the North and then say if there is not
life and hope and victory in the survey!
But, the rogues having 300,000 ma
jority in the 24 States mentioned, let us
look to the 13 States that made the
Southern Confederacy. Here there is
a solid majority of a million for the Con
stitution. Add that to the Northern
Democratic vote and where would the
Radical party he ? And yet there are
some so base, or stupid, or timid, or cre
dulous as to think it would he as well to
acquiesce in negro suffrage, not seeing
that every negro vote would neutralize a
white vote and that this, in conjunction
with the extensive disfranchisements of
West Virginia, Missouri, and Tennessee,
would exactly balance the Southern mil
lion and leave the Radical majority of
300,000 unaffected and so to win the
day. But there is one consolation. How
ever weak papers and timid, short sighted
politicians squint at this monstrous dog
ma of negro suffrage, the gTeat bulk of
the Southern people despise alike the ad
vise and the advisers and mean by the
good aid and providence of the Lord
God of their fathers to re-erect the shat
tered fabric of Liberty on the sole found
ation of that race which is the pride of
civilization and the glory of the world.
The cause is just, the people mean to
stand by and maintain it, all they need
is leadership, and in due time leadership
will come. Tyrone Powers.
NEW QRLEANSU.A) CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE BANNER OF ’ME SOUTH.
New Orleans, April, 1809.
Banner of ilie South :
The design of furnishing you with an
original account of Easter Day in the
Crescent City, has been quite upset by
finding in Tuesday’s Crescent the follow
ing full description, which I accordingly
make use of:
“ Easter Sunday being the great festi
val of the Church, is always celebrated
with peculiar pomp and solemnity. As
it is an occasion of great joy the church
edifices of the English and Roman
churches are adorned with flowers of
spring', typical both of the resurrection
of our Lord, even as anew spring has
caused the seeds to break forth from
their earthly prison, and of the purity of
the Christian religion. On Sunday last
none of the usual tokens of the day were
lacking. The Roman Catholic churches
were, as has always been customary,
splendidly adorned, while the churches
of the Anglican Communion showed
that that desire to render the exterior
services of the church as gorgeous and
imposing as such services should be,
which has been growing lor some years
past, was not at all relaxed."
* * * %
CHRIST (EPISCOPAL) CHURCH
“Was most beautifully decorated with
flowers and evergreens The chancel
rails were entirely hidden with masses of
white flowers and evergreens, with a
large bouquet at each corner. The read
ing desk and pulpit were, too, a mass ol
pure white flowers, while the baptismal
font seemeda shaft of flowers, surmounted
by a basket of floral beauties. At the
back of the chancel was a large and
very handsome cross of white flowers;
above it, reaching across the chancel, was
the inscription, also in flowers, 4 1 am
the Resurrection and the Lile, and
above it the monogram, I. 11. S. At
the other end of the church, the front
of the choir gallery was dressed with
evergreens, with a large crown of
immortelles in the center. The cllect of
the whole was superb. Ihe music was
the finest with which the walls of Christ
Church have ever rung. It was under
the direction of the accomplished organist
of the church, Mr. L. A. Seward.
TRINITY (episcopal) CHURCH.
This beautiful edifice was a bouquet of
flowers. This chancel, reading desk,
pulpit and baptismal font seemed each
made of white flowers, whose pure beauty
and sweet perfume were truly the fittest
sacrifice that could be made on the bright
Easter morning. In the centre of the
large chancel window was a fallen cross
made of flowers, around it twined a crown
of thorns, emblems of the earthly nature
forever cast off by the Son of God, above
it a crown of flowers, emblem of his eter
nal, pure and tender sway. The various
gas jets of the church were also twined
wuh flowers and evergreens, while the
emblem of the Cross and Crown was
many times repeated in the decorations
of the church. Various inscriptions, all
in flowers and beautifully made, were to
be seen in different parts of the church.
The music was under the direction of
Mr. Leo Wheat, who is organist ol the
church.
ST. PAUL (EPISCOPAL) CHURCH,
Corner Camp and Gaiennie streets.
The Easter services at St Paul’s were
marked by an interest and a fervor
which, while they must have been ex
tremely comforting and gratifying to
both the rector and the congregation,
gave evidence that the chnrch is pros
pering i ver more and more.
“ The Church on Easter morning
presented a beautiful appearance. Per
fumed with the odor of innumerable
spring flowers, decorated with ever
greens, its sacred precincts were more
than ever consecrated to the worship of
the Almighty, whose Son had on this
day riseu from the grave to save man
kind
“ The decorations were so elaborate
that we fear an attempt at description
may fall far short of giving a real idea
of their beauty. Above the altar was
erected an arch of evergreens, sixteen
feet in height, and surmounted by a
crown of green, fringed with a border
of white roses. Directly beneath this,
in the key-stone of the arch, was inlaid
a recumbent cross of white flowers, be
neath which in red and green letters and
in old English text was the inscription :
“ Now is C irist risen.” Upon the back
part of the altar stood a pyramid of
flowers, while the altar cloth bore the
Greek letters, ‘Chi’ and ‘Ro,’ the first
letters of ‘Christos,’ and also the letters
‘Alpha’and*‘Omega.’ The lecturn and
pulpit were each also decorated the for
mer bearing the inscription, ‘Thine was
the Cross,’ the latter, 4 Be Thine the
Crown.’
“The music was also beautiful, the choir
being led by Mr. J. Wheeler and Mrs.
Palfrey, and the organ admirably played
by Miss Wilson.
CALVARY (EPISCOPAL) CHURCH, PUYTANIA
STREET, NEAR WASHINGTON AVENUE.
“ There was a very large attendance
here too on Sunday morning, the ser
vice being conducted by the Rector Rev.
Dr. Lewis, assisted by Rev. Dr. Hedges.
The decorations, floral and in evergreen,
gave evidence of rare taste and great
care on the part of the ladies of the con
gregation.
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“church of the annunciation, (episco
pal,) CORNER RACE AND CAMP STS.
“ The Easter decorations of the church
were simple but very pretty indeed.
Iron the altar stood two vases of white
camelias, and above it a cross and wreath
of evergreens and white flowers. The
same were entertwined about the railing
around the altar, crept in festoons over
the lecturn, reading desk and pulpit, and
were to be seen wreathing the melodeon
in the chancel and the heavy stone font,
which, by a happy thought, stands at the
entrance to the church, emblematical of
that first step into Christ’s Church which
the child of Adam makes in baptism.
Above the chancel, in polychromes, was
the inscription, ‘ Holiness becometh thine
house, oh Lord, forever.’”
Some of the more prominent Catholic
churches arc thus disposed of by the
same reporter:
“ st. Patrick's (catholic) church,
I “ One of the largest audiences ever
I collected in a church, assembled here on
I Sunday morning to assist in Grand
Mass, prior to which the Young Men’s
Catholic Friends’ Society of St. Patrick,
rendezvous at their hall, and headed by
the Brothers’ Juvenile Baud, marched to
that grand and massive edifice where
their beautiful new banner was blessed
by the Rev. Father Flannagan, rector of
St. Patrick’s. May the aim of the young
men of this society be as good and the
result ot their labors as successful as the
reverend father’s, who in so beautiful a
manner asked the blessing rs Him whose
resurrection they were celebrating. After
an appropriate air by the baud, the regu
lar morning services proc cried, the mu
sical portion of which was conducted by
the organist and superbly sung by the
choir. The Rev. Father Flannigan was
ably assisted by his co-laborer, Rev. M.
Sheehan, who has been detailed by the
Right Reverend Archbishop of this Dio
cese to receive subscriptions to build a
church to front on Annunciation Square.
“ ST. ALPHONSUS (CATHOLIC) CHURCH,
“ Constance street, near Josephine,
was the scene of a grand and imposing
display. The grand altar, with its side
altars, respectively dedicated to St. Mary
and St. Joseph, were gorgeously deco
rated with flowers, both natural and ar
tificial, making, when lit up, one of the
grandest scenes ever witnessed in New
Orleans. The designer of the altars of
this church—a Mr. Burcher, of Chicago,
111., may well be proud of his w r ork. The
Rev. Father Burke, assisted by the Rev
Father Neilhart, C. S. T. R., performed
grand mass, the musical portion of which
was Bcthooven’s Mass in C, beautifully
sung by the choir, under the direction of
A. 4 ulliet, who sang the tenor solos of
the same in a fine manner; he was ably
seconded by Mr. J Miller, organist.
“st. mary’s (catholic) church (german.)
“ The altar of this church was superb
ly decorated with evergreens, flowers,
(both natural and artificial) massive
plate and embroidery, and with its beau
tiful collection of paintings, the whole
making one of the grandest pictures the
writer has ever had the pleasure of see
ing. The services pertaining to the
day were performed by the Rev. Father
Bove; the sermon was preached by the
Rev. Father Holzer It is almost need
less to say that the church was crowded
to its utmost capacity.
the church of the immacvlate concep
tion (catholic.)
“ In the Jesuits’ Church on Baronne
street, which is always crowded on Sun
days, there was no standing room. The
service was conducted by Rev. Father
Dulon, assisted by two other reverend
fathers. Rev, Mr. Lespes delivered one
of his characteristic sermons in English
Mozart’s twelfth Mass, the greatest and
most sublime of musical compositions,
with possibly’ one exception, the Stabat
Mater ot Rossini, was led by Mr. Collignon,
whose name alone is evidence of the per
feet manner in which the celebrated
composer’s master work was interpieted.
The “ Quoniam, quatuor” was sung by
Md’mes C sand S 1, soprano and
contralto, and Messrs. J) sand
B r, tenor and basso, in excellent
manner. Mr. C n rendered the illn
earncilUiP in the Credo very well. M’me
C s, whose enchanting voice has so
often greeted our ears with its clear tones
and exquisite modulations, sang the Ave
Verum of Meyerbeer, one of the most
difficult compositions of sacred music,
with that facility and artistic method
which distinguishes her.
“church of the immaculate conception
(catholic.)
u The church was crowded during
every Mass from early morning until the
close of the High Mass, about I*3 o’clock.
The ceremonies at High Mass were of
the usual imposing character, but the
unfortunate illness of Archbishop Odin
precluded that venerable prelate from
officiating as is his wont every Easter
Sunday. After the Mass, the Arch
bishop conferred the pontifical benedic
tion upon the faithful present. One of
Haydn’s pieces was sung and admirably
conducted under the baton of Mr. Dubois,
malt re dc chapeHe of the Cathedral,
which was interspersed with selections
trom the best church music, among which
Mozart’s “ Regina Cedi' ’ by the chorus.
“ THE ST. LOUIS (CATHOLIC) CATHEDRAL
“ On Jackson street, was early crowded
by its usual beautiful and devout aud
ience. The church is not as large as the
other two churches in the same mission,
of which the Rev. Henry Giesen is supe
rior, but what it lacks in size it makes up
in finished beauty. The altar was the
simplest, and yet one of the most beauti
fully decorated of any that we saw during
the day; the flowers and shrubbery were
natural, and with the delicate and airy
altar ornaments made a picture almost
fairy in its finish. It is only doing jus
tice here to say that the flowers were
raised in a pretty little garden in the
rear of the church, to which one of the
assistant fathers devotes his spare hours.
High Mass was celebrated by Father
Alexander and the sermon was preached
by Father Faivre in his usual refined
and finished style. The musical portion
of the Mass, which was Mozart s Twelfth,
was splendidly rendered by the usual
choir conducted by A. U. Zorn, who, in
the double role of organist and conductor
had his hands full. The tenor and supra*
no solos, lncarnatus and Agnes Dei ,
were beautifully sung, the former by Mr
J. S., the able cashier of one of our city
banks. The name of the lady we were
unable to ascertain.”
During the lenten season just passed,
the citizens of tlie old First municipality,
below Canal street, have enjoyed an oia
torical treat unequalled in the history of
the city. I reler to the conferences given
iu St. Augustine’s church by the sur
passingly eloquent Pore Cliucarnie, the
compeer of the world-renowned Lacor
duire ot Paris. These lectures were ad
dressed exclusively to men; and were
regularly attended by crowded audiences,
composed in large part of jurists, philoso
phers, scholars, and savants, seldom seen
inside of churches, but whose delighted
approbation of the learned lecturer was
unanimous.
The Easter season recalls an incident
that occurred to some of our Louisiana
(Catholic) boys in grey, just four years
ago. after the furling of the “ Conquered
Banner.” They were homeward bound;
and as their train was detained for a day
or two at a pleasant little town in Geor.
gia, they determined to embrace tin* op
portunity of making their “Easter duties.’
Inquiring for the church, they were di
rected to an eminence on which stood ;i
pretty ornamental chapel surmounted by
a handsome gilt cross. Entering the edi
fice, they found the walls hung with
evergreens, and a number of ladies busi
ly occupied in completing the floral or
namentation of the sanctuary. The
most of the wanderers immodiat lv
dropped on their knees, devoutly crossed
themselves, and began their prepara
tion for confession, while one ot the
party stepped forward and inquired
of the ladies where he could find the
Priest.
“Priest!” they exclaimed. “\V e
have no Priests here !”
One rapid glance revealed to the
young soldier that instead of a church
they had gotten into a meeting-hoy st
and what he had at first mistaken for an
altar surrounded with flowers, was onlv
a sort of throne for the preacher! As
soon as the alarm was given, and the
“ situation” was understood, that little
party of braves, executed for the first
time the strategic movement they had
so often admired in their enemy. Th w
skedaddled.
Scarcely was our Lenten drop-curtain
rolled up, before the Easter entertain
ments burst in upon us with abound of
the old slogan of the knights of the saw
dust, fficsumwi! In the grand Bluffer
Bazaar, on Canal street, and the new
Odd Fellow’s’ Hall, on LaFayette Square,
appeared respectively and simultaneous!\
on Easter Monday night, the Fairs f r
the St. Vincent’s Infant Orphan Asylum,
and for the new Church of St. John the
Baptist, about to be erected on the late
site of the large fr.one edifice which re
cently’ “ changed front” and walked
across a whole block —from . Dryad--s
to Rampart street. All Fairs are alike
in many respects; but the competitive
interest excited by these two is unpre
cedented, and .bids fair to realize the
“ great expectations” aroused by both.
So be it.
The funeral procession that attended
the remains of the late honored and la
mented James P. Frerot, on Easter Tues
day afternoon. was, without question, the
most respectable cortege ever seen mi
our streets, and was the best, proof of the
citizens’ deep sense of their loss. Neva’
before lias the large Church of th
Jesuits contained so large an assembly
of venerable, silvi r-haired children u!
past generations, as were now gathered
to pay the last tributes of respect to their
quondam companion. Although a man
of quick and sanguine temperament,
and uncompromising in his opposition f
wrong, so contagious and all-pervading
was his inborn amiability of character,
that he is universally looked upon as one
of the few men in the world who never
had an enemy. Would there were more
men like him ! His numerous children,
some of whom are members of Religion-
Orders, an* at once an honor and an or
nament to the circles in which they move;
and one of the most touching sights at
the funeral was to see the coffin so ten
derly borne along by the strong bands
of four of his stalwart sons. God rest the
soul of this exemplary citizen and n.ou*o
father ! Percy Yere.
OYSTERS, FISH, SHRIMP-NO. 6-
Banner of the South :
You ask for information about tb*
products of the soil, and you will donb* -
less get many communications from ad
quarters. Permit me to suggest Im
propriety of getting some intorm oti :j
about tin? productions of tlie Bea. De
ters, fish, and shrimp abound all almig
the Southern sea shores. The oygm
banks near the mouth of all the naviga
ble streams of the Gulf of Mexico :1! "
immense in extent and are free to evt ty
body; they require no pre-emption y*
Homestead Rights. Yet they rest quA
and neglected except for the supplyifl
'of a small local demand. Oysters hi
prepared at Baltimore and exported
all parts of the West and South, and
trade in them amounts in that city* >
or 4 million dollars per annum.
have the finest fish in the world, ant
they could be canned and readily
all through the interior. Shrimp, Dig
fat, tender, and delicious can lie can/
by the hundreds of barrels all along t! ‘
coast; they are r iddy dried by art it
heat or in the sun and can be safely *'!
for years; and if once introduced i“ l
the commerce of the country would
comean article ot great import >'y
i*end word to the fishermen ot Inly*'
and England, and Europe, and tell tu ;
that we have no ice-g rt and roek-f
shores. No swelling tide to endanger t y 1
lives, a delightlul climate, a
sandy beach and a gentle tide of too iy
only, shady groves and rich garuen q" *
are our sea-side delights. Louisiana.