MAY-DAY IN XKV ORLEANS.
We cony the foltowioz from Ilarcer Week
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i . ivmjui m iue erst 01 aiaj, ai cue,
of the most beautiful and Inter jsting celebrations
that ever occurred herethe festival of the Mad
y won Girls' School. Pleasing as it was, it might
j not hare been considered df sufficient public im-
portance for mention here, if in the present con
dition of New Orleans Uuch gathering? did nut
bear a political McnificaneeLanda vcr den on
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May-Day has Ucen always a tiiao of festive
gatherings for tho schools here, but their cele
brations were, hitherto, held indoor...! On this
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. .ioccasoii, the scene selected was the old City
- that ever charmed tho eye of painter, j
I Here the young ladies met, under the care of
; jvuss Wuilley, their accoinptisned Principal,
Crowned tho May Queen" with all due ceremo
ny,. aud spe nt the whole day.jn dancing, music,
-swinging, and every species of innocent ffport,
in which they wtre joined by very many,? chil
dren of larger growth" from the city,! Captain
"Walter?, Commander of the Gunboat Kineo, had
kindly sent there a large quaatity of canvas to
lay on the grass for dancing, with abundance of
ropes, for swings, and djtailejl two or three sailors
to come and arrange matters for Lis young friends.
In spite of the beauty and gayety of the scene,
as these graceful young creatures flitted over the
fciu inttiu m iucirigm ureases, iiKe n swarm
of butterflies, I could not lose .-sight of the fact
that this was a Union demonstartion among the
citizens of New Orleansr and . that nt least two
thirds of the children present were the offspring
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of enemies of the United States,! cither open or
concealed. .' If such a scene appeared ex traordi
iiary to a stranger, how much more must it have
done so to thoso old residents 'present, who could
contrast it with tho ttato of things existing so
short a time ago! v ; J
The fact is that the school authorities hero are
makiog 'streiiuousefLrts" to administer' an anti
dote to the venomous pois'oa of secession, too
long corrupting the tender minds of j tho rising
generation, and their cfXort3 are being attended
with the greatest success.' Id ever v public school
(- it is now a specified Wyim,;that the exercises
shall daily commence and ! close with patriotic
bymns, and that the selection of themes for reci
tations, tc, shall all have the same tendency.
Union flags Jbave been raised" over cVery school
bouse" in the first district the Madison school
having the honor of inaiigurafing the movement
-and soon-there will nt be a single place of
education tn the city without its emblem of loy
alty. By such efforts. a these, and by getting
these innocent young creatures to mingle fre
quently with frierids, whom they have been cru
elly taught to h'ok uplon as mortal enemies,
't their minds become stamped with ideas of truth,
I and genuine' love of tieir country which no
amount of false teaching pan hereafter erase.
It was really interesting to -. watch some little
; dark-haired Southern beauty innocently romp
ing with her- blue-eyedipay fellow thu !laugLi-
.. ter of some officer from Maine or prassacjjiuietts
and then to be remin that the father of the
former was a " registered enemy "
"Do you
see that exquisit girl laughing with
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that young
officer?" said a gentleman to me, V she has a
brother in the rebel ; army." I looked1 a ain
soon afterward, and the channing youpg couple
had walked off, ia earne.'t conversation. Who
thinks that any " North?' or " South" was poi-
soning the -current of
thefr s-eet thonhta?
Keep on your May-Day festival, myifnends. I
saw more, in the innocent pastimes of that one
day; to undermine and overthrow thoiatauic rule
of Jeff. Davis, than if I had seen a whole brig
ado of hi3 followers annihilated
cri the battle-
field.
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EST Private letters
from Paris state that a
great chauge has taken
place in the conduct of
the Southerners in that city, since the recent
speech of the Emperor S'apoleou and tho decla
rations of Earl Russell. The:. Southern I nabobs
who have hitherto exercised bo great an influence
upon the minds of the Parisians by their sump
tuous stylo ol living and magnificent entertain
ments, have been deprived oT their resources by
the strictness' of the blockade, and have sudden-
ly closed their doors and disappeared from tlie
world where, not long ago, they shone with un
paralellcd lustre. Several wealthy families yf
Ney brleans, Charleston and Virginia, have re
cently given up their splendid residences, and
- now live in tho third or fourth btorey of some
toardi tig house.
CLCjiii.vr l- v aJllaxding ii am.
Tlie first that we can j remember of this man
is his appearance at Harper's Ferry on the occa
sion cf John Brown's raid. When toor JobV
Drown, mortally woundf-and laid by the bodyl
cf his dead son, was confronted by the inforiated
slaveholding leaders of Virginia, and bullied CJ
only slave-owners can bully, the most insolestj
ors was Cement L. Vallandingniia.' Ia lii
cort:tuenry, whi h is DaytonJ Ohio, it doetBtl
Eecm,
:iowcvcr, tli.it thq
disgust which bis Coa
duct created every where else injured him in th
hast.
Ho was a- ain rc
urned to
Congress,
the three
tcok his seat as usual.
Through
?ipns of the Tliirty-seventh Congress he, was conk
spicuou.s iu an opponent of the
United State
af;d a jsvmpathizer with the rebels. 1 He vote
i
nf a very measure; which was intended
enable the Government- to prosecute the war,
and i id everything which ingenuity and malice
could devise to j hamper tho Administratiod,
jweaken the country, comfort; the: enemy and
provoke foreign interference. At the election of
.November last he was dropped, and General
Schenk elected from his district. Since then be
has been perambulating the country, delivering
seditious speeches urging the people to resist
the draft misrepresenting the purposes and pol
icy of the Government, and endeavoring to pro-
ivoke an outbreak at the West. ! For one of
these speeches he was arrested a few weeks since
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by order of Gen. Iiurnside, tried by court-martial
and sentenced to imprisonment inj a Federal
fortress pending the war. Gen. Burnside acc
ordingly ordered him to betaken to Fort Warl
ren. , The President has since altered this senl
tence-to ex pulsion beyond tho-Union lines. lie
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was accordingly taken to Gen. Rosecrans' army
at Murfreeborojand by him dispatched to tie,
rebels under a strong escort, of cavalry, Thp
rebel ofticer refused to receive him. but allowed
him to remain .uider guard until the pleia-sure of
Jeft Davis should he ascertained. Vallanding
ham insisted on j being considered a prisoner of
'war. ;j ;" 1- ! . '
THE DEATH KNELL OP SLAVERY
It has become an old
moral7 k'f secession i as a
story j to "point'the
political measure to
seaire the extension and perpetuation of Sla-
very,, blithe long patent lact, mat ,tne war m
uuguratcl by. secession is iulliiting remediless
wounds joa the institution.! Xeyertheless, dqw
.".ad then a development of such1 magnitude is
made in this direction, 'that we .are obliged Jto
treat it as a new and almost paginal proof (of
tho utter ruin -that Southern leaders have brought
upoU Slavery by their wicked' attempt to rivet
it more securely on the 'limbs of-. th'; black race.
Wherever the Union armies have marclied,
the death-knell of Slavery is sounded. At Nor
folk, ri the Peninsula, in Northern Virginia, at
Meniphii, Nashville and New Orleans, in all bf
Tennessee, at any time vjsited br occupied by
tho Unir u armies, Slavery is! practically ex
tinct. Sot even the mos strenuous skvehiider
refuses to admit that so utter is the "demorali
zation" inother word for insubordination) of
the blavpk in the districts jnamed, that no power
tan ever restore the relations that previously ex-
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istcd. iVnd whenever a new
istcd. Ana Whenever a ne w regjou ; oi siyo
territory penetrated, the first sign to thrf out
ward world is the effervescence and ebuffition
of this same evaporating institution. As Stone
man's cavalry reached plantation after planta
tion in! their late bold raid into the pendralia
of the Old -Dominion, the negroes at wrk in
the fields, surprised by their coming, shouted
for joy, thing in the air tbiir axes and hoes,
loosed their masters' horses from ploughi, and
followed the raiders in their bold ride 1 foi liber
ty. The most striking spectacle that net the
eyes of the Union forces that greeted vilpat
nek on his arrival at Gloucester Tpint, vas the
cloud of slaves- that hung about his nar at
least a thousand, it was said, having found
means of following him on his march, and
through the rebel lines. j I ' -
Grierson, in Mississippi, had a Tery similar
experience in the spontaneous uprising of the
sl aves to hail his coming. Bat his ride was too
fearfully long and devious to gire toaiasr cf the
poor poeple a chance to follow him., xh fact,
however, has been established, all thrticgh the
State of Mississippi, to the atiaKsiction
of the negro mind, that the ffTsxdoes,! CCM
reach the plantations that the mutes flee in
terror at their coming nd they are lot slow
in concluding that "the year of jabBa" is at
hand. In the extatic state of mind tbt such a
vision leaves them, they are not worth much
more to hoo corn and scrape cotton for any
body not even for themselves the present
season.-. , ! ' , ''
But the signal event that it was our purpose
in commencing this article, to dwell briefly up
on, is that givenj in the extracts from New Or
leans papers, which we published jesterday,
wherein it is stated that a CTcat caravan, made
up of GOO wagops, 3,000 mules, 1,G0 head of
cattle; and f.,oj)0 negroes, had moved from
YeJtcm Loui-siaaa, maioJy from the track of
Gen., banks' late inarch, and reached a place of
safety within our lines. This whole movement
was on of population the wagons containing
families of slaves and their clothing the cattle
being for their food, and the horses and mules
for their service. All was under a military con-
tot. and though the train which was miles in
length, was several times attacked and annoyed
oa the march, it came through without the loss
of a man, animal or wagon. So great an exo
dus, of population from a region equal to sup
port them has not been seen in modern times.
Itias its rnanifest explanation in the! opera-
tioos of the war on Slavery. 15y hundreds and
thousands , and soon, we apprehend, by j tens of
thonsands, will slaves-cast off their already bro
ken shackles, and assert a claim to freedom
which claim they will doubtless be able to make
good in the weakness and prostratiou of South
ern pHwerj And' thus, Shivery rightly) dies by
the hands bf those who thought to extend it.
ANOTHER
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MOND.
rnour
When the Richmond Examiner I or the Jlich
moud Whig, or the Kichmoud & ulinct, comes
out with violent tirades m regard to the war
and the manner and spirit of conducting it, we
republish them for what they arc worth, which
is in most cases not much. The Examiner de
lights in fine writing, in extravagant senti
ments, in hyperboles, and startling figures of
speech. It is democratic, but delights! to poke
the administration of Jt-ff Davis between the
ribs. The IFAiVis a duller papcr, butVhig in
politics, and quite as unamiable a the Examiner
toward the Rebel powers that be! j The Sentinel
is a new organ at UichmondX lately! transicrrcd
from Fredericksburgh, and seems I to represent
the sovereignty, of the Old Dominion, rather
than the Administration or the hy-option.
When jthese. papers speak of the Cbhlederacy, i
is not "by authority." . They receive j none of
the confidence of the rebel chiefs at 'Richmond.
This honor is reserved to the EiKpurer and the
Dispaich,but the former more especjallyx When
the Enquirer, therefore, writes such a despair
ni: and demoniac article as the one wie quote'!'
ytcrday, bewailing the "raids' that are daily
making in rebel territory, andj threat ehlh'?
"bloody retaliation" and reprisals, we may know,
that the shaft of Northern rnilitar' power is
touching the marrow in Jeff Davis" bones.
j The Enquirer is somewhat ambiguous in its
threats, but that very fact proves t lie xtremity
of its masters. They are goaded to:desperation,
but know net how nor where tostrike. The
Enquirer says: "There is no necessity jto partic
ularize, or to give bur enemies information;
enough to show that in any measures, whether
of bloody retaliation or invasion tcilh, Jire and
sworde shall be justiGj'd now to Jour con
scienccs.'! Bloody retaliation, as thi altern ati.v'e
of "invasion by, fire and sword," must mean the
murder of prisoners in iheir hands, or such
Tjniouistsasvbv any n. cans may fall into their
I hinds. It can mean nothing else in' this con
nection, atid we call attention to it as the evi
dence of an insane aud desperate I rage. Rut
when we capture Vicksburgh anil jits garrison.
Jeff Davis will not rave so blindly. N. 1.
Times, June IS.
GOVERXOU A IV DREW G. CURTIX.
! Of all the public men now prominent in the
country there is no one who has created a deep
er interest in, and none deserves ; better for the
untiring energy and faithful devotion in aiding
to maintain the integrity of our Government.
Governor Curtin is about forty-Gvc ycar3 of
agej and was born in CentreCounty, Pennsylva
nia. .His education was liberal, and having
graduated at the law school connected with
Dickinson College, Carlisle, .he commenced the
practice of Jaw at Bellefobte, the seatjof justice
of hismative county. For some years he devo
ted himself exclusively to his profession, and
earned an enviable reputation as a counsellor
and as an advocate. His . prominence in the
politics of ihe State was in the Presidential can
vass of 1844. He entered upon this With zeal,
and became recognized as one of iL jui effi
cient stump speakers of tlie day. - From that
time he actively participated in all political con
tests in the- State. Upon the election of G over
nor Pollock he was proffered the position of
Secretary of State and Superintendent of Com
mon Schools. Although the youngest man who
had ever filled these offices, his administration
of them was ; marked by an untiring fidelity to.
the public interests ; and his labors in this de
partment j while they exhibited signal ability;
contributed largely to tho success of Governor
Pollock's administration.
In the early part of the year 8C0 a State con
vention was held at Harrishurg for the selection
of a gubernatorial candidate. This being the
year of the Presidential election, the action of
the convention was looked forward to with
greater anxiety than had, perhaps, ever been
known in Pennsylvania. General llone of Pitts
burg, Judge llaines of Chester, Taggartof
Northumberland, and Covede of Westmoreland,
were among the candidates. , Each of them had
warm and 'devoted friends, wbojhad not failed
to exert themselves for the success of their re
tpective candidates. It, however, scon became
manifest that the advantages were oo the side of
Curtin, and upon the third ballot he was nomi
nated by an overwhelming majority. He imrne
diately went into the canvass with a spirit and
activity that his warmest admirers could scarce
ly expect him to maintain to the end; but in
this measure he showed that he had Dot himself
overmcasured his strength. His Democratic
competitor, the Ion. Henry D. Foster,
warmly esteemed by his party frieuds ;
was
and.
doubtless, feeling the contest to be one of over
whelming importance, he also, manifested a de
termination to exert his utmost powers as the
standard-bearer of his party. The rival candi
dates both went upon the stump; and without
any disposition, to detract from the merits of
CiuiU VUf , it ia inipjible to dcuy tht UiO
great success of Governor Curtin as a public,
speaker contributed largely to the result of his
election by, a triumphant majority. The Na
tional Convention at Chicago for the nomination
of a Presidential candidate occurcd during the
summer. . Governor Curtin was alive to the fact
that there would be some candidates presented
to that body whose nomination : would, to say
the least, act as a dead weight in the prelimina
ry contest in Pennsylvania at the October felec-.
tions. His personal interests were involved in
this; but above all, and as was shown by his
course, of infinitely larger consideration to his
mind would be the public calamity that, might
follow an injudicious, nomination. With char
acteristic boldness and candor he prepared to do
what, he could toward preventing any unwise
nomination by going to Chicago in person, there1
openly, to disclose his jyiews and convictions,
rather than to pursue the secret and torturous
i paths of chicanery and intrigue, by which, it is
true, he might have averted much of persbual
enmity and bitterness that would possibly flow
from chafed and disappointed aspirants for po
litical elevation, j He then and there claimed to
know thepeoplcof Pennsylvania, their prevailing
sentiments, and th5 temper in which the nomi
nation of this or that Camlidate would be accept
ed. Thejf tike' which he held, and the right af-
forJcd by( bis p'0 0r him to sjteak with
somewhat ofauthority, were accepted as of in
fluential value,' It is hut just to say that the re
suit showed him to have luen right, and that on
this occasion, as in the many emergencies that
have arisen since he came into authority as Gov
ernor, he has never failed in his estimate of pub
he sentiment -throughout the Keystone State.
j ith clear ana ueciucd convictions upon ev
ery question that has arisen1 duriug his eventful
administration, he has yet never permitted him-''-self
to be carried away frpm-his coutcuiplation
and study of the mind of the people. Of this
great essential of practical statesmanship he has.
time and again shown himself the possessor, as
he lias also illustrated its inevitable importance.
While watching the current of popular events
Via lit o vmirViAr wormif toil Vtirvcmtf f k Iaca a.trtVif f
the breakers and shoals that must needs be
avoided, nor has he fallen into the contrary er
ror of seeking, to traverse the ocean of great
events upon which the nation is embarked by a
system of back-water navigation. j ,
JSfiT" The following is a translation of an ad-1
vertisement which appeared in a French paper
ornamented with a wood cut of Noah's ark :-
Noah's Wihe." The vine which produces j
it is to be traced, sccording to tradition, to thai
which the good father Noah planted whan ha
came out of the ark. In order to make it known
at the soirees w&icn are now ouaiacncing) it will
be sold at present at jfour francs a bottle, but
afterwards will be raised to six francs. Nectar,
ambrosia, is nothing compared to this wine. It
made the good father Noah tipsy, which is say
ing everything. The patriarch was not a man
to get tipsy on bad wine." ;
Gold Fish. In cases where gold fish are
kept in vessels in rooms, they should be kept in
spring water. The- water i will require to bo
changed, according to the size of . the vessel or
the number of fish kept therein, but it is not
well to change the water too often. A vesse
that will hold a common-sized pail of watar, t wo
fish may be kept in by changing the water once
a fortnight, and so on in proportion, j If any
food is supplied them, it should be a few crumbs
of bread dropped in the
week. -;
water once pr twice a
i ill
" Man," says Adam Smith, " is an animal tha
makes bargains. No other animal does this
no dog exchanges pones with another