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L": I~ l'1, r!d s,,ntOetitmes lpainfully k.it to l hI tih,. tranlitiou atate of uur peo ;i., in th, ir i trui;in, g 'etlrts to at.in that :-.,n lm th. liouly Politic. which we con mw l. t.,, irlue', it is regrdd.l tint much «.r" ,TIe,I|J guiLaUC'e. enoumrgelmt't, counsel a~! r r'o(f luive bt . hln t, in cru.serance of ih Iv.k of a medium, through which tL,~ de zm.rn;* i, unihlt b suppilied. We hhall trive to r.: tlu LorI Lt4LL x a deaidrauum in tfLae ree POLICY. fsosr Mnltt) indicates, the LArm1xIA2,ir shall t' RFt'li'.to at tl ies uqU Lud matr oil "irOWmn ,.res." W , shall advoca.te the secur.t and nýyenwt ,if broad civil liberty, the :aolute 'iu"hty of all mean before the law, antin im prtal distributiou of honor aud patronige to Wt who merit them. Ikirnus of allaying animositit, of tli;:t.rat t~tbh w ,:mory of th litt, r pja:t, of lrru:;oting m.ny and union amn al ll cla, ts .l Ii,. thv all inter,tts, we shall advocate the re mdnl ,f all political disabilitie, ; t'imter kind S: ad torftn aranie. where nmligity and Zresent m'et untl, and sick for fliirniss and j ittice emr. w-un: anud o.ljr...i.,n prevaiwld. Thus na.u in ,r' .iims and objects, we shall eon "nr ihat interets, elevate our noble hts,, t x. tnviable position among her sister Sa,e. Ihy the tevclopment of her ilulitable 7,urn,,xs a,! ure the full benefits of the mnihtr n(haw mu the history and couditi, i of t1e poWp:- aiI te- country. Reh,,ng t:at there can be no true libhrty wvthout tLe iuprtemacy of law, we ahall age a t.-et frd ulduicriluuiting adziniastrati.u of TAXATION. . hll hl i m-nprt the doctrine of an equi-.lle dL:.nt , ati o,tn auomug all cl;_wee a fai:htul fn th, st uto, ecomnomy in the ex:n .,af :irnumb.ly with the exigencie-s e: the '.,--unu;ry :rolld the discharge of every Ie EDU:ATION. sbhall simtain thl ca:rrying out of th pro. 1 'LIIa ,-f the act tahlbliehing our fstcL on Se"~ .ai, t Il IYand tr a a -as ramiout dutti the ra.nl-.. ,,~f oir youth, as vitally eatnsi:t,.d , thlr w,,, enhahintent, eanl the t.ueclty ald sthdty ofa lrpublhian Giovernment FINAL N £'i.,us. v rely, iudependent, mand jotion' condu, Lt no, hlul strive torevuee ,,r 01?. from iln rhjelnmerl, amnd tempolary ' "t·'nn, a'd..tabldih it mpin, a tsi.,, th.: if I Snnnot "olu~and"' we shall at all evate t JAN. A. GRESHAM, Bookdeale r, Stationer aBslank Book Mamnuteturer, --s and 1nding done netly and '-L o. 2 C.AMPI STREET, t New Orleanst . p, JoaEP r Wns D New York.s ] PALM 3 ER & CO., ebeil~l dcmlr in NTERN, MATERIALSR, 1,8 Ag1ntb fouth for the 9, 07 (AMI STREET, New Olan r t',' ' 7 T ,- Or.v...... THE LOUISIANIAN " REPUBLICAf N AT ALL 2TME8, AND V2DER ALL CIRCUIJKTANCEr. " TOLUIE, 1. NEW OILEIAS LI., TUIIzi T, IIIUAIT 113 ., 1871. IUilll S. ~-. -- _ . APPEAL TO THE BARBEaB. 0, barber, spare that young moustache I Touch not a single hair. Your razor, brush and other trash, Must never venture there. At last the bud has bursted out, By much eamesing taught ; Its frail young tendrils, how tiey spout I Then, harber, touch it not. Though well laid out and wide the feld, e When this young moustache shoot, The sickly soil no more can yield O, then, guard well its roots ; For should thy murderous blade sweep o'er That curved lip's shadowy mist, The tender plant would bloom no more : Then, barter, O, desist. Think of the fair young girl whose lip Was wont so soft to press That budding mouth-its sweets to ip ; O, think of their distresm I 'Tis unfl dged manhood's pride and joy ; f With sighs and tears 'twas bought, Lot no rude stroke its life destroy 0, barber, touch it not ! "*OUI STORY TEILLER." IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES By Miss F. Howneow, author of &Kar.m.m's Love Story. Miss Anna Manners drew her scissors from the collection of housewifely instra ments which hung at her severe-looking girdle, an ctut her thread with a little snap which was a thought vindictive. " If you cared for women, John, " she said, " I should think it necessary to warn you ; but as you don't care for wo men, I merely tell you as a piece of in formation. She is a fascinating, hand somc, unscrupulous flirt. That is all I have to say." John Manners was a bachelor, whose only sister kept house for him. His re sidence was one of the most beautiful within thirty miles of Boston, and that is saying a great deal. He had just re turned from a year in Europe, and Anne was speaking of a distant cousin, whom he found visiting his sister. He smiled the quiet smile, which was peculiar to him, as he threw his paper aside and made himself a little more comfortable on his luxurious lounge. "All I" he repeated, in a voice as quiet and peculiar, in spite of its faint amluse ment, as the smile had been. "Isn't it quite enough, Anne? Women are pro verpially severe upon women, and per hals- ---, Miss Anne interrupted him with an other snap of her scissors. "Severo ! don't talk nonsense," orato rically. "That girl is twenty years old, and she is forty as regards artfulness this minute. Three days showed me how to see through her airs and graces. She can't make eyes at me, you know! I know better. Didn't she begin with young Bellasye, and turn his ridiculous head upside down with her flowers and nonsense, and didn't that unfortunate sampleton propose to her within a fort night ? Severe, indeed!" John laughed outright. His sister's irate description of her guest amused him.He had heard of Cecil Dare, before he returned home, and as it happened' l.e was not unprepared to meet her ; but the geutleman who had described her dangerous proclivities had described them with a masculine remembrance of' her beauty, and ad ended with some thing like admiration even for this mod ern Enchantreesn his tone. "You hadl better take care of yourself,"' had been his laughing bfrewelL "*Mism Dare does not pay risits to her thirty- 1 second cousin for nothing." ' But, "forewarned foiwrured," John t had thought Yethefelt a kitint interest I in this dangerous young permon. As 5 Mises Anne had mid, he did not care for I women genuerally for he was thirty, well- 1 hl*ing, welu-to-do, and still nry treUe; i iut his natural glavity had been siomed * :uto s~onmething of a pwisure in the an- 8 icilation of seeing, hearing, and talking t " her. ' ''tliere is Miss Dare now ?" he'asked. I have seenu nosign of Ir as yet, except 8 "'nlidon!"'. Cupidon, be it known, was t iy toy terier, with no eyes to speak a (' to be seen uander his shaggky, white hiu-, and was MiLi Dads priva lpro "She went out this afternoon," said Miss Anne. "To do her justice, she thought, I suppose, that you and I would rather spend our first few hours alone together. She said she was going to the Dames to see Laura and Josie. Those Dacre girls are perfectly infatuated over her, and Fred came from Harvard last week, so she took the pony-carriage after dinner and drove over." John made no reply, but listlessly be gan' to pull Cupidon's blue ribbon collar, though scareely thinking of her minress Like all men he had an ideal, and hf ideal was not a Cecil Dars Perhaps he had a fancy for a softeyed, sweet-faced little girl, whom he might meet some future day. Certainly, he never dreamed of this fair, proud girl as his fate, and certainly on his first meeting with her the thought was further from his mind than ever. He was still lying upon the oouch, i with Cupidon on a cushion at his feet, when he heard the sound of wheels roll ing up the carriage-drive, and the rig of a refined, musical voice. A moment after the little pony-earriage stopped at the door, and somebody got out This was Miss Dare, John fIanners decided, as he listened, and she was talking gayly with e6me one who had evidently ac companied her, and whose first speech nfirmed his belief that it was Frederick hDacre. "You won't let me come in, of course," he was saying, "after that solemn pro mise that I should perform Laura's be hests. But may I not be allowed to tcall to-morrow ?" '"Certainly," said the clear, insouciant voice. "Any time you like. Don't forget to tell Laura how miserably I kept my rlnomise. Wait a minute-here is a flower for you. The last rose of summer, or the last but one. Au revoir." And turning his head to the window; John saw a handsome, stylish, yoi fellow pass down the gravel walk, fasten ing a creamy pink rose in his eost. He did not see Miss Dare, of courseJ for the parlor-door was nearly closed, bu he heard her lightfeetin the hall, an casught a glimpse of a d uttering dress a she ran up the staircase.r In spite of Miss Manners' remark upoab1 her brother's non-susceptibility, it mua be confeeed that she felt no little fear her young relative's fascinations An o dinarily pretty or charming girl shaloule have trusted, but not one like 4h young lady was not an ordinary girl it .o any sense of the term; accordingly, I su convi>ced, you will agree with me that n1 was rsaher trying to be called away 14n that moseet critical of times, the first inteS m view, by a troublesome rheumatic p sioner. But so it was, Betty Flan do "was taken powerful bad," so said 'messenger, "and wants to see yes bad it Miss Anne put on hel bonnet with if decided air. Severe as she was, she b never behindhand in rendering assistan , to those who needed it She Sent apologetic nmessage up stirs to ths DaM beform she went out; and an young lady, with a calm daring which l other person on earth wouhl have ti played, repslied through the servant ol that, "'There was no need apo il She would go down stair. as soon as was drmesd, and pour out Mr. Maaner tea for him." And s de did. Twenty minutes an his sister left the house, John Mann ~ who was reading in his easy-chair, he Mis. Dre's bedroom door open, and t light, decided feet coming' downv stalr-casewith thesor sweep of ata lun their wake.Be stoodppaahisfeetwith book in his hand, looking very An and impomingwhen si ...ered, a$ hd e had just time to see her fully in the b lint light of the chandelier before , poke. Mhe .'a a pI supplegir, i M an air ofel e pr prss itm in graeulmena ad he ads a aquiek con tion of a wonderfly hr faee, with w a derfully artintile e riug,. brone o ha wbroe hair, and a trailing dres of gray sta& which swept the epe She loeked at him ehaly torame and th esherajsd likeabit ofece tmwed marble.u . "It is hardnly neceassry should wmelf. I .r am., Mhir. M3f* said she said, with perfect ease; "but in casee she it should be. IwiteilyouI am Cecil Dare, onld and I have come to pour out your tea for lone you." the John Manners was disarmed. If there hose had been a suspicion of elaborateness over in her dress, or a touch of ceremony in last her manner, he would have felt that he after needed to stand oan guard; but what could have been mdre elegant in its simpliity be- than the soft, gray robe, what more lar, natural than her graceful self-posmsemion Y , She came to the hearth when he had i r made his grave, pleasant reply, and she She ctainly looked more at home than he mad did, as she pulled the bellas as a mnmon ome totlhe servants to bring in the tea. med "I am sorry cousin Anae was called and Away," she said, when she took her seat her t the head of the table. "That terrible ind A(ra Flanegan is the bugbear of her ex e She has had every ailment that ah ever heard of during the last month, eet, nd nowshe is beginning with rhen rol astism again. Do you take aream, Mr. g a aanneraTr tent 1 There was not a touch of affectation d at r embarrassment in her manner, as she his n usaed with the salver cream-jug poised jed, her hand, and her bronze eyes raised syly ) ask the question. Miss Anne herself Sc- ~uld not have spoken in a more matter as& i-fact style; but one thing is certain, rick amely, that Miss Anne would not have I aade the commonplace speech so effee n ve. As was to be expected, John Man _ru s made the naturanmistake of trying 4 e- reconcile report with the evidence of j cra s senses. This girl in her quiet dress a unscrupulous .admiration seeker! this idst who poured out his tea for him, with c indifferent a face as if he had been ifty instead of thirty! He looked at her my d, reticent, red-lipped mouth, and J hen at the bronze eye, and his strong m on for her beauty made him so a awise as to feel inclined to set report at efiana. t "You have been -with Anne several l eeks, I believe," he said, at barrd, feel ing it neeesary to say something. e "A month," raising her beautiful, in- g b, dolent eyes carelessly. "Cousin Anne b whm kind enough to offer me an asylum h until my afairs were settled. I have nqt the remotest idea what affairs are meant; ?obut on the death of my guardian, his law- J yer gave me to understand that some- b _ thing needed 'settling.' I suppose he at meant. money." w He scarcely knew why it was, but be-; fore the meal was ended he had begun to feelthat she acset his admiration aside j" ass has if it was something which was'no to =novelty, and that there was something A" more than indifference -in her careless ht grace. If this air had been more deci ded, he would have almost fancied that la she wished him to understand it ; but as D it was, he could only wonder'if her cold- bi ners merely existed in his imagination, or br Sifitvwas something real: and he ended in by observing her more closely, and by bt Sfeeling a thought more interested. Ju She drew Miss Anne's favorite chair to fo, the fire when they, rose lkom the table, or and took a seat in it, holding a dainty in- he laid band-screen between her wood-rose tinted cheek .and the blase, letting her as soft, dark eyes rest upon him with quiet Ith interca s ashe listened to what he said, i and occasionally answered in her clear, fi refipd voied oi When Miss Ame setermed from hber t. erzand of mecy Ceail was sitting there ' atil, the flabd of her soft gray robdfaa srweepingthe gay-hued hearth-rng, and tl Cilidon, the fnred, curled up onher ere lqp, blinking his abshl dat. of eyes of laaruindy woder his dauggy, ttrrier eyebrows. She did not more whenu Mi rly. Anne aeed erept to leae over her wi shomlderlb g, easy J waleone, which te Me that lady catch her brha "~h, ecda Ast s !" dss mil, 'stck at last!L I wasermi yr patient would fhu eep yrn aU ugts" the "Wee ys " mid Mi Ans, gravely, cla as she muntied her b asW g~ "Yo -. haw had tas, Iusuppeu' bee S~"~ein,t wal the quiet ,. "We it had ltMano e r you wenut 'may. Mr. m "Just as I suspectedb", thoughbt the ar- ie weing siater.- "Yo comid'nt let him her -e hamaless and sufbciently charning as she ame sat in the glow f the ire. The brilliant ,for light of the ehandelier brought out the - wood-mee tiating wondefliy, and ight here ed up the rich, sparkling ring on the fair, ies smooth hand which eareeeed Cupidon. in Altogether, circumstanoes were making a She picture of her, and John sat opposite, md forgetting the book he held in his hand, ty and looking at her. But his sister's ar are rival put an end to his vague enjoyment, n Y for Cecil rose almost directly. aad "I have smome letters to write," she she said ; "so you must exouse me for to he night: (load-evening, Mrs. .Mannerm ass And the supple, gray-robed figure passed out pf the room in as matter-of-fact man led her an it had entered. eat Miss Anne took the seat her guest ble had vacated with an air of grim resolu ex- tion. hat "Well," she said, as if she was prepar th, ed for any amount d f weaknes which en- could be displayed. "Well, what do yoe fr. think of her " "She is a very beautiful girl," said 'her ion brother slowly. "Quite a remarkably ihe beautiful girl." med "Of coursee she is," snapped Miss Anne. "ed "I know that." self The handsome face in thgseat opposit er- to her coldored slightly. in "She is very graceful and lady-like," are said the g-entlem(n, i'l, vely. ec- "Very," was the curt reply. "No n- young lady more so." John, with suMlden ng energy, "are you going to fdllow Fred < of Danr ?" a Js ohn-opened his fine, dark eyes. d si ' "My dear Anne," he said, "what a very Lth extraordinary question." a en "Not at all," proclaimed Miss Anne. I: er "If you knew Cecil Dare as well as I do, ii Jd you would say it was a very ordinary a ig question. Will you be kind enough to b so answer it?" r t at "Certainly," was the reply, as the "gen tlenasa suint his book and laid it on the al table. "My answer is, No " t sl- "Very well, then,"said Miss Anne, con- ca cisely. "Don't my she is-beautiful and ve - graceful---don't even think it ! It will be se re by farthe adest plan." And taking up de m her bnnuet and shawl, she departed in di t state. ci t; In default of having nothing else to do, as r- John Manners turnod to his book again; re - but as he opened it, he glanced with nc ie something of interest at the chair on th which the gray-robed figure had been wl seated. 'fir "I hope Anne does not Ahow her pre- sti e judice," he said: "It seems prejudice su o to me." And being an honorable, un- an g suspecting gentleman, he believed what me e he was sayin. an He did not see much of the young gei Slady until the following evening. In the I t a moriing she made her appearance at (it - breakfast, with a late white rose in her su r bronoe puff, and a little sleepy softness ye 1 in her eyes, which was very becoming ; bet but the faint touch of indifrence which ly John Manners had noticed the night be- fot , fore was more decided ; anid, breakfast lial over, she went beck to her room to finish her her letters, his But in the evening, as John was laying aside the book he had been reading, adl there camne arstleof silkin the eomdor, wh Isome one tapped lightly at the door, and the in nawerto hi, "Wndkin," Cecil Dl·aey oi ened it, ad stood upon the threshol, loy ,;.itha book in in'r bad. Her dresa fr ws Mgtay aga i , but it wa. gy usilk, and &a la wonder'of a train rustled in its wake ; the t thu wood-rus edor was brighter thain nr Severs, and tlhere we. some artistic pL der i of earet veh in bhrair. ha wa S"Do I disturb you ?" she asked, quiet- ite Sly. "I willaiut on nifI du. loly The ' wined to retata abook I had borrowed iurf Irom your shelve..tm wee "Pry eoeas fi. lain wily ,eng od, uowessn th pedrbit elbus to relace 3 the borrowe beoskld theu took te J, chair he oeesd hss it nak into igbs beteb a hia, "Adid seouubt hake thMllwateda r she said, aflth a assh e' di nj her aool, aseb eyes. S"rt I reall do not under.t... ' . SBIut be had never beamaorei certain of anything I ism life thaaAptl ,i dorstai ha e and hlAe uasafily aupm of it. She went on s eoely s ever, sarcely noticing what he had aSia and toying with the heavy gold bracelet an her round, white wrist. "I went into the e-alfast room lat night to look for a letter I had left t&r, and I heard her talking to you--the door was half open. Perhaps'she was ight," aehing her bmws. "Ieple have she id it o en, tet I redly begin to be. lie eI mt a s dageousgaose . , "I am very arry---." he began, stiffly. She interrupted him. S "Oh, no! Pray don't I There is no ite, need of your feeling annoyed. I am ad, used to it, you know. Bede t is pro-. n- bable it is quite true. I have no doubt t, cousin Anne was right. I aqerely thought I would tell you my lpomapMon had ne ot extended to you. That is al." To say that John Manners wos aebon Siehd wouldbeto sY It there had been a shade of wounaded pride in her face, he could have undm tood her, but there was not ; if she had seemed e hurt, or embarused, he would have klu- nown how to reply to her, but she did not ; and when she clasped her bracelet r- again, with her steady, white hand, and a looked upat him, he could emly Suih, and feel that he was looking rather ridi. He was beginning to try to say sne rly thing, he scarcely knew what, when she stopped him again. 'e. "Oh " she said, with a certain non chalant candor, "I only thought it best its to be frank. We shall be the better friends for it, and cousin Anne will be more comfortable." She was woman enough, in spite of her indiffterene, to ,o fire off this quiet shot. "Cousin Anne en is not very fond of me. Perhaps we ee don't understand each other, or perhaps," an old little smile crept in here, "wes u derstand each other too well." o ShMe did not remain long ater t} , only long enough to set the smbjeetatter 1e. ly aside, and sit talking for a few minutes lo, in her perfectly musical voice. Then she ry rmse, and taking up the b9ok she had to brought from the shelves and laid it on the table, went out of the room, learing n. John to his new train of thought 1e From that time Mise Anne bhad little to complain of, at least so ar as lhe chief 2- care was conerned. She could not pro. d vent Miss Dare making a picturh of her. a' self in trailing soft, tinted dh&k and p delicate laces; she could not prevent her n dropping into her perfect atltudes, and crew ling Cnpidou with that wonmde of , a supple-jointed white hand ;but she was very much consoled when she found that b nothing of this Was directd at John. But n there was another thing she could not do, n which was to shut ,John's eyes. rom his f irt sense of annoyance had grown a co, stant desire to watch this girl, who was e such a novelty to hizi. She had piqued - and astonished him into wishing to bio t more of her, and so he was beU.yed into an interest which would have been I ( gerous to any man! She never aioided ahim; indeedl, it aemed as tu gh hbt in. Stitference was too complete to allow of rsuchathing;butff I he had be sixty years old, her maner godi or t have been more atterly eoid tof ayn woasan ly coquetrj. Thequicl faul. de hs fImot'gkning and lightning up bril hiatly for oter people ad dwrh' , was her chief charm, never aboved 4talf to him. Among the nnany people'rho tked aid. admiredher, tbite was cne peauoataor whoui she semedto eanmore than for the ru, mad that le w "". .. cDura, With a udarai-piri eathuakastjo love of beauty, rs had Lr hadoe the comidente other fanq o9iau ners had noticedthoiatlsI.rg dalufny tender ity was something abect m1e madt wear tie va7 ghv~ thae ve-ropo Not, he was di; i mmLa ~tiis IJoaa ufealo-rs fle ; r h r .... ee ... * ,n>)5 ,· - .