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'` T, I,,rI ..'IAS is published every . l.. , Sunday at 114, Caron W . G. Buows, Editor. , Te'lrms. One, year.........$5 00 ',_ i.ugle copy ............... 5 c RATES OF ADVUt O I',r iqnare of eight lines, or its equi- I S.:: ace, first insertion $1 50, and f 1,: .,ll, iuent insertion 75 cents. a ., P::I.NTTSO executed with neat- 3 . 1 Jpal,tch . NOTICE. f ,,omumniations must be addrened, ,.E .,.r .f the Louiianisan," nd aonymous .. ,t b accompanied by the name of the z t.. ,' e,,-."rLrily for publication, but as an I ..)f , , faith. , r, not responsible for the opinions of c. ,'nbutur. ALL DAY LONG. ALL tLy long the winds have whispered, A :they pasiSed my open door, (~, ch voice, to whose sweet music I ,ill listen nevermore: Awl they tell of white hands folded, 1 .r each still and peaceful breast, Andl f blue eyes closed from sorrow. In the stairlevs calm of rest. A.! ,l.y lowu the rin bas pattered lu a dreamy monotone, on the roof, and whispered to me Of a brightness that has flown; And my heart has echoed sadly 'T the pattar of the rain, Whild I thought of those beloved ones I Ih.ll never meet again. All ,lay long my heart has murmured O'.r and o'er each tender name; Winu our loved ones join the angels, Tell me, are they called the same? Whisper winds, and rain drop softly From the gray. forbidding skies, I nm thinking of our l,ved ones, On the hiLls of Paradise. " I:i STORY TILLER." It.n1\ ECCLESTON'S THANKS GIVLNG. Mo l, t HARPEIIs mIOiTL.] There was a brilliant smile on his face, anil a li it jocose tone to his voice to fit t lie wrls; but in his eese there was a 1:tdrihfll anxiety all the time. And her la, Ii.ml(Ianner was just as airy and sport i . :Lse repibed: II tll;ak you not to abuse my prefer ' '.;, Sir. Mr. Jolm Eccleston, after thr v,,:trs of setdiness, is more to my t, tan those prosy Englishmen at i.., i .sll's and all those witty Ap lll P l)ul together. Then I,ve worn it partie . I've got beyond them, you n' .,iling at him archly, and with an ihl.'erile.,l, air of e','peiglerie. H lau he.l. "At the age of twenty :' 1:.l:m, yo prepare yourself to re I. 11u,- the vuities of the world. Where t t: thl In, caps? hereL-" But he got t" further. All their airy talk eame to :a, el als the little maid, Kitty, thrust ht-rf ex'cl.dly into the room, Shur,. Mann, it's the pipes has bust agin, aid the water is a-runnin' all over ti, flt(ht)r. I tould the man how it would e whin h, liut thifn chape fixin in, but he wouldtit heed me, bad luck to himl" Thut c, lr ruashe into Mrs. Ecleston's ,ilieate cheek, :nd her first thought was, "I w.th it h:ad happened before John atla hore." But John was already lauging galy over it; and laughing, fld Kliitty into the tiny kitchen, wlre he ,.t himself to tshe of rene n1tg' the mischief till better help eould b sunruoaned He whistled and hmn t(,l itn gy good-humor over his work, n,, dt1 then making odd liWo j , or withsome quiet fun calling out the quaint ',ihty of their odd little maid, until Mr S(e herself could not help but laugh in ralerrimet. And no sooner was this Italltr of mending over than Kitty fouand ' d(hzeI other things awry--those pea t ag leaks and cracks and breeakages ;:1:·~r: forevert occurring in a house l,,o .And to their repairing this "young feh £ t himself as easily it all his Sli h,~had e na acustomed to their do gand undoing. And Aliace, overoo al. l aughld lightly over his bmbde or 'lu bi his ecceses. You would have Plsumeil them at once to be without a i:Xlow of care upon their lives; but the : '':u:,ti,, wotld never have been more :ai, thie sh:alow of more than care ' ui:; hg over tuhem. Much as THE LOUISIANIAN. S"REPUBLICAU AT ALL TIM27, AND UNDER ALL CIBCUSTYANCrB. " TOLUII, 1. INE OLIAlls LI, 3 3NIAT, JAN-U RT 19t., 1871. 81 l1ulI l. .. . ... . . . . . .. . . . i.. . . . . . . . _ . .. . . . _ = . . _ ., John Eccleston loved his wife, and mauch s she loved him, there was a fatal want I ,f understanding between them. Married I .re years ago in Paris, where they had net for the first time in the same year of heir marriage, they had lived jar two rears a charmed life of continental travel. At the end of the two years John Elses Lon, as honorable and open aut day, ound himself, by the villainy of others, it the end of what he imagined per haps an endless fortune. Instead of turn ing his great talent-yes, let as frankly say, genius to the use for which it was destined-instead of going to work as an artist, and painting pictures for his daily bread, by some curious want of self knowledge he looked upon himself as wholly unfit and unworthy for the work, ad with this underrating, he set his face against all the great company of painters to which he rightfully belonged, and com ing back to his native land, cast about him for other work. His father had lived abroad so many years that the son found he was a stranger in his native land, with no near or far ties of blood to take up the dropped links. His wife's family was in the ssmeisolated condition. What aseociations, then, were there to bring him-this fastidious, culti vated gentleman-fitting employment? Not one. So it happened that out of his pride r, d his humility he came down to the place of book-keeper in the smll house of Warde and Slido, importers of china. It was a hard coming down for both of them ; but harder for John, who was full of all kinds of chivalric ideas about woman, and who had all his life been able to carry them out until now. Perhaps, if they had loved each other a little less romantically, they might have accepted their new condition with much more ease and contentment; but they were moulded in a delicate sensitive fash ion, with a good many of the rose-tints in their soul as well as their clay-coloring, so it was impossible for them to do other wise than they did. Thus it happened that they made each other miserable in many ways by little concealments and subterfuges of affection. John, who hated poverty honestly and heartily, and all it. long train of petty annoyances, made pretense of gay content for Alice's sake ; and Alice, with the same tastes followed his example. Fond of social life, yet iso lated completely from it for three years, he made pretense of distaste for it be cause he fancied that it was distasteful to his wife in their altered way of living; and so it came about that the two or three men whom he had met at artists' studios-men like Clarke Steyner, who would have been glad to have visited him, were never invited to do so. And Alice, wishing all the time that John was not so morbidly sensitive on their poverty, re frained from saying a word indicative of any desire for him to bring home a friend. Thus they played at croms purposes, each making pretense of a state of feeling that was unreal out of this mistaken view of the other. m Clarke Steyner sat for a long time, for getting his bachelor's tea, after Eadeston had gone, looking at the sketch upon the table. And sitting there, Vali himself came in. Steyner, teling hin of his ealn handed him the paper. "You don't mean that young esel. ton did this ?" '"I do." 'Then what in Heaves's name doer he burrow down therenh that sounting-ron for?" "3ust what I'd lihke to know," returned Steyner, animatedly. Valsi mused a whil longer over the little aketch, sitting with his chin droppel into his hand. By-and-by, ina naming tone: "Why don't Warde and Slido send him to Europe for the firm? Then simeof you might give him a anmmiinm, rd ike t see what he'd make oa tbhe Qisto dell aMone*r" Steyner lifted his head with a uddes, quick movement, but mid nothing: but he evidently got a new thought which fit ted an old one. He brooded over it with his tesa He smoked Lt in his fler p per pipe. He elept and dreamed uponit. The next morning, meeting young Slido At the bank, was it accident that set him talking of Seleston to him? Itwas are hi talk, not too interested; but through it he discovered what he wanted to know -that John Eccleton was invaluable as a reliable clerk, but that Warde and Slido could not afford to send another man to Europe, Warde himself being already there. "He'd make an excellent buyer; for he has, besides an artist taste, a knowlede of the wants of te people. I wish w eould afford to send him: but we are anew hme, you know, and our capital isn't large," communicated Slido. Steyner went home with a "bee in his bonnet." "Tom will do it," he said to himmelf "on my suggestion, and I'll take the responsibility. It's the very thing." Tom was his brother-in-law--an ex tensire importer of china, so it is easy to see where the bee buzzed. He was right. His brother-in-law was in ueed of a good buyer, and had such ample confldence in Clarke that he caught gladly at the suggestion. Ster nr went home trimphant, dropping a note on his way to John Eccleston-just a simple request that he would call as hbe went up from the office that nigbt , 'iat night was the night before Thanka giwig. Every night for a week John had walked through the gay and busy crowds, noting the holiday merriment and preparations with a fierce ache at his heart Once, so little while ago, he could have spread a brilliant feast, and wel comed a host of brilliant friends. Once he could have ransacked the splendid shops for his Alice's birthday ; and now he was plodding home with-out a token, a tired and shabby man. He had turned the corner, and was right upon the bright bay-window befori he thought of his en gagement A soft light shone fro" tue window, and with-in there was a glint of gilding, and the glow and warmth of many pie tures, and in the midst of all he saw .Clarke 8teyner sitting, gazing idly into the fire, fulltaf areless, happy ease. What a contrast it offered to the dim little rooms and to the dreary state he daily kept I And entering, he could not quite conceal beneath that debonair manner the bitter pain he felt. Steyner, like all persons of delicate sen sibilities, found it difficult to approach this matter, where he himself was the ap parent conferrer of a favor. So he put it off by a gracious little bustle of hospitali ty. He touched a bell, and there appear ed such wine as Ecceston had not tasted sinee those "long Italian days." And sip ping slowly that delicate, airy sparkle, he was led on into that region of enchant ment where Art alone reigns by the skill ful suggestions of his host. Either the delicate insiusee of the wine, or the mag netim of his companion, or it maybe both together, carried him so tar away from the present il and narrowness of his lot that he gave himself up fully to the charm, and stood revealed to Steyner at his full meaureent of manly breadth and culture. How rich that hour was With what gentle, graious gayety be talked of some things ; with what tender vemes of& others and acompanied al ways with an appsrition as rare as it wasgnial and debted t the hour pined; a neighboring clock struck, and recalelthespresemt The obd pinae turmsd, and ita shadow stele intebislec, The ainhad od lst ie aw, tha arns longer seat out armth snd m rai e; there was the chil ta coldA reality about everything. What right hadbtobe mitting here asnusing himeslf in an asho phere oa - ad indulgence? What dsght, while in the liWto lonely houpe his Alie waited for thim? Re ros with a sigh thai qs W a ahbaders and it was then tbhtestynera hen to~epdk. 4s a few wrds, but of what impoDtl- few word modestly spoken, depecating all generosity, as one might ask instead of Agroat red mush rome to Ec~lastm ' cheek. Steyner, seeing it, mistook the eme e had bean abrupt and patron ising in his oser, perhaps, was his insan tamous thought As it (arke Steyner, the gentlest soul alive, could have been abrupt or patronizg In "I beg yoar pardon," he began, 'f I have eemed--" And then Eeledton found his tongue. "You have eemed notig but what is moat delicate and kind," he intarrupted. The flush died away, and almost a pal lor seooeedet as in s few brie words he gave his aooeptance and thaks The words were so simple they might have sounded cold but for the warmth of his eyes, the intensity of his tone; and the lsep of his handas he said "Goodnight," had in it so much meaning that Clarke Steyner in a moment recognised a great deal-not all-of the sad, sore struggle of these years of deprivation. IV. The iW tsb wa s setin the little room, a e bured in th grate, and the one piera -thn lovely Vilattbmiled down from t wall in the evening ght as EEleston pters; Alihe, sitting in abstraction over a book, gim ed up with a quick smile, but the smichased a shadow, "How bright you look, John ! Have you been to se Mr. Steynerr" she asked. "es, I havebeen to see Mr. Steyner Aline.a" Ther was somthg i his rvoice whieb Alice could not undermand; somethigin his eues too- ba t Mho sh s- !a ldd understead a litae. She was glad Sfr him to have such pleasure with Mr. Stey ner; but there came to her, as there will to the most generous sometimes, a little pang of loeuliness at the eontrast of this pleasure. She had been so specialy lone ly on this night before Thanksgiving. The teas were i her eyes a moment ago at the thought of other day, and the ob oe uncertainty d the preset. She had asked for sympathy ad comsolion; for somebody to comprehend her mood, to say some tenderer word than usual, to look some sweeter look. But she was very glad that John had had his plessme and yet-and yet thee uirked thatsnder thread of pain. He sat down at tablr, keeping still that soft sparkle of enjoy. meant, quite oblivious of the eat pains Alice had taken-ot the perfumed choco late that steamed fragrant in the bups, of the pretty attire that seo oher vetimess How strange it was Had i forget this night. the eve of herbirthy ? She tried to meet his mood as musual. She tried to putout of sight all her "acros and pa sion," and be as bright as he; but as she met his eyes, and aw only the glem of airy mirthfalness, and listened to bis s most exaggerated jestig, a shiver an over her. "What isit, Aly" he sbd. Has this dreadful little house, with its thousand sandone craks and rannies, given you the agues" It was not so much the words as the light jocose to that jarred with the words; and to-gether it provd the drop too much. She tried to answer him, but instead burst into a Lood of term "Ally, Ally, what have I daoner He started from his seat, and going to her side, bent over her with such foad concern that in her auncontrolled state sh sobbed out some words that could not fail to enlighten him of her feeling. "I have been a great blunderer, Ales but I meant it all for the bestL" And taen he took her in his arms, asd hing t tearful eyes against his breast, he told her the good news tathd broughtsada waspealgladneea to his face, sIld'h bcoabq to isb maer on this "AnMdwgobrcgs b n 1 th your raht piece aw pen asgpl, whieh is bes#osh hpf(. , Jolia, whata rwo niow lmbie nmt m bi t'r 4d presetly, when #pgli MI4n Ipsd i this mw happl uesa a ry r. tr h wigtn to talk o ls ner, and jon oadered and qusstiomed out of the siplicity of his natare the meaning of his elthion. But Alice was deaser ighted cried, "how could may a of dmn muat know you as Mr. Stayner lis with out knowing yeo wnm woaith something ? And, John-" Shejms&aged loaking vp st him -is fly and shyly. "Well, what Is it ' "I-I think we might--perhps #A Mr. Ssteyner hee for to-orrow." "Alicem r" "Not if you dot wish it, dear John; but I thought you-at Ib might like it" "I ould like it, Aliea ; but you-" "I should lie it very mu, John ; and mdI am so gladtht youdo. I was afraid you might not, liing as we do ; for you never have brought him home with you, you know." "Yes, I know ; but, Alice, do you know that I have not beause I thought it would be distasteul toyoa in our way of living." They regarded sraa other a mosant in -oqu t ilmes It was Alias who brokeit, and her voice falterd mambe spoke. "Oh, John, how we have amisader0tood each other aD these year., and I-" He bowed his cheek to her head, and heild her a lit eoser as he interapt ed: "Bu we e loved each other my ditlih, st t a lwa remember that" Them emu sa longer imee,, and them John samid brightly, in his old dehoair miner: "So w au to bid Mr. Sty ner bee fo to morr, are wes " And Alice answered as brightly : "If youare not aid he will missir his so csmtoned crystal and Sevres dinner vice, Mr. Eoleston " "I am not afraid of his missing any thing if he dines with Mr.Eoaleston," he answered, wih tender gayety. And so that very night Clarke Steyner was bidden to John Eeeleston's Thank giving. I think he had no les than four invitations to great houses, where theme was brilliant company, and where the least was served on crystal and Sevres ; but he never hesitated a moment when, John coming in upon him unexpeaedly, said imply : "I want you to dine with as tomorrow ifyo ean, M. Steymer." "My dear fellow," he a swered, quiek ly and cordially, "nothing would give me more pleasure." And siting at Mrs. Eelesto's right hand the net day, I am vry sure he did not miss the rystal mand ues din ner-service. And sitting there to, be comprehededs more of John I mdson's life than he had ever doe b e. Of carse they talked of Art ; neither Clarke Steyner nor John Eelesion could be long in any company where there was any sympathy or taste that way without drifting into it ; and so, of cooruthe Violante wa disornsed. Mr. Steyner 1 have been thinking," he said, ow ly me thoughtfully, looking a the time at the iola-ts, ', yo would make me another copy of that flasy head, when you are in Dhesden-I w that no opy but yours will satisfy me now." AliBe's eyes iterally glowed withth intensity of her delight ; beuter he band- at dear, modest old aJoh ma she celled him, murmesd out sme. thing about Mt. Seyner's oveating his ability; and then Mr. Steyner loosed his tongdm ierly, d laid him t Vahlt Againa ra. sk stenr saw thu great red 'nd miont i John Ueetesto's wrow: aln beh a momeasmme bels bu a ed bte it teeit Shins3 more than ayravit hmi. ri Ii eiar. a liale later, it was diuidL that ister alE, wothae gsi' bed goeand abeid as id ia lo k eines 'Jbha I thi is 1w ha birkday, a me hsi elag head: "My lov, hkaw i is myiqpiest Theakagiviug." There was a its up ward look whii dwelt a moe th Thlans, then mldbthougtlyByo wld; far beyod inte no emIrty ypae d look wet It was John Ecustoen'. nh.-l Apvin. OFFICIAL JOURNAL w as FIRBST SESSION SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY as ra STATE OF LOUISIANA. Fit hy's hremeigls. Bosw ora Enwdmsnr The House was aleetd Z 11., by Wllis.. Pigers Cheid od o pro ceded to ea the ro as rterned by the esetea y of, SBlat and the Sollowing memben reeponded to thsi names: Messr. Abel, Adolphe, Atanoy a Bhe aBab, arret, Barrow, Bdlt, BmRtley BiUkham, ]mt, Bowen, &ewiter, Broom -.., Brown, aryan, mahaan, Barh, Buler, Garr, Cter, Derby, Darionberg Davidaon, Denis, Dmes DNweus Doug las Durio, Faulkner, mayd, Foeneis. Gaddi, Gardner, Oar.t .aW. Harper, e.mdpeadb , aHen, Hy .s Jobnsoa, tu ror , Maied d, Meadow Mmars, Murphy, mods erry., GagO , Oplate, Oto, Overton, Poad, Quinn. Baby, Riley, Ringgold, Sartain. to u. macer, amith, SBor, 8tamps, Stanton, 8tevene, Tran, Thompson, Tounoir, Tursd, Ullman, Wand, Wash ington of Asnumption, Washington of Coneardia, Wheyland, Wfiame, Yorke, Young-S. Quorum present Prayer by Be. Dr. Daily. Mr.Burch, of East Baton Rae, moved that Mr. Kear, of Orhan be elected Speaker protem. Mr. Dewees of De Soto, offered the following substitute: "That the House proceed to a permanent organisation," and called for the previous question, which was ordered, and the mabstitute Mr. Bur,aof East Baton Rouge, moved toreconsider the vote just taken. Mr. Dewees, of De 8otao moved to lay the motion to seomuider on the table which prevailed by a rising vote of yeas AO, nays KL Nomiiticms fo 8peakerbeingiu order. Mr. Dewees, of De Sot, nominated Mr. Mortimer Gars, of De Bot. Mr. Antoin of Orleans, nominated Mr. J. Henry Brc, of East Batoan Baougea Mr. Quinn, of Orleana, nominated Mr. Isaac Ullman, of Orleam. Mr. Gartheap, of Jearacn, moved that the omiainaans be closed. Ca(red. The rol was eared with the fallowing remiLt: The owing members rvoted for Mr. Garr: Abel, Adolph Baker, Ba r Barrow, Belot Bentley, BhnD Bowen, Brewster, Brseard, arewn, hyla, Bu..a.. aer, rter, rby, DriNmr.o,DaviN - son, Davin Dems, Dewses Douglas, Drio, Faelknqr, Flod,lFamal madais, Gardner, ram, P. Harpe Han e - a-, o H N a JoImean, erm, Kmi -U Immee I lebls Ha JaW, 1. a LoW Iquh, Mahimey, SriMoae, dmwaMne. ,Me x phbyarMri Marray, #NelOp, 0ateh, Ott, Overa Pnd, aeby, Bey, Bing •ld, Se -.in 8d~aber. , scam, on, Tonoid u, Tead, Vere, Wad, Washingtoa (A A-ptian),WaterWhey lmd,3 aW Wai leainWs. worral w ,Yu, The foblowng members rated for J . Barh: Aatolne, Berdt CrawfordW. Harper, Ear.., U ie., Waahigon, o Oc The ~nMieg membrs anl.-d sa J Baud., Quin-tI 'h Mo wing membees sited for H. Mr. C(en-i Kr. Car, ot Pa Sotohlemind Mived a aeeieda aes heotle Name dYeg-rae am fft i' a the veshr m uele to The (i k e herbe oed - Davs , oflane ad hulkem, of Liv Mr. (ar ta demsd tse fonewing rmarhe: GemOmea of the Homse of Represe-