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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMES, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES."
''OLUME 2. fEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, TRU RDAY, JANUARY 4, 1872.
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PROSPECTUS
TF THE
L: ,L v,,r to establish another
.,. rnal in New Orleans,
S,. 1rlr,:rs (If the Louisaiin Ay,
l , aI necessity which has
,, t, smtimes painfully
r I t. In the transition state
pie: 'i. iu the it straggling efforts
.'. that losition in the Body
:.hich we conceive to be their
.: regarded that much infeor
.:.. guildance, encouragement,
.: 1 : repro f have been lost, in
S.,.- of the hlck of a medium,
i..., a i.-h these deficiencies might
1. We shall strive to make
S t..'NI a clesilcrdltumn in these
POLICY.
. oItto indicates, the Lort
Ssiall be "Republican at alli
uil ,.t1rall circumstancers" We
II ,cate the security and enjoy
,f broadcivil di*e.rtv, the abso
i:Lhty of all men bf,,tre the law,
.. iNartial distributi,,' of hon
" .trnarge to all Who merit
: of allaying animosities, of
'.: the memory of the bitter
. r. l-rmting harmony and union
" , .jý,iand bIetwee n all in
.' :,l1 advocate the removal
.. disabilities , foster kind
. '. ,arance, where malignity
"t :.-i:l at reigned, and seek for
. ..l justice where wrong and
p' l-r, vailed. Thus united in
:1 oji.t.s, we shall conserve
iLte rrts, elevate our noble
..n t viablle position among
" . , by the development
'..:i.i::,tj resources, and secure
- : :.itis of the mighty changes
.rv and condition of the
'th Country.
Sthat there can be no true
S t the supremacy of law,
. a triet and undiscrimi
: ..:.tration of justice.
St\XATION.
.... aprt the doctrine of an
.'::.ui, a of,, taxation among
uk . f infid collection of the
',,, onflmy in the expendi
'infruably with the exigen
X' State or Country and the
v;''. feryv legitimate obliga
EJ)UATION.
S- ustaiu the carrying out of
euna of the act establishing
0., school system, and urge
'* nt duty the education of
• a~s vitaly connected with
S tcigihtenment, and the seen
S"t.lhty of a Republican
mer us mauly, independent,
:co"' "duct, we shall strive
""itr palper from an ephem
,. tempor.ry existenoe, and
-:t upon a basis, that if we
'omand, ,, we shall at all
ALRE T ETIUCH,
lier and Stationaer
1' C-NAL STREET,
SW Orlqa Louiai
POETRY.
ALONE, ALL ALONE.
BY L F. N.
Alone, all alone, with my thoughts and
my pipe,
I am dreaming of future and past, -
A past that I cannot from my memory
wipe
And a future approaching too fast.
While puffing and pond'ring the thought
will arise,
Of the little experience has thought;
For still, as in youth, do I dream of love's
prize,
So rarely attained though often sought.
To linger out life, with no partner to share
The affliutions or blessedness we own
To dream that this world for us might be
fair,
And then traverse its mazes alone.
Oh, this is the shadow that darkens my
mind
And destroys every hope I would raise:
I perish of thirst, and no water can find
To restore me the strength of young
days.
[ Fliciarn Republican.
Purposeless.
The means by which men win
success are strangely combined and
arranged, each man for himself
devising his cwn course of action,
and very few men agreeing in the
particulars of a venture to secure
fortune. The success of individuals
ought to be no more surprising
than their failure; because, after all,
that which enables men to prosper,
is pUrposf', and that which induces
failure is the lack of it. When a
man goes into business, or starts in
'the world, with a fixed, determined
purpose before him, resolved to do
what he proposes shall be done, in
nineteen cases out of twenty he
succeeds; but when the lack of this
is the opposite, we care not how
intelligent he may be, the man fails.
We see in every community, men
of what are supposed to be ordinary
capacity, who make no pretension
to mental culture, who are unas
suming in their intercourse with
their fellows, and yet these men are
of the utmost importance in the
world's business. They contribute
largely to the comfort, the pros
perity, and wealth of communities
adding to productive and enlarging
development in all directions. In
contrast with such as these, we have
the dreamer, the student, and the
theorizer, men of great mental
capacity, quick at apprehension,
keen in appreciation, eloquent and
imaginative, but who are failures in
the world's business. They produce
little while they consume largely of
material things. The sneer at plain
business success as speculation, as
the result of chance, when in reality
it is brought about by patient and
untiring industry, inspired by a
purpose which is intelligent and
convincing of success. The young
man who begins life with a purpose
to succeed in a well-defined busi
ness object, seldom fails. He who
has a purpose in view, as a rule is
practical and sensible, because pur
pose is an ingredient of common
sense essential to the strength and
effectiveness thereof. The man who
pursues his special business, who
makes it his thought, who eluci
dates its advantages, and applies
his powers to its advance, has a
purpose, of which he never loses
eight, and in the preEenee of which
he is always nerved for effort.
Every man of purpose is also on.
of action-and when the purpose is
to do good, the actor is blessed in
himself and a blessing to those with
whom he comes in contact
A shrewd businees chap lately at
tended the sale of a hotel in Ohio.
He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he
stood up and bid boldly, "twenty
eight thousand dollars." It was
knocked down to him; and when the
question was asked, "Who is the pur
chaser?" this audacious scamp replied,
"The Pennsylvania railroad." Of
course, he was not required in person
to put up the money from an imperial
buyer like that, whereby he was able,
in the coure of a couple of days, to
sell the whole to another party for
-35,000, and clear the difference. The
country is now full of scamps buying
hotels for the Pemnylvaniara ilroL,
THE SENATE.
Pint Day's essi.
SENATE CHAMBER,
Monday, January 1, 1872.
Pursuant to the provisions of article
seventeen of the State Constitution,
the haLbte was called to order by the
President of the Senate, the Hon.
Lieutenant Governor P. B. S. Pinch
back.
The roll being called by the Secre
tary, the following Senators answered
to their names:
Messrs. Barber, Butler, Campbell,
Gallup, Harris, Hunsaker, Jenks,
Kelso, Lynch, McMillen, Noland, Ra
gan, Swords, Twitchell, Whitney-15.
A quorum not being present, the
President ordered the Sergeant-at
Arms to go for absent members.
The Sergeant-at-Arms, having re
turned, reported that no absent Sena
tors were about the Capitol buildings.
Mr. Hunsaker then moved that there
be additional Sergeant-at-Arms ap
pointed by the Chair, not exceeding
two, to go for absent members, and
bring the same to the bar of the Sen
ate, which, being duly seconded, was
adopted:
The President appointed as assistant
Sergeants J. D. Houston, L F. Garic.
Mr. Ragan moved to adjourn until
to-morrow at 12 M., which, being duly
seconded, was adopted.
The President then declared that
the Senate stood adjourned until to
morrow, January 2, at 12 M.
CHAS. H. MERRITT,
Secretary of the Senate.
House of Representatives.
Fint Day's Proesedigs.
Horas or REPhgsNTvZs, )
Monday, January 1, 1872 j
The House was called to order at
twelve o'clock M.
Speaker Carter in the chair.
The roll was called and the fol
lowing members answered to their
names:
Messrs. Carter, Abel, Adolphe,
Antoine, Baker, Barker, Barrett,
Barrow, Belot, Bentley, Bickham, I
Blunt, Bowen, Brewster, Brown,
Bryan, Burch, Butler, Carr, Craw
ford, Darby, Darinsburg, Davidson,
Davis, Demas, Dewees, Durio, Ellis, I
Gaddis, Gardner, Gartakamp, P.1
Harper, William Harper, Hemp- I
stead, Huston, Hyams, Johnson,
Kearson, Kenner, Killen, Kinsella,
LaSaliniere, Llambias, H. Lott, J.
B. Lott, Mahoney, Marie, Matthews,
McCarty, McFarland, Meadows,
Moncure, Morphy, Morris, Murray, I
Nelson, Ong, Oplatek, Otto, Over
ton, Pond, Quinn, Raby, Riley,
Ringgold, Sartain, Schumacher,
Smith, Souer, Stamps, Stanton,
Stevens, Stinson, Tatman, Thomp
son, Tureanud, Ullman, Verrett,
Washington (Assumption), Wash
ington (Concordia), Waters, E.
Williams, H. Williams, Wilson,
Worrall, Wands, Wheyland, Yorke, I
Young.-89.
Quorum present.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Burch.
The Speaker then addressed the t
House as follows:
"After congratulating you, gen- I
tlemen, on the advent of the new
year and on your meeting as a part e
of the General Assembly, it is ap
propriate that I call your attention
to what properly comes before you
on this the first day of your meet
ing. Under the constitutiou you
are required to meet on the first
Monday in January, which is New
Year's day, and under the statute a
this is a legal holiday, and the or-<
dinary business of legislation should 1
be deferred. You have met the,
constitutional requisition when the
roll was called, a quorum present,
and the House declared in session i
and ready for business. Ordinarily,
you would now appropriately ad-'
journ till to-morrow, but there is
one subject to which I call youear at-i
tention, and upon which a becom
ing action should be had by you.
Since we last assembled death has I
been in our midst and a raeeucy
created in a high oMcial position.
Our onored and lamented friend, a
Lieutenant Governor OsearJ. Dann,
is dead. BaResolautoions expressive of I
our seeugs on the occasion, and a
an adjourament in honor of his
memory, Ihold take place
'"Clear-headed, pare-hearted, hon- a
eat and brave, he commanded the a
respect of his enemies and the love I 1
o his friendsa Viewed per.nally I
and oZislly, 'in his relations to t
Demonmat and Repnblicans, to the ,
white people and the colored, we
have suffered a painful loss. No
man, in my judgment, was so potent
for good to all classes, and none
whose presence at this time could
not have been better spared, and
none whose place in the hearts of
the majerity of the people of Louis
iana could not be more easily filled."
The following preamble and reso
lution were offered by Mr. Burch,
of East Baton Rouge, and read
under a suspension of the rules:
WHERAs, Death has removed
from our midst Oscar James Dunn,
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the Speaker of
the House appoint a committee of
nine members J0 draft suitable reso
lutions of respect to the deceased;
that the House do now adjourn in
respect to the memory of the late
Lieutenant Governor.
Mr. Mahoney, of Plaquemines, of
fered a substitute, which the Chair
ruled out of order.
Mr. Dewees, of De Soto, moved
for a division of the resolution, so
as to read as follows :
Resolved, That the Speaker of the
House appoint a committee of nine
members to draft suitable resolu
tions of respect to the deceased.
Resolved, That the House do now
adjourn in respect to the memory
of the late Lieutenant Governor.
Which was carried.
Mr. Harry Lott, of Rapides,
moved the adoption of the latter
resoluticn.
Carried.
And the House was declared ad
journed until to-morrow at twelve
o'clock M.
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk.
[From the Columbua Index.
A GIEAT IISTAIE I YOUING MEN IN
SOCIETY.
One of the most serious and
ridiculous delusions under which 1
some young men bor, who culti
vate the society of ladies, is the im- i
pression that the fair ones prefer to 4
be all the time laughing during the ,
hours they pass in gentlemen's I
company. Their manner of con
ducting conversation shows that
these gallants consider everything
the stupidest bore to their Dulcineas I
but jokes, white lies and idle teasing,
and consequently they grin them
selves and endeavor to keep the I
ladies convulsed from the moment
they simper, "how-d'ye do, Miss
Mary Jane," to the crowing of ten
o'clock by sleepy chanticleer. If a
stenographer could stand behind1
the curtain and take down an hour
of this wit-froth, what a mess it
would be to read! Such puns-
such "stories" to keep the conversa
tion a going-such bare flattery to
make the fair ones blush and flut- i
ter-such a misuse of language-it
would be laughable if it were not ]
so hard on the poor girls who must
gabble with the geese and be foolish /
with the fool? i
A greater mistake was never
made by these young men, who, we1
know, really mean to be agreeable. ]
Ladies enjoy a certain degree ofi
pleasantry and badinage as the:
spice to social interoourse; but they :
do not like that conversation which
is all nonsense and levity. By
nature more seriously inclined than i
men, their choice is the conversation I
which is made up mostly of sober
sense. Hence it is they are so
often heard to complain that this
visitor "is too foolish," or that one
"such a great flatterer," and praise
in corresponding high terms the
visitor who pleases their self-respect
by leading to themes better suited
to their tastes and education. The
man always stands highest in the
esteem of ladies who talks to themI
as if he did not them so many chil
dren to be amused with the jews
harps and doll-babies of thought,
and makes fun and merriment the
exception instead of the rule.
The habit we allude to is notice
able often in places of public amuse
ment. Hardly do they get seated
before this class of beaux commence
their everlo8ting nonense, turning
to levity everything on God's green
earth, and rarely giving their un
B happy companions "a flash of
Sblessed silence" even when the
t music sounds or the programme
culminates. Do they think it a
I breach of etiquette to be sometimes
I silent ? Are they afraid of being
f called bashful if they do not chatter
- through the play ! When they learn
that their female friends don't want
to be laughing all the time, but
yearn for a sober face at least once
a year, their chances for preferment
will improve, and the poor girls
themselves will bless their stars for
the discovery ! There are butter
flies, of course, who are never so
happy as when silly. Our remarks
apply to the ladies generally.
Be pleasant, young gentlemen ;
have your hearty laughs ; tease the
sweet creatures about marrying
(they like a little of that ;) but
don't be monkeys. Fan is healthy,
but there is so much of it in the
world that is empty, the jaws ache
with the continual exercise. Be like
a good hotel keeper-change your
diet. Moonshine and silly-bob will
ruin any table in the world.--culi
nary or colloquial
Ir. aamner's Civil lights Bill.
Mr. Sumner's supplementary Civil
Rights bill receives the usual amount
of smiles and wonder at its "fanati
ciam." But a man who has sat in
the Senate of the United States for
twenty years, and who, having seen
Breckenridge in the chair, and hav
ing been smitten to the floor by the
bullies of slavery, now sees Schuy
ler Colfax presiding, and in the
chamber around him a vast majori
ty of Republican Senators of a
country in which war has abolished
slavery, probably smiles compas
sionately at the contemptuous smiles
of those who think principle fanati
cism, and consistency impractica
bility. Mr. Sumner's bill contem
plates the prohibition to all public
institutions regulated by law in this
country-such as hotels, railroad
cars, etc.-of the recognition of dis
tinctions which the law has abolish
ed. Those who think that it is
foolish to attempt to make people
associate with those whom they dis
like, and whose conclusive argu
ment against emancipation and 1
equal rights was, " How would you
like your daughter to marry a nig
ger?" may, however, be comforted.
They are not to be compelled to
marry their daughters to any body,
nor to invite distasteful guests to
their tables. But those who hold
certain grants under the law for the
public benefit are not to be suffered
to discriminate arbitrarily against a
certain part of the public.
The keeper of a hotel, for instance,
is bound to furnish entertainment
to all orderly applicants, unless he
has reason to suspect dishonest in
tention. He can not lawfully refuse
a guest because of a whim against
his blue eyes or his straight hair.
He may, indeed, keep a temperance
house, to which prohibitionists will
naturally resort; or he may an
nounce his preference of Baptists or
Presbyterians as guesta. But if a
Methodist traveler applies in good
faith for entertainment, the host
can not turn him away because he
is not a Baptist. Neither can he
refuse a guest because he is an
Irishman or a German, because he
is of a fair complexion or of a dark,
if there be nothing suspicious in his
appearance or conduct But the
Baptist and Presbyterian, the na
turalized Irishman or the German,
the man of fair or dark complexion,
have no more rights under the law,
as citizens, than the colored man.
Those who think that they have
an antipathy to colored persons
may be correct, but it is evidently
not an antipathy which extends to
the waiter who brings them their
dinner. And there are many per
sons to whom the Irish aitiame is
not agreeable. And to the war,
sectarian of any kind the Jew or
the atheist is very repunaat. But
we do not therefore permit them to
be excluded from plasm d commom
public resort. It we did so, we
whorld nallify our own laws and
had in all public places, in churches
orin halls, a coop in a cornerfor
the Portuguese or the West Indian
foreigner who might stray to our
shores? It would be a barbarous
folly. And if it were the native
citizen descended from Portugal or
the Vest Indies, the folly would be
only the more conspicuous. If ft
became a practice, so flagrant an
outrage upon the equality of the
citizen guaranteed by the funda
mental law should be prohibited
penalties in the common intereet.
For the equality that we assert by
law, the law must protect.
That is what ]Mr. Saumner's bill
proposes. It forbids 'distinctions
founded upon a system of caste
which the law has abolished. It
prohibits, within its sphere, making
an American citizen a parish be
cause of his color. It aims to lift
from the colored race as much as
possible of the consequences of the
curse which civilization has imposed
upon it. If we meant to keep the
people of that race an outcast lass,
we had no right to make them
equal citizens. But having made
them so, we can not keep them out
casts without infinite harm to our
selves. However, we need have no
fear of appalling results. The
colored citizens are not obtrusive.
They are not disposed to go where
they are not wanted. But what man
of honor does not burn with in
dignation to see a polite and quiet
colored passenger refused a place
in a car or a steamboat from which
a drunken and disgusting white
traveler is not expelled ?. The funda
mental principle of this republic is
that every citizen shall be equal
before the law. And whoever smilee
at Mr. Sumner's bill smiles at
the American principle.-Harper's
Weekl,.
Iepresentative Waills' Amaesty and Civil
lights.
We call attention to the timely
introduction in the House, on Mon
day, by the Hon. Mr. Walls, the col
ored Representative in Congress
from Florida, of a bill coupling
therein amnesty as proposed by
President Grant, (which may now
be regarded an Administration mea
sure,) with provisions securing to
the outraged colored man the ad
vantages and securities contained
in Senator Sumner's bill supplemen
tary to the Civil Rights Bill.
We thank Mr. Walls for this hap
py suggestion. He deserves the
thanks and support not only of his
colored constituents in Florida, but
of every colored man of the nation;
nor does it stop here; he deserves
consideration at the hands of every
lover of justice.
If our worthy President and the
Republican party shall think it
timely and best to grant amnesty
to those that rebelled, let it be so,
but justice calls on them to secure,
at the same time, due respect and
security in civil rights to the colored
man, who has never been a traitor.
This munet be the terms of our assent to
amnesty. The colored people virtu
ally may, through Mr. Walls, (who
speaks their sentiments,) "We want
to be generos, you must afford to
be just."-Newo Ntional Er.
A Lnr Docron.-The celebrated
lady doctor, Miss Fowler, in practice
in New Jersey, was recently mar
ried, and is now Mrs. Ormsby.
She is a sister of Fowler, the phre
nologist, and has met with extraor
dinary scces as a medical practi
tioner of the homaspathic school
Her income from her practiee has
for yearsm pesmt been from $1i5,000 to
20,000 per year. She ftr eapatisits
of both sexea, and has the names of
six hundred families on her practice
books, and has more practice than
all the half dozen male doctors of
the place put together. In carrying
on her profemelon she drives between
foarty and fty miles every day. She
is remarkably wseeul a dotor.
She is a beadmom wss. oma atfty,
clear-eded, oUst heamsr& -
willed, vivaseioms aud
Hr husband i~s a New York ar
chant
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Squares I no 2 mos mos 6 mos yr1
One $4 $7 $9 $11 I1
Two 7 9 12 0 35
Three 9 12 20 35 50
Four 15 29 35 50 70
Five 20 35 45 00 I8
Six 14 42 50 70 100
1 olum.. 46 80 120 17m P60
Transient adverdtements, $150 per
square Insertion; each sabsqusat
isrtion, 75 cents.
AU business acLedes of advdieesmen
to be charged twenty cets per line each
Ion Parmme executed with aestausa
4r ck5rI~in gcccrdamee
wtie a with qmicksliateh.
SCire s, Progames, Genemal
Busines Oards, Posters, etc., ete., gas
anteed to give moral satisation to all
who say wMsh 00ur owe serviceso
PROFE'IONAL.
JOHN B. HOWARD.
Law oFFICE,
26 St. Charles Street N5
New Odesas.
Prompt attention given to eir
business in the several courts of the
8tate.
A. P. FPllm 1 u 1?T 3i6TM,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNEELWB AT
LAW,
No. 9 Commercia Place, 2nd Floor,
New Orleans.
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t!'trict Attention to all Civil sad
Criminal business in the 8tate and United
States Court.
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