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VOLUME S,
"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMES, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES."
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1872.
NUMBER 48.
ße Iroalsianiaa.
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PROSPECTUS
of the
[a flia endeavor to establish another
HepuMiean journal in New Orleans,
tie proprietors of tlie L ouisianlan,
ise ttffilla necessity which has
to long, and sometimes painfully—
(»]( to exist. Tu the transition state
cfonr people, in their straggling efforts
j attain that position* in the Body
'otitic, which we conceive to be their
tie, it is regarded that much infor
Etion, guidance, encouragement,
(dtiasel and reproof hare been lost, in
Biispqucnce of the lack of a medium,
fayfigh which these deficiencies might
te supplied. We shall strive to make
) L ocisianian a desideratum in these
ffiPCCtS. "i
POLICY.
As our motto indicates, the I j OUI
lusiis shall be " Republican, at all
im nul under all circumstanoes" We
diall advocate the security and enjoy
mtoUn-oadcivil liberty, the abso
lut« eqwiYity of all men before the law,
nid :ui impartial distribution of hon
or »uJ patronage to all who merit
tiiem.
Desirous of allaying animosities, of
(iterating the memory ef tlie bitter
pwt,of promoting harmony and union
; all classes and between all in
terests, we shall advocate the removal
w all political disabilities , foster kind
tes and forbearance, where malignity
ft! resentment reigned, and seek for
us and justice where wrong and
oppression prevailed. Thus united in
maims and objects, we shall conserve
•or best interests, elevate our noble
Stat?, to an enviable position among
b sister States, by the development
her illimitable resources, and secure
le full benefits of the mighty changes
the history and condition of the
People and the Country.
Believing that there can be no true
fety without the supremacy of law,
*« shall urge a strict aud undiscrimi
fetiug administration of justice.
TAXATION.
We shall support the doctrine of an
Suitable division of taxation among
Ü classes, a faithful collection of the
'-venues, economy in the expendi
conformably with the exigen
"«ofthe State or Country and the
Charge of every legitimate obliga
tion,
EDUCATION.
^ slmll sustain tuO carrying out of
^provisions of tho act establishing
•"common school system, and «urge
* 1 paramount duty the éducation of
^ youth, as vitally connected with
^irown enlightenment, and the seen
an <l stability of a Republican
^crciacut.
PINAL.
®. T a Sonorous, manly, independent,
judicious conduct, we shall strive
rescile our paper, from an cphem
' au <l temporary existence," and
it upon a basis, that if we
"command, " we shall at all
I*** 8 "d«terve" success.
ALBERT EYRICH,
^Mlcr aud Slatiouer
** CANAL STREET,
^C'v Oi'kmB; Louisiana.
The Science of Health.
a new independent health monthly.
Devoted to the preservation and restora
tion of Health on Hygienic principles.
H eal t h is the great want of the age. It
is the first need of the individual, the na
tion, and the race. Health is long life;
Disease is premature death. Health de
velops body, mind and soul; Disease
dwarfs and pamUzes all To educate the
people in the Science of Life, which in
cludes all that relates to Preserving Health,
and to the Art of Treating Disease without
Medicine, is the object and purposes of
this new Health JoornnL
THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH will aim
to disseminate throughout the world a
knowledge of Hygenic principles. It will
not be the organ of any person, business,
or institution, but an earnest teacher of
the Laws of Life and Health.
THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH will be
the exponent of all known means by which
Health, Strength, Happines, and Long
Life may be obtained, by using and regu
lating those agencies vitally related to
Health and the treatment of Disease, in
cluding Air, Light, Temperature, Bathing,
Diet, Clothing, Exercise, Best, Sleep, and
all normal agents and hygienic materials.
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389 Broadway, New York.
Rooms of the Sub-Executive Commit
tee , Republican party of Louisiana, New
Orleans, March 25, 1873.—The Sub-Exec
utive Committee of the Republican party
of Louisiana meets daily in the Chief
Clerk's office, Mechanics' Institute.
Friends from thé country -are requested
to ealL >'
Office hours from ten o'clock A. M. to
half past two o'clock P. M.
By order of the Sub-Committee,
WILLIAM "VIGERS,
Secretary Sub-Executive Committee, Re
publican party of Louisiana.
All Republican papers throughout the
State are requested to copy this notice.
8. U. 0. 0 . F.
Regular Meetings of Amos Lodge 1187
on the first & third Thursday of everj
Month at the corner of St. Peter St. Cland
streets.
WM. JOHNSON, P. N. G.
J. RIE VAIS, N. G.
AL. JOHNSON, V. G.
J. LIVINGSTON, Twos.
V*. A. BARRON, Secty.
NOW
A First Class HOUSE, centrally
and pleasantly located, for the
accommodation of the Tra
veling and Visiting
Community,
BY MRS. E. J. ADAMS,
26 GEORGE St, one door east of King,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
TERMS OF BOARD—Per Week W 00
Per Day. 175
fel8—6m.
A. L. BOMBE,
164 ELYSIAN FIELDS STREET,
inspector of
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,
for the
THIRD DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS.
Keeps on hand, all sorts of SCALES,
WEIGHTS, MEASURES, YARDS and
BARREL MEASURES—INSPECTED.
O. O. NTI ATiT ix
oemebati
Railroad amc Labor Agency,
Jo. 217 Foydras Street,
N ew O rleans.
extractors, Planters, Housekeepers, etc.,
' supplied !WMptly with most reliable
M ali ! aii* H elp.
TERMS V4 sl ^i
/«STAU orders entrusted to tei2 .
appertaining to labor, will receive prôt».^
attention. J mi » 36» 72 -ly
n»zi.
NO. 137 POYDBAS STREET,
' ; v." " s i v; y*' ' >• ( v '
between c.'mp and St. charles 8ts.,
<;■ . ? - : '-i M , ■ ' $: u> ■&'*{■■ >
N3BW ORLEANS.
■ A gent for the sale of R. Hoe k Go's
Printing Pieuses and James Conner's
Sons' Typ«- A Full Supply at Manu
factura»' Prices,
RING THE BELL SOFTLY.
Some one has gone from this strange world
of ours,
No more to gather its thorns with its
flowers;
No longer to linger where sunbeams must
fade,
Where, on all beauty, death's fingers are
laid;'
Weary with mingling life's bitter and
sweet,
Weary with parting and never to meet,
Some one has gone to the bright golden
shore, <*
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the
door.
Some one is resting from sorrow and sin,
Happy where earth's conflicts enter not in;
Joyous as birds when the morning is
bright—
When the sweet sunbeams have have
broght us their light;
Weary with sowing and never to reap,
Weary with labor, and welcoming sleep—
Some one's departed for heaven's bright
shore,
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the
doo..
Angels were anxiously longing to meet
One who walks with them in heaven's
bright street,
Loved ones have whispered that some one
is blest;
Free from earth's trials and taking sweet
rest,
Yes! there is one more in angelic bliss—
One less to cherish, and one less to kiss;
One more departed to heaven's bright
shore,
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the
door.
A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.
"It will make no difference a hun
dred years hence." A very easy
thing to say to a man who is in
trouble—a very poor consolation
sometimes. And yet it is a conso
lation. These fretting cares, these
accidental reverses, that seem almost
past endurance, will not leave a
ripple on the ocean a hundred years
hence. Time cures alL It will not
take a century, nor a life-time, nor
a decade, nor a year, generally, to
rub out griefs and annoyances that
seem so great at the present mo
ment. It is a cheerful maxim this
that reminds us of the element of
lime which softens every disappoint
ment.
But there is also a bad side to it.
Men sometimes break the force of
responsibility in the same way.
They reason that since it will make
no difference a hundred years hence,
therefore it makes no difference now.
But actions of a moral character
are the one thing time does not ef
face. It will make a great differ
ence a hundred years hence whether
you are true and generous and pure
now. It will make a great differ
ence in you and in others. Where
fore let the proverb be forbidden in
all its fancied bearing upon morals?
And after ail, we very much fear
that the saying is rather a worthless
one. It matters little to a child
crying from a bruised finger that "it
will be all well before he is twice
marrièd." What does he care about
the state, of his body or mind at
the time of his second wedding,
and what consolation is it to him
that , his second wife will not be
called upon to sympathize with his
present misfortune? It is present
pain that grieves him. And when
you tell a man that it is all the
same a hundred years hence, you
ore talking impertinent nonsense.
What do we care for the next cen
tury?— Hearth and Home.
A R epresentative C olored W o
The meeting of the Peace Con
giCss will take place in Great
Britain iii jToiiS »ext, and Mrs. JuKa
Ward Howe, ti»5. mötf learned of
American women, is ßp^ en ^ 08
the distinguished delegatelo repre
sent her »ex and race. •
As the element in literature elo
quent and philanthropy for Amer
ica among colored women is now
confessedly represented by Mrs.
Francis Walkins Harper, no one
^ld be found to more acceptaWy
oPthaUnited States, and they
should see to it that Mrs. Harper is
selected for tiio dißtiucÜnn.—Äw
Nolioml Kra^
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
lärlt is reported there are se
venty-five counties in Texas in which
there not iea single Sunday school
fâfThe Masonic Lodge at Eden
ton, N. C., claims to possess the
chair which George Washington
occupied when he was worshipful
Master.
' * ■ j. >4 <
I®*A. T.SeloverEsq.is the agent
for the sale of the " U nderground
R ail R ôxd ." All whe-desin to pur
chase copies of this interesting work
can be supplied by applying to Mr.
Selover.
ffesrJames Gordon Bennet, [late
proprietor of the New York Herald]
one of the most enterprising and
successful news-paper conductors
in the United States, died recently
in New. York at the advanced age
of seventy-seven years.
S^Our advertiser Paul Granzin,
keeps constantly on hand at his well
furnished Watch, Clock and Jewehy
establishment at 112 Carondclet
street, a large and varied assort
ment of all sorts of clocks, watches,
brooches, pius, charms, emblems &c.
Call and see him:
JgrTbe thanks of the L odislvhian
are cordially tendered to United
States Senators W. P. Kellogg and
J. K. West for copies of the "Testi
mony taken bytheSelectCommitt.ee
to investigate the condition of affairs
in the State of Louisiana," and for
a Report of the ."Joint Committee
to inquire into the condition of af
fairs in the late insurrectionary
States."
T he S cience of H ealth .—The first
number of this new Health Jojunai
is published. It. is devoted to an
exposition of alt those agencies so
vitally related to Health and to the
treatment of Disease, such as Air,
Light, Temperature, Diet, Clothing,
Bathing, Exercise, Sleep, Electricity,
and all normal agents and hygienic
materials. It is an independent
journal, published in the interests
of the people, which is certainly a
strong recommendation. Tne first
number contains many articles of
gencal interest. The senses of
sight, hearing, taste, smell, etc., are
illustrated and explained. The cause
and cure of Backache; the proper
position on Horseback; Water treat
ment of Fevers; Sprains and Bruises;
Pneumonia; Clergyman's Sore
Throat; Chronic Catarrh; How to
Sleep, etc. The department of
Talks with Correspondent contains
valuable information. The new
magazine is issued from the office
of The Phrenological Journal, and
published at the low price of $2 a
year, or 20 cents a number. "Try
a," and save many times its cost in
doctors bills. Address the publish
lisher, S. R. Wells, 389 Broadway,
N. Y.
Z anzibar , which has risen out of
African obscurity _ into sudden no
toriety, is an island -about forty
eight miles long and from fifteen
to thirty miles wide, situated on
the eastern coast of Africa. The
population of ihe island is about
250,000, consisting of Arab landed
proprietors, stores, free natives, and
incomer* from adjacent islands and
from India. These are all nomi
nally under the dominion of a sul
tan. ' The capital is also named
Zanzibar, and contains nearly sixty
thousand permanent residents.
Zanzibar is of coral formation,
and low and flat. It produces in
abundance a variety of tropical
fruits. From this African isle has
come the intelli genc e that Dr. Liv
jagsfone, wfiose "mysterious disap
pear Ance from civilized life had
caused so nUIfh finxiety, hos arrived
thither with MrrHSJanfey, the chief
of a search expiditiod sent out by
the New York Herald. We hare yet
ex
silence. No doubt he
hasgathered in the heart of a bar
barous continent, knowledge which
will benefit th* *rfeote world.
SLAMERS REFUTED.
Our readers will remember that
during the latter days of the sittings
of the Congressional Committee in
the Customhouse, a sudden and vi
olent stream of misrepresentation
and abuse set in Against Lieutenant
Governor Pinchback in the shape
of testimony of witnesses before
the Committee.
The late period of the investiga
tions for which these attacks were
reserved, and »host of other con
siderations precluded personal at
tendance from before the Commit
tee with rebutting testimony, and
unwilling that silence should be
construed into consent, Mr. Pinch
back addressed the following letter
to the Committee, which we. copy
to-day from the published report,
and submit to the public:
S enate C hamber, )
New Orleans, February 10, 1872.
Sir: I had no wish to appear be
fore your committee as a witness,
and have even denied myself ihe
pleasure of calling upon you lest it
might be construed into a desire on
my part to be summoned before
you to testify. I had friends on
both sides of the controversy, and I,
prefered to remain a silent observer
rather than become an active par
ticipant in its wrangles.
But, sir, finding in the testimony,
as published in New Orleans papers
during the last days of your sitting,
that I have been cruelly and mali
ciously assailed by several of the
witnesses who appeared before your
honorable committee, I am com
pelled to bespeak this hearing from
you.
I am charged by direct implication
in the evidence of one S. W. Scott
with having received a bribe for my.
vote on the Jackson Railroad bill.
I solemnly aver that I never recieved
any money consideration whatever
for my vote bn thia bill. The interes
ted motive which influenced my vote
on it you can well understand when
I soy that I received the positive
assurances of. the gentleman seeking
the cnntrol of the road that if they
obtain it, it would be run on just
and liberal principals, making no
distinctions on account of color,
such as characterized the rules of
the old company.
I observe that this same witness
says with reference to tlio repeal of
the old city charter, that Senator
Beares and myself "promised to se
cure the defeat of the bill for a
money consideration, and farther,
that I told him it would cost $8,000,
and when the bill came up for
final passage it was postpond for
thirty minutes; that both Beares
and my self sent for him and find
ing no money would be given to de
feat the bill, it finally passed."
These statements are unqualified
ly false in part and in whole. I
never had, at any time during the
whole session rcfered to, any conver
sation on communication whatever
with Mr. Scott. The first time that
I saw him was when he appeared
as a witness against me in the con
test for my seat in the senate, on
which occasion he left no stone un
tuned to keep nie out, his testimo
ny being of the most partisan char
acter, the effeot of which on me was
not calculated to inspire confidence
or induce me to listen to any i>ro
positions from him which might
lead to a compromise of my honor.
The next time that I saw him that
I recollect was when he appeared
around the legislative halls as a
lobbyist in the interest of the Jack
son Railroad bill, on **h»ch occa
sions he made sevciul ineffectual
attempts to approach me, which
failures, I have no doubt, intensi
fied that animosity which has found
vent in the wholesale and flagrantly
unjust, untruthful, and malicious
testimony before your committee.
With reference to the detractions
aud vilifications of Messrs. Flanders,
Walker, and othera, who have sever
ally maligned me and endeavored to
impress your committee with the
belief that I amaq unworthy repub
lican, qot a representee colored
and do nofc enjov '*
and confidence of the colored peo
j?!e, it may not be inappropriate for
me to invite your attention to the
facts that from the period of the Or
ganization of the republican party
in this State, when I commenced
my political career here as the or
ganizer of a ward club in this city,
to the present time, when I occupy
the second office in the common
wealth, having satisfactorily passed
through all the intervening stages
of promotion which the free suffra
ges of my party eguld bestow, and
the recipient even of Federal re
cognition by being appointed regis
ter of lands by President Grant, it
has remained for these gentlemen to
discover and to . declare now, and
not till now, that I am not a repräsen
tative man of my race or of my party.
Perhaps one of the strongest refu
tations of this allegation I could
furnish is to be found in the re
peated admission before your hon
orable body that in the recent
contest for the election of a
Senator to the United States Sen
ate it required a combination with
the democratic members of the leg
islature to defeat my election.
Trusting that your committee
will not fail to penetrate the un
worthy designs of my defamers,
and believeing you to be actuated
by a lofty purpose to deal impartially
I am constrained, in justice to my
self, to my family, and to the class
to which I belong, to request that
this communication, the truth of the
contents of which I solemnly af
firm, bespread on the minutes of
your proceedings, that Imay not ap
pear by silence as confessing the
tuth of these charges.
I have, the honor to remain,
respectfully, your most obedient
sériant . —
P .B. S. PINCHBACK.
Hon. G. W. Scofzeld,
Chairman Congressional
Committeev r .. ! ;
a
I
That one Thing.
Uncle Peter, who flourished
the mountains of Vermont as
horse-dealer, was called upon the
other day by an amateur of "equine"
who was in search of something fast.
The result is told as follows:
"Theré,' said Uncle Peter, point
ing to an animal in the meadow be
fore the house. " There, sir, is
animal who would trot her mile
two minutes and seventeen seconds,"
continued Uncle Peter, "she is four
years old this spring, is in a good
condition, looks well, is a first-rate
mare, and she wonld go a mile
two seventeen if* it was not for one
thing." "Well, what is that?"
"That mare," resumed the jockey,
" is m every way a piece of property.
She has a heavy mane, a switch tail,
trots fair, and yet there is one thing
only why she can't go a mile in two
minutes and seventeen seconds."
"What in conscience is it then?"
cried the amateur. " The distance
is too great for the time," ifaa
THE GIRLS.
The girls of the principal cities in
this country are claased aa follow*,
Baltimore, the handsomest.
Boston, the most intellectual.
Buffalo, the dullest
Chicago, the fastest and most
Cincinnati,
Cleveland, the most graceful and
entertaininginöonversation.
Detroit the wildest
Hartford, the best musicians.
Louisville, tile proudest.
Mobile, the most liberal enter
tainers.
New York, the gayest and most
expensive in dress.
New Orleans^ the - most travelled
Philadelphia» tbe most refined and
ladylike.
Richmond, the . moat anxious to
be loved.
San Francisco, the most indif
ferent ; 1 . .
St Louis, the most reckless.
Toledo, the biggest feet.
... Wafthiaglon, Che most airy and
superficial.
The girls in ihe'country for ihak
• befefc wnee* - -
FROM THE SEA COAST*
Lumber Trade of tbe Port of Paseagoola,
since Jafloary 1)187).
There have been thirty-three ar
rivals and twenty-eight departures
from and to foreign and domestic
ports, leasing five vessels now load
j—one of wfryVtho British bark
R. Book, Alkema master, is loading
Liverpool. '. w '"
The largest cargo of the soason
was taken by the British bark
Fresh Breeze, 487,000 feet, which
went to Montevido, South America-.
These vessels are obliged to come
in ballast, yet they find it to their
interest to do so, on account of the
superior anchorage and security of
the harbor over Mobile, and an al
most complete freedom from port
charges, which stifle the commerce
of New Orleans.
MIXOROUS*
A city that soots people—Pitts*
burgh.
An article you can always bor«
row—trouble.
A paper says: "We have adopted
the eight-hour system in this office.
We commence work at eight o'clock
in the morning, and close at eight
in the evening."
A ll J aw .—"Talk about the jaws
of death," exclaimed a man' who
was living with his third scolding
wife, "I tell you they're no touch to
the jawa of life."
A P oser .—The rosh moü who de*
dared that ho woüld hot take Miss
Flirtington to be twenty was at
once asked whether he would take
her for bettër Of worse.
An Irish,japer publishes the fol
lowing: "A deaf man named Taff
was run down by a passenger train
and killed on Wednesday morning.
He was injured in a similar way
about a year ago."
A California obituary The de ^
ceased was ft talented man of
romantic nature. He placed the
butt of his gun in the fire while he
looked down tho muzzle and de
parted hence spontaneously."
D eep E ishing .—A paper informs
us that "fishing at Ausauauquotau
songomongotongo Lake in Oxford
County, Blaine, is reported as first
rate." If it's anything like as deep
as it's long, the fishing-tackle-mak
ers who supply lines must have a
high old tim&
|
An Illinois paper relates that du
ring the cold weather of Thursday
last, the city editor of the Jackson
ville Journal froze his ears about a
foot deep. They are to be amputa
ted at the second joint; but his
many friends will be rejoiced to
know that« in spite of the accident,
he still has an ample stock for all
the purposes of his position.
A P rinters T oast .—At a meeting
of one of the trades' union, recently
beid in a Western city the following
laeenic toast wai given:—"The prin
ter—he beats the farmer with hin
bis H oe , the carpenter with hisRcLE,
the ma^onin setting up CeLtniNs;
he surpassea the lawyer and doctor
in attending C ases , and beats tbe
parson in the management, of the
Dsvnu" •
T he Rev. J. Hyatt Smithy of
Brooklyn, bas in hia possession a
Testki«ji which iËe pickcd Up by
the side of a dead soldier boy on
the bafthl&fcl of Gettysburg after
the close ot v the fight À singular
fact about the bötäris that only one
and that covers these words » Re
velations: "And it became as the
blood çj a dead man."
"May I bavé a few tracts?" «iked
ame&etmiafefeiitty who
responded#» Jriaknodk.
."Lea
yqum4jr."fs*d
most bewagfr
"leave
tho
attend 4b*
fotuehe parish*
Certainly
pun'te
of La-