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The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29
"0UR ST0Ri.T R.


Once out Of the grounds, with long
breath of relief, 1 put my horse into the
swift, loping sallop to which he had been
trained.
The solitariness, and vet the hopeful
ness of that long ride The lonely roads
lay bare before me i'll the white moon
light my horses hoofs sounded reg
ulrly in the stiffness the only other
s s)und was the occasional piping Of some
bird of the night which made the still
ness, more marked.
At last I became aware that I was
approaching the camp to which my err
rand led me, and Immediately after, my
horse was stopped by u picket, with a
suddenness that. appeared supernatural
, to me, for I had not at first seel the 80
der.
Instantly heard, after down the line,
the quick report of two or three muskets,
then silence as peaceful, as quiet as be-
fore.
What is that firing " l asked.
al expect it's somebody firing on the
pickets," he said indiGerently.
still sat listening, u vague alarm STIR
ring at the depths Of my heart.
In moment, some petty officer came
hu :ryihg along, saying as he passed his
coinrade, Tom, our captains hit -"
then passed out of sight, giving an iu-
stant's stare at me as he went.
The soldier passed his hand across his
eyes and muttered, "Damnm I! then
turned his back On ME.
Why did not ride onward? Why did
lnger in this camp of soldiers? I did
not know; felt no sense of prescience or
of warning; only did not wish to go just
yet
Down in that fickering shadow of trees
saw two men approaching, bearing care :
fally wounded man between them. l
looked at them with dilating eyes; as they
emerged into the clear moonlight, / saw
more distinctly the slight figure, the bright
brown hair of the man they carried
Then knew why / had fingered
slipped from my horse and went to
meet them, reaching him as they laid
him down upon the ground.
He looked Up at me ss / knelt dow n
by him, my soul pouring itself through
nv eyes as they met biz
This is happiness. ne whispered,
taking my hand and putting il on his
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29

Be- Poor, fau.t-tind;ns, sore-headed
Dennett !. II ever man was Disguised
with the entire workings Of Providen. e
he is the maI. He is III a bad way. He
most decidedly has the mulliSrubs. Only
to think Of his going back Oh "our rich
planters" as he has done in two or three
instances lately, and taking up quarter
Of a column in praise of Jean Pierre,a col
ored citizen of Brashear, WHO needs no
help from Mr.. bennett If Jean were
moi 80 well and so favorably known We
should fear for his reputation with such
al idorser Poor, unfortunate Daniel
He has our pity.
the .AR1lnpas HeJiaer)
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29
DsI~ DAME! bennett in q new role tha:
ofprotector of Jean Pierre, n worthy CO.
loresl man of Brashear Oh -tl
Tie .Atdnpas Rcgisterj
ANSWER TO AN INQUIRY FROM THE
COMING Man.

You've AUTHOR Yes, Agassiz does
recommen1 authors to eat fish. because
the phosphorus in it makes brains. So
far you are correct. But | cannot help
you to decision about the amount you
need to eat--at least, not with certainty.
If the specimen composition you send is
about Your fair usual average, I should
Judge that perhaps couple of whales
would be all you would want for the pre-
sent. Not the largest kind, but simply
good niddhng-sized whales.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29
FAREWELL.


Farewell we may not meet again
As We are parting now
l must my beating heart restrain
Must veil my burning brow.
o, must coldly learn to hide
One Thought, all else above -
Must call upon my womans pride
TO hide my woman's love
Check dreams never may avow
p Be free, be careless. cold rs thou !
o, these tears are tears Of bitterness
Wrung from the breaking heart,
When two. blest in their tenderness
Must learn to live-apart-.
But what are they to that long sigh
That cold and fix'd despair,
That weight OF wasting agony
1t must be mine 10 bear?
Methinks should not thus repine,
III had but one vow of thine,
Icould forgive Inconsistency 81,
To be one moment loved by thee !
With me the hope of life is gone
The sun of JOY is set,
One wish my soul still dwells upon
The wish It could forget.
Iwould forget tina, look, that tone
My heart hath all too dearly known.
But who could ever vet efface
From memory, loves enduring trace.
All may revolt, all may complain
But who is there may break ths chain
Farewell Il shall not be to thee
More than passing thought.
But every Ii ne and place will be
VITA thy remembrance fraught
Farewell . We have not often met
We may not meet again /!
But on my heart the seal is set
Love never sets in vain
Fruitless rs constancy may be,
No chance, no change may turn fron
thee
One who loved thee wildly. we'll
But whose first love vow breathed-
farewell
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29

The Alexandria Dsmosa tells the fol-
lowing;
One Of the dsfeatsd candidates swss
asked how he liked being bsstsn. He ~
piled that he felt pretty much - ths man
who had been killed by . billy goat Said
he. Il care nothing about dying, but do
hate the idea OF being buttsd to death by
add old goat" "a - ) E
Applicable to other localities slso.-Ed.
Rep. rs .-.. I.st nsH a,
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NOTICE.

., ,,-,,unications must be addressed.
~. - q he Iouisianian, and anonymous
.,c,, b, sccompanied by the name OF the
o., o.. ~, pecss,rily for publication. but al an
.r,lencs oisOOd faith
". .r pt responsible for this opinions OF
on, oo.zouiorS'
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THE LOlISlANlAN.'

Tar L,oll4,a,N is published every
IL, spI sunday at ia, Ciron-
81, fEaei
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paoSPECTUS
The LOuisidMian.

=, ,b4 spdeavor TO establish another Repub-
han ,s,rnal in New Orleans, the proPrietors OF
n. Locri.yIly. pro pose to I'LL necessity which
IA, be,r long. and sometimes painfuly-felt to
s,, In the transition state of our peo-
y. in their struggling efforts to attain that
n,.ston in III. Body Polite, which We con-
e,,e t. be- their due. it is regarded that much
information guild n V, encouragement, counsel
.si rrroof have been lost in consequence OF
q. hk ola medium. through which these de-
lNec,.-s r.isht bc SUI piled. We shall strive to
,rake the loCIsIAslAS deSide1dtunt IN these res
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29

rrJoD PRINTING executed with neat
les. and Dispatch
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Rev J. W. ALvORD, President ---,-'-..r---ss-
u. l.. EATON. Actuary.
L. ID. COOKE. of,jay, Cooke 4 Co.. Chair n
man Finance Committee.
Gen. Geo. W. BAI.LOCH, Chairman ExA1pin-
ing Committee.
Gen. c. II. HOWARD, Chairman Agency
Committee. r' - .'
Row GEORGE WHIPIE, Chairman EduSs-
ton. II Iff ff .tf.f.N - Ft.-.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29

manent Institution, chartered under the admins
.ration Oh Abraham Lincoln, primarily for tho
benefit of working people OF limited means.
whose snailh savings ars liable 10 bs lost or
squanderod- Nr4 m g T.g,
The Institution il endorsed by the best msa
and the best financiers il the couutry. Branches
are now in successful operation in thirty priu-
c;,nl cities of the Union. - "fA p itH
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-29
POLICY.

foLlS L.
A,our motto indicates, the LoUIIASLS shall
l. RTaIicda Gt al iin,S AMI under da eTcan-
s,,.s" We shall advocate the security and
esi,ynen, Of broad civil liberty, the shsolute
rcu,lity OF all men before the law, and an i'm
,..tal distribution OF honor and patronage to
/. who merit them.
Desirous Of allaying aniInosities, of obhterat-
L, tue memory of the bitter past, of promoting
Aannony and union among all classes and be-
rvea all interests, We shall advocate the re-
noy4l Of all political disabilities foster kind
,r-s and iorbtannCe, wLere malgni'y and resent
myn, !sigued and seek for fairness and justice
vhess wrong and oppression prevailed. Thus
uui.,l IN our aims and objects, We shall con-
e*rs cuI best interests, elevate our noble
STATE 70 An vlyiable position among her sister
stats, b! ,Ae dvyelopment Of her ilhmi,ahle
,c-rnrc,s and secure the fuu benefits Of ia.
mslty changes in the history and condition OF
ths people and the country.
bbcyins TIM, there can be no true liberty
without ih4 supremacy of Law, We shall urge
Fuc; anu und.sc.lninating administration Of
J'~tioe
TAXATION.
We shall surpor; the doctrine OF AL equitable
dl'e.on oi TAXATION among all classes u fathfu!
ei-caon 0ithJ revenues, economy in the rxp-n-
d.ar's, coaioymAbly with the eriSencies O: the
SAs Or country and the discharge of every le-
climate Obligation.
EDUCATION.
NeshAll srs;ain the carrying out of the pro-
'sions Of tbs act establishing our common
'a'o' system, and urge as paramount duts the
"'.NNoa OF our youth, as vitality connected
NH ler own eulShtment, and the security
mi stability Ola Republican Government.
FINAL.
iF generous, manly Independent, and
I-Aooos conduct, NO shall strive To rescue
''' p%Pr' from an ephener,l, and Temporary
'u''rnce' and establish il upon basis, that If
~ 'annot command" We shall at all esents
'1eeerye" success.
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RATES or ADVERTISING.

RATES or ADVERTISING.
- souare Of eight lines, or It's equi-
~ space. first insertion 81 50, and
,,bseouent insertion Is cents.
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,,rTm,as: One, year .......'s % w
.yS.ngle copy ..''''''.''''
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Vv. G. BEowy, Elhor.
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ks;..., III 0e courts Of the Thirteenth
sr.~ :, o'Tie'' composed Of the PARISHES O;
s. g. Naa'sor, fensas aud concora,s. ana in
-''''S Court at New Orleans.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-06


The average value Of gold, as COM
pared with the national currency for
the whole of the year l869;was about ia,
and for eleven months of 1870 the same
relative value has been about is. The
approach to specie basis is very graf
flying, but the tact cannot be denied
that the instability Of the value of our
currency is prejudicial to our prosperi-
ty, and tends TO keep up prices to
the detriment Of trade. The evils Of q
deprecated and huctuating currency are
30 great that now when the premium on
gold has fallen SO much, it would
seem that the time has arrived, when
by wise and prudent legislation Con.
gress should look to a policy which
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-06
PECEDENTS.

The principles for which he contended
has been frequently and by various ma
tons recognized by law or by treaty and
has been extended to several other great
rivers. By the treaty concluded at May
ence in 1881 the Rhine was declared free
from the point where it is first naviga-
bic unto the sea by the convention
Between Spain and Portugal it was
concluded in 1885 that the navigation
of the Douro throughout its whole ex-
tent was made free for the subjects Of
both the crowns. In 1853 the Argen-
tine Republic, by treaty, threw open
the free navigation Of the Parana and
Uruguay 10 the merchant vessels Of all
nations.
In 1856 the Crimean war was closed
by a treaty which provided for the free
navigation of the Danube. In 1865
Bolivia, by a treaty, declared that it re
garded the rivers Amazon and La Plata
in accordance with the fixed principles
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-06

In addition TO the swamps,
and overfowed lands. granted 70 the
State in which they are situated, these
lands taken under the agricultural col.
lege act, and for internal improvements
or other purposes, under the act
Of 1851, and the acts supplementary
thereto. there had been conveyed up
to the close Of the last fscal year,
by patent or other equivalent evidence
Of title to States and corporations,
7S,325,7l3 l-l00 acres for railways,
canals and wagon roads. It is estimat-
ed that an additional quantity Of IA
735. .523 acres is still due under grants
for like uses. The policy Of thus aid
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-06


The accompanying report of the Post
master General shows a most satisfac-
tory working Of that department. With
the adoption Of the recommendations
contained therein, particularly those re-
latiDg to a reforn in the franking priv
ilege and the adoption Of correspondence
cards, a selfsustaining postal system
may speedily be looked for, and at no
distant day further reduction of the
rate Of postage will be attained. / re-
commend the authorization by Congress
to the Postmaster General and Attorney
General to issue all commissions TO
officers appointed through their respec-
tive Departments. At present these
commissions, where appointments are
made, are issued by the State Depart
ment. The law in all the departments
Of the Government, except those Of the
Post Office and Justice authorizes,
each 10 issue its own commissions
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-06

The massacres of French and Russian
residents at Tein Tsin under circum-
stances Of great barbarity were suppos-
ed by some to have been premeditated
and to indicate a purpose among the
populace to exterminate fore igners in
the Chinese Empire. The evidence
fails to establish such q supposltlon
but shows a completely by the local
authorities with the mob. The Govern
ment at Pekin, however, seems to have
been disposed to fulfil its treaty
obligations so far as it was able to do so,
Unfortunately the news of the war be-
tween the German States and France
reached China soon after the massacre.
1t would appear that the popular mind
became possessed with the idea that
this contest extending to the Chinese
Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03
A Suggestion for Schools.

THEY have a delightful custom in the
Swiss schools for boys, which might be
adopted with great advantage to all con
cerned in this country. During the weeks
of the summer vacation. it is the habit OF
the teachers to make, with their pupils,
what are called 0Oyag6S en- zt9z1g ) l. e.,
pedestrian tours among the sublime noun
tains and charming valleys of that land
of beauty and grandeur" Squads of little
fellows in their blouses, with their tough
boots drawn on, and knapsacks on their
back, may be met during the season, on
all the highways, and sometimes in the re-
motest passes of the Alps, as chirrupy as
the birds on the boughs, and as light and
bounding as the chamOis who leap from
crag to Crag. They are perfect
pictures of health and happiness and the
treasures of fine sights that they lay up in
their memories, during these perambula-
tiOns, it would be difficult to describe.
We know of more than one urChin that
has scaled the SUBMITS of the Faulhorn,
looked down from the precipices of the
Bevent, walked over the frozen ocean of
the glaciers, and gazed in rapture upon the
sunsets on the Jungfrau or Mont Blanc,
Their tramps are made without danger
and without much expense, and the life is
one of incessant enjoyment and rapture
PutnUz1'S M1QdzG1e
Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03

1,033, with a measurement of 40l ,O46
making a grand total ofthe United States
mercantile navy at 81, ,425 vessels, meas
uring 4, 14j, 1865 tons
SOME twelve years ago well.knOw1
member of the Milwaukee bar, upon open
ing his mail one day, found ten dollar
bill in letter. The letter was not sign
ed, and said simply that the money right
fully belonged to the lawyer, and he must
use it as his own and ask no questions
The lawyer did so. Next year about the
same time, another letter, with another
ten dollar bill and the same request, came
and every year since that time similar
letter, with similar bill, has reached the
lawyer Naturally he has felt some
anxiety to know who the donor is, but all
his attempts failed, and until few days
ago, he was in ignorance. At that aHe
letter came with ten dollars saaan ex
plenation. 1t seems that over twelve
years ago the sender was in the city; got
into trouble, and could get nobody to de
fend him because ne had no moHey. The
lawyer in question learned Of the case,
felt interested in it, defended the man, and
got him clear. His bill would have been
$40, and the client was so grateful that
every year he has sent as present the
amount of the fee.
Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03
Simple Nature.

HARPER's Bazar, treating of the effect
of simplicity, in the midst of elaborate
and expensive artifiCes, says:
Let young women with no hair but her
own, and that simply dressed, enter a
room with those whose heads are elabor-
ately built up with a protusiOn Of pur-
chased locks, and see who will be most
admired. 1t is great advantage for a
woman, in these days of artitice, to re,
main herself, and thus be unlike every
one else. A simple dress, white or black
will produce the greatest effect when sur
rounded by the most gorgeous cos
tunes. These serve, as it were, as frames
for the former, and women are otter
forced to confess that they have drapeG
themselves magniicently, at an immense
expense, for no other purpose than t.
heighten by contrast the beauty of a rival
In fact, they have been wearing a dres
which is very becoming to-others.
Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03
How to Prove an Alibi.

DURING the late trial of Thomas Hotf-
man, in the Anne Arundel County Court,
for the robbery of the Harnden Express
messenger in Baltimore, an attempt was
made to prove an abb, and witness was
examined who testified that Hoffman had
been with him the morning of the rob-
berry, on East Baltimore street. He was
cross s-examined by District Attorney Jas,
Revel Esq, and the following dialogue
took place:
Mr.. Revel-How do you know it was
the day of the robbery that Hoffman was
with you.
Witness-T put it down.
Mr.. Revel-Where; in book or mem
orandum?
Witness-No; on a piece of paper,
Mr. Revel-Where is the paper?
Witness SIN my vest at home.
Mr. Revel (handing witness piece OF
paper and penclD Please show the jury
how you put it down.
Witness CONFUSED, Il put it down.
put it down "19th of May"
Mr.. Revel--Well, put it down on this
piece of paper. w
Witness-I put it down simply "19th
of May"
Mr.. Revel-Will you show us how?
The witness then, with great difficulty
made figures that bore some resemblance
to the figures 10, and evidently could moi
write. He handed the paper to Mr
Revel
Mr.. Revel-Did you not put down May
! too?
Witness-No; l carried that in my
head.
The witness retired, and the Gltbi was
not proven.
Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03

takes 1900 head of cattle to supply
- auelphia with beef for single day
PUTTsvILLE, Pa, is the home of man
who has been on drunk for thirty-fve
years.
THE Germans of New York have form,
ed Fat Mans Association. A 265.pound,
er presides.
IT is said that 100000 Californians are
unconnected, even nominally, with any
religious body.
SIX men, convicted of petty larcenies,
were publicly whipped at Wilmington,
Del, few days ago
Ice thirty three inches thick, and so
clear that newspaper can be read
through it, is product of Minnesota
THE whole number of vessels owned in
the United States is 2G,3O3, the tonnage
being 3,744,319 tons.
TIE Neeo Hampshire Gazette is one hun
dred years old, and boasts that it never
"missed a publication day.
BosToN has had sixty seven marriages
during the past year in which the grooms
were under twenty one years of age.
A LONDON criminal has been imprison-
ed three hundred times. He has spent
forty years and eight months in confne-
ment
A CoLoRED pedestrian arrived at Lynch
burg, Va, the other day, after some twen-
ty-fve days walk from New Orleans.
THERE are 394 lodges of Odd Fellows
in Ohio Their general fund amounts to
$71j 8S6, and the widows and orphans
fund to $S00,018.
A PARIS correspondent estimates that
twenty thousand sane people are i'm
pris0ned as lunatics in France, simply tc
get them out of the way.
AGRICULTURAL implements are being
introduced throughout New Zealand, and
the culture of flax is an industry which
bids fair to assume large proportions.
A LIVE lizard, five and half inches
long, was found, on post mortem examin
atiHn in the heart of an OK which recent
=; '-n Mt Centre, Long Island.
in prison recently
hoon 'o1 -
Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-187?, 1870-06-03

ami NV and has q fine
Gn,, anao,voer, ~ -
~. 49, vi ,s.. W. 49, .;.ou, IS poo+on
1hE leau5ns Joo PiihVTl1 LinNI i. VI e no"Voi oii
nave uecluoo 70 heePG olaCh pGoH 1, lpl eaCti
other lnspecIlon, WfelGl1 ;i;L;Id,a slam o0 nJs
lsteIeu INC halle VI :u inolvrtual % WY WIZ
nrintino and never call for it.
p Tnn ~ I1antinm of plosoor, Rook in tbo
hort nn. ofaSS, w Snn EronniSco ~ % uos % witnnosnd
hs. hai f eo, ~ "a @an r. co 000 norsono TWENTY.
tHraa % tnns Of nowder were used An i'm
Sn1eo 'onI oolu VI of woter stones and smoke
mea rnon3I tbrowm uoaur IN abomt one hundred feet
WV ' ,r u.
tharo "a ajock and two bronze men
Sneio I1s:,e 10 10 .na o,U"A, ~ holI Snn dav an
sUiiNo tu nt"o n,t bis boad bntwecn
a. .lq ulo,V,so sup" tho ho,l ond Tho hrongn
VIC VIZ, i%t %lnnl-aS III h;, hro;no on,
iiian AnooAH0 n'' Y, o:. ,:. uo, On
DURING the quarter eLu.nS maIch oo'
1871, there were l'flo,Soo !eI'els IT,. ~.
Warded from inc OhlCea oales lor ~,
rope, the postage on Whicn alnounlcu W
$lSo, ,SO4'oo' anu uullils 1ne fs e"nl0 P b. lUi,
l,ol',o24 !e'Sets W. StaCo SSnC eiod 0oE *
W Une = hl'e'' '''''o'' l''SsNo0'
A COPY OF Sp00ner'S Vermont Jour",'",
published at Windsor in 1921, has com
munication which the editor pronounces
crazy, and which suggests the feasibility
of opening a road, or canal, for freight,
"across New Hampshire and Vermont TO
the Pacific nr Western Sea"
A BosToN paper says: "With all our
increase of population the past year the
deaths have onl y been increased py I0ur
the total number being o,oSo. VI tn,s
number, 916 were by consumption, ~
by brain diseases, 146 by bronchltis, lIo
by cancer, and 22O have died from accl-
dental causes"
mAppAR1r1oN RINGs.-A novelty has
reached London under the above appella.
ton which is said to be an invention the
cleverness of which is unquestionable
Without any necromantlc tricks an op4-
cal delusion, pure ana SIMPLE ~ prouuccu'
To all appearance INK Is seen W traverse
the whole length OF cham, put IL uoes
fall on, and whence ~ comes OF
, 'nither 1t goes are lneXphcaole mys'
teries.
NEW YORK does about one eighth OF
the whole soda-water business of the
United States. One thousand fountains
are in blast in that city alone during the
summer months. One store on Broadway
sells, curing tne hoI.eSo oayS or J Jar rno T. &c ;o
son, ten thousana glasses pr ,us u%y bottost ~ s
computed that curing .hG tnre1 S noS,osS snJ
months New lorSers i,'. oiihA '"o h0l0 Gu
thousand glasses oa'iy'
In history of labor embodied in the
report of the Massachusetts Bureau of
Labor Statistics, it is stated during the
reign of Henry Viii thirty eight years
the number of robbers, thieves and va
grants executed in England was $4,000, or
about 1000 per year, and in the reign OF
Elizabeth dhardly year passed by
1uhore;n am or 4O(1 of them were not de-