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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
Capacity Of the Ne gro.

The Editor of the Leisure Hour
q London publication, has recently
visited America, and gives the fol.
lowing with regard to the capacity
of the negro for acquiring educa-
ton
As the intellectual capacity of
colored children, I prefer quoting
testimonies Of more weight than my
own. Rev. Mr.. Zincke says 81
must confess my astooishment at
the intellectual scuteness displayed
by class of colored pupils. They
had acquired, in a short space Of
time, an amount of knowledge truly
remarkable. Never in any school
in England, and I have visited many,
have I found the pupils able to COM
prehend SO readily the sense of their
lessons never have I heard pupils
ask questions which showed q clearer
comprehension Of the subject they
were studying" Nor is this intel
isence mere "quickness at the up
take" as the Scotch call it, or pre-
cocious acuteness in acquiring know
ledge soon to be forgotten. NJ. Hip
peau visited Oberlin College, and
what he saw entirely confirmed the
opinions formed in the schools of
the South. ''The colored girls of
the highest clssses," he says, ap-
peArsd in no way inferior to their
white companions Of the same age"
In 1868 the degree B. A. was con-
ferred upon fifteen young colored
men and ten young colored women.
The principle of the college. in his
address to the students, stated that
in literary taste and ability these
colored pupils were unexcelled by
any of their white fellos-graduates.
The Professors all gave the same
testimony ~ to their pupils and
with regard to moral character. NJ.
Hippeau was assured that the ne
gro race formed fifth Of the popu-
!ation of Oberlin, and that "the most
peaceable, we'll behaved and studious
citizens of the place belonged to the
cOlored race"
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
A WOnlan's Opinion Of Hus-
bands.

As a general rule, we know that
men have, by nature, q superiorit,
in strength, which enables them to
go through lAbors and dangers
mental and bodily, from which
females should be exempt; and that
by education, they are qualified for
exercising the several trades or pro-
fessions by which they are to main
tain their families. On the other
hand, women are endowsd-besides
all the graces and smiabilities of
the sex-with a great superiority
Of quickness, tact, and delicate dis.
cernment in all the every day affairs
Of life. In all these, therefore, the
husband ought to be completely
guided by his wife. And this shows
the wisdom of our ancestors, in
making the husband "endow with
all his worldly goods" the wife he
has chosen. The wife is dependent
on the husband, and clings to him
for support. just as the hop plant
climbs on its pole, and sweet pea
on the sticks to support it. and as
the vine in Italy was, according to
the language of the poets. married
to the elm" But if you could con-
ceive a hop-pole, or pea-stick, or
an elm, imagining that those plants
were put there on purpose for its
adornment, you would tell them
that this was quite mistake-that
the climbers are cultivated for the
flowers or fruit-and that the stakes
are placed there merely for their
sake, and must not claim any supe-
Nor dignity or worth over the plants
they support Now, just such lis
The Office Of the husband; and this
state Of things is what people ap-
proach 70 more in peoportioa -
hey advance in civilization. Amoug
mere savages tho wife is made to
yield to brute force, and is . mere
drudge; in barbarian countries
women are shut up: in more civil
Ized they are Left free. and have
more oontFol; and in dear America,
he glory Of all nationa they hare .
higher place. provsrbially. than
anywhere else.
Da1y State Journal.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
TUE NEW OeSClRsseNAL iPPeRfIoy.
MEM.

II will be remembered that at the
last session of Congress an effort
was made by the Western Repre-
sentatives to have . new spportion-
ment bill passed, 90 that those
States which are entitled to addi-
tional members Of the House, under
the census Of 1870, might elect them
at once and send them on to take
seats and participate in the pro-
ceedings of the next session of the
present Congress. The measure,
however, was resisted and defeated
by the members from those States,
chiefly New England, whose delega-
tons would be reduced by the new
app0rtionment. As no new law
passed. the laws already existing
govern the matter, and under those
laws the Secretary of the Interior
has authority to make the appor-
tionment. The act of May, 1859,
limited the whole number of mem-
bers Of the House to 233, but the
oct Of March, 1852. increased the
number to 241, and at this number
it will stand. unless Congress shall
still further increase it to prevent
the older States from losing men,
bers, while the growing States gain.
The whole population Of the United
States. - officially determined by
tho late census. is 38,ll3,263, and
this number. divided by 24l, gives
1881 as the ratio of representa-
tion. The law provides that to
make up any deficiency in the whole
number of representatives. 6xed.
PAL, gives 1874 ss the ratio of
representation. The law provides
that to make up any deficiency in
tho whole number Of representa-
tives fixed, 24l, an extra number
shall be allowed to those States
which have the largest fractions OF
the ratio over. Under this arrange
ment. tho apportionment will lie as
follows:
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p z. 5. PINCHBACK,
Manager.
PROSPECTUS
OF
The Louisianian.

In the endeavor to establish another
Republican, Journal in New Orleans.
she proprietors of the LoUraANIAS,
propose to Gil a necessity which has
been long and sometimes painfully
t+t to oust. In the transition state
oiour people, in their struggling efforts
20 attAin that position in the Body
Polite, which We conceive 70 be their
due, it is regarded that much infor-
nation, guilAnoe, encouragement,
erlnssl and yeproof have been lost, in
consequence OF the lack Of o medium,
through which these deficiencies might
bs supplied. We shall strive to make
tss Lo,1sIAyIAN a dssidrs0t,an III thes+
r>pectS
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POET RY.
TWO RETURNS.

POETRY.
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TWO RETURNS.
By JOHN JAMES PIATT.
Last night I found your gentle face
Within the household air you bless;
The gathered rays OF happiness
Touched all things in the hearth warmed
Last night I dreamed weird, sad dream
The moonrise shivered through the
trees,
With low-moaning autumn breeze,
And fiecked the roof with ghostly gleam.
Through frost-furred rose-vines wsrmly
cast,
Welcoming arms of household fame
Reach forth to meet me as l came,
And clasp me in from all the Past
Glad voices made the walls alive
With murmur-music: loving sound
That even the worlds far echoes found
Lost bees of Love in Memory's hive!
paused. listened: you were ther
A moment and the wandered years
Would melt in s,niles or drown in tears,
And change would pass away in air!
I knocked: your footsteps lightly came,
And drew old music from my heart
Oh, opening door / stood apart:
Darkness mo voice, no face, no flame
No hurrying warmth Of happy air,
Though the dear chimney rosily
Clasped close some lighted family:
You were not there, you were not there
THE wind" half-whispered some one
Then
The Summer shut the Winter out:
The startled child with eager shout
Climbed mother-knees secure again!
The walls were glad with laugh and shout
Returning young. and 1.-the, and gay,
Who shivered there 80 old and gray.
The Summer shut the Winter out.
And where were ysu? Dead years replied,
6low, one by one.
Another tone,
The dream in bliSsful waking flown.
,iavs back the happy-hsarted tide!
snow warmed to flowers by April air.
How brightly fell those dreadful years !!
Lo. all n,y heart luy fresh in tears
iOur morning voice was Oh the stair
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Washington dispatch to the y. Y. Times.
General A. +. King and Special
Nail Agent Petherbridge. who have
! been in North Carolina on a special
mission, returned here to to-day.
They represent that the fright
smong the ku-klux and their friends
in the State is becoming terrible,
and that as an organization the ku-
klux is rapidly collapsing. When
the trials began large number of
prominent citizens came to Raleigh,
.mong them several Of the leading
lawyers of the State to defend the
prisoners, affecting to believe that
the existence Of an organization
would be lisproved. But the result
Of the trials astonishsd them, and q
few days ago ten of the principal
men addressed Judge Bond the fol-
lowing important letter
RALEIGH, N. c., Sept. 80, 1871.
Hon. H. L. Bond, Judge United
States Circuit Court
"SIR: We have the honor in the
interest of the peace Of the people
of North Carolina to address you
this note. The fact that q secret
unlawful organization, called the ku-
klux or Invisible Empire exists in
certain parts of the State, has been
in tho recent trials be-
fore the Court over which you pre-
side. We condemn, without re-
all such organizations.
We denounce them as dangerous to
good government, and we regard it
the eminent duty Of all good citizens
to suppress them. No right-mind-
ed men in North Carolina can pal
late or deny the crimes committed
by theseorganizations. but We think
It the further prosecution Of tho
persons charged with these ofieusss
was continued until the November |
term. it would enable rs to enlist |
all law-loving citizens OF the State |
10 make an energetic and ehectual
effort for Tho rsstoration OF good |
order. We assure you that before |
the November term of the Circuit !
Court We believe that this unlawful |
organization win be efectually sup |
pressed In presenting these con-
sideraaons TO your Honor ws de-
clare thst.it u our duty and pur-
poso ~ exert III the influence We |
possess, and pss all the means in |
our power. to absolutely suppress !
this organization. and TO srcu-p q |
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State. The lnws Of the country must
and shall be vindicated. We are
satisfied, and give the assurance,
that the people of North Carolina
will unite in arresting and forever
obliterating an evil which Lrings
nothing but calamity. In the name
of a just and honorable people, and
by all the considerations which ap-
peal to good men, we solemnly pro-
test that these violations of law and
public justice must and shall cease.
We have the honor to be, &C..
Thomas Bragg, William NJ. Shipp,
George V. Strong, NJ. w. Ransom,
Daniel G. Fowle, William H.
Battle Joseph b Bachelor, r. H.
Battle, Jr., B. F. Moore, d. NJ.
Barringer."
To this letter Judge Bond sent
the following reply declining the
request for postponement:
RALEIGH, N. c., Oct. 2, 1871.
"GENrLEMEN: I have the honor to
acknowledge, at the hands of his
Excellency Governor Caldwell, the
receipt of your letter asking me to
postpone the trials of the cases now
pending in the Circuit Court under
the enforcement act. / have given
your letter the long and careful
consideration to which your eminent
position in North Carolina and the
Importance of the subject to which
it relates entitled it, but I am un-
able to comply with your request.
These cases are very numerous, and
II not tried now will at our next
term so cucumber the docket as to
Obstruct all civil business. The
city is full Of witnesses summoned
from losg distances, who have re-
NAMED here for several weeks at
large cost, and it would be a great
hardship to make them return here
again, and it would DO unjust for
me to send them home unless l
knew they could return with the
same feeling Of personal security
that I myself should have OIL my
return home. This 1 do not know,
md though you give me assurances
that before the next term OF the
Circuit Court tho Invisible En-
pir-" shall he effectually suppressed,
it is not suppressed now. and l feel
that the enforcement Of the law
should continue. l have come to
this conclusion with less reluctance,
because 1 am sure gentleman who
are 80 sincere in their desire to
relieve North Carolina of this dis
graceful and infamous association
will not remit their labors to sup
press it, as they assure me they
have the power to do. because the
court sits q week or two longer to
assist them in their undertaking. /
am glad to hear from you that the
recent trials have manifested that
this secret and unlawful organiza-
ton exists in some parts of North
Carolina. 1t cannot but aid you in
your efforts to suppress it to point
out by these trials to you who are
the guilty persons who compose it.
hope, gentlemen, that you will
agree with me that it is best to do |
70. With great respect, l beg to
remain, yours, very respectfully,
HUuH L. BOND,
Judge United States Circuit Court. |
To Thos. Bragg, Esq. Geo. V.
Strong, Esq, and others.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30

aeOne-third OF The eitizens Of
the Hague, the political capital of
Hollaud. are rich enough to live
eptiraly on their incomes. This
wn-isreportedto bo the wealthiest,
fox its population, ID the world.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
EDUCATION.

We Shall sustain the carrying out of
fo'iAons Of the act establishing
0nnon school system, and urge
paramount duty the education of
- !Oash' as vitality connected with
H'Sn enlightenment, and the secu
'a ''abilitY Of . Republican
Gr-nusu.
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RATES OF ADvERTIsING.
Squaresl1 I mora mos)3 mos 6 nosll ,

Transient advcetissnsa1s, 81 50 per
square int insertion: each subsequent
insertion, Is cents.
An business Aotices of advertisements
to be charged twenty cents per line each
insertin.
JOB PRINTING executed with neatnecs
and dispatch.
Wedding Cards executed in sccordazces
with prevailing fashious.
Funeral Notices printed Ola, nortest NO
tice and with quickest dispatch.
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FINAL

. generous, manly. independsat,
'uhc'ous conduct, we shall strive
49, ue our paper. from an sphem-
Aaa temporary existence, and
" upon q basis, that II We
command" We shall st al
s "dssprvs" -ooa~
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TAXATION.

We shall support the doctrine OF an
'q'n'able division of taxation among
I'd Classes, faithful collection of thu
'''eiufs, economy in the expendi-
'u''' eonformably with the exigen-
"' a the State or Country aud the
1''f'fSo Of every legitimate obliga-
hOn
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THE LOUISIANIAN, OWNED. -H1
,plTaD ANp MANAGED BY COLOR
yn MEN, IS PUBLISHED EVERY
rprpsDAY AND SUNDAY MORN
ryes At ia cARoNDELKT STREET
.sw ORLEANS LA.
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The ku-klux.

7hr Organization IN North Carolina
".Smoked Om' - Correspondence.
uith Jmiye Bond.
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JOHN B. HOWARD.
Law OFFICE
st. Charles Street

Prompt attention given to civil
business in the several courts of the
State.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
POLICY.

ss our motto indicates, the LOU.
MuiN shall bs "RepuJiic"a H ~
Az an.i vader al circumstances ",
sail advocate the security and enjoy
n-nt of broad civil liberty, the abso-
late equality of all men before the law.
and sn impartial distribution of hon
or and patronage to ,u who meri,
hen.
Dcsiyo',S Of aliaJing animosities, oi
celebrating the memory Of the bitter
:S.st, Of promoting harmony and union
smag an classes aud between all in
tsrests, uo shall advocate the rcmovu,
Of al political disabilities foster kind
nss and forbearance, where malignit,
a,1 resentment reigned, and seek fm
hlness and justice where wrong and
s,resNon prevailed. Thus united i'll
or aims and objects, We shall conserve
cu bes. interests, elevate our noble
s@'e, TO An enviabls position among
Araster States, by the development
GLcr illunitable resources, and secur,
lie tN benefits of the mighty changes
the history aud condition Of tn.
pOpc and the Country.
Believing that there can be no true
liberty without the supremacy of law,
Ssshal urge strict aud undiscrini-
ladnS administration of justice.
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A.P Fields & Robert DOltO,s
Attorneys and Councillors 1t Law.
No. 3 Commercial Plocc, End Floor.
5DStrict Attention to all Civil and
Criminal business in the State and United
States Court
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OFFICE AND SALES ROOM.
16S POYDRAS STREET,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

nes.xaL Geo. ". Hynson 1 Co.,
Steel 6ncksrd + Co, John o..
Terry. ESQ, Lloyd r. Coleman
Esq. Samud Barrett Esq,
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Agent tor the sale Of Real Estate. etc.,
OUT DOOR SALES PROMPTLY ArrzsDsD 10
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-29
RAILROAD MENTION.

Atlanta, Ga, is to hold public election
the first Tuesday in May, on the question
of appropriating $3.50, 900 to the Atlantic
and Savannah railroad.
The Eufaula ala Nete5 says that there
are now 300 hands at work on the Bruins
wick and Albany railroad, between Eufaula
and Cotton Hill, Ga, and soon the force
is to be doubled The road will be COM
pleted in October next.
Rome, Ga, has subscribed 81, 900, and
Harris county $500 towards paying the
expenses Of the survey of a route of the
North and South railroad
On Wednesday night last as the outgo-
ing freight train on the Memphis and
Louisville Railroad was nearing Wells
Station, about twenty milesfrom Memphis,
a brekesman named Brown was struck by
a bridge under which the cars were pass
ing, and knocked of. He was missed
shortly afterward, but it was not known
what had become of him until Thursday
morning, when his dead body was found
at the foot of an embankment where it had
rolled. He is young man and had been
working on the road but short time.
Articles of association have been filed
with the Secretary of State, Of Indiana,
for the Lake Erie, Evansville and South
western, and Evansville, Charlottesville,
Kokom0 and Toledo Railroads. The
former road will be built from Evansville
to the Ohio State line at College Corner,
connecting with the Lake Erie, Louisville
and Southwestern Railroad.
The line of the Fort Scott and Memphis
road has been prospected as far south as
Jacksonport, Arkansas, with favorable re-
suits, both as to feasibility OF route and
condition Of public sentiment in favor of
the project.
The Iowa Narrow Gauge Railroad Com
dany was Incorporated last Friday, to run
from Marshalltown TO Waterloo and Web
ster City, and southwesterly to Des
Moines. Capital stock So, 600, 600.
The total cost Of the Indianapolis and
Vincennes Railroad up to the time of its
transfer to the Pennsylvania Central, as
shown by the books of the company, was
81, 102, $50 80, which is 1897, 163. O5 less
than the engineers original estimate. This
does not include ballast or rolling stock.
The Bowling Green Democrat states
that public meeting was held at Scott
vile last Monday, County Court day, for
the purpose of raising funds to pay the ex-
pense Of Surveying the line through Allen
county Of the proposed Cumberland and
Ohio Railroad. The meeting was a very
successful one, and the sum of $500 was
raised for the purpose. Much interest is
felt among the people of Allen in regard TO
this contemplated line of railroad.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-29
THOMAS Simms. of Fugitive slave
NOtOriety.

1t may not be generally known to cltl-
Zens of Nashville that Thomas Slmms, the
negro whose case excited SO much COM
ment at Boston some years since, Is now
a resident of this city. Simms was born
in the city of Savan nah, Georgia, and was
q slave on the estate of James Potter, a
Northern man, who emigrated South, we
believe from Philadelphia. In the year
1851, Simms went to Boston to secure his
freedom. and was arrested under the pro-
visions of the fugitive slave law and re-
turned to Savannah. AZ the time of the
trial in Boston, about five thousand SOL
diers were on guard about the court, as IN
a previous case under the fugitive slave
law, a negro named Shadrack was taken
from the custody of officers and forcibly
released. After the trial, Simms
was returned to his former master
at Savannah, but as fears were entertained
that an insurrection might be excited IN
Savannah if Simms should remain there,
he was allowed to travel at will through
the South, and visited Mobile, New Or
leans and other cities.
In 1868 he returned to Boston and re-
ceived commission as recruiting agent
for the State of Massachusetts. Under
that commission he came to Nashville,
and since that time he has made this city
his home. He was recently appointed by
Judge Guild, of the Law Court, as one OF
the officers to wait on that Court, and Is
now employed as bailiff in the Federal
Court. His brother, James M. Slmms,
was a few months since appointed Judge
of the First District Court at Savannah,
Georgia.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-29

visible in them. Fort Issy fred somt
shell so badly aimed that they fell on th'
Plateau of Chattilon. An armor cla(
locomotive shelled the Chateau Brior
vigorously.
The Prussian patrols have informed thu
Mayor of ST. Antoine that the six seige gum
removed from the redoubts by the Ns
tional Guards must be restored.
Petroleum shells fired by the insur.
gents have set fire to the Chateau Meu'
don.
One Of the Heavy Burdens of Poor
France
VERSAILLES, April 28.-In the Assem-
bly, to-day, Poinor Quieter, Minister of
Finance, asked for fresh credit to pro-
vide for the sustenance of the German
troops, according TO the preliminaries and
terms of peace. He said all the engage
ments made with Germany should be
scrupulously kept and all sums due paid.
Reported Outrage and Threatened
Retaliation.
BRUSSELS, April 2S-L'Etoile Beige
publishes report from Paris of four ma
tiOnal guards taken prisoners by the Yer
ssillists having been shot. A proposal
was made in the Commune to shoot the
Archbishop of Paris in retaliation for the
outrage, but it was rejected.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-29
THE CITY.
TAXES ON STOCKS

The Question TO Pay or Not 10 Pay.
It is generally known among our citi-
zens that the effort made by the city au-
thorities to collect taxes assessed on stocks
has been TO a considerable extent fruitless,
especially in so far as it applied to nom
resident holders of bank stocks, the par
ties so assessed claiming that the city had
no legal right to collect taxes on that de
scription of property The disputed right
has been extensively discussed, and has
lately given rise to visions of iDnumerable
lawsuits. elongated bills of cost, and other
frightful things. In the Board of Alder
men last Thursday afternoon, a resolution
authorizing the warrants in such cases to
be held up, was rejected. This action
was equivalent to- insiructing the Revenue
Collector to proceed with the service of
the warrants. With the purpose of saving
costs and avoiding lawsuits, many per-
sons assessed for taxes on stocks are now
disposed to pay the same, and many such
Yesterday called at the Office of the City
Revenue Collector, B. W. McCann, and
paid the taxes assessed on stocks. Col
iections yesterday on this account amount
ed to nearly 81, ,O00-vsstly more of such
taxes than had been collected in week
previous.