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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11
MACON, GA, June 6, 1871.

MACON, GA, June 6, 1871.
Hon. P. B. s. Pinchbeck,
Sm:-Accept my many thanks for
the copy Of your interesting paper
sent me q few days ago. Ihad
seen several extracts from it, but
had never seen the paper until ]
returned homo last evening; and ]
must say, it deserves the support Of
our people, not only in your State,
but in every State. It not only
teens with original matter, but the
culled portions are Of the best pos
sible kind. There is no hope fog
the colored race in this country
aside from the exhibitions of talent.
One pound Of properly cultivated
brain is worth more to us at present
than q thousand pounds of bone and
sinew. The civilized world Is salts
fed that We can and win work, but
whether we are an intellectually pro
gressive people or not remains "a
be attested BY the most indubtible
proofs, and such indispensable tes.
timony can only be obtained By
such exhibitions Of mind - none car
gainsay.
But then / did not start 10 write
. dissertation. I hope ycu win put
me down as . subscriber to you,
inestimable paper, and may success
crown all your labora
Yours Truly, :
II. N. TURNER.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11
MR.. CONWAY.

It was a maxim with the first Ma
poleon never to be where his enemy
wanted him to be. The soundness
Of this rule is easily tested when ap-
piled to any sphere of life. For in
stance, Mr.. T. w. Conway, State
Superintendent of Education, is
just now the especial object of at
tack on the part of rebel newspa-
pers. This fact in itself is q ute
sufficient to determine what attitude
this journal ought to assume in re-
lation to him.
Mr.. Conway, like every man in
earnest, has his faults; the creation
of any great system, and the success
full launching of it, involve at some
stages of it, absolute dictation on
the one side and unquestioning SUBJ
mission on the other. That the ex-
ercise Of authority at such times
should seem harsh to those who
have to obey, and that wounded
feelings, whether resulting from
wounded vanity or from the violation
of an honest self-respect,
should turn upon those who stung
them are results neither new nor
surprising. But that any of us
should turn against our principles
because there are personal defects
in the representative of them, is eth
er to show q heedlessness or q
heartlessness which deprives us Of
all right of criticism.
This brings us to our quoted
maxim, and that justi6es us in say
ing that while the bitter rebels de.
nounce Mr.. Conway we can not, a.
colored men, forsake him had he
done far less, in deposition he holds
for the people of whom this journa
is a representative.
Mr.. Conway's address, the ma
terial portion of it at least, will b.
found in another column, VI
commend to our people for care
full perusal It tells the story o
Mr.. Conway's labors and suffering
here, better than we could tell it.
It seems to us that q man VIII
has the courage to utter such senti
ments as that speech contains. ha
too much sense, even if he had no
too much virtue, to recant them
He has crossed the political Rubi
con, as far as this community
concerned, and going back woul
be worse than tarrying here. Blu
we believe Mr.. Conway's instinct,
as well as his principles, his train
ing together with his interests, hi
courage and his experience herr
will all blend in stimulating him t
the thorough establishment and th
economical administration of
school system, which is yet to d.
velop even more beneftsfor the poe
whites than for the colored childre
who have been admitted to its pr
vileges. So far it is the best az
pointed school system in any of Ii
reconstructed States, and it onl
needs the experience, ability an
courage of Mr.. Conway to make
equal to its New England model
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11
LETTER FROM HON. II. NJ
TURNER.

The manager takes pleasure in
laying before the readers of the
LoUs1Ax1AN the friendly words oil
Hon. H. M. Turner, of Macon, Ga.
He is well known throughout the
South for his reconstruction ,~bors,
and we are not surprised to n d q
full appreciation, on his part, of on,
journal:
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11
OUR CORRESPOND nee.
For the LOUIs1ANIAN.
LETTER FROM HON. w. 81.
GREY.

We gladly give place to this note
of cheer and encouragement from
our friend, Hon. W. H. Grey:
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11

this subject I will take the nS S..'.
of quoting the language Oh on. 'y
Superintendent Fitzgerald ol~
fornia: !
The gravity Of this question !. .
popular education in relation ,' v
ballot is also vastly increased ~ :.
foreign immigration that ANU s
pours in upon U.S. These fOrels''t,
come to us with q genuine l0N y.
liberty in their hearts. rS' ~
derful thing that we propo's, 20
the dissemination Of these ave- :.
elements, and molding them :. >.
homogeniety Of opinion, cDAs
and relation. This is the W." :.
the schools. 1t can be done I,
where else. 1t is the work o. !,
school teacher. Mono else CO.
it. It is . great work, and 'as'
q great body Of earnest T0i, :, %
gagged in it 1t iss great psr ~,,s
their is . grand army on The d. s' y
God give them the victor! LIDS ~
hopes of humanity are 'I'', sar
the contest. You and J. h,s
teachers, belong to this g re- .as
Of workers; let us work with w.
might. We belong to tbs =. = 81
army; let us vali.ntly fight I'd =. =
fight The noblsst men
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11

q Protestant meaning. It existed
as an opposition to something else.
But do those abuses to which it OPP
posed itself now exist in American
society? L. the one, in whom we
viii suppose the whole judicial
power lodged, likely to be more un-
justly BIASED and less consistent in
his decisions than the manya We
must consider, too, that the most
competent jurymen resort to all
possible shifts to escape from doing
duty.
People who are the slaves Of
habit win always be provoked by
an innovation simply as such. and
win blsst vehemently against it
When they have nothing circum-
stantial to ny they viii characterize
it with some epithet taken in . bad
sense, and think that it il refuted
by being called unrepublican. A
non-electivs Judiciary has been I'd.
violated by the best writer's for the
press - tending to procure us a
ablsr and purer Judiciary, and VI
it i IN innovation much more I'm,
republican. But II it happens thai
the law is often executed 90 as t.
shield the hwless and not the Law
abiding. i comforts some men ver,
ittle TO think that twelve are to b.
blamed for It, instead Of one"
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11

70 make Cu0Iu Cuo IuA0 VI my u1o w
conduct. As an officer, I have
taken an oath, the moral obligation
of which rises far above local preju-
dicea This governs me in the dis
charge of my official duty. I took
it voluntarily. It obligated me to
enforce the constitution Of our
State; to enforce the law passed by
the Legislature, and to discharge
my duty to the best Of my ability.
I have served it in the past I have
not swerved from the path of legal
duty thus far, nor do I intend to dc
80 in the future. If any Of the pas
sions engendered BY the war have
life still, no one deplores il
more than L II it be true that any
Of these are now in existence, they
should disappear from our edu.
cational pathway-the sooner The
better.
I have never asked teachers OF
school directors whether they tool
any part IN the late rebellion O,
sympathised with it. nor do I intend
to do 20.
Il y . matter 10 be devoutly
hoped The. thsss = not |. particle O
this unhappy issiing IN ihe brsas'
OF any one in this Ingtitute; but
judging from the conduct Of . few
within the past two days. lam led
to infer that this hope Is not vel
founded.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-11

Yours Truly,
II. n. TURNER.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-02-03
COMPANIA REAL
De Vapores Correos Ingleses subveneionada
P0r el GOblernO de 5. M. b.

Paan por puerto ~no Santh6mas Euop' Terra 6rme
IL Pacfco de cada me-y Haba Meco
los Esta los Ubdos el dia 16
Los paseos (1eco Haana Puert Rco enen
Preferential para aboro del Europa
sanh6masLos de la u.ta ecoen la gua los toman
bilees en- Santh6nas, la Ultima
Esa prohbdo los }e tomar hlete gencia de
comlania Consuado Ingl6s Puerto Rico a5ordo
El pasaje tornado abordo pagara un 10 pS de recago
Pesa pasyss q los vajees de sta Lsza
Los moneda m Antlas
a edanola.
Paea Gse Segumd cza. Tsc~a Gase Ida vusta ec
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-02-03
Gas DOS All{2l:y5DS.
Fabrica de tabacos, cigarrillos picadcras
DE DON JOSE RODRIGUEZ FUENTES.
Cal2e de Zstssan frente az cafe del C5nscrc;o.

Ell duef1o lie esta nueva f$brica
cuenta con todos los elementos nece-
sarios para que los productos de Ia
casa no dejen NADIA que desear; y la
esperiencia adquirida durante II aflos
de trabejo en- es'a industria, lie per
mite poder asegurar al pdbfico que
como ce este negocio y la manera de
comp acer a todos los que le favorez-
can con sus pc lidos.
VENTA POR MAYOR AL CON TAD0,
Cajetillas de- 20 cigarrillos papel
orozuz blanco corriente .... "a p. Is.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-02-03

Puerto Principe D. A. G. Martinez ses Manuel Mar
uez Comp-Gibara Sres Longoa Roa onpBarracoa Ss Nc
eao comp-Cuba Sre Ro hnanos-Puerto Plata res Cine
Az Lulu -Mayaguez Srss P j. Rldir mp-Aguadila, Sres
Ame Julia Rco Ses Caracena compSan
Thomas Sres Lana
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-02-03

1dem de Is cigarrillos id. idem...27 p. id.
Idem i'd. 30 idem idem idem % o. ID.
Idem id. 18 idem gruesos idem % p. I'd.
Picadura prensada en- libras..... % Iitro
Idem sueltas enpaquetes de una
Aora a'........".....". "..."........... oV cGs
Sc participa al pdblico que dentro
de bre7e tempo hallaran un compile
I'd surtido de tabaco elaborado en- es-
ia fabrios con las mejores hojas de
.tabaco de Vaelta abajo Comerio
y Rio de la Plata.
Puerto. Rico "a de Marco de
1870
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1871-02-03

Be de ida v1ea one les dos por Is de robo
Toda amia compuest de enterc e
equivalence endra reba de sosa parto de c ea
Observation-Disclosures fanl cado
Los ninos menosde ds3 8 la de 2 aa
NOTALas deseen dc bn
cuaqu negoco pueden tomar ete Waldo para cuau
De las Antlas TERRA frme Mco, Colon queaan3ose dond
1uieran 6 vosndo 81 a gusan rsbaja de Is p
Los para Chesooug pueen queiar Is dias lna
gasaren los para Inea puedn queda trana
por vapores endran epvego 1e ar Ica
de hero entire ohesb"urg Paris Plymouth L6ndes rehaa
de 20OO.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17
tt.e. Or c.rbelie Aeld.

The Journal of applied Chemistry
says: In FASTING wall papers, post
crs, ETC., especially where successive
layers are put on, there arises most
dis greeable effiuvia, which Is pnrtic-
ularIy noticeable In damp weather.
The cause of this Is the decomposition
of the paste. In close rooms IL is
very unwholesome, and often the
cause of disease. In q large manufac-
tories, where large quantities or paste
Is used, IL often becomes sour aud Of
fensive. Glue, also, has often q very
|disagreeable odor. II, when making
paste or glue, a small quantity Of car
bolic acid Is added, IL will keep sweet
and free from offensive smells. A
few drops added to mucilage or ink
prevents mold. In white washing
the cellar or dairy IL an once of car
bolic acid added to each gallon Of
wash, IL will prevent mold and the
disagreeable taints often perceived In
meats aud milk from damp apart
ments.
Another great advantage In the use
of carbolic acid In paste for wall pa-
per, and in whitewash, 1t will drive
away cockroaches and other insect
pests. The cheapest and best form Of
carbolic acid Is crystal which dis
solves in water or liquifies ut an ex-
cess Of temperature. sti.st
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17
The Fastest rrain In the world.

The new express train from Plym-
outls to London will probably be the
fastest train In the world, In the part
Of its journey which lies over the Bris-
tol and Exeter and Great We te rail
ways. Leaving Exeter at 1880. 1t Is
timed to reach Paddington at 2:45; in
cludinga stoppage Of five minutes at
Bristol, and tile inevitable and vexa-
ti0us ten minutes ut Swindon, the
journey Of 104 miles will occupy four
hours and quarter. The Irish mall,
hitherto considered the fastest train,
occupies six h0urand irty Ave min
utes between London and Holyhead,
being at the pace of only 10 miles In
four hours and q quarter. The fastest
train on the Great Northern line ~
between London and Peterborough,
10 miles, which Is done in one hour
and thirty-seven minutes; but the
Great Western accelerated express
will run from Swindon to London, AZ
miles, in one hour and twenty-seven
minutes. The l1:45 train from Pad
dington will perform the journey to
Plymouth In only five minutes mUrc
time than the new up express.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17
The Power Of the Press.

The power of the newspapers Is be-
ginning to be admitted by the majori-
ty Of Intelligent people. But we
among this class of minds, there is
anything like proper realization of
the extent to which the newspaper
press il to-day influencing human OPP
ini0n, changing customs, controlling
politics, encouraging or retardjng pro.
gress, aiding or injuring the Church,
blessing or crushing families, saving
or destroying men. Yet there are
found those who are not ashamed to
display their ignorance or envy by
decrying the press and sneering at
newspapers. There are politicians
whom some iii wind has carried into
the Legislature, or perhaps To Con-
gress, who will occasionally vent
their spite against the newspapers by
sneer, although in point of real in
fluence the average political editor
outweighs him a thousand times.
Ministers of the gospel have, at times,
been so indiscreet as to intimate their
low estimate of the religious paper,
having o circulation OF 1900 nd
dresses more people every week than
the most popular of them will speak
to in u whole life time. And once In
while Mr.. Moneybags or Mr.. Land
holder, swelling with his self-import-
ance, expresses the opinion that news
papers are not of much account. Yet
the man who sits on the tripod
OF the country newspapers, Is
greater power than all the rich In
the country.
But If any of the parties to which
we have referred have an axe to be
ground--and project to DC advocated,
how differently do they act? Then
the newspaper Is the most important
instrument of the day, and the editor
Is just the fines fellow In the whole
community. Smiles, bowings and
kind words are showered upon the
occupant of the editorial chair. But
If he has been long in the service, he
Is not easily hood winked; he will
quickly read the whole man and Ills
Germ his object. The truth IL that no
class OF men expend so much unre-
Quilted toll in behalf Of educational
and humane institutions, to promote
public enterprises and to advance the
pecuniary interests Of individuals, as
do the conductors OF the public press.
The man who sneers at newspapers
rs of small account, must be one Of
whom, for inscrutabIe reason, less
than the usual amount Of common
sense has been given or one who, his
demands having become altoget her
unbearable, has been snubbed in the
editorial sanctum; or ono who has
come into collision with some news
paper, and been badly worsted /; or
one who Is only capable Of envy be-
cause of the power welded by Others;
or one who stands in daily dread OF
having his own bitterness and mean
ness xposed.--Iresbyterian Banner.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17

Truth IN BRIEF.--Anybody can
SOL the reputation of any individual,
however pure and chaste, by uttering
a suspicion that his friends never hear
of. A puff OF the idle wind can take
"a million of the seeds Of a thistle,
and do IA work Of mischief which the
husbandman must labor TO undo, the
floating particles being too fine to be
seen, and too light To be stopped.
Such are the seeds of Islander, so east
ly sown, so difficult tn be gathered up,
and yet so pernicious In their fruits.
The slanderer knows that many a
mind will catch up the plague and
become poisoned by his lrlsinuations,
without ever seeking the antidote.
No reputation can refute u sneer, nor
any human kill prevent mischief.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17

A great part OF the misery IN the
world arises from persons not unde-
standing one another; some times
from selfish Indifference ON the sub
ject, sometimes from thinking that
to do SO Is petty and puerile. Two
people, for instance, are thrown intO
intimate daily relations. One under
stands no suffering that is not purely
physical. Ii he is not hungry; IL he
is not thirsty; ii he is not cold; ii lie
has no roof over his head; ii he Is
not bothered, whether necessarily OF
otherwise; his life is rounded out
To shed u tear for lack of sympathy
or appreciation, or love, after that, Is
to him lunacy, and to lie treated a.
such with u hard, Gradgrind non
recognition worthy of such creed.
Now, imagine "a sensitive nature,
dclicately susceptible to the 'littlt
things" SO miscalled, which make
up our lives, grieving over rough oI
indifferent words, where tender re-
cognition should have come ut the
right moment, like medicines
tenderness which costs nothing; per-
haps only u simple word or caress,
or look even-hungering day after
day for something besides the hard
probabilities of life; imagins such
a person keeping back as far as poss-
lille the unshed tears, conscientiOusly
nevertheless, doing duty -abor; day
after day, week after week, month
after month, with u heavy heart
and the other eating, sleepi. ig, drink
ing; as Indifferent to the suffering
caused MS II lille and loyalty were ftll-
filled by these latter conditions.
1t Is very poor comfort to answer
that differing natures have different
limitations: just AS one vessel may
hold a gallon and another a pint, and
each be useful In its way. Would II
not be well for this stolid nature, vol.
unfairly choosing such relationship,
to ask the question, whether there
may not be real suffering In these
cases, though he himself "never felt
so, and therefore can't understand III?
Is il not duty as well as wisdom, IN
such juxtapOsition, to make an effort
to understand it," and not uOlly u
deny its existence, or pronounce II
bogus, because he has only one nerve
sensitive to pain or pleasure where
the other has hundred?
1t is pitiful to think how, for the
want Of this, some natures, like pris'
oned birds, beat themselves against
the bars Of relentless fate, till bruis
ed MANNED, they drop, in hopeless:
despair, their song stihed, their wings
clipped, and darkness and silenc,
reigning, where brightness and music
might 80 easily have come.
All, it Is blessed that in another
world there will be no such limlta'
tions. Else how could heaven be
with natures one-half paraliyzed, ~
here, for want of space to expand
chilled, stunted, frowned upon, de-
nounced; for lack of that charity
without which all else is compare
lively valueless.
al never felt SO; it Is all nonsense
| never yet saw those cruel words in
scribed ON tombstone az the caus,
of death; and, in scores of cases
they might have truthfully been.-
Fanny Fern.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17
ReIatiOsnship.

A correspondent ofthe New Orleans
Times communicates the following
curious case:
] married q widow who had a
grown-up daughter. My father Wis
tied our house very often, fell In love
with my step-daughter and married
her. So my father become my son.
in-law, and my step-dauyhter my
nUther, because she was my fathers
wife. Some time after, my wife had
u son he was my fathers brothcr-Itl-
law, and my uncle, for he was the
brother of my step-mother. My faith
er's wife,. e., my step-daughter; had
also a sou. He was, of course, my
brother and in the meantime my
grandohild, for he was the son of my
daughter. My wife was my grand
mother, because she was my mothers
mother. was my wife's husband
and grandchild at the same time
and as the husband of persons
grandmother Is his grandfather,
was my own grandfather. 6.e
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17

Whe rakish youth goes astray,
friends gather around him to restore
him to the path of virtue. Gentle
ness AMI Kindness are furnished tn
win him back to innocence and peace.
No one could ever suspect he ever
committed any wrong. But when
a poor, confiding girl is betrayed, she
receives the brand of society, and il
driven from the ways of virtue. The
b-trayer Is honored, respected, es-
teemed; but there Is no peace for her
this side of the grave. Her society
has no loving, helping hand for her,
no smile of peace, no voice of for
giveness. These are earthly morali-
ties unknown to heaven. There Is a
deep wrong in them, and fearful are
the consequences.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17
The first of the Credit system,

The first occasion on which we hear
Of an organized system of credit, Is
when Joseph mortgaged the cattle,
lands, and even the persons of all the
Egyptian people, In order to pay for
the corn he supplied them from the
State graneries. The end of seven
years famine found the Egyptians
not only paupers but bondsmen, SOW
ing PharaoI's corn on Pharaoh's
land, and compelled to pay for the
privilege Of doing IL, twenty per cent,
of the crop to Phara0h's treasury for
ever, without equity or redemption.
The Egyptians had no previous ex-
perienee of Jews. Excepting Abra-
ham aquiet inoiiensive old patriarch,
who came Ia Egypt because he was
hungry--and he got Pharaoh into
trouble--they had never seen Jew
before.
ltistherefore highly probable that "A
remembrance Of Joseph's fiscal policy
whilst chancellor of their exchequer,
contributed in no small degree to the
severity with which they afterwards
ground down and oppressed the chill
dren Of Israel. Hut tie fact especially
about the introduction of the credit
is this--bankruptey and credit came
in together by an ln,lissoluble bond
of union (bolslS, in fact, of bills and
promissary notes. the Siamese twins,
bankruptcy and Credit, have gone
thriving together, aud will go on UNI
+ I'll one at twain gets his dcnthbiow
il matters not which; then the other
will immediately diea natural death,
/ Chambers journal.