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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07

this payment, he it ! remembered,
has been made while taxes were
repea)od that were yielding eighty
millions per annum when Gen
eral Grant came into power.
Look at New York during the
same period. It's bonded debt is
increased to such mammoth ex-
tent that the authorities dare not
confess the actual amount Tax
levies are all the while heaped up
beyond the imagination of honest
men. and a scale of corrupt expend-
itnres maintained that challenges
the credulity even of those who are
best acquainted with the audacity
OF Tammany Hail." ~
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
Advantage Of Crying.

A French physician is out in a
long dissertation on the advantages
of groaning and crying in general,
and especially during surgical ope-
rations. He contends that groar-
ing and crying are two grand ope-
rations by which nature allays an
guish; that those patients who give
way to their natural feelings more
speedily recover from accidents and
operations than those who suppose
in unworthy a man to betray such
symptoms of cowardes rs either to
groan or cry. He tells of a man
who reduced his pulse from one
hundred and twenty-six to sixty,
in the course of a few hours, by
giving full vent to his emotions. II
people are. at all unhappy about
anything let them go into their
rooms and comfort themselves with
a loud boo-hoo, and they will feel a
hundred per cent, better afterward.
In accordance with the above the
crying of children should not be too
discouraged. If it is sys-
tematically repressed the result may
be st. Vitus's dance. epiletic fits, or
some other disease of the nervous
system.-What is natural is nearly
always useful; and nothing can be
more natural than the crying when
occurs to give them either
physical or mental pain. Good
Health.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07

When trade grew slack. and bills
fell due, the draper's face grew long
and blue; his dreams were troubled
through the night with sherif's ba-
lifts all in sight. At last bis wife
unto him said, Rise up at once,
get out OF bed, and get your paper,
ink and pen, and say these words
unto all men; My goods I wish to
sell to you, and to your wife and
daughters, to; my prices are SO very
low that each will buy before they
CO." He did as his good wife ed
vised and in the paper advertised.
Crowds came and bought Of all he
had-his bills were paid. his dreams
were glad; and he win tell you to
thiss day how wen did printers ink
repay. He told usy with . knowing
wink how he was savedby printers
ink = ~
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
PO e r r Y.
THE BACHELORS sOLlLoQUY.

To wed-or not to wed !-tha. is, the
question:
Whether tbs nobler in the mind to suffer
The stings and arrows of outrageous love.
Or 10 take arms against the pow rful hame,
And, by opposing, quench it?-To We'd :
to marry
No more and, by a marriage. say we
end ftl. .-
The heart ache, and the thousand painful
-- shocks .... .,..-.. =,
Love makes us heir to, IT It's consnmma-
tion
Devoutly to be wisl'a ''-o
.I... To wed, to many
To marry ,-percbahce scoid ,-ay. He,e 5
he mi :, "'' t'i
For, in that welded life. what Ns NAV
come. sYla d.
When We have shufied of our single state,
Must give ns serious pause. There's the
respect g.
That makes the bache lors a mum rous race:
For who would bear the dull, msocial
Spent by unmarried men, cheer'd by no
smile, .-,.. ......
L" SIT like hermit at a lonely board
In silencea- who wonld bear the cruel
gibes &
With which the achelor is daily tessed,
When he himself might end such heart
ielt griefs .. .--.-. ...,..... ......
BY wedding some iaii maid
t.... Oh who wouid live,
iawning, and staring sadly in the lire,
Till celibacy becomes q weary life,
Put after the dread Of something ofi,.'
wedlock
That undiscovered state from whose strong
chains r,.4..
No captive can get free puzzles tina will
And makes us rather choose those ills We
nave,
Than fly 10 others which wife may bring?
Thus caution does make bachelors OF us
all:
And thus. our natural wisi, for marimony
Is sickhed lo'er with ;ha pale cast OF
thought
And love-adventmea oi, great pith and
moment,
With this regard, theii currents turn awfy,
And miss the name Of wedlock'
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
CENTRAL REPUBLICAN, CLUB or ASSUMPTION.

A number of our citizens met at
the school house in Napoleonville,
on Saturday last, for the purpose
OF innugurating the Central Repub-
lican Club of Assumption.
Quite large number were pres
ent, and the organization was affect
ed with dispatch and in perfect good
feeling.
William Mattock, Esq, was made
temporary Chairman, and Thomas
Divine, Secretary.
Upon the completion Of Temporal
~ organization, an election was
held, and the following permanent
Officers elected:
BAIL Graves, President.
The following gentlemen were
unanimously elected MS Vice Presi-
dents.
Joseph Thomson,
Isaiah Prophet,
Phillip Jones,
William Mattock,
Gustave Nicaud; ''9s
Thomas Divine, Secretary,
f. q. Pintado, Assistant Secre-
tary,
Edward Ford, Treasurer,
Jack johnson. Sergeant-at arms,
Severin Hickman and Pierre
Vallery, Assistant Sergeants-at-
Arms. it .
The President made short ad-
dress, stating the object of the
meeting and giving some very good
advice to his hearers. Short and
spirited addresses were afterwards
made by several other members
which was loudly applauded.
The books We're then opened, and
one hundred and eighty-six mem
bers joined the club. This is GER
tainly good beginning.
The following resolutions intro
duced by Mr.. Thomas Divine were
unanimously adopted:
''wHEREAs, we have met for the purpose
OF. organizing The Central Republican
Club Of Assumption, therefore be it
Resolved, That We take this opportunity
70 make known our firm support of all
Republican principles in the past, and onr
continual support of the same in the
future; that We fling out to the world as
onr motto: Republican under any and
all circumstances.
Resolved, That We heartily indorse the
course Gen. Z. s. Grant has taken in the
administration of our National Govern,
ment, and earnestly pray that he may in
the mture, as he has in the past, take for
ms guide the true principles Of the Re-
puoiican party, and continue in the up-
ngnt course he has heretofore trodden:
and that We now declare that he IA our
Cnoace Tor Presidential Candidate in 1874.
Resolved. That Henry C. Wnemoth has
proved himself worthy of the confidence
reposed IN him, and the great trusts COM
mitsed to ms charge: that we recognize in
him the able leader undefow owhose bannsrI
We ere sure TO march to victory in 1872.
the champion in whose keeping our iibsr.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
SOMETHING WORTH READING.

Speaker Blaine, who was recently
serenaded at Saratoga, and who
responded in a speech reviewing
the political situation, is an accom-
plished speaker and a statesman OF
no ordinary ability. His remarks
at Saratoga have such a ring in
them and 80 admirably set off the
economy of President Grants ad-
ministration in the nation against
Democratic rule is illustrated in
New York city, that we are not
surprised that the Democrats are
raving mad about it. The New
York World cannot abuse him
enough for his speech, but as the
World is only a barking dog" no
one is frightened. We give again
the comparison instituted by Mr..
Blaine, mentioned above. He said:
"The Republicans are in full
power at Washington; the Demo-
Gratis bear undisputed sway in New
York; need I draw the picture which
this brace of facts suggests to every
intelligent mind? In Washington
every dollar that can be saved above
current expenses is faithfully ap-
piled to the reduction of the nation
al debt. In New York every dollar
that can be raised or wrung from
the groaning taxpayers above cur
rent expenses is faithfully applied
to the benefit of q private ring of
political spectators. In Washing
ton we have Witnessed with amaze
ment and admiration the payment
of our national debt at the rate of
one hundred millions per annum.
In New York We have seen with
CONSERVATION and alarm the in
crease Of the municipal debt at
such 6 rate as would involve at no
long period the bankruptcy and
ruin even Of that gigantic metropo-
lis, with its immense resources and
its fabulous wealth. II seems but
yesterday that General Grant was
inaugurated and yet in the brief
period that has tlapsed two hun
dred and fifty millions Of our debt
have been paid, = sum equal TO
more than one-eight of our bonded
debt as it exists this hour-and
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07

ties are cheerfully committed with the full
assurance Of their being sacredly guarded.
Resolved, That we thank the Hon. C.
B. Darrall and our representatives. in the
General Assembly for the faithful manner
in which they have protected our interests,
and we hope that they will in the future
continue so to do.
Resolved, That We are in favor of re-
duction of the rates Of taxation. both State
and Parish, to such as will raise suficient
revenue to delay all expenses Of State and
Parish. -ia
Resolved, That We favor general Am
nesty and hope that at the next session OF
our Congress such a law will pass
Resolved, That We will stand firm and
united, with bold front to the enemy.
and that we will at the next election enroll
tor our Parish larger Republican ma
lOrity than ever heretofore known.
Resolved. 'sThat We deprecate and dis
own any anapll attempts to create discord
and discussions in onr ranks, remember
ing that "United we stand, but divided
We fall
Resolved. That our public schools be
evenly divided through our Parish in
order that all children may have an equal
chance for the benefit of education.
Resolved, That. in the words of our
lIartyred-Presidept, with malice towards
none and charity for ALL" we will at the
next Presidential election triumphantly
carry forward campaigns of the past, and
plant it and ourselves upon the wide and
solid platform of the Republican party,
the main plank OF which platform We de-
clare to be that great and good declara-
ton: ''f'ree and equal rights to all men. :"
Resolved, That we acknowledge, and
will support. the Republican State Execu-
tive Committee. OF which Hon. P. b. s.
Pinchback is chairman, as the only legal
head of the Republican party in the State
Of Louisiana.
Resolved, That u copy OF these resolu-
tiOns he forwarded to the New Orleans
Reai1iicaa, LoUIsIANIAN, and Assumption
chronicle, with request to publish the
same. '--.-.-r
After which the meeting adjourned until
saturday. September 8, 1871.
B.Zm GRAVES, President.
TH"N,s DIVINE. Secretary.
Assumption Chronicle.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
Still Drnounfins.

The Boston Transcript, a firm
supporter of the administration,
gives the following opinion of the
disgraceful transactions of the New
Orleans Office holders: "The outrage
at New Orleans, whereby United
States troops were employed against
the delegates favorinss Governor
Warmoth, deserves the prompt at
tention of the administration, and
the summary punishment Of all the
federal officials responsible for the
disgraceful transaction. Casey, Pack
ard and the rest merit immediate
suspension from their offices for so
deceiving and imposing upon Gen.
Reynolds, then in Texas, that he
lent the military for the use of these
int1guers. The administration can
not afford to lose its well-earned
fame for moderation and peace by
allowing itself to be compromised
by an implied or never so remote
endorsement of this altogether un-
justi6able act. Let every federal
officer at New Orleans concerned in
it be given notice to quit, and fill
their places, not with tools of Gov
ernor Warmoth, bnt with honest
and discreet men.-N. J. Eueninq o
Post.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
p Il, s. PINCHBACK.
Manager.
PROSPECTUS
q + %
The Louisianian.

IN the ondeavor 10 establish another
Republican Journal in New Orleans,
the p,opriotors of the LorIsrANIAN,
,r,posa - fill necessity which has
he,n long. and sometimes painfully
tent 10 exist. In The transition state
ofcm people in their struggling efforts
10 attain that position in the Body
Polite. which We conceive to he their
due. il is regarded that much infor
nation, guidance, encouragement,
counsel and reproof have been lost, in
consequence Of the lack Of a medium,
through which these deficiencies might
he supplied. We shall strive to make
the IorIsIAvIAN q dssidsr0tttm in these
lrSpf,t-
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07

Ignorant people are very apt to
use phrases with double meanings
without intending to do so. Among
the advertisements We may some
times read that respectable Young
woman wants washing. The pro-
prietor of a bone-mill advertises
that parties sending their own bones
to be ground will be attended to
with fidelity and dispatch. 1t was
once related in city paper how,
during the celebration, ga child was
run over, wearing a short red dress,
which never spoke afterwnrd.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
WHAT Is A MILLION OOLLARs9


People say, ''TAe steamer took
away a million dollars" Just as
complacently as though a million
dollars could be picked up like dirt.
An anonymous writer remarks that
but few people have any more idea
what millions, billions and trillions
are than they have of the brogans
worn by the cobblers who inhabit
the moon. A million of silver dol
lars possess a vastness that is rather
startling to a man who has never
faced such a pile. To count this
sum at the rate of one thousand
FIVE hundred dollars an hour, and
eight hours day, would require a
man nearly three months. If the
said dollars were laid side by side,
they wouldrea one hundred and
thirty-six miles, while their tran
sportation would, require fourteen
wagons carrying two tons each. If
millions become thus Overpowering
in their magnitude, what shall we
do with larger sums? The seconds
in sly thousand years seem al
most incalculable, and yet they
amount to less than one-ffth
of a trillion. A quadrillion of
leaves of paper, each the two hun
dredth part of an inch in thick
ness, would form q pile, the
height of which would be three
hundred and thirty times the moons
distance from the earth. A cannon
ball flies swiftly; but if one were
fired at the moment that one of our
national Presidents takes his seat
in the White House, and were it to
continue with unabated velocity of
twelve hundred feet q second during
his Whole term of office, it would
not travel three millions of miles.
We never hear of tie Wandering
Jew, but We mentally inquire what
was the sentence of his punishment.
Perhaps he was told to walk the
earth until he counted a trillion.
Suppose man to count one in
every second of time, day and night,
without stopping to rest. eat or
sleep, it would take him thirty-two
years to count O billion, or thirty
thousand years to count a trillion,
even as the French understand that
term. As We said before, what
limited idea men have of the I'M
mensity of numbers!
Weekly Courier.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
What the Microscope Reveals With a
> ih Moral. s'i-a 81 r.

Lewenboeck tells of an insect
seen with the microscope Of which
ffty-seven millions would only
equal a mite. ''i'''s - s'
Insects of various kinds may he
seen in the cavities of grain of
sand lsa 3D. .aion s.s
Mold is a forest Of beautiful trees,
with the branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes. "-'.
The surface Of our bodies is COW
cred with scales like a fish; single
grain Of sand would cover one hun
dred and fifty of these scales, and
yet scale covers five hundred
Through these narrow openings the
sweat forces itself like water through
a sieve.
The mites make five hundred
steps second.
Each drop of stagnant water con-
tains a world of animated beings,
swimming with as much liberty as
whales in the sea.
Each leaf has a colony of insects
grazing on It, like COWS on a
meadow. ~ b..
Moral. Have some care as to
the air you breathe, the food you
eat, and the water you drink.
Home and Health.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
POLICY.

SIS nIr motto indicates, the LOU
sIAI4S shall he " RePnblicu1 al ali
aD.e, .B,d .4der oil Circumstances We
shall advocate the security and ENJOY
ment Of bread civil liberty, the abso-
Iute equality of all men before the law,
and an impartial distribution Of hon
or and patronagf t" all who merit
them.
Desireus of allaying animosities, OF
obliterating the memory OF the bitter
past, of promoting harmony and union
among all classes and between all in
terests, We shall sdyocaie the removal
Of all political disabilities foster kind
ness and forbearahce, where mali8nity
and resentment reigned, and seek for
toilness and justice where wrong and
oppression prevailed. Thus united in
oar aims and objects, We shall conserve
onr hest interests, elevate our noble
State, to an enviable position among
her sister States, by the development
Ghr illinitable resources, and secure
the luli benefits OF the mighty changes
in the history and condition OF the
people and the Country.
Believing that there can be no true
liberty without the supremacy Of law,
We shall urge strict and undiscrimi-
G6tlnY administration oi Justice.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
PACKARD closes his letter to the
Naw York Tis,h,.ao

PACKARD closes his letter to the
New York Tribune:
/ furnished these statements to
correct an erroneous impression,
which q faction here seek to spread
abroad that there has been an un-
warrantable interference on the
part Of the United States authorizes
with the convention.
Upon his own evidence, and in
the same issue. the Tribune, the
leading Republican journal of this
country, to which Mr.. Packard ap-
pealsd, denounced him, asked Ton
the removal Of himself and his
abettora and expressed its eratif-
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
TAXATION.

We shall support the doctrine Of an
eqnitahle division of taxation among
al classes. faithful collection of the
revenues, economy in the expendi-
'meS conformably with the exigen-
'IaN Of the State or Country aud the
discharge Of every legitimate obliga-
,inn
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
FINAL.

hE Q generous, manly, Independent,
'nd IudicionS conduct. we shall strive
w rescue om paper, from an ephem-
''A' and temporary existence, and
-'''oilSn ii upon basis, that if we
~uiio' command, we shall at all
e'enfs deserve" success.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
EDUCATION.

We shall sustain the carrying out Of
'he provisions of the act establishing
'H common school system, and urge
" Paramount duty the education of
'nI youth, as vitally connected with
Helr own enlightenment, and the secu-
"'y and stability of a Republican
government.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-07
pHoP1IETo1s.

uON P.B.S. PINCHBACK. ORLEANS.
.. c. c. ANTOINE, CADDo,
.. GEO Y. kELSO, R,PIDEs.
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NlONLEAGUE CLUB HOUSE
Royal stIeet

@ rooms Of this clab are open each
members and their guests from Z
so;i'l - . F. N. Lunch will be sevs d
SN'iy h'm l2 NJ to ppm.
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1.-THE LOUISIANIAN, OWNED, ~sN
FITTED AND MANAGED By COLOR
FD,NEN, Is PUBLISHED EVERY
THURSDAY AND SUNDAY MORN
1IGs AT ia CARONDELET STREET
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RATES OF ADvERTI6ulG.

Transient advertisements, 81 50 per
square Azst inssstion; eacA subsequent
insertion, 70 cent?
All buxness notices of advertisements
to be charged twenty cents per line each
insertion.
jon PRINrSa executed, viths nsatness
and dispatch.
Wedding Cards executed in accordance.
with prevailing fashions.
Funeral Notices printed ON shortest no.
tice and with quickest dispatch.
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IN Act

To incorporate the Louisiana Land
Company and Loan and Savings
Bank.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-24
Storm Signals.

The Office of storm signals, No. 1870 Broad
way, went yesterday into operation 1t is q
branch Office Of the Signal Service Bureau at
Washington, and its business is to announce
the approach of storms. The day signal Of
approaching rough weather will be from the
flag staff on the lofty summit Of the building,
q red flag with black square in the centre,
and the night signal red lamp. With the
aid of glass these signals can be seen from :
point in the north as far as Manhattanville,
and On The south from Sandy Hook. From
the wonderful accuracy Of the weather s'probs-
bilities" daily reported from the Signal
Service Bureau we are quite sure that these
storm signals will be Of very great service to
those "who go down to the sea in ships" in
warning them of coming storms, so as to
enable the mariner to avoid them or trim ship
to meet them. Indeed, we think that, on the
land and the water, with these storm signals
in full operation from point to point, they will
be the saving of millions of property which
otherwise might be lost. And this is another
of the incalculable advantages of modern
civilization resulting from the electric tele-
graph.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-24
A step in tho Right Direction.

The reformers of the Nineteenth Assembly
district have rendered to Charles O'Conor their
nomination for the Assembly. This Is step
In the right direction. 1t means reform
In earnest, and not mere using of the name
for the purpose Of advancing the interest OF
some old political hack, too broken down TO
make decent run on his own merits
For the most part this reform movement, in
its political nominations, has been merely the
tool of collection Of cliques, factions and
clubs without any common purpose or any
strong bond of union, and it is gratifying to
find in one instance, at least, an
Office rendered to an Independent and
prominent citizen to whom its cares would
be burden, and who could only be
induced to accept it out of patriotic con-
sideration for the public good. Mr. O'Conor,
in his letter. takes the correct view of the sub
ject The State Legislature is the important
object in the approaching election, and while
we believe that the passage Of bill
creating q new charter and providing for
spring election in New York is under
any circumstances a foregone conclusion,
it would nevertheless be of inconceivable
value to the city to secure the services OF so
able representative as Mr.. Charles O'C0nor
at Albany next session. 1t is to be hoped.
therefore, that Mr.. O'Conor may accept the
nomination out of regard for the public good.
His election would be certain.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-24

TIE CAPTAIN OF THE HORTON, who cut
that vessel out at Guysboro, N. S., and ran
her off to Gloucester, is just beginning to feel
In his own person the diplomatic discomforts
that attend such fllibustering exploits. He is
not only likely to be refused fresh papers by
the Secretary of the Treasury, but the Solicitor
Of that department is expected to decide that
his vessel must be seized for coming into Glou-
cester without papers; and, furthermore, it is
probable that the New Dominion authorities
will ask for his extradition on charge of
burglary, In having broken into the Guysboro
Custom House and taken thence the sails of
the Horton. Altogether the brilliant greeting
which the courageous captain received at the
hands Of the brawny fishermen is but an I'M
satisfactory recompense for the many evils
that now threaten him.