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The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
"THE PEOPLES COLUMN"

Under this caption there was an article
in Yesterdays Republican, desiring to
know what House Committee were hold
ing over. This unfortunate writer, who
somewhat doesn't remember what passed
during the last days of the session, de-
clares that every one knows that ON the
last night OF the session not single
committee was 50 authorized" Now if
"every one" knows anything ut all
they know that several committees were
authorized to sit. The Committee on
Enrolment, twenty days. The Com
mittee on Elections and Qualifications,
thirty days. The Committee on Chair
table Institutions, sixty days. And an
Omnibus Committee, we believe ad
iibitum.
How does this magnanimous, self
constituted, guardian of the interests Of
the treasury propose to stop this
robbery? o, says he, by summary
process" Prc-di-gi-ous, exclaimed Domi-
ME Sampson, and so do We exclaim.
Have you come to this too "Tcmpus"
Et tn brutee
1t is unfortunate that the journal has
not yet been published but we are
informed the delay was unavoidable
and we are assured that the cause of it,
will endure the test of the scrutiny
threatened at the next session. Is
'Tempus member of the House, tina,
he can so confidently affirm there viii
be enquiry.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
THE USES OF FREEDOM.

The most thoughtful statesmen in
America said few years since: Free
dom is no longer an issue in our Reptile;
no first-rate man will now spend his life
on that" The liberty to think, to feel
to work, to govern ourselves in all the
outward ways of life, to make church,
and State, and society itself anew, is not
IN open question on our soil
The American people, first OF allspeo-
pie, founded their nationality upon faith
in man, and the current of our lives all
follow in one way.
The central fact Of freedom is craven
in the great law Of the land, and what
now remains to do is toput that freedom
to wise and noble use. The old horizon
has disappeared, and We stand in an
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW
ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

This University received its charter
June rs, 1868, with the power to con-
fer all such degrees and honors as are
conferred by universities in the United
States of America"
1t is modelled after the best colleges of
our country, and immunities are free to
all.
Its first catalogue shows that nearly
nine hundred students had been in at
tendance, and present Indications are
that the next one will show an equal
number.
All necessary expenses ere moderate,
and deserving, INDECENT students can have
pecuniary aid.
The University is situated in pleasant
and healthful part of the city, and in all
its appointments, affords facilities for
obtaining thorough education not ex-
ccllcd in the South.
1t embraces the following depart
ments
I. Academic, in which students arc
prepared for college, or secure good
English education.
IL Collegiate.
I'LL Normal, arranged with special re-
ference to the education of teachers, and
is aided by the Peabody Fund"
Nv. Medical, "Charity Hospital" is
accessible to this department.
v. Law.
vi. Theological, which is open to al
denominations.
Further information may be obtained
upon application to any of the following
members of the Faculty.
REV j. W. HEALY, LID,
President, and Instructor in Sacred
Theology.
REV. C. H THOMPSON, DID,,
Professor of Pastoral Theology, and
University Preacher.
HON. RUFUS NAPLES, LID,
Professor of International Law, and Dean
of the Faculty.
G. B. WHITE, MD,
Professor Of Theory and Practice of Med
icine, and Dean of the Faculty.
j. F. FULLER, AM,
Professor of Mathematics, and Principal
of Academical Department.
p. NJ. WILLIAMS, AM,
Professor of English Literature, and
Principal of the Normal Department
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Now that there is a good and reason
able prospect of establishing a regular
Religious organization, and church SER
vices at Straight University, we recon-
mend to the stated worshirers, and the
committee entrusted with the manage
ment of such affairs, the formation of a
good choir. We do not mean q set OF
ladies and gentlemen to perform the
psalmody for the congregation, while
they idly and vacantly stand or sit during
the performance. But we mean choir
to guide and to lead the singing. We
mean a number of well disposed persons
who will learn suitable tunes, and guide
as while we learn from them. We siren
ously advocate the apostolic dictum
''Let all things be done decently and in
order"
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

ing prevent their use If, at the t;ro
are writing these lines, the beleagns. v,
Parlslans could turn the atmosnh
above the investing armies into no;so.
Gus flame and blast them from tho o..r
can we doubt that they would do Il,
Whittier does all this tend? VIII w..
iare cease SO soon as a battle or 4 s;s.,
involves the mutual determination q, :,
combatants ? One would fain hone
but neither history nor the study O, bn
man passions permits us to be san o,u;n.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The st. James Seatine! is jubilant over
the prospect Of having railroad from
D1naldsonvillc to New Orleans before
many weeks have passed, and well It
might. In this age of haste, hurry and
promptness, there is nothing that tends
more to the promotion of commerce, OF
agriculture, OF education, OF progress,
than rapid locomotion. Just illustrate
the position by bordering while over the
wondrous stride, of these departments
since the discovery and establishment OF
railroads and the electric telegraph.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The lady managers of the Hathaway
Home for the Poor and Friendless" met
at Straight University ON Tuesday, and
elected Mrs. John Lynch, President; Jirs'
Seymour Straight, Treasurer, and Mrs.
j. Sella Martin, Secretary. These are
capital appointments, and show the wis
dom of the managers. The association
thus organized will very soon we are in
formed, enter on the active discharge OF
their duties.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Notwithstanding the expenditure of
over half a million of dollars, in the pay
ment of the contingent expenses Of the
Legislature during the session just closed,
we cannot avoid recommending to the
neat, tidy Sergeant-at-Arms OF the House,
the propricty of doing something to the
mating on the steps leading to the vari-
GUS Committee Rooms up stairs. The
present torn and rsgged COCO mating on
,ne steps, is not only unsiShtly, but dam
ger.us to persons hurrying up or down
stairs. Yesterday morning we saw a
gentlcman's boot tangle in the shreds,
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The Rapides Gazette of lMarch IL, COM
mends the Legislature for the act Great
ing the parish of Vernon. 1t says:
1T is but an act of simple justice to
the people of the Western portion Of our
parish, who had to ride from sixty to one
hundred miles to the Court House in
Alexandria, when called upon AS jurors
or witnesses, and We congratulate our
friends out west in having parish of
their own, and we hope that they will
not forget us in Alexandria, for we wish
To see them once i'll while.
I'VE learn that another act passed the
Legislature changing the system from
Police Jurors 70 that Of County or Parish
Commissioners, the number of five to be
elected on the first Monday of May BIZ
annually. We hope the system will be
better than the old one as Parish Jurors
al over the State have generally assumed
too much power, and have almost bank
rupted nearly all the parishes. 1t is well
enough to try new plan, and see if it
will not work better. The system of hay
ing County Commissioners for long
time in nealSS all of the States has
found to have woi1c1 well, and VIC do
not see why it should not do so here, at
any rate we can try.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
was nothing that Brigham could see to
prevent on sister doing as well as another.

The removal of Senator Sumner from
the Craftsmanship of the Committee on
Foreign Relations. just at the period
when the annexation scheme, to which
he is known to be bitterly opposed, and
the negotiations are going on with
Great Britain for the settlement of the
Alabama claims, is intensely significant
and shows that the Presidents admins
tration, will brook no opposition in the
accomplishment of their plans from any
quarter. Sympathizing friends are pour
ing consola ton in the ears of the Sen
ator, but we doubt not, he possesses
enough philosophy, to enable him to
bear up under this Executive slight.
The principle of the thing is right
enough. If a minister disagrees with
the Cabinet, rather than interfere with
the usefulness and success of the Min
istry, he either resigns, or is superseded.
The democratic efforts to get up howl
over this removal will evidently fail.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The failure of the coroner's jury to ar
rive ut any conclusion Us to the manner
of the late L. w. Perkins coming to his
death, has caused another and stricter
examination of the wounded parts OF de-
ceased's body, with a view Of determining
if possible whether it was by suicide or
homicide That he fell. We understand
that Mr.. p. was heavily insured.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Here is quaint anecdote from the oloei'Ppr
of DIR. Marshall Hall DIR. Wilkins mad lon. -
Hall the well-known book, BODY ana oo.-
and, as it was not returned in due time, ne =,
this note : Dear Doctor, to send pacA - =
body and soul l cannot exist longer W. ,a
them" The servant who received the no,e Nv
it las servants sometimes will, and mr.
stricken, rushed into the kitchen en- ne
'sCook, can't live any longer witn ' ..v.t,g
tor r. ''why, what's the matter a.or y,
enough, replied the man Our n IasS a.s
cot DR.. Wilkins body and sod, and doh
TO stay where there are such goings-on
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The Legis allure, in its beneficence, ap-
propriated five thousand dollars i'll aid of
the Hathaway Home" AS the Trus-
tees and Managers of this Institution
have been appointed, we have no doubt
that they will soon furnish the required
satisfaction to the Governor, who is war
ranted, under such circumstances, to
authorize the payment of the money to
the Home.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

When firearms began to be used in European
warfare, bitter cry of invective arose from the
soldiers of the old sword aud lance, school, who
lamentei that the day Of chivalry was pat.
"Would to God" said Montlnc, speaking
Of the arquebus, that this wretched engine
had never been invented. Then would not
so many brave men have fallen, and that
oftenest by the hands of vile towards who
had not dared to look in the face the men
whom they strike down from distance with
their miserable bullets. But these are de-
vices of the devil for our mutual dcstruc-
ton" In similar spirit the Chevalier
Bayard is said to have invariably refused
quarter to arquebusiers.
These expressions of Reproduction were
elected not by the destructiveness, but by
the cowardice, as they thought it, of the new
weapons What would they then have
thought of the modern contrivances for an
Initiating whole regiments by touching q
COMMUNICATIVE, or turning crank9
Oflate years, Science, which has work
ed such wonders in the arts of peace, has
been summoned as she has never been
before, to invent new miracles of des-
tructiveness. Mechanics calls to her
sister Chemistry; and that terrible Ariel,
Electricity, whom our must potent magic
can but half control, lends ready hand.
Not merely have weapons Of more ire
mendous power, or more distant range
than was dreamed of few years ago.
been invented; but even that mighty
agent, gnnpowder, seems feeble to
modern requir ements, and compounds
more terribly potent are eagerly sought
The wars of the future, says o recent
writer, will be wars of Eliminates. From
that innocent gas, nitrogen, apparently
the most neutral and harmless OF known
substances, which forms the chief part of
every breath we draw, chemistry obtains
series of compounds commencing with
gunpowder, passing through gun-cotton,
picrate of potash, and others, until in
nitro-glycerine, dynamite, and the full
inmates, it succeeds in retaining in un-
stable equilibrium, forces SO terrible that
their very intensity has hitherto prevent
ed their use. To coutrol these forces so
that they can be employed in warfore, is
now the problem on which science is en-
gagged, and its solution IS only question
of time.
But science has other secrets even
more terrible. There are compounds
which burn with inextinglishable flame,
and send forth vapors which destroy all
who breathe them. 1t is more than pro-
bable that others analogous to kakodyl)
will be found capable of turning the very
cir itself into deadly poison, and smiling
an army of the population of a city with
death in few minutes. And if such be
1 found, will any remains Of Bayard's feel
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
COMMERCIAL

ny, NEW ORLEANS.
Wednesday, Marrh l5-lI :3s,
CorroN-The market opened with A -;
inquiry and light offerings of good cottOps a.,
Notwithstanding the stringency of factors abo,,
zOOo bales have been sold at full prices. Opar
tons are checked by the marke, having advance,
above the limits of several pending orders !,
GLIDING 4OO bales sold after business hou,,
Yesterdays operations enhanced 1914 ball,
The market closing as follows:
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The Germans have released no less
than $4,000 French prisoners of war, and
it is found expedient to get this number
of mouths out of Germany, SO trans
port fleet is going to the Elbe to convey
them home to France
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
NEW ORLEANS,
Wednesday, March l5-l9 "

wednesday, March l6-l2 Y
The general market is without material chan,,
We notice fair inquiry for our leadip,
staple, and although the movement has bee.
checked by the pretensious of factors yet tn,
sales thus far reach 1000 bales,
A good style of good ordinary sold at l9c
showing an Improvement and another list a,
strict good ordinary to low middling at The
same, which is not up to yesterdays figures
for similar style.
The general advantage has been on the sid.
of the factors. but nothing has transpirsd We.
to establish an advance.-N D, Times.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Ex-Congressman Bowen is singularly
unfortunate. He is again indicted for
bigamy, i'll having declared to forsake
all others and cleave only unto" s. p
King, while Mrs. Bowen was living in
Augusta, Ga., and he knew it. Oh,
Bowen! BOwen!!
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Madam" said an i'll tempered physician to.
lady patient, ''if women were admitted to pr
adise their tongues would make it u pursstory'
"And if some doctors were allowed TO priruc
there, retorted the lady, ''they would makeaa
desert"
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives has, we observe, appointed
Honorables Stevens, Faulkner and w.
3. Barrett, on the Committee to select a
site and to purchase suitable grounds
and materials for the erection Of State
House.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Among the United States Senators
who were appointed on Committees Oh
the 9th March, we observe the following
from Louisiana. On the levees of the
Mississippi River, Kellogg, Chairman.
On Appropriations. West.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The New Orleans papers have great dsai y
say about the slowness OF the horse cars " W.
different routes in that city. One OF them pie,
out as follows: "About year ago. inc =.
Charles street Railroad Company lost mus II
decreptitude and old age. Since thal 'iiIe ~
their cars have been going to the funeral
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

A gentleman playing cards at BaGen-iaia
was much annoyed by ali inquisitive strangc,
who stood beside him and pried into his hand
At Last ne took pinch of snuff and administer
ed it to his tormentor Immediately saying Il
beg your pardon, but you were so near me, ST.
that l mistook your nose for my OWL
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

and very nigh rrecipitate him down the
whole flight. Now, don't wait, Mr..
George, like the Romans, TIL some valu-
able parsonage sc hurt, but tear off
the old mating, whatever else you may
not do.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
NOTICE.

rs-All communications must be addressed
editor of the Louisianian," and anonymous
letters must be accompanied by the name OF the
writer not necessarily for publication, but US an
evidence of good faith.
We are no. responsible for the opinions OF
orr contributors
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

It takes seventeen seconds to send a written
message through d pneumatic tube. from L 10
don to point four hundred miles distant. IS
beats steam, and is not far behind elee'rciE'
Bags of heavy mail matter are sent three units IL
two seconds.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16
VARIETIES.

A Persian philosopher being asked by what
method he had acquired so much knowledge
replied, 'By not being prevented by shame from
asking questions when was ignorant"
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

A colored man has been found IN SGhisa
who has reached the age OF l2o years lie wv
originally native Of Africa has hvea IN java ~
Madeira, Sicily, Malta, the Bermuaas; ana n'
vana, and is still in full possession OF his Seh''>
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Ayoung N. D., having asked permission Of a
girl 10 kiss her, she replied mo, thank YOU
never like q doctors bill stuck in my face"
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

FOor brigham Young. he VINO, says
the New York Tribune, laughed at Buch-
anan's troops, and defed Compression all
interference sis now bound to yield to
the influence of the pen. A Hoe press,
it is declared has done what no army,
with Congress to back it, could achieve.
So true it is that the pen is mightier
than the sword" The dissemination of
right views, the denunciation Of polygamy
all tell, and the Diogenes Gas the paper is
callcd) pitches in on every hand. 1T is
startlingly bold, and no one and nothing
Is spared. Brigham is handled with free
dom and felicity, and the institutions
played with and exposed. The result is
thus summed up.
Congress need not trouble about poly
gamy. Protect the people in the freedom
of the ballot-box, make every device by
which the voters ballot is known penal
offense, and polygamy will soon disappear.
There is not one girl in a hundred to-day
who will accept polygamous husband.
The institution is exploded by the weight
of its self-created misery. When Joseph
Smith first taught the doctrine of poly
gamy TO the Mormons there was a great
deal of the affinity feeling creeping into
the Church. A change of marital rela-
tons was no uncommon thing in those
days, and it was for time difficult for
some men to know whether their wives
were their own or belonged to some one
else. 1t is not long since of the
apostles discovered that the partner of
his first joys had been the wife of another
man for 20 years! But there is little
love in Brigham's polygamy. 1t is duty
that he teaches. The sentiment Of af-
lection in matrimony is folly to him. In
his language, "the woman have all got to
be married and the men have got to
marry them" A young man was Tilted
by young lady. He complained to
Brigham, but he saw 10 reason for dis
satisfaction. ''She has sister-probably
you could get her for wife" There
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

..Never mind the obituary, Judge SAD
Montana culprit when the court 0ecan,'
pathetic in pronouncing the sentence 1--we
fix the time for the funeral"
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Why are the clouds like coachmen? becSu"
they hold the rains.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

North Carolina is the fourteenth State IN u,
Union in point of population. She Is one .
tba s;yteen that have over one million inhabitlns
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

. Some Of the Illinois farmers are marrying the
dumb females of the asylum, and declare that
they make dumb good wives.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

The oaks on Carrolton Avenue are rap'u'
putting on their summer arrangements
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Before man enters the state of matriin'D'
he should ring the belle.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

Stars are clearly the best astrono'l, d.
cause they have studded the heavens ''-
creation.
The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-16

When riding a donkey what kind Of irii' "
you represent A pear.