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The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

+ %The Picayune Of Thursday
with Lieut.. Governor Pinchback's
letter, explaining why he had not
affixed his signature to the famous
funding bill, before it, in an ungrace-
full and grudging manner acknow-
lodged that be was entitled to the
thanks Of the good people" Of the
State. For the further information
Of the thirsty after knowledge on
this score, let us say-that it has
been the invariable habit of MIR
Pinchback to collate every enrolled
and original bill before he signed it.
And where alterations and amend
ments have been made in the en-
crossed copies, and he has not felt
perfectly satisfied Of their correct
ness, he has withheld his signature
until he could refer to the tsminutes"
for satisfaction.
Such scrupulousness in the per-
OF important public duties
should not, we think, under any cir.
cumstances subject an officer to the
imputation Of a corrupt intent, nor
should a satisfactory explanation of
be but half approved.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
SATURDAY, May 15, ~
LOOK OUT FOB A CoyPIDE,(E

The Police Jury Of the par''A c',,l
has memorialized his Excellenc! q
Warmoth: praying the Goveraa
reward for. the arrest and de''"'
Sheriff Of VIM parish, the pasui
LORENZO GEORGE, Treasa'3s
School Board of VIM parish VIZ s,s
absccnded with the funds OF 'H"
Board, amounting to s5OM i
There ere three indictmens -
George in Vim parish. One ""'
and two for embezzlement :,
Lorenzo George is about 26 !ssal, " ;
about S feet g. inches blsn' w. n
blue eyes, and fair complexion; Is :,
stopped shouldered and dresses 7sD 'n,,
indifferently, spells bad is no 9s' Srnr1
calls himself a Professor. He IS ',ra
on the right side over the pel''s anu anu D / i
a truss. He reports as having De ~ !
Missouri. He left his vile ap'
of support.
viii the press pass him roun e,,,rs
D. E. HAYNES
VIM
President Police Jury OF WV
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

1rsenator Campbell said, on
Monday night in his speechbefore
the Fourth Ward Mother Club, that
there was a prominent colored man
on the Customhouse side who was
expressing great anxiety to be Sin
at the sale" Of the Republican party
by the Packard people to the party.
OF Reform. Let colored men know
the monster, General. The day
has passed for mealy-mouthedness
in these matters, now is the time
for: US to know who to trust and
with what to trust them.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

MA committee of the Metairie
Jockey CT ubreportsthat it has found
grounds suitably located and availa-
BILE for a new race track. It proposes
ithese groundsare purchased, to e.
tablish q park for amusement. The
favorable reception Of these propo-
sitions by the club indicates the sue
cess Of this. enterprise, and an addi-
tional place Of attraction and gen.
eral resort may therefore be looked
tor ere long. s;~tz.E -s~,.,i-
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

-
~During the week, auttering
and excitement have been preva-
lent among some of the unknowing
Reformers over the news that there
was a combination regularly made
by their leaders with the Custom
house folks, and We have been met
with the question from many an
anxious inquirer" We pity these
unsuapecting ones. Why don't they
know the coalition has long ago
been agreed on, and the terms all
by the "bosses?"
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

@rThere are indications of the
probability Of the withdrawal
by the American Government of
against England for "conse-
quantisl damages" THAT is, those
injuries inflicted on the commerce
Of this country by the neglect of
Great Britain to faithfully and
promptly perform her neutral obliga-
The formal introduction of
additional rule in international
law may work equally inconveni-
ent consequences to orr British
cousins.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

sT Our cordial acknowledge
ments are rendered to Hon.R. B.
Elliott, Of South Carolina, for copies
OF his Grafton delivered in Wash
ington on April 16, the occasion of
the celebration Of the tenth ami
versary OF emancipation in the Dis
trict of Columbia. We regret
our inability to copy the whole of
this interesting address, but we in
vite the attention of our readers to
copious extracts in to-day's issue.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

%We will be glad if all Repub.
lican organizations, Ward Clubs,
Parish Committees &C., will send
to this Office the names of their off,
GERS, and the time and place ofhold-
ing their meetings, as we desire to
publish the same for the informa-
ton of those who desire to attend
these gatherings, and so obviate the
necessity Of: the frequent personal
made Of US on this sub
iect.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

l6-In the State of Missouri there
are 37,193 colored children of school
age, and only 1883 attending the
public schools. MI. John Montieth,
the State Superintendent of Educa-
ton, is adopting prompt measures
to provide such ample educational
facilities for the colored children as
will enable q much larger proper
ton to obtain education. ..,-
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

I Coonlso FAmslThe ladies' of the
CENTRAL CHURCH are making active
preparations to hold A FAIR in the
lecture room Of this Church, in aid
of the funds thereof, to commence
on Monday, June 3. The object Of
the fair is so highly commendable
that we feel assured Of the. practical
sympathy and assistance Of all low
ers of progress and moral elevation.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

prThe repeated defeats which
the efforts Of the universal amnesty
and of supplemental civil rights
have sustained in the present Con-
gress, lead to the apprehension that
no progress will be made in either
direction during the present ses-
sion.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

~Picnics are all the rage now.
Every day hosts of young folks may
be seen filling the street cars, on
their way to the Oakland Course,
and the second and sixth districts
city parks. The fine shade trees,
with their luxuriant foliage and de-
lightful hroezes passing through the
grounds make them very acceptable
places of resort in these hot days,
and they are well visited.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

~"What are you doing there.
John?" Catching rats, sir" SLOW
many have you caught" when I
catch the one I am after, and an
other, I will have two, sir" This
is just about the condition of Gus
proselyte hunters in Car
rollton. zu.,. i.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

"a Judge Abel, of the First
District Court, has refused to grant
a new trial, to Earle and Garvey,
convicted not long since of murder
without capital punishment" and
the prisoners have been ramanded
for sentence on Monday, May q.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

1@-Intelligence has been received
in London, from Bombay, that DIR.
Livingstone, the African explorer,
has been found, and is safe with
Stanley, the chief of the Herald corps
of search, at Zanzibar.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
MARRIED.

In Port Gibson, Mississippi, on
Thursday evening, May 9th, 1872,
by Rev. Fl. R. Revels., D. D., Presi-
dent Of Aloorn University, Thomas
RrcHARDsoN, Esq, Postmaster at Port
Gibson, to Miss EuDoRA GALLEY, of
New Orleans, La.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

Jusr at the close Of the Aen
lawyer in large practice u o.
our Western territories Mm
the United States Senate,A
sion to examine the record
courts of q small countyi il Va
The obliging clerk told him b
perfectly wecome to look a
docket and all the papers, ba
must find for himself the papg
wanted, for there had been no
during the war and the papsn
been almost public property:
lawyer examined the package 1
occasionally reading those
thought curious, learnt many \
facts unknown to his pratice i
Free State. Among other pa
was a record of a trial for teatl
slave to read; and tho prosecd|
Of that day had taken
Usual printed from and filled |
With names, dates, and facts, sol
Grand Jury on their oaths
ented one Richard NJ, for 'tha'
be said Richard, not havinsthe|
+ God before his eyes, but ins7
ID by the Devil did on SOM
1e fifth day of November, ~
ZACH her, the said susan, slave
to read 10 a book CONF
7 called the Holy Bible"
~Instigated by the Devil ot.'
irl to read the Bible on Sun
amused lawyer followed I
ain Bunsby's advice and ma
lote of it.-Gdary.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

-%May 30th is Decoration day,
and there is to be a meetingto-day,
at 8 o'clock, F. NJ, in Surveyor ngra-
hams Office, of all, favorably in
clined, to take steps to fifty observe
the custom Of strewing flowers over
the graves Of the fallen heroes.
Our thanks to Colonel Ingraham
for an invitation te participate. +.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
IMPORTANT NOTICE.!

The proprietorship of The Lou
1srAx1AN having changed, by the
withdrawal of Mr.. c.. C. Antoine,
the paper will hereafter be issued
weekly, commencing on Saturday,
q, 1872.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

tainment on Hidsy Of thet
age, (which 49, III respS
a man for the eidl it'd ChairSl
this great countMD iflsut Gov.
Pinchback, wa4sdul colamemoneas
ted by him at his residence in the
evening, by assembling there of one
or two score of friends to make merry
over The lauspicious event, and right
heartily did they do this throughout
the evening. "Many happy returns
of the same say this writer.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
. OUR AGENTS.

MISSISSIPPI - Daniel E. Young,
GTeenville. ~~ t"s
LOUISIANA John A. Washington,
Black Hawk, Concordia Parish; Hon. G.
7. Kelso, Alexandria; Antoine Il Sterrett,
Shreveport, A. @. Ruth, Carroll Parish.
j, Ross Stewart, Tensas.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA James
A. D. Green, Washington City.
ILLINOIS Lewis B. White, Chicago.
KENTCCKY:-Dr. r. A. Green, Louis
vile.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
DOLLY 'ARDly,,

| hFew articles Of dress, n,
Noduced, have Occasional
Comment as the DOLL,
fashion writers b,:, '
defame it, by asserting th,.
not from Dickens creat;o''
that it obtained its uams y
celebrated courtezan; but " .
person must have taken L.
originally from Dickens =, ~
see. that it makes much a IA
and ladies, therefore, n, sss
have the benefit Of the =.
pectable authority.
Very Frenehy young laa,|
on p%rououncing Dolly va,5s1
Vardong," which is enough !
old Warden, Dony'spat,11,1s1
rise from his grave, 70, b. ~.
gllsh to the back bone ,ra7
~newfangled French rsr,,, -,
he hated Popery: So, y.,,a'!
a k it plain E~nglSl-D%,|
den, if you please.
Some Of the very pretsea
"4o "aue with The
ouH-dnted ground, spriplp1
bouquets Of flowers, in rich
coiors, or with large lesvssn
shaded in a single color: 1l
up with bows Of vel,x1
gram the color Of the dssis
with loops forming a case,
Blondes prefer the craoum
'esI striped with blue and sn1
NTH rose buds, for Dolly vi
ladies'. foulards and
ornamented with b,
velvet.
A charming Dolly Warden
over a white taratap
trimmed with marrow; pinksd q
e., was Of tarlatan, enbroid
nth straw dotsand and field
in ,colored silk. Straw col
and cascade loops Of
elvet formed the trimming,
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

p8-In q case Of bankruptcy, re-
Gently, it was discovered that all
the poor debtor had we're nine chill
dren, and his creditors, with singu-
lar magnanimity, let him keep them.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

Spoon DoRas." From the 23d of
April to the 18th Of May, fourteen
hundred and seuentyfce dogs have
been poisoned by the police in the
city of New Orleans.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

~The city Of Carollton has a
colored fire company called Friend
ship No. g." and the friends of this
decidedly new thing in our vicini-
ty are busily engaged in soliciting
subscriptions to purchase a banner
for presentation about the 26th OF
June. We wish them success.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

~rOn Monday night last the
band of the Steamer Mary Houston
gave a fine serenade to Lieutenant
Governor Pinchback which was
duly acknowledged.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
MAY 10, 1872.
TO OUR CITY SUBSCRIBERS.

We will be glad if you notify our
Office of any delinquency on the
part of our carrier, as cur arrange
ments are such that every issue of
our paper should be regularly de-
i!vered.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
CENTRAL CKURC4

Aosording to 10 boem i Re,
CO. Thompsonb. =. op&ed 4
services on sunds5 Ii in TIL bqldll!
:dl,ns. late the FosFthsPre@yteria
Church, on the cqzaeS pf Gasque
and Liberty Streets.
A large congregation attended tn
morning service which misconduct
ed by several clerical gentlemen
DR.. Thompson read the scriptures
and hymns, while prayer was sale
tT'J1. Rev. Hunt H[,,ll, The sermon wal
preached by Mr.: Ashley, one Of The
Professors in Straight University
A fine organ presided. at by Prof
Fuller, also of Straight University,
and a hastily formed choir, made
excellent music. =,
There was preaching at 8 P. NJ.
by Rev. Hunt, and at u in the eve
ming by Rev. Reed, of the Presbyte-
rian Church, cornec Of Calliope and
Prytania streets.
The American Missionary Associ-
alton purchased the building for
500 900; $12 600 Of which they pay
down; $4,000 IN sixty days and the
remaining 5000 to be paid in one,
two and three years.
It is expected that the members
and friends of the church will raise
the three Thousand dollars within
the two months, and do much to-.
wards liquidating the annual install
menta. Contributions in aid were
received on Sunday during each
service amounting, Is announced,
to about one hundred and thirty
.~-f.5
The satisfaction and enthusiasm
prevail among.the. adherents
md friends Of this organization au-
CUR, we are glad to believe, well for
It's success and establishment.
The seats are all: free and the
leartiest invitations are offered. |
'WHosoEvER WILL LET HIM COME AND {
TAKE OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY"
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

11-The Christian Recorder of Nav
II, has this paragraph:
"The Negro Gazette, hailing from
New Orleans, has put in an appear
ance. We find it exceedingly diff
cult to fix it's true position in the
newspaper world.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

awe clip the following para,
graph from the letter Of a distin.
guished oolored contributor (P. H.
C.).to the columns of the Cincin.
natl Commercial in relation to large
and important class of our citizens :
The white Republicans of the
South are, as a rule, in close SYM
! patty with their colored allies.
They are by far more radical than
the mass Of the party in the North.
If they are 'tscalawags," they have
been hunted from their homes by
the friends Of slavery and of the Con-
federacy; they have returned from
months of hiding in swamps to find
those homes pillaged and in ashes.
They have had their sons torn from
them by conscripting oficersto fight
in q cause their souls abhorred, they
refuse to be comforted for the loss
of those sons, lying in dishonored
graves. They have stood upon the
scaffold, with ropes around their
necks, and were only saved from
death which their fellow nionists
met by the chance freaks of the mob.
Such men will have but one vote to
give, and that will be. for the regu-
lar nominee Of the Republican party.
# they are carpet-baggers, they are
o&ce-holders, and as such
anxious to reflect the wishes of the
colored voters upon whom they de-
pend tor Office; or they are of that
noble class of men. who went South
to aid honestly in the work Of re-
construction. They haverisked life;
they have endured social prcscrip-
lion :they endure what is harder, the
aspersions Of those who, at q safe
distance from the scene of conflict,
,riticise and abuse men whose
work in saving the Union is only
'econd to those who fought for t
IN the field Of battle. They have
organized and taught the colored
people; they have inspired them
With hope and self-respect; under
heir guidance and protection
chools are opened, churches organ
zed, justice administered, and a
launch party standing for liberty
nd Union is kept alive in the land (,
there slavery and disunion reign
d.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

OFFICERS. ~,
PREsr-P. B. s. PINCHBACK Of Orleans
RECORDING SEc'Y-WILLIAM VIGERS.
CORRESPONDENCE SRc'1]. w. FAIRFAX
MEMBERS.
(FoR THE STATE AT LARaE.1
EDWARD BUTLER, Of Plaquemines.
8. 8. SCHMIDT, of Orleans.
THOMPSON COAKELY, of Rapides.
ALBERT CAN'T, of St. Landry.
JOHN PARSON, of Orleans.
A. ". SMYTH, of Orleans.
q. RABY, ofNatitoches.
GEO. Y. KEISO, Rapides.
DAVID YOUNG, Concordia.
F. j. HEBRON, Of Orleans.
First Congressional District Hugh J.
Campbell, H. Mahoney.
Second Congressional District-A. E.
Barber, James L. Belden.
Third Congressional District Thomas
b. holland, George Washington.
Fourth Congressional District-E. W.
Devices, Raford Blunt.
Fifth Congressional District-A. W.
Faulkner, A. B. Harris.
s%uB.ExfeuTlvE COMMITTEE.
Hon. HUGH J. CAMPBELL, Chair
man.
Hon. P. B. s. PINCHBACK.
Hon. HARRY MAHONEY.
Hon. F. ]. HEBRON.
Hon. A. B. HARRIS.
Hon. A. E. BARBER.
! FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Hon. F. j. HERON
Hon. THOS. Fl. NOLA D.
Hon. Ed. BUTLER.
Hon. A. w. FAULKNER.
JOHN PARSONS Esq.
SATURDAY. MAY IL. 1872.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

4a$R sdg ee
lat It as apSrte 4udcI 1 te
snpmlSr of Hsitdh EsM
sans<i1ere present; z1biaeM6s
sippi contributed very largely to the
company, in the persons Of many Of
her distinguished officials.
The entire day, from 10 O'Clock
A. M. to 10 o'clock F. NJ. was
devoted to the entertainment and
amusement Of guests, who ii mia ing
the fresh southeast breeze whichpre-
vailed, were. constantly invigorated
for new sports: The proximity to
our city Of this pleasant watering
place, and the economical and regu-
lar facilities by rail and by water,
fol: going to and returning from it
will. we have no doubt, make it q
favorite place Of resort during the
summer to many'o of those who from
a variety Of circumstances will be
unable to seek recuperation anden
joyment in more distant parts. We
are informed that quite q number
of friends have resolved to visit the
hotel tomorrow; and we are re-
quested by the prqgietors to assure
them Of the perfect readiness of the
establishment for their reception.
The enthusiastic firm declare they
can accommodate from two hum
dred to three hundred boarders.
We have no doubt that the Strokes
HOTEL will receive the liberal pa
trohage the enterprise deserves, and
We wish it every success.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18

"a While it is undoubtedly tru
that the removal of Messrs. Case,
and Herwig from the Customhous
may be "too late" either for q time
" arrest of the great evil of theil
deeds, or a negative example to de
ter other federal ofice-holders from
similar usurpations or outrages or
popular rights, it must yet be re-
garded as a direct and severe rebuke
to these officials for the prostitution
of their powers in overawing the
free action Of Republicans in Au-
gust 1871, in the management OF
their State matters. Unfortunately
they have inflicted nothing but un-
mixed evil on our party and people,
and we lament to contemplate that
the results OF their mischief will be
felt and seen among us even "after
many days." indeed long after they
shall have relapsed into the appro-
pirate oblivion from which they so
untimely sprung.
Our complaint against President
Grant has been, and is, that he
turned a deaf ear to the prompt
earnest, truthful, frequent, inauen-
tial and numerous representations
from the real leaders Of our party,
Of these peoples conduct, and
when immediate action was required
he sullenly maintained them unre-
in power, with all the oppor-
tunities, facilities and evidenced dis
position to create discussions, widen
breaches, and enter into such un-
combination as threaten.
very safety Of our party. We
AN, therefore, only accept this de-
nand for their resignation as a tar
" and ungraceful atonement, as an
unwilling Sacrifice" really, accord
ng to the import of dispatches, as
lictated by the revelations disclosed
n the printed report of the Con-
Committee which came
own here some months since.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-18
GOING BACK

weighed seive aar ssade.pi q
lnge portion Of the eryshoueht'
full and suggestive addfeaesof Hbn.
r. B. Elliott. There is a view tax
en- by him of revolutions" which,
on account of its peculiar adapta-
bility to our. present condition in
Louisiana, we will linger on and
illustrate.
That this country, generally, has
recently passed" 7 through a mighty
revolution" none can deny; that the
changes in the condition of our
race in the United States constitutes
a revolution" as unparalleled for
its suddenness and unexpectedness,
as for its magnitude completeness,
will also be admitted. Inthe briefpe-
Rod of a few years, millions have
been converted from chattel into
manhood, from thorough nonentities
in the bodies, civil and polite, to per-
feet citizenship, and clothed withthe
plenary powers of. those that are
"free born" But with these vast
privileges, enormous responsibilities
have at the same time been devolv-
ed on us. Legislated into a condi-
ton Of freedom and independence
of thought and action, the. duty of
preserving that freedom, Of guard
ing that independence from en-
croachment or curtailment has also
been imposed. ss>.. 49,: "
According to Mr.. Elliott there is
dangerous tendency, in the newly
emancipated, to retrograde, to
relapse, to 60 backward, and be-
come involved in calamity and dis
if not identical, certainly quite
as overwhelming as any from which
We may have escaped. These things
being true, the importance of con-
slant eircumspection and intelligent
personal watchfulness is seen at once
it, comes that eternal vigi-
|anoe is the price of liberty"
Now, for our illustration. The
'o]ored people Of Louisiana have
through periods like those
'bove described, they have been
'recipitated far to the front by a
,reat upheaval and a Ego forward" 1
'apacity bestowed. 4. few years of
experiment. in this condition have c
and we are called on to wit {
less the spectacle of a fatal relaxa- I
ion in vigilant watchfulness against G
be operation of those forces which I
drive us backward. In y,
lead of unity, which can alone in !
IRE success we have strife and di- :
ision. In the place of confidence u
nd mutual support we have dis II
'ust, abandonment and denuncia- a
on, and thus instead of progress q
e in solid, irresistible phalanx, we u
re- scattered and exposed to the P
angers of a retrograde movement
it'll our rights invaded, our privileg- 1(
abridged, and the terms of our q
continuance in the land" dictated. a.
? those whose victims we shall un- "
1estionably fall. 81
We make these remarks not only q
illustrate the truth of MI. Eli Il
ts doctrine, but to indicate the ~
in which our people stand to- o.
y, and to attract their attention "
the causes of our danger, in or %
r that they may devote all their
in time to avert the catas- :.
IN wh;aI, mn stand nvnooo1