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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13

LETTER FROM Gov. WARMoTH.-A
New York dispatch Of the 9Th inst,
says;
A letter has been received by the Lib
eral committee from GOV. WarmOth,
who writes that the Liberal movement
is sweeping everything before it; that
the people are brushing aside the poll
ticians and taking the lead themselves
that the Grant Republicans nominated a
miserable ticket in Louisiana, andmany
of the delegates denOunce it, and he
hopes that Baltimore will do its duty.
The Weekly Louisianian sums up the
Baton Rouge Convention {: e" 1t is wOr-
thy of remark that the Custom-house
convention was deliberately eOmp0sediOf
persons holding Offices under the Fede-
raj government, that a majority of the
nominees are Federal O~fffce-hOlders.
That the President and Secretary Of the
convention were Federal office-hOlders.
That the majority of the Seargeants-
at Arms who figured SO cOnspieH01sly
about the convention, I in the employ
of the Federal government. That the
convention was manipulated complete
ly by the United States Marshal; S. b.
Packard. That in short, the e0nyen-
ton was a regular family game
IF it is inconsistency for Democrats
to- yotefort the abolitionist Greeley, what
is itfor old republicans to vote for the
pro-slaYefy Buchanan Democrat Grant I
[SpFtngield Republican.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13

In connection with the above it is
worthy of remark that the Customhouse
Convention was deliberately composed
of persons holding Offices under the fed
eral government, that Il majority of the
nominees are federal ottice-holders.
That the President and Secretary Of the
convention were federal otfice-holders.
That the majority of the Sergeant-at-
arms whotiguredso cOnspicUOusly about
the convention are in the employ of the
federal government. That the cOnven-
ton was manipulated completely by the
United States Marshal, S. B. Packard.
That in short the convention was Il reg
lar family game.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13

Baton Rouge and that parish is a
Liberal stronghold. On the occasion Of
Governor Warmoth's attending the COM
mencement of the State University
there, he was invited to make a speech,
which was well received by the people
and reported and favorably commented
on, perhaps by the former Democratic
now Liberal papers there. From this
has sprung newspaper quarrel between
the New Orleans Picayune, strongly anti
Liberal, and the Baton Rouge Gazette
and Comet. The latter paper, in Il reply
to the former, takes occasion to say:
AS regards Warmoth, we look upOn
him in the same light that we do the
average politician. But to say he is q
thief we cannot, because no court of
justice has ever arTaigned him on q
charge Of theft; to say he is a scoundrel,
we might be wrong, for we have not the
proof to sustain the charge. But to the
point that he is a politician, bold, ambi-
tlOus and perhaps untrustWOrthy, we
have right to speak of him-t0 con-
denim him for his wrongs and to give
him whatever credit that may be Justly
due him. A nal was never so mean but
that he had some redeeming traits; is it
just in the eyes of the enlightened and
christianity nineteenth century to con
denim a man for all he does whether it
be good or bad? No, we say it is not,
and we do not propose to make the col
umns of this paper a vehicle to carry so
much dead Weight-the synonym of
ignorance and stupidity. We have
never spoken to the Governor in our
life, nor do we expect to; we only know
him as the Governor of this State,
we respect the position he holds, and
for these reasons we attended the meet
ing at which he addressed a large con-
course OF u citizens and taking what
he said as his convictions, we gave them
to our readers in substance free from
any doubt OF undue reflections, because
we had no right to dispute them, for he
certainly knew his own mind better
than we did.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13

The New York World, considered the
leading Democratic paper in the United
States, which has, until within q few
days past, been bitterly opposed to Gree
ley, says:
Mr.. Greeley is going to Baltimore
without any competitors. Mr.. Hendricks
has virtually committed himself to Gree
ley by cOnsenting to run as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of Indiana
in close conjunction with the Greeley
movement; Governor Seymour has pub
icly, and Chief Justice Church private
ly, endorsed this strange proposal Gov
ernor Randolph, who, so long as there
was any hope, was it's most active and
Jealous opponent, has given in; MI.
ThnTman's and Mr.. Pendlet0n's friends
make no signs; Mr.. Kerr, who was per-
haps the most thoroughly disguised of
our able Democratic statesmen, has ac-
ceptedt the situation and even Nj. Voor-
hees has withdrawn his opposition.
The Boston "Post," the Hartford
g Times," the Philadelphia "Age,' the
Washington Z Patriot, nand several lead
ing Southern papers, which secuted the
Cincinnati nomination at first, have, one
by one, succumbed to the inevitable.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13
10 COHOFCd Mem,

The New Orleans LOuisidnian, entirely
owned and edited by cOlored men, and
which is considered the organ of Lieut..
Gov. Pinehback, under the above cap
ton, says:
Now that the blaze of contention over
" harmony" is out, now that every hon
est and honorable effort to unite the old
republican party has been violently de
featcd and the INSCRIPTIONS few have
obtained a temporary victory over the
many, and have nominated aState ticket
OF their w III opposition and repug-
nance to the will Of the people, it is fit
ting that we look to the issues that are
now pressing themselves on our notice,
Squarely in the face. We affirm that
tie Packard Convention and its nomi-
esS are tor all purposes of utility or sue
cess a huge failure, and cannot receive
the support and endorsement Ofthe DcO-
pie of Louisiana.
But there is to be a State election in
November, and it is of paramount I'M
pOrtance that the bulk OF the people OF
the State, without regard to technical
and uninpOrtant issues, unite imne-
diately on a common platform to secure
the overthrow of Federal domination
pe~rsOnified on the Baton Rouge ticket
dllu pace JIle SEdIG Government on q
basis in accordance with the ~eXigencies
OF the times and the demands of prOgress
and enlightenment.
This is the most OppOrtune moment to
inaugurate the era Of harmony and good
feeling between all the races and classes
Of the State. Professions of such Il de-
sire have been repeatedly expressed on
all sides, and we regard this as the mo-
ment to effect Il real, beneficial and per-
manGnt harmony of feeling and senti-
ment between all the good people of
Louisiana, irrespective Of former polit-
ings. Such a combination viii not only
be an evidence of the triumph of reason
and Of truth over prejudice and error,
but also be Il happy augury of better
times, and TelieyeLOuisiana from being
the scene of adventurous exploits and
blatherskite pretensiOns.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13

E~IghIV-4ige Democratic newspapers
Im Kentucky ag opposed I'd Il straight
out nomination cit Baltimore foHE are
I'LL aypr. The Mapractieables have.
very little representation III The press of
the State.
, 1872-01-09

THE Horse, Carriage, and Boat
Taxes for the lst half-year 1872
will be received at this office andby the
Police sistant at Frederiksted from
the Goth of January to the 10th of
February next, both days included,
after which the lists of arrears will
be Transmitted to the respective Po-
licemasters to be enforced within 8
days and a special citation to this eff
feet will without delay be served bv
the Police, for which each debtor of
Taxes incurs a fine of 90 cents ifthe
Taxes be under S., and 40 cent if
SIS or above, besides eventually the
ordinary levy-expences.
The TaXlists, which will be dis
tributed by the Police, are to be fill
ed up in conformity with the Ordi-
Of 22hd February 1866, on the
Ist of January and returned to the
respective PoIicemasters within 48
hours in town and 4 days in the
country.
Royal Treasures Office st. Croix
the 29th December 1871. -.
HOVER,
cOnst.
, 1872-01-09
Auction. Auction.

% \ request OF Mr.. IL. Riis | will
I'D sell at public Auction on Satuy-
day 1871 inst. all his nearly new
con
sisting of Bedsted and Bedding, Cane
seat Chairs and Rockers, Sofas,
Clothes Press, Toilets, Dining,
Card and other Tables, Silver,
China, Glass and Cutlery Wares,
Carpets and Rugs, Kitchen and
Pantry Inventory; also a few dozen
Old Wines, one American single or
double seat Phaton and a splendid
Poney.
Sale to commence at l o'clock
from his residence on Estate Grange
near Christiansted.
st. Croix Auctionroom, End Jan.
1872. :"
r. ROBINSON,
AuctiOneer.
, 1872-01-09

A NEwLY-INyENTED hy-paperin Titus
vile, Pa, is covered with nltro-glycerine,
glue, and molasses. The flies, attracted
by the molasses, alight, and are stuck
fast by the glue. Should any get away,
they proceed to rub their legs together
in ecstacy, when the friction of their
own shins causes the nitro-glyceripe ad-
herring t other feet and limbs TO explode,
blowing them to atoms.
, 1872-01-09

A A arrested for theft, when aakan
before the magistrate and asked WFhat
his occupation was, frankly answered.
"Stealing." "Your candour astonishcs
me !" said the judge. II thought it
would" replied the lad, "seeing how
many big''uns there are in the same bust
ness and is ashamed to own TT"
A scHooLMAsTER in Bridgeport, CT,
who asked a small pupil of what the
surface ofthe earth consists, and was
promptly answered, Land and water"
varied the question slightly, that the
fact might be impressed on the boys
mind, and asked: What, thet, do land
and water make !" to which came the
immediate response" Mud"
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
General News Item

The Nashville street-cars are provided
each with clock
There are but 200 or 800 Indians left
amoug the everglades Of Florida, and
/ they are killing themselves as fast possi-
bic with whisky.
The overland telegraph in Australia
now ex xtends 300 miles north from Mel
burne and will be completed to the north
coast in four months.
/ 4 gentleman in the suburbs of Mont.
gomery, Ala, has recently hatched 900
chickens by steam, aud has l 500 eggs in
progress Of. incubation.
Molasses candy until this paste winter
was an unknown confection in Berlin, a
baker there having been led iuto the Sc.
cret by an American youth at school.
The salary of the Canadian viceroy is
$50, 600 year, with two or three rent
free palatial residences, and the Office is
usually held for five years.
The Pensacola (Fla) Express, in
speaking of the navy yard at that place,
says that the basin gate, built at the ex-
pense of S25 600, has been destroyed for
lack of necessary attention.
The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion is in.
formed that the proprietors of the hotels
in the state generally will close their es-
tablishmeuts in the event of the civil
rights bill being approved and becoming
law.
\ letter from Lima Peru. says that
you may see there wret,l he'd old duennas,
part Indian, part negro, md part Span
lard, as ugly as night, with only a single
long cotton garment and an old paneha
for a dress, aud the poucha clasped by a
diamond brooch that the queen of Eug
land would not disdain to wear. ,
A lady in Maysville, KY, hay in her
hot house a tree loaded with ripe oranges
and covered with bloom Among other
rare plants she has lemons, bananas,
tania, japan plums, palmetto, pampas
grass. etc, all of which are growing as
luxurinntly as they do in their native
climate.
A son of Brigham Young, in response
to a Gentle inquiry. admitted that the
Young Mormon women undoubtedly OBJ
iected to the fractional husband system
but he said They have to marry some
body, and. if they choose married man,
they save themselves the pang which they
would afterwards experience if they took
a single man and he married again"
The project of grand reunion of the
veterans Of 1912, and of the survivors
of the massacre of the River Raisin, at
Monroe, Mich , is assuming some shape,
and the coming Fourth of July will be
fixed upon for the celebration Many OF
the old Kentucky soldiers will be pres,
ent, together with their leader, Geueral
Leslie Combs
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
how to Ent an Ornnge.

Brazil is great country for oranges,
and the Brazilans know how to eat the
delicious fruit. To enjoy an orange
thoroughly, says one of the newspaper
correspondents in Prof Agassiz's present
expedition, you should eat it in the
Brazilian fashion. You slice segment
of the flower end deep enough to 90
completely through the skin; then re
placing the segment, thrust a fork
through it to the very centre of the
orange. if the tines are long enough.
Holding the fork in your left hand, peel
the orange with very sharp small table
knife, slicing all the skin off, the seq
ment at the base of the fork being in
this operation a shield to prevent any
danger Of cutting the left thumb Now,
with two cuts of the knife disseet out
the pulp of one of the pockets and con
vey it to the mouth Follow this up,
pocket by pocket, and the skins of the
pocket remain on the fork, like the leaves
of book open until the covers touch.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
The Ne3v Work TrEbuDe's Course
in fhe Coming Campaign.

Horace Greeley prints the following in
the Tribune, as to the course Of that
paper in the forthcoming presidential
campaign
i. If there shall be Democratic can~
didates for President and Vice President
in the field we propose to support that
Republican ticket which seems most like
ly to succeed.
- II the main issue in the canvass
shall be protection against free trade,
We shall, no matter as to the candidates,
be found on the side Of protection.
3. But if, as we hope aud expect,
there shall be two Republican tickets,
aud noue other presented with any hope
of success, we shall favor that one whose
election vii be, iu our judgment, most
likely to promote economy in public ex
penditure, purity in legislation and al
minIstration. substantial In unauimity,
upholding for all citizens a complete
equality Of rights under the law, and
hasten the return Of fraternal concord
and mutual good will between those who
were arrayed against each other in san
culinary strife throughout our great civil
war.
'Such is our position, ard it will not
be affected by the nomination of \, b
c, or d, at Cincinnati, Philadelphia, or
elsewhere
But let it be distinctly understood
that, whatever may be the issues, who
ever may be the candidates, the Tribune
will not be AN organ We shall print
20 campaign editorial; We shall not sur
render our columns mainly or largely to
the advocacy of this or that platform or
ticket; we shall not shout and sweat, and
put forth frantic appeals in behalf Of
any party or cause; we shall do our ut
most to make the best newspaper in the
country. if not in the world, in which
our readers will find all the facts essen
tial to the formation of a correct judg-
ment on public affairs. If that judgment
shall concur with ours, very well; if not,
it is none of our business.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
ShIpments in KSuEk to Europe
via. the Mississippi.

The Missouri Democrat announces
that shipments of corn in bulk to Eu-
rope. via the great water route, are now
progressing satisfactory. Since Monday
of last week over one hundred thousand
bushels Of cora have been taken by the
barge. in bulk line for England and
France via New Orleans. This corn is
going forward on a contract freight Of
ten cents per l1shel, which is slightly
tough for the barge line people, as just
now they could get thirty five to forty
cepts per hundred pounds for carrying
miscellaneous freights down the river,
and this corn pays but about eighteen
cents per hundred But contracts are
contracts, even though not made in
writing, and the barge line are not the
party TO break them. After all though
the obligation to carry bulk corn at ten
cents per bushel seems now to their dis
advantage, it may, in the long run, turn
out TO have been the best thing they
could do, as by moving the corn out of
store here they make room for more to
come, thus providing plenty Of loading
for the barges when the rush of mis-
celaneous fright shall have ended, which
will be the case in thirty days But it
must be supposed that the Barge Line
Company are taking no miscellaneous
frelshts. Only part Of their room is
given to bulk grain-probably less than
one third the balance of the capacity of
each tow is taxed to its utmost with
-four provisions, liquors, hay, bagged
grain, corn meas and general merchan
disc. There Is an immense rush of
freight going southwark from this city
For want of laborers to put it rapidly
aboard Of the boats it accumulates in
vast heaps on the levee
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
"As Goes PenmsyIvauio,, ;,

a lew days. ago the New York Ere
aing Post, which maintains still unsev
cred umbilical connection with the Ad
ministration party, plainly told the Re-
publfeans of Pennsylvania that if they
should nominate Hlrtranft for governor.
they would be beaten. 1t said
The Republican party has a feeble
tenure IN that state. 1t has thrown away
It's strength in the defence of the phila-
delphia rings and-of an inefficient, if not
corrupt state 90 sernment When the
fever OF reform was at It's highest last
fall, the Republicans promised to i'm
prove this condition Of affairs They
did improve the Philadelphia city gov
ernnlent to some extent, but they elected
a legislature which has steadily refused
to reform any of the abuses which have
made Pennsylvania politics bye word
and reproach If the ordinary signs
are TO be trusted, the Republicans pro
pose e continue in their old course by
uomipating Gen. John F. Hartranft for
Governor, and by making the re election
of Ssaator Cameron IN issue ia the com
ing canvass.
If the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
after many months of reform agitation,
can promise no better than this, they
ought.o be defeated next fall. Gen.
Ilartrards /, not a suitable man to direct
the administration Of great state, and
Mr Siuon Cameron has the confidence
Of 10 party and nobody except the crea-
lures Of his ring.
The Republican leaders Of Peunsylva-
Dia have presumed too long upon the
and good nature OF the people.
They are plainly inviting defeat both in
the state aud International canvass, and
they will have TO turn over 4 new leaf -
They did not "turn over new leaf
however, they have nominated the very
man whose nomination the Post told
them would invite defeat
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
Horace Greeley on SuperfiuOuS
Lawyers and Doctors.

The Philomathian Society of Cumber-
land University recently elected a num-
Der of distinguished gentlemen honora-
ry members of that body-amoug them,
Horace Greeley, who sent the following
characteristic reply:
New York, March &c, 1872
DEAR SIR II have yours of tLstI26
instant, and gratefully acceRH
of which it notifies me. N
And now permit me to make an ~.
gracious return for your kindness | am
impeled to protest against the devotion
of so many young men-many of them
our ablest and brightest-to the profes-
sion of law have no vulgar prejudices
against that pursuit. know that many
have DJbly served God and Man in that
caliDg-I protest only because see that
profession overcrowded while others are
untitled and neglected. Your State needs
this day ten thousand educated and ca
pabie young men to teach her where
to look for mines and how to open aud
work them-how to belt her soil with
additional railroads, laid with steel
wrought from her own vast wealth Of
Iron ore-how to multiply her furnaces,
factories, machine shops, implement man
ufactories, &c &c. Yet she leaves these
needs unsupplied while she grinds out
grist of superfuous lawyers and doctors
You will not heed my protest; still, |
ask You to record it for the benefit Of the
wiser and more docile generations which
| trust are to succeed you.
Believe me yours,
HORACE GREELEY.
Harry Lee Gosliug, Law School, Leb
anon, Tenn.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
TransnIanting.

The Germantown Telegraph says !:
There is no mode that we ever tried so
effectual in transplauting tomato, cab
bage, canteloupe, or any other tender
plant from the hot bed, or from one
place to another, as to prepare vessel
filed with manure water and rich soil,
about the consistency of thin mush
with which the roots Of the plants should
be we'll coated, and set in a hole made
with round piece of wood or dibble.
After being rather firmly planted moisten
again with manure water. We have
never failed in any transplanting, when
done in this way, aud the trouble is very
slight.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20

THE LOTTERY Business, The greed
for gain is almost universal with poor,
weak, humanity, and to obtain money
without labor is the study of very large
portion Of the human family. Hence,
prize concerts, prize package enterprises,
lotteries, and gambling houses of all
kinds flourish, and without capital, aud
in most cases without honor, they regu-
larly increase and get on swimmingly. It
is in vain for moralist to talk against
these gambling concerns; they offer in
ducements to the unsophisticated to OBJ
taiu something for nothing, and there
fore always have patrons in large num-
bers. / every reader Of the COURIER,
once for all. will take our advice and
never buy any kind Of lottery ticket,
however showily advertised, they will
save money, aud stand much better
chance 10 draw fortunes. Newspapers
should not advertise these lottery; but,
then, newspaper owners arc human. aud
the temptation Of big pay is too much to
resist, and hence they find place in the
columns Of respectable papers. Besides
papers are not expected to endorse what
is said iu their advertising columns. The
editor can no more determine which is a
swindle than the public, and would be
in endless broils if he denounced any
particular institution until it proves Itself
4 swindle and then it Is too late.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20

How TO GET NoTEs.-Governmen
business is not managed like private
business-especially during election
times just previous to the late election
in New Hampshire, government needed
the services Of large number Of voting
hands at the Portsmouth navy yard.
1t was easy to engage the hands. but not
so easy to employ them where there was
no work for them to DO. But govern
ment had commenced building ship,
the Illinois, at that navy yard some
seven years ago, and though it cost ST.
500 600, had permitted it to rot down.
Half a hundred men were set to work
pulling the Illinois ie pieces; and thus
the administration gained City votes.
The Hickman courier., 1872-04-20
RNnn TO be EEung.

The Paducah 76bacco Plant thinks
that as Gov. Leslie has, for the second
time, respited John Ryan from the gal
lows after he had made up his mind to
die, he ought now to commute his pun
ishment to the peniteutiary for term Of
years. OF for specially as the H.
Jacco Plant l. opposed to capital punish
ment any how, and still more especially,
as it is now entirely certain that the mur-
der of which Ryan was convicted was
committed BY his comrade, Eagap, in his
presence, when they were both desper
ately drunk.