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Hon. P. B. s. p;nchk.

Zion. P: B. s. PipchhN.s
fo . in the hope Of
allPast difficulties, by ~ TO- Soa !
nlpt OF a committee Of ia ~. 7
EbaIs from each conven 1T Nv !,
|p g gsset Of uniting the t.at'
| Resolued, That our ns ssass
resented ram in the Stat 'i csal'
8 called By Hon. P. BIS p;;s.'
mite Of Il the sDe R STATE Cent?
which will assemble on ts' a.
IN City Of New 0rls .,s.
R purpose Of eleeting dds,t !
f mladeiPhia Noninst;ps'' y
saVh SdNQs t0at va not:s:o
called President p ef %' :
COMMITTEES to issue hi. u. s1s
immediate assembling If ta Is,l
to to the ab eSs' n we s93;s5st :
And, providing that ! Come
called) President sbe, y tie
issue his call, that tbs s4 .a,! !;?a1s
queeted to assemble e,rs:p s
above mentioned pq.no ns' 's
Resolved, That w sHs
ren s OF all Republican ds iea,
the Republican part 1e'ps'aaaa'
Resolved, That these o,,,.,,.
De published in the s1a g,'dse
Eet'o"@ Republican, and ill., ~ !
A true copy,
(S'gned) R. 6. GARDyp
ppn~
W. KERN, secretarv
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Hesting Of Republican Club NJ. 2.
CARRo1LToN, JEFFERSON PARISH,
Saturday, May 4, 1872.

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Saturday, May 4, 1872.
At a regular meeting of the allow
Club, held on Saturday, May 4
1872, the question being raised asst
the best plan Of adoption to har
monte the Republicans in this gar
ish and State, a motion offered b,
H: P. Taylor prevailed, granting 9
participation Of all Republicans in
this meeting. upon which motion
having been adopted, the following
preamble and resolutions were Of
fered by W. Paul Green, and unani-
mously. adopted by the Club:
WHEREAS The State Convention
called by the President OF the Gus
tomhouse State Central Committee
of the Republican party Of Louisi-
ana on the 30th of April, 1872, for
the purpose of electing delegates to
the National Convention to be hold
en- in. Philadelphia on the 9Th day
of June 1872, for the purpose Of
electing a President and Vice Pres
Iident Of the United States; and
WHEREAS The above mentioned
Convention did adjourn sine die, on
motion Of q delegate from this par
ish, without allowing . fair and de-
liberate expression Of the sentiments
of many delegates .(good, honest,
tried and true Repubhcans) who
were ready to sacrifice all prefer
ments for the purpose of uniting
the two branches of the Republican
party; and, - 34
Whereas An exhibit Of unity
and friendship was shown to Lieu
tenant Governor Pincnback in that
assembly which convinces US that
the PnoP1E are willing to come to-
gether il tho leaders win allow them,
Therefore, be- it
Resolved, That We the members OF.
Republican Club No. 4 do now de-
clare our intention 10 adopt the
plan and advice suggested by the
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~>Deep, unspeakable suffering I
well be called a baptism, q regene's1
the initiation into q new state.
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II NEW1D1GFANs WFEKIKI IoTlsANIANII1E3

] d THE 3
3 ! ~a|RukfafF'
/ K11lhepoAtical SllyHt In he,
/ est and masse4of doud1 % hgs
coa'sskfian'slyj u betorsth eye.Rha
was in space a month ago, mo big
: ger than q mans hand" has in th
Liberal Republican movement Dc
nkloped a marvellous significance +: i i
the field, and as the glass sweep
, the horizonsit shows no larger ele
ment than this in view To
: then of modelling policies and snap
! ing parties . twelvemonth hence
or even sixty days, is, in view Q
these rapid combinations, perfeca,,
useless. The atmospher, however
is clearing fast, and it is plainl,,
seen that the contest is narrowed
). down into one line: Of battle dis
puted by two eontending hosts hav
ingIa Northern and Western wing
and resting upon the South as or
its rear. It is here in the old slave
State where the battle will be fought
out; here where the, ,enfranchised
races hold the balance Of power in
their hands and where they viii de-
eide the contest FS,kil1ful leaders are
on bothsides; the straight out Demo.
|crats are simply the gherillas who
can do nothing but harrass the
great contending hosts sand as a
party are entirely'o out Of the ques-
ton. As our people hold the bal
ance where are, we to give the
weight? Upon that side which will
best secure the rights for which the
mass Of .colored people struggle.
The side which is the most liberal
and that shows less Of the cloven
foot Of exclusion and caste. A
oolored mans party is out Of the
question: is not Republican. Fol-
nothing in a party which makes
questions Of. race or nationality a
cause Of difference is either liberal
or just on in the American sense,
and is no more correct than for a
party to be down on all men with
red hair. We believe no sensible
man advocates a colored mans
party. Our strength lies in a union
and combination with the most
liberal Of the two hosts; where camp
fires are lit up along the whole line;
we must join in and take sides; to
on our own hook would
result in our being beaten by both
armies, who would then see in us a
common enemy. It is probably the
first time in the history Of the
country where 'the oolored vote.
will elect president. Our old enc
mics, the Democrats, are beaten
from the field; the spirit Of their
party had to go down. Upon this
Titan the age has heaped mountains
II rebuke and resentment, and
though the monster struggles now
md then under his punishment,
splitting fire and venom, and breath
:ng a vengeance he is powerless to
his dominion has passed
.way forever and ever: That party !
which will catch up and foster any
me Of the progeny Of evils left by
he Democrats will be the one that
hall go down. Eternal Justice has
aid it. The colored people can do {
without combination and (
q this lies our great strength. We I
lemand the simple privileges Of {
reedom. and claim none Of the evils. !
of these parties is the !
on the true Republican l
me, is our party, and will receive 8
ur support in November: III.
"THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY" was .
shered in by a fne picnic at the b
oakland Course by the Young La G
les Benevolent Association, to
'hich. we had the pleasure of an in
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STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
oFfIcfss.

OFFICERS,
Pm'r-P. B. s. PINCHBACK Of rleans.
R.ooaDna SHc'x-WILLIAM vIGERS.
CORRESPONDING SEcx-. W. FAIRFAX.
- .t:if. ijs.Fi ~ r
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ored man, but. only colored enough
to be thus classed by the most ski1fu
discerners Of proscribed blood. An,
where outside Of the United State.
he might pass for a Spaniard, 6
F~renchman' an italian, or an East
Indian, but here, where color il
made more important than charac.
ter, he is easily and quickly coupled
with the hated race. In, person he
is about the medium size, symme-
trical in form, neat and trim in his
apparel, perhaps a little dainty in
respect to the latter. He is neither
fat nor lean, aud is of that "make
up from which. we may safely. ex-
pect sustained, protracted, and en-
ergetic action, without WEAKNESS.
That he is..a man Of courage his his
tory not less than his appearance
fully proves. No man less coura-
geous than himself could have talk
ed and acted in Louisiana as he did
during all. the war and held his
ground as he has. He. was. a cap
tain during the wal, and has been a
prominent politician in the State
since the. wal. His bold words and
measures have 6xedupon him much
Of the smothered wrath of the old
regime. but he moves about freely
among men ready for any emergen-
cy. and with an air Of repose which
comes of manly courage and con
safety. .
We.heard very little Of Governor
in the way ofsspeech-
in the convention; but we
enough to convince Us that
be is . cool and elear-headed de-
batter and q man of real power
among men. Many and bitter
tEh,iings: have been said Of his early
career. The moral atmosphere Of
Qrleans. haa never been noted
itspurity and freedom from vice.
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Commercial.

SATURDAY, May II, 1871!
COTTON
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o~~ ~NAA3O0 0O"N0y ~
his face the lineamenz of the great
General from whom he is descend
ed. Knowing as We do from the
history Of the great struggle in San
to Domingo: and of&the part taken
in that struggle by Dessaline, it was
worth our whole tour to. New Or
leans to see this one Of his descend.
ants. With such men as Barber
and Boree in the South, it will not
be easy to reverse the wheels of
Liberty in that region. We are not
dazzled by military show, but, hon.
ored as we were with q military
escort when we left New Orleans, it
is due to say that we were more
than pleased with the soldierly
bearing and decorous behavior of
the colored men as well as their Of
fcers on. that memorable occasion
The sight Of such a military de-
m%onstration, uniforms g~littering in
the sun, banners flying, and splen-
did martial music sounding through
the streets Of the great city, told
more eloquently than words can
tell, of the vast and wonderful
changes which have come over the
whole country.
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Like most yoaq haFl
fspent their ea1 nal ook IN thall
city, he has prob bsen addicted
to habits which u ho4Aegxets and
(which he has yabcadoned
He is said to be. an ambitious man
and the charge is doubtless true
but we believe that he would Al
soon cnt of his right arm, as t<
prove false to the cause Of the col.
ored people Of Louisiana. There wat
much in the talent and character OK
hibited among The members Of The
New Orleans Convention to confirm
our oft-repeated c,otn1viction-that
the South will produce its own col.
ored leaders. The .colored man
from the North who goes South
expecting to find himself head! and
shoulders above his Southern ,bre-
thren, will soon have the .conceit
taken out of him. He may for the
time have the advantage that ex-
perience and education at the North
has given him, but this advantage
will speedily disappear.
It is quite common to attribute
all the mental excellence which may
at any time be exhibited in colored.
men,, to their mixture with the
white race. This arrogant. fallacy
was well rebuked by the speeches
of men OF unmixed blood IN the
convention. Much Of the assumed
mental superiority of the mulatto
and quadroon over the jet black
man of the South is due to their
superior advantages of education
and the freer contact they have had
with educated whites. One Of the
most agreeable gentlemen we met
IN New Orleans man whom we
are proud to call our fiend-was
General Barber, a man of unques-
and uninterrupted African
descent. Captain Boree another,
q nron1.o - nn..1 n....
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FRED. DOUGLASS ON LOUISI.
ANIANS,

The last issue of the Mew Nation.
al Era contains a lengthy and inter.
esting description Of the trip Of
Frederick Douglass Esq. to New
Orleans, written by himself.
We copy the following with ref
erence to three well known gentle
men:
"While in New Orleans we were
the guest Of Lieutenant Governor
P. B. s. Pinchback, and it. is
due to him to say that he was too
much Of gentleman to impose up
on US his supposed Warmoth predi-
lections, or to commit us for. or
against either faction of the Repub-
ican party in the State. His sole
aim seemed to be to make our visit
to the Crescent city useful to our COM
mon cause, and every way pleasant
to ourselves; and it is not too much
to assure him from this distance
that he admirably succeeded in both
particulars. Mr. Pinchback is a COL
ored man, but. only colored enough
to be thus classed by the most killful
aiscerners Of proscribed blood. Any
where outside of the United States
The Lincoln County herald., 1872-08-07
TERMS or ADvER rIS2NG.
Order or Publication.

State of Missouri, }ss In Lincoln Circuit Court
Archibald V. Mckee and VIM. Frazier, pl'fs.
versus
Robecca A. Foreman and David Foreman, Dtf'ts.
To Set Aside Deed.
NOW at this day come the said plaintiffs before
~ the Judge of said Court and file their petit
ton, stating among other things that the said
David Foreman is a non resident Of the state of
Missouri. tits therefore ordered by the Judge
Of said court that publication bc made notifying
the said David Foreman that an action has been
commenced against him by petition In said court,
tho object and general nature Of which is to set
aside deed or deeds made in favor of Rebccca
A. Foreman Of and to tho following described
land, to Wit: The undivided ono half Of the east
half Of the southeast qr of section NOD, and the
west half Of the southeast quarter Of section No.
4, also the southwest Or of the southwest ar Of
section No 3, all in township AZ. range l west;
also all of 10 Nos. FIVE 5),cleven (I1, two (2),
four (4), and seven ~, being part of the sub
division of tho real estate Of Jacob Presley, de-
ceased among his heirs, as made by the cOmAis-
siOners appointed by the Circuit Court Of Lincoln
county, to partition tho lands Of said Presley
among his heirs, the plat Of said subdivision be-
ing on record in the recorders Office in the county
aforesaid in book N, page l68 and following, and
being part of the northeast fractional or Of
southwes quarter of section No. o, all In town
ship and range aforesaid; also the north half Of
the northeast Of the northeast of section No. Q,
township and range aforesaid. And you. the
said David Foreman, a.e hereby required to be
and apear in the court on or before the first day
Of the next term thereof, to be begun and held at
the court house in said county on the first Mon
day after the fourth Saturday in September next,
and answer said petition, or the same will be
taken as confessed and it is further ordered that
a copy hereof bo published in the Lincoln County
Herald, a newspaper published in this county and
state, for four weeks SUCCESSFULLY, as by law re-
quired.
....... A true copy Of the record.
:SEAL: Witness my hand as clerk and tho
''". .' seal of said court hereto affixed at
tfice in Troy, Lincoln comfy, Mo-, this Sd day
Of July, 1872. WIN. COLBERT, Clerk.
juIyI7n29W4
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Order Of Publication In Vacation.

July 18Th, 1872.
sssss ss.s Of .. s sss.s 1T s.p k's 4s,S oiss
Susan Perkins, p'f' ,,,., =, ,o,. 40,
Peter Cassidy. pen. "'''' 'a count. au,' '''
Nov at this day comes the plaintiff In tho
~ above cause before the undersigned Clerk Of
the Circuit Court Of Lincoln county in vacation,
and files her petition and affidavit, stating that
Peter Cassiday is q non resident of this state.
1t is therefore ordered by the Clerk aforesaid In
vacation that publication be made notifying him
that an action hos been commenced against him
by petition for tho pay ment Of note of Seven
Hundred Nollars and 81 cents, with 10 per cent.
interest thereon, and with the several credits an
nexed to 1t, dated, 18th February, 1867 and also
an account of the firm Of Cake 4 Rogers, as
signed to Plaintiff in the sum Of Sixty 25l0O Dol
lars, dated Nay 30th, S72, and that his property
has been attached. Now therefore you the said
Peter Cassidy, non resident, aro hereby required
| to be and appear in said court on before she
third day Of the next term, which will be begun
and held at the court house in the town Of Troy
in said county, on the fifth Monday in Se2tem-
ber next, 1879, and answer the said petition, or
tho same will be taken Is confessed. And 1t 10
further ordered that o copy hereof be published
in the Lincoln County Herald, a newspaper Dub-
lshed In Troy in said county. for tour weeks
successfully. as b. la : required.
| Attest: WIN. COLBERT, Clerk.
By j. HILLEs, DC.
csSs,S s.stS OF Of ni;.Ss hi"s"la wm Colbert, Clerk
of the circuit court in and for said county, here
by certify that the above is . truo copy Of tho
original order Of publication Ia the cause therein
named, Us the same appears in book II, page 40
...... In my office. wi ness my hand as
:SEAL: Clerk Apd the seal Of said court. Done
""''" ut office at Troy. this cath day o.
July, 1872 wM. COLBERT, Clerk
| jul3in3l j HILLER, Deputy.
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Order OF Publication.

State OF Missouri, .
County Of Lincoln,
a the circuit Court of Lincoln county, State
Of Missouri, at its March term and on the 28th
day Of March, 1872, the following is found, to-
wit:
Robert Ricks, John W. Norton, Jamos II. Nor
ton, Joshua Kicks, Jane Bosnian and Michael
D. Bosnian her husband, Martha Kicks, Mary
Wilkinson, John Kicks, Rachel Carly, Harriet
Kicks, and Stephen Kicks he- husband, Caro-
line Grcsaza and James GresaIa her husband,
PLAINTIFF, vs..
Norton, Emily J. Norton, Albert Taylor,
Belle Taylor, Oscar Taylor, Betty Taylor and
Charles Taylor, Defendants.
Petition for Partition.
Now come the plaintiffs herein, by attorney,
ahd it appearing to the court that Albert Taylor,
Belle Taylor. Oscar Taylor, Betty Taylor and
Charles Taylor, defendants. are non residents Of
this State. and that the ordinary process of law
cannot be served upon them, il is therefore or
dered by The Court that publication be made
| notifying the said defendant that an action has
been commenced against them BY petition in tho
Circuit Court of Lincoln county and State Of
Missouri, the object and general nature Of which
| is to obtain partition and division Of the follow
ing described real estate, situate in Lincoln
county, Missouri, to wit: East half southeast
quarter section 81 township so range l east, 80
| acres; southwest quarter section 81, township
SO, range | east. 1850 acres; west half northeast
quarter section 2s, township SO range l east, so
acres in northwest quarter northwest quarter,
section %, township 80, range ! east, about 30
acres east part of northwest quarter section 2S,
township so range | east, SO acres west half
southwest quarter section 80, township so, range
l east, 80 acres; east half southeast quarter
section 20, township so range l east, so acres,
and containing in all about $50 acres, moro or
loss, and unless they be and appear at the next
term of this court to be holden ut the court house
| in tow nfT Troy fato IF
Missouri, on the fifth Monday in September,
next, 1872, and or before the third day of said
term, Cf the term shall 80 long continue, if not,
then before the end of the term) answer de-
mur to plaintiffs petition, the same will be taken
rs con fessed, and judgment rendered accordingly.
1t Is further ordered that q copy hereof be pub
| li.hed in the Lincoln County Herald, n newspa-
per printed in this state, for forr weeks success
lively, the last insertion to be at least four weeks
before the first day Of tho next term of this
court.
| Attest: WIN. COLBERT, Clerk,
]. HILLsR, Deputy.
s.sts ss"s,y Of Of si.iss,i, siossis, f..
l, William Colbert, Clerk Of the circuit court
in and for said county, hereby certify that tho
above is q true copy Of the original order Of
publication in the cause therein named, rs the
same appears on record in book II, PAGE 407, in
my office.
......... Witness my hand rs Clerk and tho
| :SEAL: seal of said court. Done at Office in
'..". Troy, No., this 18th day Of July, 1879.
WIN. COLBERT, Clerk.
| july24n30 j. HITLER, Deputy.
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POLAND 4 CHINA PIGS.

7 HAVE for sale pure bred pigs. purchased
i from the best families Of the Poland and
China Hogs OF Messrs. Shepard 4 Alexander, OF
Charleston, Ills. l am convinced that this 10 the
best breed Of hogs for our state. They gros 10
n very large size, and fatten well at any age.
Price for choice Pigs, weighing SO pounds AZ
zen weeks old, so. HENRY y. MVDD.
Millwood, Mo-, May 25th, 1879.
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NOTICE Is hereby given that letters Of ad-
~ miuistratiOn were granted to tho under.
signed on the estate Of Henry Quiglav, decd,
BY the Clerk Of the Probate Court Of Lincoln
county, Mo-, on the 10th day Of July, 1872.
Persons having claims against said estate are
required to exhibit them to the admins rator
within one year from the date Of said letters, or
shey may DO precludsd from any benefit Of said
estate and Is not exhibited within two years
SON the date Of said letters, they will DO forever
barred. lial3tl DAVID y. WApDX. Adm%.
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A BOYS OrINroN OF GIRLs.-Girls ars
the most unaccountable things in the
word-exeept women. Like the wicked
fea, when you have them they amt
there. can cipher clean over to i'm.
proper fractions, and the teacher says |
do it first rate, but cant cipher out q
girl, proper or improper, end you cant
either. Tho only rule 10 arithmetic that
hits their case IL the double rule Of tive.
They ore a. full Of old Nick as their
skins can hold, and they would die if
they couldn ttormsnt somsbody. When
they try to to meaa they IRE as mean as
pusley, though they ain. as mean as
they let on, except sometimes, and then
they are good deal meansr. Tho only
way 10 get along with q girl when she
comes at you with her nonsense il to
give her TIT for tat, and that will fun.
mux her, and when you get girl fun.
nuxsd she is as nice as new pin. A
girl can SOW more Wild oa IN q day than
a boy can SOW 10 n year, but girls get
their wild oats sowed after while, which
boys never do and then they settle down
as calm and placid as u mud puddle
But l like girls first rate, and guess
the boys all do. l don't care how many
tricks they play on me and they don't
care either. The oitytoitisst girls in
the world can't always boil over like q
glass Of soda. BY ana by they will get
into the traces with somebody they like,
and pull as steady as any old stage horse
That is the beauty of them. So let them
wave, say; they will pay for it some
day, sewing on buttons and trying to
make o decent man Of the feller they
have spliced on to, and ten chances to
one if they don't get the worst of it.
Who COL McILLnASY y.-For
several weeks past the Sentinel has been
diligently inquirug, "Who is Col. MoIll.
hany2' but we received no answer to
our inquiry until last Saturday at the
picnic at Buffalo Springs. While on the
speakers stand We we're introduced 10 q
handsome gentleman, but We heard the
name indistinctly. The stranger wore q
smile that was childliks aud bland, and
good naturedly Iut his hand on our
shoulder not to knock a chip of) and
told US that he had read Of our inquiry,
aud that it gave him pleasure to inform
US that he was Col. McIlltany, and that
We would find out moro about him after
We had heard bis speech. 80 We did.
We have said the Col ia good look
ing man. His manner and converse
ton are those Of gentleman of the old
typs-of that type We are taught to re
gard as something better than We arc
used to in the present time. He was ,
confederate solIier-at ono time . pris
oner. His wlfo was q prisoner in closs
con6ement for two months during the
war, and We know that she was q gallan
rebel At the close of the war Col. Nc
Ilhany returned home and took position
between the plow handles. no having
been deprived Of the privilege Of prao,ic
ing his profes.ion-the law, by the harst
provisions Of the Drake constitution
until the decision OF tho supreme court Il
the contrary Since that time be ha
been engaged iu the pratice Of his profes
sion, taking no active part in politics
until his appearance on the congressiona
rsca track few weeks ago He is
Democrat Of the old school aud Jealous
supporter of Horace Grseley.-Clarks.
vile sentinel.
The Lincoln County herald., 1872-08-07
LACLEDEHOTEL,
TROY, MO-
THORNHILL 4 BVSWELL, PrOpr'S.

THIS is o frst-class hotel, furnished in good
i style and its table supplied with the best the
market affords. Strangers stopping in Troy will
find here all the comforts Of home.
The BAR is stocked with strictly prime Lii
quors, such as Brsudies, Whiskies, Wines, Ale,
Gin, etc.j also the finest brands Of Cigars.
apr25nI7
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The Radical papers seem 70 be sovsly
distressed 10 regard to the welfare Of the
Democratic party. They fear .hst if il
uuitss si,h the Llbesass 10 the yresidsn.
tiai contest il vill lose iu ssgsnlsatisu,
and they saviss .ts nsmtsss ns,ss Do ~,
'&f course.