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The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
Senator BlacAIslall.

The Bossier Banner is conducted
by Democot, who says in the last
number Of that paper
Mr.. w. T. Blackman, Of Claiborne
parish, is obtruding himself upon the
public-through his friends, of course
as a suitable candidate for Gov
ernor of this State. Now it occurs
to us that the Democracy Of this por-
ton of our State have been quite
liberal to Mr.. Blackman, and we ap-
peal to his patriotism to retire until
there is call for him to the 'front.'
To be plain, the gentleman from
Claiborne is out Of order. He will
await his time in patience. There
are at least 100 men in North Lou
isiana that are more competent ane
available than Mr.. Blackmar. W.
have one here in Bossier, MIR. ,Johl
r. Griffin, who would be an honol
to the Office at this time. He is hon
est and capable, but too modest t.
thrust himself forward, or knowingl,
allow bis friends to do it. Mr.. Grit
fin is man that we would deligh
to serve, but cut-and-dried conven
tions will debar us that pleasure
He is our choice for member of Con
gress from this district. He is q maj
of brains and iberality-the NAL
for the times.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
Dclle FinasncteTlMg.

The Democratic party, if we nay
believe it's orators and writer's, has
superior ability to manage the tinan-
cial affairs of the nation. 1t now
asks the people to restore the Gov
crnment into its hands; in order That
its finances may be more wisely econ
omized. The last Democratic Presi-
dent was Jas. buchanan, who was,
so faras his personal affairs were con-
cerned, one Of the best iinanciers in
the country. His Administration, Tor
which his party was quite as respon-'
sible as its chief, did not do SO well
by the country us MI. Buchanan al
ways did for himself. When Mr..
Buchanan was inauguratea in 1857,
there was cash in the National Treas
ury to the amount Of $19,S7O,114.-
He had no war on his hands, nor
had he any occasion to make extra
ordinary expenditures. yet when he
left the Executive Chair he left a
debt of nearly sixty-6ve millions, and
only about two millions and a half in
the treasury to go towards meeting
it. The kind of financial manage
ment the Democratic party gave the
country may be inferred from the
following table, showing the yearly
excess Of expenditures over receipts
In 1858. $27 ,529, ,9O4, 43
In 1859. ..15,5S4,51l, 10
In 1860. 1905. 800 Sc
In 1861. .lO,054,G54 SO
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
Education Of Boys.

Remember your responsibility to
your children, not only to give them
a good school and physical education,
but to teach them to be industrious,
which is more important than any
book knowledge. Many well-educa-
ted people commit crimes, but few
industrious ones do. They have no
time to get into sorapes, and are
rarely found in our jails, or on our
gallows.
Our advice is, to all who have the
great responsibility of the charge of
boys give them lathe, or set Of
carpenters or even blacksmith's TOOLS
Give their minds a turn toward the
solid and useful side of life. You
will soon see the result in increased
activity of their thiqking capabilities,
and the direction of their ideas to-
ward practical results /; and, still
more obviously, in the avoidance Of
idle mischief and nonsense Ito omit
all reference to absolute wickedness
and moral degradation), which are,
to too great an extent, the pastime
Of the generation which is to succeed
us. The future Of the world is al
ready sown, and is springing up in
our childred ; is it not worth while
to bcstow a little thought on the
cultivation Of a growth so important
to society, and SO easily influenced
for good Or for evil?
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
One Hundred Years Ago.

One hundred and ten years ago,
there was not single white man in
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and ILL
nois. Then, what is the most -four
ishing part in America, was as little
known as the country around the
mysterious mountains Of the moon.
It was noS until 1776 that Boone
left his home in North Carolina, to
become the first settler in Kentucky.
The first pioneers Of Ohio did not
settle until twenty years after this
time.
A hundred years ago Canada be-
!onged to France, and the popula-
ton did not exceed a million and a
half of people. A hundred years
ago Frederick Of Prussia was per-
forming those grand exploits which
have made him immortal in military
annals, and with his little monarchy
was sustaining a single-handed con-
test with Russia, Austria and France,
the three great powers of Europe
combined. Washington was a mod
est Virginia Colonel, and the great
events Of history in the two worlds
in which these great but dissimilar
men took leading parts, were then
scarsely fomshadowed. A hundred
years ago, the United States were
the most loyal part of the British
Empire, and on the political horizon
no speck indicated struggle which
within score Of years thereafter es-
tablished the great Republic of the
| world. A hundred years ago there
we're but four newspapers in Ameri-
ca. Steam engines had not been
imagined, railroads and telegraphs
had not entered into the remotes'
conception of men. When we come
to look at it through the vista o.
history, we find that to the century
Just passed, has been allotted more
important events, in their bearing
upon the happiness of the world
than almost any other which has
elapsed since the creation.-M Y
Witness.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
Letters Of Recon- ,,,endation.

A gentleman advertised for boy
to assist him in his Office, and nearly
fifty applicants presented themselves
to him. Out of the whole number,
he, in a short time, selected one and
dismissed the rest.
Il should like to know said a
friend, " on what ground you select
ed that boy, who had not q single
recommendation"
You are mistaken" said the gen.
tleman " he had great many. He
wiped his feet when lie came, and
closed the door after him, showing
that he was careful. He give up his
scat instantly to that lame old man,
showing that he was kind and
thoughtful. He took off his cap
when he came in, and answered my
questions promptly and respectfully,
showing he was polite and gentle
manly. He picked up the book which
1 had purposely laid upon the floor,
and replaced it on the table, while
all the rest stepped over it or
showed it aside and he waited quiet.
ly for his turn instead of pushing
and crowding, showing that lie was
honest and orderly. When 1 talked
with him / noticed that his clothes
were carefully brushed, his hair in
nice order, and his teeth as white as
milk and when he wrote his name,
1 noticed that his finger nails were
clean, instead Of being tipped with
jet, like that handsome little fellows
in blue jacket. Don't you cal
these things letters Of recommends
tien ? I do, and I would give more
for what [ can tell about. boy b,
using my eyes ten minutes than fol
all the fine letters he can bring me.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

This news about prominent char
acter in Louisiana comes from a
Washington correspondent of the
Lynchburg Vi'yinian. Of course,
we mean Colonel George w. Carter.
The writer says /:
Carter, at one time universally
known and beloved in Virginia as d
great divine, looks just as he did
twelve years ago when among our
people, and I had a long and pleas
ant talk with him to-day. He has
not drank for nearly year, does not
gamble and, to all appearance, is q
better man than he has been since
the close of the war. He says that
the best Southern men and the
Democratic party sustain him in
Louisiana, and that he intends to be
the next Governor of that State
While we were talking together his
competitor, Gov. Warmoth, came in,
spoke to Carter and said Carter
what are you doing here p I am
attending to my business" replied
Carter, very curtly. What are you
doing here ?" "Oh," said Warmotl
very pleasantly, Il just came to hell
you," and then passed on. The,
both interviewed the President to
day. Carter inquired of many of his
old church friends in Lynchburg, ane
especially of Bishop E. and son, o
A. B. Rucker, of Mrs. e. D. c., Mrs
r. J. D., Mrs. Edgar W., Mrs. DR.. S
and of many others, whom he seems
to remember in great affection. Hi
family is still in London county, an,
his Oldest son is in the Customhous'
lin New Orleans.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
Great Guns.

You speak Of the great gun recent
ly cast at tile Royal Arsenal in Eng
land as being the largest in the
world. This is O. mistake. There
is q gun in size and weight. It
weighs one hundred and sixteen
thousand five hundred and forty
nine pounds, which is over fifty
eight and a quarter tons, while the
English gun, a shot weighing but
seven hundred pounds. Its service
charge is one hundred pounds Of
powder, which can be increased to
one hundred and fifty. 1t is twenty
feet in length, and is capable Of pro-
pelling a ball to a distance of three
miles. I think this beats the Eng
hshman considerably. There is,
however, still a larger gun, Of Krupp
manufacture, owned by the Prussian
Government, which was at the
French Exhibition, and which, ac-
cording to recent article in the
Gaytenlaube, throws solid steel shot
weighing eleven hundred Prussian
pounds, encased in two hundred
pounds Of lead.-Appletons' Journal.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
The Inflences Of Nature.

The grand objects in nature per-
petually constrain men to think of
their Author. The Alps are the
great altar of Europe; the noctur-
nal sky has been to mankind the
dome Of a temple, starred oil over
with admonitions to reverence, trust
and love. The Scriptures tor man
kind are written in earth and heaven.
Even now, we say, An undevout
astronomer is mad" What q relig-
ious mosaic is the surface of the
earth-green with vegetable beauty,
animated with such swarms of life.
No organ or pope's Miserere touch
es my heart like the sonorous swell
of the sea, and the ocean waves un-
measurable laugh. To me, the works
Of men who report the aspects of
nature, like Humboldt, and of such
as Newton and J4aplace, who melt
away the facts and leave only the
laws, the forces of nature the ideas
and ghosts of things, are like tales
Of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land,
or poetical biographies of a saint
they stir religious feelings, and I
commune with the Infnite.-Theo-
dO,v Parker.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
Women are born women, men are
born boys and have to grow up.

DR.. johnson, when in the fullness
of years and knowledge, said: II
never take up newspaper without
finding something I would have
deemed it q loss not to have seen !;
never, without deriving from it in
struction and; amusement. :" The
newspapers in Johnson's time were
meagre enough compared with those
Of to-day. Now, journalism sweeps
into it's ranks the most brilliant minds
of the age, and a yearly newspaper
volume is Il perfect encyclopedia.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
$6O,235,l6O OS

$6U, ,235, lbO Uo
When we want our debt largely
increased. our treasury emptied, our
peace destroyed, our national repu-
tation impaired, and the crack of the
oligarch's whip, sounded over the
heads of our lawmakers, we will ask
the Democratic party to take the
government again. But seeing we
have got along rather better since we
dispensed with the distinguished fl
nancial management that party al
forded, we will try to get along with
out its help a little while longer
Toledo Blade.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

\o 't't - - ~
commencement of the
q Cuba in October, 1869,
enish soldiers have been
island. OF this number
haHe'been' killed, in bat
q'ed Of wounds and dis.
| enormous loss of life
nss in favor of the prob
sful result of the: war in
y as cubans. Certainly
oS long continue to dis
'Da .. her ar a''rsms-besring pop
ua's rate to fall beneath
Influences of the tropi-
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
&C Honesty is the best policy" +"

Honesty is the best policy" a
perniciors doctrine to inculcate into
the minds of the young, for if it be
merely q policy it ceases to contain
the essence of virtue. A better rem
dition Of tho would-be inculcated
principle reads thus, honesty is the
gem Of virtues" knayery may serve
{. turn but honesty is the best in the
end"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

An Indiana paper touchingly re-
marks concerning the death OF al
OLD subscriber. I'VE are sorrs t.,
hear Of the death Of any Of our sub
scribers who arc prompt about pay
ing us"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
MFRMKlLLE, LOUISIANA. TUESDAY, lDllA 1877.
La.vlessness in Mississippi.

Lawlessmess in Mississippi.
This is a Washington dispatch to
the Western papers Of Monday:
General Emory has sent to the
War Department a letter to Lieuten-
ant and Aid-de-Ca1np King, dated
New Orleans, March 6, saying that
great lawlessness exists throughout
the entire State Of Mississippi, but
it can't all be ascribed to the Ku-
Klux organization. The trial of sew
eral prominent members of the gang,
and the arrest Of q large party from
the vicinity of Corinth, and their
confinement in the post guard-house
at Holly Springs, has done much to-
ward their general disbandment !;
nevertheless there is a bitter and
resentful spirit in every portion of
the State against the federal govern
ment and there can be no doubt Of
the fact that when unsupported by
the regular troops the authorities are
defed, and their lives threatened by
the desperadoes whom they y-are con-
stantly called on to arrest. Messrs.
Pierce and Shaughnessey, United
States marshals for the Northern
and Southern districts Of Mississippi,
respectively, and Wiley Wells, dis
trict attorney, are given as authority
for the statement.
General Emory, in letter dated
March s, says: Last month I went
to jackson to see Governor Powers,
who had sent me various communi-
cations asking for troops. I am
perfectly satisfied from that visit that
these acquisitions are we'll founded,
ana there is a necessity for more cav
airy in that State and always act
ing on the principal in the use OF
troops in civil affairs that prevention
is better than intervention, I respect
fully request that I may be furnished
with one more company of cavalry,
to be posted in Mississippi. AS a
temporary expedient, l have sent q
company of infantry to Nestoba
county, and withdrawn one of the
companies of cavalry in the north
ern district Of Mississippi to post il
in the southern district, where it is
needed and strongly requested by
the United States marshal. Tc
avoid all legal complications about
the use of troops in making arrests
and preserving order, I have arrang-
ed with tho Governor of Mississippi
and the United States marshal 70,
I that district, between whom and the
Governor there is the best under.
standing, that all acquisitions shall
be made by the United States civi
officers and 1 feel confident that
shall be able, by q timely use o1
troops, to maintain order in thai
State without bringing the troops in
to collision with the citizens.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
FROM. FRIDAYS. ISSUE. 7

LONDON, April 4-Disraellf in q
speech at Manchester, last night
made several references to America.
He spoke Of the difficulties growing
out of the Alabama question and
condemned the course of Gladstone1s
Ministry. It is impossible for Ameri-
ca to recede from her position re-
garding the question to be presented
to the Geneva board. Though minis
terial Incompetence be sealed, the
results must be fraught with almost
danger to the relations between the
two countries.
Earl Duly, and other, prominent
gentlemen followed in speeches sim,
liar in political import. p. n,,
MArAMonAs, April 4.-Gen. OUR
orga has received troops. Camar-
goans marched towards Sinares, to,
join the troops, said to be gathering"
there to advance on the city. Cor.
tina, after defeat at Baguiria, evad-
ed the revolutionists and arrived at
Rinosa, with about ten men. a
JACKSON, Mss, April 4-The Leg.
islature has reform ON the brain.
The pay of members has been re-
duced to five dollars per day, mileage,
S cents.
The Typographical Union pre-
sented a memorial asking a recon-
sideration of the Printing Bill as the
present rates necessitates taking
work out of the State, thereby throw
ing large numbers Of workinglnen
out Of employment. 4 II u - e.
PHILADELPHIA, April Anew Jer--
sey sends full delegation to the,
Cincinnati Convention. Govehor'
Newell and other leading republ--
llcans Will 60. ~ ..'
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Steam
boat bill passed the House, substan-
italy as it came from the committee.
The Senate committee on commerce
unanimously reported the bill and
the ship building recently agreed
upon by Senators Kellogg and Vick-
ers. ..a. .....,.,. ia.
New ORLEANS, April 5.-Gov. War
moth, last night received host Of
political friends who welcomed'him
The Governor is hopeful of the po-
litical prospects, although he does
not make assertions directly, yet his
conversation would lead to inier
that he designs identifying himself
to the Cincinnati Convention and
actively opposing the nomination Of
President Grant. He believes that
the original supporters of President
Lincoln will flock to the Cincinnati
: Convention in great numbers.
New ORLEANS, April 5.7Cottop &.
easier, but not .lower. Low Mid
ding, % to % 3-8.
Gold is quoted at 10 1-8 to 10 3-8.
V1cKspuRG, March 4.-Down Pau
, line Carroll 3, james Howard Z A.
n, Lady Lee, z. n. Git.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

uaper aludes to o recent
evening as I" cae of the
81 tbe,I ,I.l,, season" on" 1t prob
lhAt Il was a good night
fnd town in."t
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
yCW SERIES--lOL |. No. 10.

Gov. Hoffman gave his wife's fa-
ther an office whereby he managed
to absorb, in four years and three
months. $544,232. The daily income
of the old gentleman in this position
was 1868 80 more than four times
the salary of the President of the
United States. The office did not
comprise a general-order contract III
the Customhorse, but was simply
that of Collector Of Assessments iii
the city of New York. @
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

A big snake entered a Mexican
house and swallowed u flwn which
was fastened securely by rope.
The result was that the ugly thief
found itself hitched and had to stay
there until dispatched with q knife,
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

bsdeld Reporter says -
speaking, the negroes in
'taye contracted for the
! Of them we are told, re-
heir old employers"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

rpey General of Missis-
|tbat drinking houses and
bf carrying weapons are
/ Of nine-tenths Of crime,
] disorder'in the State.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

A cattle breeder in Ohio says the
advantage which the Texan steers
possess is this {: Their flesh, when,
the bones are taken out, Gun be
backed away in their horns. .-,af3
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

pas a population Of 3,000,-
nine daily papers, five
pd four evening, while
with less than 100000
has tweuty-four daily
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09


grand State fair of the
and Agricultural Fair AS
Louisiana will commence
aay, April q, and con-
days. Over twenty thou
in premiums are offered.
son to believe that this
Of the most satisfactory
ED in Louisiana.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09
as we'll as physically
| IN concentrated. That
|,va the best for health
4 bran enough to digest

! good may. hope to be-
/. he that is bad may
will become worse /; for
and time never stand
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

How is it" said a. gentleman to
Sheridan, " that you have no o to
your name :" u-,
II don't know" said Sheridan,
I" but we are as we'll entitled to it as
any family in Ireland, for we owe
everybody in it."
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

ent year will be known to
the period Of defalca-
year itself, like many off,
the end be. found short,
six weeks, and thus leav-
y.six for 1S72.-Loul;svi2le
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

|ad Of California silk re-
Ed at San Francisco con-
l'A4trapds to the thread,
lW'ooo Yards, or equal
's miles in length, MAX
'nree strands. when sep
miles in length. Each
nee strands contain six
u.s. as reeled from! cocoons,
P'so miles to the pound
.NH' Ia s,,.r,
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

of the st. Louis
and Mechanical Asso-
e resolved to hold their
for 1872 in October, COM
the Sd, to be continued
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09


russian Diet. during the
The education bill. Bis
tae'agovernlnent was dis
Propitiate Roman Catho-
patience was exhausted.
Pced it as the policy OF
eatter to Germlanize the
p, as France has CALI
o. Alsace and Lorraine.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-09

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New-York tribune., 1872-06-18

One-half the population of New-York prob
ably does not know that the other half lives
in tenement-houses; nor, for that matter, that
nearly one-half of those who die in this city
perish in the filth and discomfort of these
dens. The statistics published elsewhere fully
substantiate this startling statement and show
that in certain crowded districts the death
rate is rs persons to the thousand, or double
that of the whole city. The article in which
these figures are embraced reveals heretofore
unsuspected horrors existing in the barracks
of the poor. We have repeatedly urged upon
the Health Board and other public authorities
the regulation and Improvement of the tene-
ments es The more crowded districts, hgt
many obstacles prevent success, and, indeed,
retard action. Some of the combined causes
which produce so much misery, disease, and
death are, of course, beyond the power of the
Health Board to remedy; the overcrOwding
for instance, will never be corrected until
rapid transit carries the poor to better and
cheaper habitations; but much can be done to
ameliorate the condition of those living in
these tenements by various regulations by
Health Board and Police. Each of these ten
ements is an immense camp or barracks, many
of them containing double the numbers of a
regiment, yet without any Of the discipline
and the regulations to secure cleanliness which
the discipline of the army compels. No army
could exist under the conditions which the
tenement-house population of this city en-
dures and the discipline of the army seems
almost necessary to improve their condition.
This, of course, is not practical; but the Police
can at least compel the owners of tenements
to provide proper protection and ventilation,
while the Health Board Ought to be able, if it
is not, to compel the tenants to show some
regard to cleanliness.