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The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

We urged upon our citizens in
previous issues, the necessity of a
Fire Engine in our town. The oc-
currences of last Sunday night will
serve to convince them that unless
we adopt some mode of protection
for our town, sooner or later, the
fire fend will play sad havoc with
the rotten frame buildings which are
so numerous in st. Francisyille.-
Had the fire Sunday night consum-
ed Mr.. Rudman's dwelling, the biuld-
ings for blocks around would have
been burnt also.
An Engine can be purchased in
st. Louis for one thousand dollars,
which would answer our purpose
Why can't the citizens of this town,
all of whom are interested, club to-
gether and make the purchase ?
The REPUBLICAN heads the list
with one hundred dollars. Who
will give another hundred 1?
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

Not a day passes but we have te
chronicle deeds of blood, which grow
out Of political controversies among
the devided ranks of the republican
party, in this and our neighboring
parish. Men can no longer assemble
and discuss political affairs without
the assistance of firearms and whisky.
Last Saturday, Mass Meeting OF
the colored and white republicans,
opposed to the Gair and Law faction,
convened at Salem Church, about
six miles from Jackson, and had re-
course to pistols and knives to settle
their difficulties. We learn that in
the affray four men were wounded
the wounds of one of them being
mortal. Two of the others are badly
cut. We have not learned the names
Of the parties wounded.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

DEMoREsr's MONTHLY MAGAZINE fo,
October is resplendent with all the
new and standard styles for Ladies
and Children's dress for the Fall and
Winter. The literary contents Of
this number combines a varied and
entertaining selection of Stories,
Music, and much useful reading,-
We also notice that Demorest offers
to each yearly subscriber, free, two
elegant companion chromos, Mag
ara Falls and Yosemite Falls, worth
$40, making $13 in value, and all for
only So. This is among the most
liberal and attractive offers yet made
for 1873.
Published at 838 Broadway, New
York.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24
ST FRNY'LLE LOUISIANA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER a. 1872

men, where I'LL the branches of y fin.
'shed Education can be had, besides
1t is by far cheaper than any othe,
similar institution in the South, thep
why nottrain our preparatory schools
prepare our boys and educate them
at home here they meet from every
parish, young men who by associa-
ton become friends, and in future
lite are bound by ties of early asso-
citation ; they who in their turn
become the actors upon the stage
OF Statesmen. When that time shall
arrive with their intimate acquain-
tance OF each other and their capac-
'ty we may hope the future to be
blessed by a government of our own
native born, educated, honest race,
when rid of Adventures, our State
may return to her once honored
standing as in days ofthe past, when
her judiciary was composed of the
highest order Of talent her U. S, Sena-
tors would have done credit to any
assemblage even her Legislature was
such as to command respect, when
bribery and corruption was not
heard OF, our credit untarnished and
taxation light.
What a contrast +; how changed
oh, my country!
VERITAS.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24
Leaving in Disgust.

Not many months since, when
Messrs. Powers, Jones, Crilley and
others joined the Grant Party, in
East Feliciana, we advised them be-
fore hand, not to commit SO rash a
folly. We used then the same ar
gument with them which caused us
to seceed from that party /; but they
persisted. We believe that they, in
joining that party, acted in good
faith, but, with bad judgment Now,
we note with satisfaction their with
drawal from Grant, which is ex-
pressed in the following card J:
ACARD.
"On joining the National Repub-
lican party, we stated distinctly our
desire to harmonize all differences
with the Black races, and to stand
with Colored people on platform
OF Justice and Cancellation. We are
now satisfied that the Republican
Organization in this Parish is simply
an Africanizing Party, and its sue
cess would be Subversive Of the best
interest of society. We still desire
to give black men equal and exact
Justice, but are satisfied that this
can be best arrived at through the
instrumentality of the Liberal Par
ty. That Party has established as
its Cornerstone that old Republican
doctrine Equal Rights" for all
Men"
And all colored men who are sim
cere in their desire to bury old ha-
tired and prejudices can consistently
join us in that movement"
z. J. Toadvine, VIM. Elfreth,
I. H. Harbour, j. Elfreth,
F. Crillv, Owen King,
W. B. Smith, T.. B. johnson,
John Tannatt, r. Dudley,
G. w. Keller, L. Belvin.
Well done gentlemen. We ex-
pected that manly avowal from you,
believing that your sympathies could
not be with a set of men whose ef-
forts are directed to the ruin of our
common country.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

We learn from the Clinton Patriot
Democrat of the 18th inst, that on
Saturday morning the 14th inst, a
squad o. some twenty colored men,
mounted on mules and horses, (the
leader with drawn sword) to the
music of a tin horn. paraded the
principal streets Of that town, and
shouting for various candidates.
This squad. The Patriot Democrat is
informed, hailed from Mississippi.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24
Republican Parish Convention.

A number of the delegates whicI
participated in the proceedings G
the Convention, held under the au
spices of the Grant Buzzards. tw,
weeks since, met last Saturday a
the Colored Church, on the Ros
Plantation, about fourteen miles from
town. The object of the meetin.
was to nominate an entire new par
ish ticket in opposition to the on,
already in the field. There bein,
however, a misunderstanding be
tween some of the delegates as t,
the place of meeting, a full atten
dance did not answer, and the Con
vention adjourned to meet at thu
same place, Saturday next, at II
o'clock A. N.
We understand that there is a dis.
position among majority of the
colored men in this parish to nomi.
nate the following ticket
For Representative, Jas. 81. Carey,
of Tunica.
For Parish Judge, Charles B. Col
Inns, Of St. Francisville.
For Sheriff, F. V. Leake, of St.
Francisyille.
For Recorder, Oliver Diggs, OF
Tunica.
For Clerk of Court, Calvin Good
man, or A. A. Melliken.
For Police Jurors, Daniel Dorsey,
Warner Lewis, Gather Wilson, L..
w. Brandon and DR.. JOS D. Smith.
We can assure our colored friends,
that such nominations would receive
the endorsement of two-thirds of
the citizens of the Parish,
Carey, Diggs. Dorsey, Lewis and
Wilson, are colored men of good
reputation, and qualified in every re-
spect for the positions named.
We hope that they may receive
the nomination from the Convention,
which event they would most assur-
edly carry the parish by an over
whelming majority
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24
Paraqons of Virtue and Honesty

Nor more yOu distinguish Of man.
Than OF his out ward siow.-Slak.
| According to our contemporary
the pe1'so1'el Of the ticket nominated
at the Buzzard Roost, through th
influence of money, whisky, chees
and sardines, is irreproachable. Ii
it is centered all the eminence, abil
ity and honesty which floats owe
the surface of their muddy pool
For all of its nominees it claim!
competency.
Without going into minute re
searches of the out werd show O
character which each Of the candi.
! dates present, we propose to sketch
roughly the merits Of their candi'
date for Sheriff. His ability, when
sifted, would be reduced to the size
of a mustard seed /; and the array
of talent which is credited to him
brings him on a level with their can
didate for Recorder, who spells meat,
with two e's, and cat, with X. As
we stated in a previous issue the
ability and integrity Of these men,
when boiled down, amounts to just
this they are colored men. They
were not selected because they are
paragons Of innumerable virtues, but,
because of the fact of their being
colored, and easily made cats-paws
for unscrupulous men, whose aim
and ambition consist in getting into
Office, under pretence Of being friends
of the colored race.
For another Of its nominees-Joe
Pat-1he Leader claims respectable
ity! Great God can such things
be !? Tell us, Boss, do, for we have
never heard of this boast before,
where he gets that reputation from :?
Enlighten us as to his means Of live
lihood, since his return in our midst.
You may call him digni6ed too, if
you will, but then, you must also
acknowledge for him, (since you
champion his cause) that dignity is
sometimes treasured by men who
hide under black cloak of villainy.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24
NEWSERIES. NO, 50,
Past them Around.

just so Boss. Pass them aronnd
the boilers. Pass your pet aspirant,
Jas. H. Stevens, who in 1867. in the
election for members of the Consti-
tutional Convention, bolted the NOM
nations made by the republican
party, and ran on an independent
ticket. Pass them around we re-
spond. Pass yourself around some
Boss, that we may all have chance
to give you fit. Don't let YOUR
usual modesty ~ stand in the way.
Tell the colored people how You love
them, how you fought, bled and died
for them. Call us to witness, and
We will answer for all your good
deeds in behalf Of their race. Tell
them how well you treated the COL
ored men who had business trans
actions with you. Ask Dick Lewis
all about the management of the
jail when you were Sheriff, by the
grace of black votes, and we'll give
you all the passing around" you'll
ever need this side of heaven or hell.
Once more, don't let your nodes
ty stand in the way. Tell your Sc
lect four how you became a republi-
can when you first made profess
sion Of republicanism, and perhaps,
we'll have little song to sing you.
You may have, somewhere stored
away in your memory I'VE haye) re-
collections of what esteem you once
had for niggers" as you were wont.
to call them. In Our idle moments,
we will put them On paper for the
edi6cation Of your quartette.
More anon on the subject.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

There are certain laws enacted by
the Police Jury which are a dead let
ter, because not enforced. For in
stance, the Ordinance prohibiting fu-
rious driving or riding through the
streets of St. Francisville, and the
hitching or riding of horses on the
sidewalks. These laws are good,
but Of no benefit unless enforced.
We are informed that the Ordi-
nance recently passed by the Police
Jury, relative to the buying or re-
ceiving of cotton in seed or loose
lint, between the hours Of sunset
and run-rise, is also disregarded /;
that the traffic continues unabated.
Let the Parish Constable do his
duty.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

The Liberal Convention of East
Feliciana, which assembled in Gin
ton, on Monday, September, 18th,
nominated R. H. McClelland, and
G. II. Packwool for the House of
Representatives, and John Morgan
for Recorde.
The Convention then adjourned
to meet Saturday, the 28th inst.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

We are told that there was o fra
ternization meeting last week at
Possum Corner, between Mr.. E. L.
Weber ana Rafferty, (John) Gair.-
Boss B., and John both exploded
their wind-bags, Hoopla, standfrom
under, boys.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

The Hon. W. f. Herman, W. Fl.
Maar, and other eminent orators
will address our citizens at the Court
House, tomorrow.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

A sufficient number of colored
men will vote for Greeley and Brown
in this parish, to overcome the usual
republican majority.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

w. Blackburn, editor of the Ho-
mer, (La.) Ihad. was severely woun-.
ded during a political meeting, held
at Minden, on the 18th inst.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24
FROM THE PARISHES.

1 FROM THE PARISHES.
I It is estimated that the cotton cror
in Carroll Parish, has been reduced
at least one-half, and the worms are
still ut work.
An enterprising farmer named na-
med Sevigne Leblanc. of the parish
of Vermillion, has moved and pack
ed two hundred bales of superior hay.
The following is from the West
Baton Rouge Sugar Planter The
cotton year is now drawing to a
close, nothing remaining to be done
clear the fields Of what is yet unpick-
ed. We have taken some pains to
ascertain from a number of planters
and farmers the manner in which the
freedmen worked throughout the
crop. 1t is no more than just to
say, with very few exceptions, that
they express themselves entirely sat
is6ed with the labor. As general
rule too, they have been very. .obedi-
ent to orders on larger plantations
nd have not shown that dispositiona
to shirk duties which caused so much
complaint in former years. This is
highly satisfactory, and shows that
better state Of feeling is being en-
gendered between employer and en-
ployee-a feeling that we hope will
be continued and strengthened so
long as we have the colored man
among us. Thus experience teaches,
that while the freedmen is kept from
the bad counsels Of designing poll
ticians who stir up bad blood be-
tween us, SO long will he remain the
quiet, peaceable being that nature
intended he should be.
We learn from a late number of
The Louisiana 1ntelligencer, that the
Hon. Frank Morrey, has been re-
nominated for Congress by the Re-
publican Convention of the 5th Con-
gressional District.
The Baton Rouge Gazette-C Comet
says The weather for the past two
weeks has been very dry and not the
least advantageous to the growing
sugar crop. Light showers are
needed very much at present. The
streets Of our city are very dusty,
and it is quite warm in the middle
of day.
The following is part Of the report
of the Committee on crops and Sta.
tistics Of the Shreveport Board of
Trade !: The continued drouth and
worm have seriously injured the cot
ton crop prospects since our last re-
port, on the Goth Of August. Up
lands will not make more than now
opened or matured. The best yield
on the hill lands, as reported, will
not exceed 300 pounds in the seed
per acre, or one bale to five acres,
and many Of our correspondents es-
Innate the yield on an average to be
one bale to eight acres. Some bot
tom lands will yield small per cent.
of middle but no top crop, and will
not average more than half bale
per acre. All our correspondents
agree in reporting late cotton a total
allure. The crop on the hill lands
could all be gathered by the middle
If October were it not for the de-
noralized condition of laborers,
caused by the of1ice-seekers and pol
icians.
DEs1oREsr's MONTHLY MAGAZINE for
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

The Board of Health reported a
case of yellow fever in New Orleans,
last week-the first of the season.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

Gov. Warmoth has retired from
the board of management Of the n.
0. Republican.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

Our staunch old friend, Mayor Haz-
ard of Jackson, is a candidate for
the nomination of Clerk of Court.
for the Parish of East Feliciana.-
No worthier man coula be selected
than Mr.. Hazard, besides he has un-
bounded influence with white and
colored men.
East Feliciana will do a wise thing
when she nominates ALI. Hazard.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

A Mass meeting of the citizens
favorable to the Fusion Ticket. will
be held at the Court House, in st.
Francisville, on Wednesday, the 25th
inst.
All persons are invited to attend,
as eminent speakers will address the
meeting.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

Senator A. r. Whitney, died at
his home, in Vermont, few days
since.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

Advertising 8atcss
t,oInes solid Agate S
souent Insertion. .................. !
,picstedl
Educational.
asject Of Education is one il
N citizens should take a live
rest and the election of
b Gil the position of Super
d Public Education, is most
Int.
With pleasure I see my old
,thy friend nominated for such
and in his election, we may
a reform !; and knowing bis
Il and enthusiasm he will do
spower to remove oil obstruc.
Nd promote the great cause
ID be has so long and faith
red.
N. Lusher, we have a man
lently suited for the position.
DE manner in which he con-
The Board, and general salts
given in support to the schools
Parish, is sufficient guaran-
he future. He is a man whose
b TO, and qualification, for
onal position combined with
tegrity, if elected, will pro-
legreat cause. once more Or
The schools, and educate the
Is Of youths, who are now, in
~
the funds for whichwe are so
taxed, being s1uandered by a
Pnp'res and Carpet -Baggers.
nd an act Of the Legislature,
l272) providing for Educa-
BAT the State is divided into
tal school divisions, each di-
be supervised by a person
u BY the Board of Educa-
pose duty it shall be to visit
'lsA in his District, and ex-
TO the condition of schools,
aoer in operation, the num-
cnolars in attendance, and
ae same. It also provides
persons presenting them
teachers shall undergo an
hon in Orthography, Read
'ns' Arithmetic, Geography,
Grammar, and such other
as he may deem requisite
If such examination is
F, and the applicant be of
'ta Character, he shall re-
E'''ncate accordingly. Then
Ned the duties of teachers,
aag OF this subject I would
aeatlon of Local Boards.
y " capacity, or quali6ca-
ac0ers' as required in the
parents desires his child |
school when the teacher is
The instructing and
foundation of Education
''snt as that of an edi6ce,
majority have no choice in
" nave to send to such
-. 'ae Board assigns him,
'u's Board rest the respon-
Competent teachers.
s'ature has to more fully
eaigencies of the case,
'@ the Education of and
teachers by the State
'"o Cadets as Beneticiar
~ zach parish they are
'.0 expense of the State
''ed at the expiration of
"a and they are required to
9'ate, in capacity of par
teachers, to teach and
II
W. '. the higher schools
40a to Col. Boyd. the
= s'ut' young men graduates
''otlon would be recom-l,
We duty is to teach and
se oy taking a situation.
NO. c class institution which
~ -, 'ne chief school and is
'nool Of the South. It's
imposed of most abel
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.

Ihe Office OF the Supervisor ol
Registration will be open at the
Court House, in st. Francisyille,
from Monday September I'd, 1872,
to September 3oth, and on the Ack-
lin Plantation on the LIST and 2d OF
October at VIM. H. Stir]ing's Store
October 4 and 5 ; at Laurel Hill,
October Z and 8 i; at Eli S. Nor
wood, October 10 and IL at Star
Hill, October IA and Is and will
close at the Court House on the
26th of October 1872.
Office hours from Z to u o'clock
A. NJ, and from 2 tot o'clock p.
NJ, Sundays excepted.
All qualified voters who were not
registered in this parish in 1868 and
desire to be registered will come for
ward and cause the same to be done
also all who have lost their certi-
ficates of registration, and all those
who have changed their place of
residence from one Ward to another,
since they We're registered will ap-
pear and have their present placrs
of residence, or the Jury Ward in
which they ecaN be at the time of
Eelection noted upon the books of
registry, and also upon their certi-
fcates (if not lost) they will bring
with them.
All positive information of the de-
mise, removal, or other cause that
would disqualify any registered vo-
ter in this parish at the last registra-
ton from voting at the coming elec-
ton will be thankfully received at
the Office Of the undersigned.
SAIL. n. WHITE,
Supervisor of Registration,
Parish OF West Feliciana, La.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-24

OFFICE SUPERVISOR REGISTRATION !
St. Francisyille, La. Sept. 8, 70. !
The undersigned, Supervisor o1
Registration, will be ready at all
times, (within Office hours) to rem
der and give any information to the
Federal Supervisors, that they may
require and 1 hope with their assis-
tance to be able to render a report
that will be unexceptionable.
Respectfully, &c.
S. N. WHITE,
Supervisor Of Registration,
Parish of West Feliciana