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The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27

%-In the absence OF more pre-
else information with regard to a
new exchange which has just put
in it's appearance from New Iberia,
We copy notice Of the same jour-
nal from the Baton Rouge State
journal;
A Kellogg-Antoine organ has
been started in the town Of New
Iberia: called the Progress. 1t is
published by j. r. Jolley, a Custom
horse inspector Of the port OF New
Orleans, who was sent to Iberia to
become q delegate to the Baton
Rouge convention. As there is not
. port Of entry in his vicinity, or any
possible employment for a customs
officer as such, it is plain that Mr.:
Jolly draws his four or Eve donorsa
day from the United States treasury
solely for his interference ip local
politics. And yet Casey SC. d.
clare there is no federal interference
in State affairh
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27

TIMELY VIGILANCE. The constant
furiour driving on Canal street of
late, and the accidents which have
occurred in consequence Of the
recklesness Of the jehus attracted
the attention of Lieutenant Cover
nor Pinchbaek, President of the
Metropolitan Police Board, and &C
cordingly on the assembling OF that
body on Monday morning last, Mr..
Pinchback suggested to Superinten-
dent Badger the propriety Of enfor-
cling the provisions Of City Ordi-
nances in relation to the subject.
Superintendent Badger quickly re-
sponded to this recommendation
and has issued the following order !:
"In view of the frequent accidents which
have occurred of late, resulting from fast
driving, the attention of the force is called
to article 1242 Revised City L WIS and Or
dinances, which will be read with this COM
m%unication, and members Of this depart
ment ore instructed to put . stop to reck-
less driving, especially of cotton floats,
that now prevails. Captains Of the First,
Third and Fourth Precincts will augment
their force on Canal street for o few days,
and stop. the furious driving of pleasure
vehicles on that street between Claiborne
street and Clay statute"
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27

IxpsovEMEyTs-We are pleased to
see that some colored people, who
are living on their own land, have
began to set out trees for fruit and
shade. Fruit is q very important
part of human food. People are
.healthiest when it is raised and
eaten In abundance. In this warm
climate, too much meat, especially
.pork, is used. Muchofthesickness,
common here, may be traced to
that cause.-Equa Rights
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27
JULY 81, 1872.

m%The Louisiana Sugar Bowl
refers in the following approving
manner to the establishment in New
Iberia of a large school: "The
largest public school we ever heard
of is now taught in Houma, by
Miss Mary N. James. She has 172
pupils, and no assistant, excepting
some of her older pupils. This is
one of the colored schools of the
place, and we are at a loss to under
stand why other schools are not es-
tablished, and more teachers fur
nished.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27

~ A colored lady by the name
Of Carr was rudely elected from the
main cabin ofa Chesapeake steamer.
She brought action, in the United
States District Court, Baltimore, and
recovered $500 damages.
We trust that Carr win be kept in
motion until all itineratingg "Ameri-
can citizens of African descent"
shall have been brought to the land
of equal civil rights. Christian Es-
cordey.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27

Ba5-The colored people of Hous-
ton, Texas, have purchased a large
lot Of ground opposite the Fair
Grounds in that city, for the estab-
lishment Of a park for celebrations,
public meetings, and public amuse-
ments generally among themselves.
The daily Union praises the move
as ono in the right direction and
indicative Of the progress Of taste
and public spirit among them."
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27
OUR AGENTS.

MISSISSIPPI - Daniel E. Young,
Greenvilie.
LOUISIANA John A. Washington,
Black Hawk, Concordia Parish; Hon. G.
Y. Kelso, Alexandria; Antoine h Sterrett,
Shreveport, A. G. Ruth, Carroll Parish.
J, Ross Stewart, Tensas.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA james
A.. D. Green, Washington City.
ILLINOIS Lewis B. White, Chicago.
KENTCCKY:-Dr. q. A. Green, Louis
vile. H. ~
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27

United States Senate, and also in
favor of electing a colored man
speaker, these two agreed to open q
suite of rooms in which free whiskey
and cigars should abound at all times
(half of the expenseso Of which Burch
was to pay but has failed yet to do,)
and attract the tsmutual friends"
who were to be counseled to support
Burch for speaker and Pinchback
for Senator. We remember some
particularly refreshing efforts of
Burch's to convince his audiences
of the peculiar fitness of Mr..
Pinchback over MI. Dunn, and yet
Burch has the audacity to pretend
adherence Of the opposition to MI.
Dunn.
Now, let us tell of some of the
"means employed" (but certainly
not in opposition to Mr.. Dunn, be-
cause he had not the ghost OF a
chance to carry the election.
On the morning of the election,
current report had it that the color
ed men hai sold out to Gen. West
for one thousand dollars each. In
the last caucus Mr.. Pinchback spoke
of the report and told the members
not to sell out, but if they must do
so, to do SO. to him, Us he would
spend t,oenty-thouSand dollars rather
than see that opportunity lost to
send a colored to the u. S. Senate,
and it is graft, ing to record that
every member affirmeabis allegiance
without money and without price,"
and advised tho use of such
money Oh the white men if ne
cessary. It is well known that
with the exception Of J. i. Lott,
Harry Lott, H. Kearson, and five
others on whom it was alleged the
temptation to vote for West was too
strong, the colored men "stood to
their bargain"
We have been thus explicit for the
information of those friends in the
country who may otherwise be in
duced to believe the insinuations Of
Burch, andt to imagine that question
able means were employed where
they were not, and further to show
that if "the means used were wrong
he was as culpable as any one else,
being infinitely associated in the
use of them.