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The Portland daily press., 1872-06-07
DIVINITY SCHOOL OF
Harvard University

TNHIS school is open to all persons of all denomna-
IL lions, and the next term will begin Sept. &C.
Catalogue, giving information in regard to admis-
sion and pecunary aid, will be sent application to
PROF. OLIVER STEARNs, d. D., or Prof E. j.
YOUNG. mY4d2m
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

The Madison journal has the fol-
lowing among its current items, but
does not soy in what part Of Louis
lana the "surprize' took place:
"A gang Of Chinese laborers in
Louisiana, who had taken umbrage
at the conduct Of the negro over
seer, surprized their employer one
morning recently by marching in
solemn file up to his mansion, bear
ing on their shoulders a dark object.
This proved to be the obnoxious
foreman, securely bound with many
cords, whom they deposited on the
piazza, nearly frightened to death,
with the words Too muchee niggah,
too muchee.'"
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

GEORGE Francis TRAIN is coming
to New Orleans, so says yesterdays
Times. Arrangements are reported
to be in progress to have g. F. T.
deliver . series Of lectures in the
st. CharlesT Theatre. MI. Train is
announced all over the country now
as THE Man Of Destiny" and the
peoples choice for President. D-
mtnntive photographs Of him, cards
with fac SMILES Of his autograph.
extracts from speeches, etc. are be-
ing circulated all over the country
urging his cllaaii1nf. Chances slim.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

A solecism in grammar orrhetorie
is q violation of the idiomatic rules
Of grammar or construction in
writing or speaking q language
The word is derived from Soil, a
town in Sicily, said to have been
founded by Scion, and peopled by
the Athenians, who were afterward
charged with corrupting the Ian
guage of the parent State. Sole.
cism differs from barbarism, the
latter being applied to the erroneous
use Of single words.-E:rchangc.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

Politics, it must be confessed, are
mixed" just now. The Paris Palrte
is the only Journal Of our acquaint-
ance which has arrived ct gertrude
In its search for the truth about our
parties. Mr.. Greeley, it says, was
elected Presidentin-the city Of Gin
cinnati, and will enter upon histerm
OF Office in November. We trust
that some Of our heated journalists,
rejecting on how the thing looks tet ;
. the distance Of Paris, will now cool
down q; little.-IM MmaN.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

Nsy~H is RENTED Of q sententioua
divine that in @ discourse on the
petition of the penitent thief on the
cross, he said: "There was one sim
ner saved in the extremity Of the
last hour, that, sinners might
not despatre, and only one, that
other sinners might not presume"
On entering the Reform Conven-
ton, the "grand, gloomy and pecu-
1iar" appearance Of the colored ele-
ment therein, forcibly reminded us
of this passage, and led us to the
belief that similar reasons prompted
the charitable admission of the
colored element in this Convention.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
WOMAN'S RIGHTS

Rev. Dr.. Chaplin, in a resent =.
course on "The crown Of va",' w.
said: "'4'
The condition Of obligation ~,
the conditions Of rights are ;n,. as'
r"ole' 10 exercise these, wons' .
must have cope and opportu,;,,
Her obligations compel her II "
mand her rights, She has . wv.
to develop her nature to the ut,''4
OF its power: Whatovert pove, d.
MES this is tyrannical. won,.
has the right Of doing and bs;,.
the best she can. The question :
woman suffrage was above riia;ers
Throwing ridicule at it was IL. :
ring pop-guns at a Thunderstorm
it may be funny, but it is not tor;.
bic. Even if women were to VT.
God would still hold society toestl'
er as he holds the heavens togsAu,
Women should be free to do n.
the work she can do. She has claim
to the highest education. In nm.
clusion, the preacher counssDa,
young women to be strong, tus
and faithful, not mere queens Of 80.
ciety, but first in acts Of mercy and
charity, and first in a readiness ID,
all good wolk.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
THE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY

Under this caption our neighbor
of tho New Orleans Republican OF
yesterday treats it's readers to a dis
QUESTION on the propriety of the
Democratic party coalescing with
Governor Warmoth. From it we
extract the following remarkable
paragraph: T."
He is not undone, because he can
win in his own party if he chooses
so to do. He prefers rather to as
sist the good and reasonable people
of oil parties, if they will consent to
be helped. If they will not admit
his efforts, then he will be forced,
as the worst of two evils, to assist
in defeating the Democracy, for the
country nor his own obligation will
allow him to put these men in power
in Louisiana who are incapable of
governing with justice, and whose
skirts are soiled with the offenses
that have been SO wickedly laid at
his door.
Now, it seems to us, that if this
is q correct exposition Of the Gov
errors views and position, that his
duty to the Republican party that
elevated him and maintained him
through every peril, in the position
he occupies is clear. He should
choose" to win for them and
with them without any hesitation
whatever. If the Democracy will
not permit him to do them good, if
they will not drop their unthinking
prejudices, he should not for an in
slant stop to consider; his para
mount and peremptory duty is as
clear as the light.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
NATIONAL
CONVENTIONS 4

The National Conventi6n which
assemblies Philadelphia on June
5, was well attended by delegates
from the States and Territories Of
the Union, to the amount OF 752.
Immense interest having been pre-
viously existing oil over the country
there were attracted to the wigwam
of the convention thousands from
all parts of the country. The re-
ports say that great harmony and
intense enthusiasm prevailed. The
preliminary and permanent organi-
cations were got through with as
much CELEBRITY as possible, and the
chief business of the assembling,
the nomination of President and
Vice President, hurried on.
The denomination of President
Grant was a foregone conclusion
long before the assembling Of the
Convention, so that when the tele-
graph flashed the intelligence over
this continent the news was not at
all surprising. -.
The nomination for: Vice Presi-
dent has been bestowed on Hon.
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts,
than whom no more worthy recipi-
ent is in the Republican party.
These are the nominees Of the
National Republican party for the
two most prominent positions in
our country.
Party fidelity demands that I'LL
Republicans who from various
reasons opposed the Presidents re-
nomination, should henceforward
lay down their hostility aud giving
in their adhesion to the decision Of
the majority, approve and support
the choice of the party.
This is the position we propose
to assume with reference to Presi-
dent Grant, and from to-day we
accept him as the chosen guardian
of the nations welfare at home, and
her homer abroad.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

LADIES FA1R--During this week
the fades of the Central Church,
under the p~astorate of Rev. c. Fl.
Thompson, D. D., have been hold
ing q Fair in the lecture room Of
the. building for the purpose Of
raising funds in aid Of the purchase
Of the church.
The room is very .tastafully deco
rated With wreaths, flowers, arches,
festoons and flags all appropriately
distributed over the room. The
tables contain a large assortment OF
ornamental and useful articles Of
every description, and are presided
over by hdies who cannot fail to
effect sales If customers approach
them. The supper room is we'll
supplied and attended, .snd on APP
preaching it there is q strong temp
tation to indulge in the provisions
thereof.
Every evening has Witnessed a
good attendance Of tie. "fair" ones,
but the sterner sex have not been
correspondingly regular in their at.
tendance: A fine piano has been
placed in The, exbastioD room, and
sweet music has been discourssa by
one and another pssfox,ner. We
ore glaa to learn that good hepss
.are entertained 81 SUCCESS.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
OUR AGENTS.

MISSISSIPPI - Daniel e. Young
Greenville.
LOUISIANA John A. Washington,
Black Hawk, Ooncordia Parish; Hon. G;
7. Kelso, Alexandria; Antoine b Sterrett,
Shreveport, A. G. Ruth, Carroll Parish.
J, Ross Stewart, Tensas.
D1sTRIcFa0R COLUMBIA -James
A. D. Green, Washington City.
ILLINOIS Lewis B. White, Chicago
KENTCCKY:-Dr. 3. A. Green, Louis
vile.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

%And now comes the Liberal
Republican party into the field with
its proposition to cooperate with
the joint committees Of the Reform
and Democratic Conventions for the
praiseworthy object Of efectingg "a
thorough and efficient combination
Of all parties in this State" on the
Greeley and Brown ticket, and
State and National Reform. These
propositions have not been listened
to with much regard by the rules Of
the Conventions, and the Times of
yesterday announces that if the
Liberals are unable to effect a coali-
ton, they will put another ticket
in the field"
In these days when the tempera-
ture is SO elevated, and when one
gets perplexed SO easily in these
it is perfectly bewillering
to contemplate th6 moy1as >n the
political chess board. Several
checks" have been given at the:
opening, and players are now NOV
ing with more caution.
Too deeply Interested in the re-
suit, we cannot look on the contest.
without grave concern, and We sin
&c hope that the wonted dex-
terity, skill and endurance Of our
Republican players will eaectuallyy=
"checlzMate our adYelsarie5.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
Dr The Missionary BazHist, in

"a Inc WssstoHu'y DuERtsS III
Offering inducements to subscribers,
says:
"There sre eaid to be three hundred
thousand coiorad Baptists in the South;
but We don't know anything about each
othsr-dont know who the preachersaze ire,
where the churches are, where the m J.
bersthiip, i, or what We arc doing. TINS
paper will tell all about the churches, who
are the pastors. and give accounts Of Re-
yiyais and associations, and also will tell
all about the societies Of b~eneyolence
among US.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
SATURDAY, June 8, 1872.
TO OUR CITY SUBSCRIBERS

We will be glad if you notify our
Office of any delinquency on the
part of our carrier, as cur arrange
ments are such that every issue of
our paper should be regularly de-
iivered.s
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

~-The NerriMe Menus Of June 6
came promptly to hand at 8 P. N. or
the day of it's date, which speaks
remarkably well for promptitude
all around. We extract the follow
ing paragraph with reference to 6
well known Republican,
t.HoN. P. O. DEsLoNDE
"The unfagging zeal Of this IN.
compromising representative col.
ored man for the advancement Of
his race, entities him to the respect
of every honest man who knows
him. And that his eminent ser.
vices to the Republican Party may
be rewarded by his election to some
lucrative Office on next November,
va shall cheerfully indorse. any
movement having that object That
Mr.. Deslonde is the acknowledged
leader nf the colored voters Of this
Parish, is beyond q shadow OF a
doubt. To deny it would be . vir-
tual admission of ignorance of the
facts which enter into judgement.
No newspaper is more. eager to
hoist, the name Of Hon. P. G.. Des-
londe,. as q candidate for the sniff
rageof Republicans. than The Iber-
Vile Mcua *.Hurrah for "Uncle
Georg" Who's afgaid NON:
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

~Ths Louisiana delegation has
eleetedSdane Gaaanave.i ESD, to,
represenfIldaisiana III tho National
Republican COMMITTEES.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

It is a paradox that you increase
the value Of y uniteten-lold by cd
ding nothing TO it.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08


MEMBERS.
iron THE srArE AT LARaE.1
EDWARD BUTLER, of Plaquemines.
g. s: SCHMIDT, Of Orleans.
THOMPSON COAKELY, of Rapides.
ALBERT CAN'T, of St. Landry.
JOHN PARSON, of Orlean.
A. ". SMYTH, of Orleans.
II. RABY, of Natitoches.
GEO. Y. KELSO, Rapides.
DAVID YOUNG, Concordia.
F. ]. HEBRON, Of Orleans.
First Congressional District-Hugh j.
Campbell, H. Mahoney.
Second Congressional District-A. E.
Barber, James l. Belden.
Third Congressional District-Thomaa
Il. holland, George Washington.
Fourth Congressional District-E W.
Devices, R&foEd Blunt
Fifth Congressional Disttictr-A ".
Faulkner, A. B. Harris.
sve-fxfcu1IvE COMMITTEE.
Hon. HUGH ,. CAMPBELL, Chair.
man.
Hon, P. B. s. PINCHBACK.
Hon. HARRY MAHONEY.
Hon. F. j. HEBRON.
Hon. A. B. HARRIS.
Hon. A. E. RARBER-
EnAncf COMMITTEE.
Hon. r. J. HEBRON
Hon. THOS. I'm A D.
Hon. Ed. BUTLER.
Hon. A. W. FAULKNER.
JOHN PARSONS.Esq
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

Mn. ED1ron-The treatment d
colored ladies and gentlemen Oh.
many of our railroads is getting
beyond endurance. Nov, BE-
known to the people Of America,
and especially to the Senators and
Representatives in Congress- that
of the two hundred delegates i in at.
tendance upon tho General Confer.
ence of the A. N. E. Church, now
in svssion in Nashville, Tennessee
scarce one got there without soma
outrageous treatment at tho hands
of some of the conductors Of cars
coming to this city. Further, i
should be understood that these de.
legates had 6~rst-ciass tickets. 1t
should be borne in mind that our
delegates ore gentlemen OF reason
able refinement aud fair culture
But Notwithstanding this, soneo Of
the conductors, in the roushet
! manner possible, actually forced
! them into tie dirtiest cars OF theo
train-the ones set apart for toD'''
co chewers and smokers, drinkers
and swearers. It would be h'
enough to compel the rough to f'"s
in such cars and in such company
but the idea Of forcing christian
ministers, is a dissracc to tho c''n''
zation of the age, and must no'
longer be lorne with.
In the name OF nearly six MIL
lions of American citizens, VIC 'p'
peal to the two Houses OF Congress
to put M end to such treatment !"
once and foreveH
We ask for tie enactment o arD
a statute rs will mako It criminal "
treat ladies aud gentlemen Us II they
were brutes-and fr NO Other res
son than that their color differs
from somebody else. Congress
owes it to itself to pass SOME so'D
enactment ere it adjou'n@
Many instances might be. given
to confirm what has been saxf' LEU
one or two suffice. The Missouri
delegation Of eight or ten deleee''se,
before leaving st. Louis, puroI'',*
Grst-class tickets through to NasD-
vile. Before starting, one Oh 'D'
members mentioned to tho Genera
Ticket Agent that it was poss'D''
the delegates would not DO 'll0'su
such accommodations as the t'cke'S
called for. He was, however, ~
sured that such would not be '1'
case, and to make assurance ~ ..
were doubly sure, he put a le''s'
in the hands of one Of the party ~ -
he. shown to conductots. ba' "
was all in vain. To make . lo's
story short, wien we arrived ~ ~
Henderson, Ky, and had taken w. ~.
seats in frst-class cars, We "e'0 y
preached by a british CONDUCT"
and ordered out. It was oil IN ''''
TINT We porleyed with him. y" =.
ther than begin the fight We a,'0"SS
his kuklux majesty to triumph
Another instance was that OF ~, ~
Eastern delegation with some D ':m;.
with them, but they reoe'se' s nha
lar treatment at the hands o ~
ch;va]rous Kentucky conductor
That something ought to De '''on
is certain, and we again CAL w.
Congress to join in Nj: s Jul" In
Supplemental Civ, ii! Rights BIZ ,., ~
the meantime, let our peop'e ~. n
Nj d J stone unturned that Pron'''''
tue least to advance our rights,
~ --chllaiad n Ra"$"'
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OFFICERS.

OFFICERS.
PREs'r-P, 3. s. .PINCHBACK Of Orleans.
RECORDING SRC'Y-WILL1AM VlGEbS.
CORRESPONDING SEo'x-J. W. FAIRFAX.
ME8aEn&.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

NUMBERS as would unqueStaOnaD1y
form an invincible host, are in the
choice vernacular of their own ora.
tors Ignorant and brutal negroes
with whom it would be eternal dis.
grace to affiliate. On the other hand
the Reformers, admittedly only an
infant organization, proposes
to accept the situation" and is
willing to guarantee non-interfer'
ence with our enjoyment Of the
rights now secured under State and
Federal enactments.
These two bodies, with these dis
similar views on a vital question
have been in conference, and natu.
rally, have only been enabled to
"agree to disagree" The Demo.
cratic party true to its instincts,
blind to its best interests, and reck.
less of the material prosperity Of
the State, stubbornly persists in the
exclusion Of the negro aud the com.
.plete a~scendancy Of the white race.
From this party We are to expect
no aid; to their fold the wandering
sheep of our scattered flock dare
not 60 for safety.
The concessions and promises Of
the Reformers are fair enough.if they
possessed the ability to carry them
out; but they do not. They must
rely on the strength which We would
give them to accomplish their ben.
e6cent purposes. And this is about
the sum Of the two conventions
From neither of them is overthrow
to be apprehended if the Repub]i.
can party is true to itself. The
more discussion We have, the nearer
we approach to the real contest
the more distinctly perceptible does
it appear that the fight is mar.
rowing itself down to the
old lines. The Democratic party is
not ready to receive us on terms o.
civil and political equality; the Re-
publican party should not be ready
to weaken it's effectiveness to dis.
rupt its compactness, to endange1
it's perpetuity, to jeopardize its best
interests, merely to pander to its
political enemies.
Let us learn the lessons suggested
by the sayings and doings of the
two Conventions this week, and
having a full knowledge Of the pow
ers, the desires and the purposes Of
these respective bodies and the
numbers they represent, let us as
visedly proceed to the momentoua
work rushing so fast on our party.
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08
OCTRAGRoUS.

BY I. v. HENDERSON,
The weekly Louisianian., 1872-06-08

pEcTING. a,

. Anumabver Of the Republicans u
south Caroline under the leader
ship Of Major Martin R. Delany,
DESTROYS ct securing Hon. A. J.
Willard, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, for Governor. have
addressed him on the subject and
desire to know whether he would
be willing to become a candidate on
the following basis:
An honest, impartial and economical
administration Of the government on lie
publican principles.
Rural homesteads to the freedmen, the
lands to be supplied by the State. at a
fixed moderate average price and limited
number Of acres to each farm, with the
Same advantages to the poor whites in
rural districts, If desirable-thls to be
without An increaae of taxation, which
a be done; the State to be reimbursed
in four or more annual payments by the
recipients of the homesteads.
Education of the common people ON
the public school system.
Half of the State officers white and halt
colared, namely White Governor, At
torney General and superintendent Of
Education: colored Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State and Adjutant General;
the Treasurer and Comptroller General
being one white and the other colored-
competency in each being always required;
and the Snmo ratio. ~ roSpects race.
where practicable, to apply to county
officers.
The learned Judge has replied at
considerable length, we can only
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-04
NUMBER 81.
Jury System in America and
Austria.
[From the St. Louis Republican,

FROM the ot. Louis Repu DIiean.
In America the jury system is fall
ing into disgrace on account of this
ignorance of the majority of jurors.
A very large propotion of the men
who are called upon to renderyerdicts
are of exceedingly limited brain pow
er, and the law and the testimony
go in at one ear and out at the other
without leaving even a sediment of
sense behind. Rights of property are
settled by impecunious individuals,
who never had ability enough to earn
the price of a jack-knife the question
of the sanity or insanity of a homicide
is determined by dozen blockheads
whose knowledge of the mental ap-
paratus is infinitessimal and not un-
frequently the most important cases
turn on the condition of the jurors
stomachs, and a lively appetite upset
the arguments of counsel and the
charge of the judge.
But in Austria, the Minister of JUS
tice has lately brought forward bill
to abolish trial by jury, because the
jurors knows too muehP In other
words, each case, from hog stealing to
high treason, is viewed from purely
political standpoint, and the six or
twelve gentlemen in the box discuss
with marvellous acuteness the consti-
tutional questions involved in the al
legged crime, and acquit or convict the
prisoner in utter contempt of statute
evidence. Perhaps if the average
American and Austrian juror could be
melted together and run out into one,
that one would come nearer the stand
ard of our ideal juryman than any
specimen now extant. Is there no
way of trying the experiment for the
benefit of jury-loying communities
everywhere
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-04
sc ''The Prettiest Girl"


Once upon time the legend runs,
an editor in u Western city was in
duced by his evil genius to indite a
description of an evening party,
wherein he referred by name to the
fascinating Miss as "the pref
tiest girl in this town. During the
succeeding twenty-four hours he re-
ceived visits from sixteen big brothers
of young ladies other than Miss -,
followed by two-and thirty admirers
of the said big brothers sisters, and
their collective expressions of dissent,
in the form of cowhide switches and
boots of like material were so forcibly
impressed upon him that for many
days and nights he was forced to
write his editorials standing, and to
sleep in the attitude in which the
serpent was condemned to crawl on
account of somewhat similar con-
nection with Ewes full fig" for the
fall season. Since then Western ed
itops have been naturally cautious as
to naming any particular name in
conjunction with a singular superla-
tive adjective, and have adopted the
more prudent course of lauding gen
orally the entire fair sex of their res
pective sections. Thus, journal
which aspires TO State repute an
nounces that " the ladies of Arkansas
are by common consent admitted to
be the handsOmest and most graceful
in the Union )" country organ may
narrow the bounds of it's admiration
in the assertion that "the Cass county
girls are well known to be the pref
test in the State;" whilst a village
paper may without fear claim the
same distinction for the maidens of
its own small neighborhood. In this
way able-bodied admirers are pacified
and big brothers become harmless
animals. But sometimes untoward
emergencies will arise, and the now
prevailing American custom of decid-
ing by ballot who is the fairest at a
church fair, bids fair to place the rep
resentative editor at an unfair disad-
vantage. He is, of course, expected
to publish the choice of the church
majority, or the winner of the agri-
cultural detttr puIehrorima to do this
boldly and without a word Of approx
ing comment savors Of discourtesy !;
and yet editorial acquieseence may
entail the traditional male relatives
and lovers of all the disappointed can
didates. In such a predicament now
stands one of our Western contem-
poraries. The fair has been held, the
prize awarded and the proceedings
transmitted to the editor; but that
lackless wight, after long and prayer
full meditation, reluctantly, though
resolutely, declines to put in type the
name of any prize female, unless she
be COW, a mare or a pig.