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1t was gratifying to us to see that
Senator West, of Louisiana, took de-
cided stand against the appointment of
a committee to investigate the "sale
of arms to French agents." We do not
believein Senators endeavoring to dis
parage the Government of the United
States in order to crafty their per-
sonal dislike for its President. There
are many things to be said against
General Grants administration of the
Executive Department of the Govern
ment, if his opponents desire argu-
ment, without creating scandals that
will injure us in the eyes of foreign
powers and perhaps even go SO far as
to provoke a foreign war, But now
that the investigation has been order
ed and commenced, we hope it viii
be prosecuted with vigilance and the
truth or falsity of the charges made
by Sumner and Schurz clearly and
incidentally established. We have
little doubt how the matter viii end,
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HOW ABOUT THIS ?

Why isit that after lapse of near
" two months since the completion
of their labors there is yet no report
from the Congressional Louisiana In
vestigating Committee and no pros
pect of one eitheri Why do not the
Louisiana Representatives in Con-
gress demand that this report be
fortheomingf When the Committee
left New Orleans for Washington both
the friends and enemies of the State
Administration claimed that the evil
dence taken was of such character as
to substantiate their peculiar views;
the former saying it relieved the Gov
ernor and the Administration from the
numerous charges of corruption made
against them, the latter declaring it
established those very charges be-
yond question. We have read the
synopsis of the investigations made by
that Committee, as given in the New
Orleans newspapers, thoroughly, and
are perfectly satisfied that fair and
impartial report from the Committee,
founded upon the evidence in their
possession, cannot fail to vindicate the
official honesty of Governor Warmoth
and totally disprove the oft-repeated,
slanderous allegations of his enemies.
While there have been bad men con-
nected with the State Administration,
and while bad measures have I'M
doubtedly been enacted by the Re
publican Legislatures, still enough has
been shown to prove that most OF
these bad men are in the ranks of the
Governors foes and that he is in no
wise responsible for the acts of the
Legislature.
1t is a duty which our Republican
Representatives in Congress owe to
their constituents to demand report
from the Louisiana Investigating
Committee. 1t was said by the news
paper correspondents, after the Com
mittee had returned to Washington,
that two of the Republican members
of it would report favorably to Gov,
Warmoth and the State Government,
the one in favor of the federal officials,
and the two Democrats in opposition
to both. We hope the failure of the
Committee to report has not been the
result of a determination on the part
of President Grant and his friends to
suppress the evidence, for such action
would be most conclusive proof of the
assertion of many of Governor War
moths adherents, that the President
is waging bitter personal war upon
him and will use all means, fair OF
foul, to crush him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-30

If any doubt the assertion made in
the CHIEF of last week that there is a
hopeless division in the ranks of the
Democratic party of this State, let
them read in the city papers an ac-
count of a meeting of Democrats and
Reformers, so-called, held in New Or
leans last week, which was broken up
amid greatest confusion and bitter
feeling, almost eliminating in a resort
to mob violence.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-30

Hon. Thomas H. holland, State SEN
ator from Iberville, and Mr.. Ebert
Can't, an influential citizen of St.
Landry, are spoken of as candidates
for the Congressional nomination from
this, the Third District. Several other
aspirants will doubtless turn up before
the nomination convention is held.
All we have to say on the subject at
present is to express a hope that the
best man may win.
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Republican State Convention.
Call Of the State Central COMMITTEES.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES, ?
Republican Party of Louisiana, Z
New Orleans. March 10. 1872. }

49,. New orleans, mdrcn 10, lcfS
The committee met pursuant to adjourn
ment, President Pinchback in the chair
There being a quorum present the COM
mittee proceeded to business
The following resolution. presented by Hon.
A. E. Barber was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the president of this COM
mittce be and is hereby authorized to call q
State convention of the Republican party OF
Louisiana, to meet at the Mechanics Insti-
tute, in the city of New Orleans, at II O'Clock
NJ, on Thursday, Way 2, ISS2, for
the purpose of electing delegates to attend
the National Republican Convention, called
by the National Republican Executive Com
mittee, to be held at Philadelphia, June ,,
1872: also to nominate Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor OF
Public Accounts, Superintendent of Public
Education, Attorney General, and Represen,
tatiyes in Congress, and to transact such Other
business as may come before it.
On motion of H. j. Campbell, the minutes
| we're ordered to be printed in the official
journal.
By order of the committee.
P.B. S. PINCHBACK. President.
WILLIAM VIGERs, Recording Secretary.
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The question of the origin of the
North American Indians is revived by
the fact of q Japanese junk having
gone ashore in Alaska with three live
natives on board. Twenty-three of
the crew had persisted from hunger i.
Forty years ago, it is said, Chinese
vessel with living men on board,
drifted ashore at the mouth of the
Columbia river. AS the junks at
present in use in easterly nations are
no improvement on those of one
thousand years ago, it is quite possible
that long before Columbus sighted st.
Salvador natives of China and Japan
had been drifted to the shores of Am
erica.
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The Prairie CHIEF, published at
Cambridge, Illinois, has the following
extract from the New York San at the
head of it's editorial columns, in capt.
tai letters. "When President sur
rounds political conventions with
soldiers in order to exclude from them
those citizens who are opposed to his
e-nomination las q. S. Grant did at
New Orleans), the liberties of the peo-
pie are in danger"
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lydia Tbomnson,s raid ON tho. oh;

Lydia Thompson's raid on the Chi
cago editor has been taken as model
by the Zavistowski Sisters at Sand
hurst, Australia. An editor there re-
vealed the fact that Zavistowski
was but a stage name, their legal cog
nomen being Murphy, and the offend
ed misses-they have been misses for
many, many years-assailed ON the
street and thrashed him with their
parasols until they had satisfied their
thirst for gore.
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Republican State Central Exec
utiye Committee.

Officers of the Committee
p. B, s. Pinchback, President.
William yigers, Recording Secretary.
j. w. Fairfax, Corresponding Secretary.
Members for the State at Large.
Edward Butler, 5. ). SEMINAR.
Thompson Coaklcy, Ebert CAN'T.
Jobn Parsons. A. W. Smythe.
n Rahv James McCleery,
David Young, +. y. herron'
FIRST Congressional District.
Hugh ]. Campbell, H. Mahoney.
Second Congressional District.
A. E. Barber, James L. beioen.
Third Congressional District.
Thomas Fl. holland, Geo. Washington.
Fourth Congressional District.
EW Devices, Raford Blunt.
Fifth Congressional District
w Faulkner. A. B. Harris.
Congressional Committee, Bird District
John r. Gallup, Emerson Bentley,
Louis E. Lahore, Pierre Landry,
Clark II. Remick.
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Shortly after the departure of Gov
ernor Warmoth for New York, Lieut.
enant Governor Pinchback left for
the national capital, and since that
time Hon. O. Fl. Brewster, Speaker OF
the House of Representatives, has
been acting as Governor Of the State.
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he various parish committees throughout
the state are requested to call parish con
yentions to elect delegates according 70 this
appOrtionment. ''-l'
By order of the COMMITTEES.
P. B. s. PINCHBACK. President
WILLIAM FIGERs, Recording Secretary.
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GOING TO DONALDsONvILLE,

q. w. h. BAYLEYs
General Superintendent
G. II. BENEDICT,
Assistant Superintendent.
Nrw ORLEANS. Dec. 18th, 1871. 12tf
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Mandatory, Is Barclay St., New York.
R. SPROULE & McCOWN,
DEALERS IN tt
Fine Custom Made Clothing
AND

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New Orleans, Mobile & Tex. Il. r
NOTICE.

On and after December IIth, Io1I, Z
Passenger Trains win run daily between
New Orleans and Donaldsonviile as follows:
GOING To NEW ORLEANS,
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Being published Weekly, its matter is al
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DAILY AND WEEKLY.
Official journal of the United States, State
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Devoted to Politics, News, Literature, and
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To The Republicans of the Third Congrcssion-
nj District of Louisiana
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-07
Ekor journal

Beor Journal
wish 70 avail myself Of your extcu-
siye travels and visits 70 al intelligent
families and communities, 10 call the
attention Of sll such to what appears 10
nae 70 be a very demoralizing practice,
at present in vogue among teachers Of
common schools. and sometimes advo-
Gated by town superinteudents, to VT /:
the practice Of questioning the pupils
as to whether they have broken any Of
the rules Of the school by whispering,
etc The children, through the inHu.
ence Of roll Of honor or the disappro-
baton OF the teacher or other iniiuenc.
es. answer "no, or | have only whis-
pered once during the season the
teacher bestows the much coveted roll,
and at the same time the other scholars
lock on with establishment az hearing
the denial, as they know the favored
child has uttered an untruth, us they
have witnessed him or her whisper re-
peatedly sometimes with themselves,
and have resolved the next time tie
deny their shortcomings, reasoning with
themselves, Mary or John received
the present but told a lie to get it, and
il is no worse for me than for them -
Now gentle reader, am / not right in
saying such system or practice does
have direct tendency to make the
children untruthfuly Is ii not reward
rendered to induce them to become
liars And who but the teachers and
superintendent are responsible Z Let
each one answer to his own heart and
hereafter adopt better course in guild
ing the young and plastic minds o.
children. PHIoLaATn,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-07

2zeoa agAins, sss.24a oo0 far he
year ls;o. ], noticeable TIA, there
" asrcase IL failures ia THpois.
hsca.gAn, aa3 Wisconsin, three states
visited ~ mos, destructive eonasEra.
neus in Iliiaois an increase was
eEPecteG hvi tie failures u 1870
we're 2l4 vhile last year they were
oaly ~ IN New York city the nun
ber ~ failures were 32i, aad the Iiabil.
iises 2o7io eco IN ibc state. ,tclad-
ing the city. the number Of failures was
s2i aad lhe liabilities O. o5l 600. In
Massachusetts there were 30 failures.
and the liabilities Amounted to s. .2al-
900. New York. Pennsylvania. Massa
chaneits. Ohio Missouri. Maine, New
Hampshire. Rhode Island Vermont
sud other states. show a decrease. Con
Gecncut, California, Kansas aud others
sho~ an Increase. The failures in Yer
mont we're twenty-five in number in
1871 "a against thirty. five 10 1870, and
,hir,yseyeu IN 1869 The liabilities Of
Vermont in 1871, were $2s2 .Oeo, in
/ 1870, 1881 900 in 1853. tsi3,oo
/ The figures show a more healthy and
/ improving condition q business,
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nAsa,-EnApKs.

The evils growing out Of masked balls
and assemblies are so numerous and So
fragrant that the Legislature Of Massa-
ehusstts has deemed il necessary 20
pass the following stringent statute
"Whosoever gets up, sets on foot,
causes to be published. or otherwise
aids IN getting up and promoting, any
masked ball OF other public assembly,
at which the company wear masks or
other DISCUSSES, and 10 which admis.
sion is obtained upon payment OF
money or delivery Of any valuable
thing. or by ticket or voucher OBJ
tanned for money or any valuable thing,
shall. for the first offence, be punished
by fine not exceeding $500 and fol-
any subsequent offence, by imprison'
ment in the jail or house Of correction
not exceeding one year
The occasional appearance Of these
foreign city indecencies, albeit in modi
fed forms, suggests the inquiry wheth
er like prohibitory provisions may moi
not be expedient in Vermont and New
Hampshire - Eermont Chronicle.
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OK THR LINE OF THE Ii. e. RAILROAD |
March 4th, 1872
NJ. Editor.

Mr., Editor.
What shall we do to be saved is the
inquiry Of some Of our dairy farmers
They acknowledge that they have de.
parted from that natural and independ-
ent way Of their fathers, and feel that
they are now getting their punishment,
1t is not many years since that the
wives and daughters Of our dairymen
were manufacturing butter and cheese
at home and enjoying life Of indepen-
dence and pleasure, having none to
make them afraid But to follow the
progressive spirit Of the age, encour-
agement was given, and a cheese fac
tory with all its fixtures, and in a style
equal if not superior to any in the sur
rounding country, was erected in our
midst. True to the encouragement
given il was patronized generally, and
from which satisfaction acknowledged,
it having obtained reputation that
made ready sales and first prices 1t
did not take long TO satisfy the daught-
ers, and mothers too, that it was pleas
ant not TO have the muss Of making
cheese at home consequently in the
course Of time the cheese utensils were
disposed o. All mo, ed well under the
new arrangement till some Of the pat
rons Of the factory, who having conf
dence ia the statement Of men OF expe-
rience in such matters, withdrew their
patronage from the factory and sent
their milk to New York This has had
the effect 10 close the factory, which
would be well enough ifthc prices could
be obtained for the milk that was est.
msted would BE- paid by those expert.
enced men. Now. farm utensils dis
posed d, factory closed, and milk At
3 IL cents per quarry yes, and some
having cans not used up yet ones
ton arises, what shall we do
II IL also said that milk consigned 20
any ether party than Cummings, Baker
4 Co that tribute Of one.fourth Of one
cent per quart must be paid to said
company
Be sure as al indueemeni 70 seed
milk TO New York, We have been Ad-
viAed that the cows will give more
milk, make more and better manure
they are sensitive, you know, and
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wHAr - THE nGTrEn Win rHE
ENpnKNA raMPkNIE&F

Hsriag occasion not long anrs e
order : package IN great haste from
New Ycfk. a. Al business men frc.
qsenty 81. we expected ihc goods The
bird day alter ihs order vas sent Ia.
stead 81 Lis wo waited more than
wcek. and when received found one
package lad been 10 Worcester. Mass
from thence % Ruiand and then 70
Manchester IL might have gone T.
many other places IN les crratic course
Moreover Il had been through ID
hAnds q three cypress eomps =.
stead Il one. with ~
charges
Nov ifi
A. ...ls were a solitary case, We
,a.d ebdsayor 70 smother our wrath
Ia silence bat We have been troubled
n the sane way before, and we know
ofseycral Others similarly afflicted
Express companies arc dne thing,
and We cannot very well 30 without
them Asa general thing goods arc
forwarded ~ them the FIRST opPortuni'
". AID with reasonable charges but
because q package BY chance happens
20 be delivered 10 a wrong company. u
no reason that they should carry itsev'
eral hundred miles IN an opposite d.
rcotion from what il was intended FOL
the sake Of getting fee. If they mus
have fee, let them charge II and de
liver ialo the hands Of the proper e1
press company at once, and thus ayo''
the long delay Of sending it by Boston
or Portland or Chicago. The two CON
panies have Offices close together II
New York, and the trouble Of transfer
ring from one TO the other cannot b
very great
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-07

Ia lhe Stokes trial last week the Judge
directed the jury TO end that the indict.
ment was sufficient, but the counsel for
the respondent took an appeaI 70 higher
court
The Japanese embassy finally got
through to Chicago, lhe blockade on the
Onion Pacific railroad having been raised,
and after stay Of day Or two, went on
direct 70 Washington.
The public debt statement shows the
gratifying decrease Of over twelve million
dollars bor the shortest month ia the year,
and decrease Of nearly ninety-fiye mil.
lion dollars for the year.
The amount 81 regular stakes, purses,
etc, hAzarded upon borse-fesh 10 the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-07

Al tie United States Circuit and Dis.
trict Court a. Burlington On Wednes.
day the case Of Sheppard Knapp and
George Briggs v the Troy and Boston
Railroad Company, was the iint taken
up. II Is probable that il win occupy
some days Ia its trial The facts in the
case are briefly these The Troy and
Boston Railroad Company, in January,
1851, leased d Shepherd Knapp and
George Briggs, trustees. the Western
Nernont Railroad, FOR period Of ten
years The lease contained cove.
uant 70 return the road ID a. good con.
ditlou Of repair as when they received
IL natural wear only excepted Ii il
claimed ~ the plaintiff that this cove.
nani was not fulfilled, aud this action
is brought 70 recover the damages 20
claimed to have been sustained And
this vas the cause 81 the original break
IN our railroad connection Messrs l.
L Poland +. J. Phelps, John "
Stewart, T. Lyman aud W G Yea.
sey. for plaintiffs G y Davenport
A. B Gardner. Levi Underwood and
TafFaut sibley. foF The defendants A
large numbcr # witnesses from Ben.
niagtou and other points on the line
have been Ia attendance.
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PRESIDENT MAKING.

The nice little game Of President max
ing, which agitates our political circles
once in four years to the delight Of
wire pullers and politicians hut TO the
great disgust Of every honest peace
loving citizen, is being played at
Washington and elsewhere, with de-
termination 10 win The Democrats.
or At least many Of the leaders OF the
party, seem 10 think best 10 remain
quiet until they can determine whether
there is TO be a serious division in the
Republican party, and if So TO take adj
vantage Of il and either elect candi-
date Of their own or support the least
Objectionable Of the Republican candi-
dates.
Tho friends ofGrant are making very
little effort in his fayorbut his enemies
arc using every oHertion 60 rot up q
strong movement agansthim, Grant is
40 favorite with the politicians. bnt
this does not luJure him any in the
eyes Of the people, who after all is said
and done, will decide the thing in their
own way No matter what wire pulling
politicians may say, the people in the
days since the war thoroughly reused
them up, have a queer habit ofshowing
they have mind of their own in re-
gard 10 such matters, and we can have
the assurance that the country will be
reasonably safe whatever may be then
decision.
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rnR ALABAMA CLAIMS.

The reply Of Secretary Fish to Lord
Granvillc's note In regard to the kind
Of claims 70 be submitted to arbitration
at the Geneva conference, under the
treaty Of Washington, has been sent and
though the text has not boon made pub.
lie it is understood that our govern
ment will not recede from its first po-
sition. that oil claims which may arise
Of whatever nature are 20 be submitted.
The feeling seems 70 be gaining ground
ia England to allow all claims 10 be
submitted to the board, provided the
aggregate does not exceed certain
fixed Init. And there the matter rests
and probably will rest for months to
come, as large bodies move proverbi.
ally slow