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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26

The THOMAS CoNCERTs.-TlIe brief season
given us by Theodore Thomas admirable Or
chestra may in truth he called FESTIVAL of
Music" The obligations between Mr.. Thomas
and his audiences should be reckoned, however,
as mutual-the audience for the rich and stir
ring programmes, and Mr.. Thomas for the over
moving attendance of the elite of Washington
society. Never las Lincoln Hall been SO crowd
ed. Parties, receptions, germans, all gave way
Tor the artistic entertainments furnished during
the two evenings and matinee concerts. Expe-
rlence has proved to the manager of this body
OF artists that the people OF Washington are APP
preeiatiye, and We are promised in the future
more frequent visits. In April next they will
revisit the city, and doubtless will do as well ne
euniarily as they have in this last engagement.
Good as whole, the company also eXcels in
solo parts. Miss Marie Krebs, pianist who
came to us stranger, receIyed a war N welcome
She plays with great power. also with peculiar
deiicacy, and in pianissimo passages the clear
touch is noticeable throU ghant the entire hall
We understand that Miss Krebs is a fine vocal
list, and also performs well upon the organ. The
violin solos OF Mr.. Listemann were also notice.
ably good, anu several OF the other sOloists eli
cited the warHlest applause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26
LECTURES.

nIGHEB EDUCATION. = Rev. RICHMOND
HI flSH- y. D., President of st. Lawrence Uni
N.rsify New York. will lecture in Masonic Temple
SATURDAY EVENING, January 9TH subs
Ject-~ The Higher E6ucstion-Its Relations to Our
Common Schools. and its Necessity and Place in the
Nation tdmittsnce Is cents. Doors open q,
q" clock. Lecture Commence at O'Clock. J2j-3t-
ssDoPPING THE QUESTION"
Lofty HOUGH will lecture on the above in
teresting topic
LINCOLN HALL,
FRIDAY EVENING. 2sTH JANUARY.
Admission. SO cents n dti
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26

SPEAKER BLAINE's LITTLE son, We are glad
ia state, is rapidly recovering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26

The DELEGATES from the different tribes In
the lndisn country we're before the House COM
mittee on territories yesterday to protest against
the passage OF bill providing for the terrific
ri2Ezation OF the Indian nation. Col. T.. O.
BoGdinot, a Cherokee, appeared in behalf of a
measure that would territorialize the nation
and at the same time secure the rights of the
Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26

INTERSAL REvENUE.-Tbe receipts from this
source to-day were sGi3 IJ7.l5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26

TIA SYNDIcATE.-SecretaryB Boutwell, yester-
day Withdrew the SUM OF So, O25, 900 hve-twenty
bonds q various loans deposited as temporary
security tor coin deposits on account Ofthe Syn-
dictate, an the vaults OF the Treasury, which
were tufned over TO the loan branch OF the
Treasury TO be permanently retired. The above
bonds are not included I'm any call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26

CARQs BAZAR. 2l4 Pa. avenue, between 9Th
" aadlot SITS, is the cheapest and best place for
iss GUNS, PISTOLS, ioLoCks. No trouble;
skcv goods. oce-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-26

TIE CONTRACT FOR CARRYING THE Euro
PEAN MAILs.-There was joint meeting of the
Committees OH Commerce and Post Offices and
Pest Roads OF both the House and Senate this
morning, at the request OF the Postmaster GEN
trai, for the purpose of a conference with him
M relation to awarding the contract for carving
the European mail. and alter a fun discussion
Ut was decided TO give the contract to the WILL
hams & Guihon line.
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were tursied over to the loan branch OF the
Treasury TO be permanently retired. The above
bonds ara not included in any call.
The AMERICAN AND NATIONAL BANK Norx
CoMPANTEs--George B. NcCartee, and assis-
tants, from Oh Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing, Treasury Department, have concluded the
count OF moEey, stamps, paper, &C., at the
o3aces OF the American and National Bank
Note Companies in New York, and fnd every
thing correct. !,
HE TREAsURS INvIsTIGA rIoS.--The rumof
mentioned by norning paper that theexamin-
ing committee nov engaged in counting the
FUNDS and ex~.-. aing the books and accounts in
L 'ns, treasurer bureau have suspicious of ad-
u.uonai frsuds, is ros NOR only. The members
"a .ne coi-mittee assert that il Is utterly inn
1870 70 come TO amy conclusion until their
s.n1, aAuoh IL completed. Treasurer Spinner
- ,.in conhoeht tha no additional deficiencies
will be discovered. = -
CONTINENT TO Mr.. AkERMAS.-when IL
was nrst announced that Attorney General
Akerman would retire from the Cabinet the
southern republican Senators and Represent.-
tiyes held meeting aud drew up iettar n Mr.
hkerman, expressive OF their high regard for
MN, and thanking him for his efforts In the
suppression OF organized violence aud the
iesIoration OF law and order in the SOUTH Mr.
Akernan IN his reply thanks them for their
kIhdhess which prompted their letter AMI
rec'lfoeates their friendly personal wishes.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

We publish in full the Address and
Resolutions of the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, and also a synopsis Of the several
ballots had in making nominations.
OF the Address it may be said that
President Grant is handled without
gloves. 1t is impossible to see how the
men who endorsed that Address can
over become supporters of the Presi-
dent. As one delegate appropriately
said of himself, these men have all
burned their ships, SO tar rs Grant is
concerned.
The platform of principles cnuncia-
ted Is pretty we'll up to the Democratic
standard upon all important questions.
1t goes :, step ahead in advocating the
onc-tcrm principle for President, and
drops back slightly in leaving the tariff
question to bc decided by the congress
Sional districts. Ii the people thus APP
pralcd to shall condemn Mr.. Grcclcy'S
lifelong protection ideas, he will be in
an anomalous presidential fix, provi-
died. he gets to the White House.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
Coming Home to RO0st.

Senator Kellogg has IL bill in the SEN
ate to make a change in the day of
holding the presidential election in this
State from the first Tuesday to the first
Monday in November. Senator Trun-
bull spoke against the bill on the 9th.
The meaning Of this move by Mr..
Kellogg is, to paralyze the power of
Gov. Warmoth under the State election
laws, by bringing to bear on the man.
agemcnt Of the election the Federal
machinery provided for in the Election
law of Congress. This law applies only
to elections where president and MEM
bers of Congress are chosen. Congress
cannot change the day for electing
Governor and State officers, but can
change the day for electing presidential
electors, and by making the change
proposed, which will bring both cleo
tiOns in this State upon the same day,
Federal and State usurpations will be
brought into conflict. We doubt, how
ever, the ability of the Grant Congress-
men and Senators to accomplish the
change, if it shall be opposed by the
Liberals and the Democrats. But should
it be accomplished, there is an old
adage about honest men getting their
dues which might have forcible and
pertinent illustration in November
next. 1t is re-assuring even now, to see
that the chains forged for the South's
pillage and destruction, were wound
around others than the helpless victims
for whom they were forged and in
whose flesh the hard iron is imbedded
almost out of sight. The wan and
gaunt spectre representing Southern
prosperity and chivalry-thc cmaciatcd
followers of the Lost Cause, whose
heroic devotion to principles should
have quenched in the hour of triumph
the last ember of luminosity, and the
beautiful land where, for seven years,
''Sighs, and groans, and shrieks that rcnd
the air,
Are made, not marked; where violent sor-
row seems
\ modern ecStacy,'
may see in this conflict of the -ambi-
tious men who have wrought sucl, ruin,
the reactionary influences of Truth
outraged and the compromising bencf-
cence of GOD who guards and protects
all Of His creatures.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
THE CINCINNATI EXPOSITION.

EtlIor Of the Ot0cHitu ISie5rrfih Il
have read the short article in your
paper of May 4th, relative to the par
ticipation of Capt. ID. c. Morgan and
myself in the Liberal Republican Con-
Vention at Cincinnati, in the conclusion
Of which you say:
However, we should not be sur
priscd to hear that they were invited
to participate in the deliberations and
have really done SO, bW ccttrij'Iu not Us
Republicu1S.''
Silence on my part would, under the
circumstances, be an admission of the
correctness of your supposition. l think
your article calls fora candid statement
of my real course in that Convention
and affords me Il proper opportunity to
express my views on the political stu
alton. l avail myself of the courteous
offer of your columns for that purpose.
| went to the Cincinnati Convention
not ''as Il SPECTATOR but as 4 partici-
pant and supporter of the movement
Inc convention was an assembly of
delegates in mass, colled by the Exec
utlNc Committee of the Liberal Rcpub-
lican party of the State of Missouri. All
who approved of the objects and prin-
clpleS of the movement, as set forth in
call, We're invited to attend and par
tlcipate. This 'scalI' attracted my at
tcntion Immediately upon its puhlica-
tlon. | had previously observed, with
the political course of SchurE.
Graft Brown and others in Missouri. |
approved that ''call.' 1t embodied my
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
The Peoples Party Reformers.

We have received 4 couple of cirru-
lars and private note from the Srcrc-
tary of the Peoples Party organization
of New Orleans notifying us Of the
meeting, in State Convention, on the
4th proximo, of the delegates of that
organization, in the city of New Or
leans, and inviting our corporation.
We are ready to cooperate with the
reformers upon any possible basis for
the redemption of the State, but we
must insist upon the correctness of the
mathematical problem that the great
err always contains the less quantity.
If reform means anything-if reform is
or ever can be practicable-wc arc
bound to concede the right of the ma
jOrity TO govern. Minoritics are never
successful refOrmers. And, therefore,
the proposition to start a reform ticket
in Louisiana, where sevcn-cights of the
conservative voters are of another party
organization, is preposterous. 1t is vi
olative of all political experience and
contrary to good common sense. we
are in favor, however, of giving our
"Reform' friends Il fair hearing, and
of uniting with them in the formation
of a State ticket, only insisting that
representation on that ticket shall fair
ly reflect the political sentiments of the
people. We protest also that the basis
of representation adopted by .the Re
formers to-wit; taking half the votes of
each party in 1870 as Il basis, is wrong
and cannot be justified.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
National Democratic Convention.

At Il meeting of the National ENccu-
tive Committee, in New York, on the
was unanimously decided to hold the
National Democratic Convention ut
baltimore, on the 9th of July next. Tho
call of the Committee concludes with
these words:
We invite the cordial cooperation of
all conservative citizens who desire the
restoration of constitutional govern
mcnt and the pcrpctuation of republic
can institutions.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
Erecley. Grant and the Negroes.

When We are told that all tn" negroes
will support Grant in preference 10
Greeley, we beg to dissent. If the nc
gro ever had 4 friend Greeley is his
name. And the bcSt-rcad negroes,
who are always the leaders. will find
this out, if they do not know it already.
II there be amy gratitude in the negro
character, Greeley i bound to hr their
man: if there be none. the urNt ten
years will find them without Il single
friend. North 0l'South. What
will become of them then" 1t will be"
for the negro to answer, and not Us.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

The Southern States proper have l3l
electoral vOtes-2O more than the Wcs-
tern and Pacific States put together,
and % more than the New England
and Middle States combined. In Il tri-
angular tight,all but of these 1874 votes
are good for the Democratic ticket,
which gives l27 votes solid to begin
with. Add New Hampshire, votes,
Connecticut, & votes, New York, 81
votes, Pennsylvania, - votes, New
Jerseys votes, Ohio, -, votes, Indiana,
II votes, California, 6votcS, and Oregon,
3 votcs-total, 126 votes-and we have
an aggregate for the Democratic ticket
of 253 electoral votes, or scvcnty-four
votes more than is necessary to elect.
Now, if Greeley can be elected by the
Democrats voting for him-if he can
carry sufficient Republican votes in
doubtful States to turn the scale in his
favor, with the help of the Democrats
why cannot the Democrats elect their
man just as easily as elect Greeley: Or
if Greeley cannot carry enough Repub-
Leans to give him the doubtful States,
what is the use of the Democrats voting
for him: Suppose the Democrats adopt
the Cincinnati platform re'I'6atin,, only
substituting the words National DEM
ocrats for Liberal Republicans, and put
up some such man rs Hancock, Hcnd-
ricks, or even Chase, could the Gree
leyites, protesting to be devoted only
to reform and opposition to Grant, and,
as the New Orleans Re-
publican does, that their principles are
identical with ours,-could' they, we
say, pull down their man and go over
to Grant: Are they for principles: or,
are they only for men and against men:
Facts and arguments like these are
bound to have weight in the North, in
the course OF the Dcmoc-
racy there.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

The election for state and parochial
officers takes place on the first Monday
i'll \nvrmhrr, and that for President
amt r"-l'r"Sidrnt on the Tuesday
following. Members of Congress will
h" elected on Monday.
All state officers, Trcasurcv excepted.
all district, parish and ward officers are
TO I've elected this wear
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
HOMER, Ia, May Z, 1872

-
&. ". M. EItiIie:
DEAF. OLD FRIEND-Shall the old
Democratic ship go down? Must We
swallow old Greeley: The very name
embOIlicS all the curses hcapcd upon
the South in the last % years.
The Democratic party is stronger to-
day than it ever was in the history Of
this Government, and the prospect of
success brighter.
In 1868 the united Republicans, with
all the excitement Of war, hatred, mai
ice and revenge, defeated us by two
hundred and ninety-two thousand
votes. The effects Of the mighty rcvo-
luton We're fresh and burning, and
thousands, by mere excitement, voted
with the Republicans. At that time
we had only 60 Democratic mem
bcrs in Congress. The popular vote of
our party in 1870 had gained our JOG, 900
votes, and the Republicans had de-
creased 100000. At this time we have
over 5000, 900 votes, Il clear majority in
the United States.
We now have 1O7 members in Con-
gross, showing an increase of II votes
in 1 years. Now, why should the party
die: Why arc we not hopeful: Why
this cry for rHio,W, when it must be
seen from the nomination, itself, that
the only reform desired Is Il change in
Republican rulers, and not reform, in
fact
If the split in the Republican ranks
Is certain, then our prospects arc pccu
liarly bright.
The Democrats will not go ,,, u,uS&..
to the Liberals, ;ls thcy are falsely
called; but when their party is buried
If buried, it must hc-thcy will sim
ply make choice between the two Re
publican wings.
| am truly sorry to see Il disposition
upon tn" part of our people To take The
Liberal Republican wing. 1t seems To-
me We should be easy until we hear
fro IN our own convention on the 9TH of
July. Many men are committing Them
selves in haste, and, in my hunIblr
opinion, will h" glad /" take back.
NlaN the Lord bless YOU, ~" ran!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

Are the Republicans who Were. sui flo
eating IL with professions of librralitv
Il Will" back, going oprnvr faithful by
%upp"rtin" Horace Greeley. their rem
rCacntltiVr man. Eth?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
Whites and Blacks in Louisiana.

Very erroneous ideas are entertained
by some influential citizens with res
poet to the relative numerical strength
of the white and black races in this
State. For instance, we have met in
dividual5 who declare that the whites
have no show at the next election, and
the reason is rendered, upon inquiry,
that the negroes are so largely in the
ascendcncy that they can easily out
vote the whites. There are two grave
errors here. One is that the negroes
will vote the same ticket in North
Louisiana and on Red River that they
will vote on the Coast Or on the Teche.
Never since the blacks became voters
have they voted together, and there is
more reason for differences among them
now than ut any previous time.
The other error is one of figures. The
negro preponderancc in Louisiana is
really insignificant-if, in reality, the
prcponderancc is not now on the side
of the whites. We find by the census
of 1870 that the population of Louisi-
lana WAS
Blacks ............. ,264
Whites ..36l 800
4,O64
The difference between the two races
was, therefore, Il majority of 1864 in
favor Of the blacks. Allowing one
voter for every five persons counted i'll
the census, we have only sol voters
as the negro excess in this State! And
it must be borne in mind, that the
census was taken at the season of year
when there is Il large number of white
voters absent from the State, during
the most inactive business season of
tho year for merchants, clerks, profess
sional and transient business men, but
at the exact period when every colored
man is at home and busiest at his work
The prcponderance Of absent whites
would more than counterbal ance the
black majority of 50s voters. At least,
we can safely claim 4 stand-off.
But we cannot claim all the whites
as anti-Radicals. What we may and
do claim, however, in this particular is,
that the Influence of the whites, legiti-
nlatcly cXcrtcu, over the blacks, will
realize more in votes for the whites
porting the Radical ticket. Our gain
in this will more than counterbalance
our loss. We might name parishes
where nearly all the negroes, number
ell by hundreds, will go with the white
people, and where there are not halfa-
dozen white Radicals and never will
be. In some parishes, Ouachita, for
instance, where there is a large negro
maj GRITTY, we may safely rely upon
getting more black Democratic votes
than there will be white Radical votes.
leave, then, the New Orleans white
Radicals to be balanced by cOlored
Democrats in the country parishes
where the whites are in the ascenden-
cy, and we have an indisputable, aye,
demOnstr,blc majority for Conscrva-
tive ticket in this State.
We caution our people to consider
facts like these, before acquiescing in
the timorouS counselS of unrcfecting
or designing leaders who would lead
them into an abandonment Of their
wcll-tortiticu position of numerical and
intellectual ascendcncy. \ whining
dog * always kicked, no matter how
good and trusty Il watch he may be.
We publish in full the Address and
Resolutions of the Cincinnati Conven-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

We expect Il slaughter of til" mn"-
cents when Warnnth returns home.
Calfhead jelly will r,m away down I"
zero.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

lations upon the united action OF the
people, and there is no other avenue to
success. The people cannot afford to
he divided. If they do divide, they are
lost and lost irretrievably. That they
are all reforrncrs we cannot doubt, be-
cause that would be doubling their
sanity. 1t is not their interest to build
up enemies, but to pull them down.
We are beset with dangers shall we
look steadily to the right, and, closing
the view to the left, rccklcssly rush
compelled to take sides as yet, and may
never be, and there is no wisdom in
anticipating a trouble that may never
come, or, if it docs, the haste to meet it
will only augment both it's scope and
it's velocity. Therefore, let us proceed
cautiously and cooIIy. No one can
furnish, Il good reason for prccipitate
action, because that would restrict us
to chance in IL lottery, when Il GER
tsinty might be had by waiting.
Now we find that, while the enemies
of Warmoth and Grant each seem to
be unconpromising in their hostility,
nevertheless, they both anticipate the
possibility of fusion, one with one
faction and the other with the other
faction. Both agree as to the need of
reform, and, apparently, as to the ne
cessity of Il coalition with the men who
have made reform necessary, one fac
ton or the other. 1t must be Il qucs-
ton with these persons, if they really
consider reform the paramount issue,
AS it is now with us, How are we, who
differ 80 widely as to the respective UNI
worthiness of Grant and Warmoth to
our recognition, to harmonic among
ourselves, and make reform, our prime
object, possible? Without an adjust
ment of these differences, a fool can see
that reform is not to be dreamed Of
Are we, therefore, to permit the saliva
ton of the State to be made subordinate
to this or that mans hostility to either
Grant or Warmoth, and thereby confess
to the world that we second and sup
port the efforts of these two men to kill
each other off, utterly regardless of the
safety, redemption and future greatness
Of our State: Such policy is too short
sighted to last for ninety days, but is
far-reaching enough to damn forever
the men who advocates it.
The proper course, it seems to us, is
for Democrats to maintain their digni-
ty and respectability. Leave these mere
outside personal issues to be decided
by those who are most interested in
them. The split among our enemies is
a beacon light to Democrats to warn
them Of the necessity of concession,
unity and confidence. Without mutual
forbearance, mutual support and Il
ready hand all round to carry out the
will of the majority whenever it shall
be ascertained, we may as we'll, indeed,
we had better, surrender without SO
much as II murmur. We must trust the
judgment and honesty of the authorized
opponents of the peoples sentiments,
and determine in advance to support
their plan of battle; or, else, we need
never set out with any other eXpecta-
ton than that of inglOrious defeat and
utter route.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

Does .funding" Il debt pay the debt:
II it does, we are ready to pay every
debt we owe on earth.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

iii" editor Of IN" 'oushatta Citizen
Wa, handed Il corn tH~~"l ON the 18th
uliinlo.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

The --latest irroprcaihle conttiCt-Grant
and Greeley.