New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-09-04
their lives. In this, am confident, repre-
sent the majority Of the colored people of the
District Of Columbia, and to such an extent
would be proud to be their leader. remain,
Very truly yours,
RICHARD L. GREESER.

would be proud to be their leader. remain
Very truly yours,
RICHARD L. GRFESER
I PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %, 1873.
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I We have just returned to the dear old city
having left behind Us, until another season
those delightful zephyrs waited so gently
across the briny deep. Pleasure we have
had to our hearts overlooking, and we ap-
Proach our coming labors with renewed
spirits and inyigoTated constitutions. such
iun.' such bathing, such drives; '.the
Branch" Saratoga, and Newport may have
! their attractions, but for genuine pleasure
give us the little island away down in Jersey,
1.-THE Capes." 1.-The Banneker," under the
auspices of its new proprietor, has gathered
for itselflaurels, aud we are confident that all
who were present there this year will come
again. Those horrid words, '.come again ~
their use was not intended, but, since We
have employed them. it is impossible to keep
back their association. "Upham," as you
know, in his mental philosophy, speaks OF
ideas and thoughts which arise by associa-
ton. If we look upon landscape and be-
hold towering pine or lofty oak, the mind
at once associates Herewith something of
strength, grandeur, beauty, majesty, or the
like; so, a grain of sand will call to mind
our lectures in chemistry. and Immediately
our thoughts revel amid atoms, capillary
attractions, &C.; and ''come again" reminds
us of that anonymous scribbler and itinerant
quack, p. II. Murray, who, we are informed
has become an hireling of your Colored
School Board.
Quite number of Washingtonians were
at the Capes this year, and after meals we
often discussed, while sitting on the porch,
your school affairs, as we'll as the notorious
individuals who figure so conspicuously in
running the machine" as the 'head" of the
School Board might have said in these good
old days when he carried the hats and capes
of members, and enjoyed the unenviable
title of 'soup" to the "Schuley Hose" How
things have changed since then! But still
the character of the boy is an impress Of the
man. That household adage, "as the twig
is bent the trees Inclined" has lost none of
its efficacy by lapse of time for we find, by
perusing the last issue of your paper, that
the same colored boy who, years ago, caused
his school-mates and relatives to be beaten
by the white rowdies with whom he loafed,
is attempting to-day to sacrifice the best
interests of his race for the sake of holding
and enjoying the small power of petty place.
That Henry Johnson is president of anything
is an insolvable enigma to all currant and
prosperous alleys; and we'll may distn-
guished abolitionist Of this vicinity say:
"All the stock raised on my farm was
blooded; my horses, cows, pigs, chickens,
and every other thing; but this man John
son has turned out poor
We are glad to see, however, that the
young men in whom we have placed conf
dence, who left our schools and colleges with
clean hands, are endeavoring to do their duty,
both to themselves and the race with which
they are identified
We had the pleasure, few evenings ago,
OF making the acquaintance of young lady,
Miss Lucy Moten, who taught school quite
q while in your city. She was on her wav to
Salem, Massachusetts,, where she will enter
a Normal school and more thoroughly pre-
pare herself for the work in which she has
been engaged. This is sad commenta
upon the conduct Of the individual in your
Council, John II. Brooks, who opposed the
"N ormal school BILL" This young lady is
compelled to leave her home and friends and
travel hundreds of miles. besides spending
all that she has earned, to procure that which,
but for the ignorance and perfidy of one Of
her race, she might have acquired without
trouble and expense few steps from her
door. We are surprised that the citizens of
Washington do not rise en- masse and demand
the removal of such obstacles at once. But
enough Of such.
Already we have commenced preparations
for the Centennial. Enterprising business
men have already begun to abandon the
neighborhood of Sixth and Chestnut and are
crowdng westward near the new public
buildings. Broad street, from Walnut to
Vine street, presents a grand appearance.
on either side majestic structures rear their
towering domes in finished architecture of
the middle ages; the Masonic temple, of
foreign marble, with its Corinthian columns,
stands in bold relief; the arch at Market
street, and the Gothic masonry of beauti-
tul snow white church will give a grandeur
to the scenes Of 80 commensurate with our
progress at the one hundredth birthday of
our independence.
We congratulate ourselves that, with less
political strength than the colored citizens
of the District of Columbia, we are a unit on
all subjects affecting our rights. Your asso-
ciate editor, Mr.. r. 7. Greener, paid us a
flying visit.
Yours, truly, .PYTHIAS.
The Federal Omcial Rlns In Texas.
WASHINGTON. ID. C. Aug 30 1873