The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10
,;av. the first instant, was a vcry
,,Ieasant afrair. Yhe exercises which

:tietlaALs tiiiil.' 1AS '
ccneistod Of vocal music and reclt
tjons were ayr: @ IDLY rendered,
footing credit to the pupils III
their teachers. Professor Ar'h'
williams, the organlst and c!'or'st'
Of the church, deserves much p!al
fcr tka manner in which, he COZ
Quoted the entertainment. We na
add hero that HE p:sto: I Ia
church, Rev. ur. Newman: a9a'
fror, The. olcqucuce fo: which he Ia
deserved reputation, unites within
h;,,s4]f ri! tLose essential quaiitie
commemorate Of q good saeperd.
IN ORR Nor1cE~~
OfcIhs Americas Club and tht
lecture Of Jndgo Sloanaker in oul
last jss,o 40 gave bat casual men.
lion t. the Introductory remarks O.
nr. jas. =. Kennedy, tie President
OF the club. These were SO fell
c:tou7 in Their expression and SO
admirably rendered, that in their
publication VIC feel assured our
readers viii haze the pleasure we
enjoyed in their enunciation:
rAE ADUS;ss
>.!nd1.5; nd gcntleEen~~It is my
.;~,'cayno.bIo duty as the presiding
.%utiec1 ri the Americus Club to
:,u;!:4t.1 tRkle co 1templated interest
,1r e~1twtfszin1n. mt of the evening.
Il ,,,7 MT be inappropriate for
me . rulakrx TINT this club is Or
ranized us,n the" solid basis OF
Ito, ;.ture .,Hd rein ment. Its mcn-
pership, although united aud &C.
lected, il ntwert ,eleos ambitious to
cultivate ahess high fruits Of liter
ature, toenzulats that characteristic
refined bteodias Of the gentleman,
that will nsaxce as useful 10 IL fol-
lows, and advantageous IT, society.
The struggles Of life at best ore
Tiled with cares; hence w1len we
turn away ffoa her busy highway,
the human mind mrst be cared for
with equal tenacity as the organ
:sms of our system ;.r" notr!shed.
How can this best be Aone? we
think in the fields 81 .itar.'ture, and
at tie social hearth of the .4'1r bat
weaker sex of humanity, 10 ac-
:oluplish this We have organized
this club, and tonight yea will have
The first living public evidence OF
the Intentions 81 our future as ii
social and literary body. Hence
wo look with loaging hope for your ,
kind approval for the ultimate tri-
.,mrh Of the enterprise. Tho prac~
ticai labor contemplated By the cl'sb
will consist l. tia establishment oil
. reading rooao, E,,ar~, aud social
.,arlors, SO that vs. cao steue our
mind with useful intormatioR aud
participate l.! rational enjoytneAti
during our leisure hours. Our publ
ic entertainments will consist at
v,rious 4;mes in public lectures, re-
citations, debating classes and So
cables. We may succeed in bring
ing together in our parlors Z" galaxy
OF genius and talent, whose varied
tastes and intellectual qualifications,
although differing each from the
other III style, strength and order,
to make up IN agreeable whole, ,
complete as a social organization;
where each comes bringing gifts Of \
his own separate store, to contribute |
to the general treasury aud ill the ,
niche specially made and s
out for him. One comes
with rare gems gathered from the L
opulent boards of literature, and '
presents them to US clothed in the a
:garb Of rhetoric. Another gives us q
bright Jewels dug from the richer :
miues Of original thought, which ;.
will ornament and grace any mind 4
shat will keep and wear item. I
Gthers will delight the sears that J.
aiear" with that sweet art divine !,
that smoothed the brow of Saul. =,
Each a bring his tribute from y
:l1ose gafts with which the god of u
nature h4a endowed him. In bring "
:ng these together we will behold c
the broader portals of that intel y
temple, where mind meets !,
in the great field of knowled 70. u
1t will be Of incalculable benefit to v
Us in Frightening our ideas of that N
healthlul ettenticn which comes J,
from these delightful gatherings l.,
md interchange Of thought; and ~
when in tho course Of events, the y
wave Of years shall have left jta B
Trace on heart and brain, and NJ
ruthless finger shall have T
Rhltened our hair with the frost d
81 gathering winters, we will u