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The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
Gov. Pincl.back, who vas in Ciacinna1

Gov. Pinchback, who vas in Cincinnati
on the 31st nit. mindful of the suifterings
aud tho wrongs appreciated OIL our people
in Louisiana, by the diabolical White
League rsufans who now override and. set
at defiance the laws and authority of our
State; writes US That public sentiment is
being rapidly changed by the disgraceful
rtcord Of crinaein the South, which is daily
published in the North" That*in onse
quence, in O. short time sufficient q. S.
troops will be sent h;thsr to protect our
people in their rights Of liberty and citizen
ship. To this result our good citizons
may feel assured Senator PincLback will
contribute whatever ability and service he
possesses.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

- A private letter from a prominent
.colored citizen Of Texas informs MS that
the lawlessness now prevalent in the Lone
Star State has never been exceeded during
tho pal:nisst days Of mob rule in times
past. Our friend writes: Il am unable
Ia understand how the Government can
or will allow its loyal citizens to be muir
-deredfor daring to uphold it's hands, when
it il NOTORIOUS that it is the cause OF SO
many outrages being committed on the
DOOR. defonseless negro" :
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

Nelson at Pulaski, also in daylight; the
murder of Julia Hayden 8 coloree'
school-teacher, at Huntsville, and lastly
the lynching Of sixteen colored men IN
Gibson County.
':None of the scoundrels engaged Ill
these murders haze been srrasted-not
one; and though tle civil authorities,
finally stirred up to action by the re-
pro,ches which such bloody acts bring
upon any community claiming to be
civilized and under a government Of
law, have red rewards for the apprc-
hension of villains, not one OF them,
We venture to predict, will ever he
brought to justice and punished, I'M
less it be done through the agency of
the United States. Considering these
facts, it was refreshingly cool to find
Governor Brown, who was invited to
address the colored meeting excnsing
himself in a letter, anu coun-
selling the blacks ITO prudence ind
moderation, +" us though they had been
other than prudent and moderate, or
were in danger Of becoming danger
ousiy infamnable, when, as Il Of
them well said, the whites are five to
one of them in the State,
Considering his infammatory po-
litical harangues, it must hsve required
some cheek in General VIM. B. Bate
to address a letter even to a meeting
of negroes, assuring them that he is
satisfied ttherc is no ground Of dis
turbance between the races in our
community, and there will be none #
| he colOred citizens wW condud themselves
,oih prqpriay" How very patronizing
this advice: The poor blacks, shaking
in their shoes all over the State, and
crying out for protection, asking it Of
the State or of the General Govern
ment. are assured no harm will befall
them if they will only conduct them
selves. with rropriety! We should
much like to know what General Bate's
ideas of propriety in a"nigger" really
ere. It might serve to enlighten our
people as to what is expected of a
"nigger" in a country where eighteen
of them as in Gibson County, are put
to death without an iota of evidence
that any white man suffered bodily
harm at their hands.
"This business Of killing black men
simply to intirnidate them and bring
them into q mood sufficiently snbmis-
sive and abjoct to satisfy gentlemen Of
the high tone of General Bate of their
conduct. can not be allowed to go On.
JfMe s:ute authorities can not giretae ss:s:ae
protection to tie e6iorsd tin: they extend to
The tc'hsite citizens, a poaoerr that Is strong
e;tonGf!A:: to do SO. ,cM unqusstionably interfere
~ Their behalf: The auy.for the oppression
Of men aj.a v,11ne,; Gu accc'nt Of :'1ce dnd
color nHe UnIel Suites IS past, cnd con-
n,ts,.iias in aoli,~A & Is T"ucticed ,cW be
;s.a<aih:s! ecea &, &.:e cost Of STATE Eines CID
Jurisdiction.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
THE STATE REDEEMED!


murdcrcus and criminal acts of tho White
League have cui,niaated in the interference
of the General Government. Attorney Gen
eral Williams having issued the following cir
cular:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D. G., Sept. 8, 1874.
S1H--Outrages Of various descriptions, and
in seine cases atrocious murders, have been
committed in your district by bodies OF srmc,;
men, sometimes in disguise; and with the
view, it is believed, Of ovcrawiug and intimi-
dalton of peaceablo and %law-abiding citizens,
and depriving them of tho rights guaranteed
TO them by tho Constitution and laws OF tie
United States. Your attention is directed 10
an actof Congress passed April ., 1866, en-
titled an act to protect all persons in the
United States in their civil rights, and to fur
nish means for theif vit1lication: to another
passed April 20, 1870, entitled an act 10 en-
force the provisions of the fourteenth
amendment to the, Constitution of.the United
States, and for otker purposes; also, to one
passed May 80, 1870, entitled an act to en-
force the right Of citizens Of the United
States to vote in tho several States Of the
Union and for other purposes, Which, with
their amendments, make these deeds Of yio-
lence and blood offences within tho jur;sdic-
ton Of the General Government.
I Consider it my duty, in Wow ofthess cir
~culnstances, to proceed with all possible
energy and Dispatch, to detect, expose arrest
and punish the. perpetrators OF these crimes,
and to that end yo1: are to spare no effort or
necessary expense. Troops of the United
States will be stationed indifferent and con-
ycniert points in your district for tho pur-
pose OF giving all neetlful aid il tho di,,cl. a.gs
Of your officials duties
You understand, Of course, that 10 inter-
ference whatever is hereby intended with
any political Or party action,
but protection to all CLASSES Of white
and colored, in the free exercise of the cleo
tive franchise, and Of the ca
joyment Of the other rights and privileges to
which they are entitled under the Constitu-
ton and laws as citizens Of the United States.
These instructions are issued by the au-
thority of the President: and xith tie con-
currence of the Secretary Of War.
Very respectfully,
GEO. Fl. WILLIAMS,
Attorney General
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

How he shall behave himself In his new
dignity, what he shall DO With his new power
depends, let ns warn our Southern friends, a
great deal upon the. behavior Of his former
masters"
While the Philadelphia Press,
equally as noted for the sympathy
heretofore expressed with the pres
emit prominent members Of the
League, maintains:
'The Sout). 70 day is as it was four years
ago. The kukl,x law modified the evil with
out curing it, giving tho negro temporary
peri>*! cowing his prosecutors. The crime
Of the white man is now, as twas then, {
malignant hostility to the black-the fault
CT the latter his. :doclity. Congress clearly
has but one duiy: Reconstruction has
were untitled for self-ssoyernment, and the
whites are incapable Of il; Kentucky and
bloodiest of all the States, belonging to them
| and the Democracy. Their governments
have shown that they cannot protect the
weak nor restrain the strong. The Demo-
Gratis have appealed to the law-making power
to undo it's work. Let it undo 1t, and re-
! construct thoroughly and radically, as
| Thaddsus Stevens wished to do nine years
| ago."
In the face of this feeling Of which
these two excerpts from c~onfessedly
non-partisan Northern journals
may be taken as indices-we have
the utterances of Messrs. McEnery,
Mari and Ellis, at the recent White
League ratification meeting on
Tuesday night, from tho balcony OF
the Varieties Theatre in this city
infammatory and dangerous; to-
gether with the murder by on
armed mob, Of twelve detense,ess
citizens at Coushatta, in Red River
parish: and deeds of violence and
murder in DeSoto, Caddo, Grant.
Lincoln, Natchitoches, st. Martins
and other parishes where these
outrages ara now common.
That such a condition of affairs
can continue is beyond question
If tho State cannot, Federal authori-
ty will intervene. American law,
the principles OF common justice, Of
therights Of citizenship, and protec-
ton to life and property Of the
humblest whoever he may be, will
obtain. And the many lawless and
bloody deeds of crime sperpetrated
by the desperate League which now
blights the industries OF: tho State
will be punished as they deserve by
the strong arm'of authority,
Aroused and determined; there;is
to-day 40 mistaking the temper nd
purpose of the country, that for nov
and for the" future the
South shall be dominated: 10y
law, order, and justice. Thht the
black. citizen. no moro than! 'his
white neighbor shall be deprived Of
any rights; but that the basis OF
reconstruction, equal and exact
justice to all, shall be applied, and
be made hereafter the rule.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

l. According to the New Orleans BaNaia
soorreoted by the Minden Democrat ''There
orc now organised and armed in the
Whit Leagues of L~ouisianaaover 14.o0
~msn Injured to battle and privation,
..1viling. 10 march at the first clarion
6utss Of No bugle that calls them in the
dessnos e their rights, and the deep sonse
- ths wrong that they have been compelled
lhs1a3ftoin the bayonet government"
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
W. u q Sn,,t q 1914
GEO. ii. WILLIAsIp,
Attorney General.

In accordance Herewith troops will DO sent
to and stationed atNsw Orleans, Alexandria,
Shreveport. Monroe, st. Hsrtinvlle and
elsewhere In the State. "a free and fair cleo
tion,,' not - desired BY 4he White League ip
the violence and intimidation they inaugur
rated, but Is required in simple Justice win
be had. Louisiana is redeemed. Law &nd
order viii he restored, and henfseforth peace
and its blessings, Growing the labor @sof
all our industries with assured success, viii
attend us. IF 80.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

4.ThesNasor4 Progress Of Harrisburg
~ properly takes 10 tasks rude, edlto.
tes ylsas 81
sthe wife of our Lieut.. Governorsto tnas
3 city subject matter Of COARSE comment
and ..anti civil righ!taiss structures:
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

:. s'Tnmescent" the Picayune's ap-
pellation to tie Times is i no. doubt
appropriately suggestive, but in the
name 81 Webster or Worcester what
does it mean?
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

Warwick" our clever young society
writer is Mr. Jas. D. Kennedy. We make
thus announcement in order that other
ambitious asp;rants for notice may not alb
sorb the praise.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
Republican State Central Executive Com
mittce. :: -,

Republican State Central Executive Com
mittee.
9,. -
The following are the newly elected
members of this Committee.
S. B. PACKARD, CHAIRMAN.
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
b. F. Joubert. w. F. Loan, R. A. Bray,
c. F, Ladd.
sEcoND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
p. b. S. Pinchback, Michael Hahn, T. B.
Stamps. J. L. Hcrwig.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
T. A.; Cage, F. Riard, L. E. Bentley, Levi
Darrall.
rouRrH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
C. C. Antoine, E. W. Devices, Raford
Blunt. George Y. Kelso.
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
US. Harris, j. E. Burton, D. G. Hill. Allen
f. Greene.
Il SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
John Gair, L. J. Souer, John reau1
r. T. Allan.
- AT LARGE.
BENJAMIN F. Flanders, James F. Casey.
James .Longstroet, James Lewis,
G. w. Lowell, Q. G. Bandin.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
FIFTH DISTRICT,
Hos. FRANK MOREY.

The Lot11As1Ax may always be found
ststaubs' news and periodicat depot No.
% Canal street; and the old stand Of Geo.
Buis', opposite the Post Office, where may
be obtained the current news journals and
literature o: the day.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

G. O. Haley, the ~newsdealer, 10 Com
nercial Place, keeps constantly on hand
a varied assortment of books and Gtera-
ture Of all kinds. Tho Lou1s1AN1AN may
lways be found at his counter.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
THIS AND THAT
SHOULDER

New Orleans Times. Eov: Orleans Times.
September 81: September 4th:
''Such official and ''I;y reference to
s%ami-oaicial INTERIOR our telogfaphic col
ences with tho do umns it will he seen
n,est;o affairs Of tina: United States
States. supposed to troops have been
be entitled to tho ordered to Louisiana
rights of se!f-gover',- and that the enforce
mont, have caused mont act and the
most Of the troubles various reconstruc-
now boccme chronic ton laws ere to be
in the South. In resorted to. It is idle
docd Gen. Grants to prc:e3!d that the
Attorney General is situation does not
himself. directly re- justify this action SO
spons;bie for much for as the National
Of the ills which have authorities ore con-
so oppressive}y cernsd."
borne down the peo-
pie Of Arkansas and
Louisiana Let him
attend to his law
duties and let "poli-
ties Slide
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

our Southern exchanges about the ne
groes-their desperate and tiark de-
signs, their secret organizations, their
DISCUSSES, their arms, their sinister
activity. and all that,-can hardly i'm
pose IN any one. The negroes know
too well the disadvantages under which
they labor to mediate any violence to
the whites. Here and there one driven
to desperation, or acting under a keen
sense of wrong, may do violence but,
as a mass, the negroes of the South are
peaceable and timid almost to tho
verge of cowardioe. In every instance
where it has been reported that the
negroes were arming, mov-
ing in masses upon towns and villages,
and breathing out slaughter and rapine'
it has been found TINT they were
taking TO their heels, hiding in the
woods and doing their level best to
get out Of the way Of danger.
'cTAey want peace. The meeting
held in Nashville last week expressed.
their. views most fdlly. I'VE ere
peaceable and law-abiding citizens"
they say, "and have done nothing as
people to merit the abuses and bad
treatment which we are enduring and
have endured, and in proof Of this
theyseits an'appalling list of oatrages
committed during the month of
Ausut:t the kiuing.o of Sandy PEBBLES
in rutherford County BY masked men;
the murder Of Robert Banks at King
ct D. Springs, il open daylight; the
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

on Tuesday night in front Of the Varieties
Theatre, on Canal street. was, in points d
numbers, quite a large affair: About two
thousand or twenty-five hundred people
We're present. Not five, ten, or fifteen
thousand as reported by some Of our
morning dailies, but the number We have
stated, who only could have place. if more
had desired, in the vicinity mentioned.
Glowing and intensely White Leasnsh
speeches were made by the ''mellov pre-
tender" ':Gox." MeEnery and Measa,
MARI and Ellis; while sensible apd well
considered remarks we're uttered b!
Messra. Ogden and voo5hies who, repre-
scnt'ng business interests, and therefore
conservative, talked not so much for the
rabble. In Examinations and elegance
arrangements the meeting was q grand!
success. And just here we may state thai.
for display and pageantry whether a
political gatherings or. otherwise, no eaJ
IN the country Nj surpas New Orleans.
Resolutions endorsing the Baton Rooe'
Convention, it, nominees aud puzpo''
were read, and as usual on sueh OCCASIONS
pronounced unanimously carried. ~
late hour the meeting adjourned.
Well-founded rumoTs That On TTqead,!
night the reckless leedepH IL White
League organizatias Il the city, intended
to assault and take possession Of the
State House, and install Gov McEne5'
put our, authorities on the defensive
Gen- Badger With tho Metropolitan Pohas
guarded against the danger, which,
doubt not had this timely action noApee
aiken would have rasu1tsdin seriose sTo,.
bles. Nj. McRnery has shown hln'sen
to be q fooiiGlleandaAherefore Dangerous
leader whose counsals, fara5aQm alo|ns
onlyipjure his aspirations.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

|-adVlce calculated TO suDSeTYo any
honest purpose Of their colleagues,
these White League adherents in
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Texas, and Louisiana. pursued their
desperate course, untilnow the coun-
try appalled, at the fiendish conduct
and desperately wicked objects Of
the Leagues has become aroused;
perceiving as it has never done be-
fore since the war: the true con-
dition of affairs here and de-
termined to remedy them. In an
other column we .republish the
opinion of one Of the most influential
Journals in tho West. An opinion
shared equally by every leading
Northern journal in the country.
The New York Tribune, which since
the campaign Of 1872 will never be
presumed as taking other than d
friendly view ofthat class who now
and control the, White
Leagues, saying: ~ "
Z 1.-THE South must learn that the ne2ro>is
no longer q servant, but a power in the State
useful ally arda dangerous onerny. He
cannot be restored to the position Of interi-
GRITTY ard submission; he cannot be; treated
A. an hunblel dependent; he cannot se kept
from the polls; and fhs White Mans
rnay as we'll recognize the truth at
thai .c' cannot be hec: out q on:ce.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-12-17

| a bond With sllreties approved By q postnaster
and in cases where the amounted tile bond ex
eeeds five thousand dollars Gs5,OO0) by a post.
master OF the first, second or third class. Bids
for service, the pay for which at the time OF
advertisement exceeds five thousand dol
lars, (s5.O0o.) must be accompanied by a certi-
fled check or draft. payable to the order of the
Postmaster General, or some solvent national
bank, Of not less than five per centum on the
amount of the annual pay ON such route and
in case of new or modified service. not less
than five per centum OF he amount of The bond
accompanying the bid, if the amount Of said
bond exceeds $4,000 five thousand dollars.
The amount of bond required with bids. and
the present pay when it exceeds $4,000 five
thousand dollars, are stated in the advertise
ment under the appropriate route.
20 Ali checks deposited with bids will be
held until contract is executed and service COM
meoced by the accepted bidder Checks aoiU
then be returned By mail on the aoritteu request
ofMc bidder.
81. Transfers of contracts, or of interest in
contracts, are forbidden by law. and conse-
quently cannot be allowed. Neither can bids
Or interest in bids, be transferred or assigned
to other parties. Bidders will therefor take
notice that they will be expected to perform
the service awarded to them through the whole
contract term.
Y. Sect N 249 of the act of June s. 1872,
provides that contracts for the transportatio .
OF the mail shall be awarded to the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
ful performances, without other reference to the
mode OF such transportation than may be nee
essary to provide for the due celebrity, certainty,
and security thereof" Under this law bids
that propose to transport the mails with see
teTlty. certainty, and security" hacing been de-
cidedto be the only legal bids, are construed as
pronidsng for the entire mail, however large.
and phateuer may be the mode of conyeyancc
necessary to insure its ''celerity, certainty and
security" and haze the reference oper all 9TH
ers, and no Others are considered. except for
steamboat routes.
%. A modification Of a bid in any of its es-
sential terms is tantamount to new bid, and
cannot be received so as to interfere with reg
ular competition. Making a new bid in prop
er form is the only way to modify previous
one.
"a. Postmasters are cautioned not to sign
the approval Of the bond Of any bidder before
the bond is signed by the bidder and his
snreties, and not until entirely satisfied Of the
snfficiency of the surcties. See sections 246and
247, act Of June %, 1874, accompanying this adj
vertisement.
%. Postmasters are also liable to dismissal
from office for actiny as agents of contractors
or bidders, with or without compensation, in
any business, matter, or thing relating to the
mail service. They are the trusted agents OF
the Department. and cannot consistently act
in both capacities.
MARSHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster General.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-12-17

known to be the persons named in said bond
as sureties, and who have executed the same as
such, who being by me duly worn, depose and
say, and each for himself deposes and says, he
has executed the within bond, that his place Of
residence is correctly ated therein, that he is
the owner Of real estate worth the sum herein
after set against his name over and above all
debts due and owing by him, and all .judg-
ments, mortgages and executions against him.
after allowing all exemptions of every charac-
ter whatever, the total sum thus assured
amounting to g. dollars.
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NorE-when the oath is taken before justice o
the peace, any other officer not using seal ex
OF the clerk OF court Of record must be added I'M
der his seal of Office that the person who admins
BIDS of $1,000 epmard mast be accom- patea by
certified chck, draft some sotcent mattonot odnh
,nu9bIe TO the order ofthe Postmaster General equal to
+ aer ce,tu on the present annual pay on the route
in case Of se,o seroice, not less than per cetun Of h
amount Of the bond panyiaag the bid it said bono
eeceeds $4,000. ,.,,,..a
ders, and the date of signing affixed.
Direct to the second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. Post ONCE Department, Washington, d. c.,
marked Proposals, State o.
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~. in the State of ---, as sureties, are
held and firmly bound unto the United States Of
America in the Just and full sum of --- dol
lars. lawful money of the United States, to be
Maid 70 the said United States Of America OF
its dulv appointed or authorized officer or Off
GERS: TO the payment of which, well and truly
to be made and done. we bind ourselves, our
heirs, executors. and administrators, jointly
and severally, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals, and dated tills-day
of -, 1871.
Whereas. by an act of Congress approved
lime %. 1874, entitled s'An Act making APP
nropriations for the service Of the Post Office
nonartment for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth. eighteen hundred and seventy-five,
and for other purposes it is provided: ''that
every proposal for carrying the mail shSu be
accomnanied by the bond OF the bidder, with
suraties approved by postmaster" in pursu-
ance whereof, and in compliance with the pro-
visions of said law, this bond is made and exc
cuted subject to all the terms, conditions, and
remedies thereon, in the said act provided and
nres crihed. to accompany the aforegoing and
nnncxed proposal of the said
Now. the condition of tie said obligation is
sucI. that il the said -- ---, bidder as
aforesaid shall, within such time after his bid
is accepted as the Postmaster General has pre-
scrihed in said advertisement Of route No.,
to Wit on or before the lst day Of june, 1875,
enter into a contract with the United States of
America. with good and sufficient sureties to
be approved by the Postmaster General, to
perform the service proposed in his said bid,
and further shall perform said service accord
inc TO his contract then this obligation shall
he void. otherwise to be in full force and obi
CATION in law.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set ollr
hands and seals this day. 1877