The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05

| Being assured this was not the Sc.
cial object, he recovered his wonted
composure. The Lieut.. Governor
being en- deshabille, and withal q
modest man, did not attempt to
MuzzLE THE PRESS,
but nodded a friendly show dye"
and went on robing himself in iu-
maculate linen and broadcloth, wlile
the secretary Of che Board of Edu.
cation
DoDe8D '1HE ISSUE
by saying-nothing: The Senator,
as most every ono in this region
knows is a. fine looking man o.! .sev.
forty-fve.y years. v;;t:at' little tracey
"colored" Flood in his features
>ars q frfs Beard; an ali d
ne W.. aud tie senatorial
sel1-con1rol' II alike. with az
rooes' each and q Gov@ror j
easy air: Tho Lieut.. Il. Id;
an intelligent-appearins al y
ing man, under forty years and Il,
holds the gubernatorial honors in
a modest, nnassuming way. Score.
tary Corbin, of the Board of Edu.
cation, is a young man of perhaps
twenty-seven years, well educated
"a graduate Of an Ohio. colleee).
and appears at home in his new
position. None of these were dis.
posed to 'talk for the prints" tbe;,
mission not being, as they stated, q
political one. The Lieut.. Govern.
or ia bound for New York, where
he is going to negotiate for Louis,
ana bonds, and his companions .,s
travelling on private and not public
missions. Gov. Antoine. in sneak.
ing OF the present condition Of Il.
fairs in Louisiana, aaid that b.
thought though reports were il
some cases exaggerated, yet there
was only too much reality after al.
There was a strong feeling on tho
part Of the white people against tho
existing government. As an in.
stance of this, he said, if one was to
go to every voter in the State, and
"pin them down"'to their real opin-
ion, they would state that thei,
preference as between Kellogg and
Pipchback, would be- for the latter,
That they would
VOTE AS THEY THOUGHT
he did not believe, but was conf.
| dent that this would be their real
opinion. He expressed himself as
fearful Of a conflict between tho an.
tasonistic clements. In speaking
OF tho affair at Humboldt, Tenn, no
said that himself and his compau.
ions passed within six miles Of that
place Wednesday, bat heard moth.
ing OF the exciting events taking
place there until they saw tho Sen
ti1'el yesterday morning. After
general discussion on local and
other topics, The representative Of
The Sentinel withdrew, tho party
announcing their intention of going
to the residence of Mr.. Hinton to
attend a reception. Mr.. Pinchbaek
stated that he would return to this
city during the first VICE.; Of Sep.
TENDER and prob'.5;iy give one Or
more free lectures hero. They viii
DC dec'@aedly non-partisan and not
o. q political complexion at all. Int
referring more to tie present social
status ofhis adopted State, etc. He
hopes that people generally will Jed
! Interested enough to attend, TbcE
doing SO will determine whether be
gives one lecture only.
The White League. ratification meeting
on Tuesday night in front Of the Varieties
Theatre, on Canal street. was, in pointof
numbers, quite a large affair: About two
thousand Or twenty-five hundred people
were 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 intense1y White Leasuish
speeches were made by the "mellov pre-
tender" :Gov." MeEnery and Messs,
MARI and Ellis; while sensible apd well
considered remarks we're uttered BY
Messrs. Ogden and Voorhies who, repre-