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, 1874-09-15
THE WOh1AN's CONGRESS-,

luo pFoVlou8 eR8BlouH OF sula pouJ nAF6 H.
ways been he!d In tho East It's coming to CHI
cago Ia : ventura We do not doubt that its
managerB will find hero audiences ~ large and
interest as keen aa thoy have become acous-
toned to In the East. The Congress- Ii nos
convened by tie WON mnn-sut1ragiats. It aims to
represent oil womou. It's published programme
doos not include any discussion OF feminine 1T
nesa fur the tsauchiuo, although tho subject will
doubtless DO touched upon incidentally. Tho
list OF topics ,a, aH Usual, mixed. Some aub-
toc.s, -, for instance, j" What new eloment eau
women bring into the field OF ananco :" arc so
vide as to be worthless. Others, e. g., "Tho
part of women in tho financial good Or Ill Of tho
country" How can women best oppose iutem-
perunco ?" and "Womau'a part In Journalism"
arc scarcely distinctive enough to demand dis
cuaslon at zucl a gathering. Woman's part in
journalism is like that Of man. and may thare-
foro be summed up in saying: "Study, Observe,
and write" There arc no dlstiuctlvely femi-
n,ne aud no diatinctively MASCULINE featuroa OF
the profession, nnlesa fashson-notes belong to
tho one sex &nd psize-dghts to tho other.
So, too, women aud men have like dutios in
finance and In tomperance,-t study, and tho
preaching. and practice Of tho truth. Tho folly
OF tho - Orusaao" il 30 generally recognized
now that attacking 1t would bo KNOCKING down
woman Of ntraw. Such thomos would do well
enough II tho Congress had weoks Of work bo-
fore It, but its threo.days' session should DO de-
voted tomoro practical topics. A subject lko that
Of "Fallen Women" cannot bo aiyantageously
discussed In miscellaneous gathering.
What security can the public have that somo
blatant Woodhulllte will not selxe tho oppor-
tunity to preach her poilutlng gospel? Tho
tho hospital, not on the house-top. It is to DO
hoped TINT eome arrangement can ba made by
which the discussion OF this theme may take
place with closed doora and undoE the ontso
control Of pure womon.
Here adverse criticism muat end. Nearly all
tho other subjects. and especially those undor
tho heada Of "Education" mud ''Iruo Standards
Of Use and Beauty" aro thoroughly timely and
| valuable. Wo trust that aome Of tho speakers on
"Dreaa Reform" wil bling with them tho
| models and drawings that havo proved such
| etroctivo arguments in the East. This mine OF
illustration can be worked to grolt advantage In
tho discussion Of several Of tho themes on the
programme.
Everything pron,iBos tho HucocsB Of the Con
gresa. Tho topics Of discussion, with the fsw
exceptions We have noted, lavo boon admirably
chosen. They will be handled by somo OF the
foremoat women in America. Tho plaoo OF
meeting, tho Firat Methodist Church, Ia oonyon.
lent and consral The resident committee hak
3ono itB work faithfully md well. Chicago, NJ
tho metropolis Of State which has freed woman
from all the slacklea Of tho old common law
will give tho Woman'a Congresa Of 1874 heart,
welcome and an impartial hearing,
, 1874-09-15

Tho politicians Of Europe arc likely to be soon
yoxed again by the delightfully."- and far
reaching schleswig- Holstcin gu arrel. AL OF
them who arc boru to diplomacy may rejoice
that their genius i1in no danger Of starving until
tlls matter is funlly Ibid to rest.
, 1874-09-15

The coat Of transportation from Chicago to
the East aud THENCE to liverpool canuot at this
time be called excessive. Yesterday TIC rates On
wheat hy lake aud canal to Now YORK wero, per
busbel: Luke, $40; canal, 10c: total to Now
York, 1890. ToLiyerpool: o199c, gold; making in
an from Chicago to Liverpool 23111c per buBhel.
By way Of Montreal tho ratea wore: Chicago to
Montreal, 14o steamer to Liverpool, 1oo; in ali,
o4o par bu.
, 1874-09-15

Tho Chicago Baso Ball Club, utter boing do
feated By all it's weak opponents, has won VIC
tory from tho Boston Club by scoro OF 10 to 0.
Tho nova will road vol in Europe. Tho English
editors, with unerring accuracy, will pitch upon
tho truth at onco and instruct thoir renders that
L is not safe to call anything the bost OF ,ts kind
until Chicago has been heard from. But NC are
not ready to build monuments for that bali CLUB
bofore ita death.
, 1874-09-15

Tho Common Council las n,ado tho now fire
ordinance epecial order Tor noat Monday. For
this action, dilatory it ia the propetty~holders
Of Chicago will doubtless bo exceedingly grato~
full. The Council has only to adlyance rapidly
to the end, when ,onco it has ma.lo tho begiu-
ring, in order to regain a considerable part OF
tho esteem Which II haa lost, and which it can 30
, 1874-09-15

Returns from the AIaine election nre Btiii vorJ
incomplete. They indicate, 70 iur, that tho vote
polled Is very much heavier than last year, ano
tho Republican majority something less.
, 1874-09-15

An attempt to assassiuate lilo President Of
Pofu, the other day, barely fai lied OF SUCCESS.
Several nbots wero fred, mono OF them taking
effect. Tho novs caused some excitement in the
market for Peruvian bark and g1lano.
, 1874-09-15

Tho pesco Conference ut Hrussola was by oil
accouuts dead failure. Tho Emperor Of Rus
sia, who was responsible for tho movement, IL
tho only porson WHO seems to ohomuch displsased
or surprised ut the result.
, 1874-09-15

The Chicago produce naarlota wore unsettled
Aes4 pork was In good demand, and 76c@s1.0o
per bsl higher, closing At e2a.oo CASH, and slo2s
hallss tha 1oar. Lard Has quiet and stronger 1t
, 1874-09-15

Gov. Dix has refused to remove Mayor Havo-
mover on the grouud TINT ho is not thief. and,
therefore, is reasonably good Mayor for Now
, 1874-09-15
TQ.pAY'S ADJUSTMENTS,

ACADEMY or 3fUs1C-T1at srcet, hs"oen Mad-
son and hfonroo. Engagement Of patmcr's Comb1na'
ttoa. "Tha N!aok 1ro0k."
, 1874-09-15

HOOLEY's TllEATRE-Rnndolnh street, bet"cea
Clark aud iaSallo. "Led AbtrAy."
, 1874-09-15
BUSINESS NOTICES.

DR. McoHEsSEY.. CORNER or CLARK lS A AND 2
toch ior eY. Satisfaction GiVcn money refunded.
, 1874-09-15


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!os.o&l n1ueSs 'oR aoet1.o ~ uooas4nons-
4ot .loaso!o' pss. .A., ~ .aaou!Aoty '..,
eosseesi 'nae. seus1e4a 4n sN.upo4 ~ w''ooas
reasoning. w 7oeu'a w.. tnous,.s' 4sn .no oonsoh'
t'on muss naso t''1 'uofs.acu ~ 40 "nnounco-
n'en1" WY 'ne moaotn .ouaot sh'a'o oa'o
poon so10oseo no sno poaAes.aon VI eaosanso anu
utility passes III upoosb!aholae' earo'y nothing
ID no 'oaspenael'ts un4us'leas.us W pas OK
pants' IL 'ao Aes's6"'oa 'a"'o .! 'no OfeBH-
Roform League can e7ol7e nothing nearor
TO TUG 'acal pof1eut'on o. ease alo beauty,
1pe stea' nia!o'''J - a1u"'"'o "ofneu VIII pEe1eF
TO oBoFVe tne tyfaos fAsuloh 1atner than endure
the morslhcatlon OF appearing like ilI-1ormed
men la nan aeEfo' AneEo la no denying tne
paye'oioelca4 'npefleouons OF "omans present
a'llfo' Out tho oeo'@Ta''on IN '@sor OF tfousefs
docs not present any improvement. The most
rfAEnf111 rRrmHnt a Ia a 1itnolA
, 1874-09-15

Tuesday Morning, September 10, 1874.
, 1874-09-15

Lubbock, with koen satire, remarked thu. tim nh.
1ecttonablo figure Of hpoccll could only spply tn
tho religious differences Of aavagoa Tais s!.ift.
oil tho imputatfon OF intoeranco to tin n},aont
pagan' aud peace WIS roHtorod, tl,ore bclor hut
one acknowledged hcatfon, Tyndall, in tl,o
holso. uo did mt rHo to dofond himself. 1'ho
consequences Of tho l1l-fatod ronark of Col. J1or
moioly polnsed tho Illustration hs intont.p, to
make. Hhilo sir:Jo!ln Lubbook'a ynqer luuot hnyo
maac 1t plalher yet.
To tho public at largo, auit brought bv
theatrical nlapagor against nlcinbor Of Ltt
company for breach OF contract may not nos-
eess much tntrlnslo futerest. It nav. bv loof1,uo
tiio general fcaaer bontnd tho Hconca, apponl to
his curiosity by partially sa.isfying II, but M
moro. 10 tho theatrical profession, inyolyiuu
vast capital and the interests Of men and woman
standing continually before tho public. tho ro.
cent suit brought by Mr. Daily against 1iss Fau.
ny Morant, d monlbor Of hiH COMPANY, Will hava
creator Importance. Tho suit was or;giuallv
brought to roHtrain her, by injunction, from
playng at any rival thcntro III the City Of Now
York during tho lie Of contract between
tho two parties. Diycstcd Of 1cga,
techn'calitles, Aliss Morant'a caso was
th1H' Mr. Daily agreed to caat hos
TOT certain lluo Of purta, paying her salary Of
E!so week, aho agreeing to play only at tho
ftfth Avenue Theatre. Dissatisfied with tha
parts Assigned her, md claiming TINT Sfr. Dalg
| WIS III affoara With her salary for tho past aoa-
| son' sho maao 1matod engagement with Masnrs.
| shook Palmer, Of tie Union Square Then
s1o. II Was turther understood by tho contract
tna'' IN case Of an tntuact'on boIng applied for,
a1r' LAZY ~as to pny her one-fonith Of tho
amount OF her Balary. Tho dofonBo claimed that
, 1874-09-15

The VHE EAloo6A {lAl 0tAHuAH0 AAo AuVaA Anou
small Credit Mobilior in that State Iii connco-
ton With tho building Of tho 1owa Central Road.
which eiyos 1t an opportunity Of putting aolno
lendipe questions to Mr. IL. E. CUTS. tho p1os-
ant candidstp Of Tho Republican party for At
tornoy-Gouora 1t wauts to know how ho now
owns the undivided half Of $4,000 Of stock.
whom ho subBer,bed for $500 Of atouk which waH
mid for in Attorneys fces, while other citizous
of Iowa who subscribed for stock only got one
share for oyory 800 paid In cath. It wants to
know how ho rot INTO tho Construction Com
nsny that built the road upon tho Credit -Mobil"
ier plan, and how much money lie made on bis
tio-coutract how much stock ha got Ia the
uawkoye Telegraph Company as part OF tho
p]updor and what le has done with S31, 600 Of
Bubsoriptiop-notes nado by the poople Of Ma
hsska County. These nro oniY fcw OF tho
questions which The importunate Standard asks
OF Mr. QUITS and. II that gentleman ans"ors
them all, It Ia safe to say, at least. that he VIII
hayo no time to run for Attoruoy'Genefal. a.
tho sa,no timo, 1t may throw homo lfght upon tho
fact that the bondholdera ato not paid she's N"
terost, aud that tho stock Is no" nearly WORTH
less. and tho Compapy's treasury Is empty'
4 proposition recontiy made to romoTe ths rt-
mains OF Andrew Jackson to the oapito! gsounaa
At Nashville has brought out letter from tho
distinguished doad which soona quite appropri-
ato, In tho year 1889 Commodore u d. Eluots
brought from Rome aarcophagus, the tomb Of
tie Emperor Alexander sevorus, which ho pre-
eouted to tho National Institute ~ worthy
1sst;na.r1hce for the romaina Of Gou. jackson.
In March, 1876. tho General rose from sick bed
10 roply that lo could not consent to be lald In
roposttosy prepared for IN Emperor or King;
lila nan,hlran fablInga and pruofDloa forbade
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another set of pretentious impractical,

another set of p%retentious impractical
bles.
The moral sense of the whole country
has been aroused in favor of the OPP
pressed white people of the South, par
tlcularly those of South Carolina and
Louisiana, and unless our people bymad
acts and madden leagues destroy their
own chances of redemption, the rule of
their Oppressors must soon close. In
North Carolina and Tennesseethe whites
have triumphed without any kind of diff
ticulty for the very good reason that
they have a commanding majority. Even
prominent Republicans, such as Brown
low IN Tennessee, took a decided stand
against the civil rights bill, as unneces-
sary to the protection of every reasona-
bic negro franchise. Indeed this bill is
condemned everywhere throughout the
land, save among scurvy politicians who
find it to their interest to support it. In
this State it is therefore unnecessary,
and not only unnecessary, but injudi-
clOus, to make it an issue in the ap-
preaching contest. The voice of Louis
lana will have but little to do with it's
final determination in the national leg
islature.
Louisiana should devote her attention
to practical issues, and bend herenergies
to the attainment of practical results by
practical methods. Mounting skeleton
Rosinantes and fighting windmills is
simply ~foolishness, and must end in dis
comtiturc and humiliation to the fierce
foemen who can find no better way of
showing their valOr. The white people
of Louisiana should to-day have no
politics but redemptiOn-nO leaders but
those who a be trusted by the whole
community. To be prosperous we must
have workers as well as voters, and
knaves who will not work themselves,
and wish to deprive others of employ
ment are not only the organizers of
political defeat, but of material ruin.
Upon all such let the finger of scorn fall
with such emphasis as to convince them
effectually of their own insignifcance.
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Southern Politics.
tFrnm the New Orleans Tfmes.l

lGtOhA NeEN ~ -AA"4
Except among the negroes, there has
not been since the var any great lnten-
sity of politicalfeeling in the South. The
negroes became ardent politicians, first
from the novelty of the thing, and Sc
cend. because. Of the incidental profits
offered and the reVenges rendered pos
sible. No considerations of statesman
ship i~nterfered with the promptings of
their grosser impulses. The idea OF
building up q common prosperity for
both races, that they might share in its
rewards, was beyond the intellectual
aud moral grasp of the average negro
politician. What Ire wanted was the
golden Eggs; for the goose he had no
kind of care. Immediate personal pro-
fits were of far greater Importance TO
him than the gradual building up OF an
enlarged and permanent prosperity.
AS like begets like, the shOrt-sighted
~selfshness of the negro politicians pro-
voked efforts among the whites tor their
own protection. For party politics they
cared nothing except so far as they might
nrove helpers in such efforts. They
were willing to see their former slaves
elevated to the dignity of a civil pOlitI-
cal equality with themselves, since their
c0nOiierors would haveit SO, but were
not willing to see the prosperity OF whole
political communities, OF which they
constituted an important part, subjected
I'd the caprice of disciplined ignorance
and yenaI greed. The instincts of self
preservation led them to grasp at every
ridiculous hope of relief that offered
hence their course since the war has
been utterly without consistency Now
they listen with patient ears to the de-
lnsiye promises of the Ku-klux-klan.
and now put their trust in compromise,
fusion, unifcation or Congressional III
terventiOn.
The trouble has been that what wise
and thoughtful people proposed was IN
variably rejected, because deficient IN
the elements of blood and thunder.
Rash men, knowinghOw firmly seated In
the minds of the whites were preiudlces
against negro domination, took adyan-
tage Of the fact to decry all moderate
~eounsels, and thus thrust themselves
into q prominence which they little de-
served, and which was Adiscreditable tO
the average intelligence of our people,
Ii is the DID, old story: Fools venture
In where angels fear to tread.n The
nretentious organizers of defeat, who
have ridden the pale horse, Zaecheus
on so many memorable occasions, from
the high grounds fhope into the Slough
of DesD0nd, are now again striving tC
mount the enfeebied animal. Humbngs
that they are, men of sense should shuT
them as they shun the plague, What
onr people want il relief-not a change
from one set of fraudulent incapablestC
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The Drunkard's Child.
RY VERA WERE.

Oh. tell me not It's a glorious world,
A world that is bright and fair,
For my heart is sad and my brain runs wild,
When think of my lot as a drunkard's child.
I once had a home that was fair to see,
And a mother and father to watch over me;
But the bloom of our Eden was sOOn overcast,
When the demon drink DER our threshold passed.
The flowers may be bright and their fragrance
rare,
May fill the earth with beauty fair,
Yet my heart all day is sad as can be,
For no one will love, or will care for me.
1 d dreamed last night that my life was bright,
And around me was lowered a halo OF light.
And, as I looked up, an angel smiled
On me, even me, the drunkard's child.
Then laid on my brow a gentle hand,
And spoke of the bright and better land
Where the angel of mercy with plying eye,
Is waiting for me in my home on high,
Where the angel of record forever will keep,
Ger the rumsellers' deeds a watch while / weep,
With fear that record will make him wild,
For It's brought to the throne by the drllnkards
child.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

NEGRO FOUND DEAD.-Early last
Saturday morning, an old negro man,
said TO be about sixty, residing on Mr..
Napoleon Robins plantation on Bayou
T6che in this parish, went out to look
for a cow. He did not return, and on
Sunday they began to look for him. He
was found on Wednesday, in the mid
die Of a large briar patch that is, what
was left of him. The hogs and buzzards
had devourd nearly all the flesh on his
frame. His skull was scattered around,
leaving the frame headless. His shoes
were near by, as if they had been taken
off. His gun, which was not missed at
home until they began to look for him
on Sunday, lay near him. The string
had been taken from one of the shoes
and tied, in it's middle, to n of the
triggers of the gun, and the ends tied
together Over the back or upper part of
the stock, forming a loop large enough
for two or three of his toes to enter.
The barrelto which this trigger belonged
had been fired. The tube to the other
barrel was broken. -Four of the jury of
inquest, one of whom was a coloredman,
acting under Justice Veazie of this place,
rendered a verdict of suicide. Mr.. D.
P. Saizan, the other juryman, not being
fully satisfied that it was a Case of sui
eide, did not concur in the verdict. The
deceased bore a good character, it is
said, in the neighborhood: If it wa a
case of murder, it was very neatly fixed
ND for one of suicide.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

The Picayune says the Times has al
ready done all the harm" it can by it's
representations in regard to the White
League. The harm consists in having
pretty efffectually doubled up that mad
humbug, and in doing SO we have done
little else than republish extracts from
the League organs. Mischief makers of
every grade always yearn to be let alone,
and never forgive those who expose
them and letting alone is exactly what
the Times is not going to do. But how
does this concern the Picayune? Is it
still a White League organ, OF will it
publicly admit that its "young man
committed the paper a little too far?"
Of late it has maintained a significant
silence in regard to the party which a
few days since it declared it had been
looking for, 10! these many years. On
the other hand if it has prudently CON
Guided to reform itself in that direction
and repudiate the League, why does it
object TO our quoting tie League organs
against themselves I'm. 0. Times.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

There has been an improvement in
the weather this week. Last Monday
evening we had a cOpious shower of
rain, but not enough to thoroughly wet
the ground. Catterpillars have appear
ed in ONE fields; and some have killed
them off with Paris green. The pros
poets are that they will not do much
damage this season. We need more
rain for potatoes, rice, and all late crops
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

NEGRO SHOT-Last Saturday night ten
or twelve men went to the plantation of
Mr.. Ludger L~astrapes, on Bayou Teche
in this parish, and took from his cabin q
negro man, and made him knee1 to be
shot. When the words zone, two" were
uttered, preparatory for the command
to fire" he made a quick movement to
one side, in some bushes, and escaped
all the buckshot of the parties who fired,
but seven or eight, which badly wound
ed him. He escaped, and is now here in
the parish prison. Seven of the accused
parties have been arrested. We have
not been able to learn why he was shot.
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If the Courthouse bell should continue
to labor for some time, as it has been
doingfor two or three months, the Police
Jury will have to look out foranew one.
Human nature may stand the wear and
tearOf the meetings this bell announces;
but bell metal is bound to have less of
it OF wear ont.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

SALT AND ASHES o Cows.-A wise
and experienced stock-raiser says: "On
turning my COWS into pasture in the
spring, | provide several small tubs,
and having fixed them firmly in the soil
to prevent them being overturned, put
into each tub one quart of salt and
three quarts of sifted wood ashes, pre-
viously well mixedby stirring, The cows
partake freely of this mixture. 1t pre-
vents injury from the sudden change
from dry to green food, and has, besides,
general system. Some assert that salt
Should be given only as eften as once
a week, as its more frequent use would
be injurious. But when supplied in this
way no apprehension need be enters
tanned.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

The proceedings of the Democratic
parish convention will be found i'll to-
days paper. The delegates assembled
on that occasion were representative
men, of that class who seldom seek office
but who poll the bulk of the votes of our
white population.
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Some of the delegates to the Baton
Rouge convention left yesterday morn
ing, by way of stage to New Orleans
and the town already looks lonely.
When the rest of them go on Sunday,
the parish will probably go to sleep till
thew return.
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Judge John E. King will address the
"Opelousas Sons of Temperance" this
evening at u o'clock. Subject: "Wo-
man and her Relations to Temperance"
The public are invited to attend.
ED. P. VEAzIE, Secretary,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

Brigham Young, in view of the Brook
Ign scandal, declares it is better to marry
fifty wives than to fill the newspapers
with columns of allegations and denials
about only one wife.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

The New York Tribune says: tit is
not strange, but it is d~eplerable, to find
the Democrats of Alabama carefully or
ganizing ON q platform of distinctly
avowed hostility to the negroes, and thus
deliberately abandoning any hope OF
preventing the continued political war
fare of the races
In this connection it observes: "Re-
cognizing that the negro must live with
them forever as a citizen, with equal
rights, would it not be wiser to continue
to practice that forbearance becoming
the superior race2s 2ts
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

Again the little boy speaks. He said
he wanted to be good boy, was told by
his mother to pray. He said he had pray
ed, but he didn't get good. But" said
he, 81 don't want to be teasing Him all
the time
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21
LOCAL ITEMS.

We publish a call for a National Sports
mems Association. We shall have more
to say on this subject hereafter.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-21

The first bale of new cotton was ship
ped from this parish last Sunday, raised
by Mr.. j. NJ. Roberts of Bayou BGuf.