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The weekly Louisianian., 1874-07-11
THE PICAY UNE ON
WRESTLING.

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The PioaYune, devotes her col
umn of local editorial, to a yer,
vivid description Of a recent car Incl
dent, in which several well-dresse
Caucassian ladies and gentlemen
are alleged to have been disturbed
by the lively "whistling" Of a"con
|cededly decently dressed and mic,
enough boy" colored, and hereto
fore 80 far deprived, by white pre-
JUDGES, Of opportunities to lear1
what was tolerated in white society
as MOTTO know that a very gentle
whistle would disturb delicate
white nerves. Upon this incident
the Pic. gravely proceeds to the
unconsequential and silly conclu.
sion, that this colored lad was
moved to indulge in his boyish
sport, by an aggressive and insul-
ting spirit towards the white peo-
pie of the city. To use the Pics
language 1T was plainly his desire
to show that he felt as big as any
one else, and that he could do as he
pleased under all conceivable cir
cumstances," and the noble Cauca-
sian, who edits the Pic, with equally
creditable logic proceeds upon this
class Of facts to charge the sup
posed madness OF this lad upon
Messrs. Pinchback and Burch. By
the logic of the Pic, the rudeness
of boy, white or colored, is always
chargable to the members OF the
respective races of maturer years
and furnished sufficient ground to
exclude them from any of the
amenities and conyeniences of life.
A rigid application of this logic
would reduce tho number of white
travellers as much as that of the COL
ored. Has it never occurred to
these supercillious, fortune-favored
white men that it comes with bad
grace, from them to twit US, bcause
our children by a prescription con-
tinuing through the centuries and
imposed by them, have had few OPP
portunities thus far to learn these
minor courtesies-the absence Of
which is nov gravely proposed to
be made the ground upon which
their substantial rights of citizen
ship shall be denied? We do not
admit, save in rare and exceptional
cases, that either colored children
or colored ~mon-.either the minors
On the adults-are actually and in
tentionally rude, though they may
be lacking in the polish, because
heretofore deprived Of the usual fa-
cilities for acquiring tho accom-
p]ishments OF life, but in all cases
Of Intentional rudeuess Messrs.
Pinchback and Burch will be as
as the editor of the Plea
yuac in giving rebuke and no less
stern because the offender might
belong to their own race
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Turning the tables.-While some Q
colored people were being bapt'zea
recently in the river at Nashv'1e,
one became unmanageab1c, ana
Selling the minister, who was
small man, threw him over Der 'eao'
almost drowning him.
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~We are indebted to the Sara.
tdga Rowing Association for a COM
pimentary invitation to the Re-
gatta to take place over their course
on Saratoga Lake, July 18th and
18th, 1874, for which We return
many thanks.
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~Among our most valued ~ex'
changes we place. the Irish World:
which comes to us this week filled
with q rich and varied collection o.
useful and entertaining matter:
This paper is published in New
York and is battling for the inde-
pendence of Ireland. It says" We
have no desire that the Irish on this
side of the sea should rule Ireland
but we shall never be satisfied m
til she is free to rule herself. We
hold that as all nations are made of
one blood and sprung from the one
father, all that is intrinsic to human
nature is n m to all alike"
As the champion Of an oppressed
people the Irish World will be to us
q welcome visitor.
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A BETTER ERA.

" A~As<7.
The subjoined extract from the
New Orleans Republican, in which
acofrection, suggested by our last
issue, is made relative to the "a
ported programme Of Senator Pinch.
back, is published as. indicative Of
better era of good will, and Justice
on the part of certain Republicans.
towards tho Senator-an era to Ia
marked with fair dealing towards
this gentleman on the part, not Of
the Republican masses who have
always been true to him.1but of tbs
prominent men in the party; who
have heretofore given him only q
nominal support, thopsh deriving
largely and mainly their political
success from his influence. The
masses have always believed him
trustworthy, and have SO expressed
themselves by their votes, whenever
an opportunity has offered, and even !
those exceptional men,, who have
heretofore from jealousy OF other
causes, seemed to think his eleva-
ton dangerous and unfriendly to
their success, will find in our iudg-
ment, it expedient to secure, by
good faith, his good will, rather
than provoke his opposition, by. an
insidious and unjust war against
him, and the time has about arrived
when the good Of the Republican
party demands: that this hctious
and inezcusable opposition to one
of it's chosen and most trusted
leaders, should cease. We, as q
people, and the Republicans Of.
Louisiana as a party, want no more
blows in the dark:
The LoU1slANrAN reminds us that
our statement relative to the inten-
lions of S. :,tor Pinclfback is only
partially correct. While it is his
| intention to visit the country par.
ishos during the coming campaign.
and address his fellow-citizens, yet
he will maintain the position that
he is already legally elected to, the
United States Senate. As the Re-
publican received the information 1t
second hands, it is quite probable
the Senator's views were not cor-'
rectly stated. And while we hold
with him that he has once been
properly, elected to the high position
which he claims yet we shall cor
daily approve Of any honorable
course which, in his opinion or that
of his friends, may be- deemed" nee
essary to secure the substance as
well as the shadow. i. -:
Our Democratic friends will re-
member that we long ago accused
them of putting the interests Of this
State in peril by obstructing MI:
Pinchback's way to<a seat in the
Senate at a time when hostile infu-'
ences were at work to dsfeat our
cherished canal bill and other mea-
sure which were pending, and which
if they had been, srccessful, would
have placed Louisiana on her feet
once more. Our chief concern IN.
the matter is the want Of probability
that Senator Pinchback will be
seated, in any event, in time to as
sist in these important matters BE-
fore the adjournment'o of the Forty
third Congress-. His reelection or
n rc-ahirmntion of his present status
would satisfy US perfectly, though,
we leave to his own better Judge.
ment the proper'course for him to
take to achieve final success.
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JULY II, 1874.

10 All letters. on business connected
with this paper should be addressed to
81. A. CORBIN,
.r Business Manager.
New Orleans, Feb. %, 1874.
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~Buy your liquors at Handy's
Nos ia and 16 Royal street, New
Orleans.
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161r The proprietor Of this paper
will not be responsible for the correct
ness Of communications.

nT Col. ". B BARRETT is our
special agent, and is authorized to
solicit subscriptions and receive
payment Of bills.
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AVERAGE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD IN A
-TIME.-Let no boy be disheartened by
the following calculation, but remember that
untiring industry will enable him to come out
victor in the end. Say that the boy is~ten
years old and is taken up into high mountain,
or respectable HILL perhaps, will do as we'll,
and shown the various articles he will have to
consume should he live an average lifetime.
Surrounded with these objects, he first secs 80
oxen, then 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs, 80
pigs, 1900 chickens, 5000 turkeys 263 pigeons,
l40 pounds salmon, 120 pounds other fish, 3d.
900 oysters, 5,443 pounds vegetables, 243aa
pounds butter, q, 900 eggs, 49 tons bread 5000
gallons, tea and coffee, besides tons of fruit,
Barrels ofsweet- and hogsheads of wine.
These are the figures given by Mr. Soyer, the
cook of the London Reform Club, in his book,
"The Modern Housewife" as the amount con-
sumed by each individual in lifetime, and
they are said to be below, rather than above,
the real quantity. Of course the food may be
varied, but what is taken off from one kind
must be added to some other. The boy may
seriously apprehend that his jaws and stomach
will give out before he has disposed of this
vast guaetity of food, but he will take courage
when he casts his eye over the sleek form of
one in middle life who has we'll nigh accom-
plsned his task without showing the least sign
Of WEAKNESS. Many man has disposed Of his
allotment, and is apparently ready for another
lob of equal magnitude, and thus will it be with
the race until the end of time.
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AN Exp1os1oN-A oentleman from 4

AN ExpLos1oN.-A gentleman from the
country came in to town few days ago and
bought among other articles, a fine large cook.
ing stove. On packing his purchases into his
wagon our friend slipped several of the smaller
packages, including bundle ofgunpowder, in
side the stove. Reaching his domicil the stove
was put in its proper place in the kitchen, q
fire lighted, coffee boiled, and every thing
went ''merry as marriage bell" On the fol-
lowing morning, however, the good wife put
her biscuits in to bake and drew out the baking
damper, which had not been touched the night
previous; and she and her husband had just
left the kitchen, when they heard q terrific
explosion. They thought that the eruption of
Bald Mountain had commenced, and rs soon as
they could collect their scattered senses went
back into the kitchen to see what was the mat
ter; here they found scattered stove which
was not so easily collected as their scattered
senses. In fact there were several more pieces
of it than the manufacturer had originally put
together After some difficulty, however, these
were all gathered up and the gentleman came
back to town and wanted to make a contract
with a dealer in stoves to rebuild it; but the
latter had to decline the job, as nearly every
piece had hole stove in it, and he could not,
therefore, make whole stove out of them.
Fortunately nobody was hurt. .-.o.1 ..-, -. -
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DID PRESTON BROOKS DIE FROM HIS At
TACK ON SUMNER ?-Itis believed by many that
Charles Sumner died from that attack made
on him, some twenty years ago, by Preston
Brooks. Is it not more likely that Brooks
died from that affair? We knew him we'll.
He was about the age of Sumner, and quite
as tall, perhaps, but slender, almost fragile
looking, probably weighing one-fourth less.
We also have seen and had in our hands the
famous and historical cane of the occaslonIa
slight India rubber, dandy affair. But the
exertion necessary thus to cheat down on the
floor of the Senate" a great OK Of fellow like
Sumner must have caused an immense strain
on the vital forces of so delicated organized a
man as Preston Brooks, and as he died only a
few months afterward, we submit is it not
probable that he, instead of Sumner, who lived
eighteen years, died from that affair IN Y.
Day BOok
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FARMING TO; ADyANTAGE.-I have known
two kindslofc industrious farmers. | do not in
clude the sluggish and negligent, But Of the
real hard workers there are two distinct classes
They both rise with dawn and work after dark
and are worthy of success; but one class fails
for want of proper thought and management
Those will put their energies into one piece OF
work, and neglect other things which need
them more.
/ knew one man who was so intent on finish
ing board fence, that he worked hard at it at
the very time that the weeds i'll his root crop
grew from one to ten inches high, increasing
labor of clearing out at least ten fold and re-
ducing his crop about one-half. Another buys
costly tools and lets them rust and rot in the
fields because he is busy with something else,
although the labor of housing would be mere
nothing. Another builds a costly barn, and
uses up his manuring, cultvating and draining,
wher cheaper buildings would have answered.
Another works wet field year after year. at
great loss and inconvience and with small re-
suits, because he is too, busy to, underdrain it.
He does everything at q disadvantage. -.
Very different is the course Of the good man
ager.. He looks at all his work has it mapped
out before him-estimates accurately the labor
to accomplish each job, and the time when it
should be done to prevent loss, and then goes
on systematically. It does not require great
genius to do this, but common sense, and Tor
the farmer to keep his wits about him. This
is what makes man practical and successful.
Cor. Country Gent. o.. T..
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VOLUME IX.------NO. 20.
A FAMOUS APPLE TREE.-There is an apple

A FAMOUS APPLE TREE.-There is an apple
tree standing in lot adjoining the house of
Rev. J. w. Canter, at Huntersville, Pocahontas
county, West Virginis, which has become his
torical, marking, the spot where Gen: r. E. Lee
pitched ahis,Grst tent in the late war.zEarlyin
the summer Of 1861 Gen. Lee, was ordered to
the command Of the forces in Western Vir-
'ginia. Leaving Richmond lie came to Warm
Springs'th frsttday, and: on the sdaynfollowing
reached Huntersville, where, for the first time
in the war, he biHouacked. on the tented field,
selecting the aforementioned apple tree, which
stands enJa hill overlooking the town, as the
place where his tent should, be pitched. It is
a singular coincidence that General Lee should
have commenced his military career under an
apple tree among the mountains of West Vir-
ginia, and have closed that brilliant career by
capitulating to General Grant under an apple
tree at Appomatox. s-..a -.~ .:..-.-
And what is more singular, as an incident
connected with the war, John Brown, who
commenced this war, was chung on sour ap-
pile tree" and it is said that the forbidden fruit
which mother Eve partook of was taken from
an apple tree; and now, to cap the climax,
agents for the sale ofapple trees are becoming
as numerous as lightning-rod men and sewing
machine agents. Green6rier Independent.
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The TURN OF THE TIDE.-The New York
World gives facts and figures to show that the
immense maturity given to President Grant in
1872, es the champion of the Republican party,
has been steadily declining. We quote:
Inside of two years in every State that has
held legislative elections Except two States IN
whelming) there has been an opposition gain
of from one to sixty-six votes on joint ballot.
Six States which had Republican Legislatures
in 1928 now have opposition Legislatures,
and the eight States in the list in which the
opposition now controls the Legislature are at
present represented in Washington by ten Ad-
ministration Senators. These figures demon
strate more than words can do it that President
Grant and the Republican party have lost the
confidence of the country, and State after State
will culmnate in the Autumn of 1876 in the res
toration of the Democratic party to power in the
General Government.
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against which the guarantee is intended; to pro-
tect should make an application'to be protec.

against which the guarantee isintended to pro-
tect should make an application to be protec'
ted against itself" -...., ..,,,s a.;f-. III.
In conclusion I would, remark that, apart
from the!remedy under the 9TH article of the
Constitution. Congress can certainly correct
evils arising from its own legislation. The
proposition can hardly be controyerted that
The power to make law can certainly modify
or abolish it; and while it is conceded that
the reconstruction measures Of Congress were
only intended to protect the freedmen's rights,
yet the most earnest,in their cause now admit
that the rights Of white men and their estates
have been too much sacrificed in the theory,
and that practically both the interests of the
white and colored citizens have been made
victims of the rapacity of corrupt adventures.
The remedy is. fully within the power of Con
gress' without exercising extreme or revolu-
ttionary measures. An amendment of the State
constitution to protect minorities and restrict
the power of majorities by the application OF
the cumulative system Of voting, SO success
fully in force in England and in some parts of
our own States, will go far to protect rights
eof property and persons against fraud and mis-
rule, and yet preserve manhood or individual
suffrage to every class of citizens; or, an
amendment by which members of the Senate
of the State should be elected by taxpayers
only would protect the people against extrava-
CANT appropriations or the fraudulent applica-
ton Of the public money, and conserve the
public interest generally, especially if sps-
tanned by an effective registry Jaw and other
measures for the protection of the purity of
the ballot, box, now utterly degraded to serve
the purposes Of those in power. ho.-
The citizen owes allegiance to the Govern
ment;. the Government owes protection to the
people. Any form or practice which falls in
these mutual conditions cannot be considered
as government of the people, and, therefore,
not republican form of government. Do
you suppose that the white people of the Uni
ted States intended 10 fix a perpetual Govern
nent of fraud on their race as a condition OF
safety to colored freemenf
The duties and rights that grow out of Gov
ernments and people are reciprocal. If the
citizen makes war on the Government it IS
treason. If the Government violates the trust
it abdicates its power. And I can hardly be-
lieve that Congress will aid in fixing an evil on
the people of State, by any refinement OF
State rights or abstract construction OF the or
ganic law, to aid government in which 1t Is
acknowledged that invention seems to be ex-
hausted in contriving abuses. Precedents can
not be relied Upon to guide us, because history
does not furnish a parallel to the power and
effronterys ofothe present rule existing without
restraint in South Carolina. a,: .-.,,.
Very respectfully,
rs ~ u'eJ 70 RICHARD LATHERs. IL
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GooD MANNERS. Manners are more impor.-
tant than money. A boy who is polite and
pleasant in his manners, will always have
friends, and will not often make enemies.
Good behavior is essential to prosperity. a
boy feels we'll when he does we'll. # you wish
to make every Body pleasant about you, and
gain friends wherevetDyou co. cultivate good
manners. Manylboys, have pleasant manners
for home. h.nrlfr.T .v,E;3 .,.,! ,r.3 -
We visited small railroad town not long
since, and were met at the depot by little boy
of about eleven5or twelve years, who enter
tained and cared for US, in the absence of his
father, with as much polite attention and
thoughtful care as the most cultivated gentle
man could have done. We said to his mother
before we left her home, "You are greatly
blessed in your son, he is attentive and obli-
ging." -,
EYES," she said: ri can always depend on
Charley when his father is absent. He is q
great help and comfort to me-" She said this
as if it did herheart good to acknowledge the
ceverness Of her son. - ~. =
The best manners cost SO little, and are worth
so much, that every boy can afford to have
them. ,-''t9 .'"'''.' "'"''A'
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How TO SELECT FLoUR-1. Look. at its
color; ifitis,white, With IA slightly yeAowish
or straw -colored tint LISA good sign: fit is
very white, with blush cast with white specks
in it, the -four is not good. d.a(2 Examine its
adhesiveness-weti and 1knead alittle Of it obei
tween the fngers-ifit it works dry and elasticis
is good if it works soft and sticsy it is, poor:
Flour made from spring wheat is likely to be
sticky. g. Throw little lump of dry -four
against dry, smooth perpendicular, surface
lift adheres in lump the -four has life in it
if it falls like powder it is bad: a. Squeeze
some of the flour in your hand-if it retain thc
shape given by the pressure, that too is gooo
sign. Flour that will stand all these tests it's
safe to buy. These modes were given by old
-four dealers, and we make no apology for
printing them, as they pertain to matter that
concerns everybody, namely, the quality of
that which is "the staff of life." +-'--
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ABOUT NEwspAPER-The Louisville
Courier-JournaI has the following remarks
regarding the Management of newspaper:
"Some people estimate the ability of news
paper and the talent of its editor by the guam
tity of original matter. 1t is comparatively an
easy task for a frothy writer to pour out daily
a column of words-words upon any and all
subjects. His ideas may flow in one weak,
washy, everlasting food, and the command of
his language may enable him to string them
together like bunches Of onions, and yet his
paper may be a meagre and poor concern.
Indeed the mere writing part of editing paper
is but small portion of the work. The care,
the time employed in selecting, is far more
important, and the tact ofa good editor is better
shown by his selections than anything else !;
and that, we know, is half the battle But, as
we have said, an editor ought to be estimated
and his labor understood and appreciated by
the general conduct of his paper-its tone, its
uniform, consistent course, its aims, its man
illness, its dignity and it's propriety. To preserve
these as they should be preserved is enough to oc-
cupy fully the time and attention of any man:
If to this be added the general supervision of
the newspaper establishment, which most
editors have to encounter, the wonder is how
they find time to write at ALL"