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From Louisiana.

FRANKLIN, ST.. MABYs. LA. Feby. Ia, '83.
Ed. FREE PREss:-According to promise
I give you few dots of louisiana. We take
the Orange Road at Houston for this place.
The road runs about two hundred miles
through dismal swamp, the frogs hold
high carnival oil day, the trees draped in
long grey moss. waving over the desolation
of the land, We pass over deep dark rivers
and water every where. When we leave
Vermillionville, we come to hign rolling
prairies. NewIberia twenty miles from be-
low on Bayou Teche, is a large fonrishing
city, they have three saw mills with tap
road to the railroad.
One will naturally say, "Oh, this fair and
smiling land" but every rose has its thorn,
the thorn is the stagnant wnter that fills
all the low places. We know that Yellow
Jack is lurking beneath the depths biding
his time to lay desolate this lovely land with
his dread scourge, yellow fever.
Jeannerette, eleven miles this side New
Iberia, has improved wonderfully in the last
fonr years. Franklin on Bayou Teche four
teen miles below has population of two
thousand white and one thousand colored-
The editor. post master and deputy recorder
all colored; they have also an Odd Fellows
lodge and colored physician.
There were two disastrous fires in Frank
lyn; in one the Episcopal church was burn
ed When the fire touched the organ It
gave q grand burst Of music that filed the
people with awe. The church Is now re-
built. The Odd Fellows have never met in
their Hall since the EaI, but the Masons
still live.
There IL grand Catholic ehurch and con-
vent here. The French is TIE language.
They have no Sunday law. For fear my
letter viii be to long, good bye
Nom ASox.
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EHALLFOX
and
FITTING Of SfAnu
Fox PREVENTED

A naewber cfay &m-
Ny was taken with
SMM-pox. I x,ed the
Ftsid,,; the pssient was
~ot dciiuoss, was NOT
pitsed, aad was about
the house again In tkree
weo'es. and no c<heIs
had X. u. W. PARE
rvSoN, Philadelphia.
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not annoy us, but with neither tribe could
We get a parlcy, though our mission was
peaceable and we had written instructions
not to molest or attack any tribe, only in
self defence.
Our guides reached our camp on the 10th
Of September; they told us that tho creek
we were camped on, was called the Rio
Quintrefue, branch Of Red River.
They pursued course W. N. w. The
nights became right cold.
On Sept Esd Gen. Nc Leod detached
Capt. Caldwell with party TO ascertain the
absence Of that relief which Col. Cook had
promised to forward.
We learnt afterwards, that soon after he
crossed tho plains and was nearing the set
tlumenss he was surrounded at night by
largo party Of Mexicans, and as resistance
would have been in vain, he and his party
were taken prisoners.
After some four days travel over the
Plains we suddenly struck river, which
at that time only contained water holes; the
banks were very high and at some places
would have been impassable. We kept up
the right side of TINT river and struck very
large trail, probably made by buffalo. We
found along the banks of the river an ex-
tensive growth of dwarf grapes and plums,
which were very palatable and eagerly eat
en- by our men. We had not gone very far
when we discovered portion of a Mexican
cart wheel.
DR.. Beall and three men left MS to gather
fruit, and as they never returned or were
heard of afterwards, We suppose theIndians
killed them.
Going up along the foot Of that deep.
chasm we reached after while gradual
ascent which led US on the prairie again, on
which we found occasional small lagunas
and some fowl.
After about eight days travel we reached
the end of the table land at O place which
our guides called the Puerta Gateway.
From thence the country gradually de-
scended and was wooded, and north of us
was rocky and high.
For once again we had no water for twen-
y-four hours, but after camping our guides
tstarted out at night and found water notfar
from camp.
After some eight days travel we reached
Arroyo de Abajo, where we found plenty of
wood and water.
Our guides told us that the shepherds
often drove their focks to Craze to the sec.
ton we were in then.
The country became now rocky and un-
even.
About Oct. 2ud hearing nothing from Col.
Cook nor Capt. Caldwell, another squad
under Lieut. Burgess was sent gut, whom
Messrs Scott and Howard accompanied,
with orders to push forward and obtain
news, and not to delay long nor enter San
Miguel.
These men were also taken prisoners.
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The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11
General Weaver's Opinion,

The following extract is taken from
the editorial columns of the Iowa Tri-
bune, General James B. Weayer's paper
1t is respectfully submitted for the Pc
rusal of the greenback journals which
have been SO liberal in their abuses Of
the anti-monopoly conference
"The convention was composed of q
splendid set Of patriotic men, and they
have given the country as grand a dec
laration of principles as ever was penned
in the history of this orany other period
Far be it from US to call in question the
patriotism or integrity of men who can
write and promulgate such platform. 1t
gives promise Of a better day for the
nation, and it will act like tonic upon
the hopes of the laboring masses through
out America. We honor the brave, earn
est men who gave to the country the
Chicago anti-monopoly platform
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

The Times says the telegraph opera
tors have appealed to the country for aid
in a financial way, and thinks they
displayed little manhood by such a
course. ESSAYS on manhood appear as
burlesques when coming from the editor
of the Times. The statement itself is a
falsehood. The Brotherhood is dis
trict assembly of the Knights of Labor,
and through the proper officers of that
order call for subscriptions has been
made on the membership, and on all
union men-not the kind Of union man
Dill was when by mere luck he was en-
abled to leave the case and become a
proprietor.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11
proprietor.

The charge which has been going the
rounds of the labor press, to the effect
that the Journeyman Builder is printed
in rat Office, has been upset. The
Messenger, one of the staunchest friends
of unionism published anywhere, comes
to the defense of it's townsman and pub
fishes afidavits which fully vindicate
the Builder This is good, and all true
friends of the cause will say so. The
Messenger, in general aggressive, has
acted the messenger Of peace this time,
and set brother worker right with his
fellow
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

P. M. ARTHUR, Chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, has pub
lished card in the Cleveland Leader,
denying the report, which no labor man
for moment took stock in, that the
engineers were about to strike, in order
to help out the operators. That's all
right If the locomotive engineers did
not intend to strike, it was the privilege
of their chief to say so; but there he
should have let the matter rest, But he
must needs spread himself in an at
tempt to make capital by throwing slurs
upon other organizations. He belittles
himself and the order of which he is
the head, by assuring the public that
trains have been, and can and will be
run again, if necessary, without the aid
of telegraph. He seems fearful that the
people will get the idea into their heads
that locomotive engineers are working
men, and assures US that "great pressure
has been brought to bear to get us to
connect ourselves with the labor unions,
but we have always refused to have
anything to do with them, and there
lies the secret of our success" If a few
English words can be SO constructed as
to contain more cringing, groyeling, un-
manly sentiment than is contained in
that quotation, would like to see the
production. The assertion that the loco
motive engineers have been such a
model set for twenty years falls rather
coldly upon men who remember the
riotous conduct of 1877. No one will
take the disgusting denial" of this man
Arthur as the sentiments of the entire
Brotherhood which is fortunate, but it
would be we'll for the manly men to put
a check on this toadier to monopoly.
He is evidently of the big watch chain
and finger ring class. The Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineersis is all right, but
when it's chief attempts to put on airs
and assume the par excellence attitude,
intelligent labor smiles.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

IT has been suggested that General
James B. Weaver would make a strong
reform candidate for president in 1884.
General Weaver has long been identified
with the reform movement, is an able
man, with unblemished record, and
would undoubtedly accomplish great and
lasting good for the country were he
chosen as its chief executive; but if he
should be nominated he would more
than likely meet a fate similar to that on
former occasion, and which was pre-
vlously met by that great and good man
Peter Cooper. There are prejudices
fastened on the people which it almost a
hopeless task to attempt to overcome.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

ONCE more the Howitzer attempts to
demolish The ENQUIRER. This time it
charges me with "besliming" it's editor
with "contemptible epithets," instead of
attempting to prove its charge false. I
have carefully read several times the ar
ticle to which the gentleman refers, and
fail to find anything of a. "besliming''
nature. 1t simply states that the charge
made in the Howitzer, that the Central
Labor Union, of New York, is conducted
in the interest of the democratic party,
is not true. l took the charitable ground
-. :, a;te,. of the HoWitzer didn't
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

A PORT TOWNSEND dispatch of August
5 says Seventeen more Cinnamon
were smuggled in from British Columbia
yesterday. An attempt was made to
capture them, but it was unsuccessful
This makes the third lot smuggled over
the border.' This thing is getting very
monotonous and tiresome. The Chinese
law squeezed out of congress by public
clamor was unsatisfactory enough in
itself, and to have that ignored and over
ridden as it is being almost daily is
too much. 1t is certainly singular that
the authorities at Port Townsend are
unable to capture the marauding rat
eaters when they are always able to &C.
curately give the number that have
eluded their vigils (?) ON each occasion.
The story, like great many others con-
corning treacherous government officials,
is getting too thin. However, if the
government is powerless to enforce its
Chinese law, it would be well to refer it
to the people. l hardly think there
would be much trouble in procuring the
handful of men necessary to- stop the
hole the Celestials are crawling through.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

TH ais office is under obligations to some
California friend (probablv Mr.. Haskell,
of the San Francisco TRUTH for copies of
a speech delivered by P. S. Dorney be-
fore vast assemblage of the citizens of
Sacramento, July 9. The subject of the
address was "Man and Monopoly-Toil
and TOLL" and the robberies practiced
upon the people by railroad monopolies
were clearly shown pby the gentleman.
The Central Pacific company was ex-
posed in language and by the introduc-
ton of statistics which admit no denial.
TIE sneaker showed, by the company's
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

know what he was talking about. The
Central Labor Union is not q political
organization, and those who are conyer-
SAINT with labor unions cannot see the
grounds for the charge of treachery in
the fact that the greenback vote was SO
light at the last New York election. 1t
is new idea that innocence has to be
proved but in this case, after making a
charge, without the slightest proof to-
back it up, the editor of the Howitzer
calls for proof in substantlation of de-
NAL which comes from source that is
interested in showing up the culprits if
there is the least foundation for the
charge. Like the Howitzer; | have no
desire for controversy, but it must
not slash and cut at labor organizations
for the purpose of "besliming" body OF
men that differ little with it as to the
means to an end. So far as journalistic
courtesy is concerned, it's all bosh. This
paper will deal in plain language, and
call things by their proper names; but
if the editor of the Howitzer is such a
disciple of that system, he might have
practiced it by showing his readers Just
what The ENQUIRER did say about his
uncalled for attack on the Labor Union,
instead of drawing so heavily on his
soured imagination in giving them to
understand that he has been shamefully
abused and blackguarded. "And there
WE let it rest"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

THERE are to-day no less than $500
idle workingmen in the city of Denver.
That figure does not include the profess
sional loafers and the creatures who live
by their wits, but embraces only the
honest, industrious mechanics and labor
ers who are always found busy when
there is work to be had. The majority
of these idle men have families, of from
three to ten members, almost entirely
dependent upon their wages for the
means of living If it were not for the
continual changing of employees, which
prevents the same men being idle all the
time, death from starvation would ere
this have cut down the city's population.
AS it is, the number of idle ones is daily
increasing. The building trades are not
more than half employed, and, as there
is no public outwork of any conse-
queQce being done, there is little demand
for helpers or day laborers. The shops
and mills are reducing their forces to the
lowest possible notch. The force at the
Rio Grande shops has been heavily cur
tailed this week, and it is said that in a
very short time they will stop making
cars and other equipments altogether,
and will retain only just a sufficient
number of men to do the necessary re-
pairing Within two months the major
portion of those now engaged at building
will be out of employment. What a
dismal outlook to one who knows the
want and misery consequent upon idle
hands Very few workingmen in this
city have been able so far this summer
to put by anything for the winter. Their
working time has been so broken, and
wages 50 low that they have been barely
able to make both ends meet; and, to
the personal knowledge of the writer,
there are many sober, industrious me-
chanics, who have worked every day
they could-get work, that have had to
run in debt to maintain their families
This is not said for the purpose of hurt
ing Denver or keeping people away from
the city, but simply to place the plain
facts before the public and to awaken
the laboring masses to a realization of
their peril. All information of a re-
liable nature indicates the same deplor-
able condition all over the country
There is certainly something wrong and
needing the attention of the people, in a
system of government that allows few
to loll in luxurious idleness while the
many stand face to face with starvation.
Will you think on this subject, working
men? Will you prepare to strike for
your liberties and your rights?
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11
DYNAMITE is strong to-day at 46c
THE GREAT CONTENT.

Another week has rolled by, and the
great struggle between monopoly, and
labor continues. To the majority of the
watchers of the contest the situation re-
mains about as it stood two weeks ago,
with the advantage to the companies
naturally accruing from a prolongatien.
No reliance can be placed in the daily
telegraph reports, for they are cooked up
by the henchmen Of the Western Union,
and are constructed for the purpose Of
discouraging the friends and sympa>
thizers of the strikers. Particularly is
this so of the last few days. Magnifed
accounts of wlre-cutting are sent out by
the Western Union officials and every
effort is made to fasten the acts upon the
Brotherhood, but have 50 far proved
futile. Grave doubts exist as to whether
as many as half dozen wires have been
tampered with since the strike began.
Another point in the press reports
which is worthy Of notice, is, that, while
the full number, and more, of those
who have gone to work is always given,
nothing is said of the hundreds being
taken into the Brotherhood. Circulars
received from different central points
contain the most fattering indications
of eventual victory, and warn all friends
against being deceived by the false re-
ports sent out by the company managers.
1t is not definitely known when the
general call for all classes of operators to
come out will he made, but that 1t will
have to come to that sooner or later, to
insure success, is generally conceded.
The operators can gain nothing, save
hypocritical fattery from the press, by
refusing to carry the,war into every de-
partment, if necessary to win, and they
have failed to improve the opportunities
afforded them if they do not know that
the managers will never consent to do
them justice until they are absolutely
forced to it. to avoid complete wrecking.
There isn't much stir in the Colorado
offices, owing to the small number of
operators employed and the small per-
centage of Brotherhood men. Several
operators have been sent east from the
Denver office and their places supplied
by men who were not working at the
business when the strike was inaugu-
rated. These men do not fully under
stand the principles involved in this
struggle, and do not seem to realize the
benefits to all classes of labor, which
would result from victory at this time
over grasping monopoly.
The operators in the Denver office
should open their ears to the side OF
right in this matter, and when they see
the Justice of the Brotherhood's action
come out like men and say "We are
with you, and will leave our instruments
when the call is made" By this course
they would show their appreciation OF
fellow-wageworkers in other depart
ments of industry who have pledged
money and unlimited support to those
who make the stand for labor's rights at
this time.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

The editor of the Celt has become a
contributor to the Times. Little bit
sorry to see you affiliating in that quar-
ter Nc. If were you shouldn't do it
again. From the way the communica-
ton was mangled one would suppose
the rat compositor who set it knew that
the writer was a union man.