[313] Sen. Jour., 1871, 67, House Jour., 35. In all, the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Company received from the State $4,250,000 or over $58,000 a mile besides a grant of the use of a part of the New Orleans levee, valued at $1,000,000, for it completed only seventy miles. It remains to be added that two different companies of Northern capitalists offered to build the Houston and New Orleans road without subsidy or aid, but the legislature would not grant a charter. Nordhoff, 58. [314] _Annual Cyclopedia_, 1871, 474. [315] La. House Jour., 125, Sen. Jour., 121. For the full act see Session Laws, 1871, No. 4. [316] In 1871 the total number of schools was 640, the number of teachers 1240, and the attendance 90,000. _Annual Cyclopedia_, 1871, 474. [317] Feb. 1, 1872. “January the 9th 1872. Cor J P York I visited new Welashe Peish in the critmas finnen the White People rebelling Jest as much as the dead When You Was on the ball field Dod Swan leven in bellvue says by god he Wald like See the Dam Yankes start a public School in bellvu are minden ore any Whare beteew monre and Scheveport he Shat down a Young man I sew Well my names Simon ford on Widarvne lone Plac all so Jhon head and Jhon alfard liven in bellvue cauth a young man name Anderson Smith Who Went to see a Young collard lady step him Struck Him 3000 licks With a new caw hide do for God Sake Send them Peple Petectheon. I promised them that I Wold Send You” [318] _National Republican_, Feb. 6, 1872. “Mr. Spaker. I ask the unimus consent of the house to rise to a question of privilege. I find in one of the issures of the Times last week a burlest on one of my carstituent which was takened from a private letter adressed to my collegue who ocuppies a seat on this floor as a representative who sent the private letter up to the Chief Clerks desk to be read as a memoral. I think that the gentlemen my collegue who occupies a seat on this floor he acted very injustice with one of his constituents which he stands here to represent, end not only don injustice to his constituents he have I consider Mr. Speaker have shone a disrespecte this heaverbal body by sending a privat letter up to the Clerk desk to be read as a memoral in order to flatter one of his constituent he have not had a chance of an education, as he have had &&&” [319] Laws of Louisiana, 1871, No. 42, Sec. 7. [320] _Annual Cyclopedia_, 1871, 474. [321] House Misc. Doc., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 211, 40. According to the _National Republican_, Conway was “devoted to the fortunes of his Excellency just as ardently as he is opposed to the interests of the people of the State.” Jan. 3, 1872. [322] This bill immediately upon its appearance from the committee was made the special order for a certain date, but does not reappear in the Journal after Feb. 10. Sen. Jour., 1870, 102. Election law appeared Feb. 1, Sen. Jour., 73.