The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-06

S ern papers appear to be much interested an
! delighted with new dramatic novel, bearin
e the foregoing title, and which is from the pen
e the hon. Charles Gayarre, secretary ofstat
for Louisiana. In the preface to his new wor
S the author states that his object in writing
was to attack evils which have become so ser
t Gus as to be alarming, and not to strike at an
: party Or individual ut is well known, how
ever" he says, ssthat there is natural dispc
siton in the human mind to seek eagerly an
ferret out personal illusions in all works of th
? kind, and applications are made which are a
ways painful to the author.' 1t is against thi
probable perverson of his intentions that h
guards himself by stating that all the charac
f tiers he has delineated are fictitious; althoug
tmust be confessed that they ''squint awfully
towards Plaquemines, John Slidell, and som
of the Louisiana wire workers, and that Their
is but too much reality in most of the scenes q
political degradation he has so spiritedly des
cribed. The book is published by D. Appleton
d. Co., New York, and its pages can be perus
ed with much benefit to others than politici
ans, for its lively and graphic scenes, and it
sound, practical sense will strike home to thu
appreciative understanding of every citizen, a:
well him who has a vote to give, as he who
has one to ask.
The WAY THEY MANAGE Ir.-The specia
committee on the Colt patent case, made re-
port previous to the adjournment of the house
of representatives., in which they family exhib-
it some of the corrupt practices which prevail
in and about the halls Of congress, and the mo-
dus operandi by which profitable jobs are car
ried through by the peoples representatives.
1t appears from this report that SEWN NJ Gle
MEMS Ashmun, of Mass, Dickinson, Ga patent
lawyer, of New York, Chase, sort of waiter
on Providence, and Thompson, were the prin
cipa agents of Colt to secure the renewal of his
patent for firearms. They say, cit is evident
thata contingentfe fee of $40, 900 has been offer
ed to an active opponent of Colts bill, to buy off
his opposition, and to secure his countenance
and support of that measure" This gives an
inkling Of the kind of practices that are now re-
sorted to for the purpose of effecting any object
from which large profits are expected to be de-
rived; and unfortunatel y for the country, the
belief is too strong to be combatted, that it is
not into the hands of agents only that money is
paid to accomplish the passage of bill of this
description.
"Maison Rouge writing to the Bee, says
that he has heard men grossly SANDER the SEN
ate by declaring that money, filthy money, had
been paid into the hands of senators to effect the
passage of bill, and that it did effect it, He
says it isl SANDER, 'because cannot put my
niger upon any one senator whom | should be .
wiling to believe guilty Of taking brides for his
'otes; and [ am sure there is no one who
vould.' But the very suspicion of such a
hing, and the assertion that corruption has
ound its way into that hall, ought to teach our
enators that they cannot be too circumSpect.
prudent and cautious; and that, above all, they
houId never be known to be upon terms of
amlllarlty with such men as are known to be
gents or strikers of railroad bills and matters
f that sort
A CHALlENGE-TheA American blood is "eet-
ne up in Georgia. The Columbus Sentinel
'ys that report having been put in circula-
on that member of the Irish Jasper Greens s
ad offered a resolution requiring the members |
that to keep on hand full supply of {
al cartridges for the purpose of shooting down '
~ procession of Native Americans who might I
are to go through the streets of Savannah, 7
'ptain c. A. L. Lamar proposed to meet the q
'sh at any given point with an equal number |
men and settle the point of superiority of the c
70 races by pitched battle The officers of
'e Irish Greens declined the challenge, and /
eny that such proposition was ever made by c
~ of their corps. The Gcorgians are not to
? trifcd with
The democratic convention ofHamlton coun- {
:, Ohio, met at Carthage, on the 18th ult., for r
lc purpose OF nominating candidates for coun #
officers and congress. The committee on t.
reported the Baltimore platform but P
the afternoon great excitement was OCCASION S
by the know, nothing question being intro b
iced, and the organisation denounced. Chas c
eemelen, delegate, said it was inconsistent a
denounce this, while the democrats had q
cret organisation, (referring to the Miami h
be,) of which, he said the L. S. senator Geo, {
Pugh was the chief. The lie was given to d
Is assertion, and Rccmelen was attacked but
tally fled. After this the convention broke .,
IN grand row and fight, without making h
y nominations or passing the anti know no. p
ing resolutions. Two or three small fights Il
me OFT during the evening between the Ger >,
an and Irish delegates. -
CR1NE.-The Virginia and other southern m
pers have awakened to the great increase g
crime which marks in SO palpable manner W
age In which we live. The truth Of such ia
arse is but too painfully verified, as a CO. hi
nporary remarks; that individual and na- lis
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