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The Eight Hour Movement.

To the Editor Of the Press: '''- p H-..ii ai .- D
The eight-hOur system seems to excite con-
siderable interest in some quarters, but little
or nothing is said about it in the newspapers.
Perhaps it is thought that it will soon run its
course, its folly become apparent, and its ad-
vocates give it up. There is large class who
do not know whether to approve or condemn
1t. Why not disabuse the minds of this class
now? Why wait until it has created mischief
with those who expect to be favored by it, as
well as with the community at large? Ger
tainly the Press should not hesitate to speak
out on such question.
acknowledge that the exact results of its
working may not be clear to the minds of any,
and that practical proof would be far more
satisfactory than mere theory. AT the same
time 1t seems clear to my mind that the whole
system is based on ignorance and incidence
1t has been all that the North could do against
the Southern and allied influence, to get q
protective tariff The people now are pretty
well satisfied that this is what we must have
to protect our manufactures and arts. Our
alternating history has shown us that we have
grown richer under protective tariff, and
poorer without one. But there is large
class now complaining of SO wise measure,
and clamOring for its repeal.
What would be the effect Of the Eight Hour
SYSTEM? There would be less produced, and
every product would be higher in price. Have
we not little enough produced now with our
labor, and is not everything high enough at
present? But this is not all, nor the most.
Such system would inevitably necessitate
the repeal OF our tariff in order to admit the
much cheaper products of English labor the
effect of which would be to stop opr factories
and workshops and mines, as in former years,
and throw out of employment the very men
this system is designed to benefit.
When the United States, by the aid of ma
chinery and skilled labor arrive at position
where they can compete with England or
France upon square footing, then, and not
before, will be the time to try an experiment
like this. Id. a.IFgrI.-.
BY adopting this system we would be Law
ing ourselves open to the worst possible dan
gers. 1t would be like taking boy and tyipe
one hand behind him, and then setting him to
wrestle with full grown man. ,,.a
The project seems TO me to be not only alb
surd but dangerous, snd all rejecting men
must see in it the elements of disappointment
and trouble. ....... ,CIv1s.
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l9. There is a class of politicians, very noisy
Just now, who are exceedingly anxious and
concerned about the Constitution, lest it should
come to some mischief or meet with some
dsparagement. During the war they suffered
deeply in this respect, although it was observ-
able that their terrors were called forth much
less by the acts of those in arms against the
Constitution than by the conduct OF those
who fought to defend ii. Secession and re-
bellion were things which brought no detri-
ment to the sacred instrument; but the slight
est excess of authority in the attempt to put
them down was an offense which never failed
to draw from this class the sternest denuncia-
tion. NJ l- .5 a.a-l. .-.Uf ,.,a...
just now, if we may credit their ,declara-
tions, this sacred ark of our liberties is in es
pecial danger, and they propose to rally
around and protect it. They are Mortified to
find that there is a class who, while reyering
the Constitution, do actually regard ii as hu-
man instrument, and, declining to accept it as
the sum of all possible wisdom, are desirous
of so amending some of its provisions as more
fully to bring out and give force to its great
underlying principle of the inalienable rights
of man. For this principle they refuse to
recognize. The only parts of the Constitu
ton which have a special sacredness in their
eyes are those which seem to recognize the in
stitution of slavery, and to afford it some
shadow of sanction. These are to them the
Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last.--
II they can save these, they care not what be-
comes of the rest. ,c The instrument had ney-
or any value for them except as it could be
made to protect slavery. If it would not do
this they cared nothing for it; so when they
became convinced that it would not, one-half
their number took up arms to destroy it, and
the other half strove to make use of it to bind
the hands of its defenders. They have failed
in their efforts, and come out worst in the
struggle. The cherished institution Of slavery
has been nearly swept out of existence by the
whirlwind of war; but the few relics which
remain are very precious to them, and so they
once more call in the aid of the Constitution
to assist them in saving the fragments. This
is the meaning of their outcry now. This is
the real significance of all their clamor about
the Constitution as it is, and the Union as it
was" This is the end they are striving to
compass by every species of craft, of sophistry
and of Misrepresentation. But the people
who are not easily deluded by hollow preten-
ces, propose to themselves different solution
of the questions before them. The Constitu-
ton as it ought to be and as its trainers de-
signed it should be, and the Union rebuildedon
the eternal foundations of freedom and just
ice, is the end on which their minds are unal-
terably fixed, and they intend to fight out the
contest on that line if it takes the lifetime of
generation to achieve the victory. "
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EWEkY descrlptisn Of Water Fixtures for Dwell
~ ling Houses; HOTELS Public Buildings Shops,
&c. arransed and set up in the best manner, and ali
orders in town or country faithfully cxecuted All
kinds Of JOBBING G promptly attended 10, Constant
ly on hand LEAD PIPES, SHEET LEA ID and BEER
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LITERARY GOSSIP.


4- king John of saxony, under the pseudo
nym OF "Philalethes," has just published the
third and last volume of his translation of the
Divina Comedia'' of Dante.
There is rumor that Miss Braddon will
soon appear as the editor of new magazine,
the title of which has not yet been decided up
on, in England.
"A daughter of Mary Hewitt is preparing
for the press I" A year in Sweden with Frederi-
ka Bremen"
A complete collected edition of the writ
;nps of John Knox, in six volumes, has recently
been issued in Scotland. The work was edited
by Mr.. David Laing, and contains Memoir of
the Author and his Family" -t..---.-.
AN addition to the long list of speculaaiyf
volumes founded on Shakespeare wilk, of a
be made by the publication, in Nepe's Define
work under the title of ShakSd Suicide" 1t
alton Of Insanity, Imbecililogg, assistant ply
is written by DIR. o. &C Utica.
Sician OF the Said to be engaged on work
IN. Thssa Historic de -PEsprit Franeais.
70 pc esIs e stated in some of the French journals
lat Omar Pacha is engaged in writing li'e
of Alexander the Great" a s.
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~ To Let. To Let. % -
49, House No. 70 Willow Street, suitable for
E3: tive small families.
8s.k Inquire at No. 30 High st.
Feb 27-d1w* tTlTIC~S gtif "
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rUyHE Brick Store corner Commercial and Franklin
i Streets ut present occupied by Messrs. sJeher-
son Coolidge g. Co. Possession given Oct. 1st. ,
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albert L. starkweather, the Manchester
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to be hung ON Friday, August H. tN.
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Found

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Gas Office, proving property and paying charges.
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WN1lERG.

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City Residence for Sale.
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Solicitors Wanted
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Regard for the Consultation.

e3- Reading Matter on all Four Pages.
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Southern N.arhsc Works,

Near the mead If Ie,crS st.. Skrcrenor', L.
4 RE again resumed tor the manufacture
\ nf Monuments To mbs, Tablets otta-
pes and Head Stores OF pure italian Marble
OF "A, most approv s3 Workmanship. Our
work has beeh tested for several vars md
has given general Satisfaction. Thankful
for past l,,vors "" a-uin solicit your patron
ace. Please call and 4He the rough ASHER
and &c il perfected by the tools o, ready
workmen. IECON ~ KINNEY.
Shrev"purt. Jan O. lanG "
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JREV EPORT LA, TUESDAY, MAY 49, 1866
MEYER & BRO,

NO 8 TEXAS STREET,
Uaee .j~s, rece,red n /orge Stoch
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Steamer. NATIONAL,
.ear~s cray Iueso1y G"a E'idoy at 10
o'ctucAr /. II as jOiioseS
tuesday May End. Friday ,'nre lst. Tues
day. june !2th FRIDAY. Jun" 22ud, Tues
day, July 3D.. Friday. july 18th
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Steamer ALAB A MA.
Lsares erery 7ucsduy and Fr.d.,y, al 10
0'cincLc 4 NJ. as. Ho1rs
FRIDAY, May 18th. Tuesday. May 18th.
Friday May 18th TUc-day. June 9Th, Fri
day Inne 18th Tuesday June 10th, Fri
day July 9Th. Tuesday. July 18th.
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The NUmosoth Beef Eccitemcnt-
The Lexington market VIII this.
morning present an animated and
rather unusual scene, the selling Of
the beef OF six mammoth steers for
The benefit of the Southern Relief
Fair Fund The steers "Charitv''
and Hope" known as the BaHkard
donation, which have been slaugh-
tered by Mr.. Lewis Iurner, Jr., at
his establishment on Pennsylvania
avenue, lave produced a most ex
cellent quality Of beef. The meat
was last evening removed from Mr.
Turner's TO his stall, No. 10 in the
Lexington market, where sUch poG-
lions of it as have not already been
disposed # VIII b" sold this morn.
ing L is un3er= bod that .,r. Hi
ram Cra.ston Of he New York Ho-
! tel, in New York city, has engaged
a roast at $500; Barnum's Hotel.
one at 5000: Guys another 1t the
same pric.-; Nj. Edward + LEVEL.
of the Commercial Hall. has I'll gagged
a S1Op piece; whilst numerous pri-
vatc gentlemen have engaged choice
cuts at prices Ringing from 500 10
$3.50. 1t Is understood that every
portion of these fine cattle--from the
! horns to the hoofs-has been made
/ 10 Weld something towards swelling
tn. general fund. ''Charitv," the
first donation OF Mr.. Bankatd, was
made TO yield the lady managers, by
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a comany has been incorporated at
the object Of which is to
manufacture and purity salt near Cor
pus Cristi, on the coast of Texas.
Cholera in Europe.-The choler,
has passed from the Duchy OF Lux
embourg i4to Holland. Letters from
the Hague mentioned that it has bro
ken out IN several Dutch towns and
at Rotterdam and Delisnaven espe-
cially. In the former place seven
cases occurred on the first day. four
OF which termenated fataily.-~N. O.
Picayune.
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VOL. TX

From IVashmgton--A letter to
the ST. Louis Republican contains
the annexed paragraph
1t is apparent that Il wide breach
has been made in the radical ranks
Some of the wise men among them
begin to discover the signs Of the
times and are endeavoring to avert
from their own heads at least, the
coming storm of popular wrath. eau
cuses have been held by the leading
Republican delegations in Congress
from the Middle and Western States,
and the majority have, we believe,
in every such case, repudiated negro
suffrage. The S,ar-Chamber Com
mitt.e Of Fifteen on Reconstruction
is reported to be hopelessly divided,
and the scenes which have recently
transpired within the sealed walls of
the conclave are said not to have
been the most amiable. Even Sen
ator Wilson, OF Massachusetts, is
growing weak in the back. On Fri
day last he presented to the Senate
a proposition for the settlement of
present difficulties which totally 20
nored the question Of civil and pc
litical rights for the negro. and rebel
disfranchisement, us conditions pre-
cedent to the admission Of the South
ern States.
Another correspondent says of
some great frauds discovered at the
national capital:
Within a week, gentlemen from
distant cities, who have been trans
acting business through certain
Washington agencies, have been
there to look into the state of the
claims they had in;rusted to these
firms, and the result is most atrocious
frauds have beed discovered. One
firm had, through broker, obtained
the money upon a very large num-
Der of claims III advance and had
been using it for over a year. The
frauds discovered embrace every spe-
cies OK. .v.llainy, but the result in
each case Is to put the soldiers dues,
or those OF his widow or his orphans,
into the pockets Of tLese scoundrels.
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St.am.rLOI DOR.

Steamer LOUIS DOR.
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Friday. Ap il 9Th, Tuesday. May sth
Friday Nay. lsih. Tuesday, May 18th, Fri
day. jan. >th. Tuesday, June l9th, Fridsy
June 29tll. Tuesday July 10Th.
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