New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-10

fish one single port Of collection for all the cotton
States because the law specially provides that
| revenue district shall not extend beyond the
| boundaries of any one State, To comprise even
two States within the same district would be con
trary to the provisions of the law. Besides this
objection, in itself insuperable, the proposed ar
/ rangement would necessitate the establishment of
separate machinery for the collection of the
various other sources of internal revenue. This
change would reduce the Importance of the ordi-
nary collectorships, and make it very difficult to
find officials Of q proper character who would,
assume the duties of such insignificant posts. In,
addition the establishment of districts within dis
tricts, would also involve an infraction of the
statute. twas evident from the beginning that
| the department had no power in the case, and the
deputation received legal advice to that effect
even before presenting their petition In the dis
charge of their duty however, the case was pushed
to its fullest extent but their energy was not re-
Warded by the success of the application,
The framing of the law bearing on the subject
evinces the most complete ignorance of the de-
tails involved and is another evidence Of the ne
cessity for the presence in Congress of represen-
tative men from the Southern States.
REVERSE AND DIVERSE.
The National Intelligencer of yesterday pre-.
sents US with curious picture of the legislation
of o sectional Congress- Charles Sumner accuses
the President with reexciting sectional feeling
by q reference to the fact that she is Southern
man, with Southern principles" If Sumner will
refer to the late homestead law, he will find an
instance of sectionalismnot easily exceeded. Here
we find United States Congress, or body bear
ing that title, passing law for the distribution Of
public lands, from whose benefits they exclude
the white citizens Of eleven States. Perhaps this
may not be class legislation, in Mr. Summers
eyes, as it is for the benefit of the negro. The
act provides that persons who have borne arms
against the United States or sympatlized with IFS
enemies, shall be excluded from the benefits be-
longing to settlers on the public lands. What can
this be but a tricky maneuver for the exclusive
advantage Of the negro? A white man who pays
his taxes towards the support of the government
| is excluded from those privileges accorded to a
negro who has probably never paid anything to
maintain this government or any other. The pub
| lie Landslide heritage of the people-sometmes
| given by the South to form new States-are for
the black man exclusively. Remember this is
some of the work of the Thirty.ninth Congress:
the laws to be passed by the Fortieth Congress
will far exceed this in severity. Such is the OBJ
verse of affairs. The Chronicle Of this morning
presents a reverse pcture-the report Of the mill
tary commission on the New Orleans riots, and
charges Andrew Johnsons friends with planning
the outrage. Italso states, in its own peculiarly
exact and Eeracious manner, that the administra-
ton here encouraged the rioters.
REMOVALS AND APPOINTMENTS.
The question of surrounding the administration
with ardent official supporters is again exciting
considerable attention, In my last letter rel fer
red to the inclination ofcertain Democrats to mis-
lead the President on this point and make the
public patronage subserve their party purposes.
1t is true that thirty heads are laid low every day
! by the postmaster-general, and o few others by
4 the remaining departments-bu this is nothing to
what the exigencies of the case requires some.
thing more Saladin-like in the way of decapita-
ton is needed In view Of the necessities of the
case, severaho the Presidents friends have called
upon him, and urged a systematized plan ofopera-
tons. As7all the fifty thousand office, hoders-
about the number that oppose the administration
have not one head, so that we could cut them Of
at single blow, they must, unfortunately, be
taken in detail. The plan proposed is to send a
certain number Of agents into each State, whose
duty it shall be to ascertain the most objectiona
Bile ofiee.holders, and at the same time discover
the proper men to fill their places. Its thought
that if this plan were carried out, short worl
could be made of those serpents who are eating
the bread and butter of thirty-six States and try
ing to destroy their liberties. Mr.. Stanton's posi-
ton is exciting much dissatisfaction. If he il
against the President, he can have but little self
respect, to retain his post. If he faYors the Pres
dents policy is due to every one that he shoul,
announce the fact It is said that Louisiana vii
not be forgotten in the general overhauling ant
the New Orleans officials will be honored with
special visit.
GREAT MEN ON THE RAMPAGE.
Summers last philippe suggests a curiou
analogy. Towards the end Of last session, thu
award to the captors of the assassination con
, spirators was made by the committee appointed
for that purpose. Lieut.. Doherty, an officer o
, the capturing party, was then on duty with hi
3 regiment somewhere in the South. AS soon
Q he heard that injustice had been done him by tn
f congressional committee, he telegraphed TO som
i friends in Washington ito stop the wheels O
state until he could come to the capital.n Tha
t little dispatch which Sumner read the other da
to his admiring friends in Massachusetts, suggest
i the same ridiculous idea Summers telegram t
Andrew Johnson to stop the progress of hi
n policy, was very much like Lieut.. Dohertys dir
Y patch to Congress " to stop the wheels of state
!. They both had the same effect, and differed onl
n in one being the appeal from an injured man an
4 the other from an infatuated doctrnaire.
/ Chief Justice Chase has stated to some sout1
ern gentlemen that the trial of jeff Davis cannc
take place until Congress meets. It's understood
!, that they would like to make single batch
4 Davis, the President, Lee, Rousseau, steadma1
If perhaps even Grant, if he guards the Whit
" House, against the sergeant-at-arms of usurpn
10 Congress. KANGAROO.
lie This is day long to be remembered by IL
IL curiosity seekers of this city, for the CresoeI
'e City Museum, which is to become permanent il
10 stituton in New Orleans opens this day at 40 az
or AZ St. Charles street. Four halls have been Ell
O. ganty fitted up for the reception of the curiosti
e, and wild animals which will be exhibited the
Oh day and night. As entertainment and instructit