The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-22
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Lesss 4roa New OrIeahe.

NEWs0RfEANs, Mardhf- 1866.
u MfDEAR CD k1o II am gIal to lean
ofyeqr great psp ity and fet sorry t
see That your reading matter is 10 be.A for /
short time, restricted to make room for ad
vertisements Iwouid say condense these
latter, did l not fear you would say "een
dense your letters rather than ask me tc
eendense my ads Nell, your ad $. are very
interesting as can myself attest. for have
read some Of them with great interest, il
mot profit, when the wilderness of such in
our ridiculous quadruples and qnintupIes
only exeites disgust. nIa st....s.I.
i II But to Opr news. You know, of course,
, that John 7. Monroe he who was sent TO the
forts because he protested against the in
famous wOnan order of Butler. has again
been elected Mayer Of New QEleans and Ger
tain other gentlemen Comptroller, Record
ers, Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen of
New Orleans; but you do not know that
Wells, who by false pretenses has become
Governor of the State, declined all day yes
terday to give them the commissions to
which they are entitled and to permit them
to assume the functions of their offices 1t
is humiliating to think that the elect of the
people have been compelled to appeal from
tyrant of their own choosing to a Federal
commander to induet them into office
Our MOssy-back Governor has determined
not to give up his usurped power, even
though Constitution, laws, Generals and
President command it 4; and am sorry that
onr Legislature has not the nerve to collar
him, make him do it or turn him ont of the
office the oath of which he contemptuously
| disregards His is the most fragrant, open
and public violation of constitutional obi
cations which the past four years has pro-
duced, as complete as even some | could
ennmerate
wish to turn away from so disagreeable
subject and to tell you how prosperous
our good city is becoming Real estate.
which year ago was selling at so per cent
below ante bellum prices, is now 30 to 80 per
cent over them, and rents have gone mp in
even greater proportion. Dwellings and
stores are going up in astonishing numbers.
considering the high price of material and
labor, and some are exceedingly fine and
large ones. Enterprises, new and vast. are
constantly projected and started and most
Of them will trust, be touGd thriving and |
useful ones.
49, One Of these, not exactly new, but new
use OF an old one III. which East Mississippi
Is interested, is the New Canal" so called
from the foot ofJulia-stFe to- |, ke Pen4cb- |
artrain. All piney-woodsmen know the New |
Basin, where their lumber. tar aud -tIruen- |
tine has been chiefly landed and sold, This |
canal has been leased to Lieutenant General
DICK Taylor, of the late Confederate army.
who intends to 90 into the reconstruction
business on large scale We all trust that |
the gallant general will have equal success
there rs at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. and
that no dam, like that which let Porter and .
Banks ont of Red River, Will prevent him
from bagging his game
have also the pleasure to announce that
Our State bonds have risen in value from n
of 60 to so dollars ner 100 and
that shortly it is hoped that they will he at
par; that our levees are safe for the season
as 1t is believed, and that our city will be
put IN as good condition to resist the cholera.
which may visit us, as is possible throuCb
sanitary preventives.
BY the way, we are beginning to have
more confidence in quarantine, than ever
before, since the strict observance of them,
turing military occupation, has resulted in ,
keeping the yellow fever away for nearly S
elght years. A strict quarantine is now in
Iorce against the former disease, and we are !
IVing IN sense of security and serenity c
"hlch we could never experience with the II
jholera so near us as the West Indies, were F.
t not from the enforcement of this system.
notIced some time since, in your Jack L
on papers,a statement that Gen. Beauregard 1
to be President of the Jackson and New =
)rieans Railroad, of which he. is now Super
htendent. This may be and may not be,
'ut there is certainly d heavy war going on q
'etween his friends and those of Col Shack
etord, the present incumbent of the office o
f President of the merits of which If does II
ot become me to speak, as what know e
ONES from private statements of directors II
may be that in the coming election for di- nj
'ctors the direct issue will be made between al
heSe two gentlemen, in which event if is
Kelly that good deal of engineering will
e used to keep the engineer out.
lou know that our Governor and his
Iayor tned some time ago to Oust Col. s
y electing new Directory. and failed 70
et possession. fthe Governor, by quibbles d
lu suotertuges, contrives to hold on to the
ayoralty, they will insist on voting for
le stock OF City and State at the railroad ar
ection and in that event, of controIIfno # th
loolu THIS be sustained by his Courts, who E Eie
ouId be elected President Mavor Ken ar
'uy formerly professed the greatest ladmi OF
tlon tor Beauregard but this was to pIav an
m against Jefferson Davis, and Col 6 NAV de
more acceptable to Wells and Kennedy or
an one who has worn the grey. As for tai
angling front and swapping men, that is ful
new thing for these Mossy-back gentle pr, ',I
an. The prospect is one nightly mixed for
T. -. - we
W hlle speaking-of the Railroad, | will add .
iI long investigation has lately been r.
lde INTO the management of John J I
" the Master Mechanic OF the .CoInpanv {
II master mechanic and a most excellent ME-
IN he has proved to be. The charges were
~ retuted, and Roy was shown to be in l.
5 case as he was when in places of high --
st and small pay under the U. S. and
;. Governments, an honest man and =
st valuable servant; faithful in small n,
ngs as we'll as in large ones. Enough
" for crowded paper. GREENS Wr
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We We're shown last evening at the ievvn1- app
of C. T. Clifford. a silver cnn tina
N which Mr. Clifford had beautifully EN-. len,