Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-15
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Foreign and Domestic.

Z That the order relieving Gen. Sheridan
VIII be Issued in day or two, probably
within twenty four hours.
Ills successor has not been made known
publicly
1t IS not the purpose of tho President to
place another in command who will neces
sarily reinstate officers Opposed by General
Sheridan, but his sole object is to relieve
!, the Inter because of his pnrtzanship
recklessness aud lack Of statesmans hip. ii
I7 probable that Judge Hall will be sus-
Pended. Gro.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-General Grants
lettor to Stanton concludes lin notifying
You of my acceptance, | cannot let the OBJ.
portupiy pass without expressing 10 you
my appreciation of the zeal, patriotism,
ilrmness and ability with which you have
ever discharged the duties of Secretary Of
War"
stanton. replying, concludes "Yo will
please accept my acknowledge of the
kind terms in which you have notified me
OF your acceptance of the Presidents ap
Fointment, and my cordial reciprocation of
the sentiments expressed
ne following is published very con-
| splcnons in this m orning's Herald
The New Crisis Elk Senator Harris, of
New York, on the present condition of the
country: TO the titor Of the New York
Herald, -New York, Aug. Sth, 1877
thank you for yonr manly announcement
m this mornings Herald in the article
headed The New Crisis" Your views in
| that article are 30 wholesome that cannot
leave the CT this IN ornIng being tran
sontly here, without expressing my graft
tnde. assure you, sir, that the present
attempt OF party leaders to secure 5oEtlc.l
power, by making the Sou hern States
! negro States, liz most alarming. and the
people of the North must not allow il.
success If they value their own freedom
ana prosperity. Ii the people stop to think,
they Will spnrn such an attempt with in
dienation. Nothing but false issues can
possibly allow such a ruinous project to
succeed, TO cheat the people the advo-
Gates OF the nefarious scheme will keen
before them the idea of martyrdom. and
all thai sort of thing. but the trne issue
h7"uld be ever present to our minds, and
mattys rewarded at less expense than the
overthrow of our institutions. Now. sir
have done my hum bic part in the late
wa for he Union. Two Of my sons have
i"iten under the Union fug, and nv purt |
hus been IN contributions and not in the |
reception of a penny's profit during the |
sfiie, but never have | wished anything |
but restored Union. For this. and this |
election of the negro nor the d,strancb,se-
mcnt OF the people of the Southern States,
II the people OF the South are not to be re-
stored to the Union, then the old copper
mead cry that the Union conld not be re-
stored by arms is verified. The idea that
the South must be Atrlcanized before II.
States are allowed to return is an aamls-
sion that the war has been wicked fail
nre, and has been waged for the destrnc-
uon or the republic. 1t is not debatubIe
question. We did not send our so is to
a'e LOT INC erection OF negro States in the
South. | appeal to the great masses Of
the North, who generously poured ont
thelr blood aud treasure in the conflict. if
TINS was their object Mr.. Editor, ven
have hit tender chord in your remarks
TINS morning, and will, | know, awaken
the sleeping sense of the people on the
CRISIS. have purchased q plantation in
a ALBANIA, and contem plate remova, there.
ana ana encouraging 9th re- in the North
to follow me, but if that State is to bo q
negro State, farewell to my purchase The
reasons are obvious. Fanatics may not
see them, but men of common sense cun.
| thank you again from nv heart.
IRA f. HARRIS.
A carefully written editorial in the Her
aid bitterly denouncing both Republ;cuns
ana Dem ocrats, but lauding the Grant
party, contains these sentences re we
drifting from the excess oil liberty, equality
and fraternity to y French reign of terror.
or TO the bloody reprisas of st. Domingo.
or TO that fusion and confusion of races
which eliminated in Mexican anarchy: 1t
would be better to wait two years or ten
Years longer for southern restoration than
10 push 1t through on the basis of n
'ohtfoilihg Southern negro balance of
power.n
LoNooN, Aug. 10 Noon.-Consols 947.,
ponds T4k. ~ ,
L1vEKrooL, Aug. 1872 p. M.-Cotton
irm; mddling upland- l015; middling +
orleans lo19 Sales 70 900 bales.
Lard quiet. Whisky quiet. Cotton
teady Mddling upland 2Sb.
Money 4@5 per cent SterlIhg l09ml1O1/,
Gold sold as high as AK on the strengfh
If rumor spread upon The streets by u
,aper called the Globe, gotten up for the
purpose that astounding frauds had been
covered in the Treasury at Washington
Inc bulls succeeded in forcing the mar
,ct, but 1t has sInce run down to l40J3.
29.s or 62 coupons, III.
Mr.. Upper, President Of the Attakapas
dali transportation Company, received :
he following dispatch this morning
NEW IBERIA, Jnly 1.-Two Sisters of
>hafli aud one nurse arrived this morn /,
hg we want more nurses; if possible
end Fix or seven. We use up one cask of
&c day nearly; please send one daily
mere have been 20 new cases since YES
7rday; but there we've no deaths. There
'efe fully one hundred cages under treat S
lent up to last hight. | will try to get I
list OF The deaths to morrow
A. B. HEN<HAw, Mayor. b
we learn that seven nurses lett this
Forming by tho Opelousas Railroad in an
wer to the call of yesterday. Every ex-
ftlon il being made to meet the calls I
lade upon the city for help, and we feel Il
nt1dent that no draft upon the genera =
,ity and public spirit of our citizens will
G returned dishonored.-NeW O,lean8 r
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