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Political Plotting and Counter. Piotting-liew
Filibustering Design went As,ee-The
Levee Question in Poiltics-New Orleans CITY
Observation-Disclosures Frauds.
New ORLEANS, July 10, 1857.
Tie refusal Of the President remove General sher'
dan from command in this DISTRICT and the failure
Of that uneonary to take the hlnteven after the man.
uacturo Of telegram, which heard OF at the
telegraph office, TO the effect that General Lowell H. Rous
had been appointed TO supeede the testy positive
little Hibernian herohave marrei and spoiled one OF the
most adroltly managed plots which have ever been
evolved in the noodles of conservative politicians 10 get
possession or the executive department OF Louisiana
week since the confidential advisers of Governor
Wes who what collcgians would call tho degree OF
'Ex by vain and rather covert attempts 20 embarrass
she workings Of the Reconstruction act in this military
district were most significant o. grand coup d6ilt "a
Pd, ard did not hesitate TO predict that in less than
week the Ex-Governor would be in quie. possession OF
his former executive functions with Sheridan aud Flan-
doris, whom conservatives only acknowledged acting
Governor aud tho whole OF radical caeis and
dromedaries packed on aud en- route for III.
North Through the swamps OF Mississippi forlorn aud
mesquite bitten in imagination, the Ex-Governor and
his ox.minions the caravan winding dejecteiiy,
while bimsolf and friends emanepated, redeemed and
dsenthrailed as the suffering Curan expresses H.
magnoas-srees so heavy with blossom, 10 seem
themselves gigantic bossoms-of the old Southwes.
state; and, though the vision pardonsbe fantasy
on the part OF the exolcias what seoms sraEges OF
all Is that certain United States officials of high dignity
countenanee TO the plot and leut their names,
serving their right Of convenient denial IL the scheme
should miscarry 10 the bringing about OF successful
ending 10 the hh act Hence the electric battery
permitted TO shoot The wires tho repor, that the
dan Immediately, which no. the fact, snd hence
tho fact that the electric battery suavoy requested
TO repair The damage effected by the unfortunate shot
day or TWO after with which requeat the battery very
cautiously complied In tho plot thoro three
points, and The points as follows
l. General Sheridan Who by The way, is far too posi-
tive to BIO rihed with, was to DO superseded by enernl
LOvell III. Rousseau who was to DO pa'od md petted
unif, through sheer gratitude, he permitted tho ar'r5
Of the district 10 BIO managed and IL was calculated
fow fnsone biographies OF the gallant general would
be quito sufficient sedatve TO the lion 10 10
down like lamb aud permit the aotentcts to walk over
O. Ex-Governor Wells was to issue proclamation rein.
stating himself and his friends AMI declaring Tho a!nla
ta'ion of Governor Flanders llcsa--hc proclamation
TO DO nterlaried with high sounding phrases abort
usurpaton and with higher Sounding phrases fron
Attorney General anborys opinion which last would,
IL was calculated no equivalent 10 saying 10 tho Presi-
dent, "My dear sir, You sad we might and we have
done thayng done nothing IN tho world cxcent carry
TO their logical deduction tho principles You have LAID
down" This, II was supposed, would be sufficient 10
the nonnierference OF tho Precedent and per-
haps eli'it from him nod Of approval
II necessary General Rousseau TO be induced 20
appoint 10 office th, old functonares thus stopping tho
months OF the radicals and giving national color 10 th
transaction, and matters to as or ycre tho
commaudant Of the dstrlc, PLAYING Panza unto the
QlIxOtic dons or consar. ats1 or simply Wanda tho
jester to the gallant and rensated ROBIN Hoods OF Lons-
lana politics.
Qayotc, romantic and even fatuitous as this campaign
may appear there 10 no. shadow or DOUBT that IL
(~ftl, r,t..At
have been successful had tho President set his ocls
seal upon II by the removal Of General Sheridan, who
stood between the pioors aud the working out OF their
plot and tho impregnabe Atlanta which intorvoned
between them and the sea The report was hrst pro-
mugated by tho exGovernors confidential advisers, was
steadily insistod upon by his conadants, June 2s
having been fixed upon as the great day OF the
coup dttai, and was not withdrawn until 1t had been
positively nsceraned that the President would not inter-
feve Then remarkable was the anxiety 10 correct false
impression and specials caoed and besought almost
with to contradict the report IN short, from
Journalists TO Jobbers In politics. all get alb nut tho task o
making their peace with the powers that be. while the
powers that be wont on the even tenor Of their way
tons; and thus plot, which might have amounted to
something had the wind been favorable, lost the name
Of action, ard consigned by lis projectors TO obi
Won moro profound than reigns over tho bones Of
those who eloep In the oquoted tomb OF tho Capue;s
Thus ended Of the many schemes o! political nl
buatering which have been contested in this p'0 ~
politics for como months Tho mountain having tab red
tho brought forth. and proved TO be nothing
than Of III, most ordinary lille mice that
voidod IN the labor OF nounaln The Governor,
rather the ex-icvernorfor the degree has been con.
ferred and cannot he rcvokedcovered the r1.rast
OF himself and friends gracefully, bv alleging hat the
whole question OF akDs aiycc ~ 10 Ae iogsliy OF re
assuming his rnotons had reference ~ tho repairing Of
the broken nvces OF tho Nissi spp ena heroupol 10
people settled qu'aty into the belief that Sheridan Was
TO be permanent insiu ion and must ba made me
best Of.
To day tho dsrlc, in general in reooip' or her-
dams order extending the period OF rcglsira'ln Jg
flYtb npt ". Id y
particularly on accom-, OF The extension uniquely ~
from tho Susceptibility 20 being interpreted rs coEcag
zion the part OF tho General and virtual ABANDON
in9 OF the position taken in bis late etiar 10 General
GRAFT asking for inTtraCtonl Il is computed NJ head
quarters That carrying out the opinion II Attorney
General Stanbery, not less than five thousand cases
amenable 70 military commission under the law would
occur in this iisrict-a Number whi;h would occupy
single commission thirty years In trial. ransActns bns
ness with ordinary rapidly. II Kept IN session oYorY
day In the year; and thus 10 Ia o5s'ods That thcTe %
practically remedy against the taxing or false oath
registry retrns and the meaning OF tho phrase Broad
macadamgod road to perjury aud fraud Ia Illustrated
In the fnneas aud extent OF It's sgnih IL Dnce
the registry Is opened 20 the excluded classes by me
the opinion OF Attorney General Sanoery, from the
possible extent OF them trial by military commission
Is remedy against frand and perjury, and tho
Registrar is utterly al the mercy OF tho unre-
no exclusion OF whatsoever from tho
books Meantime explicit orders have been resolved,
though orders daily expected and n tina extension
Of the period under the present regimen affect tho
ratios and proportions OF the registration s, az n
append the --latest iguros collected from reports Ia
the hands of tho AdiutsnL General Counting The
Orleans parish by its Districts the figures run ~ FOL
lows
w.hl,. gaet, nal
First district. ........ bq3t 1890 10 SOL
Second district. 2N90 3Stl o.s'T
f.sxt Al