Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-01-05

THE ENfDhAAE ~ 8A
From The New York World
From the east, the west and h south
we have three interesting items OF intel.
~ligence, relstive 20 the collection OF cyl.
dsnee which will be sufficient to revert
Louisiana to q territorial condition. or,
At an events, 10 prevent Louisiana ana
nine other southern states from taxing
mart In the next presidential election.
A renort from the east informs US
mat Mr.. Banks intends, soon after
the congressional recess, to make a
speech avoring the Standardization OF
Louisiana and when he does his best 70
nut Louisiana out of the union, II Is to
be hoped that he will give a I'm account
of die extraordinary Banl0s-Lincoin
effort TO reconstruct Louisiana into the
union when it was thought that TIE cleo
toral vote of that state might possibly
be needed to elect Mr., Lincoln TO
a second term. Apr0pos 10 . cha?-
ter 0 fpoiitical history will be Butlers's
testimony before the committee on the
conduct OF the war, where he says
that ait was intimated TO MIN rom
Washington" when he was CON-
mander-in-chief of the gulf department,
I" that it would be desirable to select two
membersof congress from New Orleans, y
AllU NNNLL lit 6tAN hEnH " - -
army through the LafouTche district for
that express purpose, {. C., TO clear the
district Of " rebels" so as to make 1t
q" loysln enough TO vote FOR a radicalcon
gressmen. Aud. above all, now IS the
time for the production aud publication
OF Senator Reverdy JobnsOn's report re-
speeding the civil administration Of af-
fairs by Banks in New Orleans. While
the committee is collecting evidence II
will be well enough TO have the whole
of il.
The second item bearing on this inter-
esting subject comes from the west.
Hahn il at st. Louis, where he is laid up
bv injuries received during u of his free
rides on torch-and-turpentine and gen.
e-aI southern loysIist business but
he announces his intention, Is soon
as he is able, to proceed TO Wash
ington 10 give (Or sell his testimony to
the committee. He will be a valuable
witness il be will tell how far prominent
radicals in Washington were implicated
in the July riot in which he himself was
50 conspicuous an actor, and he can also
add some curious historical Information
about the Banks-LiHcoln effort toget into
the union the state which the
seem now so anxious 20 expel.
anu EOEl the SOURI, rom new VT
leans. We have a note addressed to Mayor
Monroe 10y ID. l.. Eaton, secretary 10 the
collecting committee, who was on the
ground as early as December 10th, and
who says;
Sir. The committee appointed on the
10th instant by the house of repre-
sentatires OF the United States, 10 in
vest'gate tue facts touching the popular
disturbance of the 3Jth of July last in
this city. directed the undersigned 10
precede them hither for the purpose Of
% making preliminary arrangements y
and to this end he is instructed to obtain
" the names OF parties holding official
position in New Orleans by popular cleo
tion, or by appointment OF the mayor, in
July and August last, and the names Of
the then police Of said city, both regular
and extra.n
The or purtc testimony taken at Wash
ingt0n before the committee started for
New Orleans, and sending forward in
advance the secretary, who confssses
with charming fraukness that he pre-
coded the party "f0r the purpose Of
making preliminary arrangements for
testimony, are apt illustrations
OF the kind Of evidence to be collected.