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Radical HEu1lnDlEg.
GRANT, CONGRESS AND THE NEGRO.

The consistency, Or rather inconsisten
cy, of the Radical schemers, both here
and at Washington, maybe measured by
the difference between their practice anc
their profession. They pretend to be the
special friends and protectors of the col,
ored people Of the South though it is
clear from all their acts that their pro-
lection is interested, that their frienship
is tainted, and that they are merely striv-
ing to use the negro .iu order to secure
their own political ascendency.
An instructive contrast is furnished by
the course pursued by Grant when, for
political purposes, he reinstated seven
colored men, who have been dismissed
from our City Council for gross con-
tempt of the authority Of the distinguish
ed General who has now command in
this! is!Military District, and that pursued by
Congress, when, through the instrument
tality of time serving clerk, that body
deprived the organ of the colored peop-
lie of this city and State Of Federal patro-
mage, because it dared to show a little
independence, and refused to commit
itself body and soul, to the Infamous
schemes of the carpet-bag politicians.
On such acts comment is unnecessary.
We leave the matter to the grand inquest
of the American people.-N. q. Times.
THE INsU BORDINATE ALDEMEN REINsTA-
rED.-Gen. Grant has directed Gen. Han
cock to revoke his late order removing
certain members Of the City Council and
appointing others in their stead The
decision of those citizens who declined
Gen. Hancock's appointment, proves to
have been wisely taken. Grant sinks to
the lowest depths of disgrace, and will
be regarded with inexpressible contempt
everywherein in failing to stand bya brother
officer of character so high as that borne
by Gen. Hancock, and in doing the dir
ty work of the vilest members of the Rad
ical party. Gen Hancock has been re-
quired to do very humiliating act-that
of revoking well-considered and judi
cious order, and we fear will insist on
being relieved from the command of this
District, where his superior officer 'e-
quires him to lower the dignity of his po-
sition and wound his self-respect at the
bidding Of despicable white men and i'm
pudent negrees-N O. Bee.
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BRITISH PERIODICALS

The London Quarterly Review Conservative
The Edinburgh Review (Whg),
The Westminster Review (Ra'licaD,
The North British Review (F'rre Church)
Rlackwnnd,s F1inhnrph Mapazina (Tnrvl
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~ 1t is not work that kills men, it is
worry. 1t is not the revolution that des-
troys the machinery, but the friction.
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The New Orleans Crescent,
9l CAMP STREET,

J. o. NIXON, Editor and Proprietor.
This popular Southern Journal, established
in ls4s. suppressed by Ben, Butler, May l3th'
1862, and re established October l2th 1860,
is now, as in the past, a faithful exponent, OF
Conservative Southern sentiment, reliable
record of events, and the ardent advocate OF
all means calculated to dcvelope the resources
of the great Southwest.
Terms-M Mrariubtyin in adrance.
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Half Yearly and Quarterly, same rate; ~
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1MPEACHMENT.-An even bet that if
the Senate Court is organized for the tri-
al of the President on articles of i'm
peachment that he will not be convicted.
Kem.-An even bet that if he is tried
and convicted, he will be the next Presi-
dent of the United States by popular
acclamation.
Chief Justice Chase presides over the
Senatorial court, and as a candidate for
the succession, he can not afford to con-
vict him.
General Grant is also an aspirant, and
he cannot afford to have him convicted.
These views, perhaps, account for the
great quietness with which all this start
ling news is received in gold and COM
mercial circles. Men in these circles
evidently do not think there is much in
it.-lIo6ile Register.
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TUst tCON5a'EfSACKs

It is clearly minifest from the tele-
graphic mesa sent to Washington by
the Radical ernors of Pennsylvania
and illinois, nd intended to operate
upon the acti of Congress in the mat
ter of impeacA Ahent, that the conspira-
tors who havl been engaged in a plot to
depose the P sident, and thus to pos
sess themselH 5 of the Executive power
Nor partisan hrposes, had concerted all
eir nefariq% plans so as to strike to-
her at p& &Fticular moment, anc upon
a Aen sigB. These Governors now
almd threa b new civil war, and
annodH IL troops are now offering
to come capital.
If thsSi lres are serious, they are
eal( to intimidate those
against wholS BY may be directed ;
for patriotism d0& not shrink from the
discharge of duty under the influence
of offensive threats. IF they are only
intended as violent nlminations, the
triaiDg is unbecoming s gravity of so
solemn an occasion "
We have never doubted lat the revo-
lutionary cabal which now really con-
trolls the majorities in C press, and
which, by dint of audacity, ksistency,
and violence, has succeeded all its
desperate measures, even az st the
better judgement Of the party, W pre-
pared to take any step, howeve rash,
in order to carry out its wick Aand
destructive designs. Hence, W ke
endeavored to prepare the public
for such condition Of things as is u
mon US, and have not ceased to waNg
&ountry of the danger that has long
sppending.
ed not supposed, however, that
thesS Aemes had been so far advanced
as to 81 cked with armed organizations
in the SeA such as is now openly and
recklessly acclaimed. We knew that
General Grss natter going over to the JAG
obins, and REM Apcing his recent profes:::
sions of sympatHA with the President,
had, like Brennusa thrown his sword into
the scale, and expeSed by that proceed
ing 20 deter those pm he so shame
49, deserted from til lGlment of their
constFssaaaiapal obligatid AS the men
ace of the reg Apot make
the President faltef L is not
to be supposed that the aeous
threats that have been issued by
san Governors will alarm any AmericaHa
citizen who has the first instinct of pat
riotism and true courage. If we are to
be assailed for defending the Constitu-
ton, for standing by the sacred tradi-
tions of the past, for opposing anarchy
and tyranny, for upholding our free in
stitutions, and for resisting the progress
of military despotism, so let it be.
The people of the United States will
take care to settle these questions for
themselves, and those who seek to en-
ploy for themselves, and those who seek
to employ torce as their only argument
will find in the hour of trial that they
have counted without their host, and
will repent in sorrow the attempt to sub
vert this Government by military power.
One rebellion of more formidable pro-
80 I'll
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Address WM. II. G. KING & CO.,
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III st Landry and adjoining parishes.
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THO WI AS III. LEWIS.

notice.
'ANllE partnership between George r. King
and Edmund IT, Martin, for the practice.
ct law, was by mutual consent dissolved ON
the 10Th day of August last Th" professional
business confded to the firm will continue 10
receive the attention OF George T. King, until
parties otherwise direct
GEO. Il KING,
L. II. MARTIN.
Opelousas, La, December 7tll, 1867.
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S717o71110t1' 71PP1J e111s UT
terion to the restless, feverish and per-
turbed spirits who make the policy of
the now dominant party in this country.
Apply it to the like class of political lea
ders who headed the sectional aggres-
sion which led to war in 1861. And it
exhibits them as utterly destitute of
craftsmanship, since they are utterly in
capable OF effecting compromises or re-
volution. It is only by a healthy de-
velopment of the anticipative faculty on
the part Of the people that such men can
be disabled from further mischief-N
O. Crescent.
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calamities arc not wholly barren Of goos
fruits to u.s. W
The question now presented Is prac'
teal one, which comes home to oul
"business and bosoms." Are we so Mt
| terly cast down, impoverished and crest
fallen, that we are without the energy ts
make an experiment, which all sensible
men see and feel must result in Infinite
advantage, il we will but actively and
earnestly undertake IT'D Let no man say
fail, for that is word which should not
be spoken. No man ever succeeded al
anything who was much accustomed to
use II. We know that where others have
succeeded we also can as well. We shall
not even be trying an experiment, but
have only to follow our noses straight on
in o path which others, not our supe'
riors, have successfully trod. The ques'
ton is not whether we can succeed, but
whether we piH We agitate the subject,
and, with the help Of sensible cores
pondents, desire to agitate it, because we
know that men long engaged in even IN
Improbable business are sluggish and
slow to move from their tracks But we
have not doubt, and defy the produc-
ton of a sound reason why success in
manufacturing enterprises, rightly be-
gun here, should be at all problematical.
five have men who care for the interests
of our city, let them speak their minds.
1t may be that we are not all slng-
CARDS, or so timid as capitalists, or
fearful of change, that we dare not IN
dertake prudently such enterprises as
are indispensable to the great future,
which sooner or later is in store for
Memphis, either through our own instru-
mentality or that of those who will sue
coed US. The day is not remote when
some men of energy will rise in our
midst and avail themselves of the ad-
vantages which circumstances now afford
us. And the sooner a beginning is made
the better If we have not money we
cannot begin too soon to make something
with which to buy it. And, when every
thing else is Improbable, if it is not a
good time to begin work, which, besides
affording a living profit equal to any
thing else, will build up and people our
city at the same time, there never can
be good time for an enterprise, and we
may as well 60 to sleep and confess that
we lack the average energy, enterprise
and brain of manhood, which, in the
same circumstances, has never proved
without benefcent results to others.
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A Horrid Deed of Blood.

On Wednesday, while the steamer
Armadillo was at Cairo, the mate, man
nahed Sweeney, attempted to murder
his brother, the captain, and succeeded
in numbering a passenger, The Demo
crat Of yesterday says.
A man named William Groves, of In
dustry, Pennsylvania, deck hand on
the Mary Davis, with ten of his COM
panions, were discharged at New Or
leans, and took passage on the deck of
the Armadillo for Cincinnati. After the
boat left Memphis, Groves became sick.
The carpenter, an acquaintance of his,
kindly gave him the use of room in the
texas, which act of kindness gave Mate
Sweeney great offense, and he began to
curse and swear about the carpenters
impudence. At about half-past 10 o clock
on Wednesday night, Captain Sweeney,
with the carpenter, were sitting in the
texas, when his brother came in and said
to the carpenter: You have been filing
the texas with your friends, and don't
like it" At this the Captain remarked
"You have been growing ard scolding
all day, and it's about time you were
stopping it." With an OATH the mate,
who is the Captains own brother, drew
his pistol and fired, luckily missing his
aim. The carpenter then left the boat to
obtain the services of police officer,
and the mate went into the lunch room
and sat down at the table by himself.
He was boisterous, and was declaring
that he would make the pilot hop horn
pipe. The pilot, who was in his own
room, heard these threats, and opened
the door to look out. Just then Groves
came into the room, and Sweeney asked,
"What do you want here To
this Groves replied: II want to find the
pilots room" and Sweeney struck him
with his fist, saying: You have come
here t. rob me, and / will kill you" He
then shot, and Groves fell. After firing,
Sweeney sat down at the table about a
minute, when he arose and dragged the
body out of the room to the starboard
side of the boat, and flung it into the
river. He then returned, and taking the
coffee he had not drank, attempted ID
wash up the blood of his victim. When
he was satisfied with his work, the cold
blooded murderer went to bed, and was
awakened by officer Joe Reynold, al
about half-past two o'clock. he was
put under arrest and taken to the Jail for
safe-keeping.
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WASHINGTON.

New York, January PA Washing
ton special says Banks will today pre-
sent to the House report on our soreign
relations from the Committee ca the
Rights of Naturalized Citizens. II rays
the treaty of peace between the United
States and Great Britain at the close OF
the war of independence left unsettled
three subjects Of international impor-
tance; First, Imprisonment Of seamen !;
second, right of search the question OF
expatriation. The latter question is
most important of all; on which both
the others rest. 1t still Remains unset
tied, and under different circumstances
it becomes the most important question
of the day; and again, foreign govern
ments attach much Importance to the
fact that the laws of the United States,
as interpreted by its judicial tribunals,
sustain their claim to the perpetual allie
glance of their native-born subjects. This
is one of the many embarrassments that
attend this difficult and delicate ques-
ton. The report concludes When all
the resources of the Government shall
have failed to produce q recognition by
other governments of the principle of
public law so long maintained in this
country in regard to the rights Of natu-
rallied citizens, the President shall be
invested with the same authority within
our jurisdiction as to the subjects of
other governments that foreign States
enforce upon American citizens within
their jurisdiction. In case of reprisal
or war State is justified in OBTAINING
foreigners against their will, according
to VanMartin's law of nations; but
it is not anticipated that any such
proceedings require it. 1t cannot be
that in this age, when all the political
traditions of the middle ages are tum-
bling, Europe will, at this day, push to
extremity her claims.
Secretary Seward states he does not
expect this Congress will pay for Wal.
russia, but the next one win.
- Several members have resolutions
ready to offer directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to take up an amount of
BODYBUILDING interest in gold equal to
the amount of legal tenders withdrawn
during the last year.
The Heralds special says Washburn
is perfecting his bill to secure telegraphic
postal communication throughout the
United States.
Senator Wilson speaks to- day on re-
construction.
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whisky Frauds.

The republican Gen. Logan, in the de-
bate on whisky frauds in Congress, brings
some ugly facts to light. He charged
that the regulations issued by the Rev.
euue Commissioner "are made especially
for the purpose Of protecting villainy and
fraud in the collection of the revenue T.
Rollins, the Commissioner, was an ap-
pointee of Lincoln, and was sustained by
Chase, Fessenden and Mccullough, the
latter approving the regulations. With
whatever intent made, the scheme was
gotten up by the radicals, who must be
responsible for it. 1t has been in their
hands and so managed by them as to
lose the government annually more than
it cost in all to support it under demo-
cratic administrations, not themselves
always too economical.
1t appeared further in this debate that
while frauds innumerable were noto-
riously going on, the Commissioner s
Office never had reported either to the
President or Secretary the names of any
corrupt officials. And General Logan
proclaimed to the Radical Commits
pioner "a great many frauds have been
committed in his department of which he
has recently been notified, and | give
notice now that unless he does report to
the President these men whom | and
others have reported to him as dishonest
scoundrels in his department | will de-
nounce him from my place in this
House"
Gen. L. further stated that the Metro
politan Board principally made up of
| Republicans had "connived at frauds and
most outrageous swindles on the govern
ment;" taking bogus bonds, etc.
The Tenure of Office Bill was devised
by these raseals and passed by their
friends in Congress, and has been very
happily effective Of their purposes, AS
by its terms, the President was deprived
of power to dismiss them, and thus rem
dered irresponsible, they ceased to report
and carried on their thieving to the best
advantage. The President could not so
much as suspend one of them until he
could make out list of charges sup
ported by facts, and all would then be
subject to appeal and trial by the Senate.
And if the result should be the dismissal
of such an officer, it is more than doubt
full whether any honest man the Presi
dent might nominate to fill his place
would be confirmed by the Senate. And
thus the wheels Of government have been
clogged while the work went on, which
the whisky thieves got up the tenure O
Office bill for their own protection in &C
complishing.
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HAVANA.

NEW YORK, January 27.-The Herald S
Havana special correspondent says that
Senior Fiallo, the Dominican Commits
sioner to Jamaica, had to leave money
less and without obtaining powder or
balls. Guyana is pestered with convicts
from Cayenne. They have been sent
back at the expense of the French gov
eminent. At Tervilion 400 Coolies had
arrived from China; seven died on the
passage.
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IS opposition to the Radical party we
have an organization known as Con
ssrpatioe. This means nothing distinc'
tive. We must come out under the Dem.
ocratic banner. The party called Dem
ocrat is the great conservative party OF
the country. l We canGot overthrow It i
we would, and we cannot serve the
country so well by any independent ac-
ton as by uniting with it. There is but
one question now, and that is the main
tenance Of the rights Of freemen and the
preservation of the Constitution. On
that issue the Democratic party is right,
and we ought to withhold no aid in our
power which it is possible to render. Let
US have a Democratic organization at
once. A Democratic Committee has
been organized ct Nashville Let US or
ganize one for the county and district O
West Tennessee 70 act With il.
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NEEs from Alaska TO the 2sth ultimo,
received at San Francisco, gives no con-
hrmAiion 10 the stories ofsuiering among
the troops, upon which Congressional
inquiry has been based.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-27

II anybody wants to know how horse
feels on bitter cold morning, when a
frozen bit is placed in his mouth, let them
first place frozen bit of iron upon their
own tongues. Having done this, let the
coaehman or driver see that the bit is
warmed before being placed in position.
The horse will look, though he cannot
say, thank you"
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Twenty persons, residents of Clarks-
vile, New York, have, for some months
past, been purloining coal to the extent
Of fifty tons per month from trains on the
Delaware and Lackawanna railroad en-
route TO New York. The offenders have
beeH arrasfad
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Gold and Cotton Reports


Special TO the PUBLIC LrporR.l
NEw YoRK, January q, 1855 an
Gold opened at l40l; at 1880 il was at
1909; atll II was at l4oa, and il is now
ut l4l.
The cotton marke, is firm and the de-
mand moderate.
Exchange is steady. 1rN
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We have received the opinion Of the
City Attorney in answer 10 the inquiries
addressed 70 him in our Saturdays issue,
bat 90 late that We are compelled 10
defer It until tomorrow. As to the
question q Liability for expenses Of the
military Mayors he answers the city is
not isbIe
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Bricklaying.

IF YOU WANT A STEAM BOILER, A
l. kitchen range or a crate set, or a bread oven
built, or fues remodeled so as to prevent smok-
ing, a cistern built or repaired or brick work
or at JOINER a KIRKLEY'S, "a Monroe st.,
or call upon 1927 THOS. CUBBINH.
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MAJOR DAVIS, of Massachusetts,, for
merly of General Butler staff, commit
ted suicide at Hong.Kong, China, No
vember "a, 1867, by shooting himself in
the head. Cause, pecuniary embarrass-
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-27

Az excsienf communication from Mr..
wilEan Paris, on The subject Of home
misunderstanding. win appear to-moriov.
Heis reliable ns vel a. practical man,
and eniBsaily qosli6ed 70 deal With tie
subject
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Is the Massachusetts, Senate, on
Thursday, the bill to abolish the State
consiabulary and repeal the prohibitOry
liquor law, was passed to a third read
ing By a vote Of Fl TO IS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-27

The SapFeme Court Of Georgia has de.
eided that where the defendant rendered
Confederate money in payment Of a note
executed prior 70 the lsl Of June, 1861,
and plaintiff refused 10 receive Il, this was
not such q legal tender a. would stop the
running Of interest on the note.
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r LO u n :

II L. o u Ii
CIarksviIIe City Mills" xxx.
IS ANDREW jackson Mills, xxx.
Sc Lafayette Gold Dust "MiIIs. xxx.
''CObbs' EXCELSIOR Mills, xxxx.
=" New York; Mills.
Sc KimbrOugh's'' Mills, xxx, xxx Ex-
ira, and XXX Super.
The above GAINESVILLE, Tenn, FL0URS are
established and we'll known brands, and we
offer them 10 the trade CHEAP.
n4- full assortment of GROCERIES and
LANTATI0N SUPPLIES always on hand.
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FOREIGN.

LIVERPOOL, January u, IL motion
steady; sales, $4,000 bales; uplands 72d,
Orleans 8@Ssd.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

I.a.o-. 70 Noon To-day.