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Tug Boat BULL FROG and Barges,

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eording to law,
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TRY ST. JOHNS COUGH
A Expectorant
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ST. JOHN BAPTIST PARISH.
Correspondence Of the New Orleans Crescent

Special Correspondence Of New Orleans Crescent
PARISH ST. john THE BAPTIST. La,
December 81, 1865.
The grinding season in this parish, with the ex-
cepticn of the plantations of Alcide l.. Tregre.
r. & j. Watson and Florian Millet, is over, afford
ing 10 all engaged in the sugar culture satisfactory
results. Ii is true the yield Of the cane since the
frost hsC not given the amount OF sugar per
arpent that 1t promised two months ago, yet every
person is satisfied both with the result and the
conduct of the lsborers employed. The only
drawback the planters experience now is the
meddlesoms interference OF the carpetoaggers
and the feF scalawags who volunteer the lnstruc-
ton and guidance OF the man and brother; other
wise the sugar planter of Louisiana has attained
prosperity heretofore unknown in any country.
Some twp years ego, q plantation which was
bought by the MORTGAGE on his forecl )sure at
$25 900, which would have been bought after
wards for SIS, 900. was few days since sold to
Col Norbert Louque, an old and experienced
planter, for $50 000 without mule, pillow or
hoe on theiplsce-not even grain Of corn or
stalk Of cs-le to plant. u is not to be wondered
at that the demand for this kind Of property is
much looted after, for with the least kind of
management the investment will pay for itself In
three yeara provided the party venturing has the
means to expend and patiently wait the result of
q provident calculation.
| have been informed that plantations which
were bought for $4,000 two years ago, the
owners now could get $4,000 for. One which
was bought about two months ago for $50, 600,
the owner refused $4,000 for. OF course this Is
not TO be wondered at when the net proceeds OF
plantations that can be bought for $50 900 or s40,-
600, with an outlay of SIS 900 or $40, 900, will
make crop of $50 0O0'or $4,000 per annum.
Capitalists, everybody knows, are very cautious,
but when the results are 80 patent as this year, 1t
il no wobder that Western men are going along
the river examining and selecting plantations for
permanent settlement.
The o6iy drawback that I see to the general
cultivation OF the inexbsustbe lands along the
Mississippi river is the want Of capital, and this
is not to zoe wondered at when the amount of per
centage derived from judicious management is
taken info consideration II raned all day yester-
day, butlaa the work Is all over for q week or two,
this is nat considered of any consequence.
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SPINNER ON MoBToN's BILL.-Unted States
Treasurer Spinner, in letter to Hon. David We'll
don, OF Massachusetts,, CONDEMNS tue fsstcrAr plan
for the resumption Of specie payments, 4" by strik
ing down instantly, at one blow, the nominal
value of United States legal tender notes to an ar
bitrsry value of three-fourths of its face" as
forced and violent and argues II would cause jar,
confusion and mischief, net only in monetary, but
in all business affairs. He speaks highly of Gov.
Morton's bill, as proposing to build US and fos-
ter the appreciation OF the greenback to the par
value of gold, by a process 30 gradual, gentle,
steady and smooth that the change would scarcely
be perceptible by the debtor or creditor, and
both alike would be able to meet their business
calculations and business arrangements, from
time TO time. during the process Of appreciation,
with such accuracy, that no serious harm could
come 10 either class" He, however. prefers to
see the bill amended, in various particulars. The
two leading ones are First-Banks should not
be permitted to remain in a state of suspension for
a day, much less for six months, after resumption
by the treasury Of the United States and second
the dividends on the government stocks, belong
ing TO banks but held 10 trust by the treasurer as
security for the redemption Of their circulating
notes. should be retained By the treasurer and not
paid over TO the bank TO be held by them until the
day Of resumption, and the collection OF these
dividends by the treasurer should commence
year earlier than proposed by the bill.
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marriage, and to make fashionable society
stand by as q consenting and applsuding wit
ness, was q purposes 50 much more perilous,
umane and christian that, said to myself, this Is
the bravest book in American lteraure."
About the only manly act our venerable min
lister to England has performed, he has made an
apology for. In behaving like Q gentleman oy
treating Mr. Laird with courtesy, he did manly
and independent thing. In spologizng for it he
provokes contemplate Richmond Dispatch.
The Yankees in New York lately celebrated the
landing Of the Pilgrims by dinner OF French
dishes. Neither baked beans, brown bread,
mince pie or Indian pudding entered into the bill
of fare. The Mail calls this recreancy to faith
and ancestry.
The Chicago Post, q Radical sheet, became SO
tired of seeing only brigadier and major generals
during the late army reunion In that city, that 1t
advertised for a private soldier Of the army OF
the Cumberland, Tennessee, Ohio or Georgia. 1t
wanted to see how one of those who did the fight
ing for thirteen dollars month looked.
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TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20. 1867.
BOOK NOTICES

RESOURCES OF TIE PACIFIC SLOPE, with q sketch
of the settlement and exploration Of Lower Cali
fornia. BY ]. Ross Browne. Issued from the press
of D. Appleton & Co., New York, and for sale by
Jas. A. Gteshsm, No. 90 Camp street. The informa-
tiop, geographical. agricultural, geological and
commercial embraced in this book, which is in re.
atty a report made by the author to the secretary
of the treasury renders II invaluable to those in
terested in ;he future development Of the immense
resources Of the Pacific coast.
ISAIAH, WITH NOTES, critical, explanatory and
practical. Issued by Appleton & Co. Compiled
by the Rev, Henry Cowles, D. D., and for sale by
Jas. A. Gresham.
NEwToE soRsTER, by Captain Msrryatt. Pub
lshed In neat form by Appleton & Co.. and for
sale by Jas. A. Gresham. This novel is by many
considered among the best written by the author of
those standard works, Jacob Faithful and Midship-
man Easy.
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TIE LOUISIANA RADICAL SLATE.-The follow
ing slate, gossip has it, is proposed by Governor
Warmoth and his advisers for the consideration
of Gen. Grant, and will be backed up by the
Warmoth wing of the Republican party in this
State
For collector of the port-Gen. A. L. Lee.
For naval oficer-A. W. Norcross. (recently
suspended as assessor of the third district, by Su
pervisor Creepy, for alleged frauds and gross neg
lect of duty.)
For assessor of internal revenue first district
VIM. Baker, the present registrar OF voters and
late street commissioner, etc., etc.
For United States msrshal-S. B. Packard.
For collector internal revenue first distrct-Dr.
Southworth.
For district attorney-J. F. Desne, the gov.
efnors former law partner.
For judge of the United States District Court
John Ray.
For postmaster-J. NJ. G. Parker, compromise
candidate.
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xoRTHERN AND .wEsrERN NEWS

1t has been ascertained by the government THAI
the pretended disclosures OF vast sums being cue
the late Confederacy by French and English firms
are ell bosh.
Christian congregations, having HOO communi.
cants and 1900 Sunday school scholars. The
Bible has been translated into their language, and
printed in New York, under the supervision OF
the Rev. Mr.. Byington, who has labored as a mis-
sionary among this civilized tribe for many years.
From the affidavit Of Thomas r. Toole, one OF
the special agents Of the treasury department, 1t
appears that silks to the value Of $525 900 have
from time to time. been invoiced as clocks and
shades In the New York Custom House.
The trustees of the Robinson Academy for girls,
at Exeter N. H.. have realized about $3.50 900 from
bequest. The donor was o Northern man, q
bachelor, who had lived long at the South, and
was there during the rebellion. He held, how
ever, 10 the terms of will by which he founded q
school for girls at Exeter and invested the money.
for safe keeping, in real estate In New Orleans at
| time when it went begging. He died before
the war ended, and the trustees after struggle,
succeeded in avertng the coniscstion OF the
property, and its subsequent rise has given the
school an unusual endowment.
The official vote of Missouri is announced as fol-
| lows: The average vote Of Republican electors
is 81 ll6 average OF Democratic electors, 59,6S5
Republican majority, "a, 43l.
An encounter took place at st. Joseph, Mo-, on
| the 23d. between Hon. j. E. Early. prominent
lawyer and Colonel T. A. Green, also lawyer. ID
which Mr.. Early was shot and killed. Ine audlf
| grew out of an article published in the Herald,
| rejecting upon Green as q lawyer. which Green
| supposed Early to be the author Of.
| District Attorney Courteney publishes letter
| in the Evening Post, denying any responsibility
for the postponement OF trials of parties indicted
| for whisky frauds, and says he is ready, eager,
ard willing to try any or all of their cases as soon
| as he can have an opportunity to do so.
The st. Johns Episcopal Church, at Waterbury,
Conn.,, was destroyed by fire on the oath. Loss
| $lO0, 600; insured for s35, 600.
The Reformed Dutch Church. at Client. N. Y,
was burned on the Gath. 1t was one of the Oldest
churches In the country.
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RESTORATION OF AMITY BETWEEN PRESIDENT
JOHNSON AND GEN. GRANT.-A Washington dis
patch TO the World says:
Effort among Influential and slightly conserva-
tive Republicans is making TO restore amicsbie re-
lations between Mr.. johnson and General Grant.
They do not speak now. II Is said that Senator
Henderson is in charge Of the negotiations. and
that they may take form in q call from the general
at the White House on New Years day. The diff
ference liz believed to be founded only on such
Issues as are dead and. in view Of the Inaugural
ton. II is esteemed highly desirable that each
should say Let us have peace" Mr.. George
Wilkes will not be intrusted with this proposed
settlement.
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GRANT on RAILROAD SUBSIDIES, Erc.-Tne New
York Evening Post of the 23d has the following !:
General Grant, in conversation yesterday
with Oskes Ames, president OF the Union Pacific
Railroad, expressed in firm aud decided terms his
opposition to granting any more money subsidies
to the Pacific Railroad until the finances of the
country are in much better condition than at pres
ent, while he favored the building of one or two
railroads through TO the Pacific coast.
He would not give his approval to any schemes
which proposed TO take money out Of the govern
ment treasury in the shape OF bonds. He had
favored the building of the Kansas Pacific Railroad
as a military necessity, and believed itwould save
the government large amount Of money, but
General Grant expressed himself opposed 10 all
new enterprises which tended TO deplete the pub
lie treasury or to increase our already enormous
public debt. The most rigid economy should be
observed until the country was in more healthy
condition. He trusted that his friends would take
this view of these matters, and aid him in making
them successful during his administration"
The Cincinnati Gazette OF the oath, says: Grant,
during his late trip from Chicago to this city,
MARKED 10 gentleman in company that be feared
the "carpet-6aggers' would swamp the govern.
ment before he could take possession of the White
House. By carpetbsggers. he meant the large
congregation Of individuals now at Washington
with their pockets full of schemes, the object OF
which is 10 deplete the treasury. Gen. Grant
spoke very freely on this subject. He did moi
hesitate TO denounce the business az public rob.
berry and the schemers as public robbers. 81 aul
not in favor sir said Grant. "of directly or indi
rectly increasing the public debt while there ia a
party in the country that talks about reputation
Furthermore, it is absolutely necessary that we
should have the strictest honesty in the collection
of the revenue, and the strictest economy in all
expenditures"
Washington dispatch of the Path says:
1t is understood that Gen. Grant was very in.
dignent this morning at che publication Of a
garbled account of a conversation he recently had
with Cakes Ames. 10 which Grant il represented
as opposing the government subsidy to the Kansas
branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. The srti.
Gle in question was gotten up in the interest Of the
Ri Is here.
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CIos1SG OUT sALE.-The magnificent collection
of statusry which Messrs. Michigan Bassetti have
been dsposing of for the past week, have almost
entirely disappeared, 40 eager have been the ad-
mirers of art to possess themselves of such rare
specimens Of Italian genius.
SIN there are e few choice productions remain
ing. which on this and tomorrow evening, at Z
O'Clock p NJ. will be consigned to the auctioneers
hammer and we would advise all who coutem-
plate investing in this line to avail themselves OF
the opportunity.
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OF the numerous auction marts In our city,
none can prefer stronger claims on the patronage
of the Public than the establishment OF MT
John c, blohm, at No. g. Customhouse street,
between Old Levee ana Charities streets. The
thoroug business qualities of Mr.. Blohm, his
prompttUae and energy, will not fail TO win sue
cess. Cash advances are made on all coDsign'
ments. spd all the details of general commits
sion business are faithfully attened to.
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FoR JEFFKRsoS.-Shippers and travellers VIII
do well to bear in mind that the fine passenger
packet Golden Era, under command OF Capt Gus.
Hodge, leaves at P. NJ. to-day for Jefferson and
al landings intermediate on Red River. Messrs
Jno. W. Bryant and Joe Spears, two OF the most
courteous and attentive clerks upon the river,
have charge Of her ofice. Remember Capt.
Hodge moves to the minute.
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Wonderful Discovery.
THE LARGEST SKELETON EVER FoUND-THE ExH'
NATION OF AN ANTEDILUvIAN HUMAN Skeleton
tFron I, e Sank RapIds Sentinel. ls,hl

From tie Sank Rapids Sentinel, lsthl
Day before yesterday, while the quarrymen
employed by the Sank Rapids Water Power Com.
papy were engaged In quarrying rock for the dam
which is being erected across the Mississippi at
this place, they found imbedded in the solid gran
lite rock the remains of human being OF gigan-
tic stature. About seven feet below the surface
of the ground, and about three feet and half
beneath the upper stratum of rock, the remaips
were found imbedded in the sand, which had eyi
IDENTIFY been placed in the quadrangular grave
which had been dug out of the solid rock to re-
ceiye the last remains of the sntedluvian giant.
The grave was twelve feet in length, four feet
wide and about three feet in DEPTH and is to day
at least two feet below the present level OF the
river.
The remains are completely petriied, and are
OF gigantic dimensions. The head Is massive,
measures thirty one and one half inches ia cir
conference, but low in the OS fronts, and very
fiat on the top. The femur measures twenty-six
| and quarter inches, and the fbula twenty five
and half, while the body is equally long 10 pro.
portion. From the crown of the head to the sole
of the foot the length Is ten feet nine and half
| inches. The measure around the chest is fifty
| nine and half inches. This giant must have
weighed at least nine hundred pounds when COW
| cred with a reasonable amount Of flesh. The
perifed remains, and there is nothing left but the
naked bones, now weigh three hundred and four
| and quarter pounds. The thumb and fingers of
the lett hand and the left foot from the ankle to
me toes, are gone out gil tne parts are periect'
| Over the sepulchre of the unknown dead was
placed large fat limestone rock that remains
| perfectly separated from the surrounding granite
| rock.
These wonderful remains of an antedilnviap,
| gigantic race are in the possession Of a gentle.
| man who has started with it to his residence
East This gentleman, it is said, will send the re.
mains to Boston, and possibly we may hear all
that can be ssid on the subject by the learned 10
these things. 1t il supposed by some of oul
| abest men, among whom is Gen. Thomas. that
many more skeletons will be found during the
| process of excavating the granite rocks in this
place. Some seem TO think that these remains
were deposited in this sarcophsgus prior to the
formation of the present strata Of rocks that now
| abound here but this is mere conjecture.
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AEPrstI or TIE CRESCENT CIrY.-The steam
ship Crescent City, Capt. Weir, from New York,
arrived At her wharf Sunday with full freight
and the following passengers:
p. Goafrey, c. F. Stevens, J. J. Benson, n.
Muileu, =. Woodbne, Fl. Freeman. r. Schneider,
X. stanseig, J. Raphael, NJ. szymsnski.
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Do ,fr1L.--Why is Phslon's Flor de Mayo, the
new perfume for the handkerchief, like an GRAND
boy, because II is scent everywhere. Sold by al
druggists. ~.
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A lady, who had refused an awkward but
wealthy suitor, said to Q friend as he passed ::
Look at him ! Could You marry him, even Il ne
had carriage and horsesl" "No. indeed" re.
Piled the other, "not if he kept livery STABLE"
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The commisssry house at Fort Sheling located
on the bluffs between ST. Paul and Minneapolis,
was destroyed by fire on the 10th. 1t was with
the utmost difficulty that the fire was kept from
the magazine Of the fort.
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FaHeaS gers per steamship MaripOsa, from New
York: eaI1l
J.B. stsrck and wife, Miss Anna N. Stsrck,
Chas. +. starck, Robert Hardie, Joseph Henry,
Miss j. Slnsler, Mrs. 5. L. Clapp, Louis Cispp,
Mrs. J,,I. Morrill, Mrs. Frank Jones, Miss Annie
Jones, Mrp. L. II. Pierce and five in storage.
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FRED. y. MAYER. Chemist
UpoLrHo WOLFE, Esq.

UpoLPHo WOLFE, ESQ,
Dear srTne OF pure Wines sud Liquors FOR medicinal.
purpo,es been long felt By the profess and thousands
ofves have sacrificed by the sdutersted
ce, Deliru ems, and other d Of the
nerves rife in this rare in Europe
ing in great degree TO difference Ia The putty Of
spirits SOC
We have tested the articles ported and sold By
you including you Cir which yoc se under the Of
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tteo tie high reputation 1t has scqu ID In this country
ard from your long expert forsign Importer, yoa-
Bottled Wines and Liquors should meet with Is de-
msnd
We would recommend 10 eppDnt sos OF the respecta
bic a2ohecares In different parts Of the rty szent
sss Of your Brsndies and Wines, shsre the profs
sion can obs. in she whsn needed for medical
puIposss
Wishing you success IN your enterprise,
We remain your obedisnt vin's,
VALENTINE MOTT NJ D.. Professor Of Surgery, Unlyer-
s,y Medical College, New York.
j. NJ coRNoCHAN, N. D., Professor clinical Surge ~
sureeonn- Chief 70 the ststs HOnpits etc. No IsEaa
Sixteenth street.
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Practice Of szssry, New York Medical Collage ets No.
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