The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-11-18

| FOURTH, D1sTRIcT.-Hon. Michael Ryan, OF Rapides
has been elected to Congress from this district by
overwhelming mejorty,the Radicals having carried
only three parishes, and those by small majorities.
RAr1DEs PARISH Tile Radicals only carried tlis
parish BY majority Of 23 votes, At the last election
they earrieditby 1870. Bully for Rapidesl Htthen
another such lick and she stands redeemed from the
| thraldom Of saddle-bagism. .
1 FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DIsTR1eT.-The Ouaclita Tel
egraph, of the lib, says: The majority for Capt
McCranie, Democratic candidate for Congress in this
district in the nine parishes of Jackson, Union, Cla
borne, Benvle, Caldwell, Catahoula, 0aachita, More
house and Franklin is over u 900 Carroll, Madison
Tensas and Concorda, having aggregate vote Of
5000, are yet to be heard from. OF this vote Capt
McCranie claims 1000. The remainder be divided
between Kennedy and Morey with. chances favoring
the latter, unless Mr.. Kennedy succeeded in winning
over in Tensas portion of the Radical party organ
isaon which had proclaimed at first for Morey.
FRANKLIN PAR1sH.-We clip follows from the
Franklin Sun, Of the It'll - . LIS
The fall thus far has sbeena delightful one Every
boil of cotton large and small, it supposed will ma
and open under the genial Influence of the sunny
sky. ~ g-4, = 80 's-@s se4y= V
fdtdt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hays, Il young man ABOUT
q years of age the 23a alt, thrown from his
horse near Mr. Wolfe's on Bayou Macon, and was SO
seriously INJURED that he died from the effects in less
than an hour afterwards. He was an excellent man,
and highly esteemed BY all who knew him. He was a
native of Missouri and his mother is living in Ken
lucky.
A negro man named Joe Brown was killed here on
Tuesday night He was concerned with the Ike Craw-
ford complications against the citizens of this parish,
and implicated in attempt to assassinac citizen of
the Prairie. He had been absent from the parish
for some time and it is wonder that he ever returned
knowing as he certainly did the feeling that existed
against him.
The Qaachta Telegraph, as daily, has ceased to
exist ithasing the editor says fulfilled the mission
for. which twas designed-the election ofrMcCrane
to Congress and the defeat Of the Radicals Of Ouachita
No TAX ON CorroS.-The following communication
from. Thomas Harland, Acting Commissioner Of the
Internal Revenue, addressed to Colonel Woolfey,
Commissioner of the First District of Louisiana, will
be found important to the mercantile emmouniy, par
tcularly tothose interested in moving cotton:
TREASURY DEPT, OFFICE INTERNAL REVENUE,
E Washington, October g. 1868.
Sir-In reply to yours Of the seventeenth nltimo,
concerning your duty with respect to cotton arrived in
New York have to say that the attention of the Com
mttees of WAYS and Means and Finance called to
the confusion that would result if new cotton exempt
from tax and cotton liable to tax, thrown upon
the market together, and they were urged to recon-
mend such legislation would enable the proper dis
crninaton to be made. This they failed to do, and III
the present of the law cannot advise you to in
tefere cotton coming into your district unless
comes consigned to you, unless you have reason
to believe the particular that the cotton - sub
jeet the tax and that the tax has not been paid.
Before the present crop found its way into the mar
ket every bale OF cotton subject to the tax, and
therefore it was not unreasonable that the holder Of
any bale should be required to show that the tax had
been paid Now when much cotton is upon the mar
ket which is not subject to the do not think that
we are justified in calling for proof unless thereisseme
reasonable presumption of fraud.
Very respectfully THOMAS HARIAND,
rtSzA BIZ @sss 49, Acting Commissioner.