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CAN SUCH THINGS BE, CANDY ?-That while the
depot of France is opening the prison doors to polit
cal offenders, and granting universal amnesty to other
classes of prisoners it be that you Candy, in this
free republic have the conscience to insist upon the
rigid application of form of oath-givng your own
Interpretation thereto, by the way-that was only in
tended for operation certain critical period, now
long since passed and gone? Verify, there seems to
be more Justice and moderation in imperial France
than in republican Virginia under thy rule, Candy!
N. Y. World.
Can these things be, Buell.? While the "despot of
France sanctifes peace by acts of charity, while
an American journal reprimands Candy for the
ton of mere OATH which it declares is obsolete,
while in all the States of the American Union the
press is denouncng all military Intervention OBJ
struction dsce can it be- that you call christian
minister OF the gospel, editing tuper devoted to the
religious and mental culture of the youth Of Texas be-
fore one of your drumhead courts martial to
personal libel on you, Buell. the organised
convict if you but nod your gentle head, Buell.? but
whose members, by the way, not inclined to be
used as so many blood-hounds at your command,
Buell!) Can these things be- Buell., while your buck
ram Judge, Buell. is riding the Jefferson circuit,
Buell., under escort of your "pet Lambs" Buell. Qhe
lambs themselves knowing you, Buell. y to admins
ter Justice in Texes, Buell. Can such things be, and
overcome u.s. like a summers cloud and not excite our
special wonder, and not explain extreme devotion,
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MEMpHIs, Ell PAso AND PAcrFIc RAILROAD Ev
erything that relates to this road is Of interest u.s.
our Vicksburg and Shreveport road is one Of the
branches "B. d. correspondent Of the Louisville
Journal says that from the Office Of the Mem
pills. Ell Paso and Pac road the information is given
that three corps Of engineers in the field and
thousand men are at work upon the road The at
tempt Of various parties in the interest of hostile
porations to damage the credit Of the company in
France has sgnally failed, and they have nothing on
hand to console themselves with but their own ma.
lightly. The company has plenty of money and ma
terials and will have plenty more.
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IMPORTANT WHISKY REGuLATIoNs.-A Washington
dispatch of the 10th, says that one of the most i'm
portant Of the new whisky regulations determined
upon enables rectiers, compounders and wholesalers
by complying with certain formula of application to
collectors for liberty to employ and compound spirits
and change packages, to mix spirits of different dis
ti!leres and of different description, as they have
heretofore been able to do without fraud-tha is to
say, to take any quantity of spirits from many diff
tnrent distilleries they proper empty and
mix the same and manipulate them to suit local mar
kets and specified prices without hindrance from any
source. For this privilege the only additional labor
imposed is that of making application to the collector
The understanding is, however, that internal revenue
officers will hereafter be expected to see that the ea-
ture of the laws which require liquor dealers to erase
from the casks which they empty all marks stamps or
brands of whatever kind on them, when they come
into their possession is strictly enforced and it is
made the special duty of guagers to see that all marks
are erased at emptying."
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-09-01

CHINESE LABOR IN SoUTH CARoLINA.-A Washing
ton dispatch of the 10th, says that information has
been received in that ctyto the effect that large num-
Der of planters in South Carolina have entered into
contract with an emigration agent for the importation
of several hundred Chinese aborers the first ship load
being expected in January next One successful rice
planter has contracted for two hundred and fifty and
others for ten, twenty fifty etc No payment is to be
made 1.-THE Chinese arrive and commence work on the
plantations Many Southern planters are making ap-
picaton for them
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The RAIDS TRIUMPH IN ALABAMA-A Washington
dispatch Of the 10TH says that Senator Warner had
rived in that city He gave the following returns
of the late election The Republicans carried first
district by 2000 second by 1000 third by 260 fourth
by 5000 to 10000 The Democrats carried the fifth
district by less than lo0O and the sixth by less than
1900 Grants majority in the State at last election
was 1900. The popular majority this election will not
fall below 10000 There being Acknowledgement in
Alabama, all classes of citizens participated and the
Republicans carried the State on the platform of uni
versa suffrage and removal OF disabilities imposed by
fourteenth amendment There is no division in party,
and Senator Warner regards the State certain for
Republicans in future
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ST. hoUts 1TENs-9He Co,p;na M
1t may lie of some interest to nnmar.'~Af :,
to read few items from this CITY, WIKI; ~! YOU N.Y. n.y.
the capital of the United States. g. .'c4 Is Son
growing INTO healthier condition Of r nSns has
business than ever before. Fogyism ~ aud r.
worked out OF her citizens, and jmnro,Hs last a.
ing on with great rapidity there is aasslehts ~
OF building improvements being randi HI,HeFa VI,
ward. The Bridge Company have ii II n push
gantic system of work, the consructou up vi
pier will soon begin, the building of whe VI Aeo
greatest work of the kind in the CONN.,. r" VIII
eral interest of various kinds have a,,,. Tie
amounts OF capital from abroad the nrasona h.
health of the city is good and enconra ns Year
branches OF business. The merchants araslhs 10
tivty TOR the coming trade Of the fall saa n ssts
most attractive feature about the city at nrs asa
coming falr. Encouraged by the bountifni S e III
general good health and the prospects of an nVN
| mon business, the Fair Association ho,a an aasa
duced to make all possible additional atfa, oeea
the finest exhibition this year that has eves ~
| in the United States. Already the orest 1Aenla
ment which they have received by the
plcations for entries, warrant them in sav;s "sd
coming fair is to be the greatest of all Tl .aa
MUM list in itself is sufficient to draw evo," f p
and artisan to the place of exhibition ghere l., 'aa
try, his skill and his genius will be apnreoa s Ind
rewarded. No such premiums were ever hals leu
upon stock. Those who devote their Tina ~
hogs, cattle and horses will here find encors " sae
to cultivate the best Hoods of all kinds and !,
not from what State what climate, the foId
to all. The cotton planter of the Southern a..
equally induced by the large premiums to b ';a
best of his crop. In short, every man and y
viii find encouragement for their industry at hi" WI
fair if they will examine its annual premium Is, :
there is another matter of interest to the peonio
the West. refer to the agitation of the rrmo,
the National Capital to the Mississippi valley
agitation is growing all the time and will not staD
til the capital is removed ~
ST Louis Mo- August Is 1869
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YELLOW FEVER AT KEY WFsT.-A special dispatch
to the Jacksonville Union from Key West, received Il
few days SINCE represents the yellow fever still raging
in that city its slight abatement can only be atribu-
ted to the want of material upon which to operate
The troops have all been removed from the vicinity
OF that city and few strangers arrive. The Catholic
priest who had recently arrived from Havana to fill
the place Of Father Mcdonald died on Tuesday even
jup
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CRIsp's FAREwELL.-The announcement of the de-
parture of old friend Crisp and his very accom-
pshed family, will be of regret to all
who have witnessed the elegant and refined entertain
luents with which they have delighted our citizens
during their brief sojourn among us. The audiences,
numerically have been very large, comprising our best
citizens and many old residents who had hidden fare
we'll to amusemens were ured from their homes to
show their admiration for Mr.. Crsps family profess
sionaly and Interpretation of Mr. Crisp and his uni
form course throughout his many years residence in
the South Crisp is Of us, and we must have him with
us he certainly must have met friends enough here
to convince him of the reception he will meet with in
the future. But why leave us nov? There is no
falling off in the attendance, and people will be
certain to turn for few nights more" May
not young gents have an opportunity of testify
ing their gallantry by getting up benefit to the
charming sisters Jessie and Cecelia2 eve pause for
a reply,h
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The WESTERN LocusTs.-From all accounts this
must be a rayenous insect. A Nevada paper Of re-
cent date gives an account furnished by correspond
ent of the armies of locusts grasshoppers crckets
that devasate those regions. The locusts it stated
come in three or four divisions, each mile long by
half mile wide, stopping at nothing and passing
through fire and water On reaching the Ouyhee river
the locusts ran out on the branches of the willow
trees, then jumped into the stream and swan across
to the opposite shore, distance of thirty feet The
whole of this part the country covered with grass
but the ocusts, rejecting their usual food attacked
saddles, brides and other leather articles and in
short time devoured everything The fish in the river
which they crossed would not bite for four days after
wards, having been completely satiated with the To-
custS
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Posr OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES indus
trious exchange has been looking the post office
ledger and finds that the present number of post Of
fees in the United States is little over 81 600 Post
masters appointed by the President, $50 BY the
Postmaster General, 81, $50. The number of mail
routes in operation is $780, and the service performed
by contractors 1000 Head clerks clerks and assist
ant clerks, 300. There are 1000 letter carriers and
1900 money order offices. Route agents, 500. Mail
route messengers, TO- Local agents. Us. Baggage
masters in charge of through mails, 100. Special
agents, 49, -
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SOUTHERN FAcroRIEs.-A Northern exchange saws
that the recent exhibition of textile fabrics in Cincn
natl shows that the South is largely extending its cot
ton manufactures According to the latest reports,
Georgia has fortyseven cotton mills South Carolina,
forty; Missouri tweny.seven; Alabama, eleven; Ten
nessee, forty; and there also many mills in North
Carolina and South Carolina The product generally is
fine shifting and sheeting and the specimens exhibited
compare favorably with the New England manufacto-
rim
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raon is said to be harmonious, at least the Civil Sery
vice Journal, sort of semofficial paper, published
in the interest of the Department clerks, says it is
authorised to state to the officers of the civil service
that the Administration is substantially unit upon all
political questions, foreign and domestic, and that all
statements and insinuatons that the President and
portion of his advisers seriously at variance has
no foundation in fact Every subordinate officer who
does his duty and thereby renders the Administration
success need not have any apprehension that pot-
cal differences within the party will endanger his po
sition.
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The SABINE RlyER.-The Mansfield Times Of the
2ist, says that the people who reside on the Sabine
rivers avs that stream will be successfully nayigated
this winter and that preparations being made FOR the
erection at once Of commodious warehousesat Logans-
port Msrieks Ferry, and several other points above
Logansport
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FIRST NEW BALE gRoM CHERoKEE.-The first new
baie OF cotton from Cherokee county, Texas was re-
ceiyed Monday from Robert b. Martin, Of Rusk.
and was consigned to Thurmond & Hicks, of this city
cassed midd'ng, and sold to Henry Kneeland for
thirty cents per pound
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GRANT AND CoLFAx.--We have the authority of n
late Washington dispatch for stating that promi-
nent Radical of Indiana, who arrived at Washington
lately, gives his opinion that the Democrats will
be successful at the local elections in that State this
fall. The dissatisfaction with The administration is
very great and has been brought about by the charac
ter of Grants appointments his lack of decided for
egn policy and the extravaganza Of the Congressional
travelling committees. Colfax, this gentleman says,
has lost whatever popularity be had in Indiana, and
strong party Of politicians is being organised to OPP
pose his aspirations to the Presidency The Republi
cans have all lost confidence in Grant and bitterly
regrettng his election. The gentleman who brings
this report wasa delegate to the Chicago Convention
and the most prominent manipulation for the nomina
ton of Colfax
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ANOTHER COUNTERFEIT NoTE-A dispatch says that
the United States treasurer Washington has received
another counterfeit dollar greenback of the twenty
third SERIES letter c. which in its distinctive features
varies materially from any other specimens yet The
engraving quite and does not attempt to i'm
ate the genuine plate at all The Yignete of Lincoln
is very indiferently engraved, and the scroll work
around the medallion is poorly initiated. There is
within fraction Of sS3 5000, 900 Of ten dollar green
backs in circulation Of which in response to circular
of the treasurer recalling it, $25 900 has already
been received from New York, and it is to be hoped
that the last issue will soon be taken up. The fifty
dollar greenbacRs also to be recalled under the cir
cuar referred There are only some Sl7 600 900 in
circulation. We caution citizens to be on the look
out for these countereits, for the cotton
season sets in this country will be flooded with them
THE Texas CATTLE TRADE.-A Kansas paper of a
late date says that the Texas cattle trade is lively at
Abilene, the principal shipping point in Western
Kansas, as the following transactions show $50
second class steers at 1928 each $50 seeondcass at
1874 each drove, 100 head, at q gross 700 head
mixed cattle, average at s25 30 yoke work cattle
poor at Stopper yoke 5000 head beef steers, second
class at $22 so $50 do average at 1874 Several lots
of wintered Texas cattle, from to years old, sold
at &c. gross 6o0O head left during the week for Salt
Lake, 400 for Montana, 1000for Omaha, and 800 for
Idaho. There are now remaining for sale in the Alb
ilene market $4,000 steers and 10000 mixed cattle,
which expected to be wintered there. There are
at least 100, 900 head now en- route to the Kansas
market
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COMMERCIAL CONFERENCE.-The New Orleans papers
state that Gov Warmoth has designated A. D. Grief
Robert Watson, Cyrus Bnssey, R. C. Cammack, R. N.
Ogden, Edward Thompson and ". R. Fish delegates
from the State Of Louisiana to the commercial conyen.
ton at Keoknk.
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GRoPs.-Most of the hill planters have commenced
picking cotton IN earnest The bottom planters,
general thing, have not commenced yet. The yield
promises TO be tnll. The worm, though about in
spots, is doing little or damage. With season
able fall more cotton will be made than can be saved
with the present working force
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ADVICE TO Travellers TO CALIFoRNIA-An exchange
says Traveller" advises persons going to California
overland to take with them enough provisions to last
to Sacramento and not to depend for meals on the
hostelres along the railroad Four or six persons he
says could mess together and take large hamper
containing ham, tongues, canned oysters crackers,
bread preserves, &C., and especially small bottle of
powdered magnesia This could be placed in the bag
gage within easy reach and small gratuity to the
railroad officials would secure its safe conduct
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THE WESTERN Corn CRop.-The St. Louis Demo
crat of the lth has reliable advces that there will
be, Notwithstanding the early disheartening prospect
fully an average crop in the West Throughout Mis-
souri, Illinois and large portion of Indiana, the croI
has picked up amazingly. The planted is mucl
larger one than usual. Kansas and Nebraska viii
have large surplus, also will Wisconsin, Iowa and
Michigan. We do not apprehend any scarcity. There
will be good deal Of poor corn, but this will be
verted into pork, and thus serve good commercial
purpose. Short sellers had better g go slow"
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THE NEXT CENsUs-The newspapers are specializing
already on the change which the next census will make
in the Congressional representation. The Picaynne
says the representation Of the Eastern States will be
reduced to about twenty-five, and the West increased
to eighty-two. More than third of the next House
will be from the West and united with the Southwest
will giye them majority The South will have full
representation upon the negroes instead of three fths
of them, as before. She viii gain thirteen members
an increase of that much to her political power
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WA had call pestArday from Mr. I c. GerdnG. of
the house of j. c. Gerding Co., Louisville, KY, one
of the largest liquor dealers in the country Mr. G.
visits our city a business tour and will remain in
midst few days, af1ording merchants an op
portunty effect arrangements for the purchase of
celebrated Kentucky WHISTLES. Mr. G. will, in few
days, visit Jefferson and Marshall, Texas.
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GEORGE PENDLEroN.-We copy as follows from a
New York dispatch Of the 10th:
The Sun correspondent, WHO has just had an inter.
view with George Pendleton, says that the latter as
sured him that the nomination was unexpected and he
told his friends before the convention that he did not
desire the office but, since he was % years old no
office he wanted in Ohio had been refused BY the
Democracy, and he could not refuse the nomination
when the Democracy asked him. He thinks the De-
mocracy will carry the State, the finances, tariff and
fifteenth amendment being the most important ques.
tons. He opposes Boutwel's policy, and thinks the
bonds should be bought with currency at par The
system of contraction is having disastrous effect on
the country. All business is Frustrated The pres
upon the banks of Cincinnati is without para-
el and the merchants and manufacturers are suffering
greatly He would get greenbacks to pay the debt
observing economy and retrenchment and the amount
of currency as when the debt was contracted He
wants the tariff reduced to the lowest possible limit
He is opposed to the fifteenth amendment because he
believes that each State should regulate suffrage for
ITSELF He says Grant has no policy concerning re-
construction anyhingese, and that due protection
has not been given to Americans in England and Cuba
Nothing would please him better than Andy Johnsons
election to the Senate and he thinks Chase undoub:ed
y wants to be President and very popular at the
South -
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~ an EFFORT Is being made in OF the churches in
Cherokee comfy Ga, to exclude from, the church all
,eihaie members who wear hoops paniers, Grecan
oehds Or small hats cosmetics paint or other
appliances to make external show "for mans ilu-
sion given"
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RAPID PRoMoTIoS.-Th New Orleans Bulletin SAYS
that the Hon. Judah F. Benjamin. late of the Confed-
ate Cabinet, but Of England has after two years
appearance the British bar been made Queens coun
sci, honor almost without precedent the prompt
itnla If lie haefnvaI
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THE CHATTANOOGA RATLRoAD.-The New Orleans
Republican says that the railroad between that point
and Mobile is being prosecuted with unusual vigor
and rapdity. Eight thousand tnns Of iron, one-half
Of the order for the road between these points, all
ready shipped from England, and is on the way to
Mobile and other points the Gulf coast.
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General Robert Williams, who married the accom-.
plished widow of Stephen A. Douglas is an aspirant
LOT United States Senator IL Virginia He recently
county, ppe'
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RADICAL WAR IN ARKANsAs.-A Little Rock dis
patch of the lsth says that writ quo warranto has
been issued lit is said the instance of Gov Clayton
summoning j. NJ. Johnston, Lieut. Governor of Arkan-
sas to appear on the 22d of November next, before
the Circuit Court of that county, and to show by what
authority he claims to have used and exercised the
authority, powers liberties privileges and office of
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, it being alleged
that no valid grant Of the had been made to
him.
Legislature, while acting President of the Senate
and made speech there few days ago antagonstic
to Clayton's administration. Johnston came there
during Claytons recent absence North. ~
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PRArr.-The following is the text Of Grants orde

PRArr.-The following is the text of Grants order
to Barlow to hold Pratt from the civil authorities
General Barlow, United States Marshal, Southern
District of New York: hereby direct you to main
tain the laws of the United States and to resist all
efforts to take the prisoner, J. H. Pratt from your
custody whether by order Of Judge McCunn or any
other officer in any OF the State Courts. also au
thorise and request YOU to all resist the
attempt affect your arrest and stop the execution of
the laws Of the United States.
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The PRATT CASE AGAIN.-A Washington dispatch
of the 10th, to the New York Tribune says that the
Government holds that the most important point in
the Pratt case gained by the Commissioner con-
tiBuing the till he saw fit to end it. The case
was heard through, and the failure to hold the pris-
oner arose from neglect on the part of The military
authorities in Texas to furnish definite charges and
evidence to justify OBTAINING the prisoner. Further
evidence in the case is expected and other legal pro-
ceedings will probably be had in the case
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ANOTHER BIG DIN.-The ConrierJourna says that
Philadelphia is to try TO have bigger musical jubilee
than Boston. 1t is proposed to celebrate the cenen-
NAL anniversary of the signing Of the Declaration of
Independence, on the Fourth of july 1876, by gi-
ganc musical festival in building especially erected
in Paramount Park, capable Of accommodating loo,-
900 spectators and 1000 performers A letter has
been sent to President Grant giving him the paricu-
lars Of this enterprise and asking ian expression of
his kind approval and for its success the best wishes
of his patriotic heart
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Campo AcADEMY.-The fourth annual session fths
weknown institute will commence today. The abil-
ity of Prof. J. f. Williamson, principal is too we'll
known to need commentator at our hands,