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New York DlsrILLEsIEs CLosED-A Washington
special under date Of tile lfth Gays appears from Of
fetal sources that all distieres in New York have
ceased running. There were A in operation Nov lst.
This is said to be the result Of low OIL whisky and
for the obvious reasons that whisky made in New
York city costs GO cents per gallon and the taxes in
cuihs the special tax 6s cents additional 81 %
per gallon. Whisky sells OF dollar in tlat city, SO
that there is Il margin for stealing. This trade be-
longs Iesitmetely to the West, to whict will be CON
fined hereafter. Triee, the meter man. reports that
one hundred and fifty meters have been nanufactnrct
and Que hundred and thirty hare been attached to dis
tilleries.
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DETRosr As 4 ToBAcco MaxuTAegoax. We read III
exchange that Detroit is great tobacco maaufac
tory. During the past year the amount of chewing
and smoking tobacco manufactured exceeds two and
half million pounds great increase from last year
and the revenue to the Government reached the sun
of SIX hundred and ninety thousand Two hundred and
serenty-seren dollars.
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ACCIDENT At MEAruIs.-ou the 10Th, Capt George
Daya inspector Of hnlis at the port Of Memphis fell
from piazza and injured himself severely that no
hopes are entertained Of his recovery.
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LEFT ovr y the The House Of Repre-
sentaves on the 22d inst, refesedby vote of 81 to
~ e admit to seat in that body Mr. j. III. Oliver.
representative elect from the new parish OF Richland:
moreover the Constitution did provide for but 1o1
representatives, the present number elected
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WHAT DoEs IT hEAS?-We clip the following from
the New Orleans Bulletin, Of the 23d:
The officers aud members Of the Chamber of Com.
MERGE are requested 70 De present this evening 26th
ihss, ~ tocoek, to hear suggestion from Gen Dock
cry in regard the navigation of the onachita river
py locks and dans to perfect the connection W4a tae
upper Red River eoantry
do IT, = = a't'a ~
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Don't LIKE 'EN.The Cincinnati Commercials
Washington correspondent (Radical) is not avorably
impressed with the appearance ana bearing Of the Sen
atofs and Representatives from the South, of whom
he speaks rs gentlemen of the hand baggage" Of
whom 30 amount Of certificates of election and for
naltics Of an oath can make real NJ. Cs" He con
clpdes decidedly unAaterng notice Of them as fol-
lows - Better cut the South into provinces, and give
them military Governors to keep the peace until tile
negro is educated the white master subdued, and time
the cousolcr, heals the wounds of war, than thus to
make earisatare Of representative government. syl
stlisay oussesvea
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SPECULATION IN oP4GA.--A New York exchange says
the Specializing fever has reached the drug business,
and now we see chronicled corner in opium
Several large importing houses in New York have run
the price up to the neighborlood of So per pound
(gold1 have bought up all that is to arrive, and hope
to profit enormously by their speculation. Il IL said
that ono house, the leaders in this movements have
imported all the Smyrna opium that they could find
in that market, and had tlockeeu in tlerstore, wait
ing for good opportunity to sell ana realise hand
some figure
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.E>Sss@

In this city the morning of the 1st inst. at half
past9 o'clock, in the 2lst year of her age, MAMIE
ROOTS wife Of T. NJ CLANCY, late of starrville Tex.
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joHA G. BREcXINRiDGE.-The Cincinnati CONNER
eial Of tile 23d, says letter from john G. Breckia-
ridge, dated Niagara, Ontario, January Is, has been
received by of his friends in Columbus, Georgia.
Breckenridge says: 81 hope to leave Canada in a
few weeks and return to my former homcs The fol-
lowing incdentis also mentioned about his colored
servant; /" Thomas went sithme to Cuba. He gazed
OH the Atlantic occan with amazement, and was ID
great terror when We launched our little boat but his
fidelity proved STRONGER Than his Fears and he embark
ed with me. ! succeeded IN sending him back to his
friends from Havana although he wished to remain
with me- and declared thatf ever returned he would
find me out anu live with me- Tie last heard Of
him. be was solicited to become candidate for
convention III Arkansas, but after inaairing what
convention was, he declined the honoE.s IA
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TnE BossIER R1orG&s PARpoNRp- The New Or
leans Pcagnne says the Governor has parloned With
The advice aud consent Of the Senate the t!rtS-tw
freedmen VINO were convicted Of riot ii Bosscr The
present statute law Of the State is it seems, defective
IN not providing for this offence, and then it was
shown that the freedmen in question were very gno-
rant people and were led into this difficulty by some
Of those "debased whites" against whom the Demo
cratic Central Committee warned the community, who
slipped out OF it themselves, and left the freedmen
With the bag to hold
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ARKAssAsA Little Rock dispatch says The Legis-
atrre will probably adjourn the 18th Of February,
as the members are nesep.ited to any d = after
hat date
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w II. McCardle retres from the editorial manage
meut Of the Vieksburg Times, IN his farewell ad-
dress to its readers he saya: If in drnouncng the
wrong and unfolding the right-if il defending the
weak and defyng the strong, have strengthened and
encouraged but one human heart have not lived Or
abored in vain. In the future as in the past, shall
be tpuud the incorporating enemy Of oil tyranny
and all tyrants, aud though scvermy connection from
this Journal shall not be idle locker OH where the IN
terests and the honor Of Mississippi involved On
all proper occasions shall speak and write as becomes
man, regardless Of all personal consequences.
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New ASs.-The blu sboiisAing the present city
government of New Orleans and substituting pro,i
sona government, killed dead as a door nail in
the lower house on the 9th nit.
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WR4gHEE.-Thc weather Monday forenoon was the
most eNecrabe we ever before experienced in this vi
entity. Early in the morning We had a very Heavy
thunder storm which lasted four hours the rain pouring
down in torrents About half past ten in the morning
it was dark, that in well lighted Office, we
hid to have recourse to gass light. Tie conductor
the rB from Marshall informed lis that six miles from
thSplace at 10 o'clock, a. NJ, it WAS so da, that the
engineer could not twenty feet ahead and that The
chickens in the vicinity wentsto roost. Towards mid
day the elements appeared to have run their riot, aud
smmefea down. The balance of the day was compar.
atyeg pleasant
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Persons Wishing to Purchase the latest and
best music and nuscu instruments will find to their
advantage to send their orders to my address. Ny
practical knowledge in this line gives me the very best
facilities for selecting these articles will also attend
to orders for books stationery stamped paper period
icals guns, hunting material, jewery, gloves, and all
articles that can be sent by mall &c. Having access
to the best stocks of these classes Of merchandise to
select from in New Orleans, it viii give me pleasure
buy and send the articles ordered exactly according
to Instructions and at the regular store prices Refer
to editor Shreveport South Western.
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BEEF! BEEF by reference to advertisement
in another column it will be seen that /. X. Taylor
Co. corner Of Crockett street and the evee are agents
for the sale Of beef, packed by q 'ioEsr = Co.
at the pacsery, just beow ts city. This is a home
enterprise aud worthy the,patronase of our planters
For prices see advertisement.
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Vlc1sRURG, SHREVEPORT AND TExas RAILEo rs -
The Madison Mail is informed by the contractors
Massrs. Sawyer Goodhue, that work oh The yseks
burg Shreveport and Texas Railroad is being rapidly
pushed fofsaFd and that BY the LIST Of March the iron
horse" will steam through Madison parish from Vieks
burg to Monroe VA ANY, .-
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Perfect Sewing HEachine-Weox & Gibbs
Silent Twisted Loop Stitch, with hemmer Teller and
braider all for SO and s65 1t always works at
ments notice, and stops. Prices reduced to su
the times. For sale by P. H. kIES & CO.,
jal6 luld3mwl z-.z-s Shreveport, La
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CorroN RECEIPTS. The receipts of cotton at this
port for the month Of January reached 1858 bales,
against 1887 for the corresponding month last Year
The RECEIPTS SINCE the lst of September up S.
038 bales, against 10, O92 Ear the corresponding time
last year Stock hatd last night not cleared, 6, 1863
bales. The receipts last year at this point from the
interior were only IS 900 bales. From present ap
pearences the receipts this year will reach IS 600 bales
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the Shreveport SouthWestern has too mnci, late
aud reliable news i'll il to travel far without oett;pa
picked up. We seldom see one Of the Dailes Con1n't
II be disguised SO it would pass to its destination?
Rural Times.
we can assure our contemporary that the Daily is
natIea to bun regularly, but We suppose some news
paper thief the meanest in the deck, gobbes it up
u future we will do tup in copy Of the Louisiana
Baptist and we think it will be apt to 20 through.
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PRoFTs OF Truck FARNERs.-The secretary of the
Pomological Society Of Norfolk county, Va, makes
the following report Of the number, variety ndquan
tity Of fruits and vegetables raised in that eoany dur
ing 1868, and shipped to and sold in Northern
kets the whole netting the handsome sun &C 81, oa3,
200: 100 900 baskets strawberries 50 GOO barrels po-
tatoes, 10000 barrels peas, 900 barrels snaps $780,
600 heads cabbage 90 600 barrels cucumbers 10000
boxes tomatoes, 5000 barrels squashes, 2ooo barrels
beets. 10000 punches radishes, 100000 cantelopes
end 80, O00 watermelons
Cry AND STATE BoSDs.-The New Orleans Times
of the 26th says the sales Of the evening board the
day before, embraced $4,000 Of past due coupons Of
State bonds at sal, $500 city ten per cent bonds at
e5a s25, 900 city notes at a04 discount.
GEN MoWER ArpolSlRB 70 THE CoNaANpoF Louis
IAsA.-The New Orleans Ficayune of the Esd says:
Gen. Mower, recently appointed to the command Of
the District of Louisiana, expected to arrive from
Ship Island any moment. To those who have been
looking forward with no very pieasurable emotions to
the arrival of the a0th Regiment, {colored Infantry,
we say that oAy the headquarters Of tile regiment
will be removed to this city-the men themselves re-
naming at their agreeable quarters Oh Ship Island,
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.peea! Of the New Orleans Times, says there s no
doubt that Mr. Roatwelrs bill to provide for universal
suffrage in all the States will fail. The Ohio dtlcga-
CATION in tie House viii vote solidly against it, The
Republican members having 50 decided IN caucus last
Friday night, and many other Republican members
having declared their opposition to the BILL tits be-
lieved, however, that the resolution to amend the
Constitution 50 to universal suffrage will pass
duriag the present session.
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I IsTrpx., RrvExt-E nFe5s,o,=. Eo,stha !, .4 80
- ~ '''s is'ess nun
Der OF the Internal eyenes seeofa dated January g
we eopy.:
Ifre Gallon Packages Of So; .;tsyt !, o,,, hon
the capacity of cask or nacIaoe Of ds,;ed srirt.
filled for shipment or sale or delivery on the nrsn,ss
of A recti6er wholesale l;fno,e aaa. ~
exceeds five gallons that i can Be forfeirea 10 ill.,
United States for having on the promper stamps
packages containing less than Gve g,o,s nsd ala
therefore be inspected, gagged OF stamped in the man
ner prescribed.
f I naase reason Fora change
Wholesale liquor dealer Or =, sse,ef
needno be inspected or gagged butin add 10
the former marks tmnst be stamped with either tie
The facts IN the eas = stamp according
Tie s. Per Diem 1ar.-The - NO. ,1am
posed disIeries must he paid for every ,st;iiru
however small It's capacity When the capacity for
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LEGIsLArrEE.-We copy as follows from lie nro.
ceedihgs of the House on the Esd:
=, house ol NO. le.-An act for the relief Of John ]
Senate bill W. 26An act for the relief IL Rabert
T. Carr sheriE and State tax collector of Desoto parish
was taken Up On is third reading and finally passed
by a vote Of SO ayes to II nays
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.LEGsLATURE.-In the Senate Gu eae 10th. the bill
70 extend the tine for paying the PEI cent. tax to
the hFst Ct April, levied to pay past dee couaona and
other evidences of Indebtedness, was passed
In the House on the day, tile Chairman Of the
Committee on Ways and Means reported adversely on
House bill No - authorizing the State tax collectors
to collect the back taxes. The bill was indefinitely
postponed
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Mo2E OF THE Worms OF THE GLtnE.-The New Or
leans Picayune Of the 2ad is panied to announce the
death of Robert Richardson, nephew of es Governor
Wells another Of the victims Of tile Glide explosion.
fhe deceased, who WAS native of Rapides parish and
quite young man, died tt the ST. Charles Hotel yes
terday This is the sixteenth death which has occurred
frem this explosion.
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;. B. Lewis, No. Texas street, the largest deal
IN boots and shoes in this section of the country has
full and complete stock just received from the North
Sec adYertise ment
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the New Orleans Times OF the 18th: =-H.0 -: ..2
In the per cent tax case, decided yesterday D!
Judge Collins Messrs Breaux and Eenner, Campbell
Spofora and Campbell present the following as .h'
grounds mon which the validity of the law imposing
this tax is questioned:
l. That the law not passed With the formative!
required by the constitution.
2. That It is retroactive, and therefore expressly
forbidden by the constitution.
s. Il is not equal and uniform, ana does not tag I'd
propertyin proportion to its vane to he aseeftanec
by law rs prescribed by the constitution.
These propositions argued with mastery ability
in The brief for plaintiffs in INJUNCTION, and appear tG
have carried conviction to the mind OF one OF the
ablest Of our judges
The special one per cent. tax was, in other words
pronounced unconstitutional by Judge Collins, of the
Seventh District Court
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Cheap Light-Messrs. Tandy & Morton, on the
Levee offering superior article of coal oil at so
cents per gallon If this not the cheapest light ex
tant, then are no judge. $50, jag DIFF
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Cation

Thetemphis Appeal believes that Cotton is King, !"
and that today he is in full possession Of all bis old
time authority and sway, except to the planter. Our
contemporary argues that him he never can again CON
troll ard adds. the year out Of which we have just
emerged is memorable for the lesson it carries with it,
to be Inscribed for lie benefit Of coming generations
the tablet Of tme Lesson that tells Of bankruptcy
prevented by the crops of cora Of wheat, of potatoes
and other vegetables, grown, reaped and gathered in
such abuudar ce in our Southern country as saved to
it, people millions Of dollars that would for supplies,
have found only in the Golfers of the Northwest
So well has this leeson been learned by the planters Of
the South effective is its influence upon them that
we do not believe there can be found, even one, SO
wully blind rs that he will day. deliberately pre-
pare bis ground for cotton alone aud ignore It. They
meat that they night have raised themselves 10 bc
tempted TO an exclusive cultivation of cotton They
haze seen how easy it is for them by raising their
supplies to control the sale Of the cotton they grow
surplus erGT; and the benefits aecrnng to them from
so holding TOO recent not TO lie Of weight in de-
tciinnng their for the year $50; year from
which, with fair weather ard the growth Of good negh
boIf3ood and peace, we ali anticipate much. The
platter although expecting TO sell his remaining bales
of cotton at perhaps thirtyfve gents, will be lee!
into the fatal blunders Of other Yeas and ignoring
his true interests, cultivate the staple" alone. He is
master OF tie situation now, and he expects to remain
Hence, he will raise FIRST what he wants for plan
tation sHraics for lone ard hut FOR man and beast,
and % that he will pay particular attention; after which
he will cultivate what cotton fields he can. We have
Hv fears Of tIy otiIer by fInters. They
are generally shrewd and practical men, who once
having learned lesson are not likely to forget it.
Failure and disaster from 1861 to 1863 inclusive are
burned in upon theft hearts deeply to be
forgotten. In the last year they learned how to re-
hieve those years. TO that purpose and effect they
working in Ills year of grace. The city looks out
to them and prays they may be successful
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WANT THEIR DISABILITIES RENoyEn-Tle New Or
leans Pieayune says NJ. Harris, Senator from Loui5l-
ana has introduced into the United States Senate
Pill 70 remove the political and legal disabilities OF the
following citizens of this State York Saunders u.
Oliver, G. Spencer Mayo, orren Mayo, D. L. Rivers,
John 3. Robertson, j. D. Watkins and y. D. blaeh'.-
stoae.
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FREE hAskErs.-0a the 18th ult., an act was intro
dneed into the Lower House of State Legislature,
authesstns al persons to open and keep open all
hours OF the day throughout the State Of louisiana
the parish Of Orleans excepted, private markets for
the sale Of meats game poultry etc, which was after
ITS second reading, referred to the Conmiitee on Ways
and Means
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SHRIEV-E 1PORI7:

THE OsE Pm CEsr TAx.-We copy as follows frnn
the New Orleans Times Of the 9th: 4sM. g 10
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.'ls5zs l. u. SAGLE.
dill d&Wtf City Hotel, New Orleans, La.
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FROM NEW ORLEANS.
FRQM EUROPE.

New ORLEANS, Feb. 2.-Departed for Red Riyt
Caroline.
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Family Gfoceries-M Kaufman Jr has recently
opened at the corner OF Texas and Market streets
Family Grocery, where he keeps full and complete
assortment Of Groceries, embracing Flour Bacon
Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Candles, Soap, Starch &C. &c.
which he is selling at the very lowest market prices
Every article is guaranteed as represented. als If
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from the Louisville Courier-J ournal:
On Tuesday Dr.. Mcbride who has figured conspic-
uously for the past few days before the newspaper
public before the courts Lexington. verdict
Of one cent rendered in favor ofthe Doctor, but
rsshman in giving in his testimony let the cat
of the bag BY saying that he had seen the Doctor
PLAYING faro, Whereupon be was arrested ard placed
in ail in default of bail.
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GR4Sr on RErREscH4ENr.A Washington CORE
spondent says that u conversations on the 10th, with
tie New Workers, Cen Grant again expressed himself
tyor Of vigorous retrenchment in the public expen
ditures and his opposition 10 granting any sub
sides the Pacific railroads present 0neline was
enough in the condition Of the public debt, and be be-
cycd that legislation should be directed fnan
cal matters. He talked freely this and other
aers
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PUBLIC MEETING AT kEACHI.-Ata meeting Of the
citizens of Keachi and vicinity. the following resou-
tons unanimously passed and signed, January
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I. =. FULLILoVE, Secretary. 9 77T1797E1- -.
}. NJ. Foster 7. N. Gatin, E. Cherry, A. B. Crow
der, J. G. Fullilove, IL. Adams, O. j. Foster D.
S. Wells R r Walters, j. J. Fullilove, W. r. Foster,
". Spell WI Crowder, ]. W. Crowder, H. c. Adams,
W. r.. Ward Joe Williams, u. B. Adams Y. W.
Graves, ST., Y ". Graves, Jr., Il. ]. Harris, C, r.
Harris, H. f. Fallilove. + Y. Doke II. G. Mccall, n
Dick, d. A. Simmons F.J, Harrison, c. B. Council,
D. a. Mccall, j. NJ. Woodwortl,, r, L. Cherry, D. NJ.
Murdock, j. e. Christian ]. s. Cooper.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

just received and for salc-Eighty dozen A
No. hog skin Plow Collars sixty dozen red-top root
Hanes, and fifty dozen hand-stitched Pillow Brides
Come and see me, at No. 81 Texas street. above the
Market House. | am selling those goods cheap!
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