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TIE LEVEES.
Estimate of Cost of PerfeC ting
Them.

Gen. Abbott, in his report to Msj Gen.
Humphreys, makes some interesting cal
citations as To the probable cost of per-
feetfng the Ievees OF the Mississippi He
places the eOst OF perfeetiug them to
their present he gdt at S6, $40 coo. And
% fperfecting them to a proper height at
$50, 800 GOO. In concluding his report he
says:
g The cost of the Mississippi levees, ss
indicated in the flregOiBg table, would
not be trihing, but it should be remem-
bered the figures are based upon the
present inflated prices. The project can
hardly be considered beyond the limits
of iudieiOus investment, when il is re-
membered that the amount actually ex-
pended upon the Z lie Canal exceeds
S83 COO 900, and this, too, being mostly
paid 10 gold. A slight idea of the profits
Which may be anticipated, as compared
18th the necessary outlay, can be formed
from the following facts: The total area
of the bottom lands is about 30 coo squsre
miles, OF which 8 mere narrow strip
along the main stream and lls principal
tributaries and bsyous, has been hereto,
fore open 10 cultivation. Protected
against the river and properly drained,
this would render sVailsble at least
2 500 600 acres Of sugar land, or more
than double the amount heretofore
planted; about !, 900 600 acres of the best
cotton land in the world, capable Of
yielding a bale to the acre and not less
than /, eco 60 acres ofc0rn land, of uBsur-
passed and exhsustible fertility. An
expenditure Of about three dollars to the
acre (pressnt pricesl OF land actually
inside cuitivsbie by the levees, would
thus be sufficient to reclaim them from
oveIhJw. SGppOsiDg the cotton lands
alone be under cultivation, tax Of one
cent q pound fer one crop would neatly
pay the cost Of the leyees for the entire
valley -
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STATE on the fourth Tuesday after the
official PRONUNCIATION of such rstifi cation
by the military commander Of said
State.
Sec. 8. That before the States OF Vir-
ginia, Mississippi and Texas shall be ed-
nnitted to representation in Congress
their several Legislatures, which, which
may be hereafter organized, shall ratify
the 18th article, which has been proposed
by Congress to the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States.
Sec. Z. That the proceedings in any OF
said States shall not be deemed hnsl or
operate as o complete restoration thereof
until their action respectively shall be
approved by Congress.
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rom the EanntfI
JOHNSON on The SITUATION.

From the Banner
JOHNSON on THE SITUATION.
No one who could have heard Ar6rew
Johngop's spsech in front OF the court
house IN THE city Yesterday could have
heen induced. by sneers from Northern
Radical presses, to believe that the man
yss dead or dying-physically morally
or politically. These Of his felloW-Ten-
pesseesns who felt yesterday, IS Of old,
the glitter and magnetism Of his eye,
the pOWer and force of bis srgumen',
the moving elOqueBce Of his voice, car
ryfng conviction 10 its every ringing
tone, the imprt ssive esrBestnsss OF hls
manner, his evident sincerity snd hon
estv, rendered more impressive IN the
fset that he was not iD the sttitude OK
gDolitiesl candidate for office or reward,
eould for q moment have considered
these the potent Influences Of a very dead
advocate Of 8 righteous but imperiled
csuse. On the contrary, they recognize
in him still 8 wonderful vitality. No in
telIectusl OF physical weakness mani
tested itself surely, in his powerful ef
fort Of yesterday. Though doubtless
sopaew hat wearied with travel and much
recent speskiDg in the open air, for three
hours he kept that vast audience en-
chained, and, in voice aud manner,
seemed Is fresh st the close as when bk
commenced the speech. We need ndAt
at this time, c0mmsft upon the various
effective pOints of rs speech. II is pub
Ished 10 full elseW here, and el0quent!y
speaks for itself His exhaustive review
Of the national finances and the burden
OF the public debt, with bis solemn
warning TO the people; his timely and
pertinept counsel to the colored people,
who %Ved their emancipation 10 him
self: his terrible denuncistiOR OF the
Leagues and the Lssgue managers, ard
earnest protest, il the name Of repuOli-
can liberty and constitutional govern
ment, against martial law in time o.
peaee. sDd the monstF0us wrong and in
iustice Of taxation without representa-
tion, were telling points that left their
impress deepin the hesFts Of bis hearers.
We bespeak flr this speech careful and
attentive perUsal ct the hands Of every
Tennesseean, we care not what his pol
fties CT his complexion, believing Ia It to
be contained lessons worthy the calm,
impartial consideration OF every reflect
ing Dan Who is & lover OF liberty and
net the imbeeile or EBGVisn osth-bOuDd
tool OF party, clique or secret league.
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UNION CITY.
- The Events Of a Day. by Tom
Mel.

From the Dyersburg Gazette of the 10th
After breakfast, We ssuaterei over to
the RsrdLd Office and found Capt. +. e
White, young lawyer OF hue ability,
occupying the editorial eh air. We were
kindly shown over tbe town by Or. Law
ton. who has recently located 10 Union
CITY. Ga every hand we saw signs of
im Drovement. A lsrge, Furnishing es-
ts6lishment has just beea completed,
and several tasty churches we're receiving
their Flushing touches from the hands OF
skilifoi workmer. Win d English, the
lyest man iu U0iOn City, we talked
Metropolis and Mississippi River Rtil-
road with lawyer Mills and other ciu-
zsns-muchly On going into the street
we were startled to see fCEr meB rugged
out ia full Ku-Klux Tegslia visions OF
dead men fl Jated before our ey es-glSnts,
twenty feet tail, sprang out OF the earth
We thought Union CITY was about 10 go
m the spOuJ, when friend infurmsd Us
tkztthe Ku klUXes We're United States
sel7iers who had that morning fund the
re2slia slowed under q house and we're
having some sport over their captured
property. @ list reigned 10 U4iOn City
until fur D "a when nice little tracas
spFaug up, in which cit,Z Walker
shot soldier Barry in the leg and stamped
him in the face, while B Esrry shot soldier
Mclaughlin in the breast. Is ]th soldiers,
srnembsrs Of the 20-h . S. Inlsntryr
we're badly hurt. After supper, our able
frieod, DR. F. NJ. English, made one Of
bis telling railroad talks, at the court
house, to large ard attentive audience.
Later ia the evening, while sitting on
the verandsh listening to the plantation
melodies of the Metropolitan Hotel
band, the cry Of fire braught every man
TO his feet and all rushed out 10 see the
lumber kiln of the Presbyte.i q Churca
destroyed by q tme. Aud so ended cur
day in Union City-s town fortunately
located, with Improvement still going
ahead, but which will soon be killed IS
dead as q msckerel, unlets its property
owners come for yard with 8 willing
hand and eontribUts largely 20 its rail
road and local enterprises, and its clti-
zeps and business men grow more liberal
in supporting their 10 me paper.
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Sale Of Real Estate.

yuERrAS. nv the provisions OF a deed
w frfm ~ ID. Williams q Co. TO Guiseppe
Gailtno aud Bernado Cunio dated zltn Ang1s.e' e
lse5 and rseo ded in Book %, part 20. p-se -,
49, r--aatofs have reserved 10 themseiHes
snacisi Ii,n on the properly therein convey go,
1aiving all qnitiss and right OF oenptle,n, on
80 also reserying 10 theToselvas IN case OF oe-
s.it - ravment OF either or AL Of the nOtsh
ssr<Ssa@cuted hy the grantees, for the purcnase
~or,,4ev Al the maturity thereof, the power -
- - -, S,sd -aSall fbe land cOnyeyef in the saae
Sss5 snd executing 20 the purchaser gooo
80 vslid tile free from all equities or rlgnt OF
re<iefnption in the grantees alo Mhel sana -, SO
na5d We. the undersigned, granLors IN tne
aPs.~-1a mentioned deed, do, in pursuance OF the
- pthirtv days rom the date OF this, wit
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From the Press and Times. lRadicall
THE Ex.PREsIpENT,s sPEECl

The EA-EhEoADEN1 . oAAEOhs
Mr.. JOhuson's Courthouse speech last
Saturday is regarded by his frie0ds as
one Of bis strongest efforts. Ii Is more
carefully prepared than any stump
eneech be has made for some time. The
evil genius OF tUFbu.ence snd strife
seems to have inspiTed it Throughout,
and stepped lie words ia venom Il is e
compreheBsive summing up Of The in
dIcsment which the 1gciisr Of Demo
cracy byings against the r publican
psrty. We will refer to Il tomorrow.
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we will sell, on the premises. 20 the highest
tsSs,er for cash, the lot set forth in the ABOVE
3eesl Nv meets and bounds. Is follows: Be
oilinin9 at stake IN the north side OF 6ssl
street S73 feet from the tnIersee1on OF tns se.ss
ri Real tire, east (5 fe-t 10 assaksi
thence north two hundred ana n ~ szssI ~, III
north 10 a stake. theDce west anu -. Ps-a s-..aa
Uifh Beal street fifty-elSnb tool iSes -. -. -
souFh two hundred and n.Ly I'D 5es 70 oe
- Observation-Disclosures part Of block 81 SUBDIVISION
s.lata AeanPhlS ]. d. WILLIAMS a CO.
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ASSETS.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
COMPrROLLER'S OFFICE.
NAsHvILLE, January l, 1853.
l. g. w. Blackburn, Comptroller Of the Treas
ury, do hereby certify that the Home Insurance
Company, l. lted at New Haven, in the State
OF Connecli has produced to me satisfactory
evidence tn said Company has compiled with
all the req { ements of the laws of the State
OF Tenness Imposed on Insurance Compa-
nies; and 4 { rther certify that h. I. T0mliD-
son, Agent D said Company, has also COM
Piled with the require meDts Of the laws OF the
State, made and provided IN such cases;
wherefore, said Home Insurance Company
has authority to take risks and transact the
business of Insurance in this State, at Men,
pills. Tennessee.
q. W. BLACKBURN,
Comptroller OF Tennessee.
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.TOHN REED,

r,AePrNTER AND BUILDER. No. 81 Iefer-
{ -on street. entrance IN alley. Speclsi -
ess,-, givan 70 stair work. HouRP~ @7o 70
ssdahs framed rssdy for zctpfinsf inoF1
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ra hereby given o al parties interested that
| IwiiI. at the May Term, 1853, Of the Cou ~
ssourt of shelby ceunty, State OF Tennessee,
snniv for letters Of administration upon tne
e.tats OF Mrs. Elizabeth senytns decea. e,
ap2 Js n q 0AA4A<As<e~@sN- -
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amus.mmts. &,.

BRoADwAY TnHATrR.-Ths Evening 'l.-A Play
hSms
BRYANT NEw MINSTREL HNt. Tanmany Bnid-
~, FouFiceni L adjoining Academy OF Nusclls EFe..ns IL
ITavslore -" Gc.etee &c Elsrt' Pei, tie Gensd-AmN
bTysBtS Mnsircis-De Soils. TIE Infant Tenor
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGN.-DaY and Even
ing-ENliidlon of Pictures 90 Sculpture
NEw-ioUK CmCUs, Forteenlh-st.-This Evening
At II" Blue Bes TuqucFlaBc" bsTsy Of Athletic Skill
Melville. Roald. htck.rv,
NEw-YOHK THEATTR.-Tlis Evening at S.-"Ihe
Field Of the Cloth fGoA" Moreh sisters
NIBLos GARDEN.-Ths Evening at After
DArti or London o., y zlL"
OLYMPIC THEATER.-This Evening at S.-"Humpty
Duinpty" 6. T. FIX. Nile. SaugalL ETC
PIXIES OpEEA HoUsE-This Evening at s.-"La
Pehchoe" Mile lrua.
SAN FRANcIsCO MNSTREIs, No. SIS Broadway
1his Bveu.ue.-" Bouo squash Diah.'
SNEDRCOE's ART GALLERY. No. 76S Broadway
This Day.-Frcs kKbbiou Of Paintings All Chioa's
THEATRE FRANCAIs.-Ihis Eyening-Opera bouue
-" L0i CiryG"
The TAMMANY. -Tammany Hall, Fourteenth-st.-
This Evening az H.
WAIIACK's TuHATTR. - lhs Evening al g.
She Stops 90 Conquer Lester WALLACE
Noop's MUSEUM AND METROPOLITAN THF tTER,
pre, wsv and Eva D. Er8anii or The Horn
Of the Qset Famis" Throughout tie DAlhe 81,
hngrr F,c tuaoH aud Grand Mcssee OF hUug "IN
AHimAlL
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| GO 900 appointments, which, owing TO the multi
plicity of more important business, he can only
| attend to by obeying the Interested dictation
! of Members of Congress or whether his powers
would not be aided in the efficiency OF their
nerformance by having the applicants for all
these offices examined as to character, compe-
tency, and fitness, by the Civil Service bureau
In other words is the appointment Oh I'LL 'nese
officials by an underlined, unsworn, lrresponsipie'
secret unofficial, self constituted ana not Always
honorable company of politicians, acting ony
with reference to their private ends, Det'er anu
wiser than their appointment by HEADS Oh Dc-
partments after due examination by pubic, OIL
fiicial, responsible, sworn Civil Service Bureau
acting with the motive of achieving ana main
tanning q reputation for usefulness, economy,
and integrity? We believe Presidents actuai
power, for every other purpose than to use the
appointments as a means to buy himself second
tenn, would be vastly strengthened by the Clvii
Service bill. And good President would De
far more likely to obtain n second term through
the unbouglt credit which the due enforcement
of the Civil Service bill, as law, would confer
on his administration than through all the
manenvering he could effect through the power
over appointments heretofore exercised by
Members of Congress.
The Tenure of. Ciyil-0fiicc law only affects
the officers, numbering abont four thousand,
who are appointed by the President by and
"wth the advice and consent of the Senate"
and who are not affected by the Civil Service
bill. The removal of existing officers and the
appointment of new ones for these places will
REQUIRE that the Senate only shall remain In
session for month or two after the inaugu-
ration of the new President There is no
reason to believe that the Senate will refuse
to consent to any removal President Grant
NAV ask or that they will even require any
reasons to be given, or in the slightest degree
impede the execution of the Executive pur-
pose. So far from this, the doubt will be
whether the impotence of the Senate for a
clean sweep will not outstrip the speed of the
Executive broom. The same confidence in
President Grant which would confer on him
the power TO remove officers without the Sen
ate's consent would with far more dignity and
grace be expressed by the Senate's consent to
his removals
We do not Sec therefore, that President
Grants actual power over appointments ana
removals will be interfered with by the Tenure
of Office law now in force, or impaired by the
passage OF the Civil Service bill. We believe
he will be grateful for any and all laws whose
operation will tend to purify and strengthen
his administration At all events, VIC shall
wait until President Grant himself asks the
repeal of the Tenure Of Office act, and explains
wherein il will impede his progress.
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Most of the salt used in the Western and
Southern States which lie on the Mississippi
River is known rs Liverpool salt, and it comes
first to NewOrleans. A considerable part,
however, has been made the kanawha
River, whence it was shipped into the Ohio
for the supply of Southern Ohio, Indiana, and
Kentucky; but the supply of late years has
diminished. That part of the West reached
by the Great Lakes has received immense
quantities of 0nondaga salt, but lately Mich
igan has entered the market as a competitor of
10 mean pretensions 1t has been known for
several years that there was a most wonderful
deposit of salt in Louisiana; and now, since
this has been proved actually to be the case, 1t
is still more wonderful that it was not drawn
upon to supply the Mississippi country. The
locality referred to is on an island known as
Petite Anse in the Parish of st. Mary, 80 miles
westward from New0rleans, about mile and
a half from navigable salt water, and some
thing farther from the railroad running from
New-0rleans to Opelousas. The Bay OF
Atchafalaya lies II few miles to the south, and
the adjacent country is similar to prairie,
while it is but a few feet above the level of
the sea. The island contains about 1900 acres,
and it rises gradually hundred feet or more,
while the salt is found only ten or twelve feet
below the surface. From analysis made at
various times by several chemists, this mineral
has been declared to contain 95 per cent. OF
chloride of sodium, or common salt. It is
white and unstained is In irregular cubical
crystals abouta quarter of an inch in diameter,
very firm, aud has tho remarkable quality of
being able to resist moisture. In comparison
with any salt made 10y boiling, it is of superior
purity, while there is no rock salt in the world
which exccls it. In attempting to ascertain the
extent of this deposit, shafts have been sunk
to depth of fifty feet without finding limit.
During the war. the Rebels mined considerable
of it, aud at various times before and since
attempts have been made to furnish il as an
article of commerce, but owing to want of
machinery, capital, and business energy, little
or no progress was made Recently, however,
st. Louis house has entered into possession,
and, with the requisite capital and skill, they
have erected steam engines, mills, and other
works necessary for developing the property.
and the time now cannot be remote when Liv
erpool salt will cease to be brought 10 New
Orleans in cotton ships as ballast.
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THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1860 has just
gone press 1t has been extended TO IS pages apart
from advertisements and cover and contains complete
account Of Elections Of 1868 with the popular by
States Counties and in several Instances by Townships
olso and the Electoral Vote Of each State not only at
the last but at several preceding Presidential Elections
1t contains . condensed account of the Impeachment
and Trial of Andrew johnson; of the National COnven
lions, Nominations and Platforms Of the respective par
TIES letters Of the rival candidates. abstracts Of the acts
and resolves Of the present Congress at its former
sion; JohnsOn's two Amnesty Proclamatons and Sew.
ards announcing the ratification Of the XVIII Amend
ment TO the Constitution; Federal Executive, Judges OF
the Supreme Court and Members Of the XLth and also Of
the XLIst Congress, &c, &C. Though very compact this
Is the fullest annual compilation of Election Statistics
yet published 1t will be for sale at this office on Friday
jan Is. Orders by mail will be filed the order Of their
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The arrest of Mr. Bergh on the charge OF
having caused cruelty to animals would be an
excellent joke, if it were not calculated to an
noy and embanass him in the prosecution OF
most praiseworthy and little appreciated laborS.
We trust special attention may now be
given to the Dry Dock, East Broad
way, and Battery Railroad, and that the
law may be rigidly enforced against it on every
occasion. If the railway authorities could at
the same time be prosecuted for cruelty to the
animals whom they pack like herrings inside
their cars. the case would be equally as clear,
aud-such is the selfishness of human nature
much more likely to secure general coopera-
tion
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OBITU.IRT.

Dr. Jacob s. Miller, an old and respected
oi,i,an ~ ths Ninth ward died on Tuesday evening,
aged IS years lie represented the With District In the
Legislature OF 1885, and known aud respected as an
earnest and efficient worker in the cause OF temperance
throughout his life.
Frederick GroSblande of Savannah, Ga, was
instantly killed Oh the morning OF the 9Th Of January by
the accidental discharge OF pistol Mr. e.. an old
resident OF Savannah having been engaged In the Iewey
business there than is years. He was greatly
respected by his friends and tie trade.
Gen. Francis p Pierpoint. nephew of Gov.
Pcrpont Of Virginia, died at Newt Orleans OH Thursday
nj the age Of % years. the outbreak Of the Gen
Pierpoint entered the 18th Virginia Qnoin Regiment,
and was rapidly promoted 10 the rank Of Major In lJ
when the State of West Virginia formed. GOV BOrean
pressed him 20 accept the position of Adjujan General 81
the State which Office he held Until Sept. 1906 when hs
resigned, and entered Harvard Law College Here no
remained for about year studying his profession whom
returned t0 bis native state and began practice
Richie Court House. His visit To New. Orleans was
undertaken with the hope that Southern climate
would strengthen his lungs but the change MAS made
lafe.
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Have the Kentucky Courts heard of the de-
cision by Chief-Justce Chase in the Maryland
Apprenticeship lawsq The account of the sys-
TEN under which negro children are kept in
condition of practical Slavery in that State
which we print elsewhere, shows a state OF al
fairs that certainly might meet prompt rem
edy under the principles Of the Maryland de-
cision. The Kentucky Legislature respectfully
requests Congress to remove political disabill-
ties from any citizens of Kentucky imposed by
the XIVth Article of the Constitution. We do
not object but we beg these gentlemen to re-
member that they must not expect mercy with
out being ready to do justice.
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Thomas Ewing was in his day a man of
powerful intellect and commanding influence.
IL did not, however, need his remarkable letter
on the finances, which we print elsewhere, to
show that his day has passed Emerging
only occasionally Of late years from
his long retirement, he has rarely
made a fresh appearance without n
fresh blunder. The most signal OF them, per
haps, was his letter to the Ohio Democratic
Convention, giving in his adherence to Mr.
JohnsOn's Administration, and assailing the
Congressional policy of reconstruction. But
even that was credtable compared with
the astounding declaration from former
Secretary of the Treasury, that the promises
of the Treasury Department to pay in gold
the bonds it was selling, were so absurdly
worthless that no respectable lawyer wonld
plead them in a court of justice. After
making up his mind to that we can readily
see how Mr. Ewing was prepared for any
thing. 1t is no surprise, therefore, 10 find him
vehemently opposed to a resumption of specie
payments, an almost open convert to some of
the doctrines of Mr. JOhnson's financial rascal
ity, and an advocate of such refinement of
national dishonesty as wonld be in
vOlved in giving the public creditors
their choice of payment in greenbacks
or in a long three -and-a-half or four per cent
loan. Mr. Ewing dwels with needless empha.
sis on the guarantees which he would throw
around this new loan. 1t should be specifically
payable in gold :" the interest should be Sc
cured by the "absolute and enduring pledge of
"the receipts from customs :" there should be
no chance for negligent reputation, by the
failure to pass or sign an appropriation BILL"
and 10 chance for "active reputation, unless
4" the President and both Houses of Congress
"shoud concur in making themselves parties
:" TO the National dishonor." All these fine
phrases only suggest that he doth
protest too much. He assures us that
eve may safely pronounce such a
degradation impossible" We should like to
know on what grounds? When men
who in their day have been esteemed
upright and honorable statesmen are ca
pable of such monstrous propositions
when, especially, man who has himself
been Mt the head of the Treasury Department
has so lost the capacity of moral perceptions
as to seek before the country the distinction
of such views as arc expressed in this letter
of Mr.. Ewing's, we find ourselves at
loss to Judge whdt degradation may
be inpossible-Mr. Ewing may not know,
but there is surely no other eX-Secretary of
Tie Treasury who is ignorant that, if the Gov
eminent bubbles out of paying its present
bond in gold it need never seek, by such it.
Grafton of fair promises as he recites, to sell
another One fraud of that sort win settle orr
case. The chamer, charm he never SO wisely,
cannot deceive capitalists twice on that point.