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OLD AND New IssUE-Another Contrast.-lf the
taxpayers parishes have PAID oate warrants,
to the same extent, in proportion to the amount OF
their taxes, as the parish of Caddo land rea-
for doubling this the number of these warrants ex-
coed the estimate of that blind creduity the Radicals
would have us exhibit towards all their acts in consid
Grafton of their benign intentions, and the purity of
the party formed on " moral deas.n Here is the State
of Louisiana reconstructed Chat significant term will
ally itself with some other and not very ereditable
words in history and its certificates Of Indebtedness
are so numerous that one is compelled to believe an
old issue is supplanted by issue-that there is
some convenient arrangement for their mandatory
After four years of peace "a blessed peace the GER
tifcates of State Indebtedness worth twenty
per cent DISCOUNTS crops diminished more than fifty
per cent and yet the innocent world and the rest of
mankind are expected to jubilate over the immense
advantages incurred by the Northern conquest. Along
with these truths and to be contrasted with them it
should be borne in mind that while the public treasury
is thus depleted, it is notorious that public officials
(mangy dogs driven from Northern homes in search Of
bones) growing suddenly and wonderfully rich
Alas for the goose that suffers itself picked by the
hands of Radicalism -.----.
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FROM HAVANA,

HAVANA, August 1o.-Gen. Lesquea is here sick.
Convoy of provisions reached Los Tuns, relieving
starving garrison Troops surprised and killed forty
insurgents near Desangatos
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chinese-ys. Freedmen.

Editor South w esterh - - ~ ~,
nortation of Chinese in our Southern country ana
knowing little of those celestial beings VIII tnah
YOU to give me hearing on the subject.
The first meal ate in California was ai',n M.
in San Francisco on the last day OF August 1913. @
cooks walters and proprietor, were all Cinnamon. me
dinner consisted Of boiled ham, leg OF mutton caper
sauce bects turnips onions, fine bakers pfeau ~. ,
and far seven years afterwards was thrown more OF
less in their society, employing them, ana 1luls WIN
them and can say from my experience, tEey are very
Industrious and reliable, possessing lar more Gu
w., th. oar freedmen splendid workers, learn rapid
w. and take an interest in what they are DONG, aso
live on less food The men are generaly goou GooAs'
washers and ironers carry enormous ioaus "n isss
trouble than people, also less Troublesome
little or no liquor They gamble al
moments using coin similar to our nckle, WIN .
SQUARE hole in the centre They very little about
running about from place to place. attending 10
busnessr but always at home, living IN gangs
OPIUM and gambling with their COIN FAKE reaaly 70
agricultural persus well adapted to cuitlVate our
cotton, corn and sugar
Havana, on the Matansas road. He works slxty.hVe
coolies some thirty of them purchased at
credit He writes that after the first few days ne mas
no trouble with them, and IN fact hnds theh ia. gu
peror to his old slaves in Louisiana Ihey cultivate
the lard drive the teams, fire up make sugar, only
requiring white person to manage the engine anu
they are his house servants. He has store on the
place where the coolies purchase what they wish every
Thursday and Saturday Has had them since 1866,
and is contented with them
do say let them come, we have plenty OF and, anu
require more labor which must have
In 1863 and 1864 had goodly number OF them at
work on Murderers Bar and Iowa Hll Placer county
California, and found them aquiet orderly set Whilst
the English and Yankee miners were drinking, gam
bling, and fighting in the towns at night, my Chinese
were at home in their tents cooking, washing, drink
inn taoa ,d m.TheV part
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Dr. Boehm, celebrated German surgeon, has just
performed the operation of separating two female chill
dren hive years of age who Joined together in the
same manner as the Siamese twins. The German pa
pers state that the operation attended with perfect
success but one of the patients seems to have died
the same day The survivor is in good health.
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Crops IN NORTHERN TExAs.-A correspondent writes

CROPS N NORTHERN TExAs.A correspondent writes
as follows, to the Sherman Courier.
have recently made tour through Fanniu, Hunt,
Hopkins and Lamar counties and evidences of pros
perty all through the country are truly gratifying
crops were never more promising, and the amount of
land in cultivation exceeds that of any former year.
notice that almost every farmer has enlarged his farm
and great many new farms have been opened Every
body is at work-there are no oilers -
found one man, for instance, who was not able to
save his oat crop because he could get any to
cut them; he had offered three dollars per day, in
specie and yet could find one to do his work Every
body was busy with their own crops As another in
deaton OF Improvement Inoee that almost every man
planting out an orchard; great many building
new houses, o. repairing the old with View to comfort
and convenience digging wells instead Of the old Tex
as plan of hauling water etc all of which leads me
to conclude not only that there is general spirit of
improvement in the country, buta!so determination
to ednce good out of seeming evil. Z 1870
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PHILIP ALLEN. Agent Mansfield, Louisiana.
Mr.. E. C. Foar is our dolly authorised agent for Lew
isviile, Arkansas.
Taos. MCINTYRE, of New Orleans is our only duly
authorized agent to receive subscriptions and adver
tsements in that city.
Mr. JoHN G. LOVE Mnden, La, is duly authorized to
receipt for subscriptions
Mr. F. L. LowERy, Starrville, is duly authorised to
receive and receipt for subscriptions in Smith county
Texas. and the counties surrounding.
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mond died worth $4,000; little over $3.50 900 81
which was in real estate and the balance in personal
property.
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STRONG FlGUREs.-A negro preacher is reported by
one of exchanges 10 have said "If man was
as mean gar-broth thiestned With dog-ticks, God
this. The paper adds
Another negro at the same. meeting describing
the saint sinner sheep and goat gets off the fol-
lowing Jist think NV the sheep on de right and de
goats on De left and Gabriel whispering in Jesus Chriss
ear to stick de fire to de letf.n zs
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strong point against Chinese immigration is made
by victim who don't want any Of "the cusses who in
vented fre-crackersp around him.
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The CRIMINAL AND THE VIcTIM.--In the present
embarrassment Of their affairs, with the little option
they have now. as free people, we hope our Texas
neighbors will take comfort from this memorable pas
sage, which we quote from celebrated writer:
"Calamities may be inflicted by others, but no people
can be degraded except by their own acts. The for
eign spoier works mischief; he cannot shame.
With nations as with individuals dishonered
if they are true to themselves Spain, during the
present century, has been plundered and oppressed,
and the opprobrium lights the robbers not on the
robbed She has been oyerrun by brutal and licen-
tous sodery her fields laid waste, her towns sacked
her villages burned 1t is the criminal rather than
to the victim that the ignominy Of these acts must be-
long" Texas has been kept out of the doubtful ben
ets of reconstruction, by the national authority, and
for what purpose, no sane man can deny. Simply to
make Texas feel the power of oppression, and through
oppression to force Radcasm upon her. Has Texas
been at war with the United States for the last four
years? And what blessings Of peace has she enjoyed
in that time2 Capable judges have been removed to
make way for the supple tools ofpower whose ignorance
and nefciency have been made as they designed
to be made the plausible pretexts for drumhead courts
martia-under the usual plea of tyranny, that
sty required them. Thenecessty provoked to ex-
cuse the tyranny-tFe tyranny employed, first to de-
morase the people, and second to secure party ends
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ANTHONY VERSUS SPRAGUE.-A piece Of gossip is
floating around Washington that Senator Anthony has
requested from the War Department copies Of all let
tiers written by Senator sprague containing charges
against officers in the Rhode Island regiments during
the recent war; whereby many Of them suspended
and purposes using them against sprague during the
next session of Congress 1t is understood that Sen
ator Anthony will, next winter, open out vigorous
fight on sprague in the Senate, and indications are
ia vorabe for lively time between the Rhode Island
Senators when Congress again meets.
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THE CHOICE AND Duty OF TExANs.-What Texas is
required to do condition precedent to reentering
the Union, Texas cannot avoid doing. There there
fore degradation in obeying power backed by su
peror force. But what Texas do, to protect her
interests and to preserve her own honor that she
is obliged to do by every consideration of honor and
Of interest. Texas cannot enter the Union again,
without the adoption Of the present constitution with
out the adoption of the fifteenth amendment, without
indeed literal compliance with the acts of recon-
struction These things Texas cannot fail to do with
out mourning further evils without mourning the per-
petuaton of military rule, without mourning military
commissions and without continuing her present an
archie conditions. 1t is BETTER therefore, that she
should comply with congressional requirements But
in so DOING she has the choice of acting through we'll
known responsible and old citizens, who, in obeying
these requirements act in obedience to superior power
and who do not love the hand that smtes approve
the dictates of its yranny-or of taking up with for
egn carpetbaggers, or worse than either, of embrac
ing native scalawags who have sold out to them.
When the duty of mere compliance is fulfilled, the
Legislation Of that empire State with its imperial inter-
ests is to be confded to its Legislature. Shall Conser
vatives Radicals control this legislation is the sim
pie question:? Profit by the experience of Louisiana
which failed to elect her citizens and all o: whose
legislation has been devoted to the single interests of
party embttered against her people, and whose Off
cia corruption Judge Campbell in the recent slaugh
House said, emitted greater stencil than any
slaughter pen in this any other country gave
forth We have elsewhere said, we love the State of
Texas and love its people-they our neighbors,
they are our friends and may God protect them against
such counses as would surrender the State to the u
ira Radicals. s. oEg.M y=a s##@
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TOBACCO MANDATORY SE1zEp.-The New Orleans
Republican Of the Goth says that Internal Revenue
Collector sockdalc has seized the tobacco mandatory
Of Messrs. Graugnard & Schneider, No. 50 Commerce
street. for violation Of provisions Of the internal
nue. law,
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John AND SAMBo.n-The Memphis Appeal says
the negroes in that vicinity very much exercised
the prospect Of Chinese labor, and some Of them are
loud mouthed in their threats of what they intend to
when the Chinese come to town
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CALtFoRN1A.-The Louisville Courier Journal of d
late date says there anomalous state of affairs in
the State of California. On the hand, see la
borers striking because their wages are too low and
on the other, we behold mines abandoned, machinery
motionless, mills and factories mute railroads ncom
plete and workshops closed. because the owners can
not afford to pay present wages. Meanwhile the Chi
nese who would do all the work at half the present
wages and do it WELL striking except with their
hammers, axes and malets are peted in the streets
and taxed for the right to work.
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WH1sKY.-We clip as follows from the New Orleans
Republican Of the 3oth: Under the administration
of honest internal revenue officials in New Orleans,
Cincinnati whisky has advanced here within the last
sixty days from eightyfve cents to one dollar and if
teen cents per gallon There Illicit distilleries
here to undersell those who pay the internal
enue dues required by law"
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UNITED STATES CREDIT sABRoAD.-A Washington
dispatch of the 25th ult to the Western press says
the result Of Boutwes administration Of the Treasury
Department appears in proposition from German
house in Frankfort to loan Government three hun
bred million dollars at FIVE per cent? which the Sec
rotary has, Of course, been obliged to decline. His
view is, that we may within year borrow all the
money want at four per cent, Or certainly at four
and half per cent, and the present indications seem
be- though it is not intended to speak in his name,
that he will next winter advise such loan for the
purpose of paying off the fve-twenties or whenever
the Government chooses to so consider them. pri.
vate letter. not to the Secretary from well advised
sources in England, expresses the opinion that bond
at four and quarter per cent easily be negotiated
in Europe within six or eight months.
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The Military Commission at jefferson.

The following is a pan.and-nk sketeh OF breFet
Col S. r. Starr, one Of the Commission, VINO @as
challenged BY the gentlemen on trial. ana was aiio"eu
to withdraw. The sketch is from the pen OF capt
Barrett, of the Harrison Flag, who lately paid Visit
to Jefferson:
Brevet Col S. H. Starr, Major Of the On Cavalry, =
yeteran, having served with distinction N the Mex
can war, and in the late unpeasantness between INC
States. He is man of advanced age mar ana WINS
kers very gray, of infexbe will, as INDICATED py
eountenance unusually stern and rlgid, ana cou'
piercing eye. By his side hung an empty coat sieese
proving, what could not fail to believe at glance
at him, that he had willingly and fearlessy plaeeo
himself where the death-dealing missiles OF comoa'
ants were mos. thicky showered. A man apparently
of the strongest passions and hence capaoe 10 an eA
traordinary degree of nourishing the most intense
feelings Of dislike, hatred and prejudice, his with
drawal from the Commission was hailed with gratn-
cation it being the almost universal conviction hat ne
was so biased and preudiced against the prisoners as
to render it moral impossbity for him to give IN ms
verdict according to the law and testimony
The following is the gst Of the challenge, and the
result, as briefly reported by the editor of the Flag
That the accused, when the trial first opened, were
wholly unac1uainted with the records OF the commls-
sioners and hence did not at that time have any
known reason to object to any member of the same
sitting in judgment their cause that the conduct OF
one Of the members during the entire progress OF the
trial, had been such to force the conviction upon
their minds that he had prudged their case, and was
so biased and preudiced against them as to eectuaily
silence the hope that he would be governed by the law
and testimony, and it became necessary, to insure
fair trial. that at that late hour in the proceedings
of the Court the continuance of Col S. II. Starr on
the commission should be challenged that the single
instance of his action during the examination of the
negro witness Smith, was sufficient proof to sustain
the charges and in addition that it certain fact
that Col Starr had been engaged in conjunction with
Gen. Buell. and others, in hunting up testimony for
the prosecution and in various ways manltesting a
nervous desire for their conviction and sentence,
When the challenge was submitted in full to the
evurt COL Starr asked that tho proceedings of tho
Court while Smith testifying be read, and when
this was done he asked permission to retire from the
commission. The Court withdrew for deliberation,
and on returning announced that the request of Col
Starr to be allowed to withdraw from the commission
was granted. The Court was then adjourned until
Monday at 10 o'clock. -z4-zsz .--.sr
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Nor THE IDENTICAL DE,r:-The Vcksburg Times
says that Judge Lewis Dent who will be the National
Republican candidate for Governor Of Mississippi
not General Dent. The General Of that name, we be-
lieye is a brother.
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A Muuiosua1 Spirit and How it Pays.

There are so many things to be done in and for
Shreveport that are not done, that is at loss to
divine the Of either the nacon, or the abortVe
attempts made towards action in other words, our
failures That nothing has been done, for instance,
towards the extension of the Streets beyond their pres
ent limits by the city fathers is matter of surprise
but that surprise gives way when reflect upon the
extent of the power in municipal authorities. Their
jurisdiction extends only to the corporate limits and
what right have they project streets beyond those
limits to project without actually opening them, even
within city limits? That is view of the question.
The purchase Of cemetery and the abandon
of the present one, are certainly necessities not
to be long postponed Why not then anticipate them
and provide for them This is pertinent question
certainly, but how answered? There is no authority
in the Council for this, any than there for the
extension of the streets The answer seems plain
enough it is true but if the lawmaking authorities
can anticipate they can only provide remedies
after the experience of evis-they must wait, suffer,
and bear all grievances, before effort to remove
them And even after this, they must wait says the
old fogy until the power is granted and the money is
on hand. And SO indeed it must be, unless we meet
the matter otherwise How then? Begin at the root.
We must cultivate more liberal municipal spirit one
that will always 60 ahead of the actual power OF the
corporation, that its largest ventures will assuredly
receive proper sanction Is this possible? 1t is ac-
tualy the state Of the in every city in the United
States characterised by the American spirit Of progress
Is necessary to make certain railroad connection
Before the authorities can act the people decide.
Look at Chicago; look at Cincinnati; look at Mem
pills. the most enerprsng city in the South, and look
at Selma, Ala, the most enterprsing town, which
lately voted $3O0,00 for railroad We must then
create municipal spirit, of which there is not one
particle in Shreveport today, and by this we mean
prlue city, city, and no living faith in its
future There is perhaps great lack Of the latter
if we consider real estate prices and improvements but
pride of place is measured by the lowest standard
of commercial competition Do you deny this9 If
So in your pride Of opinion ask you to look at the
fate of che effort to organise home insurance, company
in the face of the fact that spend nearly half million
yearly for insurance and for the benefit foreign Offices
Look at the fate of the Commercial Club, organised
primarily to cultivate social relations among all classes
and to promote the spirit of cooperation, without
which there be concert, municipal spirit, no
progress, and indeed, might add, future growth
city. -. s4. .s-.4 g. ..ra.
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CLEAN OF L1GHr,-Under this head the Monroe Tel
egraph speaks follows of the decisions of the SUI
preme Court, lately held at that place We trust the
session at Natchitoches will prove equally as favorable
to that CLEAN Of light:
In the name Of the people Of Louisiana, we thank
the Supreme Court Of the State for its decisions in the
Downes aud Jefferson City It time the fell
spirit of usurpation and encroachment of depart
ment Of the Government upon the prerogatives and
duties of another should be rebuked and put down.
TIE affairs Of State were rapidly tending toward
arhhy and chaos under the administration Of Gov.
Warmoth and the thoughtless and foolish legislation
Of the General Assembly The Supreme Court has APP
precated the danger and met it like men and Judges
should The decision in reference to Parish Courts is
also an excellent iterate, inexperienced parish
judges will now be confined to minor suits, and the
interests of large SUGGESTIONS settled in the District
Courts with right of appeal to the Supreme Court. The
Supreme Court has golden opinions from our peo-
pie during its recent term here, closed yesterday
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A DIFFICULTY IN THE STEEL TRADE.-The New
York papers learn from the Sheffield papers that there
is much excitement in England account of the diff
ference of opinion between the Sheffield exporters and
our own authorities regard to the invoice values OF
steel and finished goods exported to this country-the
Sheffield exporters continuing the standard Of the last
ten years. and our authorities contendng for ad-
vance of valuations 1t is stated that of the first
houses there stopped at once the expectation OF steel
to this country and two Of the principal firms
have given notice that they will place their workmen
on short time It also stated that several large orders
for finished goods have been eountermanded the Amer
lean Consul refusing certify the invoices at old rates