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lying on the wharf waiting for her. She will
leave for New Orleans as soon 90 she gets II
aboard. The Coosa, which left Memphis on Fri
day. for Evansville, with 700 bales Of cotton was
found to be in sinking condition when near Ran.
dolpb, and was run ashore and her cargo unload.
ed. The Mary Houston will have fair start.
She received yesterday 1000 barrels of pork, 100
head of stock, $50 casks Of bacon. 100 kegs Of
lard and Q large lot Of sundries. She will leave
for New Orleans at 10 A.. N. to-day. The Legsl
Tender is the next boat in the Louisville and New
Orleans line. She leaves on Wednesday. The
case Of the steamer Imperial against the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad Is now going on at
Nashville. Il will be remembered that the Impe.
rial ran against the abutment OF the Louisville
railroad bridge In 1856. and was sunk.-(Louis-
vile Courier-J ournai. 7th. Ilirsl7
The weather continues charming. Five local
packets ct the wharf caused business to be ami
mated. The river 10 falling at the rate of nine
inches per day. The st. Louis Dispatch gets of
the following: "6sm Eutriken has companion
In misery as regards psupers. The captain of the
Alice Dean was fined 500 at Louisville few days
since for the same offense. How could they be
psupers when they were landed men !"-(vicks.
burg Times. Feb. Z. affs
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Receipts BIZ Railroads.

N 0, O& g Web. 9.-9 bales cotton to
Mouton &co-l2 W Bdrbridge &co-24 TO
S Wiltz-l0 do hhds sugar Tertrou &co--3
Jno Chafe q Bros Latte Duflho-ll bbls
molasses L Gravenburg-l4 do JAS Leake--6 do
Hare bdls pkgs and 2 bbls hides Suberbee
Gautreaux-2 do skins l pkgs do L Sure-l
bbls sugar to order-2 hides pkgs do and skin
U d Terrebonne-l75 head stock and sundries 20
order-Total Sc bales cotton hhds sugar 81 bbs
molasses
NO. RR-February s--sl bales cotton
J Williams & Soma q ] M Allen &co--62
Jno Hardie &co-34 w B Tompson-22 r I,
Adams q Son-20 Richardson & May-l7 Hunt 4
Nacauley-l6 G G Gordin-l2 jennings Gates &
COLO Payne, Huntington &co-S M 0glesby-7
Alcus, Scherck Autey-S II W Bib &co-i to
Jos hoy &co-4 Roby, Harvey &co-4 Summers
& Branins--4 J Harrison Sons Britton &
Moore-3 NJ Killer &co-2 Warren, Crawford &
COL Meyer, Deutch q Weis-l Barrett & Lesas-
se-I PowelE5 bxs hats F Bauer-3 do II
Tricou&co-l6 do Vincent &co-3 do e Benedict
Is do E Booth &co-5 do 7 Miden--33 do Guey.
dan &co-7l do Belden-3 cases tobacco Qasy-
rouze BIZ bbls whisky P Rsible--2 car load
plows Slocomb, Baldwin &co--l0 bales mds;e TO
Jno Hardie &co-l3, 200 feet lumber W Wea-
ver-S700 do A MCCONNELL car load lumber to
Q Terry-43o0 feet lumber Ruch-sO00 do T
MsIkey-sundries TO order-Total SSl bales cotton
NO, & G RR-February S-42 bales cotton
] Allen &co--29 Jno Hardie &co-27
Alcus, Scherck q Autey-2l Warren, Crawford &
co.'s Lehman, Newgass &co-l7 Campbell &
Srong-l4 M Hitler &co-l3 L Adams 4 Son
Is Powell-13 Davis & Jenkins-l2 Barrett &
Lesassier-l0 r Flowers Foster &co-9 to Jos
Hoy &co-7 Marx, Levy &co-.7 Hunt q Macau.
lay-6 Gordin-6 Richardson Mays PAYNE
CO. 8 Williams Sons 4 Nugent-3 Pritch.
ard Bckham-3 Hogan q Patton-3N G GuIlett
W A johnson &co-2 W Tompson-l Ar
thur &co-l q Addlson-Total 30s bales cotton
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| 8eeoaDes Of ProdueS.
| WASHINGTON--Steamer J G Blackford--2s
bales cotton 10 Bersud q Gibert-27 Nelson, Ian.
| phier &co-22 Barrett & Lesassier-ls q Mou.
ton &co-l6 Bloch Bros-l0 Payne, Huntington 4
colo Marx. Levy &co-.l0 W Donell-9 E F
Golsan &co-7 J Pavy &co-6 Rlsnchin Cir.
Herman &co-3N G Gullett &co Il F Theme.
mani p s Wiltz-l0 rolls leather L Bassett-3
bbls corn Payne, Huntington &co-1 keg syrup TO
Barrett d Lesassier-l0 hides M Weill-l23 hides
hid horns 80 hides and sundries L Couret-l24
SKIS cotton seed A A Msginnis-50 do S Marx-37
do Fairchild-6l head stock Pardil So do
Arceno-64 do Latiolos-1l9 hogs Gills-sundries
70 order--Total 1873 bales cotton
LOWER COAST-Steamer Crescent-20 bbls
whisky Omstead q Rickey-sundries to order
LOCKPORT-Stesmer Paynswick-ll4 bbls
nolasses / Adams &co-sundries to order
CAlRO-Steamer Maganta-l47 bales cotton to
Jos boy &co-l22 Buckner &co-77J W Person
SO Stewart, Norton &co-58 W A johnson eco
81 Morrison, Buck &co-4s Summers Branins--
Is Payne, Huntington &co-35 T II & ] N Allen &
co-s4 N Greenwood Son-29l Nelson, Lanphier
&co-26 Boyd Martin--25 Bussey &co-24 II AL
lisondco-24J Williams 4 Son-l9 Jurey Harris
IA Adams, Cockburn 4 Howe-l3 Davis Il jenkins
ID Jno Phelps &co-ll d 2 Carroll &co-ll Yeat-
man &co-n WI Robson-lo J B Hood &co-lO
Alcus. scherck q Autey-7H F Glven-7 r Flow.
er-6 Campbell Strong-5 L Adams & Sons
Winston, Morrison &co-5 K Huey &co-4 do
bale moats G Gallagher bales cotton Clinton
$ boungny q Esclapon-2 Clapp Bros &co-l T
Torian-l Penn, Pace 4 Nixon-lJ Bloom to or.
der-2 A Fl Peale &ce-75 hhds tobacco To-
rian-4 do c Roach-8 do Jno kings do
Kirkpatrick & Keith-2 do Gunther-20 bxs do
Hernsheim--s0 bbls -four 7 Torian-24O do |
Jno E King-l00 do Kirkpatrick 4 Keith-l3 do |
TO order-230 do Prudhomme Grace-4O0 do !
Keller, UPdike &co.2lo do Kennedy &co- |
$50 do Poincy & Son-42 do McKearnsrd & |
Stewart--5S4 axis oats S A Stockdale &co--2l96 |
sks corn DuSouchet &co-277 do Jno Moore |
30 do Summers 4 Branns-ll bbls whisky Kirk. |
patrick keith-ll2 do Howard 4 Preston-lsdo /
Fsirchild g. Bingham-60 bbls pork G W Byrne & |
coo do @ Buddecke &co-Se do E K Con. |
verse-30 bbls meal b Massey-lO2 do Fairchild |
4 Bingham-90 do n Kennedy zoos SKIS cot |
ton seed b Lonsdsle-220 do Kicks Hsll-2s9 |
do N Greenwood Son-so2 do . Clinton-lOO do |
Union Oh Co-ll0 do Yestmsn &co--395 do Bien.
vile ON worke-2450 d. A Maginnis-2 do NY
on WORTH bbls eggs Fairchild & Bingham-6
bxs eggs Miller Meyers do F DelBondio-3l5
bbls potatoes F Mariner-1 tc lard Jno Moore
8 do Kennedy &co-6 kegs lard Buddecke
8co-2 bbls dried apples Fslrchild d Bingham-l
bbls oil 70 order-Ss sks wheat @ A Whitney &co
bales hides do skins Bloom-l bxs mdse 10
stewart, Norton &co-l4 pkgs sundries Summers
q Branins-l bxs mdse Penn, Pace d Nixon-73
plows Is scrapers 10 swaps Slocomb, Baldwin Aco
1 pxs mdse Phelps, McCulloch &co-l pkos guns
Watkins-2 bdls sacks Bienville OH Works
sundries to order-Totsl $50 bales cotton 50 hhds
tobacco 2l57 bbls -four 1896 SKIS corn Also sks cot.
ton seed
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@rtne 5ntslIigente.

CRxscErf OyyIcz, No. IS CAxr STREET,
Wednesday. February 10. l569. !
Att Clearsd Yesterday.
Steamship Lizzie, Felsher, for Pensacola,
j O Rogers eco
Steamship W h Hewes, Trip, for Galveston,
G A Whitney &co
Steamship Virgo, Buckley, for New York,
Harris Bidwell
cteHmsnip Saxonis, Rier, FOR Hamburg via
Havana and Southampton VIM Rupert eco
Brig Lady Monk, Barrow, for Havens
Goldenbow & Kelley
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Memoranda.
poNHerIu poRrs.

New York. Feb. 3.-Arrived from New Or
leans, schr Virginia Price. Blanchard. Cleared
sSE Ss Sb!san' Rssf o HG Sss Orleans ss
ships Cortes. Nelson Biienville, Baker via Hs-
yanal Gen.: Meade. Simpson; Victor, Gates.
Loading for New Orleans, bark Veteran, Garth.
cart; brig E A Garner, Bracket.
Boston, Feb. 2.-Cleared for New Orleans.
schr Robt Dillon. Blsckford.
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Crescent, Evridge, from Lower Coast
Psynswick, Clark. from Lockport
Magenta. Hicks, from Cairo
Flicker, Dupuis, from Thibodaux
Dan Able, Gross, from Baton Rouge
Wild WAGNER, Goddin, from Natcnez
Frolic, HEM, from Natchitoches
Annie Wagley, Burton, from Washington
Mohawk and barges, Packard from ST Louis
Mary. Carroll. from Mobile
Grey Eagle, Baranco, from Lobdell's Store
rowBoArs.
Title Jewett, Folett, from the Passes--went
down light-brought up ship Lord DsIhousie
and bark Pamela
Tecumseh. Lombard, from the Passes--vent
down light-brought up ship Msgdals
y ARRIVALS AT THE NEW BASIN.
Schr Star. from Biloxi
Schr Martha N, from Pascagoula
Schr Baaceda, from Pascagoula
Schr Martha, from Horn Island
ARRIVALS AT THE OLD BASIN.
Steamer Drew Drop (Basin), from Tchefuncte
Schr Star, from Pascagouls
Schr Sea Witch, from Biloxi
Below Oening Up.
Ship India new, Pstten, p days from Bath, Ne,
TO master
Bark Glenrolock, Skene, from Liverpool Nov 2s.
to Ashbridge, Smith &co
Bark Centre de Exportacion. Ferre, from Car.
denas. In ballast. to PUG Bros
Bark Gessner, Jaburg, from Bremen. in ballast, to
Scbaefer &co-
Bark Columbia. Muller, from Antwerp, In ballast,
to Mummy, Luling Eco
Brig Mary E Rowland, Rowland, "a DAYS from
Boston, to G W Hynson &co
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OPELOUaM.
wEEKLY rAcKEr lxxr1s MAaIxr.

- WEEKLY PACKET xHrIs wAolrr
feH 1s1N - = isszin:s . sss ossss
~. Asnaolays Bve - Bayes 0ourtsblsau-.
x.sissa ssA Nm issss Nov Orleans for sSs sSov:
s s svg Wednssday Evening . O'clock and Wa
IH.JoRxs7e9. Is Old 1--we, s,r,,t
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O. DE FERRET ssls e II O'Clock A. r. at No. 50 From
Ltvee street. Third District tices saved from wreck OF
ship David Cannon; and e ct st. Charles Auction
Exchange. week Of ship David Cannon.
louis STERN . BROS. ssn, 10 O'Clock A H. ss No. 81
hAeasne and 20 oravier street, boots. shoes. etc,
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Steamship Darien, Desroques, from Havana,
TO V Perillait-3d district 35
Ship (Brit) Msgdals, Evans, from Liverpool, Dec.
2, to Maury &co-point
Ship Lord Dalhousie (Br), Ronald, from Liver
pool. to Meeker. Knox &co-point
Bark Pamela, Luther, Is days from New York, to
G A Foedick &co-point
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Lssvs EVERY sAruRDAY, as.l 6.
LOB DOUALDs0UvILLR, PA.
y 2uemine Baton Rouge Bsysu Sara Mouth Of
ked hvsr, Matches, vaSsfproof Rodnsy. n
spa orand euif vicksburg and Ill intsrmsdsts ,sod
xss1,sihs.s nassr Adolph narn and samuel iyss ciss
es Calumet and Countess Tor fsrahsschia ~ 49, -
=" nssn' saa 's'',ss 6SDPH e sGe:d ?, e
p. s.-fhs stssnsr BKILE Lrr IN 49,
and Al points between 0Essnvis and
stss G1rd rsses osnnectng q vckburg With ne
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STEAMSHIPS.
EVERYBODY.
FOR LIVERPOOL DIRECT.
To sail SATURDAY, February 18th.
E&ee. FOB LIVERPOOL DIRECT
saAiIaaGz The new Al British steamship
Captain SMITH,
viii leave her wharf Post 46. First District as above
For freight spplyto
FIR SCHROEDER CO..
81 Csrondslet street. up stairs
HAVANA.
FOE HAvANA-U. & MAIL LINE.
To san on SATURDAY, February 18th, ct O'Clock T.
fMA FOB HAvANA-U. g. MAIL LINE
S4ifn6z tn. Al Iron s...m.hl,
L. h. LIVINGSTON. Commander
WIN leave her wharf, foot of Caope street, First District
- above For freight passage apply to ~
y. W. PERKINS co. Agsnts
% Csrondelet street.
9ALvEsTOrs-INDIANOuA
MORGAN LINE U. s. MAIL STEAMERS.
FMM ron eA45LyhsToN AND INDIAN-
Asssanships form this Line:
w g. Hewes..I. Q. Harris -. Austin,
AIabsns...... .CreScen M ......... a orn,
Clinton .....Josephine.......M ssseords,l
WIN. q. Hewes,
GEO. Z. TRIP. Commander.
WIN sail from fost of St. Joseph street WEDNESDAY
February 10. at
For freight passage appiyto
y oHAS. A. WHITNEY 4 Co, Assnts
...-i t-. 50 and 81 Camp street.
Freight insured the rates adopted by thu Boa
Of Underwriters July LIST. 1868.
B-No bills ladng signed after sailing of the stssrsr
and sail on FRIDAY, February 18th
41M& FOE rExAs-
INSIDE BKRwIoK's BAY ROUTE,
NEW oRLEANS. oPELoUsAs AND GREAT wEsrKRu
RAILROAD.
s.; g: n; PR s, M
pAYs ct u O'clock Z. and the train leaving the Al
Bien Dcpot ~ H. arriving ~ braeheAr City 81 II
afns the Morgan Line stsamshps at Drasheer for
Josephine....... J. N LEWIS |
TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
n atogorda. J. J. ATKINSON
SUNDAYS AND THURSDAYa
11ckss % b had and state until ccIock
EVERY DAY Sundays exoepted the ONCE Of the On
;sny Lsa1ss On he MORNING Of ssvs1ars '' or Tie
sAM'L g. sQUIRES, Ticket Agent
g. ". h BAYLEY. supsrntsndenf
---- :
BRAZO6 SANTIAGO.
HOGAN LINE o. Q. NAIL sTKAMsHIPR
Leaves on SATURDAY. February 10th, ASK
HENa FOE BRAZ0s sANTIAoO VA q
GALvEsroN-Ths Iron steamship
I. g. Harris.
J.B. LOCKWOOD, Commander :
'm lssvs foot Of b. Joseph street. - sbsvs.
II the steamer unsbs 10 the Brazos bar Foods 70
delivered 81 ships tseks eonsgzss TO pay thsr own
zAtsraes For fsisht OF passags apply 70
oHAA 4 WHITNKY CO., AssnsA
% and Camp rrssk
Fsh sarsd n osshalfths rates sdoptsd by s Bosrd
Undsrvrftsn July I. lssa {
CORPUS CHRISTI.
Een FOE RoCKPORr. 1T. MARxs =
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HAVANA-Brig Lady Monk-I040 bbIs -four SO
do lard 800 SKIS corn 97l railroad ties
NEW Y0RK-Steamship Vigo-45O bales cot
ton 9O3 axis cotton seed ESQ bbls beef 1000 SKIS
corn 500 hides
GALVEsTON-Stesmship W G Hewes-.75o
bbls flour As coops poultry 200 bales hay GOO SKIS
PEESAC0LA-Steamshi Lizzie-432 hills
flour so bbls potatoes 20 bbisimolasses 70 do pork
10 csks bacon do sugar 1880 skis corn IS bales
hay -..l ..lf n ~
HAMBURG VIA HAVANA AND SOUTHLAND.
TON Steamship Saxonia-2450 bales cotton and
sundries to Southampton-s32692 20 in specie
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BALTIMORE--
FOR BALTIMORE AND HAVANA
TEE NEW ORLEANS, BALTIMORE AND HAVANA
REGULAR sEMtMONrHLY LINE OF srEAMsHIPs
LIBERTY. 100 tons..... Thomas A. Balm Commands
ooSA........ uoo tons..... Dukshsazt Commander
CARRYING UNITED STATES MAIL
FIRST CABIN: llt
Through Tickets to New York. ............... SEQ.
EAnn I0R BALTIMORE AND HAVANA
xNE8Rt TOUCHING At KEY WEsT-Ths Splendid
last steamship
Cubas
DUKEHAKr. Commands,
WIN leave her wharf, opposite jackson Square, on
MONDAY, February 18th, ct p. L., carrying the o. &
malls.
For freghtor passage having unsurpassed
sppE 10 wITHERsPo0N. HALsKY 4 CO.,
t..f. ...a.-. .. M % Carondelet street
R-No bills Of ladins but those of the Company will be
signed Permits for freight must be this o1cs
No freight for Havana taken after u O'Clock The DAY of
sailing 49,. ,.....
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STEAMBOATS,.

OHIO RIVER.
Leaves on THURSDAY. Feb II, asHI
- = FOR EVANSVILLE AND LOUIS
F&I wns-Ths new and elegant passenger packet
LOuisiana,
Capt W. D. PHILLIPS,
VIII leave - shove For freight passage apply on board
ort IHOS. kEEFfE. Agent, ~ Poydras street.
Leaves on SATURDAY, 18th inst q Pc
- - FOX LOUISVILLE, CAIRO. MEN,
1e3F3 phs and the Bends-The fine passenger steamer
Z Indiana,
n.r K E. NEAL. Master,
VIII leave above For freight passage apply ON board
or to sINN0Tr ADAMS Is Commercial Plaza
TH0s KEEFFB, Agent, rs Poydrss strest
Through bills Of adIng signed Cncinnat and over the
Hickman and Nashville Illinois Central Raiiroads and Ia
all points Arkansas and White Rivers
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HAVANA Steamship Darien-5OO bxs sugar
and sundries to order
MOBlLE---stesmerM ary-70 bags coffee Web.
ster &co-e bbls whisky B Collier-30 bdls pa.
per N o Times
salt TO order
LIvERPOOL-Ship Magdala-7435 SKIS salt and
20 tons rock salt, In bulk, TO order
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OUACHIrA RIVER.

OUACHITA RIVER.
REGULAR BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW PACKET.
Leaves Every Alternate TUEsDAY-Leayes on UEsDAY
February 10th, Of r. r.
- = FOR PORTLA ND-POPLAR BLUFF
J43&&tt4 Arkansas Line -Cora's Buffz Lvnne 0rox.
= Point Pleasant M9.ehcuse Point, ouschts
On ouachs and Black rvers-The Al Light dra psssen.
r. L. LIVINGSTON. Master; W.T. MORRIS CLARK
Nlesvs above giving through bills ladng For freeht
passage apply on board, or TO - e-'
GEO. n LORD, Agent 70 Grsvier street
II. r. EPPLER. Tchoupitoulas street.
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BAYOU MACON.
ri GULAR TENsAs AND BAYOU MACON PACKET
Leaves on WEDNESDAY. Feb 10. stsrr
- = FOE JOED BAYOU AND ALL m
tO4ktr termediate landings on Bayou Macon Tensss
tA1 and Black Rvers-The A No. lov water psckst
Celeste,
PAD Crooks, Master; A. J. Dye end Fred Cunev Cerka
" leave above For feisht passage sopIy On boaa
o-t0 GEO. ID HITE, II fcho-pitonias strest
=. j. WNBURN, 30 Grsvisr street
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OCULAR UNITED STATES NAIL PACKET FOR
vICKsBUR0.
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TELEGRAPH ADELPH1A TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23

Of Il. and goes ont of Office with what must be
a very oonso olipe sense of final mastery The
business of Congress Is in q satisfactory state
for such al emergency, only in the sense that
much Iuwise legislation has been de-
feated. Some OF the most important
measures remain to be driven through
at the heels of the session, and intrusted
to the tender mercies of the President. Tue
Post. Office, the Legislative, Executive and
judicial, the Deficiency, ana the Miscellaneous
appropriation bills are still in the House. OF
these we shall not be sorry to see the last re-
main there. Whatever is really needed, in it,
can easily be provided for by the next Con-
gress, and it is usually so loaded down with all
manner of Jobs and swiIdles that IL will not
be sorrow TO hear of the loss of the whole
batch. The Indian appropriation bill has yet
to run the gauntlet of a conference committee.
The Senate seems likely to let the army re-
duction 60 over, result for which we have
the less regret in the hope that the delay
may give us q more thorough and valuable
measure of economy thau the bill as finally
passed in the House aforied. The
Civil Tenure-Of Office act is threatened with
the same fate in the Senate. Even
the Constitutional amendment concerning
suffrage is not safe. OF course mea-
sures of real financial relief are now not
to be looked for. We only hope the
omnibus Pacific Railroad bill, and host of
smaller designs against the Treasury and the
national credit, may be equally certain of
failure. The tax bill seems to have no chance,
and an effort is making to get the sections
about whisky and tobacco taken out and put
through by themselves. The bill concerning
National Bank circulation is to be amended
by the Senate Committee, and the House
features will be struggled for in the Senate
with some show of success. The bill is too
important to be decided hastily, as we fear il
viii be, if at all. Mr.. Hooper's bill, prohibit
ing the increase OF the gold debt, has some
chance of passing.
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tent as he is, and 1t makes no differences
whether this competent man or that OOmps-
tent man fills any particular office. But there
are thousands OF men in the revenue servios |
who ought to be put out, aud no President |
feels like attempting TO get rid of them when |
he can merely suspend for reasons OF whose |
suficienoy the Senate must Judge. Itis NOR
tiying TO o President TO be overruled, and he
will touch only those glaripg cases Of fraud
and incompetence in which the proofs are
conclusive.
The effect of the Tenure. of Office law is very
much the same as TO make all officers ire
movable except by the cumbrous process of
impeacbment-a process intended for those
cases in which ordinary remedies fail. Under
the TenuTe-of Oflioe act the Senate must pro-
ceed upon evidence and reasons, as ii does in
trying an Impeachment. The penalty is the
same ss in impeachment, namely, deprivation
of office. removal under this law, like
removal by impeachment, blasts the character
of the officer. 1t differs from that extreme
proceeding only in the circumstance that the
President brings the impeachment instead of
the House Of Representatives. By protesting
to make good behavior secure tenure of all
Offices as the Constitution makes it OF judicial
offices, it strikes at the roots Of republican
government, which is founded on the liberty
of frequently changing good men for other
good men, as we'll as of exchanging bad men
in Office for good. 1t disgraces every officer
who is displaced whereas the Constitution in
tended that Offices should circulate with such
perfect ease and freedom that good man may
be exchanged for a better without any dispar-
| agement to the retiring officer, thus keeping
alive an honorable and generous competition,
calculated to secure for public employments
| the best available talent. The chief pecu-
liarity of republican government is that it
keeps open doors for displacing men from
Office without raising questions of character
or pretenses Of injury. The grossest abuse
Of the power of removal only creates a va
cancy; the power of making an appointment
to fill that harmless vacancy cannot be abused
without the completely of the Senate. The
Tenure. Office act raises no additional bar
rier against bad men getting into Office, but
it is most formidable barrier against getting
them out when they are once in.
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The Senate and the Tenure of Office.
From the ". Y. Times.

ETOW HtS N T. IIHteS
1t ia evident the Senate does not intend to
repeal the Tenure Office act, or to permit
Gen. Grant to make removals from office with
out their consent. Under all professions of
confidence in General Grant, and desire to aid
and support his administration in all possible
ways Senators clearly mean to keep these
fetters on his hands. They know perfectly
we'll that corruption and imbeoility in office is
the greatest of the many evils from which the
country suffers, sand that athOrough, vigorous
reform in this respect would do more than
anything else towards reducing the heavy tax
alton which weighs upon the people, and pay
ing the public debt. But for all that, they do
not intend that General Grant shall have the
power to accomplish that reform. He shall
not remove a single office holder unless for
reasons first submitted TO them, and by them
first pronounced sufficient.
The motive OF this determination is very
plain. II does not indicate any general lack
of confidence in General Grant on the part OF
Senators, but only lack OF confidence in
their being able to control him in the matter
of removals. Each Senator has a score or
more of friends in Office for whom he is, OF
course socitous il lie felt quite certain OF
being able to retain them in place, he would
care very little about imposing restraints on
| General Grants power of removal-but until
that doubt can be dispelled, he prefers to take
! no risks.
Nothing can be more absurd than the pre-
tense that the public service can be pro-
noted by giving the South control of this
matter. 1t is quite possible that there should
be some restraint upon the indiscriminats
| power OF removal from Office. Our past
political experience shows clearly that II is
a power liable to very great abuse, and that
there ought to be some provision some
where for retaining deserving and valuable
officials in their position. But it is equally
oleaRthat the Senate is not the proper quar-
ter in which that power should bs reposed.
The idea that body OF fifty or sixty members
should be required to investigate and sit in
Judgment on the case before public officer
could be removed is preposterous. The time
OF the Senate would be wholly absorbed in
this business, and the fact that during the past
three years not solitary Republican Office
holder has been removed with the Senate's 8
consent, no matter how hagrant his violations
OF public duty, proves conclusively how
utterly inefficient and useless such provi-
sion would be. 1t would simply paralyze the
Executive power of removal.