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CorToN FOR GoLn 0NL1-The CharlestQn News Of a
late date says the Northern papers speak Of the ex
;scnce of u strong feeling in commercial circles to
have law passed by Congress specifically providing
Cor contracts made payable in gold. This is a matter
closely affecting the cotton trade and more particularly
in the South. AS it every bale Of cotton export
ed is virtually paid for in gold and i it could be sold
unqualfedIy for gold it is said that the whole cotton
trade of the country would soon be done on a gold
basis. We should be rid Of violent fluctuations, and
a most important step in advance made toward the
general resumption of specie payments. The Journal
Of Commerce suggests the matter to Southern factors,
planters and Others and urges them to astate the sub
ect, and BY combined action bring about desirable
change"
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DOM C. BEECEINRIDGE.-Tha sterling Democratic
IL notice of the Radical attacks upon John c. Breck.
inridge with the following remarks, written in the
spirit of the freedom " our fathers once knew" The
Radicals are sorely tormentcd with the apprehen-
sion that the sga liant Breckinridge-the high toned,
big-soued kentue kian-who has Just returned to ,is
home after his four years Of self exile, will become
again, as he was before the war, the leader OF the
Kentucky Democracy, aud will be elected either Gov
ernor of the State, or Senator again. OF course he
will. 1t is no more possible to keep down John G.
Breckenridge in Kentucky-where zone blast upon
his buge horn will fright away the souls of his fear
ful adversaries it would to stop the current OF
the Mississippi with carpet bags We truly graft
fed to know of his return in good health, and hope
there are in store for him many long and happy days
crowned with honors:
Be all this as it may, the Radical organs may rest
assured of thing-they will have no voice in de-
Gliding whether John G. Breckenridge shall Or shall
not be elected to Office in Kentucky. That question
the Kentucky Democracy, consulting Gen. ., will
settle for themselves They want no Radical advice
they heed no radical threats or warnings, and they
will tolerate Radical o5trnsons. Acting within
the provisions of the Constitution and with reference
to what they regard as the greatest good of the State
and the country, they will exercise their own judg
ment and their own will in all elections without giving
the slightest heed to any imper .nent and nsoent in
reference attempted by g party, which, during thu
period Of It's POWER has brought the country to thu
verge of ruin and threatens to toppa 1t down The
abysS.
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FROM NEW ORLEANS,

NEW ORLEANS, MARCH, State authorities saylo
more bonds will be issura and that Gov. Warmath WI
approve acts of the legislature granting subsidies to
internal Improvement They state he has reso ved
to adopt the policy conGnns expenditures to absolute
requirements.
Later report from South West Pass states the sink
ing Of the Pantheon was not caused by her coisloi
with the-tow boat Heroine but that She had six feet
water in her when owe off the bar and sunk with the
bow in two and the stern in five tathomS water ohe
had seventeen THOUSAND dollars in specie on board
Specie and portion of the cotton saved. Insured Ii
foreign offices.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, March S.-Seuate-Bills introduced :
To prevent private sales of gold and securities by
Treasury requiring Autograph applications for reno
val of political disabilities attending judicial system
Resolution from the Joint committee on disabilities
tabled. Bill enforcing the fourteenthaniendnent and
republican government in Georgia, referred
to judiciary Committee. Bill erasing white from
charter and ordinances of the District of Columbia
passed.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-sSs4ate-Afternoon report.
Balloted for chaplain First ballot-Rev Mr. New
man % Rev. Mr. Chester 10 ; Rev Mr. Wetherneton
10; Rev. Mr. Gray Z; Rev. Mr.. Bates 6; Rev Mr..
Nourse 2; Rev. Mr.. Kelley no choice Second bal
lot-Newman %; Wetherington I; Chester y GRAY
5; Nourse Newman elected During the contest
Yates said he conceded that the merits of the Rev Dr.
Newman, as political preacher, were unsurpassed,
but he thought it was time have little less politics
and more religion in The prayers Thes had politics
enough in the Senate, without putting that into the
prayers. Committees anaouneed Chair4en as follows.
Foreign Sumner; Finance, Sherman; Appropriations,
Fessenden; MANUFACTURES, Morton; Agriculture Cam,
eron Military, Wilson Naval, Grimes; Judiciary,
Trunbull; Postal, Ramsey; Lands Pomerov Private
Lands, Williams; Pensions Edwards; Revolution
Claims, Yates; Claims Howe; District of Columbia,
Hamim; Patents, Wiley; Territories Nye; Pacific
railroad, Howard Mines, Stewart Education Drake
Revision of Laws, Gonkling. Adjourned
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JOHN RAY SsUBRED ~ ! NEGRo,-During the last
days Of the sitting Of the Senate the great John Ray
had the modification of being 'cut" by the negro
who presdes over that august body Of negroes and
scalawags, called BY courtesy the Senate Itappears
that the great John introduced resolution to author
ise the Clerk Of the Senate to have certain warrants
discounted in order to raise money to pay the mem
begs, when his negroship, from his high perch, in
formed him that he would not put the resolution be
cause it was unconstitutional and did not meet his APP
prevail Mr.. Pay replied that he did not ask the
Presidents opinion the constitutionaiy of the mea
sure proposed that he claimed his right Senator
to have his resolution put to the vote Of the Senate.
The President The Senator is disvespectnlto the
chair he will lake hisse Just phancy the pheel-
inss of our great John. Oh, what fall
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Died

At his residence in Petersburg, Va, February 49,
1869, Rev. A. j. LEAyENWORTlI, of hypertrophy,in
the Goth year of his age.
We copy from Petersburg paper brief extract
from long and interesting account of the eminentd
vine, whose " active manhood spent in Virginia,
and much the larger portion in this city Of which he
had been resident nearly quite thirty years. He
with US long enough TO become thoroughly denti-
fed with us in all sympathes WI have known
few eminently endowed by nature, and fewer
still who had cultivated those gifts to such degree
The deceased was IN enthusiast in the of edu-
cation well evangelical pety. He the father
of our fellow citizen, Capt. F. 7. Leavenworth, who,
called to the bedside of his father during his last 81
ness arrived too late, for his father had already de
parted his life.
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FROM HAVANA,

HAVANA. March 6.-Dulce is recruiting another bat.
talon of volunteers Two hunde ed tuns powder found
seereted in the house of Mrs Terry. Kate Cientnegos
paper SAYS plenty of bocladcrs RAINING. lnlor-
nation from Puerto Principe states Gen taesada has
the smallpox. schooner landed q body of insur-
gents near Sagun Citizens sunk tile vessel and the
military pursuing the hiibusters. YoSe de Cuba
publishes an Of the assassination Of the sleep
ing of Il schooner Nv the Insurgents Roberts,
Spanish Minister to Washington, sailed o.day. The
Gattesburg sailed to-day. and will visit trent ports
of the island Rnmors of serious engagement neal
Santo Espuerto. No particulars. No ship owners Of
fer to carry prisoners to Fernando 20 Rumored Coy
eminent has ordered steamer to Cadil to carsy
thn1n
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EXTENSION or TUE TINE OF PAYING THE OSE PEg
GENT TAX-The New Orleans Pcaynne says the SEN
ate has passed the House bill extending the time for
paying this ta% to May |, providing that no penalties
shall be RENTED until them and all hitherto collected
returned that after that period until July /, there
shall be additionally collected per cent upon tile
amount ofeach unpaid tax claim and if not then paid
ten per cent per month shall be collected until Oct.
when the claims then unpaid shall be returned to the
Auditor
This will cause, in ease qf payment, as rseh as
forty per cent 70 be addea-a strong Indictment to
prompt PAYMENT.
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THE ACT ABoLtsnING ELECTIONS IN THIS STATE
The New Orleans Bulletin says Mr.. Campbell has in
troduced into the State Senate act the object of
which is in effect to abolish all future elections The
bill proposes to create Board Of Canvassers, consist
ing Of the Governor, Lieut. Governor, Secretary of
State, Attorney General State Registrar, and Judge
selected by the Governor This board is to be tmpow-
cred TO give certificates of election to any candidates
who, p their opinion, ought to have been elected II
the voice Of the people should happen to be sothered
by these cansasseTs they their ACTION on
the ground Of intimidation, Or any other excuse handy
1t is to be hoped that there are honest men enough
left in the Legislature to prevent the passage of such
au act 10 create amonarcby
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TENNESSEE lTEAs. We copy as follows from "a.
Nashville dispatclI the list:
The Legislature Adjourned to-day; but, before ad-
iourning, passed blredpcing the tax on merchan
disc
The ratification of the fifteenth amendment did not
up consequently goes till next session.
A dispatch from Pulaski states that militianan ar
rested negro man and seat him off and thea outraged
his daughter. GIhe negro returning, found ont what
had been done, and, with party Of friends killed the
militnGuan. Col Camille, commanding Oh Investigate
ing the affair, jlstitirS the negroes
This from Memphis dispatch of the Cd: L. A.
Doran sho recently killed Dr. L. D. Whitfield was to-
day released on $1,000 bail.
Major Josiah Earl lately clerk of the Circuit Court
of CrteneA county, Arkansas was arrested here to-
day on requisition from Governor Clayton approved
by Governor BFowMlow, on the.cbarse of attempting
the assassination Of negro man. aud was taken by
the police the levee o2 the purpose Of crossing the
river but his friends prorare2 writ Of habeas corpus
which was tried befole Judge lee Of Common Law
Court this afternoon. lie released on $40 600
bail until TOMORROW, en- the ground Of informaity in
the requsitio9. Forty Of the most paamnantlawyers
of the b,r volunteered their services III klrs behalf
McCombs Jr., claim agent, was arrested this after
noon by the United States Marshal for forging the
the name Of a soldier to draft.
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SCARCITY OF Ice AT THE NORTH AgD WE$r.-The St.
Louis papers speak of the scarcity of ice and predict
that it will be worth five cents per pound in that city
this summer. A Pittsburg dispatch says no ice has
been harvested there by those engaged in the bpsi-
ness, and, as consequence, an unusual amount OF
sickness is apprehended next summer Ice of sutli-
Gent thickness for storing has not ybeen formed since
winter set ina circumstance beyond the recollection
of the oldest nhabtapt Owing to the scarcity of this
article at the North would it not be well for the pro-
petors Of the ice machine in this city to be prepared
for early operations this spring. From all appearances
it will pay much better this season than last.
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TIE WILL OF Sol SMITH.-A St. Louis exchange
says the will Of Sol Smith makes his son Tladdeus
Sanford Smith devisee in of his estate, to be d.
vde into two equal parts of these to be divided
equally between his four sous. Lenue', Marcus, Solo
mon and Franklin, the other between his wife and his
sons ThaddeGs Sanford Sergeant Prent.ss and Asa
Wilgus The family residence is to be bis wifes during
her life. One Of the provisions Of the VII is in these
words:
Irequest that one will wear mourning for me, as
expect to 70 Immediately into world OF happiness
at which my friends should rejoice It is my special
wish that my body NAV not be dressed up in a suit
if alive but that it b. dressed up in old fashioned
shroud the head resting small pillow, if conve-
niently at hand.
TRAIroRs TO THE CqsFEpERAcY.-say the Boston
Herald
Some Interesting developments are being made as to
the in which Information from Richmond was
procured by the government during the It APP
pears that several high officers Of the Confederate
governments and one member Of the Virginia Senate,
in the constant pay Of the United States, regularly
ported all their proceedings. the proceedings Of
the Virginia Legislature while in secret session.
ANOTHER NEW PARisH.-our legislature has carved
another new parish out Of VIM and Ranides which
they have chrstenad Grant, with the county seat Al
The aoath Of Cane river, opposite Calhoun ! place.
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TENNESSEE AFFAIRs.-A Nashville dispatch OF the
18th SAYS letter was received that day by DR..
30 non the Governors private secretary, from Maj
Gen! Thomas, to the effect that Gen. Grant Intends
Immediately after his Inauguration to take upon him
selfthe preservation of the public peace and plainly
intimatng that the militia will then have to be dis
banded. This announcement fell like a bomb shell
among Cooper and his clique, who are trying to keep
it strictly secret You may imagine that Scntcr is
secretly chuckng over the intelligence, as he is by no
means anxious to have the militia left his hands.
Over 400 socaed State guards are camped near this
city while their general complaint is that not id
outrage" has happened for month. Even those
members of the legislature who were most c|amorous
for martial law, now look dstrcssngly blue at the
prospect OF settlement with their constituents for the
enormous increase Of taxation which must result there
from.
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Hotel Arrivals.

BROOKS HOUSE-Tuesdav. March 81 J Dyson,
Wynn, Miss-W Bateman, Str Caroline--.J II Norton,
MONTGOMERY, Ala-Co Cash Caddo-J Boyd, b
Park, Chas Ivey, W Day, J W Dyer, W ogesb{,
Tex-G VERIFY, Oh Ampt, Cincinnati-J IL
Br ,wn and wife, Tyler, Tex-J O,Brien, Tex-Janes
HILL Marsha-G F Heard and wife, Jonesviile-ll
knnx, st Louis--II Goodfellow, Al NJ MctilF,
DR. Bronson, Ark-J A Moore A Haley and wife, & +
Conncll and daughter, Tex-E McKeller, Marshall
7 Camp. Jones, " J Murphy, c G Nash, TEX NJ
Trosper bethany, La Rochelle, II T Rochelle,
Tex-W Lacy, city.
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MORE RAILRoADs.-The New Orleans Times says
there is now before the legislature bill to ncorpor
ate F." the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and vieksburg
railroad COMPANY" This company propose to con-
meet New Orleans with Baton Rouge and Vicksburg by
route which leaves the jackson road point about
forsy-seven miles from the city. The Baton Rouge
line will through the parishes Of Livingston and
East Baton Rouge and the main line WI leave this
road place called Brunswick, and due north TO
Iicksburr.
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STAMP Duty ON LEAsEs.-The National lntellgencer
says the following decision of Deputy Commissioner
IIarand, just received by Messrs. Fitch y Fox,
estate brokers of this city, with regard to the proper
stamp duty on lease of furnished house will be in
terestingsto all propertyboldcrs " The stamp duty
upon ioase of furnished house should be calculated
upon the annual rental value Of the house unfinished
with an agreemeat stamp (7e cents for each sheet OF
paper) in addition for the fGTnitnTe"
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DopGlYG THE SOCIAL Equality LAw.'-We copy
as follows from the New Orleans Crescent;
We notice good move which has recently been
made by tile controllers Of the Academy OF Music
which we recommend to the attention Of those who
may be interested in the matter 0n the tickets which
are sold at tile Academy printed the words, 1t is
agreed that this ticket is sold with the understanding
that The management shall have the right to refuse ad
mission to the holder upon returning the regular price
Of the ticket The object Of this course is, that
should some enterprisins mig, under the superstition
that the civil equality bill will amount to- anything, at
tempt having first got some Degraded white fFan to
get ticket for him. 70 obtain admission 10 the Acad-
env he vii! very politely have his money handed back
to lin while one Of the and ever-smng uahers
will quietly show him the route to the coored gallery,
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TIE CHINESE TEA PLANT SUCCESSFULLY CULTIVATED
IN TENNhssEI.- copy as follows from the Knox
Vile Press and Herald,
We were shown Yesterday, at the Market Square
drug store some seed of the Chinese tea plant, and
we we're told that tie tea plant in successful cn
tiyation miles above Knoxville, the farm
of Capt. James Campbell, where it has been grown
for about ten years. We further learn that East Ten
hassee tea drinkers can raise their tea with very
me cost trouble. The plant is deep evergreen
shhb, and grows about five feet high. It is hardy,
adA leeds protection iram the frostS. 1t bears All
"anIant crop with beautiful, fragrant flowers in DC
tober. gle following it natures seed, SOME
what res1nbIing the seed Of our native hazel, and
grows assadily. The vigor and hardness of this
plant ard .dnption to this climate have been tested
| We learn shat the above plants were distributed
through the agricultural Seed Department. At Wash
ington, each Congressional disrieg sr5eVlns " tes
plants for experiment Caps Campbell received the
plants through Mama r7isd for this district. He has
! fully established their aGaptness to our climate, and
has succeeded beyond all expectation. lie informs US
that the podayed from the leaves of this plant
very much reseAble i'll flavor the tea from the Young
| Tyson plant
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#nE VIcKsHURG SnRETEPoET AID TEXAa RAILROAD
81 Monroe Telegraph says owing to the condition OF
e swamp the broken links in the road can hardly pc
Eepaired before summer. Mississippi water is at tins
Hine running through both the Mason and BGu ri 7ers
and also through some of the bayous. The company
We have been pleased TO her. have secured thes
necessary to rebuild the road where it has not beer
DONE aud before another winter will have the roac
between Monroe and Vicksburg complete.
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THE TAX on LAWYERS CoNsrITyTloNAL.-The New
Orleans Picayune of the Sd, says Justice WyleY, Of
the Supreme Court delivered the day before, the opn
ion of the Court in arising under the law impos
ing license on professions, in which au attorney re-
sisted the payment of the license upon members of
the profession, on the grounds that it was contrary
because he had been duly licensed 30 practice law in
the courts Of the State, in the mode prescribed BIZ ex
listing laws, and had vested right to exercise bis pro-
esson, which, could not he Invested by subsequent leg
saton. The Court held that all these defences we're
uRtcnaGe, and decreed that the tax was constitutional
and must be enforced, as it was equal and uniform on
all members Of the profession the tax collectors hay
ing full power to enforce and recover the same
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CALIEoRS1A 4rEMs.-We copy as follows from San
francisco dispatch of the 23d:
Gov. Haght has received an invitation from Chicago
to meet the Governors Of other States in that city on
the 4h of July to celebrate the opening Of the Pacific
railroad He will probably decline on account OF Off
cial duties.
Some of the Chinese Of this city reported TO be
armed for struggle to secure possession of females
who arrived on the steamer teday. The Chinese COM
panes are anxious to prevent an immoral immigration
but have lately been foiled.
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HEAVY LAND SALE IN DESoTo PARIsH.-lt would
look as though the many lbes published by the car
cpers against the citizens of DeSoto parish had
not deferred Northern men from settlingin that parish
We copy as follows from the Mansfield Times OF the
9th Instant
We venture to say that the heaviest land sale was
made in this nlaqe few weeks since that has been
made in the State tor man7 years DIR. I. H. Patter-
SON sold his entire landed estate consisting of $4,000
acres living in this parish and Sabine, which he entered
from the Government mary years ago, to Messrs f.
w. Hamlin e Co., of Cincinnati, who, we believe,
will endeavor to coonise it with immigrants from the
North and West We do not know the price paid per
acre. but think it was reasonable for both parties
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HEIRS WASfED.-The Register says Alex. McCul-
loch general land agent, Waco Texas, has in his pos
session land certificates amounting in the aggregate to
thirty thousand Of land belonging to tia heirs of
the men who fell with Fannin at Golad and with Travis
at the Alamo Mr.. McCulloch is DESTROYS Of commu-
nicating with these parties, but knows not who or
where they are.
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EpnhI EuR0pE.

LoSDox, March 6.-Spven of the Tenans imprisoned
in various parts Of the Kingdom have b. en liberated
PARIS, March 5.--The following changes have been
made in consequence Of the recent death of NJ Leepet-
ing Adolphc Yuity has been appointed president OF
the Senate, vice TropotoiS la de Forcadela Roqnete
will succeed Nuity as president of Council, and NJ.
Roeper take the interior department. vice Pnard, pro
visonay, i'll addition to the foreign port folio.
MADRID, March S.-Inccndiary fire occurred at Royal
barracks to day.
ROME, March S.-Reported death Of Pope false.
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GEr YOUR MoXEY-The commissioners OF the South
Western Mutual Insurance Company, in liquidation,
give notice in another column that they are prepared
to refund the original stock paid in and very 'a'r
dividend.
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EFFECTS o. Low WHISKY TAS---A Washington dis
patch says according TO information from the Internal
Revenue Department, the low tax whisky has been
decided success. i is estimated that upwards Of
forty millions Of dollars will be derived from this SOURCE
during this fiscal year, exclusive If the amount pa III
on account of whisky IN bond
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SENATOR KELLoGG.--Wc are indebted We suppose,
to McYean for Senator Kelloggs bill to incorporate the
Louisiana Transit Company. We take this oeqasion
Of saying of Senator K, that while politically associated
with class Of perpatetc politicians, for which we
have often expressed opinion entertain for this
gentleman a very different feeling, Than we do for the
class His refusal, solitary and alone, to take the
prohercd back raons recently in the Senate, exhb-
its above the influence Of the " ring, while his
attentive devotion to his States interests and his very
clear comprehension Of his duties as Southern Sena
tor, especially in reference to Pacific railways ohal-
lenge special commentator. We predict lie will
outve the class with which he is, at present, ident
fled politically.