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the SAT- Swindie..Hoyv Radical
Tarinates Rob the People,

We cannot but regard. this tax as 2
disgrace. TO our country and to the civ
ilizaticn of the age. 1t amounts to
from 100 to ITO per cent. Indeed, in
California, where they have an island of
salt Carmen Island) right at their
doors. they are not permitted to use this
gift of Heaven until they have paid
the Government a tax of 300 per cent.
It's practical operation is illustrated by
Commissioner WELLS by the striking
statement:
ssThat if the Government were to ex-
I act its dnties like tithes, in kind, it
would require that each vessel arriving
I'm the United States with cargo of for.
l.eign salt should be accompanied by an.
lother of equal size, and third smaller
craft Of from 8 10 80 per cent. capacity
lof the former, to convey the duty"
And by the following table, which he
furnishes as illustrating the actual ad ca
lorem duty ou foreign salt shows ths
amount of salt withdrawn from bond fol
| the fisheries in the districtof Gloucester
Massachusetts, for the third quarter O
the calendar year 1859, with the value
amount of duty remitted, and the duty,
| specific and advalorsm. as officially re
~ aAssr
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$ef,s59,5 $50 s9,O52, ,25s

d Thus showing an increase of over so
per cent. during the three years from
1857 to 1860, of low tariff, and a falling
off Of more than one half during the
eight following years Of high tariff. In
1851 the above articles were $13,0S0,.
650
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rrThe Democrats win have one bun,

NEThe Democrats will have one nun,
dred members in the next Congress-. In
the present Cangress they have sixty
seven. A gain of thirty-three. A full
house is 243 members. The Radical
majority win be 49, That will do. Their
twothirds majority has ''gone where the
woodbins twineth.', In 1872 we will
finish the Job by whirling them from
power throughout the United States.
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REMOVAL OF SECRETARY cox.


The prompt acceptance of this tender
of resignation by the. President shows
that he lid not care to take the response
bility Of perseyering in the reforms to
which the Secretary was committed. We
must infer that he preferred the aban-
donment OF the Secretary's policy to the
contention that it would occasion with
Cameron and other party managers of
that class. The case is plain. The hon
orabe Secretary retires because unsup-
ported by the President in a work of
reform urgently demanded by the public
interests, sustained by the enlightened
Judgment of the country, and OF the
highest Importance. The President has
made mistake of the grsvest character
and the services of a most valuable Off
Ger lost.
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IFrom The Cincinnati Gazette |
Tke arant-Cox Correspondence

Il NO &HE0MIeOOA OVAACsROAsASsASS'
On the fourth page of this issue will
be found the correspondence of Gems
Cox and GRANT relating to the retire
ment of the former from the Cabinet
Also an article from the New York Post,
Radical, scoring the horsejockey al the
White House for his perfdy to the peo-
pie and his promises, on the question q
Reform. The political thimble-rigging
thieves have captured the Departments
at Washington and when q Cabinet Off
Ger attem pts to tllwart their plumber
schemes, he is driven out with the sane,
ton of President GRANT.
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re The present Radical Congress
passed law regulating the election in
Georgia, which. absolutely prohibited all
challenging on the part of voters.
The same Congress enacted a law that
authorizes the employment of the army
TO challenge voters in New York City,
You must not challenge the Georsis
Negroes, but you may chal lenge the New
York white men. s. IS :
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lRadlcal Tarifrs--How They work.

The high protective tariff, it will be
remembered, was enacted by the Radical
party in 1861; and it is interesting to see
how rapidly our exports Of these articles
increased under the low tariff, and how
wonderfully they have declined since
the adoption of the high tariff now in
force:
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xYThere will be at least halfa.dozen
Negroes in the next Congress.
tits to be hoped that this will have
the effect Of compelling Congress- TO
hold no sessions ii hot weather.
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cyGnANr declares his Intention TO
continue the Indian policy, in the inter-
est Of the plnnderers and thieves, until
convinced that another would be better.
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Salty Protection.

Mr.. Farmer, suppose you want hun
.dred dollars worth of salt. You learn
that at Turks Island it Is selling for
about half the selling price here z
8 You, therefore, send a hundred dollars
worth of wheat to that place, and ex-
change it for hundred dollars worth
of salt which you ship to one Of cur
ports.
You then propose to pay the tariff on
the salt in kind, at the price which you
paid for the salt. What viii be the re-
suit? 49, s.
You will be compelled to give tae Gus
toni house officers all your salt, and buy
for them eight and three fourths pounds
more for every hundred pounds import
ed! IS ~
That's how the tariff you'd protec'
your home industry.
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50 A union of hearts, a union of hands,
Asunion that none may sever; ~
A union of lakes, a union of lands,
The AMERICAN UNION FOREVER.
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.THE UNION AS IT WAS"
al hold that THIS Government was
maae ON the WHITE BASIS, by
WHITE MEN, for the BESEFT OF
WHITE MEN and their POSrERfTY
forever. r.s-iStephea A. Douglas
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A Costly Luxury.

The amount Of money taken from the
people,for the year ending June 30,l870,
to support the government and the
swarrns of plunderers, was ten dollars
and twenty-five cents per head for every
man, woman and child in the United
States.
This does not include the hundreds of
thousands which are confiscatea on the
road to the treasury, nor the hupdreds
of milliops stolen indirectly by the
tariff.
The extravagant expenditures OF
BucHANAN's administration in 1860, over
whrch so much Radical ink and wind
were expended, amounted to one dollar
and seventy-dye cents to each man, wo'
man and child
A difference Of about five hundred
and eighty five per cent
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from the Chicago Tribune. /

y
The "National Committee" and the
Pennsylvania Committee resented his re-
fusal to permit them to levy tax upon
the clerks; and, backed by Senators who
belong to quite different line Of states
men, and whose political morality can
not be shocked by anything, no matter
how Objectionable, they commenced that.
war upon him which has ended in his re-
tirement from the Cabinet. s snas
Though the reform in the civil service
has lost an able and a consistent advo-
cate in the Cabinet, it is not lost alto
gethes. The remosaI of Secretary Cox
will give it an impetus it has hitherto
been unable to obtain The remoUdl will
call public attention to the great ma
tional grievance, and, in time, the reform
will be demanded in such tones as will
admit Of no further delay.
i From the Cincinnati Times
We find three letters by the late Sec
retary Cox which ought to elect him
| President Of the United States in 1872.
sIThe fact that the politicians dared, in
the face of the day, to drive Mr. Cox
from Office, while he was rendering bet
ter service than all the other officers Of
the Government. from the President
down to the last Deputy Marshal, is evi:
dence enough of the depth of political
corruption to which we have descended
and Of the necessity of remembering
such men when the people have the op
portunity to chastise the guilty and re-
ward the faithful. Is it not time new
party were formedi Could not MIR
| Cox be afforded an opportunity to SCI
forth general platform of government
! tai policy, with a view to the Presidency
in 1872.
From the Cincinnati Gazette]
The President, under whose direction
the Secretary had hitherto acted virtu
ally, it would seem, decided upon new
policy which rendered it necessary fo
!. Cox also to change or retire. He sub
mitted the question squarely to th'
1 President whether he should be supper
ted or the rings, and upon that issue hi
resignation was accepted.
: On our fourth page is an article from
the N. Y. Post which our readers shoult
: peruse carefully.
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HAddress all letters:
THE SPIRIT OF DEMocRAcr,"
woedsfeld, 81
Monroe County, &
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eouHr acox, WooDspIELD Ono,
: .l. ficsnber "a. 1870

The Conmittse appointed 10 examine
~ Report of the Commissioners Of this
ooapty, this Day made their Report and
tte' Court having examined the same, or
dspd that said Heports hc published for
tssse consecutive weeks in the Spirit OF
Uemocracy o. = NAT 9unge.
Noy1wS.
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. ddty Of sl4.44o 9s in gold. And We
may remark, as further illustration Of
our most equitable legislation, that while
these fishermen Of Massachusetts are
permitted to withdraw this salt from
bond and use it without paying ona cent
OF this tax, not one pound Of i could
have been obtained BY the farmers and
beef and pork packers Of the West until
this sum Of sr4.44o, ss in gold was fsst
paid to. the Government. The differ
ence between. the Massachusetts fisher
men and the farmers of the West in this
item is as follows: the Massachusetts
men pet this salt at simple cost, without
tax, that is to say, for 80 .3o7 the far
mers Of Illinois must pay as followsi
Cost of salt, .eia e9,S07 90
Duty in gold, 4, 40 9S
Prem. OH the gold at the time, 4 1892 %
Total, sss. 82S,o ,o80 %
To which must be added the profits to
AIl through whose hands it passes, and
their per cent, aonl the money. thatthey
Are thus compelled to pay as we'll as the
cost Of transportation, making the cost
TO the western farmer, as compared
with the Massachusetts fishermen, Of Il
least 81 to Sl,aud this 20 great extent,
caused by the interference and unjust
DISCRIMINATION Of common govern,
|ment:
salt Is one Of the absolute nescsessafiei
|of life, i 1t IS as necessary as bread Sol
2 e *. a;.s,xs.s.1 1,foa -
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FROM WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Nov I'm. Freithand. shortly after
his arrival at New York yesterday, teegraphed the
fact to Washington and made inquiry as to his status
in order to govern his future movements It's known
that this gentleman was appointed by Napoleon the
successor of Minister Berthemy but be has received
endorsement by either the Paris or Tours Govern
ment. Under these circumstances NJ Freshand has
been informed that he will not be received in dpo.
matte capacity by this Government NJ Berthemy will
therefore continue the representative of France
until relieved by the proper authorities, although it
has long been his desire to return to France to reoD
his family.
The King of Portugal has conferred ON Senior Rob-
erts, the Spanish minister, the grand Gordon of the
Order of Christ.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE most reliable advices
from Virginia announce the defeat of DR.. Norton,
negro, for Congress. The delegation will consist of
five Conservatives three Republicans all whites and
Democratic gain Of one.
Two cases wherein the Court of Claims had decided
adversely to the Supreme Courts decision upon legal
tenders were appealed to the Supreme Court but SUBJ
sequently withdrawn before argument. A decision by
the counsel of the representative party and motion
to restore these to the docket refused by the
Court to-day and the original decision of the Court of
Claims was held, not upon its merits, but from com.
promise implied by of counsel withdraw the
appeal. The decision unanimous.
The President has returned The revenue commits.
sIoner pnblishee tobacco statement showing within
the United States $40 factories 400 cutting machines
3o82 screw presses, and 20S hydraulic presses The
total amount of the penal bonds is 81 900 600
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Married.:

On Tuesday morning, the ath inst at the residence
OF the brides mother, by the Rev. c. A. Clemens
MI: j. s. VOLENTINE, of Bosser parish, to Miss LOU
DURHAM, of this city.
:, In henderson Texas, on the 9th inst by the Rev
Mr. Burke, Mr.. JOHN COUSINS of this city, to Miss
ELLA DAVENPORT, of Henderson.
The fair bride has been transplanted to our city,
where we hope she may realize her brightest dreams
OF welded happiness And it would seem that the
groom has not been travelling in Texas " on the sad
diery and harness business alone.
At the residence of J. H. Marks, ESQ.,, on the 18th
MT, py the Key. a. r. Banks, Dr. w. r. ADKINS to
MISS SUE WILSON, both of Texas.
AT the residence of the brides mother, in Bossier
parish, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. A. r Banks, Dr.
W ". r. JONES, of Sherman, Texas to Miss MARY B.
dard, please copy. f'' o'A'
on Thursday, the 10th inst at the residence of the
prlae 8 mother by the Rev. John Wilkinson WIN IL
parish. " " VILE
Lie spreads out before the happy young couple like
rosy sea- and may it be ever thus until time shall
nave whtened their locks, and they shall together
pass to the better land with love as fresh as now in
its earliest bloom.
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The DoSALsoNvILLE R1oT.-The Picayune of the
10Th has the fnllnYino on this snhiect<

The DoSALsoNvILLE RIoT.-The Picayune of the
10th has the following on this subject:
From Mr. Leon Phiipcn, editor of the Donaldson
vile independent who arrived this morning, we ale
put in possession of few additional facts regarding
the negro militia and their devish work. They
marched into the town about IL o'clock yesterday
morning about five hundred strong, and breaking into
squads in search of certain prominent citizens,
obnoxious to them, with the declared intention Of
hanging them when found.
Fortunately these gentlemen had fed hr. Phipon,
who is specially obnoxious still in the town. and
had the conceivable escape having been
tuay in the hands of some of the rufians Who with
pistols his head demanded if be not the editor
of the 1ndependet. With and fortunate presence
of mind he very cody denied being that parsonage
and thus saved bis life. He succeeded in getting
aboard the La Belle with his family.
About II o'clock last night, we are informed, the
negroes fred the lower part of the town, commencing
with the office of the Independent.
On the first appearance of the trouble, Mayor Schom
berg and Judge Laws (uot Lawless, as given in the
morning edition. received assurances from Gen. Hun
sucker General of militia and candidate for the State
Senate, that the militia would be allowed to enter
the town. He even furnished them with written
der to be exhibited to the leaders of the militia, for
bidding them to enter the town. 1t while parley
ing with the negroes on this matter that the Mayor and
Judge Laws lost their lives.
Mr.. Philipon says that the citizens of Donadsonvile
who succeeded in escaping greatly indebted to the
captain of the steamer La Belle They owe their lives
many of the to his having promptly placed his boat
at their servicee.
We learn that on the first ntmation of the trouble
at Donaldsonville, Gov. Warmoh made requsition
for two companies of United States troops who were
forwarded yesterday evening in command of Capt.
Gentry, on board the steamer Henry Tete, to the
scene,
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FROM NEW ORLEANS.

New ORLEANS, Nov. 14.-The Times reports due
off Havana between the French gunboat Bowel and
the Prussian gunboat Meteor The Spanish war
steamer Herman Cortes, with the Captain Genera
and other prominent officials accompanied the Meteor
Dekodas the umpire, reports that the 6gh. lasted an
hour, when the Bowel withdrew Both vessels were
badly damaged The Bowel reports one killed and
several wounded, and the Meteor three killed and one
wounded Another fight is expected. Both vessels
retired to Havana.
Election, official: The Republicans made clean
sweep of the city by 5000 majority The Repub.
llcans claim four members of Congress, and say that
the Fifth District is doubtful.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1.-THE Revenue Cutter VIII.
derness has arrived wish sixty Of the Baton Rouge
rioters prisoners They have been sent to the parish
plison Commissioner Weller has gone to Donald.
sonve to issue warrants for the Of the rioters
They will be brought here for trial. They will be tried
upon the charge Of violating the enforcement act Of
Congress. approved May the 3lst
The public schools opened this morning They are
not mixed.
The fall meeting Of the Metarie races commences
on the 26th.
The Republicans claim the State BY SO, 600 majority
Sheldon Sypher, Darrell, McCleery and Morey being
elected and twenty-five Democrats are elected to the
next Legislature.
1t ained heavily this morning with north west wind
prevailing.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

San Francisco, Nov. l2.-Adyiees from Arizona
state that Mccormick has been elected to Congress
Los Angeles telegram says that at San Bernadino
a China woman who committed petty robbery among
her people seized by the Chinese led to stake,
| fire built under her ane burned to DEATH The per-
petrators have been arrested and all the Chinese have
been ordered to leave San Bernadino
-Four of the railroad robbers have been arrested and
portion of the money secured.
Over $4,000 of the Verds robbery has been re-
covered
Stage robberies almost of daily occurrence in
California and Nevada.
CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-John B. Hayes is elected in the
Twelfth District. The Republicans carry the Fourth
and Seventh Districts. The Democrats gain the Fifth
and Eighth Districts.
Rio JANERIo, Oct. 22.-The rebel Gen Lopez Gordon
vas defeated by the Argentine forces The revolution
in Uruagay continues.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 14.--Aewis Travis, colored a fug
tive, arrested and shot through the neck He shot
several times in resisting the officers slightly wound
ing Policeman Skies. Travis is accused of lilling
Major Laurent, of Spalding county, Georgia. DIR. But
Ter, wife and child and three others. He will be sent
to Georgia.
MEMPHIS Nov. l4-Forty indictments have been
found against persons holding office in violation of the
fourteenth amendment
SAN Francisco, Nov. 14.-The latest Nevada re-
turns indicate the election OF Fitch, Democrat, for
Congress, by 200 majority.
New YORK, Nov. photographic communication
with Havana and points beyond is restored.
special telegram from London says the situation
of the Prussan army such that it requires additional
reinforcements from Versailles.
Woodhouse, Secretary of the English Embassy, has
arrived with batch of Englishmen allowed to leave
Paris by the Germans. They report the stock of pro-
visions in Paris short.
Moltke has issued stringent orders regarding the
bearer of the Geneva Cross, whose safeguard it guar
antees by all great powers represented in Geneva.
The opposition of the German liberal papers to a
convention of the Federal Parliament at Versailles is
based upon the ground that members would scarcely
consent to go thther where they would be compelled
to legisate under the pressure of military influence.
ST.. Louis, Nov. l4.-Eight counties yet unheard
from in Missouri The Lower House will stand sew.
entyeight Democrats; fourteen fusion; twenty-one
Senate neither party have majority, hut the Demo.
Gratis will have control.
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In another column will be found such election items
as have appeared during the week in our daily issues
and owing to this fact repetitions may occur up to
this writing what is known as the Wards Store box
flower Rush Issnd has not been counted nor is there
anv probability that it will be- The law requires the
presence of the three commissioners and Hatch, the
supervisor has exhausted all his energy to get those
three commissioners who figured at Wards Store up
TO the scratch Poor Hatch, we symrathise with him
deeply.
All hadirage aside it is plainly evident that fearing
at the close of the polls that they were beaten, the
Radicals held this box in reserve-to be stuffed BY their
man. Jones to an unlimited extent, or rather to such
an extent as would secure the of the Radical
marty in the parish The determination OF some OF
our citizens to witness the counting blocked this game
The scoundrels would now willingly burn that box,
because their ticket except Keetng who was evil
IDENTIFY thrown overheard with the conniVance OF his
white allies is elected without it, and they know that
its opening will furnish ample evidence-were any
needed-of their vilIainy and consign Jones and the
two negroes who acted with him as commissioners to
the penitentiary This fate, however, they need not
fear at ALL as Warmoth would only pardon but be-
stow upon them some lucrative offices, rewards for
their martyrdon.
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SHREyEPoRT.-Our contemporary of the Henderson
Times has the following kindly words to say of ou1
town, which he justly styles ga half Texas CITY," In
deed far as its trade is concerned it might be called
three fourths Texan:
To appreciate the improvement and prosperity Of
this city, it only necessary be absent few months
1t has been growing city since the close Of the
and grows more rapidly time and the Southern Pa
chc railroad advance. We claim it to be at least
half Texas city, and consequently doubly proud OF
its prosperity. II is bound to be of the cities OF
the Southwest
But few years ago it was merely mart for the
wagon and retail trade. Now .here are number oil
Wholesale houses which would do credit to any city
Business has been dull but with the rise in cotton is
brisking up with fair prospect of large trade dur
ing the winter.
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RAILROAD ACC1DENT.-One of the passenger coaches
and baggage of the train due from IIavillc on
Friday at half past 10 o'clock, thrown from the
track this side of Jonesvlle, badly damaging the car
and slightly hurting two three persons Capt Martin
Kouns being one of them The Captain, by the way,
seems to-haEe got into train of bad luck as he is
just recovering from serious hurt he received in JEFF
ferson by the falling of the acksta of the Era No
IL upon head.
The locomotive was not injured and come through,
bringing as many passengers as could crowd on the
tender Some fifteen left at the wreck who prob
ably returned to Marshall