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* Correspondence of the Charleston Mercury.
Washington, Dee 11.?Some new
developements la the Radical programme
were made in the House today.
The bills recommended by the
caucus of last week, for the exclusion
of the members from the ten unrepresented
States from future Congresses,
and to prevent those States from
participating in future Presidential
elections, were reported from the Judiciary
Committee. The former (as
your readers will observe by the Congressional
report), passed by a solid
Radical vote, and the latter was postponed
until Thursday, when it will
no doubt be adopted.
Several of the more Conservative
Republican members have expressed
their disapprobation of both of these
measures, but the tie of party is so
strong that they will hardly dure oppose
what now seems to be the evident
intent of the majority of the
House; and there is no good reason to
hope for anything better from the
Senate, although some tolerably well
informed persons profess to believe
that the latter body will proceed with
caution en all such measures. A few
weeks will doubtless suffice to determine
how for they are correct.
THE TARIFF?INTERNAL REVENUE.
The regular lobby on thc? tariff and
internal revenue bills has made its
appearance at the capitol. A delegation
of Hew York merchants will
be here in a day or two to oppose the
House tariff bill, now before the Senate
Committee on Finance. It is
highly "protective" in character, and
the object of the Hew Yorkers is to
render it less obnoxious in that respect,
if possible. There is very little
hope, however, for a free trade
tariff, or anything like it, so long as
Eastern manufacturers wiem suvu u
potential influence in shaping the legislation
of the country. The internal
revenue tax will probably be reduced
by placing certain articles now subject
to taxation on all taxable articles.
The pressure for a reduction of the
Cotton tax continues to increase, and
the "Ways and Means Committee arc
said to be divided in opinion on the
subject. They will hardly come to
any conclusion on the amended tax
bill (which will contain the Cotton tax)
until sometime in Junuary.
IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE,
The sessions of the'Senate for the
past two clays," have been occupied,
with the discussion of the District Negro
Suffrage bills. The galleries have
been filled with negroes, who appear
to enjoy their privelegc exceedingly.
The establishment of unqualified and
unlimited negro suffrage in this Dis
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trict, seems to Oc ajixcajacc, ;uiu m-1
though President Johnson is earnestly
opposed to any and every measure of
the kind, yet he is comparatively powerless,
as over two-thirds of each
House arc against him.
MILITIA IX SOUTEIIX STATES.
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts,
Chairman of the Senate Committee
w on Military Affairs, has a joint resolution
which he will offer this week.
It proposes to disband all militia organizations
now existing in the ten
unrepresented States, and to prohibit
the formation of such organizations
hereafter. The subject has also been
under consideration in the House
Military Committee, and* I umderstand.
is favorably regarded by that
body.
COMPENSATION FOIl SLAVES.
Congress at its last session passed
an act authorizing compensation to
be paid to parties in the States of
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and
Missouri, whose slaves enlisted in the
military service of the United States
during the late war.
The act has been partly executed
by the appointment of commissioners
in the aforesaid Slates, to examine
and report upon the claims. It is now
proposed, however, to repeal tlic law,
and of course suspend the payment
authorized by it. The general impression
is that this will be done,
APPOINTING POWER.
There has been no abatement in i
the zeal of the opponents of the Prcsi
dent, to withdraw from his control,
as far as possible, the power of ap- .
pointmcnt to, and removal from office. .
The subject engaged, the considera- ,
tion of the House to-day, and is be- ,
ing vigorously pressed by ltadieals ,
in each cud of the capiiol. (
CHANGE IN T1IE TIME FOR TIIE MEET- j
ING OF CONGRESS. 1
According to the bill which passed
the House yesterday, the next (or !
fortieth) Congress will convene on the
4th of March instead of the first Monday
in December as heretofore.?
There seems to be no doubt that this
measure will-be finally enacted over
a veto, although there is said to be
. 110 little opposition to it in the Senate.
BANKRUPT BILL.
The Senate will shortly consider
the House bill, for the establishment ,
of an uniform system of bankruptcy
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throughout the United States. As ,
the bill now stands it applies equally
to all the States. It is questionable,
however, whether it will finally pass
in that shape.
3IAIJ- SERVICE IN TIIE SOUTH.
Postofficc Department is said to be
preparing to extend the mail service
over the old established routes in the j
Southern States,, and I "Understand
that the work will go on as rapidly
as circumstances will permit. K.
Correspondence of the Courier.
"Washington, Dec.?The Radicals
were so fearful that some of the exrobnls
now abroad or liivnurdoiicd at
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home, should escape arraignment and
conviction of treason, under the clause
of the law of 1790, limiting prosecution
for offences to the term of three
years after they arc committed, that
they arc about to pass a Hill to repeal
that clause. There is no doubt that
the lladicals intend that many of the
leading men of the Southern Confederate
States shall yet be tried and
punished in some way. Therefore
they will repeal the amnesty Act of
1S02, and also render confiscations
which have been made absolute instead
of limited to the term of the life
of the party.
Mr. Stevens took an eccentric
course upon this Hill. lie unexpectedly
opposed it, declaring that it
would.be a mere absurdity to undertake
to convict any one of treason
under laws which did not exist at the
time when the overt act was alleged
to have been committed. 1 le strongly
insisted that no one?not Jeffcrso"
Davis?could be convicted ol treason..
Mr. Stevens' theory is that the Confederacy
became an alien and hostile
portion by*the rebellion; the Federal
Government subdued it, and now
holds it as a conquered country. The
trial of Mr. Davis upon the indictment
for treason is undoubtedly to
take place in May or June. Hut it
is regarded as doubtful whether he
can be convicted of treason. No jury
that could be obtained in Virginia
would ogre? upon a verdict ofguiiry.
Knowing this, it is net improbable
that Congress will, get up some Dili
for changing the venire. .There has
been talk of a plan for holding the
trial in this District under the indictment
found here.
The Teruitoutal Condition.?
Wc- believe the Congressional dominant
faction is nearly at an end of
their course, when they propose to
reduce the Southern States to the
condition of territories. So long as
President Johnson has the'appointment
of the officers of the contemplated
territories, their scheme of oppression
would bebafilcd. The radicals
might reject his nominations, butlie
would only have to make new appointees,
and there would therefore
be a dead lock.
'Cut they propose a new plan to
avoid this end of their schemes, and
that is to give Chief Justice Chase
the appointing power for the Southern
territories. To do 'this, they
would have s\gaiu to over-ride the
Constitution; but it is possible the
Chief Justice himself would clieek
their operations at tins point, thus
effectually putting an end to their
plotting?.
Tiie New York IVorld in a long
and able article, discusses tiie contemplated
new condition of the Southern
States, and coine? to the conclusion,
that even if the new Governments
were put in operation against an adverse
local opinion a now dead-lock
would immediately be presented in a
constant conflict between prosecuting
officers and Southern juries :
' Laws arc of no more force without
penalties, and penalties can bo inflicted
only after a trial. Tor the
punishment of ordinary crimes and
the ordinary administration of justice,
Southern juries would doubtless giveimpartial
verdicts under the new system,
as they do now. But in enforcing
the kind of laws which the territorial
scheme seeks to introduce Southern
juries could not be brought to
agree except on verdicts of acquittal.
All laws of that class would be a dead
letter, which vain attempts to execute
UUU1U 1111 i I ill Lv UWiliMUH*
"These difficulties ami obstacles
will be apparent to Congress as soon
;xs the. territorial project begins to be
discussed in a practical view. It is
contrary to all probability that the
conflicting views which will naturally
exist can be so completely reconciled
as to secure the assent of two-thirds ,
of both Houses to the details-of any
plan of the Government. But without
two-thirds of both Houses it would
be promptly knocked in the head by
the veto, the dead-lock appearing in
a new place."
But if the Territorial bill should be ; <
carried over the Presdent's veto, and ' i
the officers all appointed, and the; <
machinery of the new domination in ; :
complete running order, the World \ \
presents a very snpposable ease, I ]
which would eventuate in a blow-up i ;
of the whole scheme. Let a warrant' :
be issued for the arrest of a citizen. J i
His counsel immediately prosecutes
the officer for illegal arrest, and if
the case is decided against liim in
the local court, it is appealed, and
the hnv-point carried up by rapid
stages to the Supreme Court of the
United States. There can he no
doubt whatever that tbc Territorial
law would be decided null and void
by that Court.
This, wc think, is a fair and correct
programme of the course of
events, should the Territorial scheme
be carried through the Congress.
Its termination, wo believe, would
also terminate the parly who seeks
to oppress us.?Columbia Phcciiix.
The Exd Not Yet.?The Richmond
Times says that no plan, scheme
or suggestion lor a "reconstruction"
which will restore the Southern States
to their rights which has emanated
from the Radical party is sincere.?
They are all false and hypocritical.
Their ingenuity lias been taxed to
the utmost to invent plans which
they knew we would reject, ia order
that the odium of the rejection should
be cast upon us.
But if we were to adopt the "Amendment"
tomorrow "they would, reject
it, and if we were to offer negro suffrage
as the price of our re-admission
they would reject it. That such is
the case there are already ample
proofs. Mrny of their leaders during
the last month have become
possessed of the idea that there is
some probability of our acceding to
the terms which have been proposed,
These men vow insist that the
Southern States shall not be restored
to their, rights -until the negro has
been thoroughly educated and made
to understand the value of the right of
suffrage.
Without this they declare that the
right of .suffrage is worthless. By
New England school masters, preachers,
lecturers and newspapers, the
negro must be taught that bis iutercsts
are antagonistic to those-of Ins
late master before Congress should
release its bold upon us.
C.iio-aer (i'a.) Observer.
There are signs in the political heavers
suggestive of no good to our people.
Within thirty days we shall probably
know our fate. The existence of
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u:c siaie Jiangs in i,sc omance ami win
bcdetrrnii nod by ihepvesent Congress.
Important ion is understood
to be on itsway hither, which mavrc({uiro
political action at once with an
eye to the adoption of measure." that
sliail change the course of oar present
jl tr<v. -f 'i'L; .iu- T-- y.LIi:iIvpTAhlYKHTTy-Trrrr
State Convention between now and
the first of April.?<Jurolinuin.
A HeITKXKD C.VLIFOItNIAX Cf.EAXed
Out.?A gentleman by the name
Geo. V?r. ClcarelanH, a former resident
of Spring 1'iaee, Georgia, hut
for the past eight years a ciii/.en of
Californin, while on his return to his
former home hud 'lis pocket picked,
as is supposed, on the Orange and
Alexandria it a broad cars; between
Alexandria and Culpepper Courthouse,
of Sf>,7-"0. the entire fruits
of ills ciglit years' labor. Tlic. victim
of this heavy robbery is confident
that he had his money when he got
on the train, and only missed it at
Culpepper. T-he sum waS in greenbacks,
and was carried in an envelope
in his pantaloons pocket. As soon
as the loss was ascertained, Capt.
l'evtoii. the conductor of the train
was informed ofir, and at his suggestion
a thorough search was made of
the person and ha gage of every one
in t?ie same ear with Mr. Clenvehmd,
but with out result.?'Lynchburg
iu;m.
l)r?T:;Er?s rx Ivrississipi-r.?A correspon
(1 en t < > I' 111 e [ei 11] ii: is J.' v.7. / n eh e
stales lliiit there are twenty thousand
dependent orphans and widows in
Mississippi who need immediate relief.
The more farored classes in
the State, arc doing what they can to
relieve the helpless suffercs; but the
sad failure in the crops renders adequate
relief at homo impracticable.
Aid from abroad, is therefore, indispensable.
The Orphans' Home of
the State of Mississippi, located at
Lauderdale Springs, is doing a noble
work for the poor sufferers. But
more than two hundred applications
have been made already for adinitfi'tinn
tn tlu> uTTnmo" \vl?r?sr? f.nsps
havekeenpostponed for want of means
to feed them.
An earnest appeal is made for assistance
in supporting and extending
the "Home," and it is certain that
the people of Memphis, v.'lio have the
means, will not bo slow in giving material
aid.
Washington, Dec. 1~>.?A proposition
to hold a Convention of the ,
Governors of the Southern States, to ,
consider, and determine what course
should he pursued, in order to umet
the legal demand of Congress and the ,
radical party, is now under consider- 1
ution by prominent Southerners, who
ire, and have been in correspondence !
ivith the Governors spoken of. I i
~ THE JOIIBNALi M
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L. W. R, BLAIR, EDITOR, | <
Friday, DcccRibcr 21, 5&C6. ' ^
IMP OUT ANT NOTICE. ' ,]
Y?"o have been requested by Mr. Gess, to
call attention to his advertisement in another
column, and to repeat here, that all those indeed
to him who do not make some satis
factory arrangement, previous to the -first
of January will find their accounts in the
hands of an attorney for collection.
Dee. 21. 3t*
Suum Cicique.
Our friend of tlio Charleston Mercury
comnlains that tho Journal has used an
A .
article of his without due credit. Tho
Editor of the Journal was absont at tho
tiuio referred to by the Mercury, and is
not responsible for tho inadvertence ?
Ho regrets its occurrence, however, and
will try to guard against a repetition
of such injustice to any of his brethren
of the pen and scissors.
Good I.'sws for Camden.
. The Charleston Mercury of Saturday
says : " The British bark, Tho Queen,
CaptaiiTS'iVAiiT, from Bristol, England,
brings g od news fur our friends iu
Camden, in the shape of live hundred
and fifty tons of tho best rails for the
restoration of that branch of tho South
Carolina Railroad, which had to be wsed
to repair tho main stem, after the
"great march." We congratulate our
friends in Kershaw, at the prospect of
an early "reconstruction," as another
largo ship is on tho way with the balance
of the iron, and if tlscy have had
"to wait for the wagon," it is not likelyto
happen again, after these British rails
are laid down."
Oysters.
We arc indebted to Mr. J. W. Bo norms,
for a bowl of his superb Norfolk
Oysters. Mr. It. always has thorn on
hand at his Restaurant, and wo aro
told by connoisseurs, that lie serves
them up in a stylo to suit the most fustiuus
taste. ,
Labor?Immigration.
AVe publish on our first page, tho report
of the Special Committee of the
legislature, on the" subject of encouraging
European Immigration. The
committee consists of Joux AVackxkii,
Samum. Loud, Jr., uml P. J. Cooc.vx.?
Tho known ability of tlio chairman o!
~^*-^^^miittea._aiid tho attmitiim he
has given the subject for many yearsT
renders the report doubly* interesting,
and though of considerable length, it
will amply repay a' perusal.
Robberies and Incsadtaii3in.
On Sunday night last, the Drug Store
of Dr. F. L. 7ji:jip was eutq^d by I
thieves, and goods to the amount of
one hundred and twenty dollars carried
off.' An effort was first made to enter
the store by forcing the back door, but
from some cause or. other was abandoned,
and an entrance eii'ected by the
I removal of brides from the chimney.
On the same night, the smoke-house
of Mrs. Euzaisetii Nexiles, was broken
open arul robbed of its entire contents,
consisting of corn, meal, flour, bacon
and ether provisions. Yvo hear of various
other robberies committed within
a few weeks past. '
On Friday night last, the Cotton J
House of our fellow townsman, C. J. 1
McdoIvall, near Liberty Hill, with '
about twenty bales of cotton was con- 1
sinned by lire, evidently tho work of '
an incendiary. All of the cotton except 1
four bales was covored by insurance. 1
Relief for the Destitute. . t
Wo copy from the correspondence of c
the Charleston Courier, tho following s
synopsis of a bill which has passod the f
House of Kcprcscntatives, for tho relief
of tho destitution of tho Stato. t
" It authorizes tho Governor to con- j
tract with responsible partios to bring j
into tho State and offer for sale, at ac- t
tual cost,' with a commission not ex- c
ueeding 21-2 per cent, added at least I
one hundred thousand bushels of corn t
per month, if so much bo needed, and q
further provides that the contractors v
repay this amount to the Stale as soon s;
as the Governor deems that the supply e
is sufficient and orders that the iinpor- n
tation 1)0 discontinued. It also contom- h
plates that the Commissioners of tlie si
Poor, for the several Tax Districts, ^ s<
should impose a certain per ceutago j ti
upon the lust general tax, proportioned ! o
to tho number of paupers in their ro-! p
spcctivc districts, for tho support of o;
such paupers. Tho Pill also provides h
that tho contractors be authorized and o
empowered to sell at tho credit of the p
State, ouo hundred thousand dollars v.'
worth cf corn to the necessitous, who n
ire not paupers strictly, taking there- w
for .their personal notes to be approv- \ ti
id by tho Comptroller-General and pay- f
iblo on or before the first day of De- 1
member, 1867, provided that not more 1
than ten bushels of corn shall be sold "3
to any ono person except in case of the (
heads of families, who shall have the I
privilege of purchasing in addition to 3
the said ten bushels, three bushels for 1
each child under the ago of sixteen -f
years. )
The Legislature.
This body has for the past weok been (
actively engaged at work anct comple
ted most of the business prepared for this j.
session. It is probablo they will ad- |
journ to-day, (Friday.) Wo have received
the list of a number of acts which
have been passed, but as adjournment
is so near at hand, we'prefer waiting,'
and giving the whole list in a connected
form in our next issue.
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" Calico."
Wo observe that charity has donnod .
a "calico" ball-dress in Petersburg Ya.,
and is urged by some newspapers to do
the same tiling in other cities for the
relief of the destitute and suffering poor.
Each lady desiring admittance to the
. i
ball is required to wear a substantial,
and plainly made calico dress, which, \
when she has used it for that single !
occasion, it is understood that she will j
turn over to a committee for distri-!
bution among indigent and ill-clad wo
men. The fabric is one which admits 1
the display of as much taste and clc- j
gance as any other, and the graceful ;
woman of the South never appears'
mora cnchantingly lovely than when at
home, arrayed in the simple neatness ]
of "calico," she becomes the "angel of j
r,ho household," whether in the relation j
of wife, mother, sister or- daughter.?,
Hut while wo commend charity in her
proper sphere, and maintain the cle-'
gahco of "calico" as an article of femalo
attire, more eligible to good taste, than ,
any other, under the peculiar circumstances
of the Southern people, we pro-j
test against its appropriation as a bulldress
by charity, and against her mcd-:
dling with it in any manner which m ?y
disparage it in the eyes of the fastidi-.
oils. For wo w sii'to see it put on 1
through motives of justice, prudence, '
patriotism and honest pride, and wo!n |
by the women of tho.South, not for one
day only, but as long as it is serviceable
i:i the ballroom, tlio drawing room, the
theatre, the church, and wherever else
a lady may go, until it shall become the
gal a uress31 oai upturn y; ui hei?-u . 1. II. tion,
and prospects bo greatly improved. !
We have been ruined, politically and
pecuniarily by an aggressive and mer-'
cilcss war upon us. Nearly all are
overwhelmed with debts which pressed
lightly bpfore our property was subverted
but'io bear up under which, now, with
the added burthen of exorbitant and vin- 1
dictive taxes is a perplexing and for
too many, insoluble problem, and
oven if there bo a few who are exempt
from pressing debt?, or from nil debts, , :
and with present affluence around them, '
let it not bo forgotten that the s'orm . i
[
which has wrecked us all, is not yet i
blown over, and that t^io planks on which
they float, may, and probably ]
will, bo swamped by the next wave of 1
revolutionary radicalism, and them- ^ r
solves whelmed in ruin as deeply as 1
my of their neighbors. JYo southern , ]
nan?no southern woman thait, has any mo- c
icy to spend in extravagances. Every dime 1 f
lot required for comfort, should bo c
loardedj or invested re-produotively, 1 0
.../1 j-i.o* T...1,1 ?
I ill I L1UIU llilUJlliiiUllb Xii LUU UVOl tile LU ?J
vhich is the choajiest, consistent 'with 1
ilegance, comfort and neatness, and' I
hat in the iro)\si tasto which involves I
my expenditure beyond what is ncces- c
iary to secure these requisites whether r
or the ball-room, or elsewhoro. i I
These truths must be palpable to all; j
hey are pressed home by a sense of c
ustice to creditors, wlio ought to bo ' n
? i
>aid, by duty to offspring, who ought v
ohavoa provision beyond the reach tl
if a capricious and vindictive conqueror, C
iy duo consideration for the tender fa- p
her or husband whoso now too fro- ci
uout reveries, ere while unwonted, I b
i
riih perplexed brow, or deep drawn a
igh, betray more clearly than words i \
ould express, the difficulties and an- tl
oyaneosohieily pecuniary, which beset; b
iiui; and by that honest pride which ' tl
It ould malco every lady of the South j y<
jorn, under lier present circumstances, ai
j imitate, or ape the Flok.v McFmisies i
f Northern or European opulonco and j w
rotligacy. But unhappily, no woman o!
in determine the style, or expense, of vi
or wardrobe by the simple standard th
t' her own good tasto and sense of its
ropriety. Fashion is a law unto her, nc
liich woman-initurc canno* and should th
ot disregard, and the few individuals !
lxoso example sets the fashion in any in
)wn or community are vested with a! lb
t
m
brmidable power over the fortunes of'
heir country for good or evil. Before
hem therefore, wo, in behalf of their
impoverished, countrymen, humbly lay
jur petition to bo relieved of the "silk
tlx" which, in all its ramifications, is
more onerous, perhaps, than the "cot;on
tax" itself. "When the yankeo assessors
of this tax, Godoy, Frank Xes- ;
lie, and others, come again, dismiss,
them with contempt, and from your own'
unerring good taste originato fashion's
af dress in a material adapted to ther.'
impoverished and nnned fortunes of 1
your country, and you. may live to see
lWAcnornilQ An fl harmv. - Tlie
"b1"" 1
money sunk in this tax would in ten. .:
ycaTs?nay, in less time ?fill your cotra~ '%;*..
tiy wi?h factories?give her a monopoly
of the cotton trade, and make her
ultimately, one of the richest in the
world, while you will individually grow
opulent in an equal proportion. Free
us, then, from. this, tax, and you will .
command and deserve tho admiration ?
of tho world.
Maximilian will not Abdicate.
From recent advices from Mexico, it
appears that Maximilian has re-considerod
his intention to abdicate, and has returned
to the city of Mexico. fiohasibeen . /
induced to do this by the petitions of influential
citizens, backed by tho Clergy,
who have pledged themselves to raise
twenty millions of dollars, to support
and carry on the Empire. A letter in
the New York Times says the French
are fortifying, and' show no fflgiis of
leaving the country. ' ; " ^ . :
Corrcapomlsmc of the Cum Jen Journal.
Pa.\ola Co., (Texas) Nov. 28, 186C.
Fid you ever see a wild Texan ? one
"to the .manor born?" He walks into
your house, Uo-wliiskered and be-spurrcd,
and belte d with a'brace of six shoot
ers. His unkempt hair falls in rat tails
on liis shoulders, and shades his wild ."
sun burnt countenance. IIo wants to
know if ho can put his cattle your pasture
for the night. You don't feel "inclined
to bo troubled. He " argues the
point"? you succumb. After supper
he fills his pipe, and then your parlor
with smoke, not of the most aromatic
kind?you cough?snoeze?he regards
it not, but. being iu a talking mood,, he ; gives
you many adventures of his fron-r
tier life. Wherein ho speaks of " moving
accidents, and hair breadth'scapes'*
from the terrible Camanche?of the
prairies on fife?of the flight of fright"p"'1
?of the stampede in herds .
of cattle, &.c. You listen to his cajoling' ";. '
eloquence and "swear, i'faith, 'tis
strange, 'tis passing strange." I have
just returned from a sitting with some
half dozen of thoso wild men of the
prairies, and learn from them that the
Indians arc again 011 the. war path, and
are committing all hinds of depredations
upon cur froutiersmon?driving
off their stock and carrying away/wo*
men and children into captivity. One
Texan told mo ho had recently been in
thrco lights with thorn, and succeeded
in killing a few, and running the othors
iway from his settlement. Among the
killed were found somo white men,,
minted and dressed infull lndinn cosaime.
It appears, that theso white men
ire from Kansas, and are at the head
>f these plundering and marauding exicditions.
Governor Thockmortox has
Lskcd for U. S. Troops to protect our
rentiers. Gen. Sueiudax has promis)d
to send them. Our Legislature has f
ilso tendered two or three Regiments
if Texans for this service, provided tho
federal Government will arm them.?
it is to be hoped that something will
ie speedily done for tho bonelit of our
itizens who are so exposed to these in
oads of unprincipled white men and
ndians.
Tliis is tiro season for driving beof
attlo to market. During tho last
lontli, tlic roads havo been thronged
,-ith them, all wending their way to
10 slaughter pens of New Orleans.?
>nc would suppose, that the good peole
of that city are fond of beef, if thoy
cmsunie all that go there. It cannot
o wondered at, for those prairie beeves
re tho finest and fittest I ever saw.?
V'hcn you go to New Orleans, stop at
ic St. Charles, and bo sure to call foreef-steuk,
if you are fond of good
lings?my best chapeau ori^t, that,
jur epicurean taste will be most pleasltly
satiated.
The clear weather for the last week,
ith light frosts, has had a wonderful
feet in maturing and opening the
oitng cotton planted in Juno last on
o overflowed lands on Eed lliver, and 4^
> bayous. With tino weather fur the
>xt ten days, wo may safely predict
at a half crop will be realized.
Confidence in the labor of tin freed-,
en is being restored, and the lands on
_>d ltiver are commanding high prices
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