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eiana threatens the destruction of law
?od order and oivil rule iu that State;
and whereas by Sectiou 4 of Article 5
of the Constitution, it is made the im?
perative duty of Congress to-guarantee
to every State of tbo Uo ion a republi?
can form of government; and whereas,
in the judgment of this House, the
most practical mode of rendering this
guarantee effectual in tho case of
Louisiana, fa to remove all! een*e of
wrong and oppression from the minds
of its people, by a new, fair, well
guarded election for their oivil oflloers.
Therefore, ". '.
Resolved, That the Judiciary Com?
mittee be instructed to prepare and
report, without delay, a bill providing
for u now election* of State offijcrs uud
Representatives in Congress in Louisi?
ana, .under suoh guards, restrictions
and guarantees as will imnre the
fullest liberty to every citizen to ex
eroise the right of suffrage without
fear and without restraints, and as will
provide for-stioh a count and declara?
tion of the r6stilt us will insure to the
majority th'eir constitutional and legal
Willard, of Vermont, said he should
object to the present consideration of
the resolution in that form. He had
no objection to its-being referred to
the Judiciary Committed, but he did
object to a declaration/1 by the House
that it could order, on oleotion in Loui
oiana, or any other SMto. Hale re?
marked that tbo resolution wao offered
only for the purpose Of getting an ex?
pression of the sentiment of the House
on this most solemn matter. He did
not'care particularly whether the sub?
ject, went to the Judiciary Committee
or to tue Select Committee ou Louisi?
ana Affairs; but he wanted an expres?
sion of tbe sentiment of the Hondo, so
that tho. House would at onoe begin to
grapple with this important matter.
It was not a uew question for him.
He bad no doubt that the solution of
tho matter was in accordance with
what was embodied in his proposition.
Ho bad believed uo for two years, and
that conviction had been strengthened
every day." Kasaon, of Iowa, said he
desired to interpose an objection, so as
to prevent delicto iu anticipation of the
report of the Ssleot Committee. Cox,
of New York, asked if debate on
the resolution was to be general.
The Speaker ' replied, that debate
could only proceed by unanimous
concent. Ksss?u then said: I object
to preoipitatiug a debate at this time.
Randall, of Pennsylvania?It is better
to preoipitate u debate than to prlcipi
tnt* ? sivi!"^At'.'1 Wi?srd_X! do not
approve, by uny means, of tbe course
taken in Losttiana during 'the last two
Siars; but I do object to having this
onoe brought at once to vote upon
such ao important proposition as the
right of Congress to fix and determine
tho election of State officers. Eld
ridge,' of Wisconsin?It seems to me
that this is the most opportune oooa
oion. I Objection by Kasaon. I There
can bo no more pressing question on
Congress.' ) Renewed objection by Kas?
aon, enforced by the Speaker, with a
vigorous hammering of bis gavel; but
Eldridge, in spite of the noise thus
made, continued his remarks, which
were to the effect that the proceedings
in Louisiana were now being managed
by the same individual who had lorded
it over that people when that State
was being reconstructed?by tho same
tyrant] Hale?As objection is made,
I now give notice that I ?ill, on Mou
. day next, move to suspend tbe rules,
in order to adopt this resolution. I
do not propose to take the subject
from the Select Committee of the
House?not opposed to send it to it;
but the impotonoy of any committee
getting information that will solve the
question, is already shown by tbe fact
that the most high-banded proceed?
ings have taken place while t he com?
mittee is sitting there. Randall?
Who has oommitted these high-hand?
ed proceedings? Cox?Tho gentle?
man from Maine ? bus given notice
that ? ho will' offer his resolution
next Monday. I give notioo of
another 'resolution, on the same sub?
ject, which comprehends the idea of
the withdrawal of the military foroo
from Louisiana. I hope the line will
be drawn on that. Butler, of Massa?
chusetts, made a remark that Cox had
offered a similar resolution before the
fall of Fort Sumter. Hale?This is no
new idea of mine. Eldridge?I object
to further debate? if I hsvs to run a
j race with tbe Speaker's gavel, tbe
other aide must do tbe same thing.
Negtey, of Pennsylvania?Before this
question is settled, we will have to send
modi military foroe to Louisiana.
Hairs resolution was returned to him
from the Speaker's desk, and the mat?
ter o rid od for tbe present. The House
then went into committee of the
.> wholb, on the fortification bill. Among
appropriations are: Fortress Monroe
.. $'20,000; Fort Moultrle $15,000; Fort
9 Pieke&S 825.000; Fort Jackson $25,000;
Fort Jefforson $15,000; Fort St. Phil?
lip, 8110,000; Fort Morgan $25,000. A
? bitter ooloqary was injected, regarding
Louisiana: Irwin was brought to the
bar of the .House and committed for
contempt. . ? *
After local business, the. Senate re?
sumed consideration of, tho resolution
submitted yesterday by Th?r man, iu
regard to Louisiana troubles?tho
pending question boing on a motion of
Oonkling to insert the words, ."if not
- incompatible with tho public Interest,"
Wee\of Louisiana, said, it was some?
what ^4temarkablo, that those who
thrust 'This resolution upon the Se?
nate,'declared j that they were la pos?
session of alt tbe facts about'Louisi?
ana; <yet they wanted the President to
send information to them. He then
spoke Jh, the condition: of affairs* in
Looisien, and'qtf?ted from the de?
spatch ntvGeh.Baetf-Jah, to show that
State, j It badf been charged her? Ifc>
Senators, on the. .other sida of the
chamber, that. the President had need
the army in .Louisiana in violation of
law. They need not think that tbe
President bad made a mistake; be
might mistake sometimes, but be never
made a military mistake. It bad beeu
charged here, further, tbnt Oenerat
Sheridan was ordered uf New Orleans
over tbe General of the At my, and
contrary to all nsage; be (West) before
oommencing bis speech, fortunately
bad found upon the floor of Ibe Senate
the Secretary of War, and upon ask?
ing bim if snob bad been the oase, the'
Secretary replied in the negative, aud
banded tbe evidence to bim to contra?
dict the statements that tbe General of
the Army bad been ignored. West
then sent to the Olerk's desk and had
read a letter, received by him from the
Seoretary of War, dated beadqoarters
of the aamy, St. Louis, Missouri, De?
cember 80, 1874, acknowledging tho
receipt of a confidential communication
of December 26, with enclosures.
Saulsbury, of Delaware?That is sim?
ply au acknowledgment of the re?
ceipt of confidential communications
and does not state tbe oharaotor of
them. West?When this resolution
shall have passed and all the informa?
tion comes out, tbe Senator will see
that it was an acknowledgment of the
reoeipt of all orders and communica?
tions in reference to Gen. Sheridan
being ordered to New Orleans?that is
the faot and I know it to be bo. Ho
proceeded to review the circumstances
atteudiug the organization of the
Legislature iu New Orleans, on Mon?
day last, and charged that by tbe 1?wb
of Louisianu, acte of the Conservative
members of that Legislature were ille?
gal, violent and revolutionary, and, iu
faot, were the acts of a mob. Tbe
seating of five members, whose seats
were contested, before any permauent
organization, was without a parallel.
He quoted from the records of Con?
gress, to show that John Quinoy
Adams at one time presided in tbe
House as temporary Speaker for six?
teen days, on account of certain con?
tested cases wbioh were not noted upon
until Ions after permanent organiza?
tion had been effeoted. Tbe so-called
Speaker of the Louisiana House of
Representatives bad deolared that those
who contested seats were entitled to
them, without auy evidence to show
that they were elected. Tbe vote by
which Wiltz claimed to have been
! elected Speaker lacked five of a legal
! majority of tbe body. He next
Iread from a telegram stuting that
Congressman Potter was present at tbe
organization and discountenanced the
action of Wiltz. Gen. DeTrobriaud
was first aalled upon to maiutaiu order
in the lobby, by the so called Con?
servative majority in the House of
Representatives. The five men who
contested seats had not as much right
upon the floor as those in tbe lobby,
aud when those men were ejeoted by
Gen. DeTrobriand, he did not see how
exception could be taken. It was all
proper for tbe military to be used in
clearing tbe lobby, but all wrong
when used to quell a mob and ejeot
from tbe floor five men who were not
entitled to be there. The charge that
I the President bad been guilty of mal?
feasance was entirely contradicted by
I facts before tbe Senate. He then
I spoke of the unkind treatment towards
the Northern people in Louisiana, uud
said Over 3,000 'lives in that State bad
been yielded up for:tbe sake of their
political opinions. Talk about peace
in Louisiana, bat there was no peace
there. Gordon, of Georgia, said ho
did not propose to reply to tbo speech
of Senator West. He was quite will
iug that it should go to theoountry
aud make its own answer; bat wheu
the people, whom he (Gordon) loved as
his own lifer?whose fortunes were his,
through weal or woe, through life or
death?were held up as assassins and
murderers, he oould not and would not
remain silent; and if hie voice and ges?
tures Were tremulous now with emo?
tion, it was not tbo emotion of angor,
but tbe emotion of indignation ut the
outrage perpetrated upon bis people.
Ho stood aghast at tbe spectacle pre?
sented in this Senate yesterday?a
spectacle of one portion of tbe mem?
bers seeking to ruin the fair name and
honor of the people of one section of
this aonntry before the civilized world.
He was amazed?utterly amazed?that
there should be found in the hearts ot
men with whom he daily associated
upon this floor, so much hate. He was
totally unprepared for it, and if be be?
lieved to-day tbat the expressions which
he beard from Senators' lips yesterday
refleoted tbe sentiments of tbe North?
ern people, bo would feel that it was
time for the Southern people to die.
If he believed that those expressions
foreshadowed tbe polioy of this Go?
vernment towards the South, then he
would say, let us have done with this
farce of local self government, He
did not believe tbat saoh sentiments
were entertained by tbe Northern peo?
ple. He did not believe that tbe brave
men against whom the people of tbo
South had lately contended, enter?
tained any suoh sentiments. Ho be?
lieved the great majority of the Ameri?
can people, of both North and South,
white and black, abhorred any such
spirit of animosity. Ho believed the
movement inaugurated in 1872, by
tint large-beaded and largo-bear ted
man of New York, to bring about good
feeling and harmony, would besuoeess
fnl. Iu the support whioh he (Gordon)
gave to the resolution, as presented bv
Senator Thueman, he protested against
any construction whioh would make it
appear that he was wanting in veepeot
to the President of the United States.
Much had been said hare about the
President* being the Oommsndcr-in
Ohief of the Army. He i (Gordon) I was
glad he waa Oommeudsr-ih-Obisf?
glad tbat Ibe military was subor
dioate to the] oivil , power. iHa
did not propose to dwoues thy r.esjbla
tion, bat to reply to what be was
forced to oonolude were grataitoas in
Salts offered to bis people by some of
tbe Senators on tbe otber side of the
chamber. It was charged that murder
prevailed throughout tbe South, and
that these mnrders were by the hands
of the Democratic white man's party.
His roply to that was brief; the charge
was false. It was true that murders
bad oooarred, but no one deplored
them more than himself, nor more
than tho people he represented. His
people had always said tbat tbe class
of people committing these murders
were the worst enemies of the South.
If murders were committed, was tbat
I any reason for brandiug tbe whole
Southern people as a set of assassins
and barbarians? Wherever in tbe
Southern States, people of honesty
and integrity have control of public
affairB, property, life and liberty areas
safe as they are in any Northern
State. [Applause iu the gallery, j ui?
tbe Senator from Vermont (Edmunds)
forget tbat there were States iu the
North, iu tbe bands or the Democrats?
He (Gordon) apprehended tbat these
Status were governed just as well in
States governed by Republicans. He
was Mire that such was tbe case iu tbe
South. Since the war, uot a solitary
arm had been raisod in a Southern
State against tbe power of tbe
Federal Government, and yet tbe
Southern people were charged,
day after day, with being disloyal
towards tbe Government, because
there were riots at elections or riots at
cross-roads. A baud of misguided ne?
groes, who marched at night with
arms to murder aod hearts to plunder,
could not be attached by whites iu
self-defence. If they were attacked
and a conflict ensued, iu which a few
were killed, tbe South was then
charged with disloyalty and antago?
nism to tbe Federal Government. Co?
lored militiamen might insult womeu,
rob, pillage and drag innocent men
from their beds, and when the white
men resisted them, tbe Soutberu peo?
ple were held up us murderers and as?
sassins. Men were sent down among
them who had no ooratnon interest
with them?these men made tho laws,
collected tho taxes and governed the
Southern people, and then maligned
tbe same people. If the South asked
how New England would like that,
how the West would like that, aud
strived by every lawful meaus to over?
throw thoso men, her people were
c^*av*'vad with b*k*[2,F murderers and as?
sassins. How long are we thus to be
misunderstood, in the face of every
evidence we give of our readiness to
meet tbe Northern people upon equal
ground. But we are told that we in?
timidate voters. It does not matter
what may be our minority?though we
I may be as one to many?still we in?
timidate voters. It would soon be
found tbat there was iutimidatiou on
the otber side. He (Gordon) then read
from the Chicago Inter-Ocean certain
testimony taken in Alabama, to the ef 1
feet that bacon for tbe relief of persons
in overflowed districts was distributed
to persons living out of those districts
on the eve of election. Other colored
men swore they bad been discharged
for voting tbe Republioau ticket, and
others that tbey bad been beaten und
turned out of church for so voting.
The Senator from Indiana (Morton)
yesterday, bad spoken ot lies sent out
I by tbo Southern Associated Press
I agents. He (Gordon) thought that a
libel on the Associated Press of tbe
South, and he thought be knew as
much about it as the Senator from In?
diana. He, (Gordon,) as a Seuator
and a man, recogoizi r:: this responsi?
bility to bis country aud to his God,
would say these things are true, j Re?
newed applause iu tbe galleries ]
Continuing bis argument, tho Se?
uator said. Liars, are they? What
does tbe Senator do with the re?
porters sent out by tbe leading papers
of the country from tho city of New
York? Are tbey uIbo liars? If so.
why did not tbe Seuator charge it?
They testified to tbe very same class
of facts. Why, why, Mr. President,
does it fiud a place in the Senator's
heart to charge falsehood upon the
Southern reporters, when, if false?
hood existed, it also existed iu the
lity of New York? No, sir?tbe Se?
nator cowered before the power of the
Herald, Tribune and Times, und he
tlare not say it. [Renewed applause
in galleries. The Chair (Sargent)
gave notice if any farther applause be
mado the rale would be enforced und
tbe galleries cleared.] Gordon rising,
said, he woe foroed to the conclusion
that those on the other side who claim
to be the friends of luw and
order, desire murder in the Southern
States. Tbey know when pence
came, when the people of this country
understood eaoh otber, as they are be?
ginning, thank God, to understand
eaoh otber now, good government
would ensue?life, liberty aud pro?
perty would be safe, and there would
be no place for these disturbing spirits.
He was responsible only for this be?
lief, bat he thought it true, and in
time history would write it down so.
Not one man in a thousand in the
South was armed?there were not half
bo many armed as before tbe war; there
uro not as many military companies iu
tbe South as before the war; even the
old-fashioned double-barreled shot-gun
had almost disappeared. Was it all
right for the Government to arm
the black militia and disarm tbe
rhito? Before the men, who had no
interest t*ith tbe Beuthorn people, ex>
oept to arraign the blacks against
them, oame there, good feeling existed
between the whites and blaoks; there
Were churches and eohool-honaes iu
the South fpr tbe blaoka, and lit every
Southern State money bad been con?
tributed by the whites for school
bouses an&ahqrobee for. the blacks.
The Southern 'white people had con?
tributed more than any one else. Only
the other day, a resident of Georgia,
in his last will and testament, be?
queathed SlOO.OOO to educate colored
people. Did the Senator from Ver?
mont (Edmunds) think these uots of
semi barbarism, which he attributed to
the Southern people in Ins speech yes?
terday? Edmunds said the Senator
did not quote him correctly. Gordon?
Does the Senator say that he did not
suy, before the wur tbo South was iu u
state of semi-barburiem? Edmunds?
I do. [Edmunds then requested the
Senator to read from the Record what
ho did say.J Gordon?Never mind
what may be in the Record, the words
are in my memory, und will not out.
Edmunds?Well, the Senator has the
Record, and if he can tiah out
of it anything of thut charac?
ter, then his ingenuity is equal
to his audacity. [Sensation. | Gor?
don?I took down the Senator's words
as he said lu??j ?Du am responsible for
them. Edmunds?Responsibility is u
very good thing. Gordon?The waut
of it sometimes ii a very good thing,
too. [Laughter I Gordon then read
from the Record of yestorday Mr. Ed?
munds' remarks, where ho said:
"When I see, Mr. President, as I have
not yet seen, that tbe people, as they
call themselves, tbe Wbite Leaguers,
or the white Democrats, or white (Jou
sorvatives, or whatever they may be,
of any State in this Union?when they
find that any of their associates have
committud assassination or morder er
wrong upon their fellow citizens, for
no cause but opinions' sake, turu upoti
him, as iu Obio, they would turn upon
him, or iu Vermont, without respect
of party and bring him nuder the
heavy hand of justice, then I shall be?
gin to have some faith that our .South?
ern brothers, who, it seems, have
not yet forgotten tbo old man?
ners and ways of semi-barbarian
times, have thought better of it," <*co.
Iteeumiug his argument, Gordon said,
where is the audacity now iu bringing
tbe Senator before the chamber, us I
have done? He then referred to tbe
history of the Southern people in the
revolutionary war, and spoke of many
statesmen and soldiers from thut sec?
tion, and said if such men uud deeds
be evidence of semi-barbarism, ho was
williog to uecept before hia country
and before Hoaveu all the orime at
I taobed to it. But enough of thus; he
came here with a heart full of good
will towards every oue, uud trusted
that Dut'iia" ho had suid sculd bo at?
tributed to auy feeling of animosity.
I His faith was linn that right, justice
laud truth would triumph, and the
feeling of good will, already begun
[between the North and South,
would continue to unite und
build up our oommou country.
[Applause in the galleries. ] Edmunds
said the honorable Seuutor bad mis?
stated what he (Edmunds) said, and
arruigned him before the Senate for
[ using certain language, Gordon said
the Senator (Edmunds) was mistaken
in his position. He (Gordon) did not
arraign him, but simply repelled the
arraignment Edmunds made of his
people. Edmuuds said the Senator
had repeated u phrase which bordered j
on semi-barbarism?thut ho was re?
sponsible for what he paid. Was there
any necessity for that? It reminded
him of what the predecessors of the
honorable Senator used to say, when
they had no better argument, they
would fight it out by the due!. The
honorable Senator, in speaking of bis
people, had rufurrod largely to the glo?
ries they attained iu the interest of out
oommou country. So they did, uud
they deservtd the gratitude of the
country for it: but, unfortunately,
thorn had been u more recent period,
when, by tbe conduct of Davis, Lee,
Toombs, and others whom he might
nume, blood hud beeu shed for the de?
struction of thut same flag. There was
a late period in the history of the
United States, which did not redound
to tbo credit of the Southern people as
mnch as the early history which the
Seuutor hud alluded to. Democrats
and Republicans iu the Northern
Stutes lived side by side; they hud hotly
contested elections, but the ballot-box
settled all matters, und tbey mingled
together in society, good friends;
it did not become tbo Senator, with
the fairness which characterized his
conduct, to impute to him (Edmunds)
uny feeling of auimosity or dislike for
the people of the Southern States. All
he desired was security for life and
property for all meu nod parties. He
bad no objection to white men or thu
Demooratio party having control of
every Southern State, bo tbey adminis?
tered equal justice to all. Thero should
be a careful effort to get at the truth,
und whatever it turned out to be, act
upon it; but he had u suspicion that it
would not suit a certain portion of the
people of the South, though not the
portion to wbiah Senator from Georgia
referred, to have thu truth ever since
the rebellion had terminated. North?
ern men bad cried out for tolerunco of
opinion only, uud not for vongeunou;
Northern men had removed political
disabilities and received men who had
boeu engaged in the rebellion with
open arms. All tbo North desired was
that peace whiob tbe Seuator spoke of.
Gordon said: Tbe Senator had referred
to bim, being tbe word "rcspousi
bility." What be meant by the word
was that he was responsible us a Sena?
tor, as a gentleman and as a man, for
the truth of what be said: uud if thus
being responsible was to bring upon
him the oensure of the Senator as
semi-barbarous, he would have
to try and bear it. If ho will
allow me to bear the respon?
sibility of my statement, I will
promise not to molest him in his irre?
sponsibility. He (Gordon) wonld not
be led into any controversy about tbe
reoent war. He bad supposed tbe un?
happy past buried in tbe past, and if
there was auy glory on either side, be
supposed it was a common heritage to
a common people. Tbo Mounter (Ed?
munds) desired to get at tbe truth
about the South. If tbe South bad
one desire more than another, it was
tbat the American people might know
tbo whole truth us to the state of feel?
ing in tbat section. The resolution
was further discussed by Flanagan, of
Texas; aud at 4).j Hamilton took the
floor, hut yielded to Sargent for a mo?
tion to adjourn; which was agreed to,
and tbe Seuute thou adjourned till 12
o'clock to-morrow.
The Vico-Prosidont authorizes and
requests a palliation of tbo on dit of
this morning. While he deplores tbe
condition of the South, he uses no
I words of condemnation nf the conduct
of auy officer, and has hopes thut tbe
Republican party is not killed.
Nominations?H. A. Moore, Post
muster at Bryan, Texas; E. C. Rainey,
Georgetown, S. G.; J. R. Niekle, Car
tersvillo, Ga.
Probabilities?Daring Thursday, in
tbe South Atlantic und Gulf States,
I falling barometer. North to East
I winds, cloudy and rainy weather will
prevail, with rising temperature.
Nbw Orleans, January 6.?The fol?
lowing telegram has been went by Gen.
Sheridan to the Secretary of War: Tbe
city is very quiet to-day. Some of
the banditti made idle threats, last
night, that tbey would assassinate me,
because I dared to tell tbe trutb. I
am not afraid aud will not be stopped
from informing tbe Government that I
there are localities in this department
where the very air has been impreg?
nated with assassination for some
years.
Tallahasee.Fla. , January 6.?Both
Houses met to-day, and again failed to
organize. The Senate stands 12 Be
publicans to 12 Democrats.
Tclcg raiilUc ? (.?in mere In 1 UopurU.
New York, January 6?Noon.?
Stocks aotive and lower. Money 5.
Gold 12%. Exohauge?long 4 86;
?h?rt 4 J. Governments active
nud better. Cotton quiet uud steady;
sales 1.701?uplands 14%; Orleans
l?1^. Futures opened firm: February
15 8-32, 15 5 32; March 15 916, 15%;
April 16, 16 1 16; May 16%. 16 7-16;
June 16 19-32. 16%. Pork firm
mess 20 62%. L mi firm?steam 13%.
7 P. M.?Cotton steady; sales 2.41?,
at 14%(a)15%. Sou thorn flour quiet
and prices without decided change.
Wheat quiet and a shade easier, with?
out decide! ohauge. Corn doli, heavy
aud lo. lower?85@88 for new West?
ern mixed and yellow. Coffee quiet
and firm. Sugar steady and very
quiet?8%(a)8%. Molaases u jobanged
aud in moderate demand. Pork firm?
new mess 20 5"@20 62^. Lard firm?
er? prime steam 13%(<?13%. Whis?
key firmer?98>?. Cotton net receipts
832; gross 3,008. Futures closed
strong; sales 44.900: January 14 31-82;
March 15%, 15 25-32; April 16 3-16,
16 7 32; May 16 15 32. 16}^; June
16%; Jnly 17; August 17 316. Money
2?3. Exohauge 4.80. Gold 12%(o)
12%. Governments doll but steady.
States quiet and nominal.
Baltimore, January 6 ?Cotton
firm?middling 14%; low middling
14.'a'; good ordiuary 13%; gross re?
ceipts 367; exports Great Britain 50;
coastwise 100; sales 2U1; spiuueru 106;
stock 20 548.
Charleston, January 6 ?Cotton
nominal; stormy weather iuterrupts
business?middling 14%; low middling
13%(?)14; good ordinary 12^(aH2%;
not receipts 1,195; exports coastwise
1,353; sales 500; stock 73,842.
Cincinnati, January 6.?Flour dull.
Corn iu fair demand uud lower?67(3)
70. Pork higher?19 25@19 50. Lard
linn?steam 13%(f?l3;.;; kettle 14.
Bacon steady?shoulders in good de?
mand, at 3>j(rt}3%. Whiskey firm?
04.
St Loojs, January 6 ?Corn in im?
proved demand?No. 2 mixed 64%(?)
66%. Whiekey quiet?96. Pork iu
improved demand ? 19.25 @ 19.50.
Lard held 13% ($13%.
Galveston, January 6.?Cotton
firm und in moderate demand?mid?
dling 14%; low middling 14; good or?
dinary 1834; net receipts 1,188; ex?
ports to Great Britain 3,762; coastwise
12; sales 1,683; stock 86,546.
New Orleans, January 6.?Cotton
firmer snd good demand?middling
14%; low middling 14; good ordinary
12%; not receipts 2,096; gross 2,721;
exports Greut Britain 9.167; continent
749; sales 6,500; stock 274,426.
Augusta, January 6.?Cotton de?
mand good?middling 14%; low mid?
dling 13%; good ordinary 12%; net
reooips 328; sales 497.
Wilmington, January 6.?Cotton
firm?middling 13%; net receipts 332;
exports Great Britain 605; coastwise
957; sales 150; stock 2,966.
Boston, January 6.?Cotton quiet
and firm?middling 14%; net receipts
34; gross 374; sales 737; stock 23,721.
Nf RFoLK, Jauuary 6.?Ootton
steady?middling 14%; not receipts
966; exports ooastwiae 450; sales 300;
stock 18,096.
Savannah, January 6.?Ootton firm
?middling 14%; low middling 14;
good ordinary 13; net receipts 1,799;
gross 1,835; exports Great Britain
3,142; coastwise 1,169; sales 908; stock
91,907.
Louisville, January 6.?Flour un?
changed. Oorn uomiually 69@70.
Bacon?shsuldersnone; olesr rib 10%;
clear 11%, packed. Lard?choice leaf
I 1 4 i / . ..?..._ -t??i / tin .- .i. .. nr
?-VS : CkVBLU lu^j, 11 uiohd.i ittf.
MoniLB, January 6.?Ootton steady
?middling 14%(a)14%; net reoeipts
879; gross 882; exports coastwise 538;
sales 1,500; stock 75.699.
Memphis, January 0.?Cotton firm
?middling 14%@14%; low middling
13%@14;. good . ordinary, 183*;, net
receipts 1,725; shipments 2,205; sales
2,000; stook 89,249.
Philadelphia, January 0.?Cotton
firm?middling 14^@15; net receipts
67; gross 312.
London, January 6.?Consols 92J?
(m92^. Street discount 4>?. Erie
26@26J?.
Pakis, January 6.?Rentes 62f. GOo.
Liverpool, January 6?3 P. M.-*?
Cotton aotive and firmer?uplands
7K@7^; Orleans 7%; saleB 25.000,
including 13,300 American; 7,000
speculation and export; to arrivo 1-16
dearer; sales on basis middling op
lands, nothing below good ordinary,
shipped December or January, 7 9 16;
February or Marob, 7 11-16; nothing
below low middling, shipped Decem?
ber or January, 7 9-16@7%; delivers*
ble January, February, March or
April, 7 9-16; sales on basis middling
Orleans, nothing below low middling,
deliverable February or March, 7%.
6 P. M.?Cotton sales basis middling
uplands, nothing below low middling,
shipped February or Marob; 7 11*16;
basis middling Orleans, nothing below
low middling, shipped January or
February, 7 13-1G; nothing below good
ordinary, shipped February or March,
7 11 16.
It is rumored in Washington, that,
owing to some disagreement between
Secretary Bristow and himself, Trea?
surer Spinner is about to step down
and out. Greenbacks will not look
natural without old Spinner's familiar
fist to them. Counterfeiters who have
[spent so much vain able time in study?
ing his autograph, are to be pitied'
ala81?The Mississippi papers rep?
resent the negro raoe to be in a worse
I condition than ever before; thousands
ire without supplies of any kind, with?
out necessary clothing, without money
ind without oredit, and.those coming
from Georgia and Alabama are also in
condition of great destitution.
Loxostreet.?Just before leaving
New Orleans, Gen. Longotreet quar?
relled with Governor Kellogg about
the September outbreak. They crimi?
nated and recriminated at a great rate.
Think bow degraded Lougatreet must
have felt when a fellow like Kellogg)
could aritioise bim as a military man. *
The New York Herald advises Presi?
dent Grant io retire frtm the Presi?
dential chair, eo an to allow himself
time to examine the Constitution and
other useful documents. The tonn?
derer thinks Vioe-President Wilson
would be an improvement, oven
though Grant dislikes bim.
Kino Alfonso's Views?In bis in
tsrcian ??>?*? tlia Pan. ULUMWliLlullLjtlLllI
of the London Times. Don Alfonso
said: "Liberal Constitutionalist .as I
xm, I know well that it is not a matter
of pleasure to be King of Spain at
? this moment, but I shall try to under?
stand my doty and do it."
Mr. N. H. Bishop, of Philadelphia,
who is on a voyage in a paper boat
along the coast, has arrived at Now
burn, N. 0. Old sailors, oystermea
and others shake their headB at the
frail shull, and declare that they would
not cross a oreek in soon a craft.
Chivalry.?The Obioago Tribune
sneeringly refers to the Byerly-War
moth traoas as a type of "Southern
chivalry." As Byerly was a 8Penneyl
vauiau and Warmoth is an Illinoisan,
we fail to see the point made on the
"chivalry."
Ou Christmas morning Joa Riley.
an old colored man, after leaving the
isideuco of Mr. Thos. Riley, in Abhe?
ilte, fell into a gulley some fifteen
feet deep, whore he was found dead
two days afterwards.
Rev. Mr. King, the sporting parson,'
who wou't sell his racers to please the
Bishop of Lincoln, has named a horse
Hypocrisy. It is u good name to take
purse.
Ou Christmas day the residence of
Capt. J. G. McBlair, in Wulterboro,
wan destroyed by fire.
faction. aai.o*#?'
Sale of Fine Fruit Trees and Evergreens,
direct from the Nursery.
BY JACOB LEVIff . '
On TUESDAY MORNING, 12th inst., I will
soil, at my Auction Room, commencing
at 10 o'olook, a large collection of choice
FllUIT TRUES and EVERGREENS,
among whioh are tho following:
Poaches?Stump the World; Crocket's
White, Old Wixon, Early York, Bale's
, Early, Crawford's Early, Crawford's Late,
T? .?.' Qn*.AMn~ Q..l_.-_ Y_^ ?J?7l?_
lord Hetcung, sc.way u?^? xouow,
Ward's Late, Beer's Bmock. '. -
Pears?First claas, selected kinds.
Apples?Pirat class, selected kinds* i ? -r
Cherries?Kentish or Large Pie.
Cherry Currants, large.
Concord Grape Viuea, Clinton Grape
Vinoa
Evergreens?Hemlock, Spruce, American
a lbor Vibe.
Tho above may bo aeon and examined at
my u tore aud warranted as. described.
Jan C ... ?_ ?
Wanted, Sb'-l'i f.ii
[Nahiphly ?enteel family, a moely-fur
_1 niihod RED-ROOM, near the Pacmrx
oftico, by a uiuglo gentleman. Apply at 1S1
Main street. "jggjgg|gj -Van 7 1
Columbia Lodge, Ho. 108. A. F. X.
AN EXTRA Communication 'Of
'this Lodge will be held THIS EVEN
_ x INO, at 7 o'clock; In Maeonlo Hall,
for tho purposoof conferring the P.0. De
croe. Ht order or the W.M.
Jan 7 1 L. P: MOSES; Secretary.,
Canned Goods.
I / \(\ OASES a lb. cans TOMATOES, at
lilU tl.50 usr doa. and i5o. per can. ~~
lOOcasoa 2 "lb. cane PEACHES, at I2.G0
[ per uos. and 25a. par can.
On hand and for sain by
Jan,7_JOHN AQNEW A BON.
New Layer Raicino. I
1UU R?islNH, at $;u*ch 77
Jut received and for sale by.
Jan 7 JOHN AG NEW A SON.
Seed Potatoes
1 AA DA. RUE LS Choice Early llose
JAJv/ BMd Potatoea: warrented beat
quality, now on hand ana to be had during
jj the season, by the banr^ only^at^^
Deo at) imo Opposite Phomix Offloe.
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