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New-) O sao ._ _ Ist.Udr S, Bm P. BErdrage .... O.t EPCEb RB, 504~as _:IXOY O 0 . ~~~~~~~. 4 ~riibr QC~I6 3A2'VJITOCBZ : : T at. Xo eINTT is our duly hather !ains at New Orleans. IllORATZO UETMOUR. of New York. YIC3-PaRssnNT: F. P. 3?A ZR. * Of Missouri. 10R TUE STATE AT ioLARE•: .•. WICOLIFFE, of West Fellolana. 4IAH GAR.WRT t, of Ouachita. ALTZRNATE: ,AMES P. FPREET. ot Jeffereozu.. UDGE o 3J. N, LUEA, Qf Orleais. DISTiarIT ELuorTOe Lst Coag. Di s t.-A. SAMBOLA4 d• .. .. M. B. BRADY. 3d. .... A. .' BREBON. th .. .. A. DuBLANO. t .. .. N. W. COLBMAN. ALTERNATES: t Coug.g Dist.-T . P.8HRBURNE. d.. .. GEO. W. RAOE. rd .. .. J. H. KENNARD. hSA .. .. E. N. CULLUM. - W. P. BLACO MAN. I. H- B RI( 1 EAM uiogoraer is is ', - frthe havlng officially i.pettasd ai thatlsseot R o. r Outh Caro. tb tane, Louisiana, Gorgita, Alabama an sa Bronds, have complied w th tie;reoo- ini st lruion lnets, leoin••.ti~j3 Of Jine3 su 25, 1868, and that cosequen y soinuch dh of the act of Mereb 2d.'1867', sad all us acts supalemaentary;therteo, providing - for miitrd ts subject to the mill- si -- rt authorit ' 'f . the U ited States as wl provided, ha b~b nne fmperativo in wi those 8tetes, and the Commandin; Gen- th orals haveeoased exercuisng the military power conferred by. saimd ata.tbereure a~ the following changes will be. made in m the .orgabi•tatle and eommand of the military distrotis and geographical de- th partments. so L The Sdconud and Third Military Die- vi trias having ceased to exist, North and aI South (arolina, Georgia, Alabamaand oc Florida will constitute the Department of the Soutb, Gen. Meade to conimand, a with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. 2. Gen. Gillem will command the bI Fourth Militarr District, comprising w Mississippi. 3. Gen. Reynolds will command the si Fifth Military District, comprising Texas, headquarters at Austin, Texas. to 4. LouIsiana and Arkansas will con- stitute the Department of Louisiana, 5, Gen. Roseeau commanding, headquar- b ters at New Orleana. Gen. Buchanan will continue in eoonmand until relieved by Gen. Roeaeau.- I 5. (Ueu. George Crooke relieves Ien. Roeseau in the Department of Columbia. 6. Gen, Canby is reassigned to the command of the Department of Wash- ington. is 7. Gen. Edward Kath, Colonel 9th Cavalry, relieves, Gen. Buchanan as As- tl sistant Commissioner 'Freedmen's Bu- reau in Louisiana. . W AsINmToN, July 28.--In aooord- ance with the concurrent resolutions of b Congress, Secretary Seward proclaims reciting the fhets and circumstanoes,and 0o concludes, "And I further certify that a the said amendment 14th has become al valid to all idtents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United P States." t WAsaneNTON, July 27.-Slmon Cor- ley, a Represeatative from South Caro- p hlnas w seated. The Senate has confirmed General Bosenecana Minister to Mexico, Enos I Hedge Associate Justice of the Supreme I Court, sad Lewis Wolfley Assessor of s Internal Revenue for the First District t of Louisiana; and rejected Sleon M. Johnson, Assistant Seoretary of the Treasury. The President has nominated Alex- ander Cummings,of Pennsylvania, Com- missioner of Internal Revenue. The bill reorganizing Mississippi, Virginia and Texas, came up in the Sen- t ate, and on motion of Mr. Conkling, was tabled. WASmHorTON, July 25.-The Presi- dent nominated horsey B. Thomas to be collector of Customs at New Orleans, vies Kellogg. Mr. Thomas was recently a citizen of Tennessee. The Presidont also nominated J. L. Johbson, his brother, to be Collector, I and Jas. B. Lowell to be Assessor of the Third District of Louisiana. Rejected., The President concluded not to veto the F•eedmen's Bureau bill, but upon reflection to-day he sent to Congress a brief veto, which is in these words: "Believing that a bill entitled an act relating to the Freedmen's Bureau, pro- viding for its discontinuance, interferes with the appointing power coneirred by the Constitution on the Executtve, and for other reasons, which at this late pe- riod of the session time will not permit me to state, I herewith return it to the Senate, in whibah house it originated, without my approval. A. Joan8NO." That vulgar and unprincipled sheet, the La Croase Democrat (I) calls Frank P. Blair "the Butcher of St. Louis," and I wants to know "if the Demooratic party has fallen so low as to be •ead by such ereatures as this 'Butcher' and the other members of the pestilent lflair family." D. Creswell, Eaq., lataidg received his eommission as Parish Judge of Caddo Parish, has retired from the editorial department of time South-Westein. The Jimplenteof the 28thn alt., re- ports the river at Jefferson as having risen several uhes in o•aquenes of Ithe lte he~y raint. Benatr Morton, of Indians, has en. doreed the gteenbeok plan of the Deom- Socratie platform. Senator Do;ittle- of Wisconsin, has written an eioqnent and patiotic letter r in aupport of o etymr sat Blair. The city of Paris owes 90,00,000,O in S * - The river oppoPlts thi• point has raflei one fbosal•ae oer l•st sad continues to reedbe atLos rtk ot16 ieheso i twenty.- f•eur eou It has hlen in all about Iifeo seillrhat s. Thlere is wfa-l I... Sweta, trml. e bars between Upder date of New Orleans, JDaly18s g Gen. Bucbamnln issmed.the fgBhowlug t:a To avoid the necessity of tnswering nunjiroua questions, _whitb t be~ n sqked on the subjeet-the Sob-Asssta• t nly loimniissioners and Assistant Sab.A* ' of eitb O o sete plauter-who $avr eei n4appi ,t h sa alloters interested, are diatintly tl informed, that the entire crop of otto s, sugar, rice andaurplus corn-after e- dueting. the amount nqeesary .for $e and Suse of the planter, for the coming 'ear iaw -I-will be forwarded to the merchans- signed to the Agriuoltural District in which the planter lives, in compiaunoe tlhe with Orders No. 14, current series from these Headquarters. to No exeuses will be taken fwiwn anuy agent who does not see this orderrigidly whit I carried out. Hereafter, no agent will forward to t " these Headquarters, the application for it supplies of any planter, under the .pro- a " visions of Circular No. 1, current series, I applylg j r thIe jlr.t ste, without o- 1 companying the papers with a report of, sea: t 1st. The prospects of the crop of the our applicant being suflcient to reimburse the government, for supplies that may litic 3 be furnished, as well as to pay the I wages, or shore due due laborers. 2d. The fact that the government as- tor 3 sistance is absolutely necessary. And, 3d. The easiest mode of aooess to the plantation. The provisions of Ciroulars No. 1 and 5, and Order No. 14, current series, will ont be closely adhered to. odti I We clip the following card from the in t Natehitoohes Times of last Saturday, him which we are requested to publish:" prii A CARD. diat July 81, 1868. T Messrs. ditors:- find i tim last gr issue of the Bed River News that the -a1 Editors of that paper have taken it uponi en themselves to publish that the colored of 1 orator who spoke at Beulah Church on tram L. Saturday last, stated that "not a single our f black man joined the party," and "that cur the assertion of the colored champion tuns of the Democracy is chtitled to credit, hav and proves how for the Spectator bver- fool shot the mark. Wh : As I was the only colored speaker pie present at the Barbecue, I suppose I am viol the one alluded to. If I am entitled to rigl "credit," I hope the Bed River News tria will accord it to me, when I state that ens the account given of the Barbecue at deft Beulah Church by the Spectator is cor- tior L reCt, and that "black men" did join the Coe Democratic party at the time and place of i stated. In conclusion, I beg to say that Z I made no such statement as the one at- tut tributed to me by the Bed River News. owi c0 Yours, respectfully, disc KING JOHNSON. wit SEIZURE OP SOUTHERN RAILROADS tog 1- BY THnv GovIItMIs4N.-The Secretaty of bir war has inaugurated a new policy re- the garding Southern railroads. Many of riei these have been largely indebted to the to 1 government for a long time on account po of material purchased at the close of the the war, and most of them, although able, bai have persistently neglected to mlake pay- uni ' ments. In all such cases it is in contom- gr plation to appoint government receivers dei to take full possession ot such roads and pec control and operate them till the debt the ' is paid. Several roads have already eim e been taken possession of in this man: th ner, which is in strict accordance with hai the terms of the contract entered into nog a when the government material was pur- ma a chased. Those roads which are re really of unable to pay will be as leniently dealt tbh ct with as justice to the government will cla allow. rei y me 'y From a copy of the Ia Crosse DeolQ- lib id crat, which we received from a friend, e- we learn that Mr. Pomeroy does not adl Be it mire Seymour and Blair, and that he dol 0 was bitterly opposed to the New York the ;: Convention nominating them. As it inn was to his pecuniary interest to abuse de all the gentlemen who were prominent ' before the Oonventled except Mr. Pen- to ik dleton, we are not surprised at htis hoe- pit id tility towards the nominess. But let ha ty him rant and rake as much as he chooses; eh 31 the Demosracy of the country applaud eo the action of the Convention in selecting pr er two men, both of whom hmve done more n " since they were nominated to unite the t Sparty and restore confidence than he b ever didt with his millions (1) of copied g o of the Democrat.-[Mlfasfleld Times. Butler declares be never fell in love-* He, however, must feel spooney it times a . oSBOtiERN PACIPIC BAIL BOAD.- STwelve thousand cross-tiles have been o purchased, and preparations are making If to put the road in splendid order in a time for the Fall trades The locomotive r n' Samn Houston has been refitted through- ni m- out, and will hes•tfter bQar the naime of oi Horatio Seymniour. The Ben JohnSOn tisa also to be refitted at once.. The business a season will commeoeo with the road in a r thorough repairr an ample suapply of roll- it ing stock, and plenty of loeomotivd pow. s in or. We are tiforajed that, notwith- a standing the dullness of the timeS, the p1 road has bdeit Inakinga sufillicient Amont C lev to pay all exlenses, with a little to spare. Il to -[Marshsal (Tesnm4 Bre6Nosa. r at An exchange days the difference be- t hl tween eating strawbeii esCd ereap; i, and kieslug a pfett girl, isial)lthat p s tit ald.t be apreelatd. leseee t distate on this point, Weever, md we p ase abeat, 1i abecinn apI of meu- Ssaseulas, a oe&r t. twit isus.e ia of I V .. a.p em;pends lb pity of replyiug toyor' ilterb ttb "e me of nes.ain sa fSter of the United States, by the _aI .a I •emouereate Cosv~nsa'o t,wesoI 7 iat the elty of New Teak. I eeeapt, with- a omt besltatlbn, the nomination tendered F lnhrs manneraio "grafyng mhod give $'oq U and theopmmittee my thsaks fo the e1 very kind aid eplimentmary lguae in which yoir have conveyed to me the a deisiton of the Convention, I he•e are- p hally read the reptions adopted by f the Convention, alamost co~ cn 4 eur li every primoep and en b they announce. 0 My opinion upon all the questions- a which discriminate the eat contending a parties have been freely expressed on all suitable ooeaaonS, ad I do notdeem' it necessary at. this time to retaterat them. The iasue upon which the con- test turns is elear,. and eannot be ob- scared or distorted by the sophistries of our adversaries. They.alresolve them- C selves into the old and ever-recurring b struggle of a few men to absorb the po- p litical power of the nation. o This effort, under every conceivable P namb and disguise, has always eharaos a to lized the opponents of the Democratic a party, but at no time has the attempt c assumed so open and daring a shape as o in this contest The adversaries of free constitutional Government, in deflatoe of the express language of the Consti- a tdtion,have erected a military despotism in ten States of the Union; hare taken c from the President the power vested in f him by the supreme law, and have de- a *priveil the Supreme Court of its, jurle t diction. The right of trial by Jury'{ arid the great right of right-the habeas corpu i-those shields of safety for every citi- a soen which have descended to the people a I of the United States from the earliest i traditions of our ancestors, and which a our Revolutionary fathers fought to so- ~ t cure to their posterity forever in the fundamental charter of our liberties, c have been ruthlessly trampled under foot by the fragment of a Congress. t Whole States and communities of peo- r pie of our race havebeen attainted, con- rioted, condemned and deprived of their 1 rights as .itizeles without presentment, t s trial or witness, but by Oongressional c e onactmnt of as post facto laws, and in 4 I defiance of the Constitutional prohibi- tion, denying even to a full and legal D Congress the authority to pass any bill 4 e of attainder or ea post facto laws. t The same usurping authority substi- . tuted as electors, in place of men 'of our . own race, thas illegally attainted and disfranchised, a host of ignorant neo groes, who are supported in idleness I with the publio money-, and combined s together to strip the white race of their.. f birthright through the management of 1 - the Freoedmen's Bureau and the enmssa- 1 f ries of conspirators in other States; and, i e to complete the oppression, the military t power of the nation has been placed at eltheir disposal, in order to make this barbarism supreme, the military leader - under whose prestige this usurping Con- - gi-ess has taken refuge since the con- -l demnation of their schemes by the free d people of the North in the elections of it the last year, they hare selected as their y candidate, to shield themseltes from i the result of their wickedness and crime, I has announced his acceptance of the A nomination, and in his willingness to r- ]maintain their usurpations over millions y of white people at the South Aded to It the earth with his bayonets, he ex- Ii claims, "Let us have peace!" "Peace reigns in Warsaw,'' was the announcb- ment which heralded the doom of the - liberties of a natida. , "The Empire is peaeof" e~oelItgied 1 Bonaplarte, when freedom and its defen- 1 ders expired under the sharp edge of 'k the sword. The peace to which Grant it invites us is the peace of despotism and t death. t Those who seek to restore the Consti- I- tution by executing the will of the peo- - ple, comdemuing the reconsbtruction acts, at have already pronounced the wish in the a; elections of Ilast year, and will, I am td convinced, still more emphatically ex- ig press it by the election of the Demoetftic re candidate as President of the United e States, are denounced as revolutiouists Ie by the partisans of this vindictive Con- 0 greus. Negro snfrage; which tite popula~ r vote of New York, New Jersey, Penn- 0 sylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, Sanid other States had colddmnenod as et- pressly agatinst the letter of the COnsti- - tation, must stand, because their Sei.a- n tors and Itepresentatives hare willed it. g If the people shall again condemn these In measures by the election of the Demo- c eratic candidate for Presl ent, they muast h- not be disturbed, alth h decided to of nneonstitutional bly th•iaptemne C(ourt, is and the President is sworn to maintain '3 and support the Constitution, thle il of ina fractuon of Congress, reinfbrceod with l- its partidan emissaries sent to the Soutl r* and supported there by the soldiery, h. must stand against the will of the pe- he ple, and tihe decision of the 8tapreuae mt Court, and the solemn oath of the Pr- e. Ident to support the Constitutletu It is revolutionary in the Plresidunt to kes inviolate his oath to sustasin the om e- totion. n, This fals smustemo•lea tli & vta at prindelpier oour oeqtm~ a t i. tie me resort of thcs. rwh re pesmaae our .1 h~afq of ti. ImaI1 ethe that areat ea•trben. losed tbhWba the fht Juste edotr. friend .oeor ttfm ;, a R_ loved that s the Democrant o tas'f "I ~am y regimenjst iis had in ftl sympatee . "o olbject any ot e tst eratio party the l Gov. Beymour , . iarrg a soldiasled hot tohe abolvtonts nys thate qitho e oaly . he .iw ed.ld Goi.' Grant said . oy regiment is a shalI be oonvtned ther odeat anyd otet t rention, orby the goN usharaing te soldiers de of the Blaolitioets, e a soldier that Iee wl ae on the wthor side and•t the pemost hole some." nting their own lcsOrep Pome though many dea f otp her adsy and sodhi atneone th atpt . t ut the seasona Justf Sead are alwaire ties whenby the heard i' olaraotesriesti denunolaiqq anighd Blair thn t bowe tk, The aMedical tdJounru it 5as a uest body, among peple ogy of men, whethe t head exalted or levol with the most wholeeso pee g , Aiting clheir own a dry gue in favor of that whiielt Now, though many delightt4 up heads at night.,i andh without injtany yet we'd days erous Ibt. Tbhe the blood passes from head aro alwaya ties when the h rd hienougher than the body;th diseasels attonult sitli l slhould be pretty neatly 0o5 a, the body, and people rughbt .to a tearnlg teleepi ang th . th clerk in a dry g oat, oie night, having fet his acQdaintano dating bri dlayL Out itfrbittf}ltrlqI tom to topnin" he d . pastyoer twho wated hea says he shoaA aitwatd thearing the clerk ii a you wanted: sas enougbr " ad te ae.tth a tearineg noise and the the clerk albdlrted oat, doing yb u have torn il7 tom to topV The pe;r, ad biw it' in his hiora customler tho wanted calico. The shouts se the eave.t.peddesl rn.a vdi M| 4 Pend'et.a. fot Sey"mor Lit Thk .i a. a U WI U &4 J ua5 a w a was{R-*Vw and cowardly-attempt was madeto assas- I ain•ate Mr. B. L. Pierson, at his residence about four .miles from this place. He was sitting just outside the door ..with his head reclining on the portiso-railing talking to one of his freedmen when he was fired upon; one of the shot taking effiot in his forehead, in an oblique manner, and another in the breast, rang- ing round the side, and coming out under the shoulder. Had it vfrled the least particle and entered the cavity, instant death would have ensued; or had the shot in the fore-head boen directed in a sttaight course, the result would have been the same. The other parttof the load passed over Mr. Pierson's head, through an open door, barely" missing Mrs. Pierson, and Igdged in a door lead- iatl&ntoan adjoining room. The stair is shrouded ih mystery; no evidenee, as yet, has been elicited which would lead to the detection of the guilty. The shot have been extracted and the patient is in a fair way of recovery. Both Houses of Congress have ad- Journed until the third Monday, 21st day, of September. A highly colored farce was enacted in town yesterday evening. A grand Rad- ical pow-wow was held at the Court House, at which about three hundred of the loyal complexion were present, who were addressed by Geas. Flood and Mudgett. Loud socrt-ment•e and lusty cheers, at regular intervals, prevailed throughout the "dark proceedings." In candor, we must admit that both speeches were of a mild and concilintory nature, that of the former, especially. Though nothing seriously objectionable was uttered by either. See advertisement of Mr. Jos. Eser- nack in another column. We have received the first number of the Campaign Democrat, published at Shreveport, in the Oaddo Gazette office. 8. H. Calhoun, editor; Col. Jack Whar- ton and B. J. Looney, Esq., associates. Mr. Bay, of Ouachita, has introduced a bill in the Senate providing for the abolition of the office of Parish Recorder and transferring the duties of the same to the Clerk of the District Court. Another bill has also been introduced empowering Parish Judges to grant divorces. J. M. B. Tucker and M, H, Carver, Esqr$., Town Councilmen elect, have been daly installed and enter upon the discharge of their official duties. Mr Simmons, Druggist, has received a large and select asuortment of Toilet artiles, such as Pera*mery of the most gxquisite odors, Combs, Brushes, Paints, Powders, etc.; also, Catlery, Stationery, ani other articles too numerous to men- tion, all of which can be had cheap, for lcash. The New Orleans Times of the S6tl al., says the safe of the steamer BoRe , Franks was robbed of $2400 while lying .at thie Stock Lading. Nobody know- who done it. far that a large s3ad&sothi*St Dsaon -asmsnmeeting was bold is Winuit da

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4. LouIsiana and Arkansas will con-stitute the Department of Louisiana, 5,Gen. Roseeau commanding, headquar- bters at New Orleana. Gen. Buchananwill continue in eoonmand until relievedby Gen. Roeaeau.- I

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7. Gen. Edward Kath, Colonel 9thCavalry, relieves, Gen. Buchanan as As- tlsistant Commissioner 'Freedmen's Bu-reau in Louisiana. .

W AsINmToN, July 28.--In aooord-ance with the concurrent resolutions of bCongress, Secretary Seward proclaimsreciting the fhets and circumstanoes,and 0oconcludes, "And I further certify that athe said amendment 14th has become alvalid to all idtents and purposes, as apart of the Constitution of the United PStates." t

WAsaneNTON, July 27.-Slmon Cor-ley, a Represeatative from South Caro- phlnas w seated.The Senate has confirmed General

Bosenecana Minister to Mexico, Enos IHedge Associate Justice of the Supreme ICourt, sad Lewis Wolfley Assessor of sInternal Revenue for the First District tof Louisiana; and rejected Sleon M.Johnson, Assistant Seoretary of theTreasury.

The President has nominated Alex-ander Cummings,of Pennsylvania, Com-missioner of Internal Revenue.

The bill reorganizing Mississippi,Virginia and Texas, came up in the Sen- tate, and on motion of Mr. Conkling, wastabled.

WASmHorTON, July 25.-The Presi-dent nominated horsey B. Thomas tobe collector of Customs at New Orleans,vies Kellogg. Mr. Thomas was recentlya citizen of Tennessee.

The Presidont also nominated J. L.Johbson, his brother, to be Collector, Iand Jas. B. Lowell to be Assessor of theThird District of Louisiana. Rejected.,

The President concluded not to vetothe F•eedmen's Bureau bill, but uponreflection to-day he sent to Congress abrief veto, which is in these words:

"Believing that a bill entitled an actrelating to the Freedmen's Bureau, pro-viding for its discontinuance, interfereswith the appointing power coneirred bythe Constitution on the Executtve, andfor other reasons, which at this late pe-riod of the session time will not permitme to state, I herewith return it to theSenate, in whibah house it originated,without my approval. A. Joan8NO."

That vulgar and unprincipled sheet,the La Croase Democrat (I) calls FrankP. Blair "the Butcher of St. Louis," and I

wants to know "if the Demooratic partyhas fallen so low as to be •ead by suchereatures as this 'Butcher' and the othermembers of the pestilent lflair family."

D. Creswell, Eaq., lataidg received hiseommission as Parish Judge of CaddoParish, has retired from the editorialdepartment of time South-Westein.

The Jimplenteof the 28thn alt., re-ports the river at Jefferson as havingrisen several uhes in o•aquenes ofIthe lte he~y raint.

Benatr Morton, of Indians, has en.doreed the gteenbeok plan of the Deom-Socratie platform.

Senator Do;ittle- of Wisconsin, haswritten an eioqnent and patiotic letterr in aupport of o etymr sat Blair.

The city of Paris owes 90,00,000,O in

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- The river oppoPlts thi• point has rafleione fbosal•ae oer l•st sad continues toreedbe atLos rtk ot16 ieheso i twenty.-f•eur eou It has hlen in all aboutIifeo seillrhat s. Thlere is wfa-l

I... Sweta, trml. e bars between

Upder date of New Orleans, JDaly18s gGen. Bucbamnln issmed.the fgBhowlug t:a

To avoid the necessity of tnswering nunjiroua questions, _whitb t be~ nsqked on the subjeet-the Sob-Asssta• t nlyloimniissioners and Assistant Sab.A* ' of

eitb O o sete plauter-who $avr eei n4appi ,t hsa alloters interested, are diatintly tlinformed, that the entire crop of otto s,sugar, rice andaurplus corn-after e-dueting. the amount nqeesary .for $e andSuse of the planter, for the coming 'ear iaw-I-will be forwarded to the merchans-signed to the Agriuoltural District inwhich the planter lives, in compiaunoe tlhewith Orders No. 14, current series fromthese Headquarters. to

No exeuses will be taken fwiwn anuyagent who does not see this orderrigidly whitI carried out.

Hereafter, no agent will forward to t" these Headquarters, the application for itsupplies of any planter, under the .pro- a" visions of Circular No. 1, current series,

I applylg j r thIe jlr.t ste, without o-1 companying the papers with a report of, sea:

t 1st. The prospects of the crop of the ourapplicant being suflcient to reimbursethe government, for supplies that may litic3 be furnished, as well as to pay theI wages, or shore due due laborers.

2d. The fact that the government as- tor3 sistance is absolutely necessary.

And, 3d. The easiest mode of aooessto the plantation.

The provisions of Ciroulars No. 1 and5, and Order No. 14, current series, will ontbe closely adhered to. odtiI We clip the following card from the in t

Natehitoohes Times of last Saturday, himwhich we are requested to publish:" prii

A CARD. diatJuly 81, 1868. T

Messrs. ditors:- find i tim last grissue of the Bed River News that the -a1Editors of that paper have taken it uponi enthemselves to publish that the colored of 1orator who spoke at Beulah Church on tramL. Saturday last, stated that "not a single ourf black man joined the party," and "that curthe assertion of the colored champion tunsof the Democracy is chtitled to credit, havand proves how for the Spectator bver- foolshot the mark. Wh: As I was the only colored speaker piepresent at the Barbecue, I suppose I am violthe one alluded to. If I am entitled to rigl"credit," I hope the Bed River News triawill accord it to me, when I state that ensthe account given of the Barbecue at deftBeulah Church by the Spectator is cor- tiorL reCt, and that "black men" did join the CoeDemocratic party at the time and place of istated. In conclusion, I beg to say that ZI made no such statement as the one at- tuttributed to me by the Bed River News. owi

c0 Yours, respectfully, discKING JOHNSON.

witSEIZURE OP SOUTHERN RAILROADS tog1- BY THnv GovIItMIs4N.-The Secretaty of bir

war has inaugurated a new policy re- thegarding Southern railroads. Many of rieithese have been largely indebted to the to1 government for a long time on account poof material purchased at the close of the thewar, and most of them, although able, baihave persistently neglected to mlake pay- uni' ments. In all such cases it is in contom- grplation to appoint government receivers deito take full possession ot such roads and peccontrol and operate them till the debt the

' is paid. Several roads have already eime been taken possession of in this man: thner, which is in strict accordance with haithe terms of the contract entered into noga when the government material was pur- ma

a chased. Those roads which are re really ofunable to pay will be as leniently dealt tbhct with as justice to the government will cla

allow. reiy me

'y From a copy of the Ia Crosse DeolQ- libid crat, which we received from a friend,e- we learn that Mr. Pomeroy does not adl Be

it mire Seymour and Blair, and that he dol0 was bitterly opposed to the New York the;: Convention nominating them. As it inn

was to his pecuniary interest to abuse deall the gentlemen who were prominent' before the Oonventled except Mr. Pen- toik dleton, we are not surprised at htis hoe- pit

id tility towards the nominess. But let haty him rant and rake as much as he chooses; eh

31 the Demosracy of the country applaud eothe action of the Convention in selecting prer two men, both of whom hmve done more n

" since they were nominated to unite the tSparty and restore confidence than he bever didt with his millions (1) of copied g

o of the Democrat.-[Mlfasfleld Times.

Butler declares be never fell in love-*He, however, must feel spooney it times a

. oSBOtiERN PACIPIC BAIL BOAD.- •STwelve thousand cross-tiles have been opurchased, and preparations are making Ifto put the road in splendid order in atime for the Fall trades The locomotive r

n' Samn Houston has been refitted through- nim- out, and will hes•tfter bQar the naime of oi

Horatio Seymniour. The Ben JohnSOn tisaalso to be refitted at once.. The business aseason will commeoeo with the road in ar thorough repairr an ample suapply of roll- it

ing stock, and plenty of loeomotivd pow. sin or. We are tiforajed that, notwith- a

standing the dullness of the timeS, the p1road has bdeit Inakinga sufillicient Amont Clev to pay all exlenses, with a little to spare. Il

to -[Marshsal (Tesnm4 Bre6Nosa. r

at An exchange days the difference be- thl tween eating strawbeii esCd ereap;i, and kieslug a pfett girl, isial)lthat p

s tit ald.t be apreelatd. leseee t

distate on this point, Weever, md we pase abeat, 1i abecinn apI of meu-

Ssaseulas, a oe&r t. twit isus.e ia of I V.. a.p em;pends lb

pity of replyiug toyor' ilterb ttb "eme of nes.ain sa fSterof the United States, by the _aI .a I

•emouereate Cosv~nsa'o t,wesoI 7 iatthe elty of New Teak. I eeeapt, with- aomt besltatlbn, the nomination tendered Flnhrs manneraio "grafyng mhod give $'oq Uand theopmmittee my thsaks fo the e1very kind aid eplimentmary lguaein which yoir have conveyed to me the adeisiton of the Convention, I he•e are- phally read the reptions adopted by fthe Convention, alamost co~ cn 4eur li every primoep and en bthey announce. 0My opinion upon all the questions- a

which discriminate the eat contending aparties have been freely expressed onall suitable ooeaaonS, ad I do notdeem'it necessary at. this time to retateratthem. The iasue upon which the con-test turns is elear,. and eannot be ob-scared or distorted by the sophistries ofour adversaries. They.alresolve them- Cselves into the old and ever-recurring bstruggle of a few men to absorb the po- plitical power of the nation. o

This effort, under every conceivable Pnamb and disguise, has always eharaos ato lized the opponents of the Democratic aparty, but at no time has the attempt cassumed so open and daring a shape as oin this contest The adversaries of freeconstitutional Government, in deflatoeof the express language of the Consti- atdtion,have erected a military despotismin ten States of the Union; hare taken cfrom the President the power vested in fhim by the supreme law, and have de- a*priveil the Supreme Court of its, jurle tdiction.

The right of trial by Jury'{ arid thegreat right of right-the habeas corpui-those shields of safety for every citi- asoen which have descended to the people aI of the United States from the earliest itraditions of our ancestors, and which aour Revolutionary fathers fought to so- ~t cure to their posterity forever in thefundamental charter of our liberties, chave been ruthlessly trampled underfoot by the fragment of a Congress. tWhole States and communities of peo-r pie of our race havebeen attainted, con-rioted, condemned and deprived of their 1rights as .itizeles without presentment, ts trial or witness, but by Oongressional ce onactmnt of as post facto laws, and in 4I defiance of the Constitutional prohibi-tion, denying even to a full and legalD Congress the authority to pass any bill 4e of attainder or ea post facto laws.

t The same usurping authority substi- .tuted as electors, in place of men 'of our.own race, thas illegally attainted anddisfranchised, a host of ignorant neogroes, who are supported in idleness Iwith the publio money-, and combined

s together to strip the white race of their..f birthright through the management of 1- the Freoedmen's Bureau and the enmssa- 1f ries of conspirators in other States; and, ie to complete the oppression, the military

t power of the nation has been placed ateltheir disposal, in order to make thisbarbarism supreme, the military leader-under whose prestige this usurping Con-- gi-ess has taken refuge since the con--l demnation of their schemes by the freed people of the North in the elections ofit the last year, they hare selected as theiry candidate, to shield themseltes fromi the result of their wickedness and crime,I has announced his acceptance of theA nomination, and in his willingness tor- ]maintain their usurpations over millionsy of white people at the South Aded toIt the earth with his bayonets, he ex-Ii claims, "Let us have peace!" "Peace

reigns in Warsaw,'' was the announcb-ment which heralded the doom of the

- liberties of a natida., "The Empire is peaeof" e~oelItgied

1 Bonaplarte, when freedom and its defen-1 ders expired under the sharp edge of'k the sword. The peace to which Grantit invites us is the peace of despotism andt death.t Those who seek to restore the Consti-I- tution by executing the will of the peo-- ple, comdemuing the reconsbtruction acts,at have already pronounced the wish in thea; elections of Ilast year, and will, I amtd convinced, still more emphatically ex-ig press it by the election of the Demoetfticre candidate as President of the Unitede States, are denounced as revolutiouistsIe by the partisans of this vindictive Con-0 greus.

Negro snfrage; which tite popula~ rvote of New York, New Jersey, Penn-

0 sylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut,Sanid other States had colddmnenod as et-

pressly agatinst the letter of the COnsti-- tation, must stand, because their Sei.a-n tors and Itepresentatives hare willed it.g If the people shall again condemn theseIn measures by the election of the Demo-

c eratic candidate for Presl ent, they muasth- not be disturbed, alth h decided toof nneonstitutional bly th•iaptemne C(ourt,is and the President is sworn to maintain'3 and support the Constitution, thle il ofina fractuon of Congress, reinfbrceod withl- its partidan emissaries sent to the Soutlr* and supported there by the soldiery,h. must stand against the will of the pe-he ple, and tihe decision of the 8tapreuaemt Court, and the solemn oath of the Pr-e. Ident to support the Constitutletu It is

revolutionary in the Plresidunt to kesinviolate his oath to sustasin the om

e- totion.n, This fals smustemo•lea tli & vtaat prindelpier oour oeqtm~ a t i. tie

me resort of thcs. rwhre pesmaae our.1 h~afqof ti. ImaI1

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loved that s theDemocrant o tas'f

"I ~amy regimenjst iishad in ftl sympatee .

"o olbject any o t etsteratio party the lGov. Beymour , .

iarrg a soldiasledhot tohe abolvtontsnys thate qitho e oaly .

he .iw ed.ldGoi.' Grant said .

oy regiment is ashalI be oonvtnedther odeat anyd otet t

rention, orby the goNusharaing te soldiers de

of the Blaolitioets,e a soldier that Iee wl ae

on the wthor side and•t

the pemost hole some."nting their own lcsOrep

Pome though many dea fotp her adsy and sodhiatneone th atpt . t

ut the seasona JustfSead are alwaire

ties whenby the heard i'olaraotesriesti denunolaiqqanighd Blair thn t bowe tk,The aMedical tdJounru it 5as

a uest body, among pepleogy of men, whethe thead exalted or levol withthe most wholeeso pee g ,

Aiting clheir own a drygue in favor of that whiieltNow, though many delightt4up heads at night.,i andhwithout injtany yet we'ddays erous Ibt. Tbhethe blood passes fromhead aro alwaya

ties when the h rdhienougher than the body;thdiseasels attonult sitli lslhould be pretty neatly 0o5 a,the body, and people rughbt .toa tearnlg teleepi ang th .

th clerk in a dry g oat,oie night, having fet hisacQdaintano dating bri

dlayL Out itfrbittf}ltrlqItom to topnin" he d .pastyoer twho watedhea says he shoaA aitwatdthearing the clerk ii a

you wanted: sasenougbr " ad te ae.ttha tearineg noise and thethe clerk albdlrted oat,doing yb u have torn il7tom to topV The pe;r,ad biw it' in his hioracustomler tho wantedcalico. The shouts sethe eave.t.peddesl rn.a vdi

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and cowardly-attempt was madeto assas- Iain•ate Mr. B. L. Pierson, at his residenceabout four .miles from this place. Hewas sitting just outside the door ..withhis head reclining on the portiso-railingtalking to one of his freedmen when hewas fired upon; one of the shot takingeffiot in his forehead, in an obliquemanner, and another in the breast, rang-ing round the side, and coming out underthe shoulder. Had it vfrled the leastparticle and entered the cavity, instantdeath would have ensued; or had theshot in the fore-head boen directed ina sttaight course, the result would havebeen the same. The other parttof theload passed over Mr. Pierson's head,through an open door, barely" missingMrs. Pierson, and Igdged in a door lead-iatl&ntoan adjoining room. The stairis shrouded ih mystery; no evidenee, asyet, has been elicited which would leadto the detection of the guilty.

The shot have been extracted and thepatient is in a fair way of recovery.

Both Houses of Congress have ad-Journed until the third Monday, 21stday, of September.

A highly colored farce was enacted intown yesterday evening. A grand Rad-ical pow-wow was held at the CourtHouse, at which about three hundred ofthe loyal complexion were present, whowere addressed by Geas. Flood andMudgett. Loud socrt-ment•e and lustycheers, at regular intervals, prevailedthroughout the "dark proceedings."

In candor, we must admit that bothspeeches were of a mild and concilintorynature, that of the former, especially.Though nothing seriously objectionablewas uttered by either.

See advertisement of Mr. Jos. Eser-nack in another column.

We have received the first number ofthe Campaign Democrat, published atShreveport, in the Oaddo Gazette office.8. H. Calhoun, editor; Col. Jack Whar-ton and B. J. Looney, Esq., associates.

Mr. Bay, of Ouachita, has introduceda bill in the Senate providing for theabolition of the office of Parish Recorderand transferring the duties of the sameto the Clerk of the District Court.

Another bill has also been introducedempowering Parish Judges to grantdivorces.

J. M. B. Tucker and M, H, Carver,Esqr$., Town Councilmen elect, have

been daly installed and enter upon thedischarge of their official duties.

Mr Simmons, Druggist, has receiveda large and select asuortment of Toiletartiles, such as Pera*mery of the mostgxquisite odors, Combs, Brushes, Paints,Powders, etc.; also, Catlery, Stationery,ani other articles too numerous to men-tion, all of which can be had cheap, for

lcash.

The New Orleans Times of the S6tl

al., says the safe of the steamer BoRe, Franks was robbed of $2400 while lying.at thie Stock Lading. Nobody know-who done it.

far that a large s3ad&sothi*St Dsaon-asmsnmeeting was bold is Winuit da