A wealthy but lonely man who has come to New Orleans looking for a wife asks Yancy to help him.

An army officer with vengeance on his mind tries to stop a presidential pardon from reaching a man who is scheduled to die before a firing squad.

Shop owners receive threats of violence if they refuse to sell their property to three strangers.

Yancy and Pahoo are framed for a series of crimes, and now face execution.

A visiting Russian noble appears to have become a target for murder.

Yancy suspects foul play when a lottery winner dies before she can collect.

To assist a woman in her crusade to provide a home for the city's orphans, Yancy comes up with a scheme that requires the aid of photography pioneer Matthew Brady.

Yancy is sentenced to hang for killing a man in a duel.

Trying to stop some gun smugglers, Yancy has a run-in with a boxing champion and a re-match with a female river pirate.

With the city of New Orleans plagued by counterfeit money, General Hugh Morgan arrives in New Orleans with orders promoting John Colton to a post in Washington and giving Morgan command of the city.

Yancy's good friend, Miss Mandarin, is accused of smuggling opium into the city inside firecrackers.