The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-10-25

he deceased When they went to remove the body
they were told that they could not have the corpse
until one hundred dollars was paid.
The case or Durand vs. capt Hollns, being suit
for damages for property destroyed at the destruction
VI of Greytown, was up again on the morning Of the
28th ut. and judge Bosworth delivered his decision
granting the petition fer the removal of the
the United States circuit court.
~ The mayor Of New York and two councilmen have
been indicted by the grand jury for granting liquor
license to female; she not being citizen of the U.
a States, and otherwise an improper person to have
license. The same jury have indicted Ills persons
Il for selling liquor without license.
The Charlotte IN. CO. papers say that doct D. R.
Dunlap, Of that place, now in his 18th year, is
VI ly afflicted with the whooping cough. The doctor
enjoyed very extensive practice for over Az years,
and must have been exposed to this epidemic many
thousand times, yet he took it until this sea-
son. he retired from practice several years since,
and has not into contact with it in any other
way than many more Of the citizens.
Mr.. SouLE-The Washington Union Of late date,
has a strong editorial eulogy Of Mr.. S. The story
that he had been compelled to leave Madrid is shown
to have been but calumnious invention Of the Brit
sh and French press, whereupon the "organ" opens
the walls of its wrath upon such American journals
AZ have "given a ready ear to the tale" The Union
il modest journal Only Pierce "organ" could
be 10 modest. 1t undertakes ITO regulate not only
the London and Paris journals, but talks as if It
officially constituted censor Of the American
. press. ~ ! ork Express.
sion Of the "hards' aud "softs" Of New York One
rumor il that Bronson will withdraw and leave the
field to Seymour; and another is that Seymour is TO
have the mission to England offered to him in case
IL he will withdraw and leave the field to Bronson
Pope Plus the ninth, has proclaimed to the catho-
lies throughout the world three months jubilee
general indulgence. The pope has been moved to
Il this solemn act in consideration Of the many and
grevous affections under which the civilized world
Is at this moment suffering.
There In the limited StataG dl EGd nh
l9l surgeons, 5l39 apothecaries, 495 chemists and
1923 dentists, 10 ocullss and So protested patent
medicine makers.
territorial seal for Kansas, designed by governor
Reeder has been engraved by Robert Lovett Of Phil
adephia. The device is described as shield with
two supporters, surmounted by scroll motto, the
II lower compartment containing figures of buffalo
and hunter, and the upper one various implements
OF agriculture. The right supporter is the goddess
Ceres with her sheat the left supporter being po-
with smock fyock while between them lie
fallen tree and axe. The motto is "Popul voce Ma
NJ ta'-born OF the popular will.
II Chemical processes are now used by adrot rogues
\ IN changing small bank bills to those Of larger
denomination. These frauds increasing alarm
315y md show that the perpetrators persons well
" akistea IN chemical science. so thoroughly is the
work ot alteration done in these instances, that those
. who make money their business, and devote years
~ the critical examination of bank notes. are decev
II ed. W course, the people at large cannot detect
such frauds, and the community is thus subject to
lllpbSLlOnS OF the klnu. Inc northern
papers mention several instances of very
&urFence in which dollar bills have been altered
IN hFe and one hundred dollar notes, in so
Ingenious as almost to defy detection
Mary Daily, Of Nashville, Tennessee, adyertises
for Information of her brother, Daniel Daily, car
peHter, and who was born in Balagrifin, county Of
CoEA Ireland, and enigrated to this country about
thirty years ago. ""
Governor Wood of Ohio has returned to his home
In Cleveland after an absence of nearly two years
AS consul at Valparaiso 1t was believed at the time
to accepted the appointment, that the fees of the Of
hee amounted to rising $1,000 year. This was
great ezaggeraon in the fees, for they amounted to
Il 9hAy S329o In the year 1853.
WIFE, observe that new party is springing up in
= New 4ork, called practical democrats, who
The oasis Of their operations, system calculated
purify tbs primary elections to protect the consti-
tuition to democratize the government to elect all
officers by the people, to repeal the system of con-
ractng public work, to have the lands belonging to
tAe city government improved by the erection of
buildings thereon to check land monopoly and to di
vorcc all connection between banking institutions
ARd The State. 10 it, ye practcals.
magnificent cathedral is about being erected in
Washington, by the methodsts 1t is to be of
the mostcostly and elegantly finished church edifces
tho continent. Rev. Henry Slicer superintends
tAe fnances and the corner stone was to be laid
tho @5d inst.
Tho New York papers contain the results of an in
atgon into the bribery and corruption of the
common council Of 1872 which is morally appal-
ling. II embraces variety Of matters, and shows
hog tbEcity fathers were bought and sold and the
prices at which they estimated their influence and
votes. These startling disclosures made before the
recorder under OATH show OF the politicians
aud Jefany Didders in public life in very odious
light.
Attorney general Gushing: publishes his opinion
that the president cannot carry out the provisions of
the reciprocity treaty until they have received the
concurrence Of all the British provinces.
rascal advertises in some of the Baltimore pa
pers that he will for the of ST. enclosed to him,
forward directions for preparing % of the most choice
liquors. in quantities of five gallons, for hotels and
private use. These directions, he says, will insure
saving of from forty to two hundred per cent, and
the most critical examination will fail to detect the
genuine from the imitation. Here says the Wash
ngton Star, be the orr gin Of the poisonous
liquors in the country, the drinking of which
1sproduclng such fatal consequences to all who par
take OF them. The penitentiary should be the pen
atty for all who vend drugged liquors.
Lola Montez has settled down in California. She
has selected Grass valley as her home. Since she
kicked her last husband out Of doors and stamped
him he lay sprawling in the street. and her beauti
full hand torn by the cruel claws of her pet bear
we have heard little of the king of Bavaria's mis-
tress. A correspondent of the Spirit of the Times
however, states that she is restless ever, goes
out with parties on exploring expeditions hundreds
of miles, penetrates through the praires and over
the mountains. She returned few weeks since from
an excursion to the Truckee meadow and had very
1t is fortunate for the tribe they didn't get her
One of our Virginia exchanges contains the fol-
lowing advertisements: There will be gander-
pulling at Yanceys spring, four miles from Clarks
Vile in Mecklenburg county On the 22d day of Sep
TENDER, Everybody is invited to attend" Gander-
pulling is very intellectual amusement. A goose
with creased head is tied to stake, and gentle
men on horseback galop around the circle and grab
at the poor birds head as they pass. The one who
secures the head is the henored victor. sport as
manly j. is tnerciful.
An application was recently made to the civil tri-
bunal Of Paris, to declare null and void marriage
celebrated by the rev. NJ Coquerel, the protestant
minister the 9TH of October last, between Eng
lishrnan and Portuguese. Both parties made the
a sn bad q .ne baan 1Ie -
beforea civil officer by which alone it would be valid
according TO tire French law, that publication or
register of it had been made at the Portuguese en-
bassy land that the Portuguese laws prohibit marri
ages between persons Of different religions the tribu
nal declared It void, and decided that settlement