The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-12


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MATRIMONIAL ADyIRrIsEMENT.-Asp specimen
Of these catch fool affairs appeared in morning
paper last week, in which lady purpoTlng to
be possessed Of $50, 900 desires applicants for
her hand and fortune, to forward their addresses
and daguerreotypest to the post-ofice, and when
we considerthe many dupes who are vlclm'zeo
by mock auctioneers and land sharks Of every
Species the interference is fair that there Will
be hundreds oil portraits sent to the address,
which, there is no doubt whatever. is fictitious,
and the entire affair probably engendered in the
idle brain of some mischievous school girl. And
appropos to this subject is the case of acertain
lieutenant, who served with Scott in Mexico.
and who, after towing for several years with
the senoritas of that sunny cline, and leaving
behind him an unwedded mother and hand
some son, returned penniless to this city,where
after he had obtained berth in the custom
house, he sought lowered wife through the
medium of a newspaper advertisement lie
received several replies. among others widow
lady who kept large boarding -housein Carroll
! place, and who represented herself as chlldless
and possessing the title deeds Of a property In
the west to the value of some sixty thousand
dollars.
1t seems that there Was a certain worthless
vet crafty lawyer, boarding with the lady, who
was considerably in arrears, and to him she
contided her plans, promising him receipt IN
full and other fayors for his interest IN her be-
half. .m.s....r...-. 5-...~. .s..
/ The lieutenant snapped eagerly at the prof
fered bait, lured BY SO tempting competency
as sixty thousand dollars, and an interview was
appointed. Those of our readers who know
the lady OF who boarded with her, remember
the dashing head. dresses and ample shirts, and
fine lace eorsages in which she was wont to ap-
pear at meal times, will readily understand how
, with the golden halo of sixty thousand dollars
surrounding her tasty corcne, the aforesaid lleu-
, tenant was decidedly smitten Accordingly
references were exchanged, and the lady with
: admirably simulated confidence referred her
lover to the lawyer, before alluded to, for
; sight at the title deeds Of her property. The
0 interview between the two gentlemen was en-
tirely satisfactory and our lieutenant consld-
: cred himself fairly bagged. But an unfortunate
0 eposide occurred afterwards, for the lawyer and
e his friend concluded to indulge in q 'time'
# that EVENING" 'time" WHICH terminated m
the incarceration of the lieutenaptln the station
n house for an aggravated assault upon the wood
d en- figure of an Indian chief which graced the
$ portals of Gilsey's tobacco store. The lady
d hearing the facts of the case from her subsi-
o dsed friend, repaired to the station house early
l. the next morning, and paid her lovers fine, and
- before three O'Clock that afternoon they were
ir united in holy and indissoluble wedlock and
j. the new made husband was as happy as little
e neck clam at full ebb tide. The day following
@ however, a change came over the spirit of his
v dream He wens to the post Office for letters,
' and found two for his wife, which avang him
l. self of husbands prerogative he proceeded
v to open What was bis horror to find that his
as newly made wife had two Children, boarding
so at Windham, Ct. and that they were just about
Mt coming "home" again. Ascepe ensued, when
v he returned to his spouse, that we have been
el told presented the most perfect picture of con-
or fusion possible to conceive. 1t turned out,
or then that GLADYS furniture allhired that
II, she was living only by the forbearance of her
ng landlord, that the lawyer confederate in the
ho swindle had left the city, that her title deeds
;al were a sham, and that the lieutenant had been
no taken in and done for.
th 1t only remains to say that after a few
months of pickering and mutual recrmination
er they separated the gentleman being still in the
,ir custom house. frutless y tigating to procure a
ed divorce which his wife streuuously opposes. and
lis for whose support he is obliged to pay $500 &
on year. ...g.,.- ... .... ta..- 1s.-.-..- ..
ny Occasionally acongenial pair may be brought
TO together by means Of an advertisement, but the
v majority of courtships accelerated by this
it means, we opipe, result disastrously to botI
ed parties. -...- N. Y. Courier
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ms Po11r1cA1 CLERGYMEs.-The Ohio Statesman
Id in speaking on this subject, says: We arr
at pleased to observe that many of the promincn
Ter religious journals of the country are admins
he tering severe rebukes to clergymen taking az
en- active part in politics. The Christian Intelli
ne gencer, presbyterian of a recent date, re
of marks follows in relation to such prostitutoN
ty of the clerical office; 'WhIle the great body o
,e, clergymen of all denominations remember tina
Chrst's kingdom is not of this world, and tha
ass their proper business as ministers is to preacl
of the gospel as the sole adequate remedy for al
lid social as we'll as spiritual wrong, there are
in few others in each denomination, who thinl
he christianity too slow, and the divine methos
on too erroneous, and so they turn in with dema
he gogues, and infdels, and humanitarian reform
Ar ers, and like the happy files on chariot wheels
ye raise great dust, partly for their own admira
nd ton, and partly to show what tremendous effect
ed their progressive holla-basloo is producing"
out
a THE Cosr OF THE WAR.-To those who doub
To- tne aoility Oh tnls country 10 carry Oh war
nd the cost of ESQ, 100000 or eco, ,OOO, 900 yea
OF as long as shai' De hecessary'Ee "onla ooser'
or that if England could bear taxation to the cx
wv tent of f72 OOO,OOO in 1915, it would not b.
his too much 10 say that we could with equal eas
ch pear ta1aaoh no" 10 the amount OF tloo'ooo'
600, when We bear in mind the increased popu
lation, wealth and trade of the country. |,
~ 1915 the income assessed to the new propcrt
~ =. tax was f17o,ooo. 900 a year. now, computn
n ,'' it upon the same basis, it cannot be less tha
ult ri f95o, 100000. Again, with regard to the ex
tent in which it is impossible to abstract from
NJ no the capital of the country, we have had expe
p rience in the construction of railways during
u :, the last ten wears. When therefore, we speal