The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-08

the different issues of the week-the paper be
ing tri-weekly, and never allowed to have
more than one editor at a time. Notwlthstand
ING this abundance Of editorial stock on hand
there was new and anonymous gentleman II
the chair on Tuesday. He ruled but for 9
day, but during that short period deportee
himself with all the exuberance of feeling O.
Ebon Hassan, upon the throne of Persia, as
commander of the faithful and the prophets
vicar on earth He lays down the following
as his platform of principles:
We are in favor of our country-we believe
| it to be good country, and 60 in for clicking
any body that tries to prevent us from doing
what we please.
Q. We go in for South Carolna-glory in her
independence-are under the strongest impress
sion of her Being a great State-gen. Jackson
to the contrary notwithstanding.
| 8. We are opposed to hard tlmes-beleye
money ought to be plenty-especially in our
own and our subscribers pockets-and assert
most positively that the crops ought to be as
good as possible. b
4. We believe in the constituon-also the
declaration of Independence in the great
maxim of ''lfe, liberty and the pursuit of hap
pness''-the last of which, however, is sell
dom caught.
ENGLISH IGNORANCE OF AMER1cA.-Nery few
Engshmcn know much in regard to the Uni
ted States and our people oftentimes have much
merriment over the blunders of their English
friends. A Boston merchant was asked at
dinner party in England short time since, if
there were many people in Boston who knew
the English language? Another of our friends
was inquired Of in London, if the Indians in
Boston worshipped al the same churches as
Instances Of this ignorance of the state Of af@
fairs in the United States, is letter from can
officer serving in Canada" published in the
London Times, which proposes to raise body
of soldiers in Canada for the Crimea, by the
queens offering pardon to all the deserters
from her majesty's service in the O.. States.
This officer thinks that at least two thousand
men might be obtained by such means, and
recommendssthat officers should be appointed
all along the frontier to- receive back her ma
jesty's runaway subjects. The officer states
that the condition of British deserters in the T. I
States is worse than that of slaves, and that in
of having broken their oath of
fidelity to the queen, their word is not received
in our courts; so that they are unable to sue
for their wages and are compelled to work for
nothing.
In the last number Of Notes and Queries,
here is an extract from monsieur Maimbourg's
history of Arianism, translated in 1928, which
shows that table turning was practised at the
oracle of Delphos, as early as the year A. D.
80. The stool turned round, letters were
pointed out, and future events foretod. The
&c 81,
eports of tipping tables and spelling out SEN
ences in our own days.
A plain and unschooled man, who had re- |
eived his education principally beneath the
pen sky, in the field and the forest, and who :
ad welded the axe more than the pen, while
peaking of children, Remarked with true and c
eautifu simplicity, ''the little chips are near IL
st the heart"
The Irishman who wrote to his friend, in
,rming him of the devoted attentions of his p
Dung wife during his sickness, couldn't hide n
national tendency to waggery, as he added: q
All, Dennis! am more than ever convinced ~
the truth of the poets remark, that the whole ~
orld is nothing to a man, if his wife be a,
idow.'' a
fellow at a race-course was staggering
bout the track with more liquor than he could 8
lrry. "Hallo, what's the matter now?' said C
chap whom the inebrated individual had
st run against. ssWhy-hc-why the fact W
lot my friends have been betting liquors "
! the race to-day, and they have got me to tn
I'D the stakes" al
A methodist preacher once observing that hi
veral of his congregation had fallen asleep,
ddenly exclaimed, with loud voice: a ot
"a fire! fireH' ne
"Where? where?' cried his auditors, whom
had reused from their s]umbers. pa
'In hell" added the preacher, "for those
10 sleep under the ministry of the holy Cos o.
l." ~
Another preacher finding himselfn the very
me unpleasant situation with his auditory,
ddenly stopped in his discourse, and ad
essed himsclfin whispering tone to num-
r of noisy children in the gallery: 7
"Silencc, silence, children" said he; eff YOU i
ep up such noise, you will wake all the old to
The Washington Metropolitan announce al al
e following curious facts:-"The. new Rus s.
IN minister to the United States is called Sos d,
onosof, saw my nose off, An attachee of a,
e same legation in Washington, Bowmano- u
fl, (blow my nose off, besides which we have " "
lionel Kutmanosof, (cut my nose off, of the y
perial guard marshal Pollmanosof, (pull ii
y nose off, gen. Nozbegon, (nose begone, &C
ID many Others X
The difference between happy and an I'M f. "a
lppy marriage is this: in one case the hus- c.
md lives afraid that his wife will die, on the it
her that she will not; also, if the wife loves tt
III, she will always be afraid of losing you, a.
1t if not, she will be always afraid of not los -
g you. ia
Speaking of very deminutive men who were tt
C most eminent in the world, Sydney Smith h
stanced his friend Jeffrey, and added that, c,
ere was another-nane not given--who had /
1ot body enough to cover his mind decently la
ith; his intellect was improperly exposed" g
The twenty-frst verse of the seventh chap o.
r of Ezra has all the letters of the alphabet G
it. The nineteenth chapter of the ed book Fl
Kings, and the thirty seventh chapter of K
aiah, are alike. And in the book of Esther, Il
hich has ten chapters, neither the word Lord @
" God is mentioned. b.
Horace, the Latin poet, and cotemporary of c
irgi, Brutus, Augustus, etc, complains of g
e difficulty Of getting the singers of his time,
her to sing when desired, or stop when once D