The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-30

from sboea and coats, but the practice Of ply
nas .aast be guarded by license WHAT'S this guard
siS b The assembled wisdom Of Virginia has thrown
asad an employment affecting the dearest interests
arou' ns citizens? Shade or Solomon! listen! The
o. M Of the patty Of five dollars into her trea
pa. Anr ignoramus imposter and swindler may
su himself doctor, and defraud the citizens and le
Sa,e makes herself accessory to the fraud, for the
oH.atemptible consideration of the payment of tiFe
ears into her treasury; unless indeed the Doctor
", citizen of the State and BY long period OKLA
~ and honorable conduct, have attained practice
0;alded an income Of four thousand dollars, which
lbss returned tohis fellow citizens in payment for
.srrent expenses Of himself and family, them the
Gate EFFORTS from him the sum Of fifteen DOLLARS
II ~ be foreign gu ack, and perhaps an abotians
.oboot, who has defrauded the citizens of twelve
bausand dollars in few months to be carried away
f-om the State, the State magnanimously let's him
aF with fee of five dollars-thus offering pfesni
.,m TO the foreign inposter. Richmond Stethoscope
Kansas letter thus describes the place where Tie
II district court for Kansas, is held: The tlouse
ia evidently intended for private residence Ut il
frame building Of two apartments, some sixteen by
eighteen feet each. In of these is the court
sconsed. Avery good stove is the ouly respectable
aticein the room, and as the walls not plaster
tered its heat is required. As much Of the building
has been made from green cotton wood, the Feat OF
the stove evolves strong green cotton woody oder
hat is more peculiar than agreeable. couple of
nlasterers' "mules" placed close to the wall
Ia these with alog laid Oh couple of blocks and
ynodations for the jurors and audience A coarse
.sble with drawer in it, stands at one end of the
same Under i: lie pair Of saddle bags carelessly
THROWN and tin canister open at side, In which
are couple of parcels of those mysterious papers
which puzzle the ingenuityxof young lawyers Try
he metal of the old ones, and are as ga sounding
brass and tinkling cymbal to all other sensible
men "A few common and rather course chairs are
grouped round that table, and these the function
aries of law divine seated. Judge Lecompte is
the chief justice.
We condemn the yankees for doing contraband
business with Turkey, but forget that Russia is at
this moment obtaining materials of war from Eng
lshmen The trade is most extensive in the north,
and we regret say that the number engaged in it is
incredibly large. The terrible fire at Newcastleon-
Tyne, is not yet forgotten; but what caused that
FIRE? Nobody will tell y Newcastle, but hundreds
in Newcastle know that fire originated in an explo-
sion Of yellow aikali Now yellow alkali as dis
guised name for satpetre and ntre, whsch was ship
ped tothe north of Europe in large Quantities and
thence forwarded to Russia On its arry nothing
is required to make 1t into gunpowder but proper
addition Of charcoal Liverpool Post
The American mode of manufacturing email fire
arms has been adopted ID England, from plans OBJ
tanned in this country by British officers. ma.
ebinery such as is used at Harper's ferry has been
built and persons connected with the manufacturing
establishments in this country have been employed
to superntend it. The machinery has cost over one
hundred thousand pounds. The new government
armory Of England, into which this machinery and
Enfield lock, nine miles north Of London 1t is in
tended ultimately, to employ 800 operatives and TO
turn out 500 muskets daily. Twenty five thousand
rifles for the British government now being manu-
featured at Windsor, Vt, and Hartford, Conn sg;F
The Legislature Of New York has chartered tyefy
philanthropic institute, viz for the reception f
consumptive patients, and their cure, If practcs.-
bic. It was requisite that such hospital should
be exclusively set apart sor persons afflicted With
phthsis, a complaint which is SO generally preva-
lent not only in the northern portions of HE Union
but almost throughout the States By having such
establishment for persons SO diseased greater op-
portunities will be afforded physicians ito become
acquainted with the disease all its manifestations
and from the knowledge obtained, curatives Will
be the more likely to be ascertained. al 4. 7
Noah Edmnster, asoldier Of the revolutionary war
died at Dixnont, Me- the 18th ut, in the ninety
third year of his age He was born in Malien Mass
in the year 1853 and early age volunteered into
the American army, at the commencement of the war
at Bunker Hill, witnessed the surrender of Bur
goyne's army, and was with the army under the i'm
mediate command Of Washington through one whole
campaign. 1t was his boast that he served year On
board the first American naval vessel, ard aided in
capturing several English armed vessels--one in the
English channel. The deceased had resided for
more than halfa century in Dixmont. ts a II .5
The New York correspondent of tie National In
telligencer in his letter of January says stated
the other day that the number of aliens who had de-
elared their intention of becoming citizens In our
superior court during the past year, $685., and
VIC have now the records of the court OF common
pleas; which show that the number there was 6307-
making the total in both courts, Is l4I The mum.
Der Of persons who completed their naturalization I'M
both Of the above courts during the year was only
6OO0
In reply to the London Times complaint Of the
inactivity of marshal Pellisser since the capture Of
the south side Of Sebastopol the Paris papers give
some sharp retorts. The Assemble Rationale asks
who was it that entered the Malakoff and covered
themselves with glory and renown2 Asid who was
it obtained everlasting gnominy at the Redan2'---
The Constitutional applies the term "ineratitude TO
the British nation for the signal service France
which alone took Sebastopol--has rendered to- it."
1t is said that Mr. Wallace editor Of Tile Washing
ton Star, in the recent pugistie encounter between
himself and the hon. Mr. Smith, of Va was engaged
for several minutes in the very selfabnegating bus
mess Of sgnawing and biting his own finger, under
the delusive idea that it Mr. Smith s digit he
was masticating. truly remarkable instance of
suspension of the sensibilties."s as #a #H55 VI
Samuel N. Dixey, captain of the barg Missouri,
who was convicted in the D. S. dstricg court, Bos-a
ton in March, 1852, of robbery of specie fron the
bark while on the of Sumatra and sentenced TO
hve years imprisonment in Dedham jail, has been
pardoned by president Pierce and was released from
confinement on the 26th ult. e :s4#t y Gs5#E
Organization of the Louisiana Collegiate INSTITUTES
VI BE it Remembered, that meeting of corpora
tors Of the North Louisiana Collegiate Institute was
held on the 18th day Of January a. d. 1885,, at the
reverend j. Franklin Fords, in the town Of Shreva-
port, parish Of Gaddo when the said corporators Dr.
ganzed the corporation of said orth Louisiana Gel