The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-03
The Washington Union Of the "a ;neton4

The Washington Union Of the Cd instant 80.
the examination of W. Strong. q lunatic who a..
into lodge OF free masons, in that CITY, wonnd'
one OF them, says, among other singular storas
relates an interview in December last with The ne
dent whose protection he anxious to oain pTs'
fore going to the White house he had armed him; DE-
and ayows that 1t was his intention to have sbo, "a.
president if he had not supposed he was kinal 's
posed towards him. In reply TO the inonira! us,
he would have done had the president told hin; h
did not want to have any thing to do with he ra.
ed emphatieally that he would have shot him 5
! If he really had the interview 1t will Ia 60 :
once that the presidents life III Imminent ~ ~
ger, for the man seems TO acl wholly regardlesa ~
consequences. ID "
As an instance Of the 'brotherly love. which
orcibly characterize some Of the SO called" Christi
reformers, reverend gentleman from Louis;a
was, by resolution, invited to take seat in si
| bath convention recently held in-Cnciunati HsS;,
So but few moments afterwards member ~ ~
and wanted to know whether, by inviting Io,;
ana preacheEaamong them, they intended to engosns
slavery. The convention reconsidered the vote ~
| rectly, and the southern brother was excommnn;a
ted without delay. If you want bigotry iyporanoa
fanaticsm jaundice, you can find them all core
bined in the reverend" agitator of the northwest
west, and northeast ''
/ General Paez intends shortly to leave New York
his home for nearly eleven years-to try his fornn
again president Of Venezuela He will be ac
companied by the committee Of Venezuela senators
| five in number, who were gated to iny;te ~,
general back from his long exile. In pursuance ~
their instructions the committee will visit Washns
ton to return thanks to the national government f.
the kindness with which the general was received
Old his first vis; exile to this country when ba
entertained by the president of the T. States and
his cabinet i'll the most hospitable manner
/ writer III the National Intelligencer saws. TIM.
spirits of harshorn is certain remedy for the bts
of mad dog. The wound, it adds should be con-
stantly bathed with it, and three four doses dim
ted, taken inwardly during the day. The hartsborn
decomposes chemically the virus insnuated into the
! wound and Immediately alters and DESTROYS its d.
/ righteousness The writer, who resided in Brazil
for time, first tried it for the bite Of scorpion
and found that it removed pain and inflammation al
most instantly Subsequently, he tried it for thu
bite of the rattlesnake, with similar success Atths
! suggestion of the writer, an old friend and physi
clan tried it in cases of hydrophobia, and ALWAYS
with success. e- hf a. ~
One of the most remarkable facts recorded bv NJ
Boudin, is the immunity which towns, >pecially
| the larger and more populous ones, enjoy f. acci
dent to life by lightning. Thus between 1901 and
| 1851 not single death recorded in Paris from
$50 900 deaths in London during thirty years. only
two had been produced by lightning. Comparing
these numbers with the total number of deaths from
this cause, and with the fact that twenty five per
cent of all happen under trees, he holds it reasona
! BILE to conclude that lightning finds more victims
in the open country than in the cities" The aver.
age annual number Of deaths by lightning in France
from 1885 to 1852, inclusive, 49, In 1885 there
were IL.
| The Paris Presse is DESTROYS of seeing the system
of popular education organised in the various states
of Germany introduced into France. 1t says, the
results of the German system are, that the proper
ton of children who receive education is almost
null, whereas in France above 100000, and in Eng.
land above million OF that class. 1t must more.
over, be remarked that in France, in England,
great number of children who sent to school, re-
main there on y two three years, and even then
attend too rregularly to derive any great advan-
tages. While beyond the Rhine sixth of the popu-
laton attend school regularly, there in France
departments where the number of children school
does amount to fitch part of the population
A certain church in this city, being about to re-
plenish their sabbath school library with books .
wished to raise the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars for that purpose. At the morning service
one Sunday they appointed one of the influential
brethren to fix upon plan. In the intermission he
took his pencil and marked against every members
name the sum which he thought ne ought to give
At the close Of the afternoon service he read the list
stating that if any one had been assessed 100 much
not enough he must speak. Suffice it to say, ST.
lence prevailed in the assembly, and in less than
fifteen minutes the sum was raised. N. Bedford Mer.
1t is said that when coal first introduced into
England the prejudice against it strong that
the commons petitioned the crown to prohibit the
''noxious" fuel. royal proclamation having failed
to abate the nuisance, commission issued to
certain who burned coal within the city of London
and its neighborhood and punish them by fine for
the first offence aud by demolition of their furnaces
if they persisted i'll transgressing. law final
ly passed, making it capital offence to burn coal
in the city, and only permitting it to be used in the
FORCES in the vicinity. 1t is stated that among the
records in the town of London document
found, importing that in the time of Edward l.
had been tried, convicted and executed for the crime
of burning coal in London 1t took three centuries
to entirely eface this pre- udice. 45 ~ -s-
W. D. W ashburne, younger brother of the ia
nous three, is nominated to the Minnesota legisla,
ture by the republicans of Hennepin county and
there is talk of adding him to the Washburne in
congress next year. There is still another brother
in California, who was candidate for congress in
1885, and who yet intends to add his name to the
catalogue. ...
The Limerick Chronicle mentions the following
case of extravaganza: landed proprietor who came
of age two years ago, has been obliged to leave the
country in consequence OF his embarrassments. On
attaining the age of twenty-one, he had ESQ 900 in
bank which he has got rid of, and accumulated debts
to the amount of 100000. He kept open house for
high and low. .a-s
The N. York creditors of the Ohio Life and Trust
company representing claims to the amount of about
100000, have commenced suits in the U. S. district
court of Ohio against the trustees and assgnees per-
sonally. The trustees of the company gave the n.
York cashier, about two weeks since, an uncondi-
tional release from every liability
The W Washington States, of late date says: "Mr.
Clancy Jones appeared to be so confident of being
elected, that he actually said, in this city he was
going to run only to shew Mr.. Buchanan how easy
1t was to be elected administration democrat"
The result of this interesting experiment is told by
the official returns
Letters from Central America state that cotton
planting is attracting considerable attention there
Samples of some grown have been favorablv cassed
| by the English judges, and the Manchester Cotton
! Supply association distributing considerable
quantity of seed throughout Central America.
| The new custom house at Pensacola has just been
finished. The cost was 100000. We learn from the
Gazette that the amount of revenue collected at that
port for the year ended 30h June, 1858, $47S!-
To collect this sum it cost the government $3,Ol2.
| great yacht race came off at Toronto, Canada,
Friday of last week, for prize Of $240 in which
vessels from all parts of Canada and from the Amer
lean shore Of lake Ontario participated. The prize
was won by the American sloop Coral
Under the imposing head of '.Take Warning" the
Fort Smith Herald has the following: Laughlin Nc
| Donald is hereby notified to leave Sebastian county
on before ~ M, October Sth, 1858. By order Of
! Fort Smith No. Is.
| The Cincinnati Observer, democratic paper, edit
ed by Isaac M. Wise, esq-no relation probably Of
Henry A.-has suggested Stephen A. Douglas for
president, and Judah P BENJAMIN for vice presi.
dent in 1860. Will the faithful adopt this2
New York seamstresses get only nine cents piece
for making plated bosom shirts, with linen wrist
bands, stitching DC. The women are at liberty eth
| er to take this price to Starye