The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-01-12


| The ingenuitysof Partisan cabinet makers, in the
aubourg ST. Antoine has found use for common
sawdusf which raises the value of that commodity ar
above the worth of solid timber By new process,
combining the hydraulic press and the application OF
intense heat these wooden particles are made 70 re-
form themselves into solid mass, capable OF 0eng
moulded into any shape and presenting a brilliant
surface, durability and beauty Of appearance mol
found in ebony, rosewood or mahogany.
new scot Of Perfeetionists has arisen III New
Hampshire where they have held meetings at Con
cord and Dover They think of calling themselves
"The Orthodox Catholic church" Altogether they
number about one hundred They believe IN com
munity of goods Civil law they do not regard -
Their laws are bible laws. They hold that after one
has received the reyiving influence of the Holy Spirit
it is impossible for him, not only to fall from grace
but even to be tempted They believe in the speedy
coming of the Savior. Three apostles, who are to
have charge Of their affairs, have been chosen, who
spoken Of very successful second advent
ers In times past
New York is certainly great city. They have
now "dog boarding house, and one is advertised
at the corner of Broadway and Forty-ifth Streets
The keeper will bol dogs at 81 per week, and train
for 81 50. Then tasy have sporting depot where
the proprietor employs expressly to catch rats
for the ring and dogs Not less than three thousand
have been obtained from the Aston, three thousand
from the St Nicholas etc.
! In a suit for divorce now pending at New Haven,
Conn, between Mrs. Maria A. Bennett and DR. George
Bennett, celebrated pill DOCTOR disclosures of
extraordinary course of domestic brutality are re-
vealed that almost cast in the shade all the Blue
beard husbands Of fiction The testimony of Mrs
Bennett gives the following as a sketch of the doc
tors behavior since their marriage in May, l849:-
"Four weeks after they were married, the doctor
swore and scolded at his wife because she wanted
new hat. He required her to do the washing the
week AFTER and refused to help lift the boiler He
made her paste labels on his pill boxes; refused to
let her 60 home to see her folks sent her alone to
New York to hire house, and when they went to
housekeeping III that city in two rooms, made her do
all the work. When she burned quart of cranber-
rles, he boxed her He wanted to give her baby
laudanum, and tried to smother it; made her walk
two miles N the snow and rain, with the baby with
out an umbrella; and when the infant was only
three months old, was detected whipping it while
Its mother was making the fire. Besides doing the
washing, general Homework, and taking of the
baby, Mrs. Bennett had to keep the doctors books
go 70 the stores aud buy paper order printing, DC
When they moved to New Haven, he hired girl
but she wouldn't stay, for he wanted her to assist
HIM to make pills; he made Mrs Bennett saw the
Wood, and used to put the parlor fire out to annoy
her, and almost choaked the baby with the dust he
made III making pills IN the sitting In addl-
ton to TINS he used to beat Mrs Bennett at inter
walls, taught her to black boots, empted the coal
scuttle Oh the carpet, fired cracker at the baby, and
when Mrs. Benefits father came to see Them treat
ed the old gentleman decidedly bad, and threatened
to kill his wife with the poker because she renon-
S''tSo' LOIG ClOlleSJ destroyed tIle tuTIl-
ture, and cut many other extraordinary capers, at
intervals, and you'd refuse to provide ordinary
cessares, though all this time he was making plen-
ty OF money by the sale of his pills All this his
wife endured for nearly years, until her patience
gave out, and she Is now an applicant for legal
lief"
The Santa F6 IN. NJ ) Gazette states that $50 900
sheep are about to be taken from Bernaillo and Va
enca counties in that territory, overland Califor
MA. There is also drove of 10 900 from Ohio, now
Santa Fp hound for tha
Died
On the 9TH inst, in New Orleans, Mr. ADoLpHus L.
HENE, for the last twelve years citizen of Shreye-
port, He was kind, afectonate husband a doating
father, and always among the first to Join in any
scheme OF philanthropy orpublic utility. Heleayes
a large circle of friends to deplore his loss.
5Savannah and Charleston papers notice
onthe 9Th inst, Captain CLARK CLAFL1N aged about
% years, an old resident of this place,
Steamboat Register.
ARRIVED
J ma. Ezra No 3, from New Orleans
Sallie Robinson, from New Orleans
Era N o. 2, from Upper Red River
6-Arkansaw, from New Orleans
Joseph Holden, from New Orleans
Eleanor, from the Bluffs
w. a. Andrew, from Jefferson
Slope, from New Orleans
9-Lecomte, from New Orleans
Osceola, from Upper Red River
Milton Relf, from New Orleans
Starlight, from Jefferson
10-Leona, from New Orleans
ll-Judah Touro from New Orleans
Sallle Robinson, from Jefferson
Rescue, from Upper Red River
DEPARTED
an. 5-Rescue, for Upper Red River
Telegram, for New Orleans
Morning Light, for New Orleans
Era No 3, for Upper Red River.
Era No =, for New Orleans
6-National, for New Orleans
w. A. Andrew, for jefferson
Salle Robinson, for Jefferson.
Arkansaw, for Jefferson
Joseph Holden, for Jefferson
Eleanor, for New Orleans
8-W. A. Andrew, for New Orleans.
Hope, for Upper Reu River.
0-Lecomte, for the Bluffs :
Milton Relf, for Minden
I0-Leona, for the Bluffs .
Osceola, for New Orleans
Starlight, for New Orleans
Sallie Robinson, for New Orleans
Arkansaw, from Jefferson
Shreveport Price-Current.
This report embraces actual sales made yeSterdag
CoTroN-Middling, 81a@1OAc
SUGAR-N. Q. brown, 8@lOc. 49 h.
MoLAssEs--33Q0371a cts % gall.
FLoUR-Supertine, Sc 00@-; st. Louis extra. e. .
% ~ bbl. .
PoRE9Mess, s22@- u Dbl.
BAcoN--Sides clear, l21a@-c;ribbed lI1a@l3c.
loulders. 9@lOc; sugar-cured hams, l8@- #ib. I
LARD-l7@-c. p tb.
CoFFEE-Rio, l21a@I3c. F9 b.
SALT-$1 5O@1 IS ~ sack c
WHIsKEY-37 p Q943c. q gall a
Om-Lard 81 35@l 50 ~ gall. ]
CANDLEs-Star, 25@27c. 39 Ii. =
CoRN-Sack, 81 000-. ~ bush
BAGeING-ky. l6c@-; India, 17@-c
RoPE-9@l6c, p fb.
IwINE-25@-cts. u ID. 7
NAHs-$5 zoos so p key. 'IRos-5@sc. U ID. !
BlDEs-9@Ilc 2 y. :, EEgn1Es-8@lO]6c' :
PorAToEs-Irish, 81 90 p bbl.
; h.
snoFs.Plandfon. s. SOL 60 3 pair
LINE-Thom 50 5O@- p bbl. CEhENr-$4 /
New Orleans Market. +
Janu 9 71Y Yesterday only 1000 bales of cotton
lferior, 619@724 Middling, Ii5@@9i1H [
rdinar!y,, :. 8654@l0G58 Good - 1l&@l24
3w middling ,1O18@ll18 Midlingfair 1911 @l2b T
The receipts (Including 30,374 bales on hand.5 {
nee the LIST September have been lO35 All bales; I