The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-02-09

bY the arrival OF the steamer Is. Il. hodge, WITH
the remains of Capt. Lawrence ?. Grain, who
died at the St. Louis hotel, New Orleans, or
the 28th ult Although the precarious health
of Capt Grain had prepared the public for the
sad intelligence, the sudden announcement u
his decease took them by surprise He was one
of our cherished friends, and we would pay a
fitting tribute to his memory, but the following
article from the Gazette renders tsuperaous L
is from the pen of one who has known the de-
ceased from his youth.
Through the dispensation of divine Providence,
we are called pon TO mourn the loss of esteemed
and honored citizen of Shreveport, LAWRENCE +.
CRAM He died in the city Of New Orleans, q =
o'clock, on the morning Of the 28th january Walthef
he had repaired for the sole purpose OF chahSe fol
the protacted confinement Of his own home, without
the hope of ultimate recovery he read his tate IN
the entertainments of that insdious disease whch Is
without remedy, and met it with heroic iort5uae.
We learn from those who watched by ms death9ea'
that he was sensible almost to the last breath ana ms
SOUL in calm repose, babe adleu to earth and winged
its invisible flight to the land OF spirits
For twenty years he had been eltlzenot TINS place,
and his lamented death has left but few, who, with
him, brayed the obstacles incident to early setIie,
ment. His adopted town bears many tesumohal
10 MS suggestive genius, anu tliS l,iiN'~ -
nent for which he was distinguishes and many Will
revert with grateful recollection to occasions sigma
lied by his brilliant Inequalities and spontaneous
munifcence. !,
In d notice like the present the merits OF the dead
rise in pleasing array before US, and the PEN moved
bv the sensibities which friendship eXces IS prone
to glide into fusome eulogyi but the writer OF thls
is not anpoved bv restraints. Whatever tribute he
NAV bestoR Is unleayened by heartleSs necessity or
conventional form
,f ,inatanr, rpors wit r. 4W-
RENEE p GRAIN has with each successive year, re
newed our attachment and magnifed his virtues
He was no ordinary man. As friend he was true;
as a member of society his life marked by high
toned demeanor; as lawyer at the shreveport bar,
while he was first in priority of time he had no SUI
perior as d skillful tactlcan and cogent reasoner.
Farewell, dear friend! Though the clods now COW
er you you are present before US, and while life re-
mains, memory viii linger around you! H. j. O. b
The office holders organs at the south are
eternally beaping abuse upon those who refuse
to accept as bible truths the political dogmas
which they retail out at the bidding of the chief
wire workers, Washington. One Of these de-
mocratic organs (the Memphis Appeal) few
days ago denounced the Americans as 'amot-
ley crew, ringed, streaked and spotted" Jere.
Clemens, editor of the Memphis Eagle, replies
to the assault in an appropriate style, and winds
up as follows:
"Taken altogether this is the richest exhibit
ton of the season. 1t comes from paper that
has for months been engaged in proving the
entire harmony of the democracy, by waging
active war upon democratic organ in the same
ethyl At least, the pleasant recreation in which
it has been engaged, would be construed into
hostiIitits, in any other but the democratic
camp....,..It is the organ Of party whose pres
ident and his secretary of the treasury are at
open warfare upon one of the most important
questions Of government policy. The organ Of
a party, whose members agree upon no one
thing, save an equal ayidity for the spoils.-
Bigler and bis wing Of democrats are the zeal
GUS advocates Of a tariff for protection Hunter
and his wing pronounce 1t unconstitutional
The agrarian, johnson, Of Tennessee, sits cheek
by jow with the arislocratie Hammond. Stew
art, and the northwestern democracy, in boz
dy, are the warm advocates of the widest sys-
TEN Of internal improvements. Toombs, and
the south eastern democracy, bitterly oppose
all just and necessary appropriations for works
Of national Importance. Slidel and Benjamin
favor the improvementof the Mississippi and its
while the leading democrats of the
south west denounce all such work as Hnconsti
tuonal. Douglas maintains The doctrine Of
absolute sovereignty in the people Of terrific
ry, with the right by "unfriendly Legislation"
to,exclude southerners and their property from
the public domain; and jeff. Davis denounees
ii as worse than the WiImot proviso. Bright
advocates the right of unnaturaIized foreigners
to vote in elections, and Brown, Of Miss, utter
" dsclaims it as a democratic principle The
governor Of South Carolina recommends the
re0pening of the African slave trade, and de-
congress vote it unwse and iniquitous.
Mr.. Boyce advocates free trade and direct tax
alton. Mr.. Florence regards the originator oil
such proposition as a mailman. Mr.. Cush- /
ing believes that our maritime strength depends
upon continuance of the fishing bounties, and
Mr. Clay pronounces lhem-a monstrous impo-
sition upon other industrial pursuits. Mr.. SouIe
aids and encourages tilibusger enterprises, and +
Judge Campbell does his best to imprison the I
whole batch from Walker down to the cook Of
the Susan. Mr. English makes a compromise
Of the Kansas issue, goes home and repudiates I
it, and comes back to congress an unchanged
democrat Martin Van Buren, votes the demo-
tIatlC uCket, ana JOnn C0Clnane mas become I
an oracle among the faithful. JAS. G. Jones +
makes democratic speeches Preston is ap
pointed democratic minister, and Clingman
ills democratic chair in the senate. The pub +
isher Of the Washington Union is elected pub
ic printer by democratic congress, and the T
,ditor OF the Washington States (another de-
nocratc organ) charges him with stealing I
hundred thousand dollars Of the public money
We ratherimagine thatifthere exists "a mot
ey crew, ringed, streaked and spotted, the
Appeal man must admit they are to be found
N the national democratic side of the house
The democrats of the southern parishes are
roubled about the manner in which portion
If the democratic legislators from north Lou
siana comported themselves during the late
ontest for U. S. senator. The Baton Rouge
Advocate democratic organ of the legisla-
ure) closes a long leader on the subject as fol-
ows:
ut is with sincere regret and reluctance
hat we speak thus consciously Of those with
whom we have always been on such warm
olitical and social terms We have endea-
ored to speak as kindly as nossibe of the mon