The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-06-03

all the European armies, and practi-
cal instruction is given to the sol
diers in estimating distance by the
eve, and rapid, accurate firing.-Er.
Historical and Anecdotical.
Il Long Lost .Soa DtscorereG-An !
infant boy was stolen froIa his Gather
and mother at St. Louis, nearly
;wenty-four years ago. by hunter.
who had lost his wife and child, and /
s.wanted something that would love
him" He hurried she child into the
wilderness, employed half breed
woman to nurse il, and not until re-
Gently was it's long bereaved mother
able to obtain any definite intorma-
! ton of her missing son. She had be-
come widow, and had lived in AL
bany. Rochester. Buffalo, Detroit and
other places--''seeking rest and fin
ding oone," BY means OF Young
sporting friend who frequently met
! the old hunter and his ward in the
far West, and adroi,lv- cross-ques-
toned him, the truth was ascertained,
and the mother, and son were last
week reunited at Detroit. after n sep
aration of almost quarter of cen
fury. The poor woman's hair had
/ grown white with ag. and anxiety,
and her son vii! now gladly adopt
civilized habits.
GEorGE WILsoN-A few wears
since, as Mr.. CalauGct Was walking
the streets of Hartford. there came
running up to him a poor boy oi
very ordinary appearance. but whose
fine intelligent eye fixed the atten-
ton of the gentlemen, as the boy in
CURED
"Sir, can you tell me of a,ar:
who would like boy TO work foI
him and learn him TO read r.
Whose boy are you. and where
do you live!"
IL have no parents" was the re-
ply, land have JUS, ran away from
, the workhouse, because they would
not teach me to read
and took the boy into his own family
There he learned to read, Nor was
this all. He soon acquired the con
|, iidence of his new associates by
faithfulness and honesty. He wa:
allowed to his friends library anc
made rapid progress in the acq'.;si
tion of knowledge. 1t became neces
!. sary afteria while that George. SHOULD
:. leave NJ. Gailaude., and he becam,
apprentice to u cabinet maker in tn,
: neishborhood. There the -arne integ
). rity won for him the favor of his new
. associates. To crafty his iucliua
! ton for stuvy, his master had httl'
;, room furnished for him in the uppe
part of the shop, where he devotc'
q his leisure time to his tavorite pur
e suits. He made large atsainments il
i mathematics, in the French lansuage
1 and other branches. After being j,
L this situation few years, sitting a
n tea with the family one evening, h
10 all at once remarked that he wante
= to go to France.
L. $50 to France!" said his master
r surprised that TIE apparently confer
, ted aud happy youth shoald thu
:, suddenly become dissatisfied wit
~ his, situation, ''for what 2"
II. "Ask Mr.. Gallauoet to tea to-mo
n row evening" continued Georg
n ..and I will explain"
9, a. His kind friend was invited acco
II dinghy. At tea time the appren:i'
r. presented himself with his mani
10 scripts in English and French, ar
30 explained his singular intention to {
&C to France.
Is "In the time of Napoleon," sa
he, "a prize was offered by the Frent
OF government for the simplest ra!e
as measuring plane surfaces. of whs
ever outline, The prize has nev
ire been awarded. and that method
w have discovered
4 He then demonstrated his pr
blem, to the surprise and gratific
ton Of his friends, who Immediate
ew furnished him with the means Of d
:. fraying his expenses, with letters
40 Introduction to the Hon. Lewis Ca
then our minister to the court
of France.
all He was introduced to Lot
sill Philippe, and in the presence of I
MS king, mobiles and plenipotsntiari'
vi this American youth demonstat
my his problem, and received the plau
Ike it's Of the court. He received t
Of prize, which he had clearly Won, I
,ri- sides several presents from the kint
his He then took letters of ihtrod'
ew ton and proceeded to the Court
Sc, .Tsu5as, aud took another SINH