Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01
The Assassins. Pen Portraits Of
the Prisoners On Trial.
MRS. suRRAT.

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MRS. SURRAT.
Between the angle Of the wa
and the studded door, under Il,
heavy bar'of tho dressed stone tia
marks the above thickness Of tn
goas, sits all alone q woman's figure
clothed in solemn black. Her shad
.owy skirt hides her feet, SO wa can
not see whether they arc riveted
her sleeves Of sable sweep down he
wrist, and dark gloves cover tn
plumpness Of her hand. while palm
leaf tan mods to and fri to assist III,
cbscurity Of her yell of Grape, de
scending from her widows bonnet
A solitary woman, beginning tn.
line Of coarse, indicted men, shrink.
beneath the scornful eyes Of her sex
and the as bold survey Of men more
pitifal, may we'll excite, despite.lle,
gait, a moment Of sympathy.
Let men remember that she is the
mother Of a son who has fled TO save
his forfeited life by deserving her to
shame, snd, perhaps, to death. Let
women, who viii not mention her III
rncrcy, learn from her, aud in ali
succeeding wars. to make patriotism
Of their household duties, and not in.
cite to blood. (.
Mrs. Suratt is a graduate Of that
seminary which splits in soldiers
faces, denounces brave generals up.
on the rostrum, and cries out for an
interminable scafold when all the
bells are ringing peace.
How far her wicked love influ1
cnced herto participation in the muir
der, rests in her own breast, and up
70 this time she has not differed from
mothers at large-to twist her own
bowstring rather than build his glib
bet.
Beneath her, shadowy bonnet, over
her fan tip, We see two large eyes,
rising and falling, and now and then
when the fan sways to and fro, the
hair just turning gray with trouble,
and the round face growing wan and
realnesl with terrible reflection, are
scen a moment crouching low, as ii
che would wish to grovel upon the
door and bury her forehead in her
hands.
T Yet, sometimes, across Mrs. Sur
rats face afstealthiness creeps-a
sort Of feaise, feline flashing OF the
Eye, like that OF one which means to
leap sideways. At these times her
sssee seems to grow hard and color
less, as If thattiger expression which
Pradicr caught upon the lace OF
BrinviIlers and fastened mo a
,yiosn,,. ..Jl ~.
. a"a p.e &, /, ,Sts"'ee IVY, ~
'. VIC H'sA '. : ~ '"0s' oe N'''"'
an old plottcr. Ifshe did not devise
-, s "ss"ss'"a''o" fne was P1Ny - H. Il
,ue g.. VAC a.. 'ehs VI .pinfaoa'''
- 'o,' '.". a "s =, 'e'e''
.""" spy' "" y, ~. '''''' u
80 ~ lo '',ea IT, I is' Ley ,,e ~"
Mo1 sau ., ~ WI S;c, speAu u", ."e''
was like 4 woman'a, ara w1rv'sv ''SS'
Aas merciful as n mothers.
HAROLD. \
Mex. is sliabby-loolsing boy,
whose seat is by the right lam Of the |
Jail door. Of all bows lust old
enough to feel their oats, this boy is
n. mos. common sIac. His pa
rea,s would be l,kelv TO have no
hon $ Of his reaching the /
Presidency: for his head Indicates |
latent demen,ia, and slice or two
from il would recommend him. with /.
out examination, to the school Of the |
BETTER dressed. and t
and shaved. he might make
! tolarabl. adjournment 10 a hotel door, |
or even reach the dignity Of a bar
kerner or an usher at a theater. But
thai this fellow should occupy a leaf
in history and be confountIsd with |
,r,os5 : anter;uo ;ntothe literature Of
the world, reyersss manifest destiny,
and leaves neither phrenology nor
nhvsiopnomv 4 place to stand upon.
Come Ed. Cali, spurzheim and
, ora.or onJ rsn,ark his saIlow face
.,,anna,.d hy hasa sycess, Do Won
! now snv toyshsad 50 broad which
,,s,ns 80 l;,thq His chin is sharp,
h;s a,,os ora bl,nk hlua his short