The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-10-11


Wells are before the people, in something more than
words, and no comments are required at our hands
He has discharged his official duties faithfully and fear
essy, and for this we commend him, and give him our
support.
yesAr IN AGAIN-In despite of our warning the Ca
zette and News are again ''poaching upon our pre-
serves We would not mind it so much, if they
understood the business well enough to do it up in
workmaIike manner but it fairly makes the hair Oh
our head rise to see our birds" gobbled up in such
/ an unsportmanke manner. TIE Gazette last Friday,
went in. and come out with the poorest cock" Of the
season Here it
"The river has risen about three feet from the low
est stage this season. and is now on a stand There
are conflicting reports in reference to another rise in
upper Red river.
The very next day the News stole in, and murdered
our "lattest cock, and boasts of it as follows;
"At the risk of having quarrel with our neighbor,
the South Western aude to the stage of the river
at this point A slow rise continues yet but We are
informed that it will commence to fall as there
has not been sufficient rains above to warrant con
tinued rise"
We viii leave it to al enlightened public if this is
not too bad-too beart-rendingto take what does not
belong to them, and then butcher it up in that style
We should not be the least surprsed-all cur efforts to
the contrary-if cold Red in the heighh of indgna
ton at this brutal treatment did not present to their
view its bottom Of sand bars, snags and wrecks Of
steamboats, in lieu of her usual placid and smiling
face. (Rirers smile as well as men) The Gazette is
entitled to some consideration from the fact that it
entered ten dollar bill-national currency-with
picture of DeSoo, our old contemporary, on its back,
against our prerogatives. lucky man to have even
The sembance Of such powerful argument; but we
fear it viii not be available in this case, from the fact
hatit quesonablehow an editor could come honestly
in possession Of that much tangible currency. Al
though the Gazette had the age Us, We caught it
changing hands" when it passed out, and we made
the "ca and bagged the "pot." In other words,
Mr. Editor, you 'snned away your day Of grace and
nothing is left YOU but goose quill in the hands of
white man-retract or take "smie." As for the
News this subject it is entitled no consideration
whatever it knowingly and malicously inflingcd upon
oar rights and then unblusbngly paraded it before
the public. But its well-known procivities to pounce
upon all good things and Their divide with its friends
is its shiedn in this its day of adversely; butt having
son. is ordered and decreed to pay over thirteen
drinks of spirits to the injured party Both parties
are allowed sixteen years in which to make an appeal
EpUcAuos IN THE SQUrn.-To give those of our
readers who do not have access to the radical press of
the north idea Of what they think OF the poor white
trash in comparison with the cultivated and intelligent
blacks, We clip the following from the Cincinnati
Commercial;
There is some danger that the next generation Of
negroes in the south may be intelligent and bet
ter educated than the great mass Of whites SO much
public attention and effort devoted to the former
ind the latter seem left to their own resources
which scanty at best that such result seems by
10 means impossible The blacks, themselves, more
over seem 60 be far mere thoroughly alive to the
value of mental culture than the poor class Of southern
whites. They are showing most admirable and praise
worthy interest in the schools provided for them and
ire likely to profit by them very thoroughly.
As evidence that the above prediction will be
UTILIZED during the present century, will state that
We have in our employ young ''colored.gemmen who
graduated with honors, after two days schooling. In
i'm, nature and education have produced wonders
In solving the problem of mean and tll,, it is as
onishing with what pertinacty he c!ngs to the idea
1at to,aa should be added to 0ae,a and being some
hat practical in his turn, he daily illustrates the theo-
to his benefit and satisfaction, ana to our loss and
ismay Heis well versed in the "dead languages" Of
ica and the literature and sciences Of the present
ay. lie has been in the office but four or FIVE DAYS,
nd feels himself competent to take charge of first
ass newspaper in either the editorial or mechanical
apartment. We learn from an observation he made
lis morning, that he had already applied to cur city
for situation in either of those capac
6. Mr. Commercial, you area long ways behind the
e in your predictions. S