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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-20

A New VERSION OF "ENoCH ARDEN"-The St. Louis
Republicans relates singular incident which lately oc-
CURED at Carondolet Mo. A Mr.. G.. four years ago,
went away to the wars with Gen Price leaving wife
and two children Hearing nothing from her husband,
the woman, after time yielded to the sympathy and
love Of a neIghbor Mr.. Turner, and married him.
Fresh olive buds were added to the family wreath and
everything went smoothly. On Monday last, however
the original Mr. q entered the domic of the happy Mr.
aud Mrs. Turner After full exposition of their
timents the two gentlemen started down the street
leaving the lady of their desires to make her decision
uninfucnced by either. When the two returned the
lady announced that she had chosen to cling to her last
love Mr. g., though evidently disappointed, acqui-
esced only claiming his children blood Of his blood
This claim could not be conroverted and the father and
children quietly and sadly babe adeu the they
had known as wife and mother, and departed forever
for the distant south.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-20

~ IsS'r SEEN EBEH 4 BEDsrED"-An old negro wo-
man from the country who had heard of freedmens
bureau III Fredericksburg, wendell her way the hos
pital where she had been several days, when lady
friend called at that place for servant The lady on
seeing the old colored woman asked her how she was
getting along. "Not berry well; dey telrd me in de
country bout bureaus for de culled people, but tell
you, honey, isn't seen chen a 5saRe1''
He HAD Her TnERE-Fox, the great orator, being
told BIZ lady that she 'did not care three skips of
louise for him Immediately unsheathed his pencil and
wrote the following:
A Lady has told me- and in her own house,
That She cares not for me S'three skips of a louise"
forgive tie dear creature for what she has said,
Since women zcuI talk Of what runs "a tteirhead.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-20
MEYER 4 BRO,
0 .-,......... TEXAS STREET, ..,......... Q
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.
TAyEJUST RECEIVED AND OPENED A LARGE
Il 4 and splendid Stock Of
DRY GOODS,
FANCY ARTICLES,

And other articles too numerous to mention.
Having purchased our entire stock from Importers,
for CASH. we are enabled to offer purchasers induce
ments unsurpassed BY any house in the place
Being familiar with the wants of the country, and
our goods having been selected with great care express
y for this market, feel confident Of giving satsfac
ton to all Of our patrons
Having made arrangements with large Importing
Houses in New Orleans and New York, which affords
us every facility for procuring goods at the lowest
wholesale prices our assortment will be repenshed by
nearly every arrival.
Purchasers will find it to their interest to give US
call before purchasing elsewhere. Isept27
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-20

ANDREW JoHNsoN.-An old tailor at Greenvile, Tenn,
who used to work with Andrew johnson, says:
There was vast difference between Andy and when
worked on the same bench. | could spell b-a-k-e-r
but he could not; but he could flax me On pair Of
brceches Or fine coat and could get better price for
his work than |. He never made garment that didn't
fit, and never had job returned. II the best
tailor ever met. When Andy got married he hadn't
ten dollars in the world, and his wife poor as
Naomis daughters Her mother said to her before she
was married, calling her by name
Il can give you all the money there is in the house
fifteen dollarsto help you about going to housekeep-
ing, or I will take the money and give you wedding;
which do YOU prefer"
Mother said she "I' take the wedding, and Andy
and I'LL work ior money-wont we?' appealing to her
lover.
lie assented and the consequence that the young
couple had not cent with which to set up for them
selves. After they married she taught him to
read, and the world knows the rest.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-20

WoMAN's YIEw.-"Unce Charley" who supplies the
'iron clad for the benefit of returning oyaty to the
rcbeiots denizdns hereabous, startled the other
DAY by q strange demand at his elbow:
See here, Mr. Murphy" said the widow, Bedou, AZ
want TO be borne again.
TO BE borne again."
yes, my grandfather fout in the revolutionary war;
my daddy fit the British in 1872 and my old man was
soldier i'll the Mexican war, and | was horned and
fetched up il this country, and would have voted the
known9tling ticket eff Thad been allowed a vote but
before can claim my children, I've got to be born
agin! So git about it; for it seems although | have
lived at tie place for fifteen years, have, some
how got out of the United States and have got be
born again before enter into the kingdom ofhe
United States.
She wanted to take the amnesty oath so as to qualify
her tutriz of her children
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-20

BEGs to inform their friends planter b s-cI az .ra
public generally that they have formed grsaf1
and recently opened large and select assortment Fl
Dry Goods, Groceries. Hardware rs. dos Asa.. DIS.
Having purchased their stock entreg .6r ezsl ta.r
feel confident that they sell as cheap 81 raU mas
any house in this CITY
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-11-24

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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-11-24


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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-11-24

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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-11-24

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18
Tine Esor,A Taxation Question.

The editor of the Republican, having re-
pudiated IN his inaugural, the truly demo
cratic and sensible position taken by his pre-
dece ssors in favor Of taxing government
bonds, follows it up in his next issue by an
article over a column in length in support Of
the new lauk lie has placed in his political
platform. Lorg 10 hi; article is, however,
the whole Is embraced in the following two
sentences, which we cut from the mid lie of it
Taxation of bonds now would be repudi-
alton. The exemption cOvencuted by gov
eminent is as much part of the debt, as is
the seven per cent. interests on the peincipal
itself"
And the whole may be answered in two
sentences as brief. The government has
made no covenant with the bondholder.
that their bonds shall be excinp. from any
blt state taxation. The proof of this is
found in the total omission of any sucn clause
in the bill authorizing the loan, and in the
fact Il at the government actually has already
taxed those bonds.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

The Democracy always maintained that
the war would terminate in the destruction
of sla7ery, bat opposed making that the ob-
iect instead of an incident of the war. They
also contended for system of gradual, in
stead of immediate and violent, emancipa-
ton. How much the negro has been bene-
flied by pursuing tn; violent course Of the
radicals, is apparent from the following
Washington dispatch, which comes en- 'orscd
by the Free linens Bureau:
Reports show that the mortality among
negroes dur NJ the war varied from 80 to 10
per ccut, and disease is making the same
fatal inroads now as before the peace. Dur
Ing 1861 the deaths in the interior of .iorth
Carolina amounted 10 30 per cent. oil the
whole coIored population of those sections.
The medical department of the Freedmen's
Bureau co nplains that it is Powerless to
destroy the progress OF the disease while the
surgeons ara scattered SO widely apart
throughout the southern country, and funds
are not provided requisite for The employ
ment of local practitioners.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18
Council Proceedings.
REGULAR MEETING.

TUESDAY, November 3ls', 1868.
Present-MayOr Kicking, Aldermen Prescott,
Schneider, Fennell Young, Echeiberger, Miller,
Mitchell, Ceilings, and Hutton.
Minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved.
Petition of j. W. Medley and others, praying
council to order the sidewalk in front of blocks
number four, five, and SIX Norris street. in Rail
Road Addition repaired, was, motion of
Young, received, aud city marshal was directed
to notify the owners of property interested to
repair said sidewalk, as required by ordinance.
Petition of Undiue Co. No. 2, recommending
the appointment of J. w. Dean assistant engi
neer OF fire department, to fill the vacancy caused
BY the resignation of Albert Wolford, was pre-
scented.
On motion of Miller, resignation of Albert
Woford was received, and j. w. Dean was ap-
pointed assistant engineer, rs recommended in
petition.
Petition of Michael Lynch, asking the restora-
ton of liquor license forfeited by judgment rem
dered by police magistrate November 10th, was
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

SUICIDE OF AN EMISzNr New 1onE PoLi>
rIcI AN.-The Hon. Preston King, collector
Of the port of New York, is supposed to
have committed suicide On Monday, BIZ
jump g from Hoboken ferry boat. He
had Been flr some time laboring under great
depression of mind used by difficulties
arising from his official position, All is
thought to have been suffering from mental
alteration at the time OF the commission Of
tie fatal deed. Preston King wac bora at
Ogdensburgh, s.. Lawrence county, New
York, October II, 1906. He grsd uated at
Union college, and studied the profes ION OF
law. lie was for several year. = n.ember OF
The New York Legislature way representa-
tive in congress from lS43 ,c 1877, aud from
l349 to 1873 after which he was eicc.cd &c
the United 5 stcs senate. In 1861 be was a
delegate to tho Republ can national convcn
ton Mt Baltimot &c AID in September las,
was appointed collector of customs in Nes
| York.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

DISTRESS AT THE SoUTH--At meeting at
the Cooper Institute, in New York, on Mon
day evening, to devise measures for the relief
of the distress At the South, addresses were
mad, by Gov. Morgan, Gen. Meade, DR..
Thompson, Gov. Parsons. of Alabama, Gen.
Fisk, and Henry Ward Beecher. Cover or
Parsons stated, among other things. that
there were l43, 200 white pers ons in Alabama
receiving state support, and that, unless they
had relief from abroad, $1,000 whites and
blacks must perish from starvation before
spring. Beccher's address, it is stated, was
full of kindness and Cancellation towards
those lately in rebellion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

CrRT pn,E Gamma K. Aranscn has ~.
rived at Harseil,s5 v.I'h Liter u recou.al1 n
daIinn 70 doctors ~ ihc hospi;r. ;rUa iu1pe-
rial quarters. and be has coHseqGe1:y been
allowr.l to practice his system Of care flr chol
era. which serins - lave Lccs I1arva .lJas'y
sac-v5s fid. The principle, 81 i-.- =, !; can be
stated in . frw TEJy,t,. - st>-, Y. A-aUsoa be
Iicycs cboesA profsc s = super Abundance
Of oxalic sc:j III FLe ,vs.cgs. 'Ihe effort J..
then, to prevent the PsJL-c,ioa Ct ,a.-a sol
utlc uxa.atas-to do which BE- adm .,s,ers
aikaloa salts. such a d. carb,paie Of soda.
which, coming mo contact with ozAiic acid,
decomposes it forming an oxa.ate O. soda
at iuso'uhle salt, which is iuurxious % the
suffer,r. S)a.eIhins u thu same idea was
hiutcd a, by an eminent English physician.
n few years since. and. . 1t i simple, aai
there is no harm in bi-carb,uatc Of soda in
-ny condition. it Is not dangerous thing 10
have the remedy at hanl, ia travel Or at
home, in case Of eyen'uali,ies.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

PARTON BROKERAGE. Gen. Baker. saws a
Washington dispatch, ascertainlng that q
woman named Mrs. Cobb was procuring
pardons for rebels for pecuniary considera>
tons, sent q detective to her under an
assumed name who, on the payment of 5000,
received a pardon within thir,y-six hours.
without having takea an oath. The woman
was then arrested and taken to the military
Headquarters at Washington, and, after max
ing certain disclosures, was released She
subsequently went before the grand jury.
and procured four bills ofindictment against
Baker for larceny and false Imprisonment.
The President has forbidden her future
admission to the White House.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

NEGRO INPUuESCE-Th notorious FRED
DOUGLASS delivered himself of a speech to
crowd of white and black Abolitionis,s at
Boston the other day, in which he spoke of
the President in the most violent and insolent
style. He was heartily cheered'' by the
.'loyal'' Bostonians Things have come to
pretty pass, indeed, when negro is ap-
plauded by white men while speaking of the
Chief Magistrate Of the United States as ''the
man at Washington" and of "treachery on
the part of the very man that sits at the head
the Government ave abhor, very pro-
perly,.' ne said, "JeHers IN Davis..and Booth,
but a deeper and more dreadful execration
will settle upon that mans name if he shall
sacrifice us, as his policy now evidently aims
to do."-iS. Louis Republican.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

FREEZING ONfo.s.-If it is designed to
keep the onions till spring. the cheapest and
best WV is to FREE them 70 10 this, Sc
lect the northwest portion Of sore out
bulding under which the air does not circu-
late. spread the onions about one and a half
fee; in depth. leaving a vacant space Of about
two feet from the side Of the building: lie,
them get thoroughly frozen, then cover them
closely with an old sail. or any cloth to keep
the hay from mixing with them, and spread
the hay two feet more in depth above the
covering also pack fine hay clesely between
the heap and the sides Of the building
Here let them remain untouched until the
frost is entirely out, when they should be
spread at once, well aired and turned often
until thoroughly died. j. II, gregory.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18
The InsurrectiOn i'm Jamaica.

The later reports indicate probability
that the strong arm Of military powe, Will
succeed, in short time, IN snppressing the
oupro instruction in Jamaica, not, however,
until after several hundred whites have been
.Iaurbtered amid atrocities and brutalitics
That would shame the Kingdom of DahomeE'
The radical papers have been slnguiariy
siIa,. In reference 10 this outbreak in lamar
"a. and for the reason, probably, that 1t
seems to have been wholly causeiess. ia
m.ics. as co:empornry remarks, IS one Of
those Edens which Mr.. II. Greeley and
Wendell Phillips are laboring to establish IN
this country. 1t i, place where the African
has his "rights'-ihe right to voie al the
same polls with the white man, to practice
law in the same courts with the white man,
to .it with him on the Judicial bench, to put
his fee. under the white mans maho6ony,
and to rla-ry the white mans sister and
daughter. We further know, since negro
equality was decrced in Jamaica, that that
leland, from first-class productive country,
negro equality and lost its material prosperi-
w; i, is now receiving the last touches TO
make it perfect negro paradise, by an
attempt to e1terminate the white population
These negroes are ptrfecting their equality
and their MANHOOD" and their "Brother-
hood" (ride Greeley) by cutting off the legs
of their white brethren and di,emboweiing
their pale sisters. 1t is precisely what this
country may confidently expect within very
short tine after Greeley and Phillips have
accomplished their labors. First, our mate
rial prosperity viii disappear. to be followed
speedily BY the mu,iated bodies Of the VIII tie
population.
| OF course our abolition fellow citizens see
nothing wrong, nothing suggestive IN tins
Jamaic. affair. 1t is only little escapade
OF the part of the gentle African. /: docs
MT initiate against the arganen; to give
| him power To be sure, the negro makes .
hash Of lis own Children for breakfa wher
at home, but he won't DO it here if he Is only
allowed the same power as is possessed by
tie white man. t. eliminate the ierociou'
instinct of the tiger, it IS only necessary to
tear away tie walls Of his cage and allow
him to roam at Ei= own sweet Will among th'
denizens of our crowded streets.
The benefits Of removing all restraints
from Dahomey are well Illustrated in Jamai
ca. To secure the same desirable results w
have only to accede to the requests O. Messrs
Greeley and Phillips. Let their demands b
satisfied, and We shall have Jamaica ever.
dav in the week in tie South: let thei
benevolent intentions succeed, and in les
than half century fetish worship will hav
become the national religion. and Jo"tlio
of babies he fashionable breakfast dish i
every household.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

To KEEP TIRES or WRCEIS.-Hear what
practical man saws Of this subject: Il
ironed a wagon some years ago Tor my own
use. and before putting on the tires filed
the felloes with linsced oil; and the tires
have worn out AMI were never loose. | also
iioued buggy Tor my own use seven years
ago. and the tires nre a. tight as when rat
on Ny method of fiing tic felloes with
oil is as follows: ! Use q long cast iron oil
heater, made for the purpose. The oil il
brought to {. boiling hzat, The wheel is placed
on a stick 50 as to hang n the oil, each lclloe
an boar for comm on sized seiloc. The
timber should be 1ry. rs green timber vii
not take oil. Gre should be taken tina. tue
oil does not get hotter than the boiling heat,
in order 'hat the timber be not burnt
Timber filled with oil Is not susceptible -
wate-, and is much more durable. Wa.
amused some years ago when ! tod a black
smith how to K ap the tires tight Oh wheels,
! by his telling inc tba, :. was t. profitable
/ business to tighten tFs-; and the wagon
maker viii say that j. IS profitable u him TO
repair wheels Bot what will the farmer,
who supports the wLeclwTight and smith,
/ saw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

EXECUTION OF WIRZ.-Thc execution of
Henry Wirz. the Andersonvlle prison
keeper, took place washington last Friday
and was attended with no incidents of excit-
ing interest. He haa slept soundly the night
before, and spent the morning in writing
letters. To his spiritual advisers, who p ess-
ed him for a confession, he repeatedly replied
that he had none to make He step
ped on the gallows with firm step, '.his
face bright. with slight smile upon it,
His neck was broken by the fail, and his
Struggle brief.
During his imprison nent, il is now asccr-
tanned to be true that has wife attempted to
give him poison. During her last interview,
she kissed him, as usual, VIXEN they parted,
and, a: the same time, deposited in his mouth
a very small vial containing arsenic. This
was quickly detected By Gen. Baker, who
was present, and he seized Wirz by the
throat, compelling him to spit out the article.
Il was kept secret at the time, in order 20
find cut who furnished Wirz's wife the poison.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

Characterized and dear bought" j, not al
ways proof of value. The medical world is
becoming alive to the fact that our common
Dock5 Ro 4: of the fells Is au important
edial agent, and one of the most effect
ual alternatives known. Ii has Away, been a
fayori,e medicine with the wise mothers of
the country for ulcers and sores. and for
purifying the blood. This root, which grows
so abundantly around us everywhere, i, now
known to be one of the ingredients Of Ayers
Sarsar arilla, which is attracting public at
tention by its extraordinary cures of cutane
Gus and ulcerons diseases. Each country
produces the antidotes for its own disorders,
as was said Of old, "and upon the banks
thereof shall grow all trees for meat, whose
f,'wer shall not fade, and the fruit thereof
shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for
medicine. Mortified { w Herald.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

BUYIxG IN CAyADA.-It is becoming pref,
ty generally known that the place to buy
clothes and food is Canada. \ coat costing
SIS in New York, can be got in Montreal or
Toronto for $50 in god, say $44 in currency ;
a suit worth 800 here, can be got there for
$f5, cay S67 in our money: boots, worth SIC
here, can be had there for 81, say so of our
money; and meat, poultry, and all kinds of
produce can be hat there at - q, 50 per
cent cheaper than here. Tie wild specula,
ton n produce and merchandise, which has
so long prevailed here, and carried every thing
to far hi CHER relative figures than gold, has
not yet penetrated Canada, and smart
men are making their purchases for the win
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-18

The Hon Thomas Corwln-whoSe complex
ion. as is well known, IS none of the fairest-
being in New York. was introduced 10 an
English gentleman Of some celebrity, who
had lately crossed tn" big salt pond to see
the American eleI liant on his native sod
Mr.. Corwin was introduced as being an Ohio
az This term evidently mislcd John Bull,
who looked for a moment good deal puz-
ziei however his face suddenly frightened,
and Selling the hand of Mr.. Carwin, he ex-
pressed his happiness at making his acquain-
lance then kindly inquired whether his tribe
were at peace 'c'M The i.hites' An expla-
nation and some merriment followed.