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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-04-11

BOOTS AND SHOES,
/ Ladies' and Cents Furnishing Goods
of every description,
he offers to sell at prices to suit the times Having
purchased fpr CASH, at first houses IN New Orleans
ms acites are unsurpassedor giving general satls
fhctson IN prices and quality. Persons wanting
FALL CLOTHING.
or anything In the Dry Goods or CIothipo line arc H.
vited to call and examine the stocks which are riad
constantly AID opened for the nsuectior Of nTrcbs
The latest patterns for
Ladies' ana Misses Dresses. Trfr,p,;ngs ato
aver recoi~ed Ia This naarke4 can h. fo.1r5 at -
o. a, WINTER.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-04-11

Az EXECUTION IN CHNA.--An account Of an exec,l-
ton in Annoy, China, says the condemned man being
dashed to cross, the exccutioner commenced his no
riblc butchery by first cutting off the flesh above tb
eyes; next the ears, and then the breasts then tt
cut through the muscles Of each arm Then the mus.
cIcs OF the thighs cut out in the same manner
After the executioncr had performed these dreadful
fortunes upon the poor wretch he laid his small knife
aside and took another, about ten inches long and
an inch broad, and cut gashcs each side Of TIL,
mans chest, laying the ribs bare.
Then he made several fourishes with the knife, rad
i into the poor victims body entering Just below the
sternum in the middle Of the chest to the full extent
Of the blade, and, coming downwards with tue knife
Jet ont his entrails lie then slashed and cut open
the stomach Then, giving YELL lie ran his hand in,
and seized the mans liver and cut it out. This ini
ishcd the torture and the ezecutioner left the victim
~ this mutlated state, not yet dead The body was
exposed for five days afterwards to the great annov-
ance OF the Europeans who occupied the houses ada
cent The poor rebel bore his inbuman tortures most
mantnIy, not moan or cry escaping him during all
the time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-08-09
Which Halff

Here is story of the times, bank
and panic incident that must not be lost 4:
In the midst of the late excitement,
and at the moment when everybody
thought all the banks were going to the
dogs together, Jones rushed into the
bank, of which he was a stockholder, and
thrusting the certificate into the face of
the transfer clerk, he said, in great
haste:
Here, please transfer half that to
James P. Smith |"
The clerk looked at it, and then asked,
Which half, Mr.. Jones p
Il don't care which half, replied
Jones, puzzled at the inquiry.
" Yon had better go to the courts; |
can't make the transfer without legal
decision. If you really wish to transfer
your other half to Mr. Smith, we can't do
it here
Jones was confounded. He knew the
banks were all in muddle, but this was
too deep for him. He took his certificate
from the hand of the smiling clerk, and,
on looking at it, 10 | it was his marriage
certificate Being a printed form, on
fine paper, and put away among his pri-
vate papers, il was the first thing that
Mr.. Jones laid his hands on when he
went to his secretary for his bankstock
script He went home, kissed his wife,
glad to find she hadn't been transferred
to Mr.. Smith, and, taking the right pa
pers this time, fastened down town in
time to get it all straight
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Signs of a Riot in Richmond = Negroes
Drilling

From the Richmond Times. Both ultl
On Friday night last the very heart OF
our city was invaded by an organized
band of insolent and impudent negroes,
who made the night hideous with their
music. the clamorous orders of their
officers, and the tramp Of many hundred
feet These wretches were armed, we
learned, with sabres and pistols, and
their drill was that of soldiers preparing
for speedy and bloody conflict.
Such spectacle naturally aroused
the indignation of the citizens of Rich
mond but they exhibited praiseworthy
forbearance in not putting these black
vagabonds To rost, and forever termina-
ting their unblushing preparations for
future Instructions against their patrons
and employers. Nor was this, we learn,
the first instance of the appearance OF
these pioneers of the future war Of races
On the hills around this city, and in its
suburbs, the tramp of negro military
companies can be heard every night,
and the rattle Of ssbres disturbs the
sleep of our women and children.
All this, together with the alrocious
teachings of a few vile and demoralized
white men in our midst. clearly fore
shadows serious disturbances and blood
shed in the future. II these exhibitions
of negro pugnacity are not encouraged,
they are certainly not disapproved of
by the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau.
A word from the men who are paid to
maintain friendly relations between the
races would stop these monstrous eXhi-
bitions, and yet that word is not uttered.
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us TENNESSEE THURSDAY

to come to his house and remain in until
the following Sunday, when, as there
was to be funeral sermon preached, a
large crowd wonld be present, and col
lection for 80 laudable an object, as that
proposed, would be literally responded
to. The invitation was gladly accepted,
and on the appointed Sunday, after the
sermon was preached, Mr.. Winston, hav
ing stated the purpose of his presence in
Bealton, collection, amounting to
considerable sum-the hard earnings of
the deluded negroes-was taken ur. On
the next day Mr.. Winston wanted to go
Immediately to the saw mill-about five
miles of--to purchase, with the money
collected in his possession, the logs re-
quired to build the schoolhonse, but he
had no horse, and :" his feet were sore. "
The difficulty was however, instantly
overcome by wellto-do negro of the
neighborhood, named Quisenberry, who
kindly proffered the use Of his horse to
Mr.. Winston. This offer was gratefully
accepted also, and Mr.. Winston started
that morning ou journey, from which
neither himself nor his horse has yet re-
turned
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Awkward Adventure of Three Young
Ladies'.

From the Springfield (Ill.) Journal, Aug. 81
had Aunt Ophelia been at certain
point on the Sagamon, near this city, last
Saturday, she would have given vent to
her favorite ejaculation. 1t seems that
three young girls in the neighborhood OF
sweet sixteen" went blackberrying
Their baskets were soon filled, and weary
and warm the maidens wended their way
toward home. The day was hot, and as
the damsels passed beneath the shade on
the banks of the river, the temptation
extended by the grateful water was too
strong for resistance. The girls blush
ingly disrobed, and silly slid into the
river. They remained there in modest
sport for half an hour.
When they left the stream, blsckber-
ries, and worse yet clothes we're gone,
nowhere to be found. They were in dis
tress, but went back into the river, hoping
that the clothes would be returned But
there was no such luck, and night was
coming Ss, under cover of which their
only hope was to reach home unper-
ceived. Suddenly fortune favored them
in the appearance of girl who had also
been berrying, and was on her way home.
The case was stated to her and she speed
lily sought the friends of the poor half
drowned females, who soon brought them
clothing, and their embarrsssments was
over. The clothes left on the river bank
were undoubtedly stolen, as nothing has
been heard or seen of them since.
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ROYAL Authors.

For some years past authorship seems
to have been a fashionable pastime at
the Courts of Europe The literary la
bors of the Emperor and Empress of
the French have long been subjects for
conversation and criticism. 1t is pretty
well known that Queen Victoria has been
for some time engaged upon series of
compositions, said to be of the essay
form, which are to be pub, he'd, or at
least privately printed, when her Majesty
shall deem them sufficiently complete.
The Crown Prince of Prussia is writing a
history of the Electoral Princes of Bran
denburg The ex-King of Greece (Otho,
of Bavaria), is translating the Iliad of
Homer and his father, Louis, ex-King
of Bavaria, is at Nice, giving the last
touches TO new volume of poems. King
John, of Saxony, has just issued the
third and last volume of Dante's .Diyina
Commedia," translated by himself into
German Omar Pacha is busily engaged
in writing Life of Alexander the
Great
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tience rose to loud whine, which produ-
cling no effect on the Ministers, he walked
straight up to the Emperor, and scratched
his trousers. His majesty, annoyed at
being interrupted, pushed the dog away
and said, " Est il bette, ce CHEN T.
A" Bete?' said the marshal, Indignantly,
" no, Sire, he is not so stupid; you shall
see. The minister rose, took up news
paper off the table, and going to the far
end of the Council Chamber, said ''Brus-
ca, take that to the Emperor Each Of
the ministers, as he passed them with the
paper in his mouth, tried to get it from
him, but Brusca would not let it 40, and
carried it safely to His Majesty From
that day to this Brusca has had his entire
at all Cabinet Councils He keeps him
self beautifully clean, and when his paws
are muddy he carries brush, left for his
special use in one spot, to one of the
marshars servants, and barks at him till
he brushes off every particle Of dust
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A Dog story for the Dog DAYS

A Paris correspondent of the London
Standard gives the following anecdote
of Brusca, dog which has acquired
notoriety in the Court OF the Tuileries.
You have doubtless read the amusing
and witty letter written by Marshal Vail
liant in defense of the canine law The
Marshal is very fond of dogs, and be is
the happy possessor of one whose intel
ligence many men would be happy to
share. l allude to Brusca, the intimate
friend of Nero, the Emperor's own dog.
lie Nord gives some exceedingly inter-
estinc details of the little animal whose
portrait BY Jardin attracted so much at
tention at the last years exhibition.
Brusca was found on the field of battle
AT Solferino. His master, an Austrian
officer. had been killed that day, and the
poor dog was found bowling by the side
of his dead body. Some French soldiers,
touched by the sight of his evident grief,
carried him away in their arms, and
brought him to the Major General of the
army, Marshal valiant The Marshal
accepted the gift and brought him with
him TO Paris At first Brusca, having
been educated in Germany, had great
difficulty in understanding French; in-
deed, unless he was spoken to in German,
he walked of and turned his tail to the
speaker with an air Of utter disgust
However, he has now acquired
the language, and ten Austrian
regiments between him and has present
master all their Teutonic sounds would
not prevent his reaching the Marshal
Whenever be goes to Court, Bruscs goes
likewise; whether the Emperor himself
be in his way or not is nothing to him,
Brusca would quietly walk over the In
perial boots to secure a snug seat near
the Marshal he attends Cabinet Coun-
ellis with the utmost regularity. This
winter Brusca was immensely bored by
the length ofthe discussions, end sneezed
and coughed as usual when he considers
that thea aCouncil has sat long enough;
but on this special occasion his impa-
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The Riots at New Orleans.

The negro riots at New Orleans are
the results of the efforts of the Radicals
to breed mischief between the whites and
blacks at the South. The revival of the
old scheme of negro convention was
people. That the Radicals knew all
about it in advance is evident from tie
recent speech of General Banks upon
the Mississippi levees. He opposed the
appropriation for the levees on the
ground that the negroes of the South
would soon rise against their oppres
sors," and that the levees would ;sain
be destroyed during the struggle and he
concluded by promising the blacks the
assistance of the Government when the
contest came. These incendiary re-
marks clearly foreshadowed the present
riots. When the connection of General
Banks with the original convention,
whose revival has caused all this trouble,
is remembered, his speech is the more
significant
In the war of races which the Radicals
are seeking to inaugurate the negroes
will certainly be annihilated. The fate
reserved for them uuder the Radical
rule is that which the Indians encoun-
tered from the tender mercies Of the Pu-
ritans. The New Orleans riots are but
the beginning of the snnoysnces to
which the country will be subjected so
long as the destructives continue to stir
up strife by trying to force the blacks into
q social and political equality with the
whites. Such an equality can never be
brought about in this generation or the
next The majority of our people con
slider it contrary to the laws of nature.
Neither can the Radicals create any SYM
pathy for the negro by claiming that
only rebels and copperheads have any
antipathy to him. In Boston itself, the
very hot-bed of radicalism, negro is
not allowed to sit at the same table with
the whites. A wealthy colored man,
from Liberia, has just made the expert
ment, and has been excluded from the
hotels end boarding houses. 1t is use
less to argue against nature. The new
civil war may come, but the negroes will
be destroyed and the Radicals will reap
no political benefit from the disturbance,
and may think themselves happy if they
escape the lamp post = Netc York
Herald
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THE sHowMAN's CoURTsHIP.
BY ARTEMUs WARD.


Thar was affecting ties which made
me banker arter Betsey. Her father:
farm jined our n; their cows and our 4
squenehed their thirst at the same
spring our old mares both had stars in
their forreds; the measles broke out in
both families at nearly the same period
our parents (Betsey's and mine) slept
every Sunday in the same meeting
house, and the nabors used to observe
'how thick the Wards & Peasles air r
1t was sublime sight, in the spring Of
the year, to see our several mothers Bet.
sey's and mine) with their gowns pinned
up 80 they couldn't sile EN-, effechuntly
bilin soap together and abusn the ma
bers.
Altho / hankered arter the object OF
my affechuns, darsnunt tell of the fires
which was ragin in my buzzom. I'd try
to do it but my tung would kewollop up
agin the roof of my mouth 4 stick thar,
like death to deceast African or a
country postmaster to his Office. while
my heart wbanged against my ribs like
an old fashioned wheat fale agin barn
door.
Twas earn still mite in June. All
mater WIS hnsht,and nary zefer disturbed
the screen silens. | sot with Betsey
Jane on the fence of her fathers pastur.
We'd bin rompin throo the woods kullin
flowers and drivin the woodchuck from
his native lair $50 to speek) with long
sticks. Wal we sot thar on the fence a
swingin our feet two and fro, blusnin as
red as the Baldinsville skool house when
it was first painted, and lookin very sim
pie make no doubt. Ny left arm oc-
kepied in balunsin myself on the fence,
while my rite was wound luvingly round
her waste.
l cleared my throat and tremblingly
sed, "Betsey, you re a GaZelle.
l thought that air purity fine, | waited
to see what effect it would have upon her.
1t evidently didn't fetch her, for she up
and sed
You're a sheep u
Sez /, "Betsey Jane, | think very
muchly of you.
II don't believe word you say-so
there now come J. with which observa-
ton she hitched away from me
II wish thar was winders to my sole,
sed |, $50 that you could see sum of my
feelins. Thar fire enuff in here, sed |
striken my buzzom, ito bile all the corn
beef and turnips in the naberhood. Yer
suvious and the critter aint circum-
stans T.
She bowed her head down and com
menst chewin the strings of her sun
bonnet.
Then DRAWN herself up to her full
hite, she sed
II won't listen to your noncens no
longer. Jest say strate out what you're
driven at If you mean gittin hitched
TMM"
/ considered that air enuff for all
practical purposes, and we proceeded
imejitly to the parsons and was made
that mite
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An English Tradesman's Bluudsr,

| did nice, clever trick when ] first
set up for myself, which you shall hear :
That large house just opposite mine.
is Lord Ms town residence. made
fishing suit for one of the young hon
orables, and WAS ordered to go over and
get paid The hall porter who let me in
told me to walk up stairs. met on the
landing a little old woman, in stuff
gown and white apron, with basket full
of keys on her arm. / made sure she
was the house-keeper, and told her my
business Step into this room, young
man. said she, "and | will pay you y
My bill was not more than fifty shil-
lings, and as soon as | received the
money | put half "a sovereign into
her hand :" am very sorry, ma am, "
said /, 81 that | canuot afford more, but il
you would only get his lordship to give
me the order for the Christmas liyeries,
I'd do the handsome thing by you" +"
"And pray what would they be2' said she,
looking at me with her little shining
black eyes. Nothing less than new
silk gown, that | can promise. hope
you will speak to his lordship about this
little matter, and lose no time. Il GER
tainly will do SO, said she, and you
shall learn with what effect this very
day" Bring over the good news your
self, if you can, old gal, and I'll find
you drop of the real stuff out of a bot
tie / keep in the back shop" | left tie
house feeling quite sure | had secured
the chance of a good order. About
FIVE minutes after got back to my shop
in came the butler Mr.. Dean, said
he, his lordship has given strict orders
that on no account are you to be admitted
into the house again, because of your i'm
pertinence to my lady. Your lady,
said l, why, I've never set eyes on her
II heard her tell his lordship that you
called her old gal :" "Eh what2" said
/, wide awake in moment. And told
her if she came over to your shop, you'd
treat her to drop of something short r.
What" said l, was it Lady M
was speaking to2 BY George, took
her for the housekeeper." Well, OF
course, / lost the custom of Lord NJ,
but what vexed me most was that also
lost that halfsovereign. st James Nag
1zine
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5wiudling Negroes.

The meanest thief is the one who will
rob poor unfortunate and uneducated
negro, and during the past six months
hundreds OF New England sharpers have
been in the South for this purpose alone.
Under the garb of Christianity and phi
lanihropy they go about doing great
injury. 1t is time the whole class Of
itinerant clergymeR and school marms
were packed of TO their own New En-
gland homes" The Alexandra Gazette
says that one day last week white man
calling himself Winston, appeared at
Bealton Station on the Orange and Alex
andria railroad, and represented himself
TO the negro population there as school
teacher in the employment Of the
Freedmen's Bureau, and as having been
sent to that locality by the Bureau
from which he obtained his salary-for
the express purpose Of imparting knowl-
edge, free Of expense, TO all such black
people as would receive his instruction; /;
that the Government would clothe all who
would attend the school he intended es-
tablishing. and that the only possible cost
for the immense benefits to be received
would be the minor offer Of the price Of
the logs required to build the said school
house.
His statements we're Of course be-
lieved, and be was invited By leading
negro Of the locality, named Thornton,
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And You Too =?

The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, in an article
opposing the new State Constitution,
which is published in the Raleigh Pro
greSs, says;
81 consider that this is no constitution
because your convention was not legiti-
mate convention, and had no power 10
make a constitution for us, or alter that
which we had and haze. / objeetto the
organization ofyour convention, because
it was called without the consent of the
people, by the President of the United
States, or under his orders-on act Of
clear and despstic asurpation.
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A Dream that Sent Two Mem to Prison

A Dream that Sent Two Hen to Prison
The following singular circumstances
are vouched for as strictly true by the
Detroit Tribune
Some months ago u citizen of Branch
county, in this State, employed two men
to remove his deceased wifes remains,
which they pretended to do, and claimed
as recompense, one three dollars and a
half, and the other one dollar and half.
The gentleman being well pleased with
their execution of the work gave the
latter two dollars, which he refused,
giving back fifty cents. The following
night the gentleman dreamed that one of
the men visited his room naked, his
body covered over with black spots, and
on being asked what allied him, he replied
that the spots indicated the lies he had
told, and the large one on his side the lie
he had told him IN regard to disinterring
his wife's remains. On awakening, his
dream so impressed him that he was led
to ascertain whether the men had actually
done what he had paid them for doing,
and ascertained they had not, On his
complaint they were arrested and sent to
the State Prison for one year for obtain
ing goods under false pretences, and are
now serving out their time in jackson.
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A Singular Double Dream andits verihea
ton.

Prom the Lafayette Journal. August 81
Not many nights since, two ladies, re-
siding in different parts Of this city, had
a dream, about the same hour Of the
night, which awakened them both in
terrible fright They dreamed that a
man, whom neither Of them distinctly
identified at the time, lay a corpse in
their respective dooryards. Both
awakened their husbands with their
meanings and their cries, and narrated
the cause Of their fright
One Of the ladies thought she recog-
nized, in her dream, a near neighbor
with whom she vas partially acquainted,
and besought her husband to go imme-
diately and call on the said Beigh5or to
see if all was right The husband re-
fused to 90. Quieting his wife with the
assurance that Il was nothing but q
dream or stroke of nightmare. Nothing
could induce her, however, 10 sleep, and
early in the morning she FASTENED to the
house Of the neiehbor end found him u
the last stages Of death. He lived bot 8
few hours
On hearing Of bis decesse, the other
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Strong Remark.

The Cincinnati Enquirer after allu.
ding to the recent vote of Congressmen
to increase their own pay, says The
thing to be wondered at, after all, is that
they didn't cut deeper When they had
all the Treasury before them, where is
the use of being extensively modest ?
The practice of public virtue does moi
require that men should make sacrifices
of themselves; and, there is no telling
how long the opportunity to vote money
into their pockets will last, they should
make the most of it while it remains"
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lady recognized the features of the de-
ceased as the subject of her dream The
parties are both intelligent, respectable
citizens, and deeply impressed with their
sleeping vision r.,r at,
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s4IO,6I3 81

LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID during the
year 1855, in very marked and striking man
ner exhibits the solid. substantial, and faithful
as its ability TO pass through seasons prolific Of
conaagrations, with honor and profit to those
most interested
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An average annual cash dividend to Stock
holders Of fourteen per cent. upon its capital
stock since its Incorporation, pOrtrays the great
success and stability Of this eminent Institu-
ton. the superior financial accuracy displayed
in its investments, and the important truth that
the MANAGEMENT of the PHHNIX is in the
hands of those who know how. successfully, to
couduet