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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19

Esther, Trustworthy & Co.. with spirit Of enter
terprsc in keeping with the prosperous condition Of
city, intend at to erect commodious wooden
warehouse on the bayou at the head of Market street
This building will be so isolated that there will be no
danger from fire except it should originate within the
warehouse, and then the walls to be constructed
that section can lie readily taken out at any point
where fire may chance to originate, and the immediate
tier Of burning cotton be rolled without difficulty
endangeriug other cotton. The contiguity of the
warehouse to the bayou will enable boats to unload
aad load their cargoes with the utmost convenience
and dispatch
Mcssrs II, X 4 60. will continue in operation
thcir brick warehouse Milan street, and will also
shortly have whariboat for the transaction OF ri Ter
business
Their stock of groceries and staple goods is complete
aud well selected and purchasers will find it to their
interest to call and examine No firm in tic city is
more enerprsing, and none making greater cxer-
tons to meet the wants Of the people.
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JOHN CALDWELL. VIM II. cox.
CALDWELL & COX,
WAGON : WARD, LIVERY AND SALE
STA BL E.

On the Texas Road Opposite Shreveport Brewery.
FkNuE undersigned beg leave to inform their friends
i and the public that they have opened the above
business, and are prepared to accommodate Wagonors
and Drovers with suitable lots and feed for stock.
Feed of every description kept constantly en- hand,
for sale at Wholesale or retail.
Horses and Mules cared Of all diseases aud the Wild
est animals beoke to work under saddle harness.
Horses and Mules bought and sold on commission.
Caldwell & COX,
sig If Proprieors
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The New Orleans Times says; A few days ago a
number of our most wealthy and prominent citizens
held meeting at the St. Charles hotel and requested
the mayor to invite his exceency president Johnson
extend his travels as FIR south as New Orleans as
surfing him Of the warmest hospitality Of our people
The following reply has been received
NEwBURG, INDIANA, Sept. H. 1866.
Hon. John 7. Monroe, Mayor
Your kind invitation of the Sth inst has been re
eeivod, and in reply thereto, l am compelled to say
that important engagements will prohibit Inc from
complying Herewith Please accept my thanks for
your courtesy. ANDREW JOHNSON
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! TO TIE PURLIC.

Some months ago, in transaction with /, NJ, DURR,
of this city the circums stances of which deem it IN
necessary to ,mention here, 1 victmiscd to tbs
amount of one Thousand Dollars At the time of The
transaction, chergsa F Dr to his face with having
the money [, subsequently made the same elargeLy
letter. to hinf. now take this public method of giving
the lie the nndcrous runors which have been circu
lated to ny prejudice, ID this matter; and here
publicly anoines thar soeoagaly author, whom have
endearOred ii vain to find out, a malicious con.
teHpt5bJe her.
7, a. FLANAGAN.
Shreveport, September II, 1856. IL
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HoosIER WoMEN-A couple of women cot into all
entertainment" at Madison Ind day or, two ago
and of them fractured the skull of the other by
blow with stone Young men intending to marry
hoosicr girls will make note of this straw" and
have their heads iron-cad before slipping into the
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19
COPY OF MESSAGE,
transmitted by Atlantic Telegraph Gable,
TO QUEEN VICTORIA.
SHREVEPORT. September 10, l3e1

SuREvGroRT, September 10, 1866
Your Royal RighHes8 : l desire to express to you my
profound regards ana have the pleasure of informing
you that l s continue at the Old Stand corner Of
Texas and Spring streets, Shreveport, La, where |
should be most happy to see you any Of your family
the next time sou have occasion to visit this growing
Republic
Please say to your household that am accommodating,
as fast as hau find frst-rate bargains for cash,
splendid stock of fashionable
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19

Lord Russell, in a speech, referring to the compile
ton on the Atlantic cable said had to APP
paud tho foresight of Lord Bacon, who advises the
way of discovery of experiment in this pertinen; and
encouraging sentence For there is no comparison
be says between that which may lose BY trying
and by not succeeding since by not trying throw
away the chance of immense good; by not sue
ceeding We incur the loss of little human labor
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19

SoCTH- WESTERN MAGAzNE.-We have received "a
note from Nessrs Wood & Turner, publishers of tie
South Western Magazine, stating that the fitting up of
their extensive establishment las delayed the pubca
ton Of the first number until the 1T October. We
bespeak for namesakc liberal and extensive rat
ron0ge.
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By reference to their advertisement, it wi, be
that Mcssrs. Walsh & Boisseau are now in receipt Of
q large and extensive stock, embracing every descrip
ton, which they Offering to purchasers at the low
~. rntns
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The Chinese, ninc-tcntls Of whom never saw
steamboat possess the finest coal in the world Tor gen
Grating steam. 1t is found pekin, the capital
where coal field exists Of less than three hundred
miles in extent
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:SHFRTFFsg SALE.

IN DISTRICT COURT-State of Louisiana-Parlsh
I Of Caddo-No 7lBJ-D. PoBsr ex'r, VS.. +. A. CLARE
BY virtue of writ OF sale issued from the Hon the Dis
trct Court of The parish of Caddo and to directed
will sell piblic auction at the Court House door
the city of Shreveport parish and State aforesaid On
Saturday, the ith dag of NOvembe Der, 1850,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock a. NJ. and O'Clock
NJ, the following described property, TO wit;
Lot No. seye' ID containing ten acres Of land IL lls
northwest quarter of section No. FIVE o., township
seventeen G7l range birtden 49, per map or plan
of same recorded in record book \, page Al ana con
tanned within che following metes and bounds, tow.
From section corner south ten chains, east twenty
chains for tho place Of beginning thence east ten
chains south ien chains west ten CHAINS, ana hoLsn
ten chains, 10 aha place Of beginning lying and being
in the parish ot Cadlo
Seized as the property Of the defendant, ana u y
sold to pay and satisfy the writ issued IN inc aoofe
Terms Of Sa;eOT a credit Of twelve mouths purcha
sers Giving lib ar notes with approved personal security
bearing eight Der cent interest from day of sale until
paid, waving 1eneti Of appralsement, er;F
Shreveport, Beptesnber ID, 1866 7tpf$42 90
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Mossrs. Phelps & Co., are progressing rapidly in
the completion of their magnificent store and ware
house
Nes5rs. Lancaster Durkec & Naples and j. W.
Howell, Esq, are likewise using all energy to finish
their respective buildings.
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GERMAN LABoRERs on LOUISIANA PLANTATIONS
The NNchcz Courier concludes that German and other
white immigrant labor is impmctcabc for southern
cottonand sugar plantations. The observations upon
which it reasons however, seem limited to the bottom
lands Of Louisiana The Courier in an article on the
4th inst, says:
The freedmen's labor is not certain or reliable is
rot and neytr be made to be equivalent to the
slaves labor Short crops that cannot be calculated
on is the natural consequence of such labor. Having
this view impressed with this conviction white labor
has been hired and tried on many plantations 1t has
proyeG a signal failure. IL won't d. The Germans
who were excellent agreulturists in Fatherand and it
may be in the northern States, cannot stand the eli
mate Of the South nor the exposure and peculiar la
Dor incident to the cultivation in fields and plan
tation$ Of cotton, sugar and corn
They sicken and die, sickening, flee for life 1t
vas but few months ago that over eighty Germans
lardy5 healthy looking men, Injured to toll with hun
reds IN hand reached comparatively salubrious To-
eality in Louisiana twenty miles from the city of
Natchgz, and there, under contract accepted employ
nent jas laborers on the plantation for year. OF
lhcse eighty odd many have died, many have not had
strength to bear their emacated forms away in search
Of a more northern home and but nine are left on
tie place. These nine invalidS conyalescing and
will leave as soon as they strong enough to do
The planter has lost 10y the operation and his cropis
tailuge. This is not exception to the rule nor
1Ae OILY instance Of like character that might be
fitted Il won't do The slave labor is gone-the
ireCdmcn's labor is uureabe-thc white or foreign
Immigrant labor cannot be successfully applied. Who
an peer into the future and behold bright promise
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BOOTS. SHOES, HATS and CAPS,

of every description, and the prices, know can bo
fixed so " Everything viii be lovely"
Yours truly j. b. LEWIS, Jr.
n. B. No other news ia particular. Congress has
riz sl9H
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The CORRUPT AND NEEcENARY OBJEcrs OF THE
RADICAL DIsUNGoNlsrs.-Tbc National IntcIIigcncer
says It's well known that the radicals have pledged
their party ~ carry through at Ike next session Of
congress the oppressive and runou5 tariff which passed
the house at the late session. and was postponed By
the Senate till December Il will certainly be inflicted
upon the country notwithstanding the fact that it was
resisted by the mass Of the people of the western
States, and is entirely destructive Of their interests
cut OF Difference q their opposition the abomnablc
h was postponed dill after tho elections, senator
Wilson, Of Massachusetts, declaring that its passage
1T that time would be fatal to the radical party in the
west.
It will fall with disastrous eff ct upon the agricultu
raj and commercial community, particularly of the
south aul west There arc, indeed, some reasons to
hope that hs reckless and corrupt act Of congress w
be followed, sooner later, by fatal reaction. Al
ready the determination is formed and expressed that
before long, the west and south will combine to change
the course Of legislation commercial ana financial
subjects, so as to overthrow the monopoisers Of Penn
tylTania and New England They NAV hoard their
pelt to purpose. It may be scattered to the winds
But tue evils already experienced under the existing
tariff are ntolerabIe to the working classes of this
country. Domestic manufactures of our own patent
machinery, which have been productive of wealth and
given employment to great numbers of wo4EiDrmcn
and workingwomen are being transferred to foreign
countries BY reason Of the exorbitant duties imposed
upon iron steel and all tile materials that enter Tito
these manufactures
ghus, as the New York Evening Post shows. No.
% sewing machine, which is made aud sold in Paris
for less than fifteen dollars our currency costs fv
dollars IN New York. Moving and reaping machines,
engines, and ships cost more than twice a. much Here
abroad. The profits upon thousand articles Of
manufacture which should enure 70 our domestic me-
chancs, transferred by this tariff to the ecopl Of
other countries. Moving machines, formerly made
here for export Brazil aud other countries arc now
made in England, because Of the impositions Of our
tariff.
The main reason why tho southern States arc ~ be
kept out Of the Union is that they will, if ever rcp
resented IN congress unite with the west in moIer
srag the oppressive provisions Of the tariff It is CIV
identity intended By the radical party to keep the south
IN subsection to Their iuterests-foreing them to pay
one7ous taxes, and % pay prof. Of one o. two hun
dred per cent upon all articles Of their consumr t.cu
tor the benefit Of tLels radical nastcts.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19

London dispasrh, dated September 10, states that
the Illness Paris letter published to-day, says Maxi
milan i expected u return from Mexico u Europe
bv every steamer
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19

An exchange tells us that John Brannon has been
conductor the SanduSky and Cincinnati railroad for
Eteep years and during all that time he has never
lost iday from his train. He makes the run of the
toad, l55 miles, every day, 50,5S0 miles year.
lhe uamber Of miles bic has run since he went on the
iooad i 8o5489; about thirty times tile cir
Alnfafence Of the earth
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CRADfNG Oh CRoCKETT sTREEI.

MAYoE's OrF4cE-CITY OF SHREVEPORT,
September 10, 1856
CtEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this office
s. until Saturday. September 90, 1866, Tor
grading Crocktt street frcm Spring to Levee streets
accordn ~ tbc sr,eciieations on file in this office
The cit ressripp c right to reject any or all OF the
bids r. A. LEONARD,
glq Of Acting Mayor
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SHREVEPORT:


WEDNESDAY. ................ SEPTEMBER Ig, 1865.
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Taos McIsrYRE, Of New Orleans is only duly
authorized agent to receive subscriptions and adver
tiscmcnts in that city
Col S. D. WooD Of Marshall, Texas, Is duly author
ized to receipt for subscriptions.
Mr. john q Lore, Mindeu, La, is duly authorized to
receipt for subscriptions
The spirit Of Improvement and Of progress stll
continues acuate people and the sounds Of the
,aw and trowel are heard on all sides We regret that
our builders not generally laying stone foundations,
as It i5 only By 50 doing that permanent walls be
PIT ~, good stone quarter might find profitable
location il Shreveport near which has only to dig
into the earth few feet 10 find fair building
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19

j. y. Lewis Jr, corner of Texas and Spring streets
has Just received and opened Of the largest stocks
OF boots shoes, has and caps ever brought to this
maaket which is offered to the public at the lowest
prices
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-19

Maurice Manheimer has opened neatly fitted up
bccr saloon, Texas street. near Market and is fully
prepared to receive the visits Of his friends
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Fon RENT.-Nr J. y. Howell offers his desirable
residence near town, for rent For particulars apply
to him
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LIST OF JuRoRs,-The following is the list Of jurors
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LATER FROM MEXIco.-Through the New Orleans
Pcayune we have adyices from Brownsville to the 9Th
inst The Rio Grande Courier of that date says:
Cen Canacs has resigned his command which now
deyolves on Gen. Hinojosa. As before reported
an escort went out to meet Gen Papia and the officers
dissented from this un-Mexican like manner of doing
business. This meeting explains the resignation.
Wonderful to say, governor one of the ten thOus-
and favoring Tamaupas has acted without regard to
his private interests and with sole view to the good
of his compatriots. We mark this little episode as
something to be referred to when the coming historian
appears, to finish up the records of the Aztec race
On the 4th the same paper had said
Gen. Tapla, the last governor of Tamaulipas ap-
pointed by president Juarez, and on his way to take
the guberuatoria chair, has been heard from II left
the convoy which he was escorting down --, and
with escort Of only forty men, started at double
quick for Matamoros.
Contrary to all Mexican guberaatoria habits the
present incumbent, informed, is mpatiently
waiting for him and ready to place himself under his
orders. He has even sent guard CT honor to him
(Gen. Tapia) to escort him to the Heroic city.
Private letters received here announce that Con
tales Ortega the constitutional president Of the
public of Mexico left San Antonio with Santos Bene
vides aud three hundred men, for Loredo.
A courier, bearing dispatches from 0rtega to Cara
vaial was captured by Cortiaa between Mier and
Guerro, on the 9th ult. Cortina left Micr on the
9th, and was expected in Guerreo on the 28th.
We are not informed by what means Cortina is rails
ing money but leave it to readers guess their
experience in the raising Propensites Of all patriots
of his (Cortinas) kind will not misead them very
much.
The Washington correspondent Of the Kew York
Herald writes to that paper under date Of August 20th
as follows:
In very few days, | have excellent authority for
stating the press will he called upon to announce the
release from confinement OF JEFF. Davis parole or
ball. to all times render himself amenable the pro-
cess of the court which, is expected will dispose of
his case next October.
The conditional release of Davis is favored by the
attorney general and in fact by every member of the
cabinet excepting Stanton, and the latter is far less
emphatic in his opposition since the exposure by the
Herald Of the radical conspiracy and the publication
of the correspondence between his friend and
part judge advocate general Holt, aud hs Friday
Sandford Conover and the suborned witnesses. Per-
haps another batch Of the correspondence between
there worthless will remove tie honorable secetary'4
objections altogether.
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sig IT,
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r. Al, LEUN AKW,
Controller aud Acting Mayor
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-13
THE WAR IN yTRarN1A.

The recent work by Mr.. Swinton, entitled
6 Campaigns of the Army Of the Potomoc,n ap.
pears to be by far the most impartial and the most
able publication in regard to the recent war thathas
yet been issued fIom the American press Mr.. Swim
ton was the correspondent of the New York
Times, and hs letters to that paper during the
war were fsr better authority for the events of the
contest than even the official dispatches Of the
commanders. Indeed, the historian who should
base his narrative Of those campaigns on the Off
cial recitals Of the commanding generals would
wander so far from the truth that he would pre-
serve nothing Of the reality but the names Of the
generals and Of the battles which were fought Its
to books like those Of Mr., Swinton that we must
finally appeal for a correction of the enormous
and absurd blunders into which the army com
manders were 50 often betrayed by their anxiety to
palHate defeat or to excuse failure. Some remark
able Illustrations of the corrections which the for
NAL statements of the official dispatch have
received at the hands of the irresponsible news
paper correspondent are presented in the case of
Gen, Mcclellan. The career Of that officer was a
series of failures. From beginning to end he was
forced to argue his way through calamites entirely
Inconsistent with his military reputation. Mr..
Swinton says that it was Gen. Popes misfortune to
be Of all men the most disbelieved This ia GER
tainly very mild way of putting it.
Mr., swinton eriticises General Pope with great
severity and declares that it is hardly possible
to feel fer HIM less than pity in spite Of the BON
bastc prstentions with which he set outn II is |
In this connection that Mr. swinton is enabled to
furnish very remarkable illustration of the SUI
perior acumen Of animpartial historian contrasted
with the malicious envy Of military rivals, and the
yinaetige animosig Of political opponents 1t
viii be remembered that General Fitz John Porter
was charged By General Pope with gross viola
ton Of his duty as an officer at the second battle
OF Manassas that be vas tried on these charges
~ court martial, found guilty, and dismissed
nom the service. It seems to have been thought
taat everybody required an excuse and scape
goa' for Tie disasters Of the second Manassas
rope ior his iamentabe failure against the great
contestants ehieltaini the grand army for its de-
ny ana overthrow by an interior force Of Con,
ieaeFates and the government for the collapse oil
- layerlte plan Of invasion by the direct line
rom washington 70 Richmond. The seape.Roat
%as found in General Porter, and the excuse in
mat officers alleged diaobedience Of orders Mr,
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The ga FesllpE at Work.

The snbioined letter was written by auegro boy,
a good mechanic, once the slave of John Andrews,
ESD, sugar pantero Of Ibervile parish 1t shows
the state OF feeling which exists on the part Of
sensible freedmen towards their former masters,
their attachment to home, their appreciation of
the comforts they once enjoyed and the protec.
ton they experienced. Tflert to the guidance of
their own sentiments freedmen would in most
cases return to their homes and resume their for.
mer habits, to enjoy the benefit of the advice aud
friendship of their old masters
GALVESTON, May 81, 1886.
John Andrews ESD, Bayou Gcua Ibsrville sart.h In
My respected OLd NqSje,'-I address You Tins for
the reason that it is respectful, and because Won
were ever KIND to me, as well ali those who were
your former slaves. Freedom has it's advanta COS
and disadvantages and while we would not 90
back into slavery we are not uumindful of the
many happy days we have spent at our old home
nor are we ungrateful for the many kindnesses we
have received at your hand both in sickness and
health. With these preliminary remarks | ac.
knowledge the receipt of yonr kind letter. through
Col A. u Mckeen and take the greatest satisfaC.
ton and pleasure in answering it, and ! thank you
for you kind offer and remembrance of MS all
Freedom has not turned me fool, nor has it
caused me to entertain predudiCes like many
others. | feel that | shall ever conduct myself 40
as to have the esteem and respect of all. We must
if we expect to get along we'll aud make sum-
port for ourselves and families, command the
good will of those out of whom, and thTou
whom we are to make money
Ihoye heard from nv father Inst Sunday uo
and family are still at the same Mace and sonTs
his kind remembrance To Won and The faIEs II"
IS very anxious to go back home this fall. His
see all our folks and take your letter with me- and and
have it read to them, think ali viii return '1-ru
if can see them, It viii reoHire same elm
for me to see them and the eyperse 0f trsvaiin
your interest that sbonid 90 md see fbem "S al III
will do so, but You must nav nv trayeIing exoen.
SEES. Twill lose the lime, As for n1gssIf ! on,
ready 10 come hack af any time, bavi1g T5e5a No
epraUenents hut rorI5 III +birj- ~ L,,ri,, -
leaving the balance behind. nm stfG GviG', in
Galveston and doing N'elI~hnve seysral bonIs nt
work with me and For me bntar ,bS same tirs
there is no place like home / am sorrv In bear
that you are suffering with rheumatism hone #
WON'T lash lonn VIZ ali MN ~ I, WI, y
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-13

The undersigned win open the Point Clear Hotel on OabOas
The 10th day of May next,
This establishment being reprinted and putin
pete repair and condition and water worksre being
erected the grounds beautifully laid out and tbhouse fur
nshed entirely new with the best of materials the latest
improvements.
Arrangements will be made for direct complication Nth
New Orleans and Mobile both by steamboat ad telegraph
BILLIARD TABLBs
Of the most approved pattern been OFFERED Tn
Alleys being built and every Amusement suitable to thG
mate and place afforded to man woman and child. For
BATHING AND FISHING
And healhfulnes this celebrated watering place has nope
For on the continent the undersigned intends
the most and comfortable one in tbe world. a
CHAs, E. sMEDEs lag