The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-13


only difference is in the distribution. Some OF us
don't own as many used to, but everybody mas
got ngger or two now, and they II vote EN- Or turn
4 em off. A niger that woaldnt Po9e as tes4 u'sa
shouldn't black my boots
At this time the committee looked at one another
seemiu to be bothered and astonished Garbled ez~
tracts were put down with VIM
Mr. Boutwell, says he: i" Mr. chairman, think, SIR
we are about through with the witness. think, sir,
his testimony settles the question as to what we ought
to do with southern traitors"
The chairman gave ne republican nod and re-
marked: "Yes, sir, I think we do. The seoundels
burnt my iron works"
Whereupon retired having given general satisfae-
/ ton Yours truly,
BILL Arr.
| The FRENCH METRE SYsTEN-As the adoption of
the French system of measures is seriously con
emplaed the olloaipg particulars concerning it will
not be uninterestng The French system of measures
and weights has the credit of being the only thorough
system in 1t is based upon division OF the
quadrant of Ehe merdan-that is, the distance meas
ured on the sea-leve, from the equator to the pole,
into To- 000 900 parts This division gives the linear
unit of the system which is called the metre, ana Is
equivalent to SO, 81 inches The muldPles of the
metre are indicated by the Greek numerals denotng
ten hundred, a thousand andteu thousand and the
parts by the Latin numerals denoting tenth, hun
dredth and thousandth. Their names and value will
appear by the following table,
MilImetre (1-l000th) .03937 inches.
Centimetre (l-l0Oth) 1887
DeCimetre Il r10th} ! 937
Metre 39.S7
~Deo"hiet'e ~ W. NJa, roo oSI ooIt J"e'
Kilometre (l000) 1893 .6l
r9 m9ilalis'le e Io'ooo, A., 80, - ms
called the are Here the system of fractions and
mutpes applied but the only of these in practical
s7 I- - 'lo @ oJ, Is o ~ - 1d I'M ms @ - ~ ,nsno" "
'ie ooiilAo ~ = = s 80 , 60 ~ ~ y ~ W a. - ,@ 49,. @
square yaLus, anu tne " cocise, ~ 99of
80 40 " 0-'- " GA - " " W. " ~
an e'oica hig"'"ies "l eo',es " e"tae'l' "'S
'O1"u " ap p 20 % go 80 - ~; - " " ,et. 80 - o.. -
cen'alas o. - iuotp lug plaoSo UNI
Vi tSpatits' - ~ 5
Pals VI 1o '' y "Ae'4 " " A''0''oi7 1''0 i'i''P''
a9 lo4l""o' .'. - oo,, o,oao r ,..,
Den1iit'le 1,iooSn 'N |1oo0 " :" e"9ie 1 "'o's
petilIe (l.1V'nl . @ dp12 cuoic inoaes'
Lt@& l., 'oooo @ q9ai''
ptcaitle (itot pfd- 6nionS'
1ec.oh"e W. ~ ~. ~ Safioos,
fof Tue ysseln VI "e'shIS! lVfe VI ulSeleo water
IS SuPPoSea 70 oe ui'ipeo ihso one touSaho Patts
eaied 9tahleE "nlch n9Vc Inen Iao'lgns anu mutt
pies corresponding wltn nd,H '1e precedIhg. Inas:
Geh.is' aiiine St-dGu'Hl 'I99o " d stalii 'oS-
ueci5Famihe tl-IVth} 1tof9 gram
Lfa'p6 70 80 grains
neea6Famhe ~ Iot'9
nectoSFamme (loo) 1912
hllo9fafhlhe (lo0Vl z'zot los aFoHdupois-
me kAogfaMme IS the PFacEcai unit ot large
weights. ton OF ZZ49 pounds IS equivalent 70 near
" @ol9 kloSranmes Inc Stancafa OF the french
cotton quotauons IS tne weight OF oo kloGrammee,
eqgdValenI g 10 llo.o % pouhos pl5 aEoltuuPols.
me same system Is eGteneed TO tne coinage put VS.
Lack the Data 19r e1emPhglhg 1t with accuracy In
deed, the h9ures we nave gwen may dther sfghtly
from those some tables as we have taken the ordi
nary eatldee " the ueete loF our paslS, "Licn ae
corning 10 the most accurate measurements, Is not
strictly correct; ana herein IS the defect OF the
#rench system, that every new measurement OF the
meTldian derah8e8 an STANDARDS oa?ed upon former
and less accurate surveys mississippi CLARION
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LIE NEGROES OF HAYTI'-A correspondent OF the
New ork Herald, writing from Fort au Prince, makes
the ioAo"lng statements, from "hcn some idea may
Pe formed OF the progress o the negroes IN an island
Tn1cn they nave governed TOT so long ume
The fact appears to me to be simply this, that the
people are extremely lShofant-1 VIII not use harsh
eE eEezPfesSlohd oe!n5 m That condftion are easily
mace 10 swallow any tey are toia py the emissa-
1,eS oi osht"i1 sAelles, VINO are very numerous.
me names Oh tue government are IN consequence
Weak LOT y hs Utmost come 70 tuls aat ueHard mas
Out NIUE ese oIt @ TUE army 70 support alh
a proof ol VDs "e"hheSS Is eFlncea oY Tue conduct
81 the government II iate case OF opsnl, where
parry .! seFe,al persons were discovered al one OF
ther IrlShu, cahhoai orgies, ieaselhg upon cooked
infants HothIng was uone because 'eHrard Is afraid
- Is sreaS Pilyi ioF 10 cohHol oe exercised,
paoy-ple WIN Set 70 oe more ana more extensively
1seh' anu VIII Oe Posi'ely unpleasant 70 travel III
II -,
Hahcy your correspondent arriving at motel very
auf8Fs anu urea a"u ha'lhg asa OF sVeWed babies
nhssrs s:I peloee NM: an oia African once assured
me tnat - was very NICE eati' very tender ana dell
cate ana ne spoke from experience Nevertheless,
"opu atl prefer m'!@ s'eMeu 1, oysters
4he oohsm PFaeaced IN Jamaica IS OF different
All thouBh IL mas Ihere, eso lts cannlpa features;
pug IL IS lor Ine most Part eohnnea 10 study OF pos'
pns iGr we purpose 81 seteh8 ilo OF obnoxious ndi
lul!"s @np ot'S ~ :, suG V'.4feh nave "onoerfut
knq~ieage % thls Rfahch OF their profession Some
years age a. olq ooihah ulea at hingston, VINO con
FeS.eu' Oh i'7 some oi the enofmltles to
Ehach he aa euV niISeiI pF seiihg MS services as
PoEsohef' aeaPS % SaHer Ki"erea literature could
Pc IMAGE ol sna' olu lelo" confession. very re
FPeeta9e looking ooiman sold me his conjurng stick.
@nsen Keep as a gFea1 curiosity. lie promised to
Bep me ah ,oDI' put was 'oia oy friend not to e1-
Peg' IT, ana oi course was disappointed
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fhere were oHiY I4loo hogsheads sugar raised last
tear in Louisiana the editor Of the New Orleans
Rnse Current MADE up tue aceoant-"e endorse it