The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-12-19
No, 20.
]tIiacal1aneous Items.

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l4th ulte, bf b.shop Wilmer.
The e.litor Of tie Rome fGa.) Courier has seen :
rich specimen Of he gold bearing quartz from lot
loosted hot far from Altoona tponging Col J. Il.
Towers and Underwood Smith, of Rome. The rock
was aboat halF thG size Of mans head and contained
apparently over tia dollars worth Of the precious
metal.
Many years agoa public prize fighter named John
Guley, made o1tune by gambling, and was elected
a member of tie Eritish house of commons. So the
electi0nof 5otu Norrissey congress has not only
precedent, but hsprevious history is almost parallel
with the puglise NJ z.
The republicans of Boston have nominated Otis Nor
cross fog mayer Of that city. DR.. n. B. Shurtf IS
the democratic nominee.
John Gonral, liter accumulating $4,000 by several
years hard aEor in the gold mines of Montana pro-
ceedcd 70 ST. Loui to enjoy his fortune, when he
roDbed 5f nearly The whole amount. Failing to re-
cover Lis trbasre he became Respondent and drowned
himself u t4e NisI Iissppi
It is proposed tt place an iron tubular bridge
the Mississippi at ft. Louis TO complete the railway
connection between Illinois and Missouri.
There arc now hircen cotton mills in operation in
Tennessee feJH estntiug cafstal of nearly mitioa
of dolafs auE giving employment to 600 opera
lives There are |aIso in the State several aourishing
factories for ae nhaGutacture Of steam engines cotton
presses and asricrfltural implements.
The lbnesst turinel on any English railroad is said
to be the WoGdhdad tunnel on the liue>0f the Man
chester aud Sheffield railroad. 1t is about Is 600
feet in length.
The southern cdunties of Indiana are infested with
numerous gangs Of horse thieves safe blowers, and
petty robbers af aI kinds Al no time has crime been
50 prevalent ID thy history Of that State.
T. is 4nnouuced. from the Chincha Islands, that the
cuano s Disappearing so fast that in the course OF
few wears the sufplY will be exhausted and those
islands he again given up by to aquatic birds of
the: Pacific. The average number Of vessels engaged
in Loading guauo is stated at ninety.
n is stated IN the rcedmen's bureau circular that
amongss population of 1000 freed people in the
Bistrct.of Columbia probably not than $4,000
can obtain work al fair wages aud they invited to
avail themselves df the agency Of the bureau in giving
them transportation to points where they be fur
.ris.cd with employment
There are ssveIi hundred and fifty paper mills in
active operation ii the United States They produce
two huGdred and seventy million pounds of paper,
which at an average Of ten cents per pound, would
be worth 81 100000,
is anaouacedIthat the new musket which re-
peatedlv tried at The camp of Chaons, is definitely
adopted by the Fiench department. 1t is some
what shorter zhaI the weapon now in use in the
DFrench army; Il weighs only sixteen pounds ten
ounces carries sabre bayonet larger than the cid one,
ana the barrel is Ihhed 1t can be fired, it is said,
fftv times in fuui minutes; III the ranks
ace, ten msnute and the soldiers fire with
seven OF eight shqts minute.
4 magnificent riae is now on exhibition by a well
KNOWN urn On @ y i'i1ehIeu lo[ ~
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t9F meg sl'oo.'Na} ~ 9 ~ ~ - Al,i
Aassac4usetsS. 1'o' pis " oo ~ %ni nv VI" ~ :;
made eutire Of \ american materials The breech ls
highly polished, has a black walnut stock and is
mou''et way" s3o sl'el e5's anu ch o
centre el sJ 5a'Sft % S.'g t sa o. ,b aId
@garIeI @ t is ~ VI 'e '' s'' -'ol'' -'''"'N
IT, coS' @eo''
1t is said that Fezas has exported, within shors
time 5nioH dollars worth OF cattle: Beef ana cot
ton are strggGIing for the supremacy IN texas. Inc
money pFoagtt into the State by the sale of cattle iS
immense, and is Increasing. drove OF tle8e long
horned annas were driven through tie streets el
, Mobile few days ago.
An Eagl:sh parer saws 1--WE have to record the ex-
traorinary fact tat about e250 600 in bar silver has
a arrived lro;a CALCUTTA For long series of years
there has been constant stream OF silver from Eu-
rope tothe east nd the extent the absorption there
has caused vastlmass of the silver currency of the
continent to be drf fCed away and replaced by god
The Bgreau Of Statistics having recently completed
tho r.s r ha District Of 1,umbia renorts the nom
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