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Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Accurate measurement of some of the
great Australian trees have been made,
and one grand specimen found in West
ern Australia, was asertained to be 400
feet high; while another measures $50
feet, which Is as high as the great py-
ramid of Gizale. California must look
out for her laurels.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

One of the colored members of the
Convention to frame Constitution for
this State proved his eligibility by serv-
ing a term in the Orleans parish work
house
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The weather for the past week or two
has been warm-almost oppressive ra-
ther reminding one of Spring than
Winter
The River at Grand Ecore is reported
as falling. AT this point it cannot re-
cede much-and be river.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

REALITY AND IMAGINATION
times there are living beings in nature
as beautiful as romance. Reality sur
passes imagination; and we see breath
ing, Frightening, and moving before our
eyes sights dearer to our hearts than
any we ever beheld in the land of sleep.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

T. The Cincinnati Times says 'sHorace
Greeley was confirmed as Minister to
Austria without DIVISION He should
by all means have been diyided-one
half to be sent to Austria and the other
half somewhere else. lIl.n y
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

IRON IN THE BLooD.-When the
blood is well supplied with its iron
element we feel vigorous and full of
animation. It is an insufficience of this
vital element that makes us feel weak
and low spirited.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

A convention of old maids is to be
held at Little Rock Ark, ITO gain a
true knowledge of the nature and attri-
butes of man." Matrimony is the
shortest road to the knowledge they are
in search of.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

An English farmer recently remarked
that he fed his land before it was hun
CRY, rested it before it was weary, and
welded it before it was foul. Seldom,
if ever, was so much agricultural wis
dom condensed into single sentence. Us
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The Memphis Avalanche says there
are twenty thousand starving negroes
in Memphis, living in filth and rags,
who are kept alive only by stealing.
Deplorable as this may be, it is the case
to greater or less extent in every
Southern town and city.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The bottom Of the Tennessee river is
said to be fioored with government pro-
perry between Eastport and Paducah.
A Yankee has undertaken the contract
Of fishing it MP. oso
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

"The receipts of the Universal Exhi-
bition,' says the Nord, ''from the 1st of
April to the 10th September, are es-
timated at seven millions and half of
francs. Therefore, during the seven
weeks or nearly so which the exhibition
has still to remain open, a million and q
half of francs must be received in order
to attain the sum of nine millions re-
quired to cover the expenditure. That
this result will be obtained is not i'm
probable.''
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Mr.. Samuel Edwards, in letter writ.
ten from Brazil, to a friend in Vicks-
burg, which we find in the Telegraph
of that city, uses the following pertinent
language:
We have been most woefully deceiv-
ed by the men who have come, here for
the purpose of settling colonies. L look
upon them as n parcel of spectators,
might say impositors, and hope they
will get their reward, if not in this
world, in the other. There are many
here who came here from their repre-
sensations, who are now in a state OF
restitution and want, and are COMPEL
ed to stay as it is their only alternative.
l can see nothing but misery staring
them in the face. -t, f F
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The ARMY REGISTBR.--The army
register for this year is just out, and
will be laid before Congress soon. 1t
bears da G August /, 1867. The regular
army at that time consisted of one gen
erals, one lieutenant general, five major
gene rails, 10 brigadier general SS colo
nels, 103 lieutenant colonels, 291 majors,
252S other commissioned officers of other
grades, and 81 sos enlisted men, making
the entire strength of the regular army
81, 641 men.
Major Generals according to rank are
Halleck, Meade, Sheridan, Thomas and
Hancock. g.Ten Brigadier Generals &C.
cording to rank are Mcdowell, Cook,
Pope, Hooker, Schofield, Howard, Ter
ry, Ord, Candy and Rousseau. Besides
there are Brigadier Generals as follows:
Rawlins. Chief of Staff; Thomas, Adiu-
tant General; Holt, Judge Advocate
General; Eaton, Commiss3ry General;
Brice, Paymaster General; Humphreys,
Chief Engineer; and Dyer, Chief of
Ordinance.
Col. II. d. Marcy is ranking Inspector
General and Col. a. j. Myer Chief Sig
nal Officer. There are twenty officers
in the Adjutant Generals Department,
and ninety in the Quartermaster Gener-
ais Department, five in the Pay Depart
ment, and 222 in the Medical Depart
ment, besides hospital stewards. The
army is organized with ten regiments of
cavalry, five of artillery, and forty-five
of infantry.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

'Invective and personality prove no.
thing on either side, but lamentable
want fos good taste and good argument.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Gen. John G. Breckenridge and Col.
Burbank, of Kentucky, have gone from
Paris to Egypt and the Holy Land. Gen.
BIS family remain in Paris during his
absence. He and they will return to
this continent in the spring. The Cen
eral was in perfect health when he left
Paris.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

A Frenchman who had purchased a
country seat was complaining of the
want of birds, in his garden. ''Set some
traps" replied an old officer, 'sand they
will come was once III Africa, and
there wasn't supposed to be woman
within two hundred miles. 1 hung u
pair of ear rings and a collar upon u
tree, and the next morning found two
women under the branches
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

To successfully overthrow and ami
hilate the hostile Indians, by the United
States Army, Gen. Augur estimates,
would cost ten millions of dollars week
for two years.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Corinth, Mississippi, is about to have
"a broom factory, and the News, of that
town, sees no reason why the South
should not make its own brooins as well
as the North. s-3 t AF ib"' .'it
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26
NEGRO OPINION OF WHITE RAD1

NEGRO OPINION OF WHITE RADI-
CALs.-A correspondent of the Savan-
nah Daily Advertiser says:
a few nights since, passing a church
where freedmen love to congregate, we
overheard q conversation which amused
us, and may not be uninteresting to
your readers. Sam and Joe were costly
seated on the steps, when Sam remark
ed, ''Joe, why don't you go to de league
now, like you used to do2'' Says Joe,
ode fac is, don't like de white trash
dat belongs to it. You see, dat is 'sciety
anybody can jine, white or colored, and
de white folks dat is iined are berry
small taters, few in a hill, rotten in de
middle, pithy at both ends, and mighty
stingy at dat, and don't want to have
nothin' to do wild 'em."
Sans hearty reponse was, ''dat's de
blessed troof.''
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Forty lOng-winded speeches were lost
to the world by the summary squelching
of impeachment.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Physiognomy is true science. The
man of profound thought, the man OF
ability, and, above all, tue man of gen
ius, has his character stamped by ma
ture; the man of violent passions and
the voluptuary have it. stamped by
habit.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Genius either discovers new materi-
ais of nature, or combines the known
with the novel. Talent arranges, Guilt
Yates and polishes the discoveries of
genius.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

a movement has been set on foot to
erect an asylum for useless young men.
The only trouble which the committee
fear will be insurmountable, is that of
getting a building large enough.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

"Shure, which is the entrance outs
asked an Irishman at a railway station,
the other day. q
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

How did Noah preserve honey bees
during the flood? In the archives of
the old world, of course. Be stss7ia -
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Why was the giant Goliah very much
astonished when David hit him with
stone? Such q thing never entered his
head before
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

a6 CHIDHooD.--The, finger of God upon
our brow. gradually removed by the
hand of time. ~ ,,,.;ts@ei. Ann ...is.5tt,.,,
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

A little girl once hearing the remark
that all people had once been children,
artlessly inquired, 'fWho took care Of
the babies ~
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Edward Ford, in the Philadelphia
Jail, has been under sentence of death
sixteen years. The Governors reprieve
him, but do not pardon him.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26


KIND NQUIRIES.-Cousin Kate was n
sweet, wide-awalle beauty of about
seventeen, and she took it int3 her head
to go down on Long Island to see some
relations of hers who had the misfortune
to live there. Among those relations
there CHANGED to be a young swain who
had seen Kate on q previous occasion,
and, seeing, fell deeply in love with her.
He called at the house on the evening
of her arrival, and she met him on the
piazza where she was enjoying the even
ing air in company with two or three of
her friends. . r.,.s,..,
The poor fellow was so bashful that
he could not find his tongue for some
time. AT length he stammered out
SLOWS you motherF'
sQuite we'll, thank YOU"
Another silence on the part of Josh,
during which Kate and her friends did
the best they could to relieve the mono
tony. After waiting about fifteen min
utes for him to make himself agreeable
he again broke the spell by.
elbows your mother2" which was an
swered much after the same manner as
the first one and then followed another
silence like the other.
Flows your father and mother ~
again put in the bashful lover.
ssQuite well, both of them" This was
followed by an exchange of glances and
suppressed smile.
This lasted some ten minutes moro
during which Josh was fdgeting in his
seat and stroking his Sunday hat. But
at length another question came
CLOVIS your. parents9"
This produced an explosion that made
the woods ring.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

q FOREIGN ITEMs.-There are seventy
Ethousand slaves in the Portagese cole
mics one million in Cuba and two million
and "a halfsjn Brazil. 81 "
The Chassepot musket has astonishea
the army. 1t kills, or inf1icts wounds
which are. werse. than DEATH. Ihe noise
made by the firing does not resemble the
sound of the old musketry; it is con-
tinuous rolling, which fills the mind
with upspeakable terror.
During the removal of articles rom
the Paris Exhibitien, in tile Italiafis sec
ton, n workman called on one iOfo Ills
comrades to assist him in lifting an lm-
mense cheese wv HIGH had stood against
a W all, and they found, that the article
wa s. ais light ms "a drum. Il "a family OF
rats had installed themselves in 1T. and
nothing but a mere shellremained.a Ie D
The stupid conduct of the young, king
of Bavaria is said to be due, in great
part, ITO the stupidity of; dis father, who
educated him like p lnaftinet.s He al
lowed him only one mutton chop Tor
breakfast. The first order the young
kingzgave after his fathers death, was.
1.-TWO mutton chops for breakfast.59eI
am master here. now.''jsHe had never
been to- a theater. The first night he
visited an opera house, tsTrannhausen''
was PLAYED. He was SO delighted that
he thought Wagner a demi-gosi.0 This
is the origin of his passion for Wagner.
L CLAIMS .THE sSPoILs.-A.y Chicago
EaIethodist writes to the Knoxville Free
Press as follows: .as,rse
You may as well say, that, an army
has no, ri ght to the arms and supplies
which it wins on the hard fought field OF
battle as to- say that the Northern
Methodist Church has no right to every
church, .school-louse and every acre OF
land formerly held by the Southern
Methodists. Not only so, but it is. just
as wrong and spernicious for Northern
Methodists to, permit Southern Metho.
dists to meet and worship at, all, as it
would be to permit Lee or, Johnston to
to call together and drill their disband-
ed men under. arms ,blfa say aae *
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

!. An elderly lady, who was handling a
pair of artificial plates in a dental office,
and admiring the fiuency with which
the dentist described them asked him:
Scan anybody eat with these things 2"
"My dear madam, mastication can be
performed with a facility scarcely equal
ell by nature HERSELF responded the
dentist.
g ''Yes, know, but can a lady eat with
them?'' 32ggTg -@
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The Cdliforniax publishes the follow
ing from a Sunday school address de-
livered in that State, with the view OF
intoxicating moderation and kindness on
the part of the strong toward the weak
"You boys ought to be kind to Your
little sisters. / once knew a bad boy
who struck his little sister blow over
the eye. Although she didn't fade and
die in the early summer time, when the
June roses were blowing, with sweet
words of forgiveness on her -pallid lips,
she up and hit him over the head with
a rollingpin. so that he couldn't go to
Sunday school for more than a month,
on account of not being able to put his
best hat ON
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

There is a cloud lowering over the
State of Massachusetts, i'm the shape of a
pnblic debt. The amount is small-only
So, 6sS, 91S.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The Secretary of the Treasury has
asked for additional appropriations for
the present fiscal year, amounting in the
aggregate to S16,564 900. The Senate
Committee on Military Affairs have
decided that hereafter brevet commits
siOns shall only be issued in time of war.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The Sultan of Zanzibar, in Eastern
Africa. imports into his dominioRs twen-
ty thousand slaves a year. ila .4rs s.,.i
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

=, .
ia CHEAPNEsS OF CHINESE WARES.-A
vessel recently arrived at San Francisco.
with q large amount of goods from
China, purchased at prices SO remarka-
bly, cheap that the customhouse officers
at that port would not believe in the
yeracity of the invoices, and seized the
goods as falsely valued by the purchas-
ers. The probability is, however, that
the invoices are correct, it takes SO little
to sustain life in China and wages are
so low. In the importation were hand
some sets of porcelain bought for four
dollars the set, Beautiful fans, painted
by hand in brilliant eolors, with figures
of dragons and Chinese beauties, pur-
chased at Il cent each. Spades for gar
den use bought at the cost of few
cents each. Straw hats of a good quail
ty inyoiced at a cent each. Nice bask-
cts, in sets of four, costing in the Celes-
tial Kingdom but four cents set, and
other articles equally low.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Cinnamon cannot testify in California
courts, Notwithstanding the Civil Rights
BIZ.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

There were 13, 900 assertions from the
United States army last year. The to-
tai number of enlistments were $4,000.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

+ A PLEA FOR MEAN MEN.-Ishe Mis-
souri, Republican has correspondent
who undertakes the thanllless task of
defending mean men. lie endeay ors TO
prove in an elaborate essay the superb
GRITTY of the 'mean man. to the ''good
fellow of our period. And in good
sooth, be comes nearer to success in his
task than it is polite to acknowledge. 4
One thing that a mean man is remark
able for his reliability. You always
know where to find him. Ask him to
contribute to IA testimonial'toF Folders; or
to subscribe for the relief of Smuggs.
He says no. But he also acts no. He
don't give a cent. But put the same
appeal to ''good fellow and he says,
"Certainly, my dear boy; put me down
for a. :" And you do put him down for
la V, subsequently enjoying the privilege
OF making the subscription good ont of
your own pocket. For stgood. fellow
always says yes, but never acts yes,
So far we have discoursed ON the text
given by our topic. Now let the CORES
pendent speak for himself
Who makes the best husband? At
the risk Of bringing down torrent of
maledlctlons on my unprotected head,
shall still adhere to the man who is sup
posed to have no heart Or genuine hui
man sentiment. The. good fellow for a
lover, the mean man for husband
The latter will rob all creation to supply
his household; the former, will rob his
family to accommodate his friends.
Form, all the married women in st. Louis
in solid column up and down Fourth
street, and if l don't get ninety-nine
votes out of one hundred in favor of my
proposition, [ will treat the drinking
community to d barrel of gin and water
OH tue occasion of the first election for
a female president. Good fellow. all
love; mean man, all business, One
takes his wife to the opera in a four
horse carriage, the other rides trium-
phantly in a street omnibus. The good
fellow never can, be cross to anybody
but his wife, for fear of making himself
unpopular; the mean is so sour with all
the Fest OF the world that he has not
one particle Of ill-temper to spare at
home. hasa .1
'Love rules the camp, the court, the grove,
For love is heaven and heaven is love-"
but it won't buy beef Mean man sell
dom gets "salubriOus;'' lie is too mean
His wife is never jealous. She knows
all women hate him because he is mean,
and she rather likes it. She laughs
and grows fat. Good fellow drinks; too
kind hearted to refuse, and he loves
everybody. Good fellows wife pale and
emaciated, decrepit with care and full
of sorrow; mean cusS's wife hale and
hearty; fat, red faced, and weighs ton
Am i right.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The Montgomery convention is salts
fed with per diem of SO. -, 5e.r
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

The Chicago Journal says that Sou
them conservatism is dead. fit is, the
Radicals are afraid to pass the grave
yard.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

One of the guards who conducted
Louis XVI to execution has Just died at
Fulong, France, He was 90 years old.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

Mr.. Davis and Gen.-Lee met, for the
first time since the war, on Friday
evening last, in Judge Guilds parlor,
Richmond What an impressive scene
il must have been
A major in the United States army
during the war was last week Summon
ed to serve on the grand jury at Rich
mOnd, aud refused to serve with negro
jurorEs
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Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

When will the laundresses striker
When the irons hot.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

When Brooks, much smaller man
than Sumner, caned him, the Boston
pet did not attempt to resent it; but
went to Europe to have the Duchess of
Sutherland, and other abolition danes,
battle his bruised Uranium and heal his
wounded honor. When a German Ba-
ron grew sweet on Mrs. Sumner, the
brave Senator did not challenge him;
but wrote letter to BiSmark, rejecting
on his wife's honor and requesting the
recall Of the offender. Such is the hon
or of the Radical leader of the Senate.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26
Somebody locates the following in Tho

Somebody locates the following in the
Granite State:
A couple had quarrelled during the
whole long term of their married life
At last the husband was taken ill and
evidently about to die. His wife came
to his bedside, where, after she had seen
his condition, the following colloquy
ensued:
"Wy, daddy, your feet are cold, and
your hands are cold and your nose is
cold !"
'Wy, daddy, you are going to die ~
"Wa'al l guess L know what Pm
bout
"Wy, daddy, watts to becum of me if
you die. NJ.
"Duno, and don't care! Wat / want
to know is, aodt'S to become Of me %
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

MAxA9uLIAN's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lian's estate in Europe is giving trouble
to his executors. His chateallx of Mira
mar and Lacrome are estimated at
about, 81, 100000 but instead of yield
ing any profit, they cost $50, 900 to keep
them up, besides being mortgaged for
S4O0, 900. There is some difficulty
about his debt at Trieste, which
Belgian executors, in the interest of
their sisters, wish these debts to be paid
by Austria, on the ground that they
were contracted in the public service.
This is contested by the Austrian impe-
rial family. The unfortunate Princess
Car1otta, it is said, would willingly paw
her husbands debts from her private
purse, if she was in state to authorize
such a measure, but her insanity pre-
vents it 80
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-26

correspondent of the Cincinnari Enqui-
rer taking observations in this State.
From one of his recent letters we make