The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-09
Harrison county, September 1867.
Miscellaneous Items.

A dangerous charaeter-tte man who " takes life =
cheerfuIly. Punch.
"What would you be, dearest" said Walter to his
sweetheart " if were to press the seal of love upon
those sealing wax lips?" Il should be stationery"
An unscientiic Englishman who put a tightly
corkcd bottle of water into the to warm, was
somewhat surprised when it exploded and killed him.
England uses eight hundred and fifty millions of
postage stamps annually, France four hundred and
fifty millions, and the United States three hundred
and fifty millions.
4 man in Arkansas will not let his children learn to
read and write because lie hiss lost money by his own
literary attanments in indorsing note,
The Duke Of Cleveland can ride twenty three miles
through his estate the Duke Of Deyonslire has
ninety-six thousand in the county of Derby
aone the Duke of Richmond possesses three hundred
and forty thousand and the Marquis of Bread
abane can ride one hundred miles in straight line
through his property from his own house door. .
The bullion in the Bank of England exceeds its
notes in circulation feature without precedent ex-
cept about fifteen years ago
The Louisiana census Of 1860 showed population
OF $4,000 negroes twcntyone years of age. The
registration under Sheridan shows voting black pop
uation of over 10000. Elk
III Indiana, Is years DID, blew out his brains
because he had lived long enough.
Two eases Of yellow fever reported at the City
Hospital in Mobile for the twenty-four hours ending
September 81.
The largest railway contract taken by single
person in this country is said have been made re-
Gently by the Hon. Cakes Amcs, of Massachusetts,
1t is reported that he has contracted to build the
mountain section Of the Pacific Railway six hundred
miles in lenth for 81, 100000.
The Savannah papers of the 18th chronicles the
death of Noble A. Hardee, which occurred at Litch-
field Springs, in Western New York, on Tuesday last
lie had been prominent merchant of Savannah for
md If tbn fr,ll, Gov,
VIM. J. Hnrdce.
Adyces from Honolun state that the leprosy is
making fearful havoc among the natives The vic
tins are numbered by hundreds. A separate track of
land has been devoted to the sole OF the commu-
nifty Of lcpers Only one foreigner, German, has as
yet been attacked with the leprosy.
A Democrat is elected to the Vermont Senate for
the first time in many yearS-viz: Victor Atwood of
St. Adams
Says the New York Times: Despite the fact that
the little raft intended act life preserver and
called the Nonparei has actually crossed the ocean
and has been for weeks of the principal attrac
tions in the great Paris Exposition we have not as
yet heard of solitary steamer, packet or passenger
carrying vessel of any sort being fitted out with
a similar e-savng apparatus.
A man is under arrest in Washington for stealing
n house. He took the parts tit frame dwelng)
to pieces andcarried them away to set up in another
part OF the city.
An unusual application Of photography reports the
Lancet, has lately been mentioned in the French pa
pers. A gentleman who had married young and
handsome lady, of whom he was extremely Jealous, !
was obliged to apply to surgical celebrity of Paris On
account OF boil which caused the lady great agony
and was situated about the c,rdiac region To allow
Of an inspection oat of the question, and nothing
could induce the husband to sanction it, The surgeon
declined prescribing blndfod but the difficulty was
overcome by the gentlenans skill in photography and
tndpg- He presented to the doctor the exact fac
smile of the affected part. was told what course to
pursue and to report progress in few days This
was done very punetualy, and second photograph
presented after three four visits of this kind the
wife WE'LL and the husband much pleased with the
success of his contFivance.
From the Rusk (Che, okee county, Texas Observer
Of the 2lst ult., we clip the following:
Major Brown, of the Freedmen's Bureau, held court
IN this place last Monday He had several complaints
from the blacks against various citizens for failure to
settle for wages part of crop &c. and charge of
Threatening to kill, made by a VIGOROUSLY worthless
and lying old negro known Ike Copeland against
widow lady and her father, uncle Ben johnson This
accusation was dismissed groundess The decision
81 the MAJOR IN all eases appeared to be founded in
equity, but gave little satisfaction the freedmen as
they could not understand why it they did not get
everything they claimed and the white man nothing
Such their idea Of the kind of justice which should
be dealt out by the bureau He also gave them some
practical hints to the best mode of doing business
ana making support for themselves and families.
REGISTRATION IN ARgANsAs.-The Magnolia Vindi-
Gator OF the aast ult. has the following:
We have received full registration returns from, "A
in his CFafa 4 L.