The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-12-30

the amount in dispute Shall exceed FIVE hundred dol
lars exclusive of interest," the appeal SNAIL be directly
g-.... tho Parish the Suyrcme Count"
What the probate matters spoken OF in this ar-
ticle? 1t strikes this that suits i'll which sue
ccSson is either plaintiff defendant the prooate
matters referred to much the opposition to the
homologaton Of a final account when tie amount in
dispute exceeds five hundred dollars.
The ONLY case, therefore, in Which TIE constitution
has taken from the Parish Counts tie full and entire
control and settlement Of succession and jurisdiction
over probate matters i in giving to the District Court
concurrent jurisdiction (where the amount Involved
exceeds five hundred dolars) in where
sion is either plaintiff or defendant.
Texas Items
SMITH CouNTY.--Wc clip rs follows from the Tyler
Index Of the 10th:
Within the past fifteen days near thousand bales
of cotton bv actual count have been in Tyler at 4 either
sold here have passed on to Marshall, jefferson
! Shreveport This, at the average price of So per
/ bale, viii make the snug little Of So 600. We
iilk the past two weeks are not any better t'an an
average of the last six weeks any better tlan it
will be for the next two months. At the same rate,
for three and half months, our citizens would send
off 600 bales Of cotton worth a present prices
four hundred and fiji sixty thousand dollars. When
it is considered that back flcghts Or HpotatoM7
are nearly as large exports, who VIII say thai
DO not need a railroad very much?
In the District Court, tic criminal docket gore.
tin oueh with last week. The negro man, put upon
trial for his life found guilty Of murder in the
hf>t O. Gr'e--S'1 /" DC t3'e Seco' e"1 "I'''t S0'
verdict was rendered IN TIC county we "'''fS';u
the attorneys Will Pe"""h Tue "oTe'hoF 10 commute
! the sentence to imprisonment fer life.
| Mrs Smith, wife Of Thomas Smith, ESQ former
Clerk of the Supreme Court at this place. was very
badly dog bitten on last Saturday.
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| 4 LITTLE NAN.-Thc Nieksburg Herald makes the
I..,f,
noticed for some DAYS past, proncnading the rotuud.
! of the St. Charles Hotel n. q. Times.
| There considerable excitement on our streets
yesterday morning, after the arrival OF the Fchmon"
caused by the advent Of small specimen Of man.
who had some shopping 10 do, and WAS passing about
from store to store. The little man III question was
Mr. ChnIrs +. Decker Of Memphis, Who stands thirty
one inches iii his CATERS, and IS about ny-0nc
years Of age. He is Mssis>ipplan, being nrodnc-
ton Of pontotoc cou:ty. The rest Of the family are
Of the usual s.zr Charley beng the distinguished ncni
Der Of the family. lie makes living Tor himself a.
mother by travelling and selling portraits O: himself
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! 81 'Ar We" Crie"nS 4'"''' ""uS' N''V VI ''' 19''
TIx nornys Trbanc snocrs at the ;fleo Of onpro
pratng to rebuild the levccs It also assas Senator
Norton and calls him Mark Tapley. The Times also
aSs!lI' Morton. The impression Is becoming very
strong here that Greeley Is to have the Lngsil ms
sion. Last edhcSdaY night he ectuTed in iontre",
! and special attention was PAID him by the mamc'pa'
| authorities, unhrr Instructors 1t Is sad, from Tie
C"nadI'n government lhcfc Is tFonoie az Hhcc!oh
College, growing ont OF negro peFSstehE intFN1lh@
i himself III the students seats III inc e!'"rl. l"c
Withdrawal o! the SNnthcr" ana many OF the Northern
stude"iS threatened, nc(asn the ne" lfeS,oehf beng
/ negro eGnahty man. lfnrctoh IS me laSt strong
, 0Iu OF cducRto3ai c0lSeI 'd'I9'' III the 4Hotul'
Unsolicited TAXES Attic SoUTu.-Thc uncollccted
tax in the Southern States amounts nearly S. O0O
OOJ and is lien upon tie real estate upon which! it is
a@scssablc Commissioner Rollins says:
The further posnoncmcnt of this subject relieve
it of none of its embarrassmerts, and landhoders and
purchasers are alike entitled to its early Soulion Tn
less it l. deemed WISE in view of the difficulties eug
ccscl and Of the Impoverished condition of the South
10 abate its uncoIlcctcd portion altogether, would
recommend the passage of a law allowing its assump
ton by the several States within definite period
coupled with reasonable premium for such assunp-
ton aud authorizing and directing the internal reVe
upon basis Of taxation, to proceed with tie as
s2sSmer.t and collection.
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R:yGRDT JoHysoN's CAsE-IiS R'm'oycd Return
and Successo7.-A WASHINGTON sDccial to the St. Louis
/ r-. w
me House co!h''Iee on 'o'ctS" ",'''S rave ia" !"
meeting to conSoeF ""as '"ey S''0"I1 10 no'oS rev
erdy Johnsohs case. Neh'iY All the mr";'efS e'-
pressed diSSat,S'achon win ms eo"'se n"t - Go"'
1htee co"u 90 ho"i'? 'o' INC te"So" ''tt ''rS nave
tiHeu them mat IL was o' pfuoent ' present 10 ''"NS
nooi'c any OF ne oihc'a' papers, IL ony ne 't'l''u
III ms cohfecoh tlat 'uI""' P'e.a"S Oh nc s''ee
.Hte '''S evening thh' mr. yoHn7"" ~ co'l' ',oT"
h& own request ana me "ohN''y h"e OF OK ''oV' 't
OIL Ne" YORK, IS mch''ohed ny the same '0'''of rs Ills
successor "
49,, c..,.,o ooou. o,-,,
/" oF"rt 10 Keep MS ,'' 1"l1e Se'e''
IRON, S d., o." 1 o, ,u
no,; ,;Il;ons AID ,;l;nns rco,l,r1r TIorn vroo
BOOK Tor certain retro at CohstantoPG, another Tor
a. ", y,or o,hnrs o. io hn ro'I
pcrsonae these individuals thus paving the sums they
gained to al appcarance to himself lie would follow
up the fluctuations of finances in all these different
puts Of the world inst as if these parties did exist and
place all the specie out to accumulate while his pr
vate documents confrmee! that he was the nabob or
viceroy or prince, alias Rottschild