The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-05-13

OH South Yge9ter1l
BIZ L DILLARD e go.
ofice--Corner of Texas and Spring Streets,
SHREVEPORT:
WEDNESDAY ... MAY Is, 1868.
Taos McIxrrRE, of New Orleans, is our only duly
authorized agent to receive SUBSCRIPTIONS ana aoFer
Mr. JoaS c. foTE, Mnden, La is duly authorized to
receipt for subscriptions.
dr. F. L-LqwERr, Starrville, is duly authorised to
receive and receipt for subscriptions IN smith county
Texas. and the counties surrounding.
c,UR RarEs-To Clubs of FIVE and upwards to one
post office the South Western will be furnished at four
dollars per copy for year. -------------------
Thanks to Mr.. ]. V. Nolan, agent of the Texas Ex-
press company, for fles Of late papers
TIE fundamentally reference to our telegraph
dispatches it will be seen that owing to the sickness
of Senator, the impeachment court adjourned yes
terdav, without taking vote, to next Saturday.
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GEN. Hoop MARR1ED-The Picayune of the lst,
announces the marriage of Gen. j. B. Hood TO Miss
Anna Hennen, daughter Of the late Duncan N. Hen
men, ESQ, Of New Orleans. Many notables were
present on the occasion.
MARKET HoUsE.-This institution leased last
Wednesday at public auction, to Messrs. Patterson
Dodez and Sam Levy for $75Oo-a pretty good sale.
few such transactions would make city credit
number one. If the batture property trngs anything
like its value, city money will be in demand
THE MILITARY BoARD.-The board appointed by
Gen Buchanan to recount the votes cast in the late
election, consists of Brevet Brigadier General H. ?.
Graham, Colonel Fourth Cavalry, Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel G. N. Lieber, Major, Z. s. Armg, Judge Ad-
vocate and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel }. B. johnson,
Captain, Sixth Cavalry.
CITY F.NAEcEs-The Controller publishes, in the
official journal, the condition of the city finances, from
which it appears there are in crcqlaon &28, 66.
so in change notes and 81, $40 in Understanding
scrip, making the liabilities in all $40, POI 50. There
are yet due the city for unpaid in 1867 and 6S
1885. As no change notes will be issued,
those in circulation will soon be at par
PERsoNAL-We had the pleasure Of call yesterday
from Colonel S. D. Wood, of the Tyler Index. Col.
Wood is en- route to Washington for the purpose of
looking after the mail arrangements of Eastern Texas
We trust the Colonel will be successful in his under
taking for there is portion of the country where
tern Texas.
The REsULT.-The New Orleans papers of the 9TH
state that the election returns all in though they
have not been officially promulgated. The constitu-
ton was ratified by little over 1000 majority. The
Legislature stands as follows: Senate-Radicas 20,
Democrats 49, House of resentaves-Radicals
IS, Democrats 43. The official count will not vary
much from the foregoing. It is thought number of
the senators and representatives classed on the Rad
cal side will cooperate with the Democrats
WEATHER. rops-The dry, pleasant weather of
tn fore part of the past week ve-y beneficial to
the growing crops. Sunday night we had a heavy
Storm and since then it has been cold and damp, and
when not actually raining, threatened to every
ment Vegetation Of all kinds looks healthy, and is
growing finely. Corn and cotton both on the hills
and in the bottoms are all that any could ask for.
The planters in the river bottoms much concerned
about another overflow, which regret to say they
have good cause for. The rear of many of the plan
tations are already under water, and another rise
ported coming out of the upper river. Should their
apprehensions be realised, the finest prospects ever
seen on the river will be blasted. Some Of them have
ceased work, and calmly awaiting the threatened
destruction, which it is not in their power to avert
IMrRoVExE Very little in the way of building
is going in this city and its vicinity. The reason
for thisis obvous-the unsettled condition of our po-
litical affairs Those who able to build prefer to
keep their boarded up rather than invest in i'm
provements The consequences are, the workmen are
all idle or at the BEST doing but little and the work in
brick yards and mills stopped. Large quantities
of lumber are accumulatng and no market for it. This
state of affairs will continue to exist until the conf
dence of the people is restored and that is not likely
to happen while the Radicals remain in power APP
preach man who has the means and would really like
10 invest it, and ask him why he does not build to
hance the value Of his property and you at once get
for an answer "not until see how things going"
The present condition of the country is sad blow to
our growth and prosperity and God only knows when
it will change for the better.
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MAUNA LoA THE telegraph informs that various
terrible phenomena occurred at Mauna Loa, between
the 2sth of March and April 18th, during which time
many lives were lost and great deal of property de-
btroyed. Mauna Loa, Or long mountain as it is some
times called is volcano of the Sandwich Islands, sit
ated in the central part Of Hawaii forty miles from
the coast lis height is 1873 feet above the level
of the sea- It is clad part the way up with trees and
rounded off at the top like dome It has been built
up by accretons hurled from the bowels of the earth
by volcanic agepc7, Of which, indeed the whole island
owes its origin. For the last ten fifteen years this
volcano has been unusually active. In 1855 an erup
ton occurred which lasted thirteen MONTHS sending
its lava over an area of 800 square miles Another
began January 23d, and still continued in November
of that year. stream of lava from FIVE to six miles
wde ran to the sea- nearly forty miles off, at the rate
of two or three miles per hour. number of earth
quakes occurred during this eruption, but nothing like
The amount spoken OF by the dispatch this time. We
don't fancy a residence in those dggins.
THE " LAroURcHE", TINE What it Snagests.-The
steamer Lafourche under charge of that skiful and
experienced boatman, Capt. Ben. Kouns, made her
late trip from New Orleans to this city in the unpre
cedented time of ffty-four hours and flty-th min
utes being, far as know, the fastest time
record From the card of her passengers, and she
had fine list it is shown her gallant captain won
golden opinions and when consider the impor