The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-03-18
0slIIle South dDesterll,
SHREVEPORT:
WEDNESDAY,. MARCH IS,
Miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous lbeMS
It Is stated that Ohio has miles of railroad than
any other State-4726 in all.
According to an exchange, New York has had near
" one hundred days of sleghing this winter
It IS stated that all the laws Of the State of Ohio
arc being thoroughly gone through, and the word
aebzLc Inserted.
Il il understood that the present cabinet will resign
promptly if the Senate sustains the impeachment of
Andrew johnson.
Since it is admitted that Washburn wrote all Grants
letters 10 the President il becomes nice question
who is The greatest liar, Grant Or Washburn?
In reply to the statement that the President is think
ing Of nominating negro Secretary of War, the Mem
pdis ledger intimates that he has too many now
The presence of the American fleet under Farragut
the coast of Italy forms great attraction that
many families have left Paris join in the scene of
gayety.
The national debt was increased six millions in De-
cember twelve millions in January, and twenty mill
ions 10 February. That is what the Mongrels call
" retFenchment."
Gov. Bullock, it is said, is fishing for Summers seat
in tbe Senate, which will be vacant next year. That
will be exchanging calf for bullock. Not bad
bargain.
Chinese think telegraph wires the RAILROAD tracks
Of little demons and they do not choose to facilitate
the passage of such spirits they tear the lines down
So says an exchange.
A countryman who went to see the "White Fawn"
in Boston, the other evening, said it seemed to him
that the curtain had been up before the ballet girls
had got wholly undressed.
Thurlow Weed suggests that Congress call in the
Preamble to the Constitution, the Declaration of In
dependence and Washington's Farewell Address, and
burn them as the people may possibly get to reading
them and that would create uneasness.
It is expected that the English Abyssnian expedi-
ton will cost that Government fifteen millions sterling
{1rtI Tho Grafv II ~ p
each succeeding year that they forced to hold the
country.
The Tribune says Gen. Grant received as good an ed
ucaon as Jeff. Davis did at West Point. Not true,
from the fact that he mentally incapable of re-
ceving as good an education. Besides, Davis has not
been drunk twothrds OF the time since he graduated
Grant has.
French scientific paper states that the pulse of the
first Napoleon, when he was calm, beat only forty times
minute, or almost half less than ordinary persons
and that this was the secret of his GOODNESS in the
weightiest moments of his stormy life
Seven asprants are said to be already struggling for
the honor of receiving Mr.. Summers Senatorial posi-.
ton, which expires on the 4th of March, 1869. Of
these competitors, three are mentioned as most
conspcuous-Messrs. Butler, Banks and Bullock.
ONO PAYS MORE TAXES THAN ALL THE SOUTHERN
STATEs.-ln speech at Mansfield Ohio, Hon. A G.
Thurman, United States Senator elect, stated some
facts which well calculated to Impress the people
Of the North with the direct interest which they have
in restoring the peace and prosperity of the South
Speaking of the taxes derived from internal revenue
alone, Mr. Thurman says that the amount paid by the
whole ten OF the Southern States for the last fiscal
year was sl9,693, TAO; in the same year Ohio paid
SIS 0Sl 400, that the Southern States, which form
ery paid their full share, if not more Of the taxation
of the country, so reduced that, in the last
fiscal year, Ohio paid $685. 900 than them ALL
Senator Thurman then undertakes to demonstrate that
the taxation of the people of this country is far greater
than ever was imposed upon any people. In the last
fiscal year. five hundred millions were collected in
taxes by the General Government alone. The taxes
collected by the States amount to not quite two hun
dred millions more, making the entire taxation, in
round numbers, seven hundred millions of dollars. |
The gross annual production of the industry of the
United States, according to the of 1860,
two thousand millions Of dollars. Allowing for the
diminished production of the South, and for increased
prices, it is not supposed to be greater now. Thus
more than onethrd of the whole product of the coun-
try is absorbed by taxes.