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PINE APPLES IN FLoRIDA.-The Key West Union
says that Mr.. Benjamin Baker, of Key West has sold
his crop of pine apples this year for nearly seven
thousand dollars. This crop was gathered from less
than an acre and half of ground. He has one hum
dred and fifty thousand plants which will be in bearing
next year, and these less than seven acres of
ground and if sold at the rate as this years will
net him sixty thousand dollars The pine apple crop
Of Florida next year. will exceed two hundred thousand
dollars.
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The who is said to furnish the brains of the in
surrectionarv movement at Red River is young
Irishman, named 0'Donohue a student or novitiate
attached to Bishop Tache's establishment at St. Boni-
ace, about % years of age, 4 man Of ability educa-
ion and great determination.
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HINDoo MERCHANTS IN NEW ORLEANs-Two Hindoo
Pcayune says the object of their visit was to establish
possible, direct trade with this country in the matter
of bagging ETC., and to see the cotton fields of the
South. They are both merchants, excellent lingusts
and men of culture and refinement They have
adopted the European garb, with the exception of blue
velvet for caps and tassels
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

FIcksBURG AND MONROE RALgoAD--The Monroe
La lnteligencer learns, that owing to the failure of
the contractors to deliver the necessary sites the
railroad will not be finished 10 the Missssipp river
before the 1st of February, 1870
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4 correspondent Of the Scientific American believes
that the Pacific Railroad is have an effect in chang
Ing the meteorological character of the Plains. His
theory is that the bands of iron furnish such means
OF establishing electrical equilibrium that the eli
mate is rendered more equable and the rainfall over
the country is sensibly equalized
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

The HUMAN FIaUHEs.-The proportions Of the hu
man figure are strictly mathematical. The whole figure
are s SIX times the length of the foot. Whether the
form be slender or plump, the rule holds good, and
deviation from it il departure from the highest
beauty in proportion. The Greeks made all the
statutes according to this rule. The face from the
highest point in the forehead where the hair begins to
the chin, one.tentE to the whole statue The hand
from the wrist 10 the middle finger is the same. From
the top Of the chest to the highe point in the fore
head Is seventh. If the length the face from the
roots OF the hair to the chin be divided into three
equal parts the first division determines the division
where the eyebrows meet and the second DIVISION the
place of the nostrils. The height, from the feet to
the top of the head, is the the distance from
the extremity OF the fingers when the arms are ex-
tended
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

THEATRE.-The bill tonight is very attractive
one-the comedy of Somebody Else" and that cee-
brated drama of the Daughter of the Regiment"
On Saturday afternoon, Capt, Crisp intends giving
matinee for the benft Of the children The per.
termance will commence at two o'clock. Admission
fifty cents
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HERE THEY CoaE-A San Francisco dispatch of the
22d ut says the last China brought two
hundred and City five Chinese women who we're pros
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DANGEROUS TO CHLDgES.-We read in an exchange
that Prof. Crittenden of New York, takes strong
ground against the premature development of the
memorsing faculty, and afrms that mental arithme.
tic kills more children than all the diseases Of child.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

The INDECENT AND THE Hot SPR1Nas-Tbe Hot
Springs Ark Courier of late date states that COL
Hale intends to make present of quit claim deed to
enough of the property, in land and water at that
point as will serve the purposes of the INDECENT
throughout the United States who may be compelled
to visit the place for health
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

He that has never known adversely is but half ac-
quainted with others himself Constant success
show us but one side of the world For as it sur
rounds US with friends who viii tell us only of our
merits, SO it slegces enemies from whon; alone
we can learn our defects
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

HEAVY DEFAuLrER.-h has been found that Pay.
master Mareeys accounts amount to over million dol
lars, about tenth of which has not been accounted
for His bonds amount to twenty thousand dollars
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OYSTERS FOR CALIFoRN1A-The San Francisco Rrr
eti of the % u states that car load of oysters ten
tuns In amount, arrived in that city the 2ls from
Baltimore They were shipped in car constructed
Tor the purpose, and came through in eight days in e.
celent condition The entire car load was disnosed
OF within twenty.four hours after their arrival
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land AssocIArIoS-1t is stated tina. project is on
no. IN ashlngton City to organise Southern Labor
ASSOCIATION the object of which is to buy largely
~, ',0u'hern lands in order to help poor white and
M people to obtain for themselves freehold estate
pau Is TO buy large tracts OF land, divide them
v INTO small farms and sell them to all who want =
psInaSe at small advance on the original nrice and
th.,s .s. N"e a number of prominent capitalists
are at the head of the movenent
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EASTERN TExAs-The Jefferson Daily Times and
Republican Of the 7th has returns from Marion Davis
Bowie and Harrison counties. In Davis county the
Conservative ticket is ahead, but in the other three
counties the Radcabitter- end ticket is triumphant
From the lights before fear that the btter.end-
ers have carried the State
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

For NEW ORLEANS, TO-DAY Being unayodabIy
detained by the ran the Julia a Rudolph did not get
off for the city yesterday, but will leave to-day at -
N. positively.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

John A. Dooley, who was shot Saturday evening by
Joe Aston, died at 8 o'clock Sunday morning Joe
Aston gave himself up to the authorities.
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MRs. SrowE.-A New York paper informs US that
Mrs. Stowe Is insensibe to the universal disgust
inspired By her Byron article that her mind has been
severely affected, and condition Of the brain induced
thought to be dangerous
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SpEcE WAR IN THE NORTH W Esr-The stele-
graph has of late had good deal to say about the
rebels of the Red river settlement in the Lake Win
npeg basin which territory has been turned over to
the dominion of Canada by the Hudson Bay Company
The Baltimore Sum- which appears to be posted in the
matter, says that on the approach Of General Nc
Douga, appointed by the Dominion government to
rule them, with the aid of a council to be appointed
solely by himself is met with a warlike uprising on
the part of the people. This Lake Winnipeg lies
hundred miles more north of the head sources of
the Mississippi river and where the United States
boundary, the line of forty nne crosses the Red river
Is Pembina, hourishing fur trading settlement of
Minnesota. The people mostly halfbreeds de-
scendants of French Canadians From their business
intercourse with the Minnesota people they have i'm
bibed good many of their notions, and hence they
demand the right to elect their Legislature with power
to oTerwhem veto by two.t thirds vote homestead
and presumption laws, and an appropriation for in.
ternai improvements and the support of their officials
for given number of years. to be paid ont of the
Dominion treasury One of their organs says the Red
river settlement has population of from IL, 900 to |
10000 sous-Indians not counted. The people are
fully organized, and frontier people are always
armed and equipped. Suppose that the Dominion
should attempt coercion how, it is asked, is she to
get army into the Red river country? By any
route they can find for their invasion it will require
over one year for their transport if indeed the entire
command be not cut off by Indians before reaching
Lake Winnipeg The affair will at least furnish good
opportunities to the young government of Canada for
learning the art of ruling colonies, and will either vim
iicate her claims to consideration as power among
nations Or make her ridiculous Altogether
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

The MAfLs.-We recently congratulated our readers
and ourselves upon the arrangement by which the
mails were to be brought overland from Vicksburg in.
stead of by the river. We may have been premature
in our ubilation, five days have elapsed since the
mail should have left New Orleans and it has not vet
reached here. How is this? Will ANYBODY tell rs
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

The New YORK ELEcT1oN.-One of the most im-
portant results of the Democratic triumph in the State
of New York, will be the restoration of the right of
selfgovernment 70 the people of its chief city OF
this right they were deprived years ago by the Rad
GALS the administration of the city affairs being in
trusted mainly to lot of rural carpet bsggers ap
pointed at Albany.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

Harris who killed Ed. Bird, had an examination be-
fore the District Court yesterday and was admitted to
bail in the sum of $4,000
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negro arrested yesterday charged with
being concerned with the recent robberes, some Of
the stolen goods were found in his possession
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

A cashier of San Francisco bank lives twenty miles
from town, whittier be drives every morning with
four. inhand changing horses once On the way He
has barn his estate which cost SIS 900 in gold.
Rare woods and silver were freely used in its consrue-
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

Baron RoUaE:-The Secretary Of War has ordered
that the United States Arsenal Baton Rouge be dis
continued All the movable ordnance property will
be transferred to such points the Chief of Ordnance
may designate.
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STICK TO One THING.-" Unstable as water thou
shalt not succeed is the language of the Good Book
Who ever expects to succeed in any undertaking must
enter into it with hearty and will to do his
very best When trade or profession is chosen, OBJ
STAGES, be they large small must not be allowed to
stand in the way Of mastering that trade profession
However much re may deprecate the od-tim custom
OF indenturing apprentices the system in its practical
results operated almost always for the lasting good of
the apprentice. Generally it insured to him good
trade and wholesome discipline that fitted him for
business. Akthe present time very many young men
undertake 70 acquire a trade and after brief trial
abandon it because there unpleasant duties to be
perform and obstacles to be They consider
themselves accountable no one and 90 and come at
the bidding Of caprice, unsettled, uneasy mind
The resntof this is to send out into the world young
men who have not half learned their trades, of un-
stable character who drift from post to pillar and who
succeed in nothing but srewug along the highways of
life melancholy wrecks Of men. We would earnestly
entFeat every young man. after he has chosen his vo-
cation to stick to it don't leave it because hard blows
are TO be struck tisagfeeable work performed The
men who have worked their way up to wealth and use
fulHess do not belong to the shitless and unstable
class, but may be reckoned among those who took off
their coats, rolled up their sleeves conquered their
preludlces against labor, and nanully bore the heat
and burden Of the day. Whether upon the old worn
out farm, where fathers toiled diligently striving
10 bring back The -o to productiveness in the ma
chtae shop Or factory, the thousacd other busy
places that invite honest toll and Skill let the motto
ever be, perseverance and industry
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LET DowN-Tom Oehiltree, it seems did not run
the race out for Co gress in the First District of Texas
He withdrew before the voters had chance at him.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-12-15

The CHINESE AS HOUSE SERvAYTs.-Rev. A. L.
Stone has letter in the Congregationalist in won be
discusses the Chinese question. He has tried them as
house servants, and the following is his testimony in
regard to them. It Will meke many il weary house
keeper hereabouts wish that the day may be fastened
when John Chinatnann shall make his appearance in
to which they subjected in procuring SER
wants. Mr. Stone says:
have how for many months employed the Chinese
rs house servants would not go back to the old
style domestic service for any consideration. The
new servants do their work nimbly and n0selessly.
The quiet of the kitchen department is very notice
able. It's increased economy is equally matter Of
prise and joy. All mysterious leaks somehow to
be stopped. Sugars and teas and spices and butter
and lard and all the small household stores ego fur
Their than once. All " odds and ends u are saved
Roaated joints and half turkeys come back upon the
table they dismissed the day before only gar
nished and made presentable. There is no de-
mand for evenings out half days FOR private sewing
and mendmg. There is no answering back only
a cheerful ''a right" THERE'S no complaint of large
washings, or festal cookery, irregular meals There
is no entertaining of company, making high life be-
low stairs" Though many Of these have but
few words of English, it is easy to make them under
stand Ohee shown how to do thing whose uethod
is novel to Them they never forget Their ingenuity
in the variation of table dishes quite surprising and
gratifying. Their patient steadness and good temper
under all their tasks, aud their strict fidelity to their
employers interests, make housekeeping a strange
luxury And, the other side, there is scarcely one
disadvantage to be urged as an offset to this manifold
gain.
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NJ DeLesseps the protector and fnisher of the suez
canal, was married on the 2eth alt. to Louise Helene
Autard de Bragara, Frenchlady of twenty three
mera
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BELL1GEREST.-A Northern paper states that eighty
one naval vessels have been repaired and put in sea-
going order, or in such condition that they can go to
sea at few days notice, since the lst Of Nav
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THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE 1T NIAGARA IN THE STORM
At Niagara Falls during the late storm the were
higher than they ever known to be before and
the rapids looked almost like level sheet. At the
new suspension bridge there for time the widest
excitement, and it was supposed that the structure
would be swept away by the wind. The bridge is a
quarter of mile in length, and besides its immense
and we'll anchored cables it is supported by guys, also
we'll anchored in the rocks either shore; it is also
strengthened by innamerable shrouds which, attached
to the cables, support the roadbed and keep steadily
in its place. The wind roared through the shrouds,
making noise like thunder. The bridge Fibrated,
and in the centre rose and fell fully feet, giving
to the entire structure motion similar to that of a
snake, shaking to its very foundations and swapping
one after another of the guys until than half Of
them were gone Every one expected to see the
bridge total wreck, but it stood estorm and finally
the wind suddenly changed, removing all danger.
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FROM WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-In the case involving the
eonsttutionaty of Federal taxation of the circulation
Of State banks the court decides the taxa
BILE. On the point that the tax is excessive the court
declares has no power to restrain the taxing power
as regards rate.
A canvass of Congress shows that action toward
Georgia will be withheld until after the meeting Of ,
Legislature when if the negroes are reseated the mat
ter will be dropped otherwise the measures forestad
owed in Carpenters bill and Mort ons amendment will
be enforced. Gov. Bullock urges immediate action
Senator Trumbu in committee opposed the whole
movement. Hs is alone however
The President has Withdrawn the nomination of
Daniel D. Snyder as Assessor for fourth Georgia dis
trct; also H. l.. Jones, Receiver of Public Monies II
New Orleans.
Judges Davis and Nelson dssented from decision Of
the court declaring taxation of State banlpnotes
stitutionaI.
Revenue to day S75, 0o0.
The Judiciary Committee will report nAfavorably
upon the nomination Of Waterman as Circuit Court
Judge unless the President withdraws him
The State Department has official information That
81 States have adopted the 18th amendment
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Revenue to day $500 Co.'s.
Admiral Porter, on the Powhattan, arrived at Kew
West with Sc the Lillian's crew.
Hoar decides additional legislation necessary to EN-
able the Federal Government to hold cemeteries in the
South Owners must have compensation for their out
lay.
Butler introduced sFarns9orths bill in House OF
Representatives today, admitting Virginia without
qualifications. Payne offered substitute to the same
effect, to readmtthe State Organised under the re-
construction laws, Butler also introduced bill de-
caring Vrgnias constitution Republican in form that
pledges have been given that the people of that State
will support and defend the Constitution of the United
States and carry ont the provisions Of the constitution
submitted By the reconstruction acts Of Congress and
ratified by the people of Virginia in letter and spirit
therefore be it resolved that the State of Virginia is
entitled to representation in the Congresso the United
States. M.
These several propositions were referfasfto the Com
mittee on Reconstruction, who meet to morrow, and
we're ordered to be printed. we
WAsHIsaTos, Dec. 14-In the House another bill
was introduced providing for the admission of Viz
sinia certain conditions Referred to Reconstruc
ion Committee The Committee has taken no action
egarding Georgia.
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Postal RELATIONS WITH FRANcE.-We have oficia
authority for stating that "on and after the lst Of
JANUARY, 1870 the exchange of mails between the
United States and France will cease, in consequence
OF the abrogaon of the present postal convention be
tween the two countries take effect after that date
The correspondence addressed to or received from
France on and alter the first of January next by steam
ships Or oher vessels running direct between the two
countries, will therefore be subject to the following
rates OF United States postage to be prepaid by stamps
at the Office of mailing on matter sent and collected
at the office of delivery matter received: Letters
ten cents per single Of half an ounce or under
newspapers two cents each, and book packages and
samples Of merchandise, four cents per each fonr
ounces or fraction thereof
Letters for France may also be sent from the
United States in the ordinary open mail to England
without prepayment OF postage, but printed matter
and samples cannot under existing regulations be so
sent nasmuch all direct postal relations between
the post departments of the United States and France
viii! cease on the Is of January next, it will not be
practicable to forward correspondence after that date
to any foreign country place 'by French mail.
The rates of postage by French mail as stated in the
table of postage to foreign countries, will therefore be
imperative after December 9I.n
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states IN, eaA~ls. = The New Orleans Republican
ing,oa r. our Chawlsn Lowell has gone 10 Wash.
necessity 81 eht to the Postofice Department .be
hat viii ia,nrs lt change in the mail transportation
parpos. of greater regularity More gone for the
'ssay holds "''asf Office or two to the 81, which
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L1sBos, Dec. H.-Fears entertained of rebellion in
various parts of Portugal. Authorities active
LiyERpooL, Dec. 1.-THE American ship Crescent
City, which left Savannah Ga, 18th of October with
cotton sprung leak at sea and was abandoned
LoNDoN, Dec. ll.-Reports from Admiralty ONCE
saws for distance of IS miles the Suez Canal is sub
iect to sand drifts reducing Its depth and thick foss
bewildering to pilots.
PARIS, Dec l1.---senor MiraHors, intended Of ex-
Queen Isabella OF spaiu publishes an impartial de-
NAL of the repeating story that the Queen had taken
the crown of diamonds on her retirement from Madrid
Several bankers Of St. Petersburg recently failed.
Their names, for some unexplained reason, are with
held from the public.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

NEw York, Dec. l3.-The Commercial says consid-
cradle excitement over large amount of Federal
bonds altered from ten thousand dollars. Firm
implicated, VIM. E. Gray & Co. Stock Exchange Off
GERS offer $4,000 for the arrest of Gray.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l4,-Haytien steamer Triumph
formerly Confederate Atlanta, disabled going down
the river and towed back.
FRANKFORT Ky, Dec. 1.-THE vote for Stevenson
At McCreary, 46; Turner, II; Finley, 10; Boone, o
Rice, 8 Beck, 5; King 8.
Bosros, Dec 14.-Haf million of dollars defaca
ton in Howard National Bank
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FROM HAVANA,

HAVANA, Dec. l4.-Spanish man-ofwar Isabel, wit
crews for twelve gunbQats, sailed for New York.
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tC4cnange.
The New Orleans Bulletin, in commenting upon the
above, says, that il that great villains wealth would
not shield him from conviction for any of his countless
crimes, Northern fanaticsm would still protect him.
He might walk through Boston mailed in the gold of
his robberies and dripping with the blood Of his vic
tins, yet the bigoted multitude would uncover their
heads to honor him. They know he is beast and
thief, but they viii uphold and applaud him out Of
spite against u.s. the objects Of his hatred and theirs
The foregoing Is pretty severe but nevertheless true
The spring Hill College, near Mobile, Alabama. was
opened again on the 7th Of this month
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Men guilty of heinous crimes rarely ever ESCAPE
punishment. 1t appears that spooney Butler is t.
have an opportunity if be receives his just deserts
serving his country inside the walls of State prison