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IMPORTANT TO SMALL DisEilLERs.-A Washington
Dispatch tile 18th says: The amendments to the
Ia bin adopted by the House Of great Importance
to the small whisky distiers. One is the amendment
allowing sixty fse galIoHs TO the busbel, instead Of
forty five gallons to the busel all dstieries tint
mash without steam The other is reduction Of the
speesl lax from four hundred dollars on distlleries
MASKING one hundred bushels or less to one hundred
dollars dstilleres MASKING twenty 1--WE bushels and
Increasing in proportion. This will allow small dis
teres to rum and the law is framed so that rev.
enue agents cannot ebarrass their interest as hereto
fore.
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tfFEE hEp RIVER NAriGAuox-We understand
that Capt Grace, Of the steamer Iua /, h. sna.oa
into contract to remove the RATS .na din N.
'o''"su % Dlaek and Rsd bayous. and viii 1t once
commence operations This will be good news 10 the
f'eamooatmen running above the raft, as ,hey have
net Nthmore or less detention all Ibis season N tbess
epssfnenoas, which formed from the timber on,
p se oaaks By Tie contractors to improve the nax
a'oh so'Fs Tue raft ID aeeord4nce with an act Of tic
legislature
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Newspaper Agency-Thos. Mcintyre, Adrertis-
ing Agent, Nos Sc and 9S Common street, New orc-
ans, offers his services to newspaper proprieors to
procure advertisements and to attend to any business
for them in the city Personal attention given to all
orders for purchase of printing Materials paper, sta
tionery, &C., &c.
Messrs. II. & Ii. Jacobs notify their friends and
customers that they in receipt of their stock of
Spring and Summer Goods, purchased by the senior
partner in New York before the late advance in cotton
goods These goods were purchased much earlier in
the than usual for the purpose of being able to-
furnish their customers wt! seasonable goods early
as those who purchase in New Orleans They guaran-
tee to sell as low they be bought in New Orle-
ans. Call and examine their ssck before going below
tel2 d&wtt
A Perfect Sewing Machine-Wicox Gibbs
Silent Twisted Loop Stitch, with hemmer Teller and
braider all for 500 and $50 1t always works at mo-
nents notice. and stops. Prices reduced to suit
the times For sale by p. H. kYES CO,
ialG lmd3mwl Shreveport, La.
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TIE FORTY FIRST CoNGREss.-The special Washing
ton OF the Cincinnati Enquirer under date of the 5ih
says the list of Representatives, of the House for the
Fortyfrst Congress, to be called March 4 includes
eighty-on new members. Two Democrats, elected in
Tennessee not the list and their names will not
be called. The Radical whom Colonel Swi;zlcr de-
teaed in Missouri will take his seat and that gentle
man will have to contest it again There is vacancy
in Pennsylvania in the district now represented by
John Coyode, the Democrat who opposed and beat
him falling to get his certificate through Governor
Gearys sharp practice. General P. W Stralcr will
be called in place of Ben Eggcson, and all the Ken
lucky members will take their seats but Rice and
Adams, contested Dan. Worthless name is on the list.
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TIE Wo7D { WHITE. "A Washington special Of
the 18th says the word white is longer known to
the laws of the District Of Columbia. The negro in
the capital has all the privileges Of the white map. lie
is legally the equal Of his master. Twice before tile
bill passed, but failed on account Of pocket veto,
which has never been very severely denounced BY the
most fabd Radicals If Mr. johnson signs this bill.
up goes the Inauguration ball, for the negroes have
defantly said that they going to the white folks
party.
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HEAVY SEIZURE OF ToBACco IN TRANSMIT FOR JEFFER.
soN.-We copy as follows from the New Orleans Cres-
cent of the 10th:
A Heavy seizure Of tobacco was made on Suuda V
by the internal revenue authorities based upon in
formation communicated to the acting collector to
Deputy Cql!eetor Hall. Tie tobacco, OF which there
ninety four packages amounting in wcigltte about
five thousand pounds, is said to lave been shipped
from the fifth collection district of North Carolina for
Jefferson Texas, via Mobile and this city It reached
here by boat yesterday morning. and arriving at the
Pontchartlain depot seized by Deputy Collector
Hail. and placed in the export bonded warehouse to
await further proceedings. The seizure was made
upon the charge of nouconformance with the revenue
laws pertaining to payment of tax, and the claimant
Of the tobacco is said to be resident OF BALTIMORE
STEAMBOAT REGULATIoN.-We call the attention of
our steamboat friends the following Of Congress
regulating the carrying of combustible material.
ind belt further enacted, That cotton, hemp hay,
straw, or other easily ignable commodity, shall not
be carried on the deck guards Of any steamer car
ryng passengers, except erryboats crossing rivers
aad then ouy the sterns of such boats unless the
same Shall be protected by complete and suitable
covering Of canvas other proper material, to pre-
vent ignition from sparks under penalty of one hun
dred dollars for each oiiense. Nor shall coal oil or
crude petroleum be hereafter carried on such steam
eTS except the decks guards thereof or in open
holds where free circulation Of iris secured and
such distance from the furnaces or fires IS may be pre-
scribed by any supervisors fsupervsing inspector or
any local board of inspectors
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STATE Taxes IN CoIN.-The Supreme Court of tie
United States has decided that State has right to
collect her taxes in coin. 1t Was an appeal case from
the State Of Oregon, which State, by law, provided
that the taxes should be paid in coin Certain tax
payers rendered currency and pleaded the legal tender
act. The courts of the State decided against them,
which decision sustained by the Supreme Court
at Washington The Court decided that the act max
ing grecnback5=a legal tender for all debts, public
and private, does not make them legal tender for
any payment that is not a debt. Taxes levied by a
State rot included in the legal meaning of tile
word debt ashe obligation to pay taxes rests on all
entirely different ground from the obligation to pay
sums due by contract; andshe laws under which the
one class Of obligations created and enforced are
wholly distinct iroa those which apply to the other
class Of obligations.
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bill Incorporating the Shreveport Charity Hospital
was read in the lower House the 18TH and referred
to the Fiuace Committee.
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THE SUFFRAGE QUEsroN.-As it is now pretty vel
known that the proposed new suffrage amendment te
the Constitution will pass the other house of Congress
and be sent to the State Legislatures for
the Washington letter writers looking around to
see what the prospects for its rejection by the
States. The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald says its rejection by the following States
is conceded: California Delaware, New Jersey, Ore
son, Ohio, Kentucky and Georgia Three other States
are lot row able TO act npon it, Mississippi Texas and
Virginia. IN all tcn which are sufficient to check the
adoption of the amendment by the requisite number of
States out of the thirty seven al least during this year
Resides only twenty-five State Legislatures in
zion this WINTER and the Legislatures to be elected,
with this amendment in view are relied on from for
mer habit to instruct legislators vote to reject the
measure. In addition to this, now that the amend
nent will be carried over the winter it is conceded
that the Legislatures of winter in the States Of
indiana Illinois, Penn$y lvania New York, Connect
cut, West Virginia, Missouri ard Wisconsin will re-
sciud any ratification which may be uShed through
this winter just New jersey, Oregon and Ohio re-
scndtd ther assent to the fourteenth amendment III
short, the prospect of the amendment prevailing is cs
tccm'd to be next to nothing
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4oTTERY.-Hy reference to an advertisement in an
other column it will be secn ihat the Louisiana State
Lottery Company has opened Office in this city, on
Spring street. in Tny's building, under the sHperin-
tendence Of Mr. j. p. Chandler WHO will tnke pleasure
in imparting information to those who desire to try
their luck in well regulated lottery Dr. Chandler
is Eel kno#n in this community, he haYing served
many years on this river steamboat clerk, and
spent the better part of the late unplcasantncss"
with us. Whatever he may represent, the community
can rest assured that it will be complied with to the
letter.
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SORRY TO HEAR 1--WE learn from reliable persons,
rcsidng in the adjoining counties i'll Texas, that the
feud between the commission merchants Of this place
and the officers the Southern Pacific railroad, is d.
rertng cotton from this point. The receipts per rail
road within the last two weeks have fallen off great
deal, and we have no doubt that portion of j: was
owing to this cause. We trust the matter will soon
be settled to the satisfaction Of all parties. Let US
have peace and with 400 bales of cotton per day
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GRANT AS JoKER.-The newspaper correspondents
who long ago discovered every other good qu4litv in
General Grant are now finding out that lie is fond of
joke. Here is OF their stories g. Good evening
General Grant said pleasant Office seeker the other
night to the President elect. have not been to see
you, General, since election " Plenty have said
Grant I've not been lonesome" We have no doubt
this is genuine But who has himself heard
the dry tone of voice and the twinkle of the eve
with which the General speaks at such times can fully
appreciate its humorous effect. The truth is that one
OF the most striking features of Cen Grants character
is his talent for humor, and his disposition this sort
of conversational satire. New. York SIM
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STATE EXPENDITURES AND REcElprs-We are in
dehted to the State Treasurer for copy of his report
o tue State legislature, OF the receipts and expendi-
lures for the years 1867 and 1863 From it we eara
that the expenditures for 1867 exceeded the receipts
By s1o7o s72 a3, and for the yea; 1859, 1855 II,
making total for the two years over the receipts OF
81 457i5 64 That is what the Radicals call economy.
At this rate how long will it take the State to become
solvent?
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NOTICE

e. To all persons who have Watches left Will, me
EIa. for Repair:f said Watches are not called for
49, within Ten Days from the date hereof, will
proceed to sell the according to law for charges
LEANDER JOHNSON
Shrev eport, Ia, Feb. %, 1869. flt*
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THE PLANTING BrsISEss.-OSins to the wet, cold
and changcable weather the planters rather back
ward i'll commencing operations o. to the present
time they have hardly made beginning This is very
unfortunate for good crop in the hills as early
planting is indispensable in this locality There is
still plenty of time for planting cotton though cxpe-
rience has taught that early planting not liable to
So rany contingencies as late planting. From what
we can learn the of cotton to he planted will de-
pend entirely upon the available labor, while The corn
planting will be about the same last year-enough
for home consumption, provided the season proves
favorable. Within the last week Or two wehave heard
many complaints Of the scarcity Of good hands, but
whether it is owing altogether to the migration of the
negroes in part to the increased amount of land to
be cultivated, not well advised. The probable
tiles that both have something to do with it. There
are great many worthless negro men, women and
children hanging around this city, not worth the pow
der and lead it would take to put them beyond the
pale of starvation. They will not work unless forced
and We have no means Of forcing them. 4 stranger
would think that starvation staring them in the face
would force them to the plantations, but it has no
more effect Oh them than az though such thing
his c'el hHo"H- IL FaSfdit law ri luly Gu
forced light be of benefit but such arcnledy is
not within reach Another, aud very serious draw
back to oHr panters is the refusal of the women to
work in the field. Before the they were The most
effective hands, but since the surrender year by year
the number who would hire Tor field hands has de-
creased, until now, not pla"tation in has
single Dinah i'll the field. Then, again, boys who
counted half hands before the war are not worth A
little finger now. Before the war men, women and
children used 10 draw their full ratons, and then com
plain that they did not get enough, but only
those WHO work get their raons, lgcneIaIis one ont of
family of lonr or fvr) and strange to say that one
ration answers for the whole family. Strange how
they do hnt they dn ;,
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Cosr THE NICHOLSON PayEMEST.-The Baltimore
Gazette says The cost of the Nicholson pavement il,
that city IS 81 per superficial square yard. while the
cobble cost but Y cents yet the Nicholson plre
menttakes precedence for its durability and the small
cost Of keeping it in repair IN New Orleans it costs
hut $ % per superficial square yard AS We have al
the materials Which enter into this pavement at our
very door, would probably cost less here than in
New Orleans.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-02-24

TENNESSEE MILITIA.-Goy. Browalaw finds differ.
ence in calling out the militia and getting them out
AT last accounts only sixty had been organised at Nash
vile. Samho don't take kindly to the Governors ser
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= oaafen IN AaE York Is TO have full brass bsnd
instead Of an organ 49, 81.
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MoRE ABB fesgAs.-The Crescent Of the 18th
contains the following:
It is stated that the Memorable member from Caddo,
whose eye is for at least thirty days to come. OF the
color the faces of COED msny ct his honora
BILE eonreres in the Legislature. a. the time Of the
diseoloratioa, armed with gimet nufha knife. a
dirk, and sixshooter. THUS this patriot thfite
armed but seemingly he had not his quarrel inst for
he fed ingorionsly from the IL conflict bring
ing up in the arms OF policeman who ii all nroha.il
ty, will verify this statement 1t IS therefore apa-
rent that the carpetbag lambs, after all eEe fangs
but that they too amiable. too mild 70 them
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ASSASSINATION N IL1Iso1s-A Chicago dispatch of
the 9tl says; Hon. Murray Mcconnell ex-stae sena-
tor and auditor of of the bureaus in tie Treasury
Department at Washington during Mr.. Bnchanap's ad.
minstration was murdered in his law Office at Jack
sonsiiie, Morgan county, this morning about 10 O'Clock
by an unknown assassin. Deceased was seventy one
years DID, and was the law rreceptor of Stephen A
Donslas One Of his daughters is the widow Of ex
Senator McDongal of California
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DIRECT STAGE ROUTE yEoa MARSHALL 70 Dallas
u are pleased to learn from the Marshall Republican
u'a' tue mael needed stage line between that poini
and Dallas is about being established. Our cotempo.
raty adds
S:9!Fh Fo4te we base always believed would nav
anu pay aatasomCiy Hence We are gsatified to learn
,aa. Ny. VIM Bradfeld the best stage man in tho
safe, 'as taken hold 81 tile enterprise. anihas zone
out to stock the nie. The route viii be through r.
VET, oa9on and Kaufman, direct to Dalas-l5 ,;ies
"s" iu'y anaer way, the trip will Be made il. TIRE.
N@' :, taies'hg passengers ample time for rest.
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DuEL.-A duel was fought in New Orleans on the
18th, between Louis E. Mousser and D. r. Lawson,
with small swords The latter pierced to the heart
and died instantly.
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We call the attention of our readers n u
opening to-day of the policy feature of the Ious5,,
State Lottery. THIS lottery is very popular in Nav
Orleans, Northern and Western cities Parties m
chasing tickets have the privilege of selecting their
numbers, and can play for any amount from twentr
five cents 10 FIVE dollars on three Numbers md ,ho.
is multiplicity of ways to vary the bets such as akinn
single number, Or two numbers or more in fact var
ETY. enough to suit any who may desire to try hi.
luck The agent in charge will be pleased to explas
eyeryr1 upcassary
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TIE School BLL.-We are in receipt of copy Of
the school bill which has already passed the House
and will, no doubt, pass the Senate The bill Is en-
titled act to regulate public education in the State
of louisiana and raise support the same
and contains i09 sections Il provides that the super
vision and control of public education be vested in
the State Superintendent, and State Board Of six
persons appointed by the Governors it provides for
the admission of all children between the ages of six
and twenty-one without distinction Of race, color
previous condition it makes the State Superintendent
ofcio President Of the Board and Secretary, with
such compensation may be allowed BY said Board ;
it divides the State into six general school divisions
with supervisor to each to be appointed by the State
Superintendent the parish of Orleans constituting the
first division. The supervisor is to, year, or.
ganse teachers' institute, where teachers will re-
ceive the encouragement of hospitality The Division
Supervisor is made literary and educational autocrat
with salary of $4,000 per annum. The Board is to
appoint school commissioners not less than three
than seven for each parish, city except
the parish of Orleans for which the Board shall APP
point eighteen Said commissioners shall have power
to levy taxes and exercise all others powers not already
conferred upon the State Superintendent Board of Ed
ucation the District Supervisors. 1t provides that
among other things loyalty to the National Govern
ment" shall be taught in the schools, likewise the
"principles OF piety, sobrety, and the other vir-
tues upon which republican government is formed;
the pupils to be led to "prcserve the blessings OF
liberty and equality OF all men, and to "advance the
greatness Of the American Union" 1t establishes
State Normal School, to be located in the city of New
Orleans vicinity, and provides for numbcrless
other things.
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sUTE EEsM PACIFIC EsAHIEs0AE]
Winter Arranuan,ant
Ez5.f.zz2 Eeizlzz:a $50 fssazg
- e $50 Es.s - o.

- - 6 -sg g 9r=.iHt
APASSENGER TRAIN FOR MARSHALL and in
termediate stations leaves Shreveport Daily Sudavs
excepted at - O'Clock P NJ, arriving at Marshall Mt
NJ Rcturning-Leaves Marshall at { O'Clock A al
and arrives at Shreveport at 10 A. NJ
Connects at Marshall with stage line to Narasota, on
Texas Central Railroad, via Henderson, Rusk Crockett
and Huntsville Also to Waco via Jefferson Mount
Pleasant, Paris Bonham and Dallas Also, with Brad
field Cos new stage line direct to Dallas via Tyler
Canton and Kaufman.
Two large livery stables at Marshall ur nsh vehicles
and horses for other points.
fe24 en- JOHN HEWETT Sunerintcnaent
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HING fIIs III,
Assured-(NoT BY JAMES PARTON OF course he will
For number of reasons, Among Others because h
may not be able to have it done later in life as on ,c
count of impaired health the companies may not accept
him; because the premium charged will be higher the
longer he puts it off; because it encourages economy
and thrift because it is the best way of laying I'D
money; because (f married) he thus provides for his
family in Of early death; because it is excel
lent investment because it is way of protect
ing his wife and child from want; because he makes,
money by it ere,y year.
The question naturally rises, where will the " coming
man Z" insure? The answer obviously is in the
Carolina Life Insurance Company: because it pays
losses promptly is doing the largest business in North
Louisiana is Home Company and he has talked
with Capt. Bell, the agent for Caddo and DeSoto.
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IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DIscoyERY-A paris dia
paeeh SAYS the Moniteur Universal announces that Mr.
Maurice iopn has found in the public archives neon
trovertibe evidence Of the name title and rank Of the
individual who, under the name of The Iron Masked
man. spent his lille in prison. This character one Of
the most interesting in history, is soon to be made
known to the public under the auspices Of Mr.. Msnet
the distinguished French historian