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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-13

NEW GOODS!
NEW GooDs,,
FALL AND WINTER NJ STOCK
E. & B. JACOBS,
WHOLESALE RETAIL
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, cLoTHrNe,
GROCERIES,
LIQUORS, HARDWARE, &c,
OLD STAND, TEXAS STREET,
Shreveport, Louisiana.
WE take pleasure in informing our old patrons and
the public generally, that purchases this Fall far
exceeds any heretofore made by u.s. comprising every
thing necessary for the wants of this section All the
articles enumerated below purchased either d.
reetly from the importers manufacturers, and
guarantee to sell at
New Orleans Prices. "a
Everything sold by us guaranteed represented.
sept3o If .-e e. h b. JACOBS.
poX LIQUORS
500 boxes Wines, Whisky, Brandy and Cocktails.
40 baskets Champagne, Krug and Heidseck
40 boxes Scheidam Schnaps $3.50
90 casks Porter and Ale, pints and quarts. ,s7
40 boxes : :. -
20 J. Champagne Cider.
so Bitters, Boxer, Goula, Hostetter, brakes
Plantation, Stoughton, Gray jacket, Helps and East
India Sole agents for Red Jacket Bitters. Curacao,
Ansette, Absnth and Peppermint For sale ~ ,k,
$50 tt T. q B JACOBS.
ToBAcco-
800 boxes Chewing Tobacco, all brands.
Z I
A full assortment of Smoking Tobacco
For sale by $50 If D. B.JACoBs.-
SUNDRIEs-
E TEA Black and Imperial.
CANDY, assorted, Rock and Fancy, Gum Drops
OYSTERS Sardines, HOLSTERS.
Snuff, all kinds.
Pepper and Worcestershire Sauces, Catchap
Pickles Candies. |
Stove Pipes.
Bottles and Flasks.
Tumbers and Window Glass.
Paints and Oils. .>'--
$40 painted Buckets, Brass Buckets.
Tubs, Churns, Selves, Broons, Washboards ,,&c. /
For sale by $50 If +. 3. JACOBS.
200 tons assorted Iron, Steel. s@47.-7.
Blacksmiths', Carpenters Shoemakers' and Tan
ners' Tools
Castings and HoHow-ware.
Table and Pocket Cutlery. ssr* -tz ~ %
Locks of all kinds
800 kegs Nails, Scissors.
Crockery and Queensware. -y.-
Glassware, Tinware, &C., &c.
For sale by $50 til E. B. JACOBS. /
OAR STORES r.
Bar Furniture, of every description.
Billiard Tables. On hand and for sale by
$50 If E. B. JACOBS.
i J ot'l I'VE ...... a-.. a.. -
large stock of all qualities and Gentemen's Fur
$50 f " - ~ ~ T. & B. JACOBS.
DRY GOODS --.-.
1900 pieces Prints, assorted, English, French and
40 bales Brown Domestic.
A full variety of bleached Domestic.
Lowels and Spun Yarns. @2$
Kerseys and Linseys
Ticking, Checks, Hickory Stripes.
DENNIS, Brown and Bleached Drilling.
Broadcloth, Cassmeres. .ra
Jeans, Tweeds, &C., &C., &c.
223 cases Boots and Shoes, all descriptions
400 dozen Mems, Boys and Chdren's Hats, of all
$40 qualities.
Shelf Goods of all descriptions.
For sale BY $50 If E.&B. JACOBS.
RoeERIEs
100 sacks Coffee.
40 bbls. crushed and pulverised.
1900 sacks Salt.
10 bbls. Maekerel. ~
Is Il bbls.
50 Kits
500 sacks sack Corn.
Is Is Bran Bran
80 bales Hay.
IS bbls. Olive Branch Whisky.
so \. Fleteher's
40 y. Smiths
90 - Wheat
90 :. Bourbon and Rye, all grades.
20 Il casks Brandy.
80 Is
10 Port Wine. IL
10 Madeira Sherry and Malaga Wines.
8 bbls. Peach and Apple Brandy.
10 - Ginger, Glove and Orange Brandy.
pipes Holland Gin.
=. Jamaica Rum.
For sale by Is3o If Z. & b. JACOBS.
90 BALES INDIA BAGGING -For sale BY
Nv Is3D IF +t,.a t. Il r. JACORS
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-13

DREAMS asn DELIRIuM.-The obseryant physician
occasionally remarks with surprise during delirum an
individual, whose correctness of conduct and CONVEX
sation leave nothing TO bedesred, will give utteranee
to words and sentiments which fill the bystander with
zhorer, and that lie will sometimes commit actions
wholly repugnant to propriety Scenes like this often
INDUCE those who privy them to imagine that
many exemplary saint is but sinner with fiisy
disgase-a sort Of Whitcd sepulchre full Of all abom
natons-yet the suenise is wholly incorrect Who is
there among WHO in dreams is not tempted to do
ard indeed to carry into effect Gin idea something
which. If waking he would abhor2 In such vision
have myself cut brother open during his Sleep that
might take out His lungs and cure him of asthma ere
lie awoke; and anatomsed my father after his DEATH
only to awake Mortified By the words which had all the
ringing sound Of resy \. hat are you doug, boy z
am not dead yet!f Tie Restoration of Health, y
b. Thos Inman, NJ. D., in the Medical Mirror.
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1t seems impossible for some people to clearly ~.
PLAIN themselves Of makes plain ana <mpla safe
ment Al illustration Of this fact occurred ii Con
gress the other day. when member named Jones
being DESTROYS Of increasing the wages Of the women
employed III tie Treasury Department, introduced the
following resolution: That all females in the EN-.
poymentof the government be allowed equal nav
when they perform like services with tile males MT.
a:ay, proposition absurdly put pfotlaeed 10 end
fcoarse mirth and unseemly miseonssraetion
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The Shirt of Song,

The Spirit of Song.
BY MISS JULIA PLEAsANTs
[RepubIished by request
oh my heart is as free as the fetterless sea-
Where the blue pillows joyously roll;
Though monarch once brought his proud sbackles
and thought ~
That their iron would enterits soul.
And the letters Of grief ike the chains ofthat chief
Round my spirit have often been thrown;
But bounded away, like child to lis play,
With gay and musical tone.
For my soul has gift like those pillows that lift
Their meodous impromptus on high;
IT'S the spirit of song, ever floating along
From its lo-like wave to the sky.
And though sad for time yet burst into rhyme,
And my spirit growshappy again;
II the bright stars in their silverwheeied cars,
Andthe moon in the midst of her train. -
Yes, sorrow awhile, but there will come smile
And contend for the moments control;
For the genius of mirth sang gee at my BIRTH
Which determined the flow of my seul.
You might fancy as WELL that the tempest could que
Or the darkness could silence the sea,
As suppose that the stroke of misfortune would yoke,
Or that sorrow would snbagate me. @&
For the lightning may fash and the thunder may crash
Till the ocean be torn from its cave;
Bnt the morning will come, and the thunder be dumb,
While the sunlight is wreathing the wave.
So my suferings upleap from my bosoms dark deep,
As the tall ocean genn uprise, r@.
But they scour away when the god Of the day ~
Ripples up the blue billowy skies. $50, -H-7
Though the brny convex has been covered with wrecks,
And though barque after barque glided down,
It rolls on in dream of the bow and the beam
With the pearl-colored moon in its crown.
So the hopes Of my heart only came to depart,
But dream and carol away; u 3
Like that sad coored bird in the time heard
With the charm Of her cuangeabe lay.
And nisfortunes down roll from the sheen Of my SOUL
Like the dew from that brides brown wing;
For my visions are bright and my spirit is light,
And love to be merry and sing.
And nv Maker thank for this world were blank
If had not the spirit Of song.
IF I had not a shell, which could bind with SPELL
The wild hurricanes pittiless throng-"
Which could soften scourge ofthe storms that emerge
From their dark mountain cavern aar; -
And go their rest till they win from my breast
The sweet light Of some beautiful star
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A DISTRESSING MATRIMONIAL MISTAKE The special
correspondent Of theSt Louis Republican, dispaching
from Nashville under date of December 90, coanluni-
Gates the following.
AN extraordinary matrimonial contretemps transpr-
eu IN hitamson county on Christmas night A double
wedding occurred in the same house and tile wedding
leSttVites We're celebrated in the old fashioned style
ana IN mat joyful way naturally prompted by Christmas
ana te oilssul event which made the two couple hap
py About midnight both brides retired rest, and
IN haif an hour thereafter the newly made husbands
loio%ea SUIT. By some strange mishap, each gentle
man found his way to the wrong room and ~aefually
occupied The brida! eouch to which be had no claim
strange as It may appear, the mistake was not dis
covered until daylight when one Of the ladies srieked
heF surprise after vigorous fashion. general hub
bub was the resn and at latest accounts the brides
were aisconsolate, partly on account of the scandal
created and partly from visions Of possibilities in the
am pros pective Au sorts Of schemes of reparation
We're proposed but IL appears that no tangible plan for
uhdoins this double mistake as arrived at The above
episode actually transpired as narrated
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THE EARLY RISING NUIsAHcE.-The Saturday Re-
view says;
or course, to rise early is virtue Of helighest
nalty, If you want to catch the first railway train,
ID you want to get through tainquantity Of special
Norl correspondence before beginning the routine
busness OF the day. But who does not know crea-
Sure of the ascetic sort who will tell you at o'clock
With invncble pharsaism that he had been up ever
since 6, has had his breakfast SO long ago. and
That he cannot endure TO lie in bed after sunrise You
ask what he has been doing with the three hours which
IBIS heroic fortitude has thus given him. The chances
are that he has been doing nothing except contemplate
Ing, in Brahminc fashion, the beauties of bis per-
feeton and comparing them with the miserable weak
ness of men who lie abed until or O'clock because
theyknoW that there still hours enough left in the
solid day to use up all their energies. On the whole,
perhaps, might well be comfortably recruiting
himself in bed stalking hitler and thither the
house, round the garden into the stables thinking all
the time how good and great being he is because he
goes 10 for hair shirts Eating and drinking give men
of this temper another fine chance Of which they never
refuse to avail themselves, Of DOMINIC the hair shirts
and the which they suppose to belong to it.
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There is champion eater in Paris, who goes
about dining at prix Gxe restaurants, and il, like
Oliver Twist, always asking for more. Recently he
went to dine at the Restaurant du Grand Opera, II
you will give some one else turn TO day, says the
proprietor. slal. BE- really obliged and here ten
francs Cant he done as the ptieep was the reply;
the Diner de Europe gave me fifteen francs 10
come here
A suspIcIos. Nlien a lady winks, there is strong
auspieion that there is something ID her eye And she
fan generally see it
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SWEDISH Christmas CUsFoMs There Is custom
Pracneed in Sweden of hanging up in trout of every
house at Christmas small sGeaT ri vbaaf HI, e
ter provision Of the birds who would without this sun
ply perish with cold and hunger amid the inclemeneies
q northern winter In reference to the Christmas
celebrations OF that country Iongfellow tells Is hat
" the Swedish peasants dance on straw and tile peas
ant sirls throw straws at the nbered roof Of the hail.
'Eaa Tor every one tiat sticks in the crack shall
indeed For pioas souls there shall be church son %
nna sermons, but for Swedish peasants-brandy and
hut-pro@n ale in ~ooden bowls. and the great yuIe
cake, crowned with cheese and garlanded with an
PES anu nphoiing airqaarmed candlestick over tie
christmas feast, IheF mas fell tales, too Of joins
Finke Of Pigedaka"
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-13

BUs1SEsN MES-Tbe following anecdote Of Ben
Franklin is revived by the Chicago Sorosis
While Benz tmilt Franklin was prnter in Phladel-
phia, it seems be published a newspaper. Among
other things that received strong at his hands
were certain modes of trans#cting business by the
merchants Of Philadelphia. He handled tile knaves
in such manner az to arouse their wrath, aud calling
a meeting among themselves they waited upon the
sturdy printer, demanding to know what he meant
"Hcre," said they, 'swe have been patronising and
supporting YOU, and this is our reward. You must
change this mode Of doing we'll show you that the
merchants are power that you may not trife with.
Without our patronage where would you stanas"
"Gentlemen Of the Merchants Committee" said
the polite printer, {" am you see very busy now,
but call at my house this evening for dinner and l
shall consider the matter With goa in friendly
manner"
The committee, congratulating themselves that old
Ben was evidently frightened came to dinner at the
honr named But they were surprised to find nothing
on the table but mush-from III ground corn meal
and large pitcher Of milk TIE Merchants Commit
tee not being used to such fare, could do moth
ing but watch the healthy printer while he made
hearty meal. Rising from the table he addressed the
meeting thus: Now, gentlemen, he that can live
on such food live without your patronage. shall
cease attack those practices when you to prae
#tee them, and not before. Gentlemen, good night"
And for many year Philadelphia merchants We're
better and far honest, owing to this incident.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-13

GAgaTssa GO THE undersigned having pur.
FFtks1} chased this ell-known estab
Ss4ssr@<sa4sz IL lishment and put it in fine or.
der ughout would inform his friends and the public
generally that he is prepared to accommodate them
at all times with saddle horses, buggies, hacks car
rages, etc. of the best description, and reasona
bic terms as they can he had at any other establish
ment. Horses will be kept by the month, week, day
or single feed. Gentlemen from the country, wishing
to visit New Orleans any point the river, by leay
ing their animals with me have them carefully and
faithfully attended to. The. ostlers are experienced
and attentive, and ready day and night to attend
to the wants Of customers zsa5sszzzssz.7E
8 have on hand splendid new hearse, and will give
prompt attention to all orders for funerals.
Horses bought and Sold Horses and mules sold on
commission.
Thankful for past patronage; respectfully solicit
continuance thereof, pledging myself to do all in my
power to merilit
fe26 If SIMON KAHN
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TEARDWARE-
200 tons assorted Iron, Steel. .-7
Blacksmiths Carpenters Shoemakers' and Tai
ners' Tools.
Castings and Holow-ware.
ls Table and Pocket Cutlery. ..~* -fg ~
Spoons. ~
Locks of all kinds. IS ~. H. j.
800 kegs Nails, Scissors.
Crockery and Queensware. 49,
Glassware, Tinware, &C., &c.
For sale by , i $50 til E&BJACOBS
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StUNDRIES-
TEA. Black and Imperial.
CANDY, assorted, Rock and Fancy, Gum Drops
Raisins.
Oysters, Sardines, HOLSTERS.
Snuff, all kinds.
Bar Toilet and CASTLE Soap.
Pepper and Worcestershire Sauces, Catchap.
Pickles. Candles.
Stove Pipes.
Bottles and Flasks
Tumbers and Window Glass.
Paints and Oils. .'-
24O painted Buckets, Brass Buckets.
Tubs, Churns Selves Brooms Washboards &c.
For sale by fs30 If E. B. JACOBS.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-13

The Savannah papers Of the 10Th reported the fu-
neral OF Francis Mcneil, colored citizen of Savaisa
held in universal respect It was attended by more
than four hundred white citizens and most of the re-
spectacle people of color HIS pall-bearers were six
leading citizens of Savannah and the funeral expenses
were borne by the Democratic Executive Committee
m ~
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Dry GOODS En-. - "
1900 pieces Prints, assorted, English, French and
American.
40 bales Brown Domestic.
"A full variety of bleached Domestic.
Lowels and Spun Yarns. =>$
Kerseys and Lnseys.
Ticking, Checks, Hickory Stripes.
DENNIS, Brown and Bleached Drilling.
Broadcloth, Cassimeres.
Jeans, Tweeds &C., de-, &c.
22s cases Boots and Shoes, all descriptions.
400 dozen Mems, Boys and Chdren's Hats, of all
qualities.
Shelf Goods of all descriptions. 81
For sale by . $50 If Z. B. JACOBS.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-13

TFsr ORA COOP HusBAYp.-Look at the key hole Of
the latchkey the street door. # the paint not
rubbed otf two or three inches round tiff the edges
are as sharp and clean as when the door was first
painted You may be it is truthful indication of
good husband, who is most regular and so early as
TO scarcely ever use bis latchkey or supposing that
he does is accurate in his aim as to be able to bit
the key-hoe the very FIRST time of aiming at it How
many husbands who stay out late would be able to do
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-
An EXTRAORDINARILY THIEF.-Yhe Nashville Banner
relates the following extraordinary case illustrating
the ntntiye sagaeity with which some thieves hunt out
money hidden in the most secret places. We hear
with regret of piece Of bad luck to- clever and de-
serving gentleman, Mr.. Preston Dobbins, employed as
composor in the Office of the Press and Times. Not
withstanding the hard times, Mr., Dobbins has lately
by dint ofindustry and economy managed to save up
his earnings until they amounted to the neat little sum
OF $40, and this amount he intended yesterday to
place in the bank for safe-keeping, but the piece of
bad luck mentioned above saved him that trouble
The money was kept in his bible which he keptlocked
up IN his trunk Last Monday night, after hmselfand
wife had gone to sleep, thief entered their residence
aud breaking open the trunk gained possession of the
sacred volume, which he completely riAed of its fnan
ola contents The bible was left 90 the floor, as If
the robber did not want book which forbiis steal
ing. IL is supposed the theft was committed by some
person who knew Mr.. Dobbins bad tie money, al
though indications Of the search made before discov-
erinS the treasure SHOW that the thief only found ont
~ hunting the precise Of deposit Nothing else
was taken.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-13

The annual incomes Of the various ngIsl Bishop
ries range from Sic, 900 to about So 900. Ganter
bury rejoices in the latter figure, and sodor inthe
former. London and Winchester are each set down
at $4,000 year, and Durham at $40 coo. The other
Bishoprcs afeworth from 100000 to S27 900 year
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-06
Tho OrOfde Horror.

The New York Sun is doing the rural
gentlemen who frequent that city SER
vice by showing up and exposing the
frauds practiced upon these innocents by
the dealers iu oroide watches, who man
age to sell from thirty to forty thousand
dollars worth of these bogus time-keepers
per month. 1t seems that nearly hun
dred thousand of these watches were sold
last year to the ruin Of many honest
dealers. The oroisers keep a gang
of runners to inveigle customers. The
names of prominent genuine watch
makers are partially initiated, and their
trade marks used The dealers in these
pinchbeck watches actually advertise
their wares as "good for q year" and
their claims are so eloquently set forth
that the simple-minded are easily hoaxed.
The injury to the legitimate trade done
bythese unprincipled men is incalculable.
The idea of hundred thousand of these
things finding their way as gold" into
the unsuspecting pockets of so many
victims is almost amusing. "The fool
fishery" is the ant name given to this
species of fraud. 1t has many branches,
but the least are the seal ring" p" dia-
mond 4" and "jewelry departments. SO
long as there are men verdant enough to
buy this trash the fool fishery will never
want for schools of fresh fish in the shape
of fools of sll Sorts Louisville Courier
Journal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-06
An Incident Of the BoylstOn Bank
Robbery.
The Boston Herald says:

The Boston H6rdtG says:
Only day or two before the robbery
of the Boylsion Bank in this city, q
Young man who for number of years
has been in the employ of large whole
sale house in Duane street, saving q
large portion of his hard earned wages,
got married. This was on Saturday last,
at which time he had on deposit in the
b nix seven thousand dollars in bonds.
Of course plans had all been mstured
DAYS before for a wedding tour. The
necessary funds for this excursion were
in the vaults OF the bank. About 10
o'clock Oh Monday the young husband
called at the bank to obtain his funds,
when to his great CONSERVATION be was
informed that every dollar of his money
had been appropriated by the skillful
burglars. Who can portray bis feelings
No funds for the wedding tour-and no
surplus means for the support of a young
wife. However. it appears that the
young bride was a girl of more than or
diuary good sense. She was iu every
sense of the word heroine, came 10 bis
rescue, and frankly told him that she
alone was enough for the emergency.
She said they had taken each other for
" better or for worse" and il was SO or
dered that the worse had come first, and
they must be courageous enough to en-
dure it. This was consolation et the
right time aud In the right spot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-06

A public lecturer 10 New York recently
argued that science teaches US thatin six
thousand three hundred years more a
grand deluge will end man and make
him a fossil. Astronomy shows that the
earth is oscillating in the angle of its
axes to the sun in periods Of twenty one
thousand years. The zones are under
going q constant change. Now, at the
North Pole, it is growing colder each
year, and at the South Pole warmer.
Thus, an immense accumulation of
glaciers, or icebergs, at the North Pole
will result, while at the South they will
not form at all. 10 six thousand three
hundred years the glaciers will have
accumulated so much that they will sud
denly overbalsnce the earth. Then the
waters of the sea will rush from the south
10 the north and there will be q deluge.
There was strange and startling
scene in a Good Templars' Lodge in
Lexington, Ky, on Tuesday night, l6ih
uIt. John W. Alexander, a young man,
was about to be initiated, and as part
Of the ceremony, was offered glass of
water. He drew back with shudder,
and the recollection Of the fact that in
August last he was severely bitten by
dog, dashed with terrible intensity
across his mind. The next day he was
out, but the memory hsunted him, and
he said to friend that he would so home
and 20 to bed and die. he went home
and TO bed, and in spite of drugs and
nursing, that horrible malsdy, hydro
phobis, rushed rapidly to its conclusion
10 death. Wednesday afternoon be went
into his frst spasm. Wednesday night
he foamed at the mouth aud yelped as
dog, and bis paroxisms continued and
grew 10 intensity. Strong men held him,
and poverful 81 msiheiics we're admins
tered. He begged TO be shot and prayed
for death. Thursday about 2 pm. be
died.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-06
ar,aeipe the EngfIsh CbsnnsI.

Chimericsl as the project would seem,
French engineer has drawn up two
plans fcr sn international bridge between
Es..ace end England. 0ae plan is for
a single span, the other for ten spans of
two miles each, the bridge to spring from
The chalk cliffs at Dover to the chalky
Cane BIsnobez on the French coast
onposi,e. The exact distance is 3l5 feet
les than ls2 miles Each spso Of the
bridge is 10 consist Of FIVE vertical frames
for trustles, firmly fastened together.
Upop th,s vill be laid the floor, which
will be strong enough TO support twelve
full trains. The resistance 70 The wind
il estimated at sixiy-ihree tines the
strongest gale. The spans are to rest on
pillars laid in The sea. The estimated
cost Of tie structure Is ffty million dol
lars.