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We gratifed to be able to state that our friends
Aessrs Kline Phelps, have length received all the
requisite papers to business in the insurance
line. They represent the Pacific Insurance company
OF St. Louis which has Il capital of 81 ,225, 600 Their
Office is at R. H. Lndsays house of business, on Milan
street. The rates are as liberal as can be obtained
elsewhere; they clever gentlemen, and last but no
least they represent very strong company Then her
can be no reason why they should not succeed,
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23
FROM HAVANA.

HAVANA, June 21.-Haytien news states that La
garre, subordinate under Gen Dominiques and candi
date for the Preridcncy bad been captured and prob
ably shot Dominiqucs himself is enraged at the re-
port His barbarities furnished by Admiral Hof.
Salnave considers himself nsulted by President Grant
sending negro minister to his capital Shock Of an
earthquake felt in St Thomas 2lst May. No great
damage, but inhabitants thoroughly frightened Many
canned
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

THAT'S So,-At meeting of working women of Bos
ton on the 2lst ut., it given out as fact thai
there UPWARDS of 10000 working women in BOT
ton that in numerous shops where over one hundref
are employed the earnings of each not more than
sixty seventyfve cents per week; that they are IN
many cases, obliged to live on one scanty meal da
and that many, obtain the necessaries Of life he
forced to resort to prostitution. Among other reso
lutions the following adopted:
Resolped, That the white women and girls who to-
day, in Massachusetts, give fair days work for thirty
cents earning in currency, as much objects of en-
lightened philanhropic sympathy were few years
ago, the negro slave women of South Carolina.
nhann
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

CHINESE IN THE SoUTH.-We have received CON-
muncaton from Waterproof. La, written by Edmund
A. Fuller, who has lived in California and who takes
issue with the publications made by the ST. Louis Chi
nese Immig ration Company He denies that there are
as many CelestaIs in California as represented he
states that they cannot be conveyed to St. Louis by
that humbug, the Union Pacific railway, for $50 per
head and that no engagements can be made for Chi
nese labor at the currently reported He further
more asserts that Chinese laborers in California are
controlled by six or seven Chinese companies, with
whom negotiations must be made; that about $40 per
month will bring them here, and that the best way of
getting them here is by water, not land carriage. He
thinks them well suited to the raising of all Louisiana
staples, being quiet industrious and suited correa
spending climate" n 0. Picayune 4
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

OFF WITH HIS HEAE.-What right has anybody to
offend of Grants college friends? short, but
pointed letter to the New Orleans Times says the only
reason given at the White House for the election of
Mr. Walton from the Office of Assistant Treasurer was
because the Cashier of the Treasury had the misor
tune to offend one of Gen. Grants college friends
Mr. Walton approved his cashiers course in the case,
which seemed to him clear one, when the political
guillone is brought aud off goes his head without
the privilege OF protest or explanation. That
comes of Mr. Waton's having head of his own
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23
FROM EUROPE.

BREsT, June 2l,-After the banquet, toasts in honor
of France, England and America were given. The
Great Eastern spced cable, and departed her voy
age Dispatches received from the steamer report
everything working well, with good progress
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23
FROM HAVANA.

HAVANA, June l9.-Jose Lacuaza, one of Maximil.
ians Minister'S died this morning of vomto. Weather
very warm. Spanish war steamer Fernando Catolica
brought into this port to-day schooner La Have from
Boston, captured on high seas near Cape Mase. Her
officers claim she was going to St. Mary's, Hayt
Kingston Her cargo consisted of Is Parrot guns,
field pieces, 5000 shells 400 barrels aud much
other ammunition. The vessel was detained until she
is determined legal prize
HAVANA, June 2l-Espinar reviewed volunteers
Saturday. Schooner La Have taken to Kingston for
trial before English court. -"
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

The ladies of the Methodist Church will furnish a
lunch at the Commercial Club Rooms tomorrow IRON
| TO 3 PM price fifty cents. The ice cream festival
as advertised from to II PM, price twenty-five cents
No charge for admission. Their object is to meet an
unpaid balance due on their church They hope for a
Ebaral
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

The examination of the pupils of the Shreveport Fee
male Institute commenced on Monday morning. The
gentlemany principal, Rev. J. Franklin Ford, kindly
left an invitation for to attend, which business pre-
vented our accepting. 1t must not be forgotten that
the exhibition will come off at Brewers Hall on We'd
nesday night The public are invited to attend
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

We are in receipt of programme of the first an
nual celebration of society in Staunton Va, con-
nected with the Boys High School of that place. and
gtatied to notice that some of our Caddo boys are
prominent actors in the proceeding L. S. Grain de-
vers the Introductory and J. II. McRady the vacdic-
tory addresses A. St. G. Hodge is the declaimer.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

WIcKED.-The pions editor of the Bonham News,
says of himself:
We never oath in our life; never got
drunk-cant remember when we took a dram never
shufed our fantastic toe in the merry of the jig
never had istcuff bit off any clever mans ear;
never had "greasy deck" in paws in life;
have been caught in grocery; neither smoke nor
chew chop wood OH Sunday; always go to church
always pay the preacher; always say prayers at
night (if we don't forget it) have been Methodist
fifteen years; have never fallen from grace nor been
turned out Of the church that know Of have doubt
less read the Bible than any fellow in the State
no Older than ourself have also read Wesley's Ser
mons Campbelrs Baptism, Bunyan's Pilgrim, Theodo
STA Ernest, Graves Iron Wheel, Pollards Lost Cause
and many hundred other great and good books calcu-
lated to mcy and sanctify the wckedness of our bad
heart.
Now, would it be believed Of man who was, and
who had done, all this that he could give expression
to so wicked sentiment as follows:
We doubt if can be christian and not hate
the Radical party in the United States"
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

THE RAILRoAD.-Mr. Haymakeure, the clever gen.
tleman who oiciatcs in the Office of Messrs. Burnham
Horr tells us that from the Sth to the l4h June the
road took in $1,000 for out freight and tickets. That
will pay the running expenses leaving the receipts at
Marshall aud way ,stationsa clear profit Considering
that the business season. proper over, this doing
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

Attention is called to the advertisement of various
medicines by Hyams & Kennedy These medicines are
of Southern manufacture, and are no doubt, superior
to many of the vile nostrums concocted at the North,
the purchase of which is a constant drain upon the
Southern pursue Give them trial.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

The protracted meeting at the Baptist church was
closed on Sunday night The grand result of the meet
ing has been ortyone already baptised and others to
be taken into the church Sunday next. This has
been the most effectual assault made upon the
strong hold of sin in the ungodly city of Shreveport.
The ministers and members hare cause of gratitude
and rejoicing.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

THE CHILDREN OF SHREvEPoRT.-We have all fallen
into the habit OF regarding Shreveport unhealthy
place for children. Possibly it may be so, but upon
reflection do not believe it. IF such be the case,
certainly boast of the most prolific ladies in the
world, for children plentiful as blackberries. We
repeat we do not believe it is an unhealthy place
either for children grown people. We remember
hearing Of the oldest inhabitants of the parish
who never lived in town and could not therefore, be
said to have prejudiced opinion the subject, say
that he regarded Shreveport the most healthy por-
ton Of Caddo parish. And indeed, aside from the
deaths from the two or three epidemcs we have had
from dissipation and by Violence in other words
CARDS the ordinary diseases of the climate there is
question but more persons have died during the last
twenty years from equal number of the population,
in any other portion of the parish than in Shreveport
This subject is brought to mind by hearing lady
remark the other day, that of hundred Sunday school
scholars attending the Baptist Church only living
in town had died within the last twelve months. The
school has not numbered that many the whole time,
though very nearly But granting that this is only
partially correct does 60 far to dsprove the pre-
vaing opinion? We would be very much obliged if
the superintendent of the other Sabbath schools would
give us some data this subject. Will not Father
Pierre particularly, come to assistance?
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

Mr.. Dew Tally's new building, to front both on Mi
lam and Spring streets, is rising like phosnix or one
of Professor Fenelon's balloons 1t has handsome
iron pillars and gratifedto see that the pave
ment will be laid with stone If property holders
would make the calculation, they would find that this,
in the long run, is the cheapest pavement, and it is
certainly tire most geneel
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

WHAT GENTLEMAN THINKS OF THEM-At LARGE
meeting recently held in New Orleans to devise tho
means of defeating the saughter-house monopoly, Mr.
Albert Fabre expressed his opinion of the Louisiana
Legislature follows:
In the course of his remarks, Mr.. Fabre character
ised the slaughter-house enactment one of series
OF measures emanatng from assembly the majority
o. whose members had all the cunning of the pick.
pocket without his wholesome dread of the Judge and
the jaior and all the instincts of the highwayman
without particle of his courage" and further illus
trated his estimate of that peculiar body one in
comparison to which, the inmates of the cave in Gil
Bias would be looked upon as a congregation of
saints"
The addresses Of all the speakers were listened to
with marked attention and frequently interrupted BY
enthusiastic applause, by over thousand eager
listeners.
If Mr., Fabre unfortunately lived in the proconsuar
province Of Texas, in the vicinity of Jefferson espe-
cay this honest and antthetic expression of his opn
ion would have led to military commission for we
must have "peace," you know. But living in the
georous," restord, he say these things, and
what is more, nobody deny them.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

CooL The presumption Of the publishers Of some
Northern periodicals is astonishing, We in con.
slant receipt of liberal propositions OF this kind III
YOU will publish the enclosed prospectus give monthly
notice, and send copy Of your paper We will ex-
change with you" Now, let us makea little calcula-
ton. In the first place the subscription prices of these
periodicals vary from two to three dollars On the
other hand the publication Of their prospectus would
be worth from ten to fifteen dollars moatby notices.
say two dollars, twentyfour dollars year sub
scpton five dollars Thus We are modestly requested
to give the value of forty dollars in exchange
for two dollars. But the strangest thing about the
matteris, that many Southern papers green enough
or liberal enough. to do this w-E WEE :.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

We are requested to state that tickets for the Masonic
ball. at Brewers Hail. next Thursday night, can be
had at the drug stores and principal dry goods houses
of the city Price of admission s3, including supper
See notice of Masonic celebration in another column
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

Mr.. John Howell has received a telerram fran, ap,;.
tor wicklite iasructing him no, to collect the one
per cent sar on gross sales Thanks Tor thar TITLE.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

SOMETHING NEw.-The train Saturday brought down
five carloads of beef CATTLE the first ever brought over
this line that we are Of certainly the first under
the present regime.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

We are in receipt of the first number of the Daily
Jimpleeute, and a nice little sheet it is Il snea,s
wen Tor the enterprise of its proprietors and for the
commercial prosperity Of the place Allah il Allah.
Jefferson Is great and the Jinplecute is lis prophet
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

A Honduras correspondent of the Picayune does not
give very tiattering account of that region-says
there are many more emgrating than immigrating He
complains terribly OF the taxes Le. him, by all man
ner Of means, come to Louisiana.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

Hops added to the food Of cows is said to increase
the amount Of milk. We should think It would 1t
least, make the cream rise better.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

1t is said that chest of letters left by Gen Arthur
St. Clair, Of the Revolutionary army to his daughter
Mrs Graham and BY her, at death transmitted her
son. who isrecenty deceased contains three thousand
valuable letters from the distinguished Revolu-
tonary officers and patriots than one huhdset:
of which are Washingtons. These relies have been,
kept intact since the death Of Gen. St. Clair in 1915
one having been permitted TO look at OF examine
them.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

Mr. John Howell wishes it kept before the people
that they will ten per cent by coming up on THO
one per cent tax before the first Of July.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

suIcins.-on last evening, the 9Th lust. Mr. W. A.
Horne, German professor of mase, who has been
living in this place for several months past committed
suicide by taking chloroform About wear ago he
made an attempt to kill himself in the city of Shreve.
port. No clue to the motives THAT actaated him unless
it was poverty He was a quiet unobtrnsive gentle.
man. and has been devoting himself for some time
past to botanical research Harrison Fag
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The Conditions Of Wealth and Trade.

In very suggestive article, under the above cap
ton, the ableedor Of Tie BuIetinquo these mem
orable Words from tie great author, Buckle, For
nefy the richest countries those in which nature
was most bountfuI; now the richest countries arr
those in which man is most active Paradoxical a
this appears first glance, it is nevertheless true,
has been demonstrated, almost beyond doubt even
by that vigorous writer The richest portion of thi
continent is the valley Of the Amazon, where nature
seems to have roted in the profusion Of gifts and
them abroad with such prodgal hand, that mans
will is as yet impotent to contend with her forces. In
dia s the richest portion of the eastern continent ant
to day as is the valley of the Amazon in the western
also the poofest--for the energies of man have no
been developed in either And 30 the valley Of the
Mississippi and lis tributaries is he fertility O.
lis soil and all Natural advantages ,heg stportlor
of these United States yet hesin sterile State
Of Massachusetts, whose soil viii hardly yield seanty
sustenance for its population, could purchase an EN-
prc in this rich valley ten times larger than the area
of that State There the activity Of has more than
supplied the want of natural advantages while here
we trust to these and TO these alone And as long as
we do, the poorer of necessity we will become. For,
the world ha. learned the lesson that is superior,
and can overcome The obstacles the mute obstacles OF
nature-that he can avoid the circuit Of Cape Hornby
building railroad from New York to San Francisco,
going under and going through the opposing noun
tains 1t can cut US off isolate and leave US behrd
" Too many Of u.s. says the Bulletin, " have been dis
posed to trust indolentIy to the unsolicited and un-
bought favors OF nature and ito view with the exag
geraon of melancholy the less favorable aspects Of our
climate and geography" Let us leave off this un-
happy way of thinking and of whining. Let us con-
front facts and confess the TRUTH that our unsoll
cited, unbought and unmproyed natural advantages
will not make ours city, without the cheerful actlv-
ity of its trading and enterprsing citizens-withou
building railroads, factories, &c. better spirit is
prevailing and it will organise not only insurance COM
panies but other associations of equal advantage to
country The great lesson we have to learn IS how to
cooperate how utilise the activity of man for his
own interest," how unite Wills purposes and purses,
so as to give the strength of many giants. We are
learning how to cooperate. The Commercial Club,
the Germauia Vcreir, the Working Mems Association,
the city aid to our railroad, the organisation of the
Home Insurance Company, all show the fact and we
should cherish and foster the spirit of concert
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We take the following extracts from the Jefferson

We, or rather the northern part of US, have been
oolno vast deal of excusable fuss over the Pacific
railroad, which is IT'S miles in length Yet poor old
Tn,kev which has for long been looked upon as etete
n,.red ont in short the :" sick man" that Russia has
,s snch an itching 10 physie has contracted for the
struction Of railway through It's dominlons' low
miles long, connecting the Black sea with the Adratc
hsc;nnna at Constantinople and ending at Trieste
.,h branches to Earna and the Black sea- and to
polar,le on the Dannbian frontier.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

: The New York Post publishes sensation dispatch
from Washington, 10 the effect that the Radical party
design conducting the autumn elections on the AKA
bama question, thus taking the wind out Of the sails
Of the Democracy This report is said to have made
quite stir in political circles
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

"GwISE HeME."-Albert Tyler, It negro was exc
cuted at Richmond, VA OH the 29th ut for killing a
negro woman by poisoning, on the alst of March last
He made full confession of his guilt but said that
he Intended to kill, not the woman, but her husband
whom he accused of having beaten him. The reporter
of the Richmond Dispatch visited Tyler the day before
his execution, and quotes him 40 saying:
Il have fear of hell The Lord has carried me
there and have Paulina there, not for my pos
ouing her, but for other sins she has committed The
Lord afterward took up to Heaven, and will al
ways live with Jesus They may take me out and
hang me, but that will only take the breath out of my
body for the Lord has promised to take me with Him.
to live forever" These and such like blasphemous ut
from the lips of the wretch who confesses his
guilt and says he is sorry for it, made US shuddet
and draw back with horror from his presence
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23

When the New York Herald is not looking up 81
fight, other people need not trouble themselves about
it. If the following squb from that rather bellcose
journal contains the correct view on the Alabama ques
on, we may sleep calmly and placidly, for the present
at least:
England has had "a notion that we wanted to fight
and the whole press has been deprecatng the views
that seemed to move this humor in US. England has
quite wrung her hands and tore her hair in the ex-
element Of regret that we should have thought her
capable of such bad conduct as Sumner depicted It
seemed that the terrible clustering fellows and
she the calm saint eager for peace and good deal
afraid of war; The fact is, however, that are both
afraid of war We know that it is evident destiny
to fight her some time, later, for the antag
onising claims of TWO such powers can finally be de-
termined only by force; but we know that the strug-
gle is to be terrible one and, therefore, we are in
no hurry for it.
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FROM NEW ORLEANS.
FROM WASHINGTON.

New ORLEANS, Juue22--Departed for Red River
Lizzie Hopkns san
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The question of crops is now all absorbing, because
this Is the critical time with planters. Accounts FROM
all directions are very favorable, and indicate good
yield Of cotton, and fair prospect for corn Every
body SO busy in the country with planting operations
that very few persons to town, and Natchez has
therefore dull appearance.
fNatcheZ Democrat 1atb
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FoKsw onn.-A gross Injustice will be perpctrnted
upon the female colored population crime that
smells to heaven about to be committed If the fair
Dnahs of this city and parish have tears in PHYS name,
let them prepare to shed them That gay Lo-
tharo with the ladies of ebon hue, known and sung
among them as Capt Me-" has cruelty deserted
thcm-hung them off the rude winds tear the cling
ing vine from the sturdy oak. Without further cir
cumocuton, the &C Hon. J. II. McVean," as we learn
from the following paragraph in the Monroe Intelli-
gencer edited by brother carpetbagger, is to be
married We anticipate that the court will be deluged
with breach Of promise suits instituted by deceived
and heartbroken Dinahs and Betseys of town and
country:
We have received the wedding cards of our friend,
the Hon. J. Fl. McVean who is to be married on the
oath of June, at Brooklyn, New York. We rejoice at
the prospective good fortune of our old friend, with
whom we have shared many pleasant labor, as well
as many weary march during the unpleasantness.'
We welcome of the farest daughters of Brooklyn
to the sunny South, and gladly inscrbe her name on
the roll of carpetbaggers who bring with them to their
adopted homes youth, beauty and intellectual graces