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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

DEPARTURES To DAY.-The Post Boy and Dora are
up for the city to-day Passengers and shippers will
find them both excellent boats, and their officers clever
gentlemen. The Post Boy is one of the largest and
best boats in the trade. Col Mason long and !avora.
bly, known in this region, will be found on board pre-
pared extend all proper courteses to bis friends and
to the travelling public
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

New York reporter says that ten thousand people
go to bed drunk every night in that city Exchange
If by drunk the reporter embraces all the stages
from tpsiness to beastliness he would no doubt have
come nearer the mark by saying ten times ten thou
nd
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

We return thanks to our friend Henry Dillenburger,
of the Mechanics Exchange, for half dozen of gen.
uine Rhenish Henry has the best of wines and beer
constantly on hand.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

mysterious deaf girl has been agtatpg San Fran.
cisco. reporter went to interview her, and while
taking down the points INDUCED in remarks which
would not have been complimentary if she could have
heard them. She stood it for some time, but finally
emptied the coalscuttle him and pitched him
down stairs He doesn't believe she is deaf
Exchange.
No doubt Miss Cecilia would have done the same
thing the other night in the character of Eliza, in
" Love in Horn, had there been coal scuttIe con-
venient
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

The Tennessee Legislature has before it bill max
ing drunkenness a midemeanor, and punishable as
such.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

HoRR1BLE.-A few nights since negro cabin on
the plantation of Mr.. VIM Sloan, about eight miles
northwest of Marshall, burned down. and four negro
Children the sole occupants at the time burned
to death. The Oldest was boy between thirteen and
fourteen years of age. Both parents were away from
home-the mother at wedding in the neghborhood
The fire resulted from accidental causes
- #Ea#& Harrison Flag, 10th inst.
The New York journals say Horace Greeley has ex-
perienced change Of hat.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

WARRANTED FOR FIVE YEARs-Gen Ames pledges
to Congress that the machinery of the Government he
has patched up for Mississippi will run for five years,
or so long the present incumbents hold Office At
the expiration of that time, should she not continue to
be loil what is to be done? AS Father Richie used
tn cav ,o7e 3o.,,ouS
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

We call attention to the card of DR.. Berthold Hahn.
The Doctor comes highly recommended. He was for
some time physician for the City and Sisters of Charity
Hospitals in st. Louis, and for time physician for
the County Poor House at Springfield, Illinois.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

Mr.. James Graham, who has been appointed act,
ing Auditor of the, State during the suspension of
Wicklife, is competent and trustworthy official
and old citizen, who has always borne good repu-
tation in this community He is in all respects well
qualified to clean out that Augean stable, and to pro-
tect the State and the citizens from fraud and oppres-
sion. Times.
Ten thousand horsepow at Lowell Massachusetts,
has collected population of 10000 and produces an
annual value in manufactures of $24 100000. Fall
River has population of $4,000, and valuation OF
$l7000,000. Lawrence, with power equal to Low
ellis, has already population of $4,000. Biddeford
and Saco, with $500 horse, have population of 49,
600 1900 horse in operation at Lewiston have already
collected $4,000 population and $4,000, 900 valuation
In general, population of 1000 may be looked for
by each l66 horsepower employed in textile or equiv
alent manufactures.
Texas papers are requested to publish the following
Ii my brother, Leonard A. HARRISON is alive and in
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-16

Texas papers are requested to publish the following
If my BROTHER Leonard A. HARRISON is alive. and in
Texas, he will relieve of great anxiety by address.
ling me at Atlanta, Macon county, Mo.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

The TOWER OF BABEL.-A writer de-
scribes the present appearance of the
place where languages got mixed :-"Af
ter ride of nine miles, we were at the
foot of the B1er-Nimro Our horses
were trampling upon the remains of bricks
which shows here and there through the
accumulated dust and rubbish of ages
Before our eyes uprose great mound of
earth, barren and bare This was Bier
Nimrod, the ruins of the Tower of Babel,
by which the first builders of the earth
had vainly hoped to scale high heaven
Here, also, it was that Nebuchadnezzar
built, for bricks bearing his name have
been found in the ruins. At the top OF
the mound q great mass of brickwork
pierces the accumulated soil. With your
finger you touch the very bricks-large,
square shaped, and massive-that were
thoroughly burned the very mortar, now
hard MS granite, handled more than 1000
years ago by earth's impions people
From the summit of the mound, far away
over the plain, we see glistening the gild-
ed dome ola mosque, rejecting the bright
rays of the morning sun. This was the
tomb of the holy Ali. To pray before
this at some period Of his life; to kiss
the sacred dust of earth around there at
some time or other: to bend his body
and count his beads, is the daily desire of
every devout hohamedan."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

An irritable man went to visit sick friend,
and asked him concerning his health The
patient was so i'll that he could not reply :;
vhereupon the other, in rage, said: 81
hope that | may soon fail sick, and then
will not answer you when you visit me-"
An inebriated man in Lawrence, Kansas,
was found clinging to fence, looking help
lessly at a neighboring row of shade trees.
"Halloa," said friend who came up whats
the matter, Jake ~" Dunno, hic," responded
Jacob, that id PROFESSIONS never gon' to
git past"
Milton Page, of Alexandria, N. H., is the
champion egg eater of New England On the
28th ult., he stretched himself outside of
eighty-fve of the largest eggs that could be
selected.
An Hrchin of six or seven years went into a
barber shop in Racine, Wisconsin, and order
ed the barber to cut his hair as close as shears
would do it. He was asked if his mother or
aered it that way. NO. said he, "but
echool commences next week, and we've got
& school-marm that pulls hair, and I'm bound
to tx her this term, you bet"
The great artesian well at the insane asy-
lum at st. Louis has been abandoned to its
fate, on account of the sulphurous water
which continues to Cow from it. An attempt
| to plug up the sulphur water, at a depth oil
I 500 feet, proved failure, and the well is en-
tirely useless.
| An Indian stole blanket from q Missouri
river steamboat. in Montana, last summer
which WAS infected with small pox. He thus
introduced 1t into his tribe. and cut OF pop
ulation of z, 600 Indians, 740 have died of the
disease.
A cincinnati paper advertises for Is Girls
for cooking" A contemporary replies g You
will like them raw when you get accustomed
10 them"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

TRUTH IN Nut SHELL.-Dr. Lyman
Beecher once said: f." A great many pro-
fessed Christians have no other idea of
rel Sion than that it is the means of get
ting to heayon when they die. AS to 40
ing anything for God while they live, it
does not enter into their plans. | tell
you, my brethren, do not believe there
is one in five hundred of such professors
that will reach heaven; for there is q
magnanimity in true religion that is
above all such contemplate meanness. "
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

| SHARP PRACTTcE.-Stepping quietly
into the Recorders court yesterday, an
unusual spectacle was presented to the
view of the visitor. Seated on the re-
porter's table, the Judge was in earnest
conversation with a litigant, while near
him stood an attorney in grey, earnestly
watching-to repay his recognition with
smile of thanks for favors already
granted. He held paper too, in his
bands and on it was marked in broad
character" release" In the background
some dozen "wards were awaiting the
result of the interview.
what is the matter, Mr.. D." in,
CURED the magistrate.
I would like to get this man releaa-
ed" was the quiet reply.
"What has he done ?"
ooh, nothing of Importance; only a
case OF assault and battery"
"Oh, is that alls"
eyes"
"Who did he ASSAULT"
"Wcll, you see, Judge, the case is this,
the msn was grossly insulted, and he re-
scented it as YOU or any man of honor
would. Now you know Judge, you and
I had little difficulty this morning, and
you fined me- But let all this pass, and
give me the release OF my client! y
"Oh certainly"
The release was signed without more
ado.
by the way D, who is your
client?" inquired the Judge.
myself, sir. lust lacked the money
to pay that fine, and so asked for an &C
q~itt0nce
A look as blank as ever the face of a
Recorder wore came over the magistrate
face as he CALCULATED the simple exple-
tive
"The Devil !"
Just so, remarked the attorney, with
a polite bow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

SCARLET FEvER.-An eminent ply
stefan of Boston, robs scarlet fever of
many of its terrors, by prescribing for
the patient warm lemonade, with little
mucilage as often as desire J, and applica-
ton of warmth to the stomach. He di-
reefs that sheet should be wrung out OF
hot water and laid on the stomach, renew
ing it as often as it cools. Nothing else
but lemonade is to be given.-With this
treatment he guarantees that not one in a
hundred cases will prove fatal. We
have known elder alone 30 cure more
than one obstinate case. A vegetable
acid appears to be the specific. Enough
salt in childrens, yictuals may almost
be 8 propAyZares for eruptive feyers.-Es.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

The report was received with hearty
approval, and after remarks by the Rev.
Messrs. Goodwin, Butler and Peck and
several others, it was adopted entire. A
committee was appointed to forward a
copy of this report to the Senate and AS
sembly of this state, with notice of the
unanimous action of this Convention
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

ReCd the touowi''s stssr FROM
oas Of ito eldest e'sd naas
reliable grocery merchants IN
tie city Of Davenport.
FRIEND WALTON:
Agreeably to my
promise to you when
here, / write you, for
publication if you SEQ
proper, a true state
ment OF the good eli.
fects of ROback' 3
Stomach Bitters upon
myself. / had been
troubled with indi.
gestiOn for q Iona
time, attended with
evereheadache, par"
ticularly Alternating
when fortunately an
old soldier friend
came into the store
and recOmmendedme
to use ROback's Bit
ters. L did SO by taxi
ing a small wine-glass
full just before each
meal, and to my great
Joy | was relieved at
once, and am now
well by their use. |
would not be without
them at any price. |
have not taken any
other medicine since
/ commenced using
the Bitters. And |
can say with a clear
conscience, try RO-
backs Bitters-they
will do all they are
recommended to do
if taken according
to directions.
Yours truly,
FRANK III. MILLER.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

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The attention Of our reader is directed to
she advertisement OF GOES COUGH Ball.
SAM and GOES DYSPEPSIA CURE in an,
other part Of this paper.
These truly Valuable Medicines are recon-
mended by all who use them. Read the Ger
tihcatee. 3St
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10
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"OId Reliable.

The abeve establishment will be
conducted the coming year under
better facilities for accommodating
the wants of its Friends and Patrons
than ever before.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

The terms of the "Old Reli able
will always be Reasonable, but
Greenbacks will be taken at Par.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13
A War Cloud in the MOrthwest.

The Chicago Republican says: The
news We print from the Red river country
is Of unusual interest. Transactions are in
progress there of which it appears unlikely
that the United States remain a mere pas
sive spectator. If reports are to be cred
tied, an Indian war is imminent on our
Minnesota and Dakota border, which must
p%reforco expose our own citizens to its
barbarities and dangers. 1t is asserted
that Gov. McDOugall, who claims to be
the Governor of the British province of
Winnipeg, but who is repudiated by his
subjects, is organizing savage indians to
enforce his authority, and is already pre-
pairing to launch them upon the settlers
of the Territory in the vicinity of Fort
Garry. With the question of Gov. Nc
Dougall's right to suppress what he calls
an insurrectiOn in his province, we have,
perhaps, nothing to do; but when our own
territory and American citizens are men
aced with the horrors of Indian massacre
for McDougall certainly cannot restrain
the savage propensities of the Indians
when once they have tasted blood-it be-
comes the duty of our Government to
take prompt measures for the protection
of its people,
The accounts, it is true, are principally
from sources in sympathy with the insur-
gents rather than with the so-called Gov
ernor, and may, therefore, be exaggerat-
ed; but the news from the Northwest vii!
be awaited with deep anxiety, for it may
bring intelligence that a most barbarous
and relentless war has been inaugurated
on our immediate frontier line.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13
Tennessee Legislature.
Senate.

Senate.
THURSDAY, Jan. 6.-No quorum in the
Senate to-day.
House.
In the House 6fty-six members were
present.
All bills relative to the Penitentiary,
we're made the special order of the day for
Monday next.
Thomas introduced a bill making drunk
enness of public officers a misdemeanor.
Dillon introduced a bill to punish war
dens who fail to pay money due their
wards.
House bill for compensation to tax COL
~lecters, was taken up and Senate amend
ment that no collector shall receive over
$4,000 annually concurred in.
Senate amendments to House bill abol-
ishing the Governors staff were concurred
in.
House bill chartering the Louisville and
Chattanooga Railroad, passed third read
ing, by a vote of SO to 8.
House bill prescribing the duties of tax
collectors as to taxes hereafter to be paid
in Bank of Tennessee notes, passed second
reading, with an amendment striking out
the section requiring County Courts to re-
ceive such notes for taxes.
The general impression is that the Com
mittee of New York bondholders, now on
the way here, will be sent back with a flea
in its ear.
While the Legislature is in favor of
honestly meeting all the liabilities asfar as
possible, it hasno intention Ofturning over
the financial affairs of Tennessee to Wall
street.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13

The Radicals profess great respect for
the negro, but they take good care not to
favor the professions of the negro when
he is likely to deprive them Of office. A
few days ago the Democrats in one of the.
senatorial districts in Ohio put the Radi-
Gals to the test On this point. There was
q vacancy 10 be filled in that district, and
the Radicals had an overwhelming major
ity, so the Democrats nominated a negro
who was of course badly beaten, because
some white Radicals wanted the place.
The New York Tribune says "the Demo-
Gratis in Ohio have taken a cheap occasion
to evince their recognition of equal rights
by nominating a colored man for the State
Senator in a district where a vacancy has
occurred, and where they have as much
chance of elocting their candidate as they
have of carrying Massachusetts," If the
friends and followers of the Tribune de-
sire it, they could not improve the chan
ces of the colored brother in the Ohio dis
trict, but have elected him. They did
not however. The Radicals profess to
wish negroes in places of honor, trust and
profit, yet when a chance is offered to car
ry out their doctrine in Ohio, they leave
the negro severely to himself.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13
House.

Wilson introduced a bill allowing fem
mes covert to have the same power as fem
mes sole, in the disposition of real estate,
by will or deed.
Steele introduced q bill providing that
the notes of the Bank of Tennessee, issued
prior to May, 1861, be receivable for tax
es.
House resolution, looking to the estab-
lishment of branches to the Penitentiary
in the Eastern and Western Divisions Of
the State, was adopted.
House resolution providing that the
Comptroller shall not receive Bank of
Tennessee notes fromtax collectors, except
where paid to the latter for taxes, passed.
House bill prescribing the duties Of
revenue officers, in the collection of taxes
in Bank of Tennessee notes, passed third
reading, with an amendment that notes
issued prior to May 9th, 1861, shall be SO
received.
The following Senate bills passed on
third reading: Repeating Acts to enforce
the laws Of the State, and defining the
qualifications of jurors; To incorporate
the Firemen's Insurance Company Mem
phis, with an amendment incorporating the
Mountain City Fire and Marine Insurance
Company, Chattanooga The Tennessee
River Cotton Factory, of Chattanooga.
and the Chattanooga Furniture Company.
Senate bill levying a tax of 20 cents on
the dollar, for State purposes. wa laid on
the table.
G. W. Jones, of Lincoln county, is spo-
ken of as President Of the State Convention,
John Netherland has also a good man
supporters.
Very few delegates have arrived thus
far.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13
Fanaticism is its own executioner.

Grant is reported to have said hat he
would appoint no Southern man to Office.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer tRadical) explains
Grants position on this question as fOllows:
'The President informed two Southern
Senators hat he had MODIFICATION to the
appointing Of Southern man for Judge
in Justice Swayne's place, if they could
present one whom he considered able to
fill the place. He had looked around and
could not learn of any who were qualified
for the position. He would not say there
were none, but he did not recognize any
in their prominent men as he knew them"
That is to say, he regards the people of
the South as a set of ignoramuses.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13
CHANCERY SALE
Valuable Lands.

E.. ]. Mumford, Administrator, &C. vs.. Susan
Hawkins, ct ais.
PURSUANT to . decree rendered in this cause
IL bygtheC hancery Court at Madisonyills, Ten
nessee, at Decree term, 1869, | will expose to
sale, by public cutlery, to the highest bidder, ct
the Court House door I'M Madisohyills, on the
7tA Day Of February next.
the interest in the lands mentioned and de-
scribed in said Decree, to wit I: An undivided
one third interest in o tract Of land containing
about 42o acres, lying in the 18th Civil District
of Monroe County Tenn, on the waters Of Natchy
Greek, being the same on which Susan Hawkins
now lives. Also, an undivided one half inter-
est in remainder in one other undivided one
third of said tract Of land, the. remainder inter-
est in said last named one third being limited
upon a life estate in the same, devised to said
Susan Hawkins during her natural life by the
last will. Of John Hankins dcceasedss "a sssnl
TERMss--MINIMUM PRICE $3.50.
Nine and Eighteen months credit, Notes with
good security required, and q lien retained for
the purchase. money. = s. P. HALE, @. 4 NJ.
January Is 4t-prf. $500. 4MS6
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13

To Printers.

The printing material of the late Press
and Times Office, at Nashville, and the
Job Office connected thereto, which is one
of the finest in the Southwest, is offered
for sale. The newspaper department em-
braces everything necessary to carry on a
gooe-size daily, and the largest weekly.
The Job Office embraces every variety of
type and material to make it complete.
The material can be examined at the Office
Of the Press and Times, in Nashville, or
any inquiries or proposals can be made by
letter to John w. Barry, Superintendent
Press and Times Job Room, Nashville,
Tennessee.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13

Attorney General Hoar returned to
Washington on the 4th inst, and it is re-
ported that he leaves it entirely with the
President to withdraw his name, or to al
low the Senate to act on it again-just as
the Executive may see proper. Some of
the correspondents say Grant wants Hoar
confirmed, while others say that he was
awaiting the return of Hoar to consult
him. The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette says: "Some peo-
pie here say a strong effort will be made
on the reassembl bling of the Senate to get
Hoar's case up again, and the M of
certain Senators who opposed him before
the recess are now quoted as saying %injus-
tice was done him then. In spite of this,
however, there does not seem to be any
good reason for believing he can be con-
frmed.n
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-13

siouers Of the Common School Fund tore
port within ten days after the passage Of
the resolution, the amount Of said fund
collected during the year 1867 1868 and
1869, and how it was applied. The res
olution calls for information that cannot
possibly be given within the time specified,
Rhea introduced a bill requiring depoS
tories of State to receive the notes of the
Bank of Tennessee, issued prior to 1851,
from Revenue Officers, and to pay the
same ovor to the Treasurer.
Harris introduced a bill to increase the
fees of Justice of the Peace, u,a,-v
The following Senate bills passed third
reading;
To repeal acts for the benefit Of Union
soldiers and for the protection Of sheriffs.
To incorporate the Memphis Real Es-
safe Association, with an amendment in
cooperating the Chattanooga Real Estate
Association.
To incorporate the Commercial Bank Of
Covington, with an amendment incorpor-
ating the Commercial Bank of Chattanooga.
R~elinquishing the State claim to certain
property in Cleveland. y
To repeal the law providing for a change
of revenue on affidavit of a loyal citizen.
All bills on the subject Of selling delin-
quent railroads wore made the special or
der Of the day for next Teusday, at IL
O'Clock.
House bill providing that the old issue
of the Bank OF Tennessee shall be received
in payment of taxes, passed second read
ing.
About half the members ofthe Conven-
tion have arrived, and all but one or two
will be here on Monday. There is no
room for doubt that the proceedings of the
Convention will be harmonious, and that
its action will be e~minently Conservative.