The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
New YORK, July a-The steamship City of Paris
takes 81, $50 900 too
The family of MFR. than offer $4,000 and the
Board of brokers of an additional $4,000 Tor
the detection of Nathat murderer
LONG BRANCH JulHo-At the Union League
meeting it was stated th Florida needs more thor
ough organization. GenClark of Texas, reports the
efficient organisation of 1t State. Under Newcomb's
presidency, Conway OF Nv Orleans, made yigor-
Gus speech describing theate of affairs In Louisiana,
showing that persistent ess are made deceive and
seduce away members frotthe Republican party un-
der specous and false devils coming from the Demo-
cratic party
GREEN WHIrERIER. suLPIas SPRINGS, Va, Aug. l..
There are 700 visitors here Hon. JEFF. Davis, Gov.
Walker and lady, E, NJ Owes and Flournoy arrived
to-day. Mr.. Davis come prhtely and avoided pub
city Visitors here are seehg under blankets.
MOBILE, Aug. lon the eaern division, between
Mobile and Pascagoua, of the New Orleans, Mobile
and Chattanooga Railroad last I'll was laid last night
and will open for traffic this wee The entire road to
New Orleans will be running earl in September The
great draw bridge at Rgoets is early finished. This
road though encounterng the grses engineering diff
iculties is constructed the most thoroughly of any
road in the South; the equpmen in every detail is
frstclass The road will be very Ast besides greatly
| facilitating connection between Mbile and New Or
| leans and will shorten New Yorkand New Orleans
several hours.
Terrific storm passed this civ to-day; houses
we're unroofed trees uprooted, gods in stores dam
aged by water, four steamers sunk and driven ashore.
The dry dock forced from its rooring and driven
about nine miles up the river Total damage about
$4,000 No lives lost as far as known.
| New YORK, Aug. mo clue to Nashsn's murderer
Fifty thousand dollars reward now offered detectives
working at cross purposes. Nathans son. fast young
| man. suspected.
| MEMPHIS, Aug. CLOUDY and warm river falling
The Silver Spray, from New Orleans to Cincinnati.
exploded her boilers thirty miles above here, at IL
o'clock last night. The boat Immediately took fire
and burned up. About 26 lives are known to be lost.
including A. n Jordan captain Thaddeus Worthling,
clerk Ash Taylor second mate; Chas. Jourdan, steers
man; VIM Beatte, second steward; Alf Conveys, Sec
ond cook; D. Smith, berth,maker colored chamber
maid Fatally wounded-Ed. Long, bar-keeper; Dick
Gage; coored porter, name unknown Severely
wounded-A. R. Singleton, second clerk; James Cor
coran mate; Richard Nichols. Slghty-Ed. Patter
: son, pilot; Wm Fay; n S. Haines; T. W. Gill. The
survivors ashore and picked up by the City
of Cairo, which turned back and brought them here
J The wounded were sent to the hospital. The boat
7 was owned by Capt. A. s. Patterson, of Newport.
She valued at SIS, 900. There were only ten pas
sengers ON board, most of whom saved Among
= them Henry P. Rein. t
VI dispatch has just been received by the Chief of
q Police, from Grand Junction, stating that 200 armed
negroes marching that place to release some
ny prisoners, and asking for assistance
III Negro desperate named Charles Wilson attempted
to kill his wife at Beontins station yesterday. The
/ woman few to TIE house to her employer, Col. A. j.
Martin, and followed by the negro. Mrs. Martin
attempted to save her, when the end shot her, nic
s. ling severe probably fatal wound then shot his wife
e. through the body and fed The citizens securing
IS the woods in search of him.
IS CAIRO. ILL, Aug.--The steamer Dan Able burned
Loss $4,000.
D New YORK, Aug lit is ascertaned that the muir
derer of Nathan got $50 900. E-.. -a .
10 RALEIGH, NJ c., Aug. 1.-The Marshal of the Su-
lie preme Court returned from Yanceyville, where he
went Saturday to the last writs issued by
st Chief Justice Pearson. The of thirty
d citizens of Aamac Confined Burger, Kinks and
Lieut. Col Hugh Patton respectable citizens and tied
up several others by the thumbs to make them confess
1t they were Ku-Klux. Burgen acknowledged this to
S; gentlemen just arrived from Alamac These things
done by the Governors troops, backed he says
by the President and courts afford no relief yet The
people have resisted being determined to furnish
J. no excuse for any conflict that may eusue. Three
companies United States troops arrived here yesterday
from Fort Washington. 1t is said that two companies
have been ordered Yanceyvlle what the purpose
has not yet TRANSFERRED there has been attempt al
u resistance reported from there.
r A correspondent sends short defence of the
q character of Count Bismarck in which he deprecaes
, the custom of German Americans and of American
newspapers rdiculing him statesman, and of Sian
It derng his private him drunk
ard rowdy, &c. Had he been a Frenchman, !" says
our correspondent :" had he been the bearer of the
name Bonaparte, he would have been in the eyes OF
Germany rather, thank God, only in the eyes Of
the German Americans that eclpsed all his
f temporaries but he is only Prussian Count his
struggle with Napoleon is considered inpertinence
mis- egned love for his country pretence to conceal
his ambition and selfinterest Let hope that the
present may enable them to appreciate man like
Bismarck" f..
/ Our correspondent has permitted himself TO become
a little excited, and hence is somewhat incoherent
We had supposed that the man whom he champions
was universally regarded of the leading, if not
the leading statesman of Europe. .s.-z
"Parson" Gillespie, now editor Of the Houston
Uuion, does not do things by halyes-when he went
into the Radical party he went stay that ia so long
it is in the majority, and has BACKED himself from
head to heel-tap He deludes himself sadly If he
magnes that he wash off this black as easily as if
were burnt cork. In the coming time when it will be
to him and to his children the brand of CAIN he will
find that all the waters of the sea cannot wash him
white. He now advocates mixed schools regarding
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