The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-06-22

MURDER OF A tAITHLESS W IfE.-Ihe chicago Times
republisbes from Lisoon paper story the effect
that g Dan Jose Cardoso Veira de Castro ex deputy
orator, and distinguished writer" recently presented
himself to the Commissary General of Police and in
formed him that he had just killed bis young wife,
Claudina, who had dishonored him. He surrendered
himself to justice. They then went together to view
the murdered wife. In the chamber of death, ga
young woman Of twenty one beautiful still in spite of
her paor, lay stretched on a bed"
Daughter of noble family of Rio Janeiro; she mar
red three years ago. Her husband was model of at
tention, and they travelled over America and visited
the capitals of Europe. On arriving at Lisbon they
had been invited to the most brilliant salons. They
charmed the select society where theirs sought
One day the happy husband enters nol5elesssy his
wfe's chamber He wishes to surprise her by kiss.
He steps forward She is writing-of course to him.
He casts his eye over this imprudent womans shoulder.
Horror Her passionate and burning words are ad
dressed to lover He thinks Of stabbing her then and
there but restraints himself and retre9 unheard He is
in doubt whether to administer choroform in her sleep,
but concludes that she must know why he kills her;
50 at nightfa with his heart full Of hatred his eyes
glowing, and with the Of his rival on his lips, he
rushes her sezes her by the hair Of the head and
drags her into the middle of the room Madam,
he says you are about to die The unfortunate wo-
man tries to defend herself With strength doubled
by rage be SEXES her in his arms browns her face in
chloroform and when she endeayors to cry for help
he clutches her BY the throat and releases his hold
only when, without having uttered a single cry, she
falls Efeles9 at his feet"
With loaded pistol under his cloak, be seeks the
apartments Of the who has disbonored him. He
bis dearest friend, and of the most distinguished
men in Lisbon The servant tells him he is not in.
He waits until tired out when he tells bis tale to two
friends who take message to his enemy to arrange
combat without truce or mercy The latter refuses to
fight friend whom he has outraged so fearfully'
but hands them letter, stating that be should leave
for Madrid that evening" that on bis way to the
railroad he should pass through such and such streets
and that he should expose himself to the fire Of lis enc
my without returning it. The injured husband will
not commit murder" says the account probably for
getting that he had already murdered his wife, and
instead, delivers himself into the hands of the Com
mssary General. He lodged in jail, where he
awaited the decision Of the Judge.
NJ. Garrett the seduceF, the paper says has gone
to France, to retire to Trappist monastery.
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THIEVES FALLING 0CT.-We have at various times
alluded to the growing feeling of animosity between
the Eastern and Western wings Of the Radical party
on the subject Of the tariff The St. Louis Democrat
is the leader of the anti-tari movement among the
Radicals Of the West and refuses be whipped into
the by the usually potent lash of Father Greeley
In a recent number it says that there are more than
half of the Radical American papers Of Missouri that
repudiae the tariff platform, while every German pa
per the State has fatty declared that it will not sup
port such platform. In this declaration, the Demo
crat asserts the German press does not direct it sim
ply obeys the unanimous and very earnest feeling of
the German Radical voters, who say, with very great
frankness whenever they have occasion.o speak at ALL
that they to this country for liberty and for
slavery for liberty Of white men as well as of negroes
for liberty of exchange and trade and not for slavery
to any set of monopolists They need no education in
these broad fundamental principles which undere
true Repubcanism, and they to-day as they were in
1861 ready and eager to fall into line against the men
who oppose those principIes."
Alb, indeed? 1t is bumliating to the South that she
Tue Laat Will SUCH UdSF dIlle5
these Western beer drinkers, but we suppose it is IN
ayoidsble.
Our Texas exchanges are complaining dreadfully of
the mails Tho Texas Observer says that between
Rusk and Huntsville common farm wagons are being
resorted TO for the conveyance of mails and pas
seDgers.
Mr.. ]. Berkeley, of Houston county, Texas, has in
vented and patented cotton and hay press, which, it
is claimed, can do more work ina day, manipulated