The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-07-06
Miscellaneous Items.

Forty Second Congress- and the probable results upon
| opposition in that body says
The hope that the elections for the next Congress
will show Democratic majority in the House of Rep
resentarives far from untounded Every election
that has taken place this spring has given indications
| that the power OF RIdicallsm is decayiIg The dead
weight OF corruption, venaity, vanous office holders
class legislation aud oppressive taxation which it has
been laboring undo is gradually, but surely breaking
its back
At the last election foI Congress, chance and the
nayonet the Radical side. In all the close dis
tflcts the ,dical candidates returned Fifteen
! oil their members gained majorties running
heo" five hundred. They were Roots, OF Arkansas,
tour hundred and sixty seven Julian, of Indiana,
hundred and sixteen; HILL of New Jersey, seventy
Ketchum, of New York, four hundred and twenty.
five; Schenck, Of Ohio two hundred and forty five ;
Stevenson of Ohio, four hundred and ninety-seven;
Smith, OF Ohio three hundred and thirtv-three Wi
Mans, OF Ohio, hundred and FIVE; Weker, of ONO
four hundred and sixty-two; Bingham, of Ohio four
hundred aud sixteen; Cake OF Pennsylvania, two hun
dred and twenty-five; Mercer, of Penusy vana three
hundred and eleven; Cessna, Of Pennsylvania fifty
four; Paine, of Wisconsin, four hundred and twenty
nlne Besides this in every contested district the
has been given to the Radical, regardless of right
Such combination of circumstances and successful
frauds, cannot win twice in succession.
THE SEPARATING CorroN GGN.-In several of our
exchanges lately We have noticed accounts of a
cotton gin which has been recently tested in ST. Louis
BY 1t the labor of picking cotton from the bos is
tlrely dpened with, the bolls, cotton aud all being
pucked from the stalk Three four bos are grasped
at once. and i'll this crude state are placed in the
ceiVer of the machine which separates the from
the huSkS leaves, stems dirt and sand, by running
through the picker as fast it is wanted for gin
ing The planter sends his hands into the field, where
they gather N the all Tho ured
cotton, whether the bos open not 1t is stored
IN this state until convenient time for running through
the machine. 1t is estimated that hand can pick
one thousand pounds OF cotton in the quicker
than person could pick hundred and fifty pou DIS
after the old style. 1t ia said that plantation OF
5I0 of bottom land, single machine will save
IN cotton and labor, from $1,000 to $4,000 year
Besides turning out better article, the new machine
will extract least fifteen per cent cotton THAI
saved under the old process. 1t is stated that
arrangements have been made to place a large
Der OF these machines on the market
A RICH CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY IN THE PENSION
BUSINESS The United States pension agent tor Ala
bnms has been favored with the following juicy letter
from of the Jones family:
WETUMPKA, Ala, March 26. 1870.
DedT Sr-l am just now in receipt OF your circular
dated the "a h of November 1869, closing the blank
TO be filled by me ''uvad customer upon the
Government of the United States | au,, untortun
aHFaHu hhFluS my HI iDe Ddtiie
of Murfreesbo'o Tenn, while in the service of the
Confederate yates, Thirty fourth Alabama regiment,
company F, but up to this time, pleased state
that am not "pensioner upon any government
On the contrary, am now lahorlng daily leg
assist in paving pensions those uho shot the other
off. Not being able to use The papers sent me, and
not knowing ATTY VIM Jones in this county formerly
a member OF the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteers
reiDclose them to you. l remanty trrlv. etc,
VIM JONES.
n. Bit is highly probable that the WIN. Jones of
!zshom you are i" search is a" fifteenth amendment
Massachusetts filled her quotas in the United States
irmy during the late mostly from that class OF
popuation) and has gone assist in recoustructing
our sister State Mississippi. We may expect him to
retu'n to Alabama. Though au invalid he will be
sbe to vote in several counties.
Speaking of the proposed Masonic Temple in
Ne" York, the Times, OF that city, says:
THE hall, when finished, will be of the most
elegant structures in the city the total cost amounting
nearly ST. 600 900 The location is desirable one
Sgug the northeast corner of Sixth avenue and
Twenty third street The lot is ninety-nine feet on
the avenue and IA on We street and il entirely paid
tor. The cost S340NOn. Over sl5oOoO is al
ready in the hands Of the committee, with which to
begin the erection of the structure The lower
stories will be devoted stores, which will be rented,
While the other stories comprise large room to be
used tor the meetings. Of the Grand Lodge, rooms for
CnmmandpEy purposes and for the OF Royal Arch |
Chapter MasonS, and number Of Master MaSons'
Iodge.rooms. These rooms will also be rented to the
various bodies, and thu income derived from the build
ing, after paying tax s, insurance. etc will be de-
voted togke rfppot 81 an as> lum for the b"neft of
aged and ndigent Mister Masons, their widows and
orphans 1t is proposed TO complete the work in two
years." ~
That expensive institution, the Bureau of Immigra
ton, has, Mt last, succeeded in bringing few i'm
migrants to Louisiana. We See it stated that, with
the aid OF Chicago emigrant agency seventy Swedish
immigrants were located several Red River panta-
rions. When take into SQnsideration that the
Bureau OF Immigration. which Involves an annual ex-
pense of upwards 81, $50 t3he State has been
tabished with Saeasview of obtaining, through this
Ige' cy, direct immigration from Europe, cannot
the logic of the President OF the Board of
Commissioners OF Emigration that it is better get
immigrants by the way of Chicago" According to
this theory, the expensive trip OF the head of nmi
grafton Bureau to Europe, some time ago, has not
been productive of much good Our planters can
tteAs sases obtain laborers from the Western cities
without invoking the aid of the Commissioners of Im
migration. n. o. Pcayune.
The PEOPLE SouNDER THAN THE PoLlTICIANs-T
elections OF late have surprised the politicians The
people have at last risen il their might and stop
ping the Radical revolution. The politicians are stiff
tening their backs They find that the people not
Wiling to surrender the rights of the States in obed
rnce to any fraudulent amendment. The following
extract from the New York Standard Rad J although
intended convey the false impression that the De-
nocraCy propose to resort violence is nevertheless
significant OF the fact that programme of active op-
position to the frauds OF Congress is about be
tered upon:
The election law passed by Congress. by which it
is intended to secure purtyein eebsSous, has thor
oughlv aroused the Democracy and the leaders lin
talk of resistance Federal authority. 1t is said
that special session OF the Legislature sded to
initiate war measures and that deegatiS 2A this
:ity yesterday to ask the Governor convene that
body. The result has not vet TRANSFERRED but it is
impossible that Governor Hoffman nay acceie to the
quest. Stringent legislation in opposition to the
cent action OF Congress is TO be enacted and the old
principle of State rights TO be revived The bills to
1e passed not yet matured, but these ported
o teFn part of the matter considered i'll the confer
.nce with the Governor"
A CHARACTERISTIC RETURN FOR SOUTHERN Hosp1-
'ALTTY In the debate IN the Senate Moudav Sen &
'tor meron expressed his conviction the result
IT personal observations during recentvisit 10 the
south, that the rebrlious spirit of the people sill
live, as known by the contemptuous reterer&e to
Northern men, WheE they appreciate their guilt, it :,
would be time enough to bestow clemency7' =
TINS man at the Georgia State FAIR held in Ma.
ION last November and personal kno wfsge vas
he recipient of the kindest and generous hosp-
"lItes, both public AID private He could~<mtN@aB =
'een treated more courteous4y N VI. .
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