The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-02

Says the Courier. Journal: The New York Evening
Post says that S. S. Cox is "a sharp politician" Tha
may be true, but Ben Butler is a sharper.
The man who brought eightyseven ladies to a bal
in Birmingham, Pa, received the prize, a gold watch
Another who escorted ~ffty-four didn't.
1t i a somewhat remarkable fact that the more cor
rnpt Legislative bodies become, the more persistently
and emph"tically they are opened with prayer.
New Orleans Times.
The gas, so suddenly shut off by the Gas Company,
was lit again in several parts of the city last night, the
committee appointed by the Council having had an in.
tervie@ and made arrangements with the Gas Company
which induced this corporation to give the command.
" Let there be light n. 0. P~icayune, 10Th.
A clergyman who moved from San Francisco to
Philadelptia, on account of the superior moral tone. "
had his overcoat stolen while he was preaching there
An ltaIiait paper says, it is a singular fact that re-
ligious reSIras are always the most successful during
the short and dark days of the winter months.
1t is said that Susan B.. Anthony will be fifty wears
old to morrow. Susan may have lived in vain, but she
has been a long time at it.
A German pamphleteer asserts that. to bis certain
knowledge, the reports that Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert led a very happy life during the first years after
their marriage are entirely erroneous, and that the
Prince, on account of incompatibility of temper, at
one time seriously thought of separating from his
royal eonsort and returning to Germany.
IL IHest udys, Wien ln6 DO9gnten halr i" so closely
resembles the genuine inherited article. it NAV be diff
cult to say which is switch"
The Lord Mayor of London, at a recent meeting to
promote emigration, estimated the number of skilled
workmen out of employment in England as between
10000 aud 10000.
The latest style Of collar is Y shaped, and will soon
become all the fashion. The patent is an @ improve.
ment " on the horse collar.
NJ. Theirs, in a speech on the French commercial
treaty. praised England for her liberalitv, her hospitalitv
and the hospitality of her people but added that she
= embraces the whole world, and is vulnerable at every
point"
A man in New Hampshire, the other dav, ate fifteen
dozen raw oysters, on a wager. The silver trimmings
alone on his coffin cost twelve dollars and thirty-fye
cents.
Mr.. Sumner said, in his late remarks in the Senate,
that he had, throughout his career, listened to nothing
but the voice of public opinion and, like other list.
enerS, we suppose ne has heard little god of himself.
Ashley has written a private letter in which be de-
clares that the measure of his ambition is full.n
lie has made more than we had thought out of his
Gubernatorial and Congressional peculations.
A letter from Rome tells US that the Eeumenieal
Council is rather a dull affair, and that it has a great
many " sticks" in it. We suppose the writer meant
ecclesiastics.
A New York letter says: 1.-THE most elegant dress
ever seen in America, was worn at a late disreputabIe
ball in the metropolis. Twelve hundred yards of deli
white Illusion, forty yards of the ~eostliest gold
cord, thirty.eight yards of salmon-colored satin, fifteen
yards of white satin, and eight yards of thread lace
used in making this beautiful pattern dress. 1t
was made by an American modiste, after designs by
the wearer.n
An Indian has opened a pawnbroker's shop in Chic.
de Is a PaWnee. Exchange.
A New York couple, to be married in March. are
already rehearsing the ceremony.
After Spain has sent one hundred thousand soldiers.
the best part Of her lazy, aud thirty or forty ~gunboats
from the United States, 70 subdue Cuba and failed, it
is thought that the Cubans must possess some fighting
power. Boston Post.
A Gentle writes from Salt Lake City that the Nor
mon girls don't agree with the old wives of Brigham
md his elders, but ape the girls Of the period in man.
and dress, and dream. of a Gentle lover and an
ascape from polygamy.