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

tlons advocating the formation of new party and
cohaemnlnG that sentiment which favored secession
and an adherence to the old Democratic party. with
its manifold" corruptioDsn and 50 forth and 81 IN
In response to this movement, aud to put the peope
o. hoFehhnse right before the world, mass meeting
va" lately called IN that parish at which, among other
resolutions the following was passed
That IN thus aVowing our ready compliance with the
laws and Issues brought about by the arbitrameut of
the sword, we, citizens of Morehouse utterly dis
own all that deep contrition for past unmanly ollies
iatety promulgated by few Of liberty loving citi
zens, IN an address clothed in the ecstatic dcton of
the old priests of the higher law aud derogatory to the
people OF this parish, that few arrogated to them
selves the right to speak for all and did speak of unan
unity OF feeling and universal sentiment which every
man knows does not exist and further derogatory in
ths that asked the people to stultiy their manhood
ana honesty by admitting that they were wrong in
1861, IN loving their country and defending their fam
lies and hreside in that hour of our common peril
and Inconsistent in that they claimed to be conserva
tive, while their address breathed nothing but hatred
prescription and calumny The nnumerable test oaths
and ingenious constitutional devices of the Radicals
nave never asked more than this Honest men have
hitherto spurned the nauseating dose wheG offered by
regular Radical physician, and will continue to do
! so when offered by Southern quacks.
+ The NEGRo.-The New Orleans Pcayune reviews
an article in the XIX Century on this subject in which
reVie" occurs the following paragraph;
The negro, it is commended, sealed his own rapid
doom by his utter want of capacity to comprehend the
position into which his sudden emancipation had
thrown him, and by his foolish abandonment of his
best friends his former owners for the association of
vicious and unprncpled adventures and strangers to
help their selfish aims by binding himself as tool of
their designs through secret and oath bound leagues
fashioned by those men, BY his persistent rejection
OF the kindly offices and the proered friendship of the
Southern whites be has at last worn out their patience
and lost that feeling of sympathy which they felt for
| him. he stands henceorth as a defiant and antago-
nstc race to the whites, in vain and unequal strug-
gle to maintain himself in supremacy by mere force of
| numbers,
! The Alexandria Democrat has biographical sketch
from the Chimney Corner, of Capt. E. B. Ward, of
Detroit, Michigan, Who together with Col Arthur Ed
wards, has recently purchased the Red River Railroad
From this sketch it is evident that he an energetic
| liberalspiritcd and far-aeeing man The Democrat
remarks:
We have reliable information that the quantity OF
land owned, and the number OF men employed BY
Capt Edwards, enormously stated The one should
be 100000 acres and the other 5000 men. Col Ed
wards is here perfecting the charter for road from
Shreveport via Natchitoches and Alexandria to Ope.
lousas or ermillionvie and with which be and Can.
| tain Ward contemplate merging the Red River Rail
road with all it's rights and privileges.
No is hero to his own valet, and il is 40 won
der that congressional reporters from close familiar
lty lose thst awe which supposed hedge 10 majesty
and rate our noble Senators by lower standard than
that accorded at distance. As a specimen Of this
belttIeng, we find some of the prominent members |
invested with the following ncknames, either ilustrat
Ftng some personal popularity, or well-deserved |
otherwise. Thus we have Putty Face (Chandler) Old
I Pig Iron (Kelyl Wgwag (Cameron) Cherokee liar !
slam, Drunken Dick (Yates) Honest ri (Nye) Peck
sniff (Fenton), Gobber (Conkng), and Seedy Hanni-
BAL (Hamln) Times
. San Francisco correspondent of the Mobile Tr-
zhqpe4ssss writes under date of the goth May:
season of scarcity and distress appears to be right
ahead. The failure of the wheat crop n all the great
valleys OF the State is fully confirmed The men usu-
ally employed in harvest time are wandering about
with their blankets their backs, having nothing 20
do, and in some actually begging bread Our
normal population always calculate to earn enough in
gathering crops to support them during the forced
ldeness OF the rainy season. and their condition during
next winter will be one of unmitigated poverty.
A. D. Richardson, who was shot aud killed in New
York by Mcfarland for the abduction of his wife re-
ported the trial of Sickles who shot Key in 1852 for
skhe seduction of Sckes wife. Richardson took strong
grounds in favor of the acquitta of Sckles and said
no man should be punished for killing the seducer of
bis wlfe Ten years after the Sickles trial. Rich
aFdson killed for the ofense that he so strongly
eensured Key for and justified Sckles in taking the
lille OF Key Hon John Graham defended Sickles in
1859 and also defended Mcfarland
We had supposed all along that the inalibty of the
Pope was the question which disturbing the Ecu.
menical Council, but from the following we see that
it is the 1" chax ,as.ihstead of the Pope
l. If any one should say that the episcopal chair of
the Roman Church is not the true and real infable
n Tho IaSCnI "a
Vney chosen by God the most solid, indefectible
anr incorrupble ROCK of the whole Christian Church.
let him be anathemass
HoNICIDE.-We copy as follows from the Mnden
Democrat Of the lIlth inst:
Mr., Meredith Roberts, a highly respectable citizen
Of Bien7le parish, living eight miles from Minden
while hoeing in the field some distance from bis house
On last " Wednesday morning, was fred upon and in
SANITY killed By some unknown person, Nothing
lehnlte has TRANSFERRED to throw any light upon this
mar We will endeas to give further particulars in
sur next
The farmers of South western Georgia have dscoy
red plan for preventing hog thie7ing. They feed
heir hogs on srychnine giving level teaspoonful to
very three hogs at time The strychnine penetrates
he hog flesh and poisons it for three weeks there
liter If eaten during this time it is fatal The owner
MY has to let it be known that he gives his hogs
trychnine, and they will be safe This il valuable
discovery
hlsioFtunes aever come singy 4 man over in II
hama last week lo2t his wife and his family physician
N the same day. He is now searching for their re-
MAINS with doube.barTel shotgun, with the intention
bnrrFFing thensboth itsthe same grave
lC0urier-Journai.
~ Yankee, who had been Dragging of the victories
: The Revolution, was referred by an EDglisbman to
ae battle of White Plains, at which the Americans
'ere severely beaten. The Yankee hesitated little,
nd then remarked that at that battle the Americans
'mehoV d'd"tSs to ts any Is isgterss s e 4satI" r
Westcbester boy, eleven years old, cot ID before
Awake e 81 ssssfninga 5umfad out Of, the
econd story window to the ground, and then in a ",
omeWhat battered. condition rang for admission to l.
be house. Such is thzBhd effect Of early rising.
Two physicians in consultation at the bedside Of a
atIent, disputed as to the nature Of the disease At a.
st one of them ended the discussion BY saying VERY
ell, have it your own way now but the post mortem
i'll show that am right The patient was not much
n
The editor OF Chicago childrens paper received n
tier from lady subscriber who writes: Our little
ma died last week. after reading the last number of
our valuable paper" Parties #h6 have more chill
en than they want should subscribe for that peri ~
ideal Il
sbrewd Italian courier who accompanying "a