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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-16

LEGISLATIVE PGGSAcITY.-Two prominent coIored
members of the House Of Representatives had set to
last Wednesday In the ball of the House while most
OF the members were in attendance on that august
body, the State Seiatn sitting Court OF Impeach
m"nt. Their ratBts Isabelle and Desonde and
becoming warmly excited on the bill for the extension
OF tie Jackson and Great Northern Railroad to the
river, through the city they 70 blows Desonde
who represents lberve parish made the frst attack
striking at isabelles brtd; but missing hts aim.
the latter struck bin, on t'e no-e bringing dos
ot blood Drsondr tln caught isaeII in his arms and
sqaeezsd his neck until they were separated websye
not learned whcthe challenge 10 mortal combat has
iolIased tsis event FeaYans Hah
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-16

Looks LIKE Ir-The first real practical demonstra.
tion of an early railroad through country greeted
the happy sight of our citizens few days since On
Sunday number of employ es and wagons belonging
to the Memphis and El Paso Railroad Company passed
through our town oil their way to Little Rock Their
object as we understand is to build the gap 10 the
Memphis and Little Rock railroad. The engineers
that accompany the outfit said that as soon as the gap
was completed they would survey and commence work
on the road from Little Rock to Fulton We epresume
hope and expect that the above company have Dur.
chased the franchise of the Cairo and Fulton road.
from Little Rock to Fulton If so, we NAV look for
rapid work ON the road
Since Sunday number of employees and wagons
carts utensils &c have passed through bound for the
same destination Let the people take courage. We
will have sure enough railroad after while-and
pretty soon, too, We think. Washington Telegraph
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-16

The New Yotk World says that Chicago heiIes
Der their accepted suitors and marry them 10 rotsoa
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-16
EDWARD WILDER'S
MOTHERS
WORM SYRUP
EDWARD WHDER's MEDICINES

Are made and compounded in the most scientific man
ner and the most powerful known in the vegetable
kingdom and are warranted not only TO all the
diseases for which they recommended but to Grad
icate them from the system and leave it in the funess
of Its vigor and strength. They are alike prescribed
and used by the abest and most learned medical men
and by the ministry, and in instance have they
been known to fail in performing rapid and certain
cure. .....
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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-16
VOL. XVIII.
II r r M s.

THE SoUrH- EsTERN is published weekly at FIVE
D,LLARs per annum THREE for six months payable in
advance No subscription taken for less period than
months
CLuB RArEs.-To Clubs of FIVE, and upwards, to one
Office the South will be furnished at four
dollars per copy for year.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate of 81 so PER
SQUARE for the first insertion and Is CENTS for each
subsequent Eight lines or less, constitute a
square. The following raesto yearly adVerts-
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-16
Furniture Store
Shreveport University

Shreveport University.
rI,HE THIRD SESSION of this Institution will com
IL mence OIL Monday, January "a, 1870, under
the superintendent of Prof. GEO. E. THATCHER,
assisted by sufficient number of able and experienced
educators to give efficiency to every department.
thorough and complete pains will be spared to meet
the increasing wants of community IN the Commercia
Department.
Rates of Tuition, &C., per Session:
Primary department. W W
Academic Department. =. 70 W
Preparatory Department. t................. 30 ~
Collegiate Department t............-........ 81 w
Board per session. including washing lights &c. so 90
One-half payable in advance balance at the middle
of session.
No deduction will be made from the above rates ex
cept Of protracted sickness Students charged
from time of entrance Each boarder will be expected
to furnish his wash-basn pitcher, looking glass,
towels and bedding except mattress and bedstead
JOHN n. HOWELL,
President Board of Trustees.
Shreveport August II, 1869.
SHREVEPORT UNIVERSITY.
NNHE TRUSTEES of the Shreveport University are
Il pleased to announce that Prof GEO. E. THATCH-
Err will continue in charge of this institution
The Board are encouraged by the success OF the past
session and by public appreciation every freely
expressed to believe that they have met want of COM
munity at the light time and in the right place And
they confidently assure the public that no pains will be
spared to afford educational facilities equal to those OF
any part of the country
The University is located in very pleasant and
heathful situation two miles west OF Shreveport
The grounds extensive affordng ample room for
exercise, and the building is capable OF accommodat
ing a large number. = r.... ....
The extensive repairs made during the summer va.
cation add much to the comfort and attractveness of
WV '''~'''N JOHN n HOWELL,
81. President Board Trustees.
Shreveport, August II, 1869. [tf
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
Macarthur, August 81, 1870.
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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

Naturally enough, both Prus-
Sia and France are dissatisfied
with the course which is being
pursued by British merchants
under the neutrality laws
Each declares that the other is
the most favored, and both in.
dulge in open denunciation,
Prussia asserts that England
practically allows her territory
to become the French base Of
naval operations against the
coasts Of North Germany, by
supplying French ships with
coal. She also asserts that
E gland is a magazine from
which France can draw any
amount of war material
France, on the other hand,
complains that English mer-
chants are supplying Prussia
freely with everything she
needs, and that both the Eng.
lish Government and people
sympathize with that country
to an extent which impairs
their neutrality. Between the
two, England is in a fair way
to get the ill,will Of both bel
ligercnts, just as she did in the
rebellion in this country, and
yet it is said by her Govern
ment that she is strictly fulfill.
ing all the dnties of a neutral
under the laws Of nations.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

UNCLE SANS caravan of pIunder-
ing carpet.baggers, like John
Browns body, is still marching on.
A portion of the gang are marching
out Of North Carolina in disgust
The people-white and black-are
naturally disgu'ted, and enjoy the
retreat Columbus Crisis,
While they are marching the tax
ridden and abused people will re-
joico. Out with every carpet bag
ger. Out with Can CAN RApER, the
rpot.bagger from Chilicothe! Let
the taxes on sugar, tea, coffee, salt,
etc, be reduced 1t cant be done
so long as carpet. .bagger is in Of
fee Out with the whole clam
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

MORE OF ItIEM.-The white
men are moving: old Kentucky
is still sound to the core, and
the victories Of White Suprem-
acy over niggerism of all colors
are being piled up. Out of
some sixty counties, the mottled
colored voters carried four, and
the official returns will sgive
the Democrats a majority Of
about $4,000. The judicial
election in Tennessee has resul.
ted in defeat of the niger
party, and the election of the
Conservative ticket. There is
no other record now being made
Niggerism is dying out every
where.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

Ir costs something to organize the
Radical party in Arkansas, but
whether the luxury is q fair return
for tho expenditure, is quito anoth-
er question, Some two years ago,
Governor Clayton organized in that
State q band of thieves and scala
wags, dcnominated the loyal militia,
whose especial duty IL was to travel
about tho State and organize the
Radical party, This cost the State
one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars, with the following glorious
results, rs far as heard from:
A dozen or moro men murdered
by them in one county; three white
women outraged by the loyal negro
militia in Crittcnden county; fifty
thousand people prevented from
emigrating to the State, and u half
million Of dollars worth Of prop.
erty destroyed in Woodruff county.
While these results are not com.
prehensivo enough 10 satisfy the
full blooded Radicals, they will do
pretty we'll for a beginning. There
is nothing like time and experience
to developo the stronger qualities Of
the loyal Radical militia.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
Blanks of all Kinds.

We have a complete assortment
of Blanks for sale at this Office, and
can supply Attorneys, Justices Of
the Peace, Constables and others,
with any kind Of blanks or blank
books, including Printed Justices
Dockets. Come and see.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
Ohio Politics.

For conspicuous weakness, ifnot
entire inanity, commend us to the
platform of resolutions adopted by
the Radical State Convention of
Ohio, at Columbus on Wednesday
the 10th inst. While it is intended
to mean anything or everything to
suit occasion or locality, it is abso-
lutcly meaningless.
A perusal Of the third resolution,
leaves the matter perhaps in doubt,
just how The party in Ohio stands
on the tariff question, 1t is rs fol-
lows:
RcSolred, That a tariff for rcEc-
nue. is indispensable and should be
so adjusted as to be the least prciu.
dical to the industrial and produ-
cling interests of every class or sec
ton, which secures TO the home pro.
duccr fair competition against the
foreign producer,
What will the eastern Radicals
interpret that TO mean? Don't it
smack q little of horesy? Perhaps
our Sixth avenue neighbor; who is
pretty well up in the Chaldcac Rad
ical, will condcscend to enlightcn
us, and give his ideas generally on
the resolution.
The Radical party in Congress,
with the united aid Of the Ohio Rad
ical delegation, have succeeded in
utterly running American carrying
and commerce, as well as squander-
ing millions upon millions Of acres
Of valuable lands upon close cor
porations, But Notwithstanding all
this the Ohio Radicals resolved us
follows,
Rcsolrcd, that q change of our
navigation laws, so as to admit the
registration of vessels purchased
abroad, is demanded by the best in
tcrests of the country, and that such
action would again give to our plum,
dered commerce the supremacy Of
the seas.
Resolued, that the policy ofgrant-
ing subsidies OF public lands to cor
porations and monopolics is unqu0l-
ihcdly condemned.
Gentlemen, this is all bosh of the
scurvicst kind. The ghost has come
to haunt you, has it? and now you
fancy that you can lay ii by rcsolv-
ing that your past conduct has been
directly antagonistic to the interests
Of the country, The destruction Of
Of American commerce, and the
squandcring of public lands was
yoW ~ork, and the people mean to
hold you responsible for it. Your
pcnitcntial dodge is poor one, to
say the most Of it, If a horse thief
comes TO you and confcsses n pen
Chant for taking other peoples
equinos, is. it likely that you would
entrust him with the key of your
stable? Not much, we opinc.-
PitSJwgh Post.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
Seven Miles of Dead Men
and Horses.

HALsTEAD, of the Cincinnati Com.
merciaI, who is now in Europe, on
Saturday sent the following telc-
gram to his paper:
LUXEMBURG, Aug, 81.
| was present at the battle Of
Gravelotte on Thursday. The King
of Prussia, Count Bismarck and
General Sheridan were on the field.
1t was the third and great battle
for the road from Metz to Paris
The French were outnumbered and
beaten back to the walls of Metz
The slaughter on both sides was
horrible. IacaKed seven miles Orer
the feldS, Stre,cn thick acith dead men
and horses. The lines of battle were
with dead men in heaps.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
An Old Fashioned Teacher.

An Old Fashioned Teacher.
Johnny, do you know your let
tcrs?
Yis, sir.
Say them, then.
know them by sight, sur, but l
don't know their names.
We'll, this is A.
How are you, A.
You must not speak in that way.
In what way shall | spakc, then?
Say what Isay.
Yis, sur.
This is B.
Sure an is that B? / thought it
was an OK yoke.
What was that last letter Ishow-
ed you?
cant remember, sir,
What bird is it that lays honey
and stings?
1t is Il wasp, sur.
No, it is bee.
50 1T is, an looks like an OK yoke.
What letter is the third one!
| don't know sur.
What do | do when look at YOU?
| shouldn't like to say, sur.
| want you to tell me.
I'm afraid you'll lick me sur.
What do / do when | look at you?
Well, sur, you squint.
Cant you say q without the
squint?
Yis, sur.
Say it, then.
G without the squint?
What is the name Of the next?
] don't know sur, l niver saw ii
before.
We'll, it is D, for Ounce, just like
yourself. Say that
ID, for Ounce just like yourself.
Take your seat. The spelling
class will come up and spell, Spell
cat.
Ca t-catfsh.
Tisnt right. Now spell tub.
Y II b-washtub.
NotSight. Now spell frog.
+ g--hulIfrog.
Next. Where docs the sun rise?
Down in our lot, sur.
Next. Where does the sun rise?
In the east, sur.
What makes the sun rise?
Because, Yeast will make any
thing rise.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

Albert Morgan, white Radi,
cal member Of Mississippi State
Senate, and formerly Of q col.
ored Michigan Regiment, was
married to Carrie Highgate,
colored, on the 4th inst. at
Jackson, Miss. The miscege-
majors are now at Cleveland,
o., Morgan's former house.
"IIon. Albert Morgan" of course
will be received with all the
honors by his Radical friends
in this State. He has carried
out in practice what they main
tain in theory.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

Here is another shot from
Donn Piatt, correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Commercial,
"To the Government thus
centralized come all the busi-
ness interest of the people,
save those of the farmer and
laborer, each striving to secure
laws that will enable it to over
reach the other. And to this
usurped despotism come all the
rogues to plunder, through un-
Just legislation. 1t is openly
avowed and generally believed
that no law can pass to the sig
nature Of the President, that
has not, to use the slang of the
lobby, "got money in it." .-....
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

To BORE A HOLE THROUGH GLASS.
"A drill supplied with emery and
water, is better Chan Il diamond for
making small holes through glass
As emery does not improve the edge
of the drill, piece Of wire may be
substituted. A diamond will cut
out circles, making large holes but
is quite unsuited for boring. Com
mon glass may be drilled with an
ordinary bow-drill, by keeping one
on two drops Of spirits Of turpentine
on the glass at the point Of the drill.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

PEACE Look at Georgia,
at North Carolina, at Louisiana,
Alabama and Mississippi
There is no peace. The Radi-
cal promise of that blessing is
u deception, falsehood and a
fraud. A portion Of the coun'
try is riven by internal commo'
ton, and neither life nor prop
erty are of value if they
contravene the Radical designs
for the promotion Of the inter
ests Of the negro in opposition
to that of the white men ol
the South. u. -
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
For Fine Porfumery, go to Sis
sons Drug Store,
Job Printing,

Business men and Others should remember
that when they want Posters Hand bills, Cards,
Letter Heads, &C., &c, printed in handsome
and cheap style, that the DEMOCRATIC ENQUIRER
ONCE is the place to get it done. Having a
"Kellogg's Improved New style Newbury Blank
and Card Press, the hest and neatest Press ever
in use in the county, doing superior work, and
capable of making 100 TO 800 impressions pc
hour ana having received a fine assortment of
New job Type, the neatcst and cheapest work
can be done at this OGice. Come and see our
New Press and speclmens Of printing.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
What the Poor Man is Taxed
For.

We give below u few Of the
items Of taxation which are eXacted
from the farmer and the mechanic,
Let them carefully read the items,
and ask themselves if they think it
will be for their interest politically
or otherwise, to give their support
to II party advocating and sustain
ing such n system Of taxation, by
voting for Radical members OF Con-
gress who arc responsible for such n
Of things.
Here are some Of the items:
Carpets, 70 per cent.
Window curtains, ilpaper, 80 per
cent; if Of mixed worsted material,
G5 per cent.
Wash basin, jug, etc, 40 per cent.
Glass water bottle and tumblcr;
4 per cent.
Toilette soap, if CASTLE, cent per
lb., and 30 per cent ad valorem; if
perfumed, 10 cents per pound, and
25 per cent ad valorem.
Toothbrush, 40 per cent
Hairbrush, 40 per cent.
Haircomb, 35 per cent.
Looking-lass, if 1Ox14 G cents per
square foot; if 2ix3O, 10 cents per
square foot.
Oil cloth laid down by wash stand,
35 per cent.
Linen towels, 35 per cent.
Bedticks is mattress, GI cents per
yard and 10 per cent ad valorem.
Sheets, if cotton, 65 cents per
square yard; if linen, 30 per cent
ad valorem.
Blankets, 80 cents per pound and
20 per cent ad valorem, (or 14O to
200 per cent?
Bed cover, If printed calico, 81 cts.
per square yard, and 20 per cent ad
valorem; if worsted, 80 cents q lb.
and 35 per cent ad valorem.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

The expenses Of the Radical
administration Of the affairs of
the Government are enormous.
Do the people know that with
all the blanks, and all the cur
rency there is now aAoat in the
country, the whole sum does
amount to the sum total Of the
annual taxation, that this Rad
ical administration is seeking
to wiring from a burdened peo,
pie. This is a startling fact;
yet it is no less startling than
true.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

The Radical party, in the
past nine years, has been noto.
rious for its dishonesty and
reckless expenditure, and its
leaders for a practical system
of fraud and speculation upon
the National Treasury, amount
ing to hundreds of millions of
dollars. In the past eight
years, according to public testi-
mony, there have been defalca-
tions among Collectors of inter-
nal Revenue alone amounting
to twenty five millions Of dol
lars; and although these rob-
berries have been confessed and
publicly recorded, yet not a
single one Of these thieves and
public plunderers has been
prosecuted, "a
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31
IN ever make LID Nnnr

Never make up your beds,
however Jealous you may be to
get through with your morn
ing's work, Immediately after
their occupants have ARISEN
The bed clothes and coverings
should be left well spread out
and exposed to the air from an
open window for several hours
after they have been used.-
This is a rule which health COM
mandS obedience.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

TO keep iron utensils OF i'm.
plements from rust, wash and
rub over them u mixture OF
lard and turpentine. The
paint pot and brush should be
kept and used by every farmer.
All woodwork ought to be
kept constantly well painted,
especially the woodwork Of
wagons, plows, etc,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

LAND GRABs.-The North.
ern Pacific Railroad is owned
by twenty men, and has been
IN existence nine years. In
that time Radical Congress-
men, bought up with money,
hay voted the road one hun.
dred and sixty-four million
acres Of the public lands-the
property Of the people. An
area Of land sufficient to form
five such States as Indiana Civ
en- away to a vast and unprin-
cipled monopoly Of twenty
grant bought and
lobied through Congress. Nor
is this all--.for a Radical Con.
grcss has voted out of the pub
lie treasury, besides this i'm
mense grant, siXty-fve millions
Of dollars Of the peoples money,
n actual eash.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

A man named Roberts, resi-
ding near Boston Corners, New
York, on The line of the IIar-
lem Railroad, caught a very
large rottlcsnake, with his
hands few days ago, and took
it to the station, where he eX,
hIbitcd it to the people Of the
neighborhood, by picking it
up and handling it in such a
way as to make the reptile
show its teeth, &C., on payment
of ten cents by each spectator.
During one Of these exhibition,
the snake bit one of Roberts
fingers, and again, when picking
it up, it struck its fangs into
his hands and hung so fast that
he took his cane and knocked
it of and killed it. lie died
from the effects of the bite the
following day, 1t is said he
has been bitten by these rep
tiles on several previous occa.
sions without experiencing any
i'll effects therefrom.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

A son Of the late Stephen A,
Douglas, who believed in White
Supremacy and niger inferior
ity, is o henchman of the miser.
able nigger,equality dog, Gov
ernor Holden, of North Caro-
lima -! This Douglas is said to
be one Of Holden's yilest tools?
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

CURE FOR CANCER,-A terrible
cancer has been cured by the use
ofa recently discovered acid. The
recipe is to apply, three times II day,
with a soft sponge wash made of
n quarter ofan ounce of carbolic acid
mixed with pint of water. The
acid can be obtained Of all first class
druggists.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

At thssea of the year, when debility and
complaints arising from lack of vital energy
80 generally prevail, 1t Is of the greatest consc-
quence that no tricks should bo played with
depressed and enfcebled systems. Get u bottle
ofRosonheim's Stomach. Btters. SEQ Adver.
ti6cmcnt,
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

The Radical capitalists de-
mand "cheap" labor. They in
vite the Chinese here to get
their labor for almost nothing,
which compels our laborers to
work for the same price -
Think of it, workingmen.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

PLUM CAKE.-One pound orhour,
one pound sugar, one pound butter,
ten eggs, one pound raisins, two
pound currants, one ounce citron,
one wine,gloss Of brandy, one of
wine, nutmcgs and cloves to your
taste.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

Cur CAKE Ono and onc-half
cups sugar, one cup currants, half
cup milk, half cup butter, one tea
spoon cream tartar, half teaspoon
soda three eggs, two Of flour, and
putIO or