The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-06-15
Miscellaneous Items.

tons the Rev. DR.. Palmer as one of the most distin.
guished members, and pays him the following tribute
1t would, perhaps, be invidiOus to select from a
body so uniformly able those entitled 10 the distinction
OF being its great men. Beyond doubt, in an ecclesi-
astical court, where there was comparatively so little
experimenting, many Of the ablest men were not heard
at all in public, but gave the advantage of their abiii
Ties to the body in the perfected papers from the COM
mlttee rooms. So far as the public had opportunity
to Judge, however, from sermons in the various pull
pits and speeches in the Assembly, DR.. Palmer, of New
Orleans, stood preeminent both as a preacher and an
eccIeslastic. His brethren evidently had unbounded
confidence in his wisdom as well as an unbounded ad-
miraton for his eloquence in argument. And the
public estimation of him as a preacher rendered it i'm
possible to find a place large enough for the crowds
who Hooked to hear him. Indeed it is the Judgment
OF those well qualified to pronounce an opinion that,
take him all and all, DR.. Palmer is the best preacher
in the country. It is claimed that he can hold bis
hearers with all the power of enchantment which
Beecher Yields and yet all the while teach them the
protoundest truths of his theology, while Beecher
amuses with mere sensational sermons for the times,
with cIap-trap, and often with low buffoonery.
The Rev. Chas. Kingsley thus compares the negro
with the COolie race, as experienced BY him during a
recent visit to Trinidad. We leave the public to Judge
which is the superior race:
We saw almost daily proofs of the Cooliemen's fond
ness for their children of their londness aIso-an ex-
cellent sign that the morale is not DESTROYED at the
root-tor dumb animals. A Coolie COW or donkey is
petted, led about %tenderly, tempted with tit-bits pet
animals, where they can be got, are the Coolies delight,
as they are the delight of the wild Indian. l wish |
could say the same for the negro. His treatment of
his children and of his beasts of burden is, but too
often, as exactly opposed to the CooIie as are bis man
ners. No wonder that the two races do not, and it is
to be feared, will never amalgamate that the CoOlie,
shocked by the unfortunate awkwardness of gesture
and vulgarlty OF manners of the average negro, and
still more of the negress, looks on them as savages :;
while the negro, in his turn, hates the Coolie as a hard.
working i%nterloper, and despises him as a heather; or
that heavy fights between the two races arise now and
then, IN which the COOie, in spite of his slender limbs,
has generally the advantage ouer the burly negro, by
dlnt OF his greater courage and terrible ~quickness.
DECORATION DAY AT W4sHINGroN.-The Washing
ton correspondent Of the St. Louis Republican, under
date of the 30th, gives the following touching instance
of magnanimity
There has been an entire suspension OF business to-
day over the ceremonies of the deco ration of the 90
600 Union soldiers graves at Arlington. Most every.
body attended, including nearly all the dignitaries in
town. Gen. Logan delivered the Grafton, which proved
to have been one Of the most gushing efforts of the
Pagan school. Portions Of it excited positive laughter.
The eighteen graves of Confederate officers, and
three hundred and sixteen graves of Confederate sol
diers, were conspicuously decorated with DASHBOARD
as a seeming warning that no floral tribute should be
paced on Lnem. several ldQleS and gentlemen ven
tured, however, to place some flowers there, but the
Committee Of the Grand Army of the Republic
snatched them off and threatened with arrest any one
who repeated the act. After the ceremonies, the re-
turn to town looked like TIE end of a horse race but
Grants team, hitched to a fairy carriage, distanced all
others.
GEN. j. FRANK PARGOUD.-This worthy and prom
inent gentleman has recently been appointed Briga-
der General by the Governor of the State, and, acting
upon the advice of friends, Gen. Pargoud has, we
learn, concluded to accept.
The evil consequences Of military power, when re-
posed in the hands of such a man as Gen. PargOud,
will be found, we believe, to lose more than q moiety
OF their injurious tendency. No class or race Of peO-
pie need fear military oppression at bis hands. Both
white aud colored will alike receive Justice from such
an officer if indeed, it shall ever fall to his lot to ex-
ercise the authority he has thus acquired.
For this instance Of promotion, uninfluenced by par
tisan views, the Governor has shown a regard for the
people conSplcuously rare, and has performed an act
which does him honor. Ouachita Telegraph.
We copied a paragraph from the Ouachita Telegraph
about the proposed sale of the North Louisiana road.
The Elton Eagle learns that the owners of this road
have been offered $3.50, 900 for their rights and fran
chlses in this important road. The offer is made by a
Northern company, who guarantee to put the road
through to Texas in quick time. The offer was re-
fused although it was a magnificent return on their in.
veStment. This road is of great importance to all
North Louisiana, and will be a mine of wealth to Vicks-
The Eagle likes to see this road in the hands of an
energetic Northern company who would build it
peediIy. IN. 0. Republican.
TEXAN, TEXAN, TExAs1AN.-In the discussion at the
organization Of the Texas Historical Society in Hous-
ton, Judge Gray referred to the above names of the
OF Texas. In a history of Texas written
by L. b. Edwards, and published by James, in Cincin-
natl, IN 1886, our people are uniformity called Texas
lans. The earlier editions of the Texas Almanac
called us Texans, which was the favorite orthography
of Gen. Houston. Gen. Lamar, however, always con
tended that from the analogy of such words as Cuba,
Cuban, America, American, ours should be written
Texan. The later editions of the Almanac, and Yoa-
in his history writes it Texan. Texan let it be.
Houston Telegraph.
The Shreveport papers state that a distinct shock
OF AN earthquake was felt in that city on the morning
the | lth inst. Considerable excitement was created
In some parts Of the city where the shock was most
'onsibly felt, and dwellings as well as store buildings r
lncontinently deserted by the a~ffrighted people.
Baton Rouge Comet.
Certainly not the South Western for we stated at =
he time, that it was only noticed by comparatively few
the citizens. The iDcontinent desertion of houses
y the " ~attrighted people," is drawing it a little too
trong, friend Come. If either Of our contemporaries
SO stated, We overlooked the paragraph.
SYMrATHErIC.-In the year IS, Mr., who lived p
LII b"th vi vi ii Tie prominent railroads OF
state, had occasion to cross the track, to purchase Jo
pail Of clans. On his return Che was in a hurry
lot noticing Train No. l, Noon Express West. was o.
omlng =" on time he attempted to cross back of the T
aud was struck by the engine and instantly killed L
l large number of his ~neighbors and friends immedi.
assembled on the spot to look upon the manoled
mass and sympathize with the bereaved FAMILY, After r
n examination of the bruised and mashed corpse Of L
DR.. NJ, one of his sympathetic neighbor8 excitedIy
reclaimed "Poor man, smashed his clans all to b-lI
amt it ~ TSt, Lonis Dnmocrot - r.
No COURTS IN TEXAS THIS SPRISG.-JudUe 7 "
' llIlamson %telegraPhs to Col. NJ. J. Hall, of Marshall
rom Houston on the 3Ist, as follows: "The Leoislo.
will prevent a court The District Court was to II
ave convened at Marshall on Monday. We presume Il
ne meaning of this dispatch is, that all the District NJ
'ourts OF the State will be suspended until the conrts
re reorganized. Notwithstanding the thousand and
ne talsehoods about lawlessness and crime, and mr.
walking the streets in hundreds, RadicaIism sets
cool and undismayed. Jefferson T;nos
lHE kETRAcTIoN ENTHUSIASTICALLY of the Hart
'Fd Post, thus retracts a reflection on the bald head
the New London Star: 1--WE had no business to 4
e 1ooing with Rudd0ck. " know-of course Y
knows-that it was brains that knocked to
e hair Off RuddOck's head II 10 n rroo+ o,o1;. - du