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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-04-27

EASTERN TEXAS AGAIx.-We have been exceedingly
gratfed to find the article which appeared some time
since in our columns concerning the partition Of Texas
and the annexation of the parishes west of Red River
to Eastern Texas, so generally referred to and ap
proved by exchanges in that region We find,
however, dissenting voice to suggestion in the
Henderson Times of April Is. The writer proves by
figures that the annexation of Shreveport to Eastern
Texas will cost Rusk county 900 per year on
shipments of cotton alone, hence he blackballs u.s.
niggers and ALL" including presume, the one Dote
cast for Grant at the last election in CaddO parish.
Shreveport claims other advantages than nature
has given her and her enterprise may secure and her
interests would be further advanced than those Of
the country back of US trading here, by the closer
Identification to be accomplished by the plan sug
gest Those counties finding it advantageous to trade
elsewhere cannot be affected and the fact that the ad
yantages will be limited does not render obnoxious
if any be realized.
The Times seems to regard the only avenue for the
products Of Eastern Texas to the marts Of the world
to be ria he.Guf of Mexico. Granting this, his
gument may be correct, provided Shreveport never
has any railway connection with that section of the
couhfg' LUIS WE are uoI "liAnS W conceue' Lie
32d parallel seems to be- beyond doubt selected as the
Southern Pacific route the road will certainly be
tended distance west OF Havile this season. The
St Louis packets positively that they already
place cotton in New York cheaper than il be done
ria New Orleans We have the assurance of the
President of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas
Raroad-made to us last August-that within three
years at the utermost the road will be in running Or
der from this place to Vicksburg A railroad hence
to New Orleans is by means remote probability.
The facts make Shreveport the nearest market for this
country and the best because it is on the most direct
route to the ultimate destination of all its products
let them be sent whittier they will porh east or
soutn " ueu cuttOn gets 10 Sabine Pass 1t Is then
further from market than trust it will be at Hen
dersOn FIVE years hence.
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INTEREST PAID TO EURoPE.-The London Money
Market Review has compiled table, which we find in
the New Orleans Bulletin showing that the other
tons aud continents are borrowers from Europe in
Guiding the values borrowed on the stocks of both
Government and private corporations in the total sum
of f954 784 657, about 81, 700 900 900; on which
they pay net annual interest of about $3.50, O0O-
000 of which fully onehaf is paid to the stock and
bondholders of Great Britain alone. The interest
amounting to $l40O0000O, per annum, thus derived
from capital loaned to other countries saves the
necessity of taxing her colonies who carefully
freed from every burden Of taxation, except such as
they themselves levy for their own separate defence
and maintenance.
The table in question shows that the United States
borrowing nation very nearly equals all the others
combined whose stocks are dealt in at the London
Stock Exchange-$2 ia $40 900, being the modest
little sum borrowed by "the best government" The
annual interest on this amount approximates $l26-
100000 in gold, And yet some people say that we
are on the eve Of specie payments
Recently at Elizabethtown, KY the trial of the suit
of Presley Jacobs administrator of James W Jacobs,
against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
for the killing Of young Jacobs in 1866, resulted in
verdict for the plaintiff for $l5O,0OO." Although
young Jacobs is represented to have been :" young
man of great promise and irrep1oachable character"
these damage were certainly excessive. We do not
remember the circumstances attending the killing
but presume the case was an aggravated the
jury would not have given verdict for SO large an
amount. Possibly the Picayune types may have been
at fault, and $15 900 intended
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Here in our midst, among all kinds of men
OF every avOcation in the land,
Exists class, whom neither tongue nor pen
Can properly describe reckless band,
Whose only occupation, day and night,
Is speculation high. Some luckless wight,
Who's lust arrived in town, with jaded team
Is soon surrounded the flashing CLEAN
OF forty knives around his wagon drawn,
And ere he knows in full their fell intent
From each poor bale pound of cotton's gone
For samples. Sooth they re like the locusts sent
To plague Egyptians for their evil deeds
AS everyone well knows, who Scripture reads}.
They flock around him, guaging well their man,
Their motto, "Beat the Boys" (7ghenferM sy caH)
For by my soul, I ween, It's SIX of one
And half dozen of the other, who,
In this sharp contest shall have fairly
The palm, as being sharper Of the two.
And when the MONDAY kilograms have come,
Mark how their anxious countenances show
The news! and whether, in the basy hum
0fforeign marts, their fortunes wane or grow,
'Tis equally to be discerned by others,
Whether Dame Fortune favors them or bothers;
For if their luck is good, you soon can hear
Champagne corks resounding in the air;
IL otherwise. with sad detected looks,
They seek their desks and balance up their books.
And thus, with ever vascillating luck,
The cotton buyer never loses pluck
Is meier content, if ever he should gain,
But soon essays to double it again;
If losses g yet him back " where he began
He bears ill-fortune like little man"
Receivers and is mp and al 'en1 soon,
Hunting up "Drake's Eve" taking in Prconr,
and so it goes, for we'll does be believe
That soon success will grant him q repricve
From endless turmoil and the ceaseless strife
That e'er bese acOtton-buyers life.
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A NOVEL IREA.-During the discussion OF Life
Assurance bill recently in the British House of Com
mons, Mr.. Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchcquer, sug-
gesed that in view of the great hardshps operated by
r--H-.l-~A1 !. As
loas to the heirs Of the assured it might be advisable
for the Government itself TO establish life assurance
Office The London Spectator comments upon Mr..
loves speech, and compliments what it calls his
great idea" After arguing lhatsuch system would
not only insure the prompt and certain payment of
policies but that it is the germ Of and better
system of direct taxation, it thus continues:
Suppose the Government to be the sole insurer, and
all persons now liable to the income Tax to be com
PEELED to take out insurance adequate their in
come what would be the result? That the State would
fix rates leaving the profit reQuired-ratcs which in
time Of might be loaded for the emergency
and that every income taxpayer would feel that his
payment, besides supporting the State hepPd to
the future comfort and position of his own fam
lily or heirs; that the sense now so prevalent Of the
taxes being all pure loss would tend to Disappear Is
it possible to doubt that such method Of taxation,
with the encouragement it would give to thrift, with
the approval it would receive from all women, and
with the sense OF security il would deyelOpe in all
households would gradually become popular till class
after class demanded admission into the scheme? And
should at last be able to make of a substitute for
the Poor Law, extingushng that great evil and Union
ISM and the fear of starvation altogether binding the
whole nation into the great corporation personally in
terested in social security, and getting rid forever Of
the notion which Of all notions most arrests modern
progress that the state or body Of the people in
unknown way antagonistc to classes and Individuals
It will be said that such scheme is socialist but it
is no more socialist than the Postoice annuity scheme
now in full work. it is far less "socialist' than the
Poor Law, which gives every a legal right to re-
lief, whether he works or not
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Shreveport Female Institute

T the instance of gentlemen of this place. the
n undersigned has opened school for young ladies'
under the above designation. The course of study
will be extensive as in any of our Female High
Schools and Summaries; The instruction will be
will be spared to make the Institute rstcass school
in every respect For the present. while building ad
joining the residence of Mr. T. H. Morris is being pre-
pared for the purpose the school will be conducted in
rooms in the of the Brooks House, entrance by
the broad stairway on Crockett street. As the 1ns
tuition develops, such additional accommodations will
be secured as may be needed.
Tuition fee in the Primary Department -. S. and Sc.
Institute Glasses ....... IS and so.
There will be no additional charge in the Institute
for instruction in Latin French and the elements of
vocal music
Instrumental music (piano or guitar ..........$7.
Drawing. ....-....... ...........S3 So.
Fees payable at the end of each month in currency.
Reterences:-Rev. W. c. Dunlap, Mr.. T. H. Morris,
Mr.. J. H. Reynolds. CHARLES 5. DOD.
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We from the city papers that the following named
gentlemen have been elected directors of the Factors
and Traders Insurance Company: Moses Greenwood
W. A johnson, John 1. Noble, John Chafe, Marshal
J. Smith, I, Caufeld L. H. Terry, J. D. Blair, Rich
ard Milliken, Samuel E. Moore, J. J. Warren, Simon
Bloch, R: T; Buckner, Perry Nugent Samuel Fried
lander H. Frellsen, VIM. Creeyy, f. W. Rodd, W. s.
Pike, T. D. Miller, H. W. Farley, A. A. Yates, John
|. Adams, J. w. Carroll and Isaac Seherck
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NEW AND ORIGINAL FEATURES INTRODUCED BY THIS COM
PANY IN 1863:
l. Annual dividends. In 1870, all policies issued pre-
viorsIv thereto will be entitled to dividend on renew
al This admirable feature will relieve the insured from
the payment of the annually increasing interest on the
loan notes.
g Dividends can be used to keep policies IN force or
to reduce future premiums
8. Endowment policies are payable in fVe ten tif-
teen, twenty, twenty five thirty and thi?tyfve years
from date of insurance, and are non-forteitabe for
amounts proportionate to the number of years they
have run. 49,
4. All mutual policies, including ordinary life endow
ment, are non FORGETTING by the terms thereof
This sound and stable company has permanently
established agency in city, under the management
of Ro. T. Buckner, who has issued policies upon the
lives of large number of our citizens.
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The municipal election in Huntsville, Alabama, re.
suited in the signal defeat Of the Radicals the colored
voters aiding materially in their overthrow. The Con-
sentative ticket elected by very large majority
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-04-27

The plebseitam, about which the telegraph has SC
much to report, is kind of French fifteenth amend
ment, investing the pebians with certain privileges
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A Mississippi negro worked on shares, but got "nuf-
fin, . g because said be, worked for the seventh,
and we only made de hfth-crop short"
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PRossER's PROUD BoAsT.-This distinguished men,
Der OF Congress, who is presumed to represent the
Fifth District of Tennessee fatters himself and anti
cpates much glory from the result that he will be the
first to succeed in getting negro into the West Point
Military Academy, having appointed as cadet to that
institution coored boy of his district who he says,
is thoroughly qualified and will pass an examination
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-04-27

The General Freight Agents Association, which re-
Gently met at Memphis, established the following as
the minimum rates to be charged from river points on
all through cotton:
IL
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1t would seem from the following Tint son

1t would seem from the following that some of the
Texas editors tby the ears
The Argus thinks Ruby IS distinguished for his
smell, And what is Parsons distinguished for-his
spostacyY denton Monitor;
And the editor OF the Monitor for the length OF his
ears Austin journal.
And If our Radical contemporary had been raised 10
North Carolina where cropping" is praeticed, would
have none. Jefferson Times.
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PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF st. Louis, Missouri.
CAPITAL. 81, 225 ,ooC

II LINE & PHELPS Agents of above Company, are
IN prepared to take risks both Fire and Marine, and
will issue Open Policies to parties desiring them:
-, -; Office, over Walsh Il BoisRpa"'" NJ T;vT If f"
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country newspaper pays the following rather
eouiyocaI compliment to a young lady who had re-
Gently made her debut a. singer She j fast and
eservedy becoming faTorite with the public"
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FOX SAIL f.
kNoRIf ACRES of land, situated one mile from
- town, and well improved. About one-half of the
land well tmbered and the location is unsurpassed
Applyto o27tfl McWILLIAMS 4 ROBSON
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IN Marks, of Fatjo, Marks 4 Co.; W. H. C. King,
editor New Orleans Times; Albert Baldwin, of Slo-
& Co; Alfred H. Isaacson, of Isaacson Seixas L Co..
Joseph Simon, Merchant IS Custom House street; T.
NJ Converse, of Converse, Duxberry Co., George
Clark, Adiuster, 1871 Graver street; George W. Hyn-
son, Merchant, Camp street.
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Persons wishing to insure in the above company can
apply to RO. t. BUCKNER, Agent,
Ofice-At Sale & Murphy's on the LeVee, Shreveport
n4 d&wtf
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Nj LEVY co. have removed from 10 MILAN
W. to Is TEXAS STREET, next door to White
& Co.'S Drug Store.
We would call the attention of our many friends to
our removal, and assure them that shall continue
to sell our large stock of MEN and BOYS READY
MADE CLOTHING, equal to Custom made at New
Orleans prices. Also, GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES and HATS, STAPLE and FANCY
DRY GOODS.
To the trade, would say give trial before pur
chasing elsewhere.
Thanking friends for their patronage during the
past we hope, by strict attention to filling their orders
to merit a continuance Of the same.
ial9 tfl NJ. LEVY & CO.
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KNICKERBOChEH
INITIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
Assets over $5,OOO,0oO.


Every desirable form Of Policy issued for any amount
from $1,000 to S25 700 on a single life.
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The New York Journal of Commerce denounces
the glazing iniqutes of the income tax law, in
taxing manual labor and professional industry more
severely than vested wealth. In article upon the
subject it says:
To tax the income from capital as precarious as per
sonal ability to money, at the the same rate as in
come from vested wealth. which will go on in sickness
and may he left at death as an inheritance to ones
heirs, is very unjust But what shall we say to the
actual discrimination tie other pay? The owner oil
the farm pays nothing his income from it, while his
laborer must return every dollar of his daily pay and
if exceeds the limit of exemption pay tax on it!
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COMPREHENSIVE.

COMPREHENSIVE.
MR. J. NJ. Virgins having disposed of his in
1sI terest in the firm of Jessup, Marsh Virgins to
Mr.. Z. D. Mcclellan, the undersigned will continue the
Receiving, Forwarding and Commission Business, and
the sale of Groceries and Plantation Supplies, under
the name and style of JESSUP, MARSH & Nickel
LAR, at the former stand of Jessup, Marsh Wig
gins, at the terminus of the railroad, on the Levee.
J. NJ. JESSUP.
BRYAN MARSH.
f. D. MCCLELLAN.
Shreveport, La, Feb. II, 1870.
Referring to the above, take occasion to inform my
friends and the public generally that have retired
from the warehouse business and would bespeak for
the firm liberal share of the patronage of the
public, and fully recommend the gentlemen composing
the firm worthy of the trust
fel3 d&wtfi j. NJ VIRGINS.
FOR SALE.
I HAVE Twenty fine BUGGIES, HACKS and CAR
IL RACES, with Harness, for sale at low rates.
jas d&wtf ]. CALDWELL.
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Established since 1865.
0LSEN'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
STREET. ............3l
Established since 1865
5 II R EY ORT, LA.

OUR old stand has been enlarged and reited, and
~ friends and the public respectfully invited
to give call Thankful for the patronage given us
during the last five years. we hope to merit continu-
of in the future, by endeavorng to please, and
to produce work equal to that from leading galleries in
other cities. Our desire is to ExCEL, and We shall
spare neither time money in trying to do So
Besides the ordinary style of Pictures, we now
prepared to make any kind of
LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Special care and attention given to COPYING OLD
L1kENESSES, in any style or size desired.
We keep on hand, usual, well assorted stock Of
articles belonging to our business, such as Frames
Albums Cases, etc, of the best material and finish.
Please remember that OLsEN's Photograph Gallery
is at the old place, "a Texas street fe23 w6m
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Miss Florence Nightingale has made suggestion
touching prison discipline which is regarded by the
press as a very happy one, and which, We doubt not,
would operate complete reformation among that
class who prone to pick up little things if they
know to certainty that they would be detected.
Fer plan is to convince them that it is cheaper to
work than to steal Gf caught in the act by keeping
them in prison until they have made sufficient money
by hard labor to return the amount stolen and to re-
pay the State for sustenance while in jaiI-be this
longer Or shorter time
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The New York World has the following in regard
to the colored vote, in which there is much good
sense If we would cast aside all prejudice in the
premises and show to the freedmen by dispassionate
reasoning that their and interests are identical
upon all questions of general policy, and especially
with regard to the tariff there is question but that
they would vote with the Democratic party. But to
efectnay accomplish this desirable object the mis-
cradle scaIawags and carpet baggers who, now manp
oae them for their own selfish ends should be got rid
OF in one way another:
The Democratic party, which has more experience,
and which has always had greater success than its OPP
ponents in managing the votes of ignorant classes may
easily by some sacrifice of prejudice, Illustrate the de-
sign of the Republicans in comforting universal suf
frage upon the negroes. little eeconeerng, activ
ity and adroitness on our side will show the Republ
cans that they have beaten the bush for US to catch
the bird.
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NAPOLEON AMP THE PoPE.-Imlian newspapers sup.
ply the complete text of the famous dispatch in which
the Marquis de Bonneville, French Minister in Rome
reported to Count Daru in Paris the result of his in
teryiew with the Pope, when presenting the Emper
ors note the infability question 1t is too long
for columns. His Holiness shrewdly evaded any
discussion but confined himself, instead, to anxious
inquiries of the health of Napoleon and family, and
suggestions to the management of the young prince
by his preceptor. In the course of the interview,
however, he made of this rather remarkable ex-
preston "The Emperor well knows that his crown
is suspended by the same thread As my tiara" He
also used the following language, which spoken,
says the dispatch of the Minister with increasing
warmth
Ny dear sir, if you desire to talk politics there is
Antonelli to listen to you and answer you. The impe-
rial family are well, you tell me- So much the bet
ter that is the main point. All that you could say
more there is need for you to say. Daru don'tEke
the dogma of infalibiity. That is pity; but the
Holy Ghost will not halt for fear Of disturbing Darius
scruples. Tell him, my son, that neither he an,
other person will prevent me from being infaIble,
am feel myself to be, infallibe, and who can know
it better than ! "
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The Supreme Court in the city of New Orleans has
rendered lengthy decision in favor of the Crescent
City Live Stock Landing and Saughterhouse Company
and adverse to the butchers Stock of the institution
went up to nearly fifty cents on the dollar in cense
quen:e. We wonder if the war of words which ragged
urously on this subject last summer will be revived
in some other FORM
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Our RAHRoAD.-The following extract we several
days since found in the Jefferson Jmplecutp, repro
dneed by that paper from the Little Rock Gazette:
We are very sure that the day is not far distant in
the future when there will be direct railroad commu
nication between st. Louis and Galveston: and that
Shreveport, La, and Camden and Little Rock, Ark
will be points on the line, From Little Rock to the
Missouri line, the projected Cairo and Fulton road will
be the route. That section passes through the coun
ties of Randolph, Lawrence Independence, Jackson
White Prairie and Pulaski and it has rich land sub
bFaymans clutches and will be sufficient to build it,
Senator Rice has recently introduced in the United
states Senate joint resolution extending the time for
completing the first section of the road and all know
that whatever subject he touches means business The
resolution will have "quick dispatch through both
houses OF Congress, and will save the grant
II IS likely that the southwestern branch of the
same road will serve in great measure as the line
from this place to Shreveport. We have good reason
to believe that the control of the affairs Of the Cairo
and Fulton road for this end will soon change hands
and that its construction will commence soon Some
changes in lis present line will possibly be adopted
but tor time, at least il will serve as link in the
line to Shreveport
From point on the Arkansas line direct between
Camden and Shreveport road to Galveston would
pass through some of the richest counties of Louisiana
and Eastern Texas. Galveston has no better promise
O. railroad connection with the East than through
shreveport Possibly she Will yet it first through New
Orleans bat " will hn indirect aud less adYuntar gems
than that offered by connection with Shreveport and
lines through Little Rock to Memphis and ST. Louis
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The South -a0e6trrll.
For the South Western
Ode to Cotton Buyers.
SHREVEPORT

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 81, 1870
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- roua the rear Of dd plantation Lid escape from pygamy