The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-20


! peared in the French newspapers ola paragraE
: in the London Shipping and Mercantile Gazett
a wherein the opposition Of England and Franc
b is represented as likely to prove the chief diff
e Guilty of the Americans in their enterpri:
), against Cuba; butifthe island should be bougl
If by the U. States, those powers would scarce
e be able to find adequate ground for interfe
t. ence. The French writers suppose the pu
: chase to form the special mission ofthe young
c Soule to London, and of Mr.. Sickles, seeretal
Il of the American legation in London, to Wasl
# ington, which the London Morning Advertise
o reports. The present confusion in Spain, the
Y think, affords most suspicious opportunity
1 the Americans. Some of them pretend that til
t most knowing friends of Mr. Soule, the amba.
n sador, assign to him creditable share in tn
F.; insurrecton. The Morning Chronicle think
' that no revolution in Spain, of whatever cas-
s or with what sequel soever, can at this ers
alarm the old monarchies of the continent.
t A great quantity of ink has been squandere
=
thing. The fi]ibusters never will be able t
| raise money enough to arm and equip suficen
number of men to conquer the island, and al
their enterprises will end in smoke and gascon
f aiding The creoles of Cuba cannot be coaxee
into declaring their independence, nor have the,
the slightest inclination to become republican
or freemen. Pierce cannot purchase the islant
and there is no way of getting up war be
tween the United States and Spain.
NICE D1scR1M1NAT1oN.-The Cincinnati En-
quirer,s the Pierce organ in Ohio, under the
head of objectionable items in the river and
harbour bill, instances the following, among
others, with which it says the bill was "loaded
down."
"For completing the customhouse at San
Francisco, 1868 1856; for the construction Of an
appraiser store on a portion ofthe customhouse
square at San Francisco, 100000; for sur
veyng the public lands and private land claims
in California, 100000.
Now, if this over-wise and sharp sighted ed
itor will look into the general appropriation bill,
as published in the Union, Globe, Sentinel and
all official newspapers, he will find that an item
of 100000 for the customhouse at San Fran
cisco, s $50, 600 for the site of the same, and
100000 for an appraisers store, did receive
the presidents appTovoN So did the item APP
propriating 100000 for surveying the public
lands in California;!
Several other Pierce papers in their defence
ofhis veto, sngularly enough found the same
objections to the river and harbour bill, as are
put forth by the Enquirer.
The Syracuse Standard, another Pierce Or
gan, copying the Cincinnati papers article,
sagely remarks that:
1.-The failure of the river and harbour bill to
become law is due not to the president who
vetoed 1t, but to congress-, who loaded it down
with obnoxious items to which no man, unin-
Huenced by the clamor of particular localities,
could give his assent
This is really unkind. The president look
nc, to something beyond "the clamor of parti-
;ular localities" has given his assent to the
very items so obnoxious to our contemporaries,
md we have no doubt he had an opportunity
o discriminate between the good and the bad |
At least his opinions of constitutional democra-
y appear, in this case, to be the very oppo-
lite of those entertained by the Enquirer and
is satellites.
'sFIFTEEN MINUTES AROUND New YoRx''-
We have received from the publishers a new
york, bearing this title, and containing some
hirty sketches Of life and manners in n. York.
hey were written by G. G. Foster, author of
New York by Gas-Light,' *Celio,' and ccle-
rated as the City Items of the Tribune, one
f the most pleasing features in that paper; and
few years ago edited a popular daily in St.
.ous and afterwards at New Orleans. The
ietches, like every else from his pen, are we'll
ritten, instructive and amusing The author
as faults and many failings, but he has genius,
a beautiful writer, and as critic on music,
he drama and fine arts, is unsurpassed. We
assed pleasant hour in perusingo the book,
nd prophecy that it will become popular 1t
published by Dewitt Davenport, N. York.
The London Quarterly Review, for July, is
lc ablest number issued for some time. Its
ontents comprise articles on the House of Com {
IONS; Milman's latin christianity, the drama; J.;
assical dictionaries; history of the electric tel
graph, with Illustrations; christianity in Me- f
nesia and New Zealand; queen Elizabeth and t
er favorites; lord Lyndhurst and the eastern }
uestion. The Review is republisbed by Leo 7
ard Scott d Co., New York, at So a year; or 3
Magazine and the Review can be i
REQUIRED for SIS. The postage on both period e
ais amounts to only 38 cents per annum
We have cheering item of intelligence from /
uffalo, N. Y. The Express, ofthe Gath says, a
e are informed, upon the best authority, that : :
e receipts Of -four and grain at this port dur .
g the present season are farm advance of last a
;ar. The largest amounts yet delivered in P
lie day is 100000 bushels; and each day q
ings a quantity that does not look much like !
famine. 1t is hoped and believed that, not h
the reported failure of the cron h