The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-10-11

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his way home from the courthouse where he bad
been attending the superior court as grand urv
man, was way laid and murdered about three miles
ms sac the courthouse near Mr. Montagues gate
His body was found in the road, having been stab
bed III several places, and the throat cut
The ashinston Star understands that the secre
tary of the navy has determined on the foowino
names TO oe given to the SIX steam frigates now be
ing built: Roanoke and Colorado at Norfolk. Min.
nesoto, at Washington; Wabash at Philadelnb;a. N;
agara at New York. Merrimack at Boston.
The New York Sun was recently printed On pane,
imported from France, which it says was Of better
quality than is usually used and that after navna
80 per cent duty three per cent additional
cost of carriage Insurance. de- it costs no moro r.
the paper used BY the publishers In ths country
MAseSs-A man calling himself Henry Emmons
some % years OF age, light complexion nearly siy
feet high, square shouldered and heavy built and
protesting TO be school teacher has imposed upon
the masonic brethren Of New Orleans He repre.
SCENTS himself ~ from Geneva lodge No 1919. of Ala
bama' his story Is untrue in that respect, and we
caution masonic brethren in other places from being
imposed upon MAT ronr;n
dispatch states that captain Smith of the brio
Jutia Moulton, was arrested i'll New York, on the
2Vth ult charged by the mate with bringing CT G no
groes from Africa aud landing them in Cuba Wn,
q. aentlne was also arrested, charged with fur
ntshing supplies for the trade
fTTsnrh6r OCT 2.--Therc IL slight rise in tba
river at this point and the Ohio is reported 10 he RI
sing also ut Wheeling and Cincinnati The waatbar
was rainy on Sunday nearly all through The west
the storm extending from here to Cincinnati IA
south and east tU Baltimore 49,
lhE CHICAGO FtaATNE SLAVE CAsr-sama .,oa
ago IA our readers will recoeet three Missa,r;ans
were arrested IN Chicago charged with attempting
"kidhan negro, who, IN appears were conveyed i.
9NlhRhsla III writ " hahaa> corpus issued bv
n''i justice treat oi the supreme court Of Illinois
we learn from the ST. Louis Evening News thai
Judge Treat completely discharged them-he deci.
ding tiat their detention unlawful the power of
attorney which They hold from the owner III The slave
beng sueientt 10 justify them in aresting the fugi-
Tho fazoo Democrat says the recent rain eansea
rise OF from IL 70 II feet ia fazoo river mt that point
lhg ", rendering navigation easy for few days
The jackson Miss. Mercury announces two deaths
irom yellow fever IN that city and says il has heard
s Three 81 four of sickness said to exhibit
symptoms y ne lever, The presence Of tha pesti-
lence caused great CONSERVATION
The Camden Ark Herald learns from what II
ronceiEes a. be reliable sources that the Cairo aud
Fulton railroad company are about 10 dismiss their
eps q engineers aud stop their work entirely for
want at means tn pFosprnteit.
The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer learns that nm
the night Of the 1At ult, the town of faeksonnort
90 White river, was almost entirely DESTROYED Inv
IRE Every building between Tunstall's livery sta
hln NM tha Planters house, including the office Of
must have bsga considerable
a gentleman writes TO the Maine Farmer. II left
la| fall some potatoes in the ground; in July thew
Ntfe more tbai ah big again my others" He very
FAAg &@&A3&tAsGfkA# I'D FARMERS To plant
tatl aud ny the experiment II have seen soma that
others have raised he says "by planting in the fall
and they were excellent" better potatoes than he
hfar saw hhiofe-YerF large sound aud handsome
Aht Augusta C9nstttutinnAliat states that the IN,
i9r Thai dePredatoas had been committed on the post
office at that place, amounting TO from twenty-five to
one hundred thousand dollars, is a grave exarrera-
f0nr Twelve or thirteen thousand dollars saws the
A"R~tltntnHaElst, twill coverthc whole amount and
nearly all Ut 1t was recovered from the negro bow
rho confessed that he committed the degradation .
The Nashville Banner speaks out as follows
1aht president Pierce manage to get rid of the
grossly incompetent individual whom, in an evil
h"ar i9r The country, he placed at the head of the
Pastoiiice department. Can't nc send him on A TO-
reign mtssloD or provide him some other place than
aAt when rs 80 dtscreditably flls2 Let it but be
animated I'll Washington city that Mr. Campbell was
about 70 ~ sent Oh foreign mission and We doubt
not the whole country would sing out with one hear
+ aud united voice: God bless him--let him 90"
me Montreal Herald gives the following as the
fntal production Of n farm comprising sixty three
acres ct land In the town of BomauvlIe Canada
west: wheat l, 600 bushels; peas 800 bushels oats
ss9o bushels; barley, 800 bushels; turnips $500 ,
bushels Total 6,la0 bushels. Spring wheat yield
ed forty bushels per
we ship to@ much Of our gold coin to Europe. and
why! Because we import ten millions more than we
ought We import too many silks satins and laces :
II the ladies Of the United States would wear cot
san iahriest ami encourage staple production
tar wears every merchant, mechanic farmer and Ia d
bgrcr would feel the good effect and there would be
al end TO long faces aud hard times. IN Y Mirror. I
a circular has been issued by some Of the most u
prominent democrats In Michigan counselling their
fa-partlsaHs Nv strcnuousy avoid making the Ne
afaska bill party test. They say: 1--WE respectful
y submit that every consideration both in prnci-
PIE and policy. appeals to to stand firmly against
the Nchfas ka. Kansas bill party test Il il T
measure which Nv strongly aisapprored Of by large
portion If the democracy Of the nation. unwisely
introduced II has already done infinite mischief and
made party test, will inevitably divide the de-
~ F&8Ff aud Ian r. a.
tgitntiou" The Chicago Democratic Press asserted
hat The circular was written by gen. Cass
Returns from all the towns in Maine but three, b
have been received. Morrill, for governor, lacks Il
about 300 votes nf mn election by the people O
There we're Forty eight deaths n Charleston from
eth alt u
singular trial is now in progress in one of the Ii
E9Fidehee H. courts, Sometime since young ii
awyer ~ Providence detected MT the Marlboro p
tdttl w Boston, dressed In w0mans clothes His II
eHale wafrabea very valuable one valued at sew 81
raj hundred dollarswas taken from him and given Ia
nt1 th@ hands n Providence policeman who was p
y give N tathe lawyers wife. She being away from y
ha place, Ill uat done, and the owner has had n
hR uleer arrested for theft In keeping the clothes p
ram him An amusing list OF this clothing was pub f
fshed W. one af the Providence papers a few DAYS
H. Which showed H. very extensive female outfit u
he case HI exciting much interest as the gentleman
eslacS being married man. church member, Sun p
ny school teacher Re.
&NAN1 III tAEjtt5HGhE mas bncn created IN barbour
aunty, Ala. recently. In consequence of the com
teEetueht ~ suits against those planters who have
sht their cotton 10 market without complying with
eeann niue hundred and thirty of the code, which 8
imposes that ''all owners Of cotton gins must mark
pan each bale If cotton ginned In such gins the n- h
MS XVI their Names and the county III which such
ns are situated" the failure to do which subjects
fine Of five dollars each BALE TO be recovered by
ny person suing for the same
The people of Clay county Indiana DESTROYED a n
rge reservoir constructed there In consequence as
ey said, ef Its being likely to produce sickness. tn
he reservoir however being fall of fish, their de- sb
after the water had been let out, was We
disasfeeable to the whole country round about, -
1d caused ten times sickness than the water 4
ould have done. Ii
STEAMBOAT Lawn the United States district wi
art for the state Of Maryland the following deci be
on was rendered BY Judge Giles: to
The case Of United States " James Myers to !
cn%er penalty Of 81 200 for violating the steam A
'at ayvsSn getting pilot WHEN not legally au- "
orised to doc. tried yesterday and verdict 20
nnd for the plaintiff for $500 The case at the q M
ates vs. the Maryland and Virginia steam packet IN
mpany for violation of the steamboat law in en- ge