The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-06

living at Bailey, two old sca-captains captain ]
seph A. Bullcy and captain Wonfon Howiand wi
met at the Island Of Masafuero, in the year 809
ae now, it is believed the only survivors Of the ty
ships' companies. One Of these ancient mariner
sailed from this port i'll the ship Barclay 1.-THE san
sessel now employed in the whale fisheries, in Il
Tear ll99--the good ships Maria and Bedford beir
the only other ships at that time owned at this Dor
ii The Barclay put into Masafuero in March 1900 an
procured and dried 50 900 fur seal skins and DR.
seeded thence to China for market and there too
BID board cargo Of teas, with which she returne
after an absence Of 81 months
Upon her arrival the crew received $1,000 eacl
every seaman being paid at the same time LION
pf the proceeds Of the voyage She was fitted oI
with sixty barrels only Of salt provisions, and tn
chip and outfit were valued at 1000 Her no,
Feteran commander, upon his arrival here ey,ario,
ced some difficulty IN obtaining mode Of convey
#nce to his home IN South Dartmouth the only horse
At that time for hire in this place being three whic
were owned by Jeremiah Easton, colored man
RM The rev. Mr, taylor, while preaching on the Pla
IA, at San Francisco recently stated that aceordn,
70 the best information that he had been able to oh
tain the bethel church in that city was the only self
sustaining establishment in the world But not onl,
fhe bethel had been sustaining, but enlargn,
sone branch has been established this wear ALREADY
There Will be another before the year closes
An expedition, it is said, Is to be organized dur
ing the ensuing winter, to wage war Of extern,ina
tlon against the Sioux Indians, and other host
tribes who have been engaged in the late on+r, w..
on the plains The force is to be concentrated ,,
the Jefferson barracks early in the spring so fba
active operations may commence soon as the wealth
cr will permit The force is expected 10 he com
posed OF infantry cavalry and artillery Of the army
g and some companies of mounted frontier men
0 The Detroit Free Press relates an ipsta,,oo -
ease that came before the police court Of that ct II
winch man was arragned for whipping his wif
the second night after marriage He was fined 6fty
aoNaiS ana III default OF payment, committed to ia
{ for sixty days. Je-
The jackson Mississippian says that the state
Sothcers-the governor, auditor and attorney general
s have been examining the accounts of col James p
e hattleWs' VINO was some six years since reported as
defaultcr to the State in his office Of auditor aud
fha on saeh examination it was found that the State
lowed him instead of col NJ owing the State.
VI Upon the statement, the Natchez Courier com
sments as follows
We are glad to hear of it: and would also suggest
as one good turn deserves another colonel Mat
Sthews and the state officers examine GOV McRae's
Chlckasaw accounts. Some fifteen wears since GOV
McRae acknowed liability to the State of over tbe
sum of $4,000. He has had so much trouble IN Ia
KING care OF 1t for the State for this long period that
perhaps by this time the State is ia his debt ~
for settlement with the State governor. a.
Yesterday at Urbana the bell of the presbyterian
church rang the second time, the congregation sat
waiting, but no minister came. After the lapse Of
nan an hour note was handed to one Of the elders
who arose and read it to the congregation II was
from the minister, who said that he would not
for them any more till his salary was paid IN
. There Clergyman of the right pluck Why should
o minister any more than shoemaker mend souls
without being paid for it2 ALBANY Repister
II A ROYAL SuITon,-The king of Bayaria II seams
- sutton IN the courts of New York an action hay
Ing been entered in the supreme court, on WednA
DAY, In the name Of Macmillan IT, king of Bavaria
as the plaintiff, against Jacob NEWSPAPER, now a
lhelchant "a New York, to recover thirty thousand
oflns eapout Sl2,00O) alleged to be due and owing
70 SAID plaintiff The Express understands that the
eiaiih ~ on alleged advances in establishing silk
FACTORY AZ bavaria some six years ago The answer
mas not yet been put in.
slfgnlan has beaten the yankees at their own
weapons John j. Rollow, of FREDERICKSBURG, Va.
mas invented machine which will husk and shell
corn AT one operation. The ear with husk is thrown
ln lts mouth, and in the twinkling Of an eve the
corn lais az one point the clean cob coming out at
the other end. It's capacity is about four hundred
barrels per day.
Mr Bundy, of Lyndon, VT, has invented a ma
chihe Tor digging potatoes. The idea consists in
proVlaihg mould boards with Stats so constructed as
70 ~olk through the SOIL acting like sieve raising
anu separating the potatoes from the earth and leav
ing most OF the earth soil in its place Mr. B
clams that it can be handled with as much facility
as a common plough
ne Melville gold mine of Virginia is said to be
yiculhg well during the present depressed state of
Hlhe country. The company have cut through new
YEN, the existence of which not known until cut
through n search Of clay to plaster up the side of
reservoir The obtained from this vein is said to
DC OF extraordinary richness and the vein promises
TO increase N size and abundance of the ore
letter from Lafayette, Indiana, states that the
Merchants bank of that place has suspended pay
nent The notes are selling in the streets at fifty
cents onthc dollar The securities of this bank are
all Indiana SIS
famine unparalleled in the history of the coun-
try Is said TO be prevailing in the land of Judea.
The know nothngs in the neighborhood of Rich
land and franklin held their meetings in dark and
dismal swamp, IN q small log cabin the bank of
;ypress creek. Horrible. Southern Sun.
The bare idea Of log cabins let alone that dark
md dismal swamp is surely enough to give loco
toco leader qucke of horrors
About the time that temperance and slavery began
to flourish, committee waited on old parson Mil
ton, of Newburyport, Mass, requesting him to adj
vocate those causes Shant do it!'' said the parson
Of the old school, when you hired me, it was to
preach the gospel-now its rum and niggersn'