The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-27
General Intelligence

I.nl- III.
She brings no political news of irnno1ned
fortress Of Bomarsund had been blown ahce H.
doncd by the allies to prevent its 'p and a
Russians portion Of the allied byG
ed Ado on the 3lst ult, but the result ~ ooa%
A squadron of the allies was off TaJ ~ not sa%
Russian steamer bearing flag oftruce arn With
Another engagement is reported to baro4TThg
between the Russians and Turks in As;a '"SenPs,
the former retreated ' III FlN
The Russians captured Turkish vo.,,.
Black Sea- and got safe into Sabastopol A&
All the Turkish vessels Oh the AfFiot;
been ordered to rendezvous at Varna -' coast han
The car rejected the ultimatum Of An...
the ambassadors Of Sweden and Austria Ita aI
recalled from Russia. nave 9va
The cholera continues to make great boro.
the expedition in the Baltic, and it is said '51E $ag
French part of it had beeEordered Is rctnr, mat
The cholera is spreading over Eurone VIII non,
effect. The fatality at Barcelona is awf" "'A 'ef1
| It is announced that queen Christina nfsn.
| become insane. NP"hAs
| NEW York, SEPT. 12.-The steamship 9,
has arrived here from Havre, via Cowei an n5 d0a
ampton, with intelligence to Wednesd9v" "u Bout,
ult, four days later than that recevedb by the a &
The reports of the Liverpool cotton mark nI Alta
by the St. Louis announce that consideraboo Trough
| prevailed, and the quotations mark an ,d''Y4
| h d. III prices. The quotations of the hIID@d
market show decline in flour of from "a ''ttaHS
barrel. Indian corn, however, had advanooJ - Pc
quarter. The weather had become mora ,sI f1 IL Pc
| for harvest, and prices of breadstuFs o 1@ Naoa
quently inclining downwards e0ase
! The WAR.-The total loss at the batt1oofr
reported as amounting to 5000. The posit;vasS
| is unknown fes4
The Turks will evacuate lesser WaIloch.q
! will continue to occupy Giurgero. @
The Austrans are expected at Kraova EARL
this month. '"FA 0
! We have dates from Varna to the oath NJ.
St. Louis. The allied fleet had Dot otbrn " y & r
anchor. saa
! New York, SEPT l3.-The Cunard s+o.n...r ~
agara, arrived at Halifax, with dates from Tiva2+
to the "a inst, reports an active demand for o,
i'll the Liverpool market, with sales for the u %sN
ceding her departure, of S. 900 bales. ;noinRE S
5000 taken for speculation, and 7 900 for ogo
Prices had advanced about I'D duriDntfor,
the principal improvement being on the Better o
tiles. Milligan, Evans d Co. quote as f5lowsfE%
| Orleans, Sgd; middling Orleans, 81 ja sd Il"
Nothing IS yet known of the e1nbarkation ofA
expedition tor the Crlmea. Marshal st. Armand ~'
/ to have left Constantinople Oh the I'd inst fOr%
! purpose of taking command of Che expedition A s*
supposed to have arrived at its destination ~"1
| The emperor of Russia has formally reiectod, i.
invitation of Austria to reopen negotiations "'
| Queen Christiana has been expelled from Sn,,
and her property confscatedz F"7
| BALTIMORE, SEPT lS.--A very MALIGNANT fovl
manifested itself at certain points in this citv a.
/ symptoms resemble those Of yellow fever. snd1o
| presence has created much alarm It's annngr.ra
was first marked on Saturday last and its virner
has since rapidly increased. At Fell's Point t5s.
have been ten and six deaths
| WASHINGTON, SEPT. l8-The Evening Star ogh
city, in its issue Of to-day, states that the Cpn
American question is to be negotiated in LopdonI~
Mr. Buchanans
The yellow fever has became very malienars
galveston. There were fifty deaths for the Is hCr
ending on The 18th inst.
The city council of Memphis, on the 18th inst h Q
vote OF to 2, agreed to accept the navy ward dor
ted to them by congress.
ON the 18th INST, there Were tiftyseren interpnn
/ Ii Savannah.
destructive fire occurred at Columbus, Miss,n
fhe 9Th inst, by which fourteen houses were tVaI
consumed.
ST. Louis, SEPT l2.-Information of an authenR
nature has been received here, that lieut. FIemn
with party of twenty men, had been massacredh
the Indians, fort Laramie. The lieut.. and hi
party left the fort in pursuit of some Indians who
had Killed an OK belonging to emigrant parry
and 1t Is believed, by preconcered plan, was Ell.
tlced into an ambush, when he and his whole party
were murdered. Fort Laramie was surrouncd byIa
Indians, and there is to fear that it has ba
destroyed
The Indians had proceeded to the American tr
conpany's station, which they had destroyed and
carried off goods L =" value Of fifteen thousand d.
lars.
y uiIuCHltf nae .h'THf4EH at C4EfI ~
MAJORS Nelghtmau md f. :. y 4 t.r..- l.. w.. ..
the former killed 10 latter.
The cities of Charleston and Savarusn y,r,.. visa
by hurricane on tleyth inst. which 5Ir-.t4 81. '
lower part Of the tas5It DESTROYED the 7r1.-,..~ .
ously injured the dipping. u3Eo9fcd suu,..- I'LL.
great deal of other damage. dh3 ~ S,,ibs c.4,
the loss from the destruction Of aea island s,a .,
rice III Georgia and coyIh Carolina must DC INN LEE
Indeed it can only he estimated by millions. %@
the rice ncldS Hooded, ami in angry, terrific r.
cane sweeping over Ehtm. tearing MP he ru has
mentS, and destroying he works Of Dear. e. j. III
suit to place linn, upon Tie damage done, Wsau
there has also been great Ior,s Of life am94r the,
groes on these plantations from the overlooking and
washing away of houses, boats etc. Just fifty yea9
ago yesterday the coast of Georgia was visited by t
most frightfuf hurricane that had been known sine
the settlement of the State. 1t is remarkable hatt
gale, which now shakes the building in Which We
write, and is unroofing the town, FRUSTRATING tysg
and chimneys, and DESTROYING vast amounts Of pr
Perty, should occur just fifty years to day alaa
that of 1904
There have been thirty deaths from cholcra1
Knoxville, Tennessee, in two weeks The WIFI
says:-"The picture here is one of gloonn-the great
est CONSERVATION prevails, The city is abandoned
nIght and day, they are flying in every dircctioD-5
The hotels are closed. The stages come in withha
mails, and return to the country immediately We
have scarcely help enough to lay out the dead and
bury them. All business has nearly ceased"
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT l3.-The cholera has broke
out with great violence at Columbia, in this Sta.a
Since Friday last, there have been as many as seven
ty deaths, and among the victims is doctor Cochal
the oldest physician Of the place. 0
Dispatches received here to-day announce thatth
disease has appeared at Martnsburg in Virgins
and is spreading with great violence.
We learn, (says the Picayune) that several peT q
OF artillery Of the largest calbre and some :1Hr
i've thousand pounds ofpowder have boen sent ar
here, under orders from the war departnea, tos'"a
point upon the Florida coast, Tampa bay Key 8&
or the Iortugas.
dispatch from Washington states that thoa>
have been made to charivar col Barrett the e.
postmaster; for decapitating the know moth MS.
CHARLESTON, SEPT. l3-The steamer GoycrnorDld
ley has arrived here, bringing dates from Havana
'he 9h INST. Her adviccs state that great r1c''"
m"nt has been produced in Havana BY pro'Jm'
1ion ISSUED by captain general PczueIa dc<igun5&
IeSIrict The expression of rejoicing upon the lrf4
OF his successor, Concha.
The Mobile Register of the 18th inst, SAYS that
we learn from private dispatch, that the Hartt"
lro1ecuon insurance company, of which there's"
agency IN this city, has suspended
DEMOCRATIC EcoNoMy -According to an estimate
IN the Washington Star, the aggregate Of moHH
10 be spent by the United States this year, una"
appropriations Of standing laws or those made BY
present congress, including the Mexican grant,
seventy five millions of dollars.
oSTEAMBoAr SUNK.-The steamboat S. +. J. lF$0T'
from st. Louis, reports haeing fallen In win It
5. Chenoweth bound hence for St. Louis, SUM
shoal water to her main deck. She had SfueA