The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-10-25
General Intelligence

Graham, after being out eight hours. havstseofdes
verdict OF guilty OF manslaughter in tl
degree Dr. Graham's counsel moved for ~. - seeaf
luognen, 10 ailo" them tune to make up I psls7
file bill of exceptions, and the court bill a.
them twenty days for that purpose. T Trs sis,$
ment for manslaughter in the second doane ppntS
prlson1nent III the penitentiary for NOT LIE h
nor more than seven years. N'Ss 'haafr
The high court of Mississippi has ao.;,
vor of the legality Of taxation for railroad ah
important to our interests, as large ano,. Ihb5
scrptions to the Mississippi central ra;lrna! Os
volved IN this decisiont and the co nnlat;"a Rah
road, rendered certain by the decis;an '.Ioa Of ill.,
butte largely to the business and income VI u CONT
northern road from New Orleans. Vi lhegs
The first council that has ever co,,u..
province Of New York of the catholic be si IT,
logians and heads of religious orders 81 Ups hs
diocese, assembled in New York civ, VI The ascb
morning, LIST lnst and attracted a larso o VI euad
procession of the clergy was formed aas,selnbas
bishops house. and proceeded to tho "' o .ne aNb
where after preliminary religious serv;co oss'aled
hughes delivered an impressive diseourssa' o?hp
course OF Whlch ne strongly urged the pr,c ~ tie
charity, forbearance and neighborly lave Pstled
4, singular escape was made recently ne,, r
skill, ~ Y, by an infant child, which ba HeF Geek
into stream of water by the upsettino ns 'aioFa
on bridge fell upon buffalo Skin uDon Wagon
had been lying, and which Fortunately Hoa. Which
on the surface OF the water, and thus saved aoN,
! A letter from Lima states that Joscnb n ,D'N
printer from Portland, Maine, has been naleEa
that city OF counterfeitng government no,aa eteda
struck off $600O00 worth He was at frst aaVng
to be shot, but through the efforts of M IEeene
american minister, his punishment was rada!,,he
five years in the chain gang. '0u0eede
halfway communication between New w.,
to Lexington, Kentucky, is now cont;rno,"A city
Covington and Lexington road has inst haou The
through by the completion of the Bourhon opelei
section Covington is immediately onnos u fsrs
cinnati. OfP''i'e Ul.
The Paris correspondent of the New YorlT.a
asserts that Mr.. Belmont the American mSa 1iOale
the hague, has taken the loan which p, raa:t,
been endeavor1ng to negotiate for some tma ca aF
iather and uncles, the brothers Rothscbd.s ~ n ny
la'el are citlzens OF the various countries Which,
at present at loggerheads, and could not s.hchafe
openly take the loan without becoming co,on ,e'f
with their governments. In this strait to secua"
proht OF the loan without mourning odum NJ. r1s
mont, 1t Is alleged, has been made use Of - 'a'
Inc Kingston, Jamaica, papers state that ;r.n
'gence has been received there that the Dom; ;,
government had appointed commission to raat
the United States authorities and the conm,nd'.G
the squadron there on the subject of the caSs;aa
oamana either by purchase or treaty arrangement
our government O'''u9a
WHIPPING WHITE MES.-Olirer II. Hupp waso,.
vlcted at Marlborough N c., lately for horses
ing; ana sentenced to receive thirty nine ashes in
mediately and to be imprisoned until the Nova m,
court, and receive thirty nine again. ''-'4
Gabriel ID. Whitman was convicted of foroarr nj
sentenced to one hour in the stocks thirty nnelaI
es and four months imprisonment. ''s4
The people Of New York, Judging from the to
of the press are becoming thoroughly dsonsteJ n
the street preaching nuisance. The Tribune say.
the abomnation of bowling in the public streets and
squares all day on Sunday by gang of blatant
question of freedom of speech has been amply sr'
tied, in favor of the free speech party as II s6mp
have been; but though man has legal RIGHT
speak his mind in public when and how be pleaas
he certainly has no right to bawl and below soas
to annoy every body who lives within three urEs
Of his location. These loud voiced fanatics nusba
tanned down or stopped altogether
The extreme drought and consequent searctvd
game IN Arkansas, Is compelling the Indians to MI
CRATE.
CATAsTRoPHIEs-Capt Gunnison, while SURVEYING
railroad route to the Pacific, early last spring was
killed In Utah, and nearly all. his men Inassarrpd
Lieut.. Davidson was defeated within twenty miles
Of his own camp, in New Mexico, and forced tor
reat leaving his dead upon the field CAPT. Van
Buren, was defeated i'll Texas his men dispersed and
himself mortally wounded And now, lieut.. Graf
an, with all his party have been cut otf:-no one
eft to tell the tale; the garrison at fort LaramieB
n imminent danger, and the government goods have
oeen captured. The first victory has yet to be gain
ID by the United States troops over the indians IVES;
If the Missouri since 1916.
The Canton (Ky) Observer says that the peopy
# Trigg county and surrounding country, are grea.
Y alarmed about the drought in that locality, The
anne paper thinks, however, there is no cause fr
larm, as there is average crop of corn and itFl
e sold at from two to three dollars per barrel %
The hon. Hugh A. HARRISON, for many yeass
eading member of congress- from Georgia, and fora
ing time chairman OF the committee on militaya,
HRS, expired at his residence in Lagrange on the
8th ult.
The weather for several days past has been ez-
eedingly unfavorable to our planters, who ares
resent busily engaged in picking out their cotton
e have had an almost daily recurrence of heavy
irving showers, accompanied with strong winds
ot only deerring the planters from prosecuting their
ork, but proving seriously destructive to the TN
cked cotton, causing large portions of it to be shed
ON the bolls. From information derived from va
GUS sources, We feel almost assured that there is
cry prospect of much earlier opening of navga-
On than usual; as heavy rains and consequent
Sc OF the streams have been very prevalent in the
ltre region north and northwest of US. Homer ADV
A serious riot occurred at Cincinnati, a few DAYS
nee, between the two religious factions of the Ger
ans-the catholics and protestants The Difficult
originated IN an attempt to organize German
otestant Sabbath school in the neighborhood,
hlch was forcibly resisted by the German catholics
siding in the vicinity. They attacked and took
secession OF the house which had been rented for
e purpose, and threatened death to any person who
ould attempt to organize Sabbath school there
he police interferred and seized the rngleaders
It before it was suppressed three persons were Sc
'usly wounded by pistol shots.
venerable matron Of North Adams Massachu-
it's, only SO years of age, gave an old folks tea
rty few days since, and among the guests were
II ladies of the ages Of e6, 50, so, 70 and three
en OF 80, ~ and 49, making the united ages Of the
5ht persons Day years, an average of 81 slXot
e persons own farms which they reside, all IN
e nelghborhood of less than a mile square-and
We been residents of the town over fifty years.
The opinion is prevalent through the west Indies
at the San Juan affair will lead to a war between
e United States and England.
The democracy in the first congressional district
Illinois, held their convention at Rockford, lately
d after hard struggle split in two on the Nebras-
rock. The Nebraska men nominated " NJ. jack
n of McHenry county, with platform to match
he other side put up E. P. Ferry of Lake, on the
tin Nebraska issue.
Mr.. Green, one of the wealthiest men in Chicago.
nth some three or four hundred thousand dollars,
charged with the murder of his wife He resisted
2 arrest with knife and rifle
A young man by the name of Charles N. Berg,
10 Inquired as an expert card writer in this cty,a
ort time since went second clerk on the New
leans steamer Eliza, the last trip of that boat
ne next morning after the Eliza arrived at New
leans, he took lot of freight bills and went up
% the city to collect the freight On them He col
rod to tho amount IF carr ,nI +L,, Jooamred,