The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-27
Yonk, SEPT. 1.-THE steamship Benjamin

s## states. she Is saiu 10 nave Deen fitting out for At
expedition against Venezuela, under gen. Paez.
4 great race came off yesterday over the Nationa7
course, in a match for s. 900, half forfeit, to carry
lG5 lbs, two mile heats. The contesting horses were
the chestnut colt Logan, by imp. Trustee, dam bv INN
Priam, named by J. B. Mounot, and the brown fliv
Maid of Orleans, by Bethune, out of LEXINGTON
dam, named by John Little. The former Won:
Great excitement is reported by telegraph to be
prevailing in Chicago, arising out of the arrest of \
Fugitive slave. After he had been taken by the au-
thorities he was rescued from them, but his captors
Fought resolutely in the execution of their duty and
recovered him from the mob. Pistols were fired in
the course Of the conflict, and one citizen was shot.
CHARLESTON, SEPT. l3.-The damages alone te
coast by the recent storm have been very great. The
rice plantations along the Savannah, the Cooper, the
Ashley and the Courbahee rivers have been ruined.
CINCINNATI, SErT. 1.-The fine Brenaren church
ia the course OF erection at Wooster, Ohio, fell in to-
day with a terrible crash. Twenty or thirty work
men were employed on it, of whom twelve were bad
~ injured, some fatally.
WASHINGTON. SEpT, 2-The wife of ex-senator T
III. Benton died last night.
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 9.-President Pierce has re-
turned to the white-house from his trip.
BALTIMORE, SEPT: 9.-Dispatches just received here
announce the death of capt. Pegram, u. States army
and formerly one Of gen. SCOTS aid de camp. He
died to-day at Elizabcthtown, M
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 9.-There have been seren-
teen deaths from cholera in this city during the past
week. N f"'
# 4 ilch diCbNu uGLhOcTattc candldateSf for the Ma6i-
son, Indiana, congressional district, Durham and
Hendricks. They met in debate at Queensville vow
lately. Durham charged Hendricks with MAXIM
ialSe statements. Hendricks rejoined that Dunhar39
hed, at the same time taking him BY the throat and
Choking him.
We have reason to believe, says the National De-
nlocrat, that Mr.. buchanan will resign his present
position and return to the United States within three
months.
We learn from the Nashville Wing that Ephraim
@ IL Foster tlJulnrjyr TrIfn ST. ra,,+ r. n
nessee, died on the 9th inst, at the residence of his
brother-inlaw, VIM. Nichol, in the vicinity of that
city.
q clerk in one of the departments in Washington,
~ charged with kidnapping and fraudulently selling
Slaves left as collateral security for the payment Of
a note. The case excitcs much interest.
There was a riot between the Irish and Germans.
on the 18th INST, during a fire III Algiers, Opposite
New Orleans,) in which the former were worsted.
On Sunday afternoon last, as our friend Al. Nc
Donald, esq, was returning from Skillet fork, he
was overtaken by a shower, which, strange to saw,
was thoroughly impregnated with salt. Two OBJ
posing clouds seemed to meet directly over his head.
when a deluge of water descended for a few moments.
BY which he was completely drenched. The solu-
tlon OF salt was quite strong. [Salem fIll.) ADV.
At a succession sale, at GAINESVILLE, Texas, last
week, corn, in lots of 100 bushels, brought from al to
81 IS p bushel; wheat, 81 SO f2 bushel. Cows and
calves, So 81: and yearling mules, $50. The Mes
senger says that the principal farmers have reported
tiielr corn crops to be much better than they had ex-
pected. A great many will average forty or forty
i've bushels to the acre.
Amount of the light house appropriation bill,
dividing the country into three sections:
For States north of the Potomac, : S662, O3S
South Of the Potomac, 598,34O
Western States, 256,OOO
Total, S1,5l8.378
IN the Western States, California, Oregon and
Washington territories are included. This large
amount Is devoted to building new lighthouses dur
ling one year on the sea-coast, and was approved by
the president as constitutional; while he pronounced
the bill granting a few dollars to improve the Mis-
unconstitutional.
There were 800 deaths in New York for the week
ending on the 4th inst, including ll6 from cholera.
Five hundred and sixteen We're children under ten
years old.
The council of Pass Christian have passed an or ;
dinance prohibiting the sale of liquors, merchandise.
or allowing the playing of billiards, nine or ten pins )
on Sunday, under the penalty of five to twenty-five
collars tor each contraEantion. Merchants and store t
are prohibited from opening store or dispo- |
aing Of their goods, wares and merchandise on that
The MI. Louis Intelligencer says that the crops in
seltl-westcrH Missouri will not yield ne-fourth of =
Kheir average quantity. Flour in that section is now l
worfh EeI dollars per barrel, and corn meal one dol T
lar aul twenty five cents per bushel. ,
NJ learn from The Banner, that the total receipts q
AR lotteEa Ht azhsdlc during the year ending the :
instant, amounted to ,167 horSheads, against
bA 1~ogshcads last season, being a reduction Of
aA hoesheads. The stock on hand is e. hogsheads; c
1Asa season Al hogsheads. d
De convention Of "~softs" at Syracuse nominated ,
s Ha3ur as governor, Notwithstanding his positive L
Fey Of the nomination. The announcement of =
tAk vote was received with immense cheering. The I
Nj Elimination vas Subsequently, however, reconsider
Xii. and the matter postponed. A split in the con-
ser ian seems inevitable. "
y yesterday afternoon (says the Cincinnati Gazette S
Of the 29th ult.,) Andrew Giffen, late president of "
The city council, and a leading democrat in this city, il
with bell in hand, rode through the principal streets n
the city, crying out at all the intersections, that II
some personal property would be offered for sale -
IT the new courthouse door, at three o'clock precise
u. At the hour named, about one thousand persons /.
had assembled and were waiting for the auctioneer. y
Finally, Mr.. Gitfen mounted himself upon a pile of IA
stone, and calling the crowd around him, he announ- F"
the personal property to be nothing less than
P. Millar, the democratic candidate for :,
he board of public works. Mr.. G. then inquired,
How much!' How much?" A bid of one cent J..
vas offered, finally three cents was bid. The prop bt
atty" was finally knocked off at three cents. m
North Bend, rendered famous as the residence and OF
'urial place of president Harrison, will soon be con- al
'erted into a town. A considerable portion of it has TO
,een purchased by some capitalists, who contemplate Pr
it out in town lots and offering them for sale. ~
The captain of the chain gang at Cincinnati was AZ
asst week robbed of twenty dollars by one of his ~
'risoners, while asleep in the office of the Jail. So
Two questions have recently so much agitated the La
3crman lutheran denomination in Cumberland, Md, De
W navy tdl>t Il CuiSl IneSe Ire DIS u WuclncI Da
u odd fellow can be a good christian, and as to the ne
roper method of administering the bread and wine pc
I the Lords supper. fel
Mr.. Solomon Burlington, of Jackson county, Va, =
Tas recently bitten by a rattle snake, but, upon g.,
rlnklng a quart or two of whiskey, vas relieved from 90
he fatal tendencies of the poison. So states the tn o
'arkersburg Gazette. tH
he chairs, tables, and fixtures &c. of the common WE
auncll chamber of Cincinnati have been levied on 40
y the sheriff to pay a judgment of S. 800, obtained COZ
Y a citizen for injuries received by him on account ter
the bad condition of the streets. M.
VIM. Avery died at the Boston lunatic asylum, on ha
ae lst INST, of general paralysis. He had not walk w
7, fed himself, or spoken for six years. -
The Richmond Dispatch says, intemperance seems
be on the increase among the lower classes of our
tizens. A great portion Of the time of the whole {
nv police is spent IN a~rresting drunken men and ery
omen, and the mayor has but little leisure to attend An
any other business. Until the city has a work J
in which to confne and employ such creatures, Tu
here they may be taught lessons OF sobrlety, we riv
I've no hope of seeing a reformation brought about. !
he Mobile papers can say the same. News. irr