The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-13
CINCINNATI, DEC. 1.-The river here is still rising
slowly Sales of -four at 81 IS "a rs per barrel.
Provisions are held at higher prices with no sales of

any moment. *-%
Conn Burnel1 farmer of Kenton county, Kentuc-
ky, who has recently become insane from pecuniary
losses, has of late been astonishing the neghbors re-
siding contiguous to his farm, the Licking river
few miles above Covington, by his strange and fan
tastic antics. Yesterday morning he arrayed him
self in female apparel, and dressing small dog in
swadling clothes, he to the adjoining farm and
with tears streaming down his cheeks, and modula-
ting his voice to the most mournful ntonations he
implored the residents adopt and provide for his
child as he had the morning received a warn.
ing from heaven that he was to expire that evening
and unless they extended the hand Of charity towards
his offspring, it would be left unprotected and pen
nyless upon the mercles of heartless world His
friends humored him in his eccentrictes and assor
ed him that his child should be properly cared
He then perfectly contented and when last heard
from was making the necessary preparations for his
approaching dissolution ECip Enorlirer
a few days since the telegraph brought us infor-
nation that man named Davis, formerly living in
this city, and once indicted for the crime Of arson
had been arrested In New York similar charge
From developments made known to US, it is pretty
certain that ne j. the leader Of regular organized
band, who 60 about the country obtaining assurances
property claimed as theirs, which they destrov
and then obtain the Insurance Three cases of arson
in this city, three in Rensselaer, county and quite
number Of others in New York city and elsewhere
have been traced to this party. Their Dlan Of onero
tons exhibits great cunning and knayery Davis
has, it Is asserted caused buildings to be erected and
nearly completed, when after obtaining insurance
forturnlture, etc. which he has said was ii the build
ing, but which was not obtained heavy nsn,a,,ea.
It, and then destroyed the building and afterwards
obtained the full amount he was insured for Turo
others, named Dobson and Thompson, are implicated
with him IN his nefarious operation Dobson Wa
arrested In New York one day last week on a charge
OF arson IN that city. The party who has been in
strumenta in ferreting ont this stupendous scheme
OF yillainy is an Albanian well known Many other
serious charges laid at tie door of this band but
we are not at liberty to divulge them at present
Albany Transcript. |
The Albany Argus, in speaking of the late cleo /
ton IN New York says, one Of the most remarkable
incidents of the day was the large number of Ger |
man votes polled for Ullnan. In every district of
ne city IRISH adopted citizens did the same thing to
the utter establishment Of all beholders The TN |
man vote IN this city is not than three-o
native born 1t is stated that the Germans of Buffalo
also almost to man, voted the know nothing ticket
Extract from letter to the New York Times writ
ten at Paris: "Now / do not exageerate-T IL ~
strain the facts when say that in the entire Brit.
ish press we have not friend-llot one that mavha
considered as an American advocate And whv2
For the PLAIN reason that the public sentiment in
Great Britain is against US They fatter IL far onr
trade; they may be shy of quarrel with us at pre
sent, but if the press be any indication of public
feeling then the people Of the three kingdoms. at
heart, dislike, fear, hate U.s. They dislike our man
ners they fear our example; and they hate our noi
cy. Such is our relation to one of the two powers
when now holds the sceptre of the world
Considerable anxiety is felt among those who
have friends on board of the U States Corvette Al
bany, which left Aspinwall over two months ago
ana mas not since been heard Of The following is
list OF her officers: commander, James r. Gerry y
lieutenants, VIM. W. Blocker, Montgomery Hunt ! /
Quincy Adams Henry Rodgers; surgeon Stephen A.
McCreary; assistant surgeon, Richard D. Corcoran;
purser, Nixon White; master, Robert A. Mari; mid
shipman, Bennett J. Riley. The Albany was a 90
gun ship, and had full crew of $50 men
BLOODY BATTLE.-The Russian attack upon the
Turkish and English positions at Baaklava on the
10Th oct., was very sanguinary affair. A tele-
graphic dlapatch from Marseilles to London saws =
hat is certain that in that action 400 British nfan
ry and 600 British cavalry were annibiliafed l0O0
men and SUI horses being killed in three hours The
numbers given are based upon the forces that went
nto the field and those that returned from it. The
russians say they took only 60 prisoners; the rest
ire missing, killed no doubt 600 British light in ~
antry We're engaged, and only 1913 returned! 500 T.
English cavalry were engaged and only 200 return
dll The 18th lancers We're almost destroyed. y
CHAMPAGSE-The assertions often made, that
e-fourths of the champagne imported into the
United States is spurious, and that there is more
hampagne consumed in this country than there is tn
lade i'll France, are thus denied in Cozzen's Wine
ress--excellent authority: "Champagne is an ex- .
enslve wine, and the amount consumed in the U .
tates Is not 50 very great as many imagine; while
proportion Of this wine in the department where
IS grown, amounts in ordinary Seasons to fifteen
nlIons OF bottles America is unquestionablv the =
est customer for this; but the total of all our i'm tr
ors OF all wines from all parts of the world does rs
OF more than double this amount Now if we re- ~.
ect that We use ten bottles of earet to one of cham
agne that there Is besides great consumption of u
lerry, Madeira, port, hook Lisbon, Tenerffe Mala ~
y etc, the taacy Of the statement viii be apparent H.
once Ut
The Alabama and Florida railroad il to be mt e'
nder contract on the 18th inst I"
letter in the New York Journal Of Commerce "a
ON Para Brazil announces that the party of Amer &
ans that braVed the dangers and trials of the An ~
and Cordilleras and finally reached the MeriDon
e Amazon, and the Henallago, in search of GOLD I'll
ines, were disastrously broken up and scattered,
I'd that dozens of them have been and now are in A
lra without money, food, clothing or friends Y
any persons in these parties had expended two T.
rec, and four thousand dollars and lost the whole
It. Ihey found the whole country barren of popu- o.
ION and food. 1t was only occasionally that they "
uld even procure monkey or an alligator for food -
The Montgomery (Ala) Mail is melancholy over So
high prices which prevail in that CITY No where E
the south, it thinks the necessares of life 50 E
ar he Mail says that from this cause and high NJ
ITS, small family can hardly subsist in respect
lie comfort, with the greatest economy, on $500 -
The Washington Star says there is not word of H
tn IN the New York Herald's statement that the WI
slden has determined to reconstruct the cabinet VI
to recall the majority of the present foreign min W
The New York Herald learns from Genoa that our ST.
mister to Sardinia, Mr. Daniels has been expelled ~
m club IN Turin, account of his letter com Oh
lining of the garlely smell of the Tuskinese. R,
'osr OFFICE RoBBERY.-James Fitzgibbons, one of El
night clerks in the New York post office, was ar t
ted on the 2Sth ult on a charge of robbing the i
lis The Courier and Enquirer says he was de-
ed the night previous, by Mr.. Hobrook, special 4!
mt of the post office department in appropriating
his own use two packages of money mailed at a
rark, N. j., one directed to Williamsburg, and "A
other to Bridgeport, Ct containing about $500 ara
some reason Fitzgibbons had been suspected, but If
ling tangible could be discovered against him, i
ii he was detected in the act for which he was +
sted; He is about forty years of age, and has +
and three children ii Brooklyn and Isl not pecu- &
lily responsible his salary was but 5000 year &
was taken before U s. commissioner Ingraham, r.
after examination fully committed for trial. +
HEAP PosrAeE.-The revenue from the cheap post
system it is said has increased and will soon
adequate to meet all the expenses of the post
e department
he Memphis Eagleand Enquirer says that pan
measuring ten feet fronsstp Of nose to tip Of the
was Killed in Upton county, Tennessee not :.
since The varmint was tip'd over by a Mr. /
Taylor. g.
he failure Of the Messrs. Reeves, Buck & Co..
manufacturers pbifa3alphin u appa,,naad