The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-27

remarkable truths in regard to the men VIII
compose che administration party. The las
Cherokee {Texas) Sentinel, with great justic
observes that: ''the transactions of the presen
congress will be watched with more than ordi
nary interest by The people of the U. s5ates.-
Coming frpm all portions Of the Union, and re
presenting an almost innumerable amount Q
tisIns,' and protesting to be the mouth piece
of as many different sections, the congress nov
assembled stands without a parallel in the his
tory Of all preceding congressional Legislation
The members are, in word, Of tie tribe O
spirits-blkck, white and grey,-the propagan
dists Of faitional interest, and the very heac
and front IF sectional strife and feeling. They
have been hurled into power by the revolution
Of the timds, amidst the excitement Of polltica
warfare, aid the zeal and enthusiasm Of petty
tricksters, HTrav Blanche, Sweetheart and all. ,
| 1t would be Herculean task to cnumerate al
tie differdnt parties Of the day. They arc
known and designated by SO many names, thai
we would despair of ever making correct
compilatio't, were We to try the experiment.
The blows iof al these parties, of course, are
to be concqntrated against the present admin
istration. They have been, Judas like, offered
their price. and will be found worthy hirelings.
They have been found tried examplars oftheir
creed, and possess the proper credentials
Self-inerest is The GROWING grace ofthat creed,
and personal aggrandisement the incentive for
their crusaaes. But in vain will the stgalled
jade VINCE and the tongue of persecution
retain its cunning. Like the slow and measur-
ed fall Of drops of water, on the projecting rock
below, they will be swept away from their hir-
ed calling, and truth will still continue to pre-
va'' -s
Our contemporary goes strong on the 'top-
loftical,' but speaks very truthfully. 1t is need
less to inform our readers that the '*preSem'
congress is composed almost entirely Of Pierre
ites and that the men Of whom the Sentinel
talks so sayagey are the leaders of its own par
ty, and all that remains of the late democratic
legions. We hope that the Sentinel will en-
tighten us as to what ':price' was demanded
BY these democratic congressman, who it was
hat "offere& their price," and by whom they
will be found worthy hirelings." Were they
bought up bF the executive, to be manufacture
ID into Office holders?
Our cotem porary must have been absent from
he United s hates, or has neglected to peruse
he papers, fbr some months past, or he would
lave known that at the recent elections the peo-
lie ola majority Of the States decided that the
members ''of the present congress" were unfit
nd incompetent for the stations they occupy,
nd therefore elected others to congress, who
eprescnt the interests of their constituents and
ppose the corrupt principles of Pierce and his
oft-shell advisers
The Mobile Tribune is dcvoting its attention
, tropical cotton. Itsays that the cotton plant
| the West Indies and other tropical regions,
rows into Tree and is perennial. Many Of
le varieties now cultivated in the U. States
robably originated from seed brought from S.
america, the West Indies, etc The Dean
otton' recently introduced into Alabama and
the most satisfactory results as to
APPLE and product, is believed to have been
ltroduced from South America Tn thus trans
lantlng, the character Of the plant is of course
ssentially changed becoming here an annual ,
nd producing different staple. We have be- f
re US proof of this fact. A gentleman of j,
Ioblle obtained last year from Cuba a small y
aantIty OF cotton seed. He planted portion,
hlch grew rapidly and only from having been q
opped down by a horse the plants would E
I'VE been much taller than any cultivated on r
e best lands. They afterwards, however, 7
ew off finely and up to the 8th of December W
we continued green and vigorous and latter j
covered with a profusion Of blooms. Not y
III has yet matured, but understanding the f.
we're frosts and ice blossoms continue to open. :,
be shape of the leaf and color of the flower ~
e quite different from those of the Petit Gulf
I'd other kinds usually cultivated A yalua-
c sort may yet be originated from these seed. c
A commercial friend, writing to us from n. t,
ok, under date of the 10th inst, saws, we tt
ould not expect good times, although it is n
ssible the country may get practically indie I
ndent Of transatlantic troubles. But the W
II necessarily limits the consumption of our 81
ton, while by fixing war-prices on provisions, t
injuries our own consumers to an amount far CT
yond any general benefit to the country at g,
'ge, from the export of breadstuFs Itiniures it,
lde, wastes money, sustains a fcverish and h;
settled feeling in everything, and keeps alive Of
dread that the United States may be ob]iped &C
pay in gold every dollar of debt they NAV VI
We abroad in any way. Financially, it would ey
We been better for England, France and the te
States, had Nicholas been allowed to drive M
cry Turk in Europe into the Bosphorus. and BIZ
the three nations given him one hundred nc
lions Of dollars for necessary expenses. The di