The south-western., 1854-09-13

seIf-mad. man. ACCORDING 10 the St. I0uI
Rpnub1;can about o. wears a.so he was de
! univ rlarl, unl.r = Mr. Tal;afprro of Npvnoyt
Krntuctv for his hoard He was then quit
vouno and des;rnr to improve his fortune Il
too1 1eck nassaoe m = small steamer houn
far s. 1onis which was then y little town i
the "far west ,, Mr. Taliaf.rro hearino tha
he was about to leave. called On Kennett f
know if he vos nrovi1e1 With funds Tie ha,
not 2 dollar. Mr., r. then Maid Kenuet,'s mas
sace in the cabin and cave him = little Docke
money. Shortly after arriving at st. Louis h
became acquainted with captain j. [. >"2n
(now OF the Alex. Scott, then IN con'man" &,
the steamer Carrollton, who took him Oh o"2r,
as second clerk. BY asslduIty and strictly at
tending to his vocation, he won the esteem o
| the captain and became succesSlTeIy first clerk
then captain and part owner Of new boat
He subsequently retired from the river, with
drawing about $50 600 from the concern, and
being IN bad health visited Cuba and Europe
Returning to st. Louis, he entered extensively
into the commercial business carried on between
that city and New Orleans, and IS now worth
from two to three hundred thousand dollars
and, above all, has lately had the honor OF de-
featlng '*old Bullion IN his strong ho'd--hlls
own district. hennett IS emnently sejf-maoc
man of talents.
BY the way, captain hennett IS COUSIN 10
our esteemed sheriff. colonel watson whom
the wings OF this district intend TO send 10 con-
gress at the next election.
The New Orleans Bee has been drawing Il
connar;son between the iudocs of the federal
and state courts greatly to the d'sp%FagemehS
OF the latter ana thereoy argues that we are
more likely to secure al aoIe Jualclafy ov inc
appointing than we are by the elective polIcy.
Our venerable contemporary and inend IS mis-
taken, as LOUISIANA Itself demonstrates Oar
district Judges IN point OF Ie5aI Aho"leoge' IN
dustry and department. have at all tunes been
fully equal to any Judge ever appointed by the
president to preside over the eastern or west
ern districts OF Louisiana; and majority OF the !
justices no" on the supreme bench, and the
Judges OF several OF The New Orleans district
ouF's' are IN all th1ngs equal II not SUPERIOR
the late Judge NJ 'kIn!ey, Judge Campbell,
Judge McCa!eb, or any other Judge OF the u. 5.
rcult court, that has oilicaIIy ySFislted Louis
ana Becausea a man, through the aid of lnt1u-
ntial friends, may accidentally be appointed
" the president to seat on the supreme bench
f the United States, it does not follow, as a
ecessary consequence, that he must be Mar
IN v r,
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IHE MAILs'--A Puo!Ic meeting was held at t
Alabama lc" days slhce' TO take {
10 consideration inc hloieFaolelrFe8uiaFIly OF t
1e mails An address was voted 10 the post I
'as'eF general on the SUBJECT requesting that c
VIII de15n TO LOOK INTO the matter, and ap' i
y remedy lof 'helr suf1cr!ngS. we nope d
icy may succeed IN oet'eF'nS the BUSINESS but a
are exceedingly oooo'iul' . line southern T
'opIe nave oofne these annoyances SO long V
at 'ney nave at last become accustomed to g.
en- ana mus grin ana Dear IL as the only It
LETT them. S
0ur worthy postmaster has written to the S
partment' and the mail-agenS and poStmas- o
at ne" VIleanS' an account OF the Sna1ne-
ana irregular manner IN "h1ch the man IS o
n'e!eo between the crescent 'I'y ana TINS t!
ace anu requesting '""V Sonie 'he'hoc De n
oF'eo o1 VIII" VIC may 'i"'e " ie5 u'a' lh"ii' Il
'"" oD'9 P'"! 'n"' Sus'eSS "''e"o MS eA-
''0''' Ill % 5oo. 5O.r'|C">1Se'...-.o q o""9e' ;
THE TE.EGRAru.-Public attention has bccn II
sakeoed to the condition oftba Rod P;,.or ond II
.xas te]ooranh. The last Alexandria por,rh Il
an saws that. it has been more than o n,onth. d
ice the citizens Of Ranides contrbntod &c ooo A
r its establishment Tbov rore told a+ tho a
ne Of subscribing, that it wouId bo tAro,,rh
a Opelousas, to New Orleans in s;x months. W
+ three times six months bss ol.neoa ona A., sc
e is far from comnlcton A live 1,. hoor, al
,rjed THROUGH to Natcbez via uorr;eo,, ,,,.,. di
at communicates to the c;,v b,,t # ;s ,,,;ro7n