The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-08-30

# writer ia tke INV York Mirror, speaking Of the
@ coored population Oh that cry, says they are poor,
5 md live from hand 70 mouth. They seem to have
ambition but to dress. Their conduct is frivolous,
their habits very bad and lives shorfor the masses
IN rarely reach the age OF forty
The tpipger gelnmen' in Cincinnati have establish
ed theatre 10 that place, and opened their perform
VI ,sncies at a thespan temple, where they announce
that white people will not be admitted to any part
Of the house except the galleries.
There was a terrible and destructive storm in the
vicinity of Paramount, Virginia, few days since
Several buildings unroofed, thrown
tho railroad track the crops completely Frustrated
and an immense amount OF damage done.
The Mobile Tribune states that in grand melee at
Gaeenyile Butler county, Ala Felix Gaford had his
throat cut and died; J. Williams and John Caldwell
were both cut up shockngly and are probably dead
end VIM Williams Frank Gafford and Henry Cald-
we'll were all seriously wounded Cause, drinking
\ wh;skey and carrying deadly weapons.
\ The majority for hon Thomas Bragg for governor
Of North Carolina is $500 The democratic majority
in the Legislature on joint ballots is l6.
CINCINNATI, AUGUST Son Monday last an election
took place in Boone county KY, opposite this city,
when the know nothings elected their candidates by
4 $50 majority.
" A few days since German, with an unpronounca-
Bile name, vas examined before the police court Of
Louisville, charge of having nuisance on his
premises, and was fined twenty dollars and COSTS
He refused to pay and sent to Jail The next dav
the wife sought the and earnestly entreaed far
her husbands discharge, on the ground that his fam
lily were in suffering condition for want of his Ia
Dor to support them She begged with tears in her
eyes, and awakened the sympathy Of his honor, who
gave an order for her husbands discharge. on the
payment of fine of 1--WE dollars On the back of the
order, however, he wrote note to the TAILOR to search
the man and woman before they We're allowed to de-
part from the prison The jailor found on the man
~S2259 in gold, and on the woman Sl75 in gold coin
The Selma Sentinel gives an account Of the rail
road train which hat Last
on the Alabama and Tennessee river railroad. It
consisted Gays the Sentine) Of twenty one cars load
ed with coal cotton, rocks wood, lumber corn cross
ties for the Alabama and Mississippi railroad shin
ges coops of chickens, baskets and barrels of eggs
jars and kegs Of butter and honey, cows, hogs and
ohef a sk elonss p sae af pomegranites
wateta the prodnctssof the up country.
kinhe Chambers Tribune gives an account CT a cow
ny attack made by man named Tucker and
ardty OF his friends upon Mr.. Phillips The at
Pa was maze IN the presence of several young la
tides Phillips was badly cut, and friend Of his
was also injured. xA
n in Mrs. Smiths history of Newburyport, /" saws
the Newburyport Herald, 'itis stated that the rst
privaeer fitted out in the United States during the
revolutionary war sailed from Newburyport, and
was owned by Nathaniel Tracy esq., The ships Of
TINS gentleman captured one hundred and twenty
SAL, amounting totweny three thousand three hun
dred and sixty tons, from the enemy during the war
Ihese prizes, with their cargoes were sold for one
thuHuied anu HlGy thousand specie dol
lars. Of this sum Mr.. Tracy devoted one hundred
and sixty seven thousand two hundred and nineteen
dollars to the army and other public demands With
these ships were taken two thousand two hundred
and twenty five men prisoners ofswar The stars
and stripes, as the American ensign were display
ed for the first time in the river Thames by captain
Nicholas johnson, Of Newburyport, commander of
! the ship Count de Grasse."
The LIVING STREAM.-During the month of June, 81 |
emigrant ships took their departure from Liverpool,
having on board q, 767 passengers Ofthese, thirty
two ships were bound for the United States having
on board 500 passengers, composed Of 2 1874 En-.
glish, 3ls Scotch, and 9O42 Irish, and the remainder
23Sl natives of other countries chiefly German six
ships for Canada, with 1888 emgrants; one for New
kBr lex, with S55 passengers on board; and twelve
for the Australian colonies of aggregate tonnage of
1922 TONS and with 1874 adult passengers ON board
of whom 2,OO7 We're English, 500 Scotch, 562 Irish
and the remainder 466 natives of other countries The
total nigration from Liverpool for all foreign ports
during the quarter ended June 30th was 81 $50, az
compared with 70 64 in the corresponding Quarter of
last year. showing increase in the number of emi-
grants of $3.50 This is the largest number of emf
grants who have sailed from that port during any
preceding quarter
We have not as yet received the full returns of the
vote for associate justice of the supreme court but
will rDntinua tn puhlist thafn