The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-09
rho New York Courier aud Enquirer Of Tuesday

Lux S;Iis they were dropped 50 quietly into the
Tate that not the gentleman who receYed them
Low from whom they came The giyer Is to be en- /
hJ. lass for his ability to spare such sum than for
sJ;snosition which led him to bestow it on such
caah kingston (Jarnaica) journal Of the 18th ult
Es as follows of the great distress prevailing in
IsTba Inhabitants Of Jamaica stepped in power
= large portion, pinched by want, are steepedin
49,. thousands crying for assistance of food
' ~ several districts distant from market places
al anu have to subsst upon the young bamboos
MI nj n dig up and clutch any wild root or other
% ,taneous production, to support life. This may
near an exaggerated, but, nevertheless it is true
picture, ,7.poa;s4or 80 i, ,,,,.a.
s Yesterday made to pass upon the Savings Bank
": fLis city three counterfeit $50 bills of the South
III Rank Of Alabama. They were Immediately de
ntod by the cashier, but having no means at the
tme of arresting the persons who offered them, he
Id them watched and police officers put upon their
lack Unfortunately, however, they managed by
Hanging their clothes, to elude all parties and final
u, rrent off in the New Orleans boat.
y Tbe Memphis Evening News says an attempt was
ade about o'clock on Thursday night last to
ssssinate Mr.. George Cooper, wealthy citizen who
sides short distance from the city, OH the Pigeon
post Road He shot while sitting at his table
andtle ball came through the window, grazing his
sreast and making flesh wound in the left arm.
Mr. Cooper is owner of the Central House, on Mon
-oa street, to fire which several Intellectual attempts
have been maze. H
The Boston Bee says an extensive ship builder at
udford Massachusetts has received orders to build
al the earliest moment, five vessels, Of about five
hundred tons each, upon the most improved clipper
model When completed for sea- they are to carry
eipht guns four on side, and are to tie fitted ex-
pressly for prvateering, or similar service. What
and who are they for! $E@ s
A bill has actually been brought into the British
parliament for the abolition Of church rates. Here
IS blow at high toryism! Why, few years ago.
the mere mention Of such thing would have horri
fed the tory benches as the harbnger of England S
downfall. 70 separate church and state was believed
to be like seyering the lgament that connects the
siamese twins. The conservative portion Of the Eng
lish press bitterly oppose the bill
The fashion in the city for ladies' is boots with
yellow tops turned over the boot of calf or
co-ftting gracefully on the foot and around the
limb that runs out Of the foot The boots are high
heeled with miniature spur on each. The dress
is Topped up one side with bow Of ribbons, in
the style of a Iupe, thus displaying the aforesaid
style is decidedly Spanish, and We apprehend it
will find few admirers in this region.
Col Amory, who keeps an eating house opposite
our office in Congress street, having recently missed
sums of money from his till, was surprised yester-
day in discovering that some rats had been using
bank bills lining for their nests under the coun-
ter Fragments Of bills TO ascertain that at
least fifteen dollars had been distracted and convert
ed by the rats to their own use, We're found.
Boston Transcript.
The Philadelphia Pennsylvania says that a Sc
cret association exists in that city composed Of the
dealers in potatoes, who, by ingenious management
have covered with their contracts and operations all
the region Of country from which the city of Phlla-
delphia draws its supplies of that vegetable. In
this is alleged that the consprators have
monopozed the supplies to such anextent that they
have the market entirely at their mercy, and can
keep up the prices to suit themselves. ~ szt
The strength of the American party in Maine is
said to be above 10000; New Hampshire II 00o
Massachusetts, Sc, 900; Vermont, Is 300; Connecti
pI,nIo 5Tcla NS,t Vort-1
New Jersey, 5000; Delaware, 1000; Pennsylvania
$4,000; District of Columbia 3,O00 east Virginia
$1,000 and west Virginia, 20,0DO voters. 0s.r 8
1t is said that twelve hundred and fifty -four brick
buildings Were erected in St Louis during the past
year. Some Of them cost from thirty thousand to
one hundred thousand dollars The total cost is es-
tmated at 1881 600. 5##
The Christian Review (baptist) has an able arti
Gle refutng the popular idea Of the universally Of
the Noachian de1nge. The writer argues against it
on the ground that the ark rested On The top of
Mount Ararat-hence the flood did not 60 over that
mountain; that limited deluge answered Gods de-
sign of drowning all human beings but Noah and
his family, that the ark too small TO contain
pairs Of all creatures with their food; that Noah
took no fishes amphibious animals, no plants or
seeds with him; that there is not wafer enough to
cover our whole globe that universal flood would
have destroyed planet; that there trees now
living which older than the food; that certain
extinct volcanoes prove the same thing. te.
In one Of the English courts lately trader was
tried on charge Of attempting to defraud his cred
iors It appears that he went into bankruptcy and
after the usual proceedings, received his discharge
in due form. One night about week afterwards, a
police officer attracted by an unusual light in
the store Of the accused and caught him in the act
of removing to the store large quantity of goods,
which during the bankruptcy he had concealed In a
cave in the rear of the store. The jury found him
and also an accomplice guilty, recommending them
to the mercy of the court, but the Judge did not
think it proper case for clemency, and sentenced
both prisoners to fifteen years transportation to
Botany Bay. #a 4.. i.
The New Hampshire Statesman SAYS: Arrange
ments making for the manufacture of new de-
scription Of brick. It's composed Of sand and lime,
the proportion being about eleven parts sand to one
part of lime, and they be manufactured at less
cost than our common clay brick They are manu-
featured with large orfce through the centre; the
advantages Of which the facility with which they
are manufactured; lathing and plastering becomes
unnecessary, and the outside and inside of the wall
made at the same time. The chemical change
which takes place in the manufacture of the bricks
hardens them that they nit more affected by
the action of the. atmosphere than stone
A few days az at Arcadia, Madison county, No,
during thunder Storm the lightning struck an out
building attached to the Arcadia high -school-one
OF the best institutions in the ton fire. and
before assistance could be rendered the building
destroyed Several of the pupils Of the school slept
In this building; some Of them escaped They re-
turned soon after to their com panons but all
their efforts to do Intellectual, and thinking,
as no response was given that they had escaped they
abandoned their attempt Afterwards, however, it
was ascertained that four boys in the building
and must have been consumed BY the fire, probably
having first been killed by the lightning. One ofthe
victims Of this calamity was Harry Ridgey son of R.
L. Rdgely, esq Of St Louis, boy Of fourteen years
of age, greatly endeared to his parents and those who
knew him, by his many good and excellent qualities
The other three boys it is supposed, were from New
Madrid county, but their names have not reached US
In interesting letter to the New York Courier
and Enquirer Mr.. E. Merriam, the New York meteor
oogst, states that there is in Lockport, New ork
an artesan well four hundred feet in Depth from the
bottom of which rises vein Of salt water, holding
IN combination large per centage Of diliquescing
chlorides, which mngling with waters ofother veins,
produce instantaneous crystaizations Of beautiful
seenite, in attened eight sided prisms Of about an
inch IN width and sixteenth Of an inch in thick
ness The lamina of these So perfect that sin
gle crystal may be divided by means Of heat, into
two dozen distinct sheets. This well is peculiar in
more respects than one. Il is accustomed to spout
salt water for but a few moments at time and then
subsding, remains quiet for the space of an hour,
at the conclusion Of which it again begins to puff and
and shoot forth its saline jets When the work
men sinking this we'll the anger, upon attain