The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-21

A correspondent Of the New York Times, writin
from the proud Austrian capital df Vienna, say.
PROVISIONS very dear. The prices of meat ad
rr,nces The consumption of horse flesh by til
,oorest classes, which, for the pas two years. ha
feen more and more resorted to, tends to check an
I'D rise in beef and the common meats. Whit
d roasts and bake pieces cost FIFTEEN krentzers til
snnd-pot even high in New York-horse
LII is bought for five kreutzers. An acquantanc
bn has eaten beefsteak from this meat, assures M
Mt il does not taste at all bad thas it is indeed
I1;cacy. and from the nature of the food q
tyvo that horse-fesh is much coicer diet tina,
ND chicken! It may serve TO show how well tn
nore, classes ike It, to state that within the pas
law weeks, in Hamburg. if lenenlher rightly, ths
of this article of food mas risen ia donhla ifs
farner rate, owing to the Increased demand n
Ar,onp the curiosites at the fair. Washingfor
-: are the following: two bricks from Eovnt ,nadf
cs black loan mixed with straw anil baIed III m
u One is modern, picked up On Tie banks ~ III
Ne at brick yard; the other is ve,Iy ancient dno
W. If the earth by the contributor from he brick
o..amid which Heredotus, the oldest|GreeL histor;
mentions and says it was built III Asyrlis, who
aaogned one hundred years before Abraham,s visit
to Egypt Inc straw IN thls IS as perfect as if made
.osteerday Goat skin water-bottle ut,ed in the de-
Inv the contributor. The water in the skingis
soIed by evaporation from the oatsid$ and ID sweet
III cool in the hottest day. Christ jallrda ia tba
-h1 r-c
de Of camePs hair cloth of scripturd Pieces from
.Ia stump and branch Of an olive ttee IN C5etbsa.
w.. The wood Of the stumps is gjarled without
bark hard as flint. and Is hundreds of wears IF
o~e Pliny speaks Of this. These stunps rriav hara
ieeen there in Christ's day. The tobs hayn oftan
been cut off and spaouted out again. like the willow.
specimen of stereotype printing al was practised
among the old Egyptians. These interesting arti-
cIes were deposited by the rev. George w Samson
The secretary of war, on the 3lst ultimo, trans
, aJ,%..-. in
mted to congress repore relative to the mitia of
tbe limited States. The effective militia force Of tho
country is stated as follows: EsI95, FS
Tnfantry-commission officers . Ak 100
Non commissioned and privates, i 76S 335
Cayalrv-commission officers .H Hel0
Non-commssioned and privates. L ls 530
Rifemen-commssioned officers, IS953
Non commissioned and priYates 4 s2 s56
Aggregate, 2,4oI, 663
The supreme court, we see it announced Las sus-
tanned the course Of presidents Fillmoee aha Pierce
in regard to the territorial Judges The former AM
missed for some cause, Mr. Goodrich afederal Judge
in Minnesota. He resisted that summary dismissal
rs unconstitutional and applied to the coISrt far
mandamus upon thesecretary of the treasury 10 nav
him his salary since his dismissal She court re-
fuses to grant mandamus, and thus sustains the
right of the president to dismiss at his discretion,
the Judges of the territorial courts twill be re-
membered that gen. Pierce made silnilar dis.nissas
on his accession to office ss.g
The Toronto common council recently voted tho.
sum of $4O,O00 to the patriotic fund DESIGNED TO
aid the sick and wounded in the Crimea. ATvote of
the rate payers seems to have been sub4eauetly ia
ken upon the proposition, when there appeafei 274
in favor Of the appropriation and 236 against iii The
council, dlsrustlng their right To vote the pubic
funds in this way II view Of the nearly dividkd vote
upon the measure, rescinded the resolution uaani
mously.
Our town was visited not long ago by a dharac
ter that it may pc as well to notice f the benefit
of the philanthropie in sister communities An in
digent female, apparently enciente, vi3ited d num-
Der of houses and from her situation Iarousea the
sympathes of many of the gentler sex After nav
ing imposed on quite a number one If the ladies
she visited discovered rather too much beard and
communicating the result of her observation. the
individual was followed up an Investigation proved
that the INDECENT female was man diSo4l sed in tho
garb of woman. Fredericksburg (NtaD Herald /
The recently established theological seminary at
Danyille, Kentucky, is likely to prospet Itis I'M
der the protection of the presbyterias and i pre-
sided by the ablest Of western disines. Doctor
breckenridge, the uncle Of the member of congress
from Kentucky, Of that name The students are
from all sections Of the west and south VA
The superintendent of public schools in Missouri
reports 229,953 children in that State between the
ages of anG 30; only 81 900 of whom We're taught
during the past year The report draws sail pic
ture of the district school houses describing them
as III by u log cabins with oblong window low
dismal dreary things the very appearance of Which
is sufficient to produce fever and ague
The tide o. Irish emigration is experiencing con-
tlnued relux. Almost every ship leaving for Eng
land takes out from thirty to fifty of these passen-
gers 1t results from the improved condition ofIrsh
lands under the operation of the encountered estates
BILL and to the increased demand for I4bor Ger
mans taseontrary, will continue rstar in ia ION
US in large numbers.
1t is stated that one Of the Americans named r.
Johnson, who figured IN the late revolution ia Peru,
got possession Of regimental chest belonging to
Echenique's forces, with $40, 900 in geld in it, Which
he divided with his comrades.
CANDIDATES.
FOR MAYOR:
u We authorised to announce ] y HI n W
N S, (the present incumbent as d candidate
for the office of Mayor of Shreveport at the municipal
election to be held on the first Monday in May.
FOR SHERIFF.:
u WE authorised to announce OH n NJ
LEW $, as candidate for the office of herHpf the
parish of Caddo, at the election in November next.
FOR CLERK: MI
u We authorised to announce B. IT. SCOG-
MS, candidate for the office Of Gicyk Of the
District curt for Caddo parish at the ensuing cleo
ion -st# 44. a-5#@
Married 1
On the 18th inst, by the rev'd j. Franklin Ford,
ar. JOHN LEE GooCH to Miss MATILDA E. aTERRITr-E
Thanks to the happy couple for their bounCeous
uppy OF delicious cake, and we wish them many
ong years Of uninterrupted bliss.]
Died
On the 18th inst, at Greenwood, after b long and
ainful illness, Mr.. JOHN QUINCY EGERLY aged about
2 years
" RErRIEvE-We do not refer to retrieve from
apital punishment. There is a slow torture, from
men respite is equally desirable. We refer to
dyspepsia word in which all the horrors of nd-
eston are summed up. To the sufferers BY this pain
|! and harassing disease, we can hold ot not only
right hopes but the certainty of immediate relief
hd permanent cure. There is tonic, cordial and
lucrative principle in Hollands German bitters,
men inevitably arrests and changes the morbid ac
on the stomach and the secretive orgaas removes
e :, dsease and restores to health Prepared ydoct
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