The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-23

MI When the Cyane battered down the nest {
4 rocleres about the heads of the half breeds an
: loafers Of GreytoWn, the British papers, togeth
4 er with their lmltators and echoers in the {
t States, proclaimed that it was a most Wanto
: act of barbarity, but we now hear that quee
: Yictoria's steamer Antelope, has been bombai
It ding and 'sshelling" Old Town, Calabar, on
: of the stations of the African missions, that th
t town was completely demolished, and the
: burnt; and the English officers are lauded
e the skies for the act. It appears that the say
: ages had complied with an immemorial custom
: among themselves Of sacrificing the slaves OF
: chief when he dies, the slaves being considered
/ as the evil genius Of the chief, having cast tn
: eyil-eye upon him which caused his DEATH
. The missionaries demanded that those WIFI
t made the sacrifice should be given up as muir
4 derers. The natives refused, and treated thu
interference with their customs and laws witt
scorn, and so they were stshelled' and killed
by the Antelope. Itwould have been praise
worthy act, if the British manof-war had In
terfered previous to the execution of the slaves
and thereby saved their lives, butafterthe bar
barous sacrifice had been consummated, there
was not particle Of humanity displayed BY
bombarding the town, firing the huts, and kill
ing its uncivised inhabitants. .s ...
/ We learn from our exchanges that all the
roads and lines leading from the northern and
eastern cities to the west, are crowded with pas
sengers and movers The movement in that
direction is extraordinary. The want of en-
ployment, the high rates of provisions, and the
better prospects in the new States, may be as
signed as the causes. Iowa, Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Nebraska and Kansas, are the chief
points of destination. The Evansville (Ia. J
Inquirer states that steamboats, passing that
place, on their way to St. Louis, are literally
crowded with passengers, large number of
whom are mechanics, who complain of having
been forced to leave the Atlantic States by the
scarcity of employment, owing to the immense
number of foreign mechanics recently arrived
in the country and who are willing to work for
less than half the wages demanded by Amer
leans. Crowds of persons are on their way to
Kansas, where all kinds Of mechanics are in de-
mand, especially carpenters, bricklayers, plas-
terers, and painters. The west, the Inquirer
thinks, is indeed the modern land of promise,
and advises all who are active and enterprsing
and who find nothing to do in the old States Or
large cities, to direct their footsteps thither.
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Mons. F. GaiEardet, writing to the Courier
des Etats Unis, on the progress of the cam
paign in the Crimea, states that marshal Can
robert, in letter that appeared in the Moni-
teur, gives an account of various engagements,
which are but the prologue to the great drama
soon to be enacted, and asks: sWhat is to be
the result? Will Sebastopol fall into our hands
Or will it successfully resist our ASSAULT" He
adds, con this point opinions differ. l have
been assured that letter has been received
rom general Bosauet, one of the bravest ofth
oraye,' IN which he expresses the wish that
peace may occur soon enough to spare the ALI
I'd army that terrible enterprise; because Sc
oastopolis no longer town, it is camp, for
ifed as never position was before. Redoubts
Are behind redoubts; barbados behind barri-
,ades; squares, streets, houses. roofs, windows
are alike armed, and bristle with fearful az
'ay of guns. The assaults will be battle foot
o foot, and hand to hand. 1t will cost twenty
thousand men; and after all may not succeed;
Or there are some things equally beyond hui
nan valor and human strength The fact is
Every day becoming apparent, that the allies
ire afraid to attempt an assault, and it must be
1umiating to the French and British soldiery
o acknowledge that they have been yanqush-
ID by the serfs of Russia.
The appropriations made for the ensuing
year, by the board of managers of the mission
ary society of the methodist episcopal church, t
south, at their recent meeting in Nashville,
amounted to 100000. Of this sum $4,000
are appropriated to carrying on the mission in
China, and about the same amount to Calfor- ]
1ia. It was determined to establish mission {
ary post at Sante Fe, New Mexico; also one in
New Granada and Central America. About
100000 was appropriated to the mission
among slaves. {
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The know nothings have been at their old
ricks in Alexandria. At the recent municipal E
election held in that town, Mr.. Rosimond Lee {
grass, know nothing, was elected mayor It'll
S stated that two-thirds of the voters of Ra-
9ides parish belong to this mysterious order.
The Chicago Tribune, speaking of the recent
"hiskey and lager beef riots in that city, says,
the Irish, to their credit, took no part in the ,
matter, and went quietly home, without form
ng crowds, or stopping with any, leaving the
Germans and the police to settle the difficulty
among themselves
The Prairie News states that general John
Quitman, will be the know nothing candi-
late for governor of Mississippi, at the next :
state election, and that he will be elected. No !,