The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-05
,v,esnandent of the Newark Dali,

With the concurrence OF the ministers Of state,
lila The diplomatic representatives. q france and
i l ssss red communications until all parties
" sat;sfed The correspondence with the sta
58iy +sas equally satisfactory; and orders to stop
q nroceed were obeyed as by vohtlon Morses
Ma reduced to the dimensions Of coat pock-
a1,dine paper, etc, was used on this occasion.
,nlicty Of the invention is amusing. Two
rnnning from the little pocket machine through
Lottom Of the car, trail on parallel insulated iron
#&es s rbcb are the mediums. Strange that the no.
aver occurred to the Yankee nation.
copcal observations have demonstrated that
.aior part Of the rocky names composing the
AAs n Are formed of minute insects in petrified
In some instances the fosiEperious connections
" gorv large-indeed enormous; yet in the MAORI
nssos they are exceedingly minute, so much SO
- u requires the most powerful magnifying lenses
Itrr8ine their existence. This is the case with
8sEa dcuser and more compact rocks Though to the
- tI,cv present merely beautiful crystalline APP
A#23 ayce vet when submitted to the searching pow
a If the microscope myriads of animacula are dis
$arered forming the essential structure OF which
Sxhey composed
The last postmaster that has been caught is Mr..
EsA ,nderback, Of Westville, Ohio He owed Perrne
"a vile of DAYTON, and the 18th sent to the Day
on postofice registered letter bill for S5oV ne
nrv not coming to hand the next day, the Dayton
+naster telegfaphed to the postmaster general
vi to the nearest special mail agent, with such good
g. that in forty eight hours Louderback, the West
ie postmaster, was in custody, and confessed that
Id not sent the $500, but intended to claim, I'M
4 II letter bill, that the money had been stolen
& - -, mail after it left his office.
1 The Portland (Maine) Argus of the 9th inst, says
This CITY, on Saturday evening last, Mr. Abner
ssTbitrev aged about 60, and residing in Lafayette
R.reet suddenly expired while in the act Of eating
III niece of beefsteak for supper A post mortem ex-
s,ppination was made by doctors Ludwig and Perry
Tbey found i'll the larynx, upper part Of the wind
80 a niece Of beefsteak about two inches long by
Xiii an inch thick, which evidently had caused his
1..z4 Il
q had previously, while eating, suffered repeatedly
from partial strangulatlon, owing doubtless to the
diseased condition of the membrane. d.
d An exchange paper in view Of difficulties expe-
renced by medical men in procuring subjects for
anatomical purposes, suggests that all medical stu
dents should, graduating, make their bodies
for scientific purposes to the colleges at which they
receive their diplomas. Physicians also urged
10 make similar disposition of their mortal parts
and thus promptly show their devotion to science
and insure full supply Of subjects for the dssect
ING room. The proposition will doubt, be adopt
! ed with enthusiasm by the professors.
j A late letter from Paris says that the manner in
which the Americans identify themselves with the
habits of the French people Their undisgused par
TALLY towards the French metropolis, and the large
sums which they cheeruy pay for the best and most
luxurious accommodation, tend daily to knit close to-
gether the two countries; and though the policy of
the state may establish asympathy between Russia
and the United States, it is evident that this can
NOT in the long run, destroy the growing interest
which the French and Americans daily exhibit to-
wards one another.
The aggregate taxable property OF the city OF q ew
York is four hundred and eighty-seyen millions Of
dollars, and the rate of tax about hundred and
twenty-on cents on each hundred dollars, making
levy of nearly six millions for the support of the
nicipal government.
The city of Baltimore has fifteen banks, with an
aggregate capital of $8,576,583.
The city of Philadelphia has sixteen banks, with
an aggregate capital Of less than Sill 100000.
The city Of New Yorks has ffty-two banks, with
an aggregate capital of S4S4S2 000
The city Of Boston has thirty seven banks with an
aggregate capital of $50, 100000.
The city Of New Orleans has eli ht banks, with an
aggregate capital of $l4,702 600.
The city Of Providence has thirty seven banks,
with an aggregate capital of $I3, s96, 460.
The city of Charleston has nine banks, with an
aggregate capital of $10,756,735.
The salary Of the governor of Indiana, though We
~ small when stated without the perquistes to
which the office entities the incumbent, Is yet quite
liberal when stated in full Thus the salary proper
is 500 rent of house and furniture given by the
State, $500; allowance for family expenses, 5000;
fees on swamp land patents, S2oo; regular fitting
up of the governors house, $22OO; private secre-
tary $500 expenses for visiting public institutions,
S279 25; contingent fund $l,l5O; making neat
sum total.
The uses of iron are every day extending. Iron
ships iron houses, iron pavements, are now among
the ordinary affairs Of the time The Philadelphia
Inquirer now states that a contract has just been
made with Messrs. Bottom, Tiffany d Co., of Tren-
ton, to erect an iron shot tower IN the city OF New
York. 1t will be very imposing structure and ex-
tend to altitude of two hundred and forty feet.
This will be the first tower ofthe kind, and OF iron,
in the United States.
large elm tree, which began to show symptoms
of decay, was chopped down not long since, on the
farm of Mr.. Cozzens, in the southern part Of Camp
bell county, Kentucky, when the skeleton OF a wo-
man, with little dried shriveled flesh adhering to
the bones, was found in the cleft Of the tree, about
90 feet from the ground. The discovery caused
great sensation throughout the neighborhood, but
no one remembered OF any person having been miss
ed or disappearing from there Tor many years %
The Petersburg Express records TACT occurring
in that city Lately,ot negro men, VINO several
weeks ago, thought he received communication
from his father, who is Dead to come to him. On
Thursday night he got up, saying ne was going to
his father and after walking about the streets some
time, laid down, saying, "father, I'm thar" wo,
man who had been watching him, wentup and found
him dead
In Massachusetts, there are IN the colleges and
professional institutions, ,l49 persons and In the
larger schools 1873, Asst persons, while in Vir
GINA, which has larger population, there are in
the colleges and professional institutions IA, and
in the common schools only 100000 Even in Mas
sachusetts there are the State % 900 who
cannot read or write while in Virginia there are