The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-10

WEDNESD AY,...... ........OCTOBER 10, 1856
t...A.s AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH WESTERN: .q
Cor. 7. W BLEpsoE, Fillmore Bossier parish. r.
Messrs. J. NJ. d ]. @. MuRrny, Jefferson, Ieras Z.
Mr.. Ware BENGE, BonAanu, Faanin County 1eras
Mr.. james B. Linens, Henderson, Rusk Co., Ieras.
AIr. CLARKE ADAMS, Piaqucmine md berptlle Paris
w. II. MCDONALD l02 Nassau street, Nep YORK
Tnos MclsrYRE, % Camp street Neo0 orteans:
gg ELECTION TICKETS We will commene
during the week printing the tickets for II
American party. Candidates for parish office
who wish their names inserted, will please sen
in their orders as soon as possible. 80,
The river is declining slowly, and is report
ed to be falling above the raft. The naviga
ton is good between this place and the falls
FHosr.-The ground was covered with y
white frost, on Sunday morning. Last yea
the first frost occurred on the morning Of I'll.
18th November. All fear of the yellow fever
Or any other epidemic, breaking out in thi'
place has vanished. 7t '5 20
The board of trustees at their last session re
pealed the quarantine law
AHtaQHFs 3 : -I~y~5~~S-~--J-E~oS1S 9 FE&As
~ THE COMMERCIAL HorEL.-We learn from
Mr.. Aston, that he will reopen lis favorite
house in few days. In the meantime it will
undergo thorough renovation. a ss..
THE AMERICAN BARBEcUE.--We were pre-
vented from attending the barbecue given BY
the Americans, at Greenwood, on Monday. and
have not as yet been furnished with an official
account Of the proceedings. The attendance
was large, between 1900 and 1900 ladies and
gentlemen being present The speech Of Mr..
Hunt isrepresented by all parties to have been
most mastery effort, and made deep i'm
preston upon the people AT the close Of Mr..
Hunts remarks, Mr.. Bowdon, of Texas, took
hestand for the purpose of replying to his ar
gument, and spoke for more than an hour, but
instead Of attempting to controvert the positions
assumed by the American orator. hedevoted
himself to eulogizng Robert Owen, Pierre
Soule and foreigners in general. Mr.. Hunt
rejoined, and after demonisbing all the points
assumed by Mr.. Bowdon, dissected his argu
ments in a style that must have made that gen
uemcn regreth his having ever visited Caddo for
the purpose of makinga political speech u
% Mr.. PRBsToN.-This gentlemen requests US
to state that he will not address the citizens of
Shreveport to-day, owing to bis having made
arrangements to canvass the senatorial district
in company with general Phillips, the anti
American nominee. They will both speak at
Shreveport, on Monday, 92d inst. -4-l 5adr
Or. Bard, the anti American nominee for SUI
pcrintendcnt of public education, addressed his t
partisans yesterday. He is gentleman ofcon- +
siderable talent and cloquence. '
g We invite the attention of the lovers of good
things to A. Engle's fresh stock of Havana CT
CARS, Hungarian wines, London pickles, pre- :
serves, West India fruit, ETC.. .r . f.. ,..5
Thanks to Mr. Nc ullugh Of tie White Cliffs, :
for late New Orleans papers. .,....ag.. ..- 7
ANOTHER New BoAr.-We learn from the c
Cincinnati Commercial, of the 18th ult., that 6
captain Willis,Main's new steamer Linda would G
be finished in ten days. She is a neat staunch
craft, and the captain states that he intends {
running her as packet in the New Orleans and c
Red River trade, instead Of the Yazoo, as he at t
first intended. ,r-- q
At the latest dates the yellow fever had brok- :
en- out with increased fatality at Norfolk. Ac- :
cording to letter received by us from a mem =
Der of the N Orleans Howard association, now >
on duty at Norfolk, and also one from Mr.. Bal 1
cntine, Of the Mobile Tribune, dated the 10th, :
the deaths in Norfolk and Portsmouth average !
eighty per day. Among the victims, was a :
Miss McHenry, Cor McIlhenny, of Monroe,
Louisiana From 300 to 1000 cases were I'M
der treatment. All the writers give heart
rendng accounts of the misery and suffering I
they witness. The like was never before known :
in America. '.s s. tss" aE."'@
The fever is rapidly disappearing from all
points on the Mississippi river, except at Vicks
burg and in the vicinity of Waterproof The il
Memphis papers say there is no sickness on the |;
river, That city is reported to be healthy. M I
Some two hundred gentlemen of Marshall $
and Harrison county, (Texas,) have invited I
the hon. Randell Hunt to visit them, and par
take of a complimentary dinner. f. adm. :.
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There has been another revolution in Mexi- =
co. General Carera has abdicated the reins =
Of government. General Vega succeeded him. J.
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The Jefferson Herald states that the bayou \
at that place has risen three feet. P
The army worm continues to destroy the cot :
on in Concordia parish. @ . vg .5.s..f : !
The Newport Kentucky News Of the e
leading democratic and anti-American papers e
published ia the state-proposes that a conven-
tion be held in Frankfort, to adopt plan for
the gradual abolition of slavery in that State. e.
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The hon. T. Butler King, formerly mem b
Der of congress from Georgia, is now a candi h
late for the State senate, from Glynn county i
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