The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-28
General INTELLIGENCE

sMn'sh @e p.ioishea IN last weeks South. Aass
poshes5 many features o. interest In The laen
lords the earl Of Clarendon stated il Wa Aoase
inform them Of the death of emperor M; us datg
companying his remarks with the arnr, aieAo.as >,
there was no doubt of the Authenticity ~, aeattas,
ment. Lord Palmerston made the same the the STAT.
i ment IN the house OF commons. The ,a. -aaouasy
death was received by telegraph No ja laws Of Ae
gwen, oas ;he London papers say that there sers
no mistake IN the announcement as if u,sa eaat
~ known that all hope of the ezars efius
given up by his physicians The first mad BE-,
that he was assassinated, but il is now va,
death vas caused By pulmonary apopss ys'lsved Ii,
attack Of influenza The death Occurred on asF AZ
ing Of the I'd March = VI Inc nor.
4 he news from the Crimea bring ipfor,,,e
the Russians made sorties ON the nfgbs s ion hss
and l4th ult., and killed 40 Frencbme, y he 3b
Hult, Enpatoria was attacked by $4,000 Pns "a 'he III
der general Ostensaeken, who after IN.
hours were repulsed by the Turks Tb Tia d. fDe
lost s9o killed and wounded in proportion NUS
| Turks had So killed, $50 wounded Tha ~ h'leihe
no horses. Ofthe French engaged only 10 uss lost
Led. Six steamers OF the allied fleet Went kill
ria to assist in its defence and MANY neit - Eapat
/ lagos were damaged by their firing. o4'o'lhgvl
I Expectations had become strong in favo,.,
and even the Russians seemed more favnr,tS Peaee
| the 9Th. "' u open OF
| Meetings deprecating the war were On fin
! throughout England .Ne:caSe
/ RGyoLurloS.--The London Morning Ua,o,,
St March, has dispatches from Ceyon, dataS 81 o. The
which announce that the people Of AustroIGt ee!.
declared their independence Of the British Aae
troops mad been sent to put down the Insured s4-
and sangulnary engagement had been fnrSh'ea,
Aelpourne was IN state Of siege. This is
pottunlty Tor hlbusters to get employment eoN'
tH1N4-I he insurgents still held Canton :, a.;
ana mad gained several victories over thu ;s
li"ef fight occurred in Whampoa anyhoraaps e''al
pfe'@n'e u several Americas and British IN
aud the t"reign shipping in the rort was msot
aged BY The guns OF The beigerents. The Amassa
ana br'ilsh commissioners had drawn line srans
the factories and notified the comba ants no s@Suaad
would be allowed within it. A difficulty havn naas
CURED Between the authorities and the French W.
tal L,1''a7se ne pomoaEdsd Leitzeire, which s,ras
dercd. The French admiral had also Lom ibs,isa
Shanghai. '0t"osfded
NEW oEK, MARCH l6--Our cotton market ;s C..
ana advancing. Wequot= Orleans middlipps A. on
(g914.c, though 500 bales were sold ufteT c bbs
hours, at an eighth advance >''"Ass
LOUISVILLE, MARCH little river is risiugfss
CINCINNATI. MARCH 1.-THE river has riten " 81,
since yesterday. There is no change of ponen. Int
the market. Flour, S. 80. Whskey, 24c. I'll
PITTsBuRC, March l7-Therc is lG feet wa.e, ~,
Ohio, and falling All 'Ac
g. EleKspuRe, MARCH l9-I s. Bvrno, know noth;u.
was elected mayor to-day, by 200 majority NJ
MISSISSIPPI at this point has risen ten inches vibs
Il brte1
the fazoo river at lazoo City, and eight feet rise
Grenada '''S as
COLUMBIA, SC, MAEeH l4-The fires in tbp ,rooi,
Inflicted immense damage in this State and Geory;s
Many plantations Were ruined and houses destroTai
The progress of the flames is now arrested H.
southern telegraph line has been down north os tb
point since Friday last and is still in that coudit
The Charleston Mercury of the 10th inst aIudp,
to the ire IN the woods, of which we have alread,
received intelligence by telegraph, in the foowin,
erms: "a fire started in the woods, about tftpnna
niles from the city, night before last and spread
With great rapidity along the line Of the railroad,
i'll, at our latest information last evening il had
cached The five mile post. The fire was exeeednsl
y violent and destructive, and has done great uiH
y to the farms this route A train loaded with
otton taken in at kingsvlle, caught FIRE Yesterday
rom the current of burning fakes, and two car:
containing eighty bales, were burned. The remain
Ter of the train came on to the five mile post when
hiding 1t impossible to pass without extreme risk
hey returned to the seven mile post, and the enei
Ger came to the city for orders During grpat nsrt
+ yesterday the city was completely shroeded in
nloke.
1t is stated and we believe correctly, that Labra.
or, with population of 10000 inhabitants, hss
either governor, magistrate, constable nor LAWYER:
ct violence and disorder are uncommon among rbem,'
tact highly credltable to their morals Their chief
'cupaton is hunting and fishing, the produce Of
hich is sold chiefly to the traders from the United
.ates, from whom they receive most of their SUD.
lies.
The San Francisco (Cal.) Chronicle saws. upo,
rlking balance our homicide calendar for 1854,
e come to a conclusion that one person of 600 in
atornla Will be killed by his neighbor in 1856 In
lehaif the cases, the weapons viii be revovers: in
e-iourth, knives; and in the other fourth guns Or
her weapons. The prospect is comfortable one
A tabular statement of the commitments in the
ew ork city prisons during the year 1854 foot up
follows: natives, ga males, 1902 femaes-toal
~; foreigners; 1887 males, o328 females-total
According to the Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger, gen .Percfor Smith has been
pointed brigadier general
=" Washington dispatch says that colonel Kinney
IS resigned his commission as captain general Of
e Central American COLLATION. company W Cost
hnson. temporary president, has also resigned and
senator Cooper has been appointed with full pow.
and authority.
The richest religious denomination. we see by the
nsus tables, is the methodist, which is set down
l4,636,bIl The next is the PRESBYTERIAN which
rated at $l4,369, $50. The episcopal, which in
mber OF churches stands fifth, ranks third for its
urch property, being estimated at Sll ,26l ,77O.
lie fourth IS the baptist $l0,93l 1881; the fifth the
egational, 81 ,973 ,662
Colonel Rice, of Hallowell, Maine. has invented
ess by which he can print upon any kind of car
cloth, any figures and colors. 1t is all done bv
chlhery, carried by steam, and the colors are
uek through by steam, SO that they are permanent
those that are wove in. About four square yards
! be printed by one press each minute
Commodore Perry received from congress an extra
yment of $2l 900, something far more substantial
In the New York, Boston and Rhode Island SET
lie of plate.
At Chicago, the It'll inst, the know nothngs
med long procession, and headed by band Of
rman musicians marched through the streets.
outing in triumph. No disturbance o. the peace
k place
Secretary Marcy has permitted the emigrants from
rdlnla, recently arrived at New ork in the fgate
Genleys, to land being satisfied that they are not
lvicts
3arnum has written to Boston, offering $500 to-
thony burns, the redeemed slave if he will ap-
II for tive weeks at the museum in New York and
his story.
The hon. Geo. W. Jones, democratic, } declines
ng candidate in the sixth district of Tennessee
re election to congress.
vast subterranean lake has been discovered in
en- gan, Monroe county. A large region before
tltute of other than sulphurous springs is now
nd to have an abundance of pure water Of the
varying temperature Of sixty-fve degrees The
ter upon penetrating to the surface of the lake
oush the hard sand above rises with great force to
height of several feet. The lake is everywhere
the same depth, and contains fish different from
: known in the country
We are exceedingly glad to be able to announce
safety OF the U. S. sloop Of war Decatur, which
sci had been given up as lost. 1t appears by the
pplng news from the south Pacific, which We give
another place, that the Decatur has been lying in
, straits of Magellen, wind bound for womonths,
hHnr -. f,. L,v,,