The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-31
Correspondence Of the South Wester

I for their influence. Oysters and brandy are
all the 60, and are paid for by poor devils wht
) can i'll afford it, and who can by such means
attain nothing towards their desires, (ofhce.
The senatorshp is the all absorbing topic, anc
i nothing will be done by the legislature until al
ter the election, which will come off on Mon
dav. The friends of Slidell entertain hardly q
doubt of bis success-the friends of Hebert are,
or pretend to be, equally as exhilarant; but
4 things are not as they were in days of yore.-
4 A new sentiment has become possessed Of 81
i ant strength in Louisiana, as well as elsewhere
I know nothings hold the balance of power, and
4 will not remain silent in the coming contest, and
may cause the defeat Of any one who may be
uncompromisingly arrayed against know moth
ingism-but the election will be over and the
result known by the time this reaches you.
The rivers are all rising and any number o.
boats, that have been long laid up, are now
vending their way to the great mart below us
but trade is all paralyzed there-few houses
but feel the shock-distress seems to overspread
the country like pail. Even the dram-shops
are suspending, and lunches are entirely with
! drawn. The last is the stawfuilest casualty
that ever visited the Crescent City. The crowds
who formerly depended on these extravaganza
lunches for their daily subsistence, ind that
they must work or starve, as spunglng is nc
longer possible. / am told that Poydras mar
/ ket is besieged every morning by lean, gaunt
figures wearing the garb of human beings, snuff
/ fing the atmosphere that is so thoroughly inn
bued with the fumes of coffee and chocolate
You will receive full reports of the commercial
convention now in session at New Orleans, CO
temporary with the receipt of this. Smoke and
gas may eventually produce something, but al
present they are wasting breath. There is nc
settled purpose at heart. Too much petition,
ing congress-too great want of self-rellance
The plan of Albert Pike, of Arkansas, at the
Charleston convention, seems to me full ofpro-
mise, if it were only adopted. The south must
not depend on congress for the building of a
/ Pacific railroad; besides this eternal knocking
at the door Of the national treasury is humllia-
ting to us. Resolutions by the bushel to petl-
ton congress for appropriations toimproye Gal
weston harbor, White. Arkansas, Sabine, Ala
bama and every other little stream south of the
Ohio, only defeat the main purpose ofthe south
ern states: the adoption of a method to secure
the building of railroad to the Pacific. Why
petition congress on the subject. The south is
!
carry it on promptly to completion. Althat is
wanted is unity of action.
There is already considerable talk among the
democrats in regard to the approaching guber-
material election. Colonel Sandidge, of Bos-
sier. and many others are spoken of in connex-
ion with that high Office. Among them, hear
the name of colonel Samuel T.. Marks, (uncle
to your worthy fellow citizen of that name, }
and from present indications, he will receive
the nomination. The wings keep close on the
subject, but are of course ''wide awake" yet
if, as Judge will be done, the know nothings
bring out good man as their candidate. will
it require spirit of prophecy to foretell the re-
suit? Maybe not. They do up things SO mys-
teriously though that we can get hold of nc
clue to their determinations,
Governor Hebertis in town. He makes this
4 his home only during the session of the legis,
lature; at least | am SO informed. The town
is in prosperous condition. Many buildings
are going up, and dram-shops going down. Or
election day last the coffee houses all closed up
thus preventing many of those dsgracefu
scenes which have so often been stain upor
country towns and villages. This course re-
Elected honor on all concerned. More anon
/ PETE CAIRN
.
The Washington Star, says, from all APP
pearances Virginia is to be the great battle
ground between the know nothngs and demo
cracy at the spring election. The whig party
will make no demonstration whatever. A gen
tleman from Virginia informs US that all parts
of the State are being flooded with know moth
| from, tha hot
tors and managers of the new organization viii
soon traverse the length and breadth of the
"old commonwealth Mr.. Wise has found
foe in the new party as industrious and untlr
ing as he possibly can be. "a.
Secretary Guthrie, in his plan for the modi
fcation of the tariff, has adopted sumptuary
list, consisting Of cut glass, readymade cloth
ing, wines and other luxures, of which he Of
fers to make 80 or 40 per cent schedule as
a compromise between the extremes of con
gress. No efforts it is said will be spared te
carry modification of the present tariff
Sixty fthe leading ladies Of the city of New
York have signed an obligation by which they
agree not to purchase any article offoreign man
ufacture for wear during the year 1855. We
should like to see all American gentlemen sign
ing similar obligation.
The general government has given out al
hopes ofthe safety ofthe U. States sloop- ofwa1
Albany. Its supposed that she foundered a
sea- and her officers and crew persisted.
The Massachusetts house Of representative:
has passed resolution to use no stationery no1
anything else not of American manufacture. A
motion has been made to amend the constitu
ton of the State so that no person shall be en-
titled to the elective franchise who cannot reac
and write the English language. ska, .-.
Editors appear to be in high favor in Geor
eia at this time. The Buena Vista Advocate
says that three preachers, who were recently
connected with the press in Georgia, have en-
tered the methodist itinerant ministry in tina
State, and were assigned fields of labor at tn,
II late conference They are the reyerends w