The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-28


British ministry. Accounts brought by thu
Atlantic confirm the rumor that lord John Rus
sell had retired, and the Asia brings news tina
1.-THE entire cabinet followed his example and re
lsigned. The queen sent for lord Derby, ant
requested that he would organise the new min
'istrv. He made an effort to do SO, but the at
tempt failed. It was uncertain who would q
next requested to form cabinet, but the pa
tpess Indicate that public opinion demands thu
NEW government should be one uuyaporaJle t.
further active prosecution Of the war! Car
Isuch thing be possible? The resignation
Iof lord John Russell was oceasioned BY Mr
I.E!Roebuck, in the house Of commons, giving no
u Etice of motion which it was proposed tostakt
lnp on the ed inst The motion is preceded BY
N HE following resolution .That in the opinion
\ If this house, the expedition to the Crimca la:
\ been undertaken by her majesty's government
II with very inadequate means, and without due
caution or sufficient inquiry into the nature ano
dxtent Of the resistance to be expected from the
enemy, and that The neglect and mlsmanage
Prllent Of tile government in the conduct Of the
enterprise has led to the most disastrous re-
suits The motion proposed the appointment
II.of select committee to inquire into the man
Iagen1ent Of the war, and to report thereon as
esrly as possible. III reference to the notice,
according to the London Times, lord John Rus
sell admitted in his place in parliament that the
fcdndition of ssthe troops was horrible and heart
frfending.'' He could find nothing, he said, ssto
Moe III paliation, much less in defence of 50
great calamity; fort was palpable that the
mist cfectual efforts to ayertthe disasters which
had been met with had not been taken" He
continued that, therefore, be "would not at
tempt to resist Mr.. Roebuck's notion and
consequently found himself, as the only alter
native, forced to resign.
iTnder the head Of s'know nothings,0 the
Naeogdoches Chronicle Of the leading
democratic journals in Texas-says, we have
been much surprised to find that the popular
idea Of the principles Of the know nothing party
has taken deep root in the minds of large
number of those we have met We know moth
ing III regard to the existence of lodges either
LinIthe western portion Of our own Or the east
ern portion of Cherokee county; but we know
thatth principles as published in the so called
knoN nothing organs is received with much IA
vor and although ithas been a topic Of CONVEX
satdn wherever we have been, we have heard
buy very few condemn. How much this argues
ouf readers can judge as well as we; but it has
convinced us that whether lodges have been
established or not there are host of men in
Naeogdoches and Cherokee, who give there
adherence TO know nothing doctrines.
What have the Pierce organs to say to the
above item of news from the 'jStar State?''
The following is one Of the planks Of the de-
mocratic platform, recently erected by the de-
Of Ohio in its state convention:
"Resolved, That the people of Ohio now, as
an evil, and unfavorable to thedeyelopment of
the spirit and practical benefits of free insttu-
tons; and that, entertaining these sentiments
they will at all times feel it to be their duty to
use ali power clearly given by the terms of the
national compact to prevent its increase, to nit
gate and finally eradicate the evils"
And this, then, is the creed professed and
widely promulgated by the Ohio democracy.
The,captain- general Of Cuba, on the 9th inst,
becoming alarmed at the rumored approach of
another flibustero army, issued proclamations
to the army, called upon the citizens to be true
and loyal, etc. The spaniards promptly re-
spondetl to the call, and the merchants profer-
ed theif lives and fortunes in defence of the
Spanish throne and the captain general, while
the creP pies turned pale and got out of the way
Of harrS on danger. But no filibusteros came. !
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FronE the tone of the Delta one would be led |
to supp ose that it is presumption in any paper
published out Of New Orleans to recommend |
a gentleman as being suitable candidate for
the ofi4e of governor of Louisiana. We have
not the feast objection to our contemporary exer-
cislng the right of dictatorship over its legal
subjects the office-holders in the New Orleans
post offee and customhouse-but cannot per-
ceive b.f what means it was empowered with
the prerogative Of debating to the country pa
pers whom they are to recommend orsupport
for statel officers. Our old friend forgets that
N. Orleans is not the entire State of Louisiana.
Ourfiiend of the Louisiana Democrat makes
use ct bad logic, when be asserts that sthere
are non@ So easily deceived as those who wear
spectaclfs to color all objects to their own wish
6" Cur "spectaclcs' would give every thing
whiggglsh hue, and nothing can ever be furth
er from our wishes" than democratic yicto-
ry IN any contest. We have not the slightest
objection to Che know nothings defeating the
democracy every day in the week.
There appears to be no scarcity in the ranks
Of The democratic party Of aspirants for guber-
material honors. The Pointe Coupee Echo,
(which has just been resuscitated, is engaged
canvassing the claims Of colonel Stephen Van
Wrinkle, as the democratic candidate for the Of