The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-04-04
General intelligence

lean vessel, will be promptly chastised MO han?
New YORK, MaHca &c, uight-Ourco.4u =
has been dull to-day; operators awaitjnor Nv, NJ nska
of the Atlantic, now ever due, viii .he atirJ
news. ,"'et loGp,
LOUISVILLE, March 26.-The river is s,1,:. "
with six feet six inches water on the falI, 'alllngts
CINCINNATI, MARCH 26.-The river has, r,
six feet since Saturday. Flour is firm ~ 4. iasLea 10
Dbl Sales of whi5key at 2554cts. per galssoa @opr
is active at 81 cents per bushel. 0"40A Con
ViCKsBURe, MARCH 26-The Huntsvino
bales of cotton, was burned on SATURDAY. WIN 500
Hamburg, on the Cumberland river. NJ f"sAtt, nes,
The New Orleans and Memphis steamar . l01st,
was burned on the Oath ult., II miles below abpal!sa,
idence, together $500 bales Of cotton, and lac q fifF@.
over 20 lives, among others J. B. Williams d iSSasd
Jasper Brown, of Friar's point; OrvilIe H1ii %S,l;
Vile; B. Hardweeker, Memphis: -McCansbmo NSah.
w. o. Ferguson, Tenn; Nat Garter, an9 1c n. {;
crew. The Bulletin is a total loss. 1'oi The
a bill has been reported in the New Yor,.
which provides that no estate, real Or personal S anea
hereafter be bequeathed, demised or convpva5 Shall
corporation, body polite or person, for p;oHn vuSo any
liable uses, except the same be done bv doa11" Char.
duly acknowledged and attested at least v Wv ! " will,
before the decease of the ~testator. This months
cellent bill, and should be passed into a ~ meg,
man has got any thing to bequeath to church, IA
charities, he can embrace such requests in 1IbG III o
while he is in health and i'll the possessian NY viii
faculties, and not leave it till the last mo,nant VI l'
he is surrounded by those interested in vort;,," willie
on his fears to get the largest amount of his nranrsl Up
John Windsor was convicted in Delaware ;ItIHa5Es
of murder, and sentenced to be hung, but M M 1901 10,
several occasions was granted a respite, the Iaa~.ee
until March 18th, 1855. 1t appears, hower .sst Ge
he has not yet been executed, and a few darr,uSt
he was brought ont on a haOeaS corpus, and H. Ilso
charge demanded, on the ground that the da ~us'
pointed for his execution was passed; and tba15oi A.
ing no power to fix the day, the prisoner was en,itiI
to be set at liberty. The court, however. ramas aae
him to the custody of the sheriff. N"uo
On the 2lst ult, the hon. Lynn BOYD, snaato.,
the house of representatives, accompanied nv " y
family, and a colored female servant, stoned a. a. u Is
St. Charles hotel, in Pittsburg, and while they v w
at breakfast they were suddenly surrounded Nv
large number of negroes, who endeavored to taEeT,SS
servant woman off by force, but were preyentoJ ne I
the interference of a number of gentlemen a.
after Mr.. Boyd and his family started to 90 don w
the steamboat for Louisville, and were f0IlowoaT 10
an excited crowd. At the boat the mob was mo-, !.
the captain with a revolver, who threatened tosboG.
down the first one that came on board. This had
good effect, and Mr.. Boyd and family and their az. d
want effected their escape. Pittsburg is becnmi;a,
famous for these dlsgraceful exhibitions. IS
twenty-five ships and barks arrived at Livprnol
from New Orleans on the Gath ult. ~
New York papers of the 2lst ult., say a terrihlno
plosion has occurred in the Midlothian coal pits hen,
Richmond, Virginia. Thirty-four persons wereIjT,
ed, and many others badly wounded.
We understand, says the New York Evening po.
that Mr.. Putnam has sold his magazine for Sl20M
What. if any, changes in its editorial manaeeman,
are contemplated, are not stated.
The authorities of Cincinnati have ATTACHED j.,
presbyterian graveyard for non-payment of taxes
$1,000. Will the laws of Ohio allow them to tasa
the stones for building purposes?
The Richmond Enquirer, speaking of the resipns.
ton Of Mr.. Soule, says, eff Mr.. Soule be not gro22sIq
misrepresented, he is lending himself to the discois.
tented democracy, and is abetting a factions war
against the administration, to whose generous con.
fdence he is indebted for the highest distinction tn
which he can ASPIRE
Gen. Jesup, of the United States army, is prcpaz.
ing for publication memoirs Of forty five wears in tho
army, in which will be given numerous letters, mill.
tary and political, relating to the organization of the
army the d~efences of the CO ntry plans OF campaigns,
military administrations, Texas and Oregon dues.
tiOns, &c.
1t is estimated at the pension bureau that about
30O, O0J such applications will be made under the
new law, requiring 81, 1000, 900 acres to satisfy them.
The amendments made i'll the bill by the house, re.
dUced Tie quantity of lands to be taken up under it
from more than lU0. 0C0, 900 acres to a.out the guam.
tlty we name above.
A letter from Washington to the New York He,
raid develops 4 new programme with reference to
Cuba, originated by secretary Marcy, and to be car.
ried out by our new minister to Madrid, Mr.. Dodge
The length, breadth, and scope of this new plan is
comprehended in the negotiation of a reciprocity
treaty between the United States and Cuba. The
alternative to be presented to Spain is, free trade
with Cuba, Or a repeal of the neutrality laws and tie
encouragement OF tilibusterism.
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton once told a .triend that
she was the first person in the U. States for whom
lce-cream was made. A famous cock from Paris
came to see her to obtain employment, and by way
of showing his skill, asked for some lemons, cream,
ice and sugar, with which she made some delicious
ice cream, which from that time became The fashion
i'll New York for dessert and evening entertainments.
Ihe report and shock of an earthquake, or some
other unusual CONFUSION Of nature, was very sensi-
bly, heard and felt BY many Of the Inhabitants Of
Tampa bay, about 5 o'clock on Tuesday, the 9th
ult, The air was felt to vibrate, and the houses
shook with such violence as to inspire many citizens
with terror.
Nine hundred barrels of snails were exported
from Switzerland for foreign consumption in Octo-
Der and November last. What are they wanted for?
Two prisoners of the 99th regiment at Chatham,
England, We're sentenced, one to 50 days and the 9TH
er 10 l62 days hard labor in the military. prison at
fort Clarence, for shooting at the emperor Of Russia
drawn on the barrack table.
No less than six different churches in BROOKLYN,
N. York, were entered by burglars during the nights
OF the Esd and Oath ult. In one of them, $3.50 was
taken from the poor box, and the scoundreIs condo.
seended to steal the coal scuttle and several other
articles Of trihingNalue.
The Detroit (Michigan) Advertiser says, the last
device OF the rum sellers which has come to light IS
the establishment Of a drinking stand on the ice mid
10y a1iH09 thS euoi I'VE StdAUiLg SO neal IHc
boundary, the prohibitory law may never touch it,
but 1t will be pretty sure to move lin the spring"
lhe British registrar general announces, some
what trlunphantly, IN his report on vital statistics,
that the British population contains a reserve OF
more than a million unmarried men, and of more than
a million unmarried women, in the prime of life,
with as many more of younger ages; and that if
these celibate millions Were married it would result
that the births per aGnum, instead Of being seven
hundred thousand, would be one million six hun.
dred thousand.
The Galena (Illinois) Jeffersonian relates the fol-
lowing occurrences at the execution of Taylor, NOT
long since: Zone man was drowned in crossing the
Mississippi opposite Dubuque; another was killed
by a blow upon the head, received near the place OF
execution, by a team running away. 4 mother fell
from a fence near the scatFold with a child in her
arms, and broke its arm; another woman, foot was
crushed IN going to the execution, and the poor wo,
man, indifferent to the pain, wept bitterly because
she couldn't see the man hang!"
The rev. Il. Ward Beecher, through the columns Of
OF the Independent, has opened most savagely upon
the know nothings. The reason for the assault is
found IN the depressing influence which the new
party eserts upon the abolition cause. He says that
the triumph OF the former will be the death Of anti.
agitation, and of course of the %agitators.
In a recent case of death from eating poisoned
ham IN New Iork, doctor Finncl testified that, pre-
served and smoked meats will occasionally produce
all the symptoms spoken of in the testimony on the
inquest. This Is due to the presence of a fatty acid
during their preservation. About the
year leOo over 2OC persons Were poisoned by eating
and sausages in Wurtemburg, Germany. OF
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