The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-24

A letter from Washington to the New Yorl
t Sun, dated October 18th, says: 1.-The last Wcel
: has Witnessed the most important and conclu
siye series Of cabinet meetings that have eve
, been held since Frank Pierce made his inaugu
t raj speech.
) .sFor once the cabinet is united, that is Il
+ say, as nearly united as the over prudent Marcy
! the oyer-daring Davis, and the over subtl
Cushing ever can be in opinion and policy.
/ sThese three men with Guthrie when thu
t measurements him are the government, ant
!. they have decided unanimously that British
double dealing is no 1ongerto be tolerated, tina
) British interference with American affairs mus
, be checked, and that the British violation o
our neutrality laws must be atoned for, or ou
neutrality laws must be suspended with regard
to England. Es.Tys
'tNo less than eight senators have written te
the president insisting that it is the duty of the
4. United States to present this alternative te
France, England and Spain prompt redress
for the heaped up tale of wrongs to our people
Il and insults to our flag, or the abolition of the
j neutrality laws in the case of those three powers
i bright. Of Indiana Rusk Of Texas, and
Slidell, of Louisiana, have expressed themselves
in the most open and energetic terms, that this
is the only prompt, peaceful and decisive mode
open to US for REFRESHING the insolent and iniu-
rious aggressions of those powers. James, of
reported to have expressed the same, and it is
known that Douglas, Of Illinois, and his party
have long advocated this as national necessi-
ty of sefdefense." These, besides two-thirds
Of the southern and western democratic mem
bers, and the independent press in almost solid
! phalanx, will be force that will bring the neu-
trality question strongly before the next con-
gress. st . 'F*ss7
| The Paris Debate, Of the 14th ult., contains
t the following notes on the present occupation of
the allied army, from the pen of col. St. Ange:
| It has been asked if Sebastopoli is tenable, SO
long as the Russian remain masters of all the
forts on the north side, which line the sea in
front of the town.. Undoubtedly, it may be
held in spite of this. It is true that the occu-
patton of. the north by the Russians prevents
our entering the roadstead and the port. What
need weof them, when we already possess ex-
celent harbors? Have not our fleets already
passed the winter without mourning any danger
in these waters? 1t has also been asked if the
allies will have to undertake, now or later, the
siege of the forts on the north side? There ap-
pears no absolute necessity for so doing
The forts Of the north side can neither pre-
vent our occupation of Sebastopol, nor can
they thwart our operations in the interior of the
Crlmea, on account of their eccentric situation.
We should not be surprised at their being blown
up SO soon as the Russian army is compelled to
retreat from the neighborhood of Sebastopol. |
For the present the allied army holds its strong
position until the occupation of the town shall |
have been properly arranged and its chief de-
fences thoroughly repaired. Itdoes not appear
to have anything else to do at present. The
Russian, army, for its part, occupies the excel |
lent positions Of Mackenzie strongly entrenched |
and lined with redoubts like our own. The
Russians will probably continue in observation
before US within their strong positions until the
allied army gives signs of some movement
Abiding to the fall of sebastopoi, the Lon
don World contends that in order to complete
the triumph, the Russian army must be abso-
Iutely crushed in the field, and every source of
supply, whether from the north or the east :
cut off. The editor asks, what is
% prevent the allies from landing with from c
lfty to sixty thousand men in Eupatoria, and c
from that basis a new series of !
operations? The Russians would, in the end. i
De compelled to a general battle, and be driven
nto that barren steppe of ninety miles, between
5lmpheropo and Perekop, where his defeated :
md dispirlted army, encountered with its woun-
led, without water, without the means of trans h
'ort, and without shelter, would perish by thou
sands of starvation and fatigue.
The London papers contain a list of &c Eng a
sh officers killed, II dangerously, 81 severely
nd 81 slightly wounded, besides two severely 3
ontused, and one missing, at the fall of the :
outh side of Sebastopol. The names of the
Tiled are: lieutenant colonies Patullo, CuddY o
nd Hancock, major Welsfeld, captains Ste =
enson, Every, Lockhart, Rochfort, Cox, Par +
er, Gronan, Preston, Hutton and Hammond, Ee
eutenants Blakisston, Wright, Sommeryille,
Jolt, Dydney, Donovan, Swift, Wilmer, M Gre n
or and Rider, ensign Deane, and deputy as ii
stant commissary Hayter. Eight lieutenant ell
olonels, five majors, seventeen captains, and
1irty-seven lieutenants are among the danger d d
usly or severely wounded. ~ y6 10
A letter from Paris to the New York Herald
ays: 1T is rumored that Louis Napoleon de- at
res to put his cousin, Lucien Murat-a few q
ears ago planter in Florida-on the throne fl
Naples. Murat is good natured person, CT
ut has neither energy nor wit enough to make :.
king in times like these. He has, however, one aaa
reat advantage to back him, which no king of nj
urope can boastof, for he has yankee wife
i'd she is not only a handsome woman still, 81
ut has intellect, energy and decision enough cb
keep her husband on the throne without the til
d of police. What novelty! A genuine 81
ankee lady transferred into a regular queen,
I'd a queen of Naples, too, the loveliest spot al
the world-not more famous for its Vesuvius si
I'd Pompeii than for its unrivaled maccaroni
I'd soup. This may lead if she gets there, to vi
e final solution of an inextricable Italian
by making the late Mrs. Murat, te
te of Florida, and now princess at Paris,
leen of Naples and empress of Italy, we may an
e, at last, this beautiful land restored to con- nj
Mt and harmony, for the republican party be
ould be satisfied to see yankee in power, tn
hist the royalists would make no objection as at
NC as she was an empress re-
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