The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-19

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one .;rcars Of the Liverpool cotton market are
ihe favorable character than these received BY
! The Atlantic = . aoc1;no az from ia "a ia
lattpd ard the market IS SAID 10 nave closed We
,Pe Xii pn Saturday the 9th nlt
Try onotations for fair Orleans are per pound
IL of the week are reported at 81, 900 bales;
inc ssser proportion Of which had been taken by
ID The trade. ~ ranortea drll WITH
i.nlne in prices Of Cd per barrel
shaat Is also stated to have slightly declined with
,,iI market The decline in most quotations is
H s' Nv Id. 10 I'd. per bushel Of 70 pounds.
hJ IN corn decline of Cd per quarter is reported
4 Tbe London money market is reported to have
i infested more strngency since the last adrices
There was greater uenilnu ~ iiohe5' anu lales
.sre advancing.
fronsoIs are reported at an advance of from b to
n mn cent since the last advices The quotations
4 ne close on Saturday, the 9th ut., range from
az to 82l-the majority at the highest figures.
Provisions are reported steady and generally I'M
changed.
rae progress of hostilites since last advices has
30 ftxture whatever Of Importance.
1t Sebastopol the allies continued their prepare
Ops for winter and especially in their road making,
hch is intended also further future hostile oper-
The Russians from the north side continued to
e., upon the city, but not with SO much energy as
sey had previously, and, Of course, with even less
eject
,es as far rs the reports thus far received by the
Africa 90 to show, were similarly suspended.
There is no report Of any further movement Of i'm
n5rtance from Asia.
There were number Of rumors current as to the
urorress made towards re-openng peace negotia-
lions: but there was nothing certain about any of
them.
II is rumored that gen. CanrObert has fully sue
ceeded in the object Of the mission to Stockholm and
that Sweden has consented to join the allies in the
contest against Russia, should the not be closed
by next spring.
The treaty TO this effect is said to have been alrea
dy signed, and only to await ratification.
It's reported that the has desired Prussia to
inform the allies that he is willing to for peace;
but this is not believed.
The king Of Sardinia in Paris, where he had
been received with great attention and ceremony.
A letter from st. Petersburg says-"The new re-
erutment has thrown the country into great terror
II is doubted if 100000 men capable of service can
be found. The towns and districts furnishing the
recruits will be obliged to provide them with fur
eloaks, which is heavy burden owing to the pres
emit high price of furs."
The New York Tribune learns from good anthori-
y that in consequence Of the great numbers Of disa
bled and destitute German, Polish Irish and other
Messengers who have been sent to Great Britain and
perhaps Ireland Also during the last summer and
autumn by the commissioners Of emigration Of New
York, the British government have determined to
take stringent measures against all ships conveying
that class of passengers hereafter to the United
Kingdom s@
MI A. Winter, of Rondout, New York, has invent
ed new woodsawing machine for railroad and other
purposes, capable of saving and throwing upon a
pile cord Of wood in four minutes. Itmay be driv-
en- by either steam or horse power its principal PEE
cuiarity consisting in series of belts or endless
chains, provided with suitable hooks which carry
forward the sticks at moderate rate present them
the action Of the rapidly revolving circular saw
or saws. and then continue to carry them onward and
drop them at the point desired The belts chains
may be Of any length desired and arranged as to
elevate the wood to any required degree thesIabor
d the attendants being simply that Of laying On the
wood. The wood.may be separated in two Or more
places at the same time by simply mounting several
Jaws upon the shaft.
The Cleveland Plaindealer tells the following: A
lady passed through here, few days since, in hot
pursuit of her husband, who had been smitten with
smart attack Of passionate attraction" and had
ran away with another woman from Wyoming coun-
ty New ork to Lorain county. She took brace Of
officers from this city, and went to Eyria. The gem
teman snufing the approach of danger left his mon
ey with nephew to effect diversion with the enc
my, and took the cars for the south. On reflection
he suspected the honesty of his nephew and took the
next train back to look for his money. Here he en-
countered the pursuing party and negotiations were
opened. Itresuted in the lady selling out all her
right, title and good WILL in and to her husband
and his purchasing dshonorable peace, for $500
The lady returned to Wyoming without a husband
but with pocket full Of rocks.
A Journal published at Nantes states that cigars
made half of the leaf of the beet root and one
half Of tobacco, have fine rich flavor, which the
most experienced smokers have pronounced to re-
semble exceedingly that of very old tobacco A cor
respondent of the same journal states that he has
frequently tried beet root leaves chopped up fine
and found them to smoke, even when used alone
most pleasantly.
The New Workers are talking of a monument to
Washington 600 feet high, the Battery and to be
BY his statue-the whole to be iron and
% be finished in ten years. The committee Of the
board Of aldermen it said have determined to re-
port in favor Of it.
On Sunday evening, while the minister was ad-
dressing the congregation Of the N. E. church, at
Orange, New Jersey, the galleries were observed to
settle down suddenly, and the pillars to give way.
rush was instantly made for the DOORS but fortu-
nately no Injured 1t was afterwards as
,ertained that some scoundres had removed all the
props which supported the floor of the church. no
ioubt for the purpose of precpitating the congrega
ion into the cellar.
The New York Express reads lecture to the rev. I
Henry Ward Beecher, for announcing the release of I
passmore Williamson, to his congregation, and thus
the newspapers. The Express thinks
it probable that Beechers next step viii be to pub
llsh from his pulpit the arrival Of an European or
California steamer, with the latest Quotations for
soils and cotton, and the amount of specie
In the U s. circuit court, yesterday the of
Jnlon mutual insurance company in equity VS.. Com
nerclal insurance company, Judge Curtis held that
ne acceptance of proposal for insurance is binding
ven although not signed BY either party and that
arol agreement to insure is binding, the proposal
eng ia writing. Agreement enforced. The insur-
nee in this case was $4,000 upon the ship Great
'epublic. G. B. Goodrich for plaintiff; r. Choate
nd H. Jewell, for defendant. Boston Tray
The Decatur (Ill.) Gazette publishes letter from
incoln, in that State, in which it is said that the
omen of that place few DAYS ago mustered in
eat numbers, armed with axes, shovels, hatchets,
lives and pistols, and marched to Boyds bowling
loon, and destroyed all the liquor cigars, tobacco
c., on the premises They also nearly demolished
e house. This they did in order to repeal the H.
nse laws in that part of the State.
The governors of the New York almshouse have
mpleted the estimates of their wants for the ensu-
g year, and call on the city for an appropriation
eight hundred and seventeen thousand six hun
ed dollars, being upwards of aquarter of million
excess OF the requirements two years ago. This
an alarming increase, and looks ais if poverty is
tstrpPing at rapid rate every other description
population in that city.
Several New York ladies', Of social and literary
.nding, are said to have signed the following very
trotic pledge: I'VE engage to employ in our dress
furniture American fabrics in preference, and as
as we can, with reasonable effort, to the exclu.
IN Of foreign productions
Winter seems to have set in unexpectedly in the
ute Of Maine. At Bangor the river was closed
tn ice, and thirty vessels frozen in. The ice
MANY places ia said To bp quite thick The Kan