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

,.v,,.r. STR. Olive have. received lnteli.
NIL JUS. fbat gen Harvey has rad an eng ageehs
gnee Indians and has achieved Ms as Val COM
With the Iinwards Of 100 are reported TO have
pete sud 20 women and children taken
pen ,be whole camp and cohlelss 49, hs
and u. The rart Of the United States troops was pus
nj riding. ~ non Harvey are represented to have
Hi me 1s and the Indians are said 70 have
fought went is regarded only the commencement
of,the VA n PoRr GlBsosThe Port Gibson He
H. line Iath ,lt says"Since our last ISSUE, there
Tau been no deaths from yellow lever ~ THIS town
M hsSe 80 that we mentioned last week are recover
@ IIe g. new cases have occurred: Dir. oshua KEEL
Ing -; % S;ser-in-law Miss Burns, Mrs. Englishin,
@ ley nr ,s Mr. Robinson, Mrs. James $. Mason
#M Af; sr Lem Williams All are doing WELL with
and LINTON a of Miss Burns, WHO'S not expected to
va tue eAo Mr. s. Hawkins has been taken down with
Tecotss Fer al the house of Mr.. hos. Campbell, and
E the TT low No deaths in the country have occur
I'D within the past week. with TIE exception q 2
S re- ED nf Mr. Shannon. We hear Of numerous cases
e Gu ,hs county, but none dangerous -,
Z Tbe hoard of health of Montgomery, Alabama on
2 .ha 18th ut reported two cases OF yellow lever
w. ne Of them is Nat. Harris esq he Is improving,
S1weyer There has been one death. The towa y i
.fopeding-so says a dispatch to the Moolie = -
IKE Cincinnati Gazette says that during the year
I;npf he 18th inst, there nave Dceu uPN
~ o persons fined in the police court IN that city
IT, drunkenness and dsorderly conduct--3o5o less
Kan during the year previous ,,s.,E4,.,3.sggs,s
The carl Of Carysfort has applied to the Irish court
8@ L.,cery to draw out ES40,bUo, which had ac-
1ated during the latter part Of the life Of the
3 eaaased peer having been for several years luna
IA aGpsv George Robert Doane, an episcopal clergy
Z ~ soa of bishop Doane, Of New Jersey, has join
Z h u he Roman catholic church He had beer de-
W. 81 bv his own father. E4g sa5@@44 .ts A. 4. es
@ Psfaor MARYLAND, of Washington, who mysterious
A J., d;sanpeared and who was supposed to have com
rntted suicide, has been found n Pennsylvania,
g;rl thirteen years old, at Hartford Connect
# ,at Is n splendid swimmer and diver, and boldly
~ ;nmps into the water from pier thirty live feet
@ iigh
setes Of St Louis, was consecrated - that city
ia gently with imposing ceremonies.
ia The Opelousas Patriot learns that the town
# I'll Of Washington {St. Landry parish1 have estab-
Ished and put in force rigid quarantine regulations
@ Scotch gentleman In San Francisco has organ
;vpd military company of his fellow conntrynen,
who are to be dressed in complete highland garb He
sands toEdnbnrgh for the uniforms cost Of $4,000.
ID Gen. James Shields who 50 CALAMITY led the Pal
vi oetto regiment on the bloody fields Of Mexico, has
left the haunts Of civilization, and has buried him.
q self into the tall grass Of Minnesota Gov German
reports him where naught but the Indian ever trod
" before. s=.sg%eae ~, W.
and enterprisng farmer about two miles below Hous
ID ton T.Yas on Buffalo bayou, will realize at least
twelve hundred dollars from the proceeds OF his farm
This season-the result Of the labor of and
two small boys. here is room for many more such
farms in that vicinity 3aArB 8s Ha&sS 84
Il Young man by the name of Charles w. Abbot
died recently at South Boston of very rare disease
called purpura hamorrhorgica. His body was cover
Il sdwh purple blotehes, and blood oozed from all
narts of his mouth. Were were also frequent dis
Charges from his and bladder. For Short time
before his death the blood which passed from him was
little more than water, hardly staining the clothes
On the Doth ult., the mayor of New York, on In
formation received of Mr.. Boomberg, q s. consul at
4 Hamburg, sent to the ship Deutschland squad q
police where they succeeded in taking into custody
blr men, who on their own affidaylts, state that
they were sent to this.eountry as paupers.
The official report Of the New York city inspector
for the week ending 18th inst, exhibits very salts
factory condition Of the public health The tosa
men, 1879 boys and 1870 grls-an increase Of two OF
the mortality Of the week previous The diseases
prevalent those affecting the brain and nerves
and digestive organs; of other complaints the NOR
tslitv IS comparatively light. s9sSAs t ivy
The rev. dr. Cone, the distinguished baptist cler-
pvnan who recently died in New York, was former
" an actor, and his last appearance on the stage
was the terrible night OF the destruction OF the
Richmond theatre, in l8i /, when the governor OF
ofyirginia and agreat many other prominent cItl
gems persisted in the flames. He was afterwards ed
itor Of daily paper at Baltimore then department
clerk at ashlngton, and lnlo2o became paPsias
pastor in New York. aassag4 &a5@s%g @59
The secretaries of the different departments are
now all at their posts, in Washington, and about
commencing their annual reports, which Will De very
lengthy, all Of which are to be in readiness BY the
meeting of congress. The president has already
commenced his annual message, and has marked out
the line of policy he is to pursue. Secretary Dob
bin is quite feeble, and it is extremely doubtful
whether he will be able to undergothe aoorlous du
ties Of his office till the meeting Of congress- s
On a recent visit TO Lasalle, says the Chicag'
Press, we were informed that gentleman resden
there named Mccoy, formerly OF kenosha, with thre
or four other persons IN the nelghoo5hood: IS con
eerled III driving cattle from Texas and Mexico ane
that thew now have twenty thousand on the way
which will probably arrive within the next two Q
three weeks.
Late advices from Oregon and Washinton terito
s represent that great excitement exists there Wit
reference to the proposition to carve out third Uni
ted States territory around Walla Walla, out of
portion of both Oregon and Washington territories
The people who design asking congress, next YIN
ter to accord them the government, are holdins
meetings and devising feasible plans for accomplish
ing that object. @ sHs Esz sSs ~
The Paris Moniteur publishes notification from
the minister of the Interior reminding the pubic tina
no individual cam for the purpose of private printing
have in his possession or employ small presses,
whatever kind they may be, without a previous au
thorization from the minister at Paris. or from tn
projects in the departments. Persons infringing I'M
law will be liable to get six months imprisonment
and 900 francs fine. Type-foundries, stereoty pc
founders and manufacturers of presses OF all KINDS
as well dealers in printing utensils, must keep
book, in which they are to enter the names and ad
dresses of persons purchasing any OF their articles
and they are from time to time to send copy OF sue
entries to the minister or to the project, "a defau1
(Which they will be liable to a penalty Of from .
francs to 300 francs. 81 IRIS 4
Il The Chicago Tribune has the following accounts
game played by one of the presidents former la
clients, which is about the coolest specimen Of impr
dence extant. 1t says:s
Some years ago, fellow BY the name Of Brown va
arrested for forgery in New Hampshire, and retane
Frank Pierce to defend him. After a full invest
cation Of the affair." it ascertained pretty detinit
y that it would goh hard with Brown, and that wit
all the ability Of his advocate. trial would quit
surely end III conviction. In this dilemma he EN-
grated to the vest leaving his bail to foot the bond
and his lawyer to whistle for his pay. A while az
man by the name of Walker, being about to Wis
Washington in connection with some railroad proIet
in Minnesota, Brown on the strength Of claiming a
acquaintance withthe president, volunteered lettt
Of introductory to the bottom OF which he added,
aP.S: Give me fat office and will pay up tn
old score The letter was handed to the preslden
who after reading it and remarking upon the peer
enolpaSs af the rparest an office pxDlaued