The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-16

/ ington Union are becoming weak, and Its DIS
. charges very irregular. The ammunition is
either getting low, or the official organs valor
has evaporated. .sIon" F. ]. Grund, OF the
department of the interior, writes from Wash
ington to the Baltimore Sun, that the arpanic
is well over, and it is not likely to be revived
under the present administration. He says,
ssthose who invoke war in its name will not
be credited hereafter as the true opponents OF
its policy. AS I suggested several days ago,
it will be proved that general Concha was not
authorised by his instructions to overhaul Amer
lean vessels beyond the line of a marine league
from the coast, and that any act OF the sort
4 that had been committed will be disavowed. by
the Spanish government That would be but
poor satisfaction to the Americans, for Spain
+ will no sooner disavow an outrage, than it will
be repeated again.
LOOKING OUT.-The militia law recently en-
acted by the parliament of Canada, concludes
with the following words ''Proyided that if at
the time when this act would otherwise expire
there should happen to be war between the U.
States and her majesty then this act shall con-
tinue in force until the end of the session of the
provincial parliament next after the proclana
ton of peace" The Canadian journals, spe-
culating on the subject, think war not unlikely
in the event of trouble between the United
States and Spain; and expatiate on the mischief
the allied powers could do by sending fleet to
cruise on the American coasts; but negects to
estimate the damage that may accrue to Can
ada from an invasion by the Americans.
Young, the mormon prophet and governor
of Utah, delivered a long and imprisoned ha-
rangue to the saints at Great Salt Lake City,
on the 18th February. He commenced with
reviewing the prosecutions sustained by the
faithful, euogsing 10 Smith, as in duty bound,
extolled the patriotism of the mormons during
the war with Mexico, and gradually developed
the motive and object Of his discourse by dis
QUESTION on the right of congress, under the
constitution to interfere with the religion of the
mormons, polySamy included. He says that
nc. power or authority in the government can
lawfully or righeously modest them in the quiet
and peaceful enjoyment of their religion, poly
gamy, of course, included. These mormons
will some day create great trouble to the gen
eral government.
We have read of sundry delectabe lands out
toward sunset, which actually run over with
cream and honey-the cows, we suppose, ig-
noring milk altogether One of these spots
must be Eldora Iowa, which, to say the least
oft, is within a syllable of Ell Dorado The /
editor Of the Plymouth (Indiana) Banner con-
graduates himself that the lines have fallen to
him in pleasant places, and that his children
will have goodly heritage. He says the
country is high, picturesque, and fertle-the
timber is plenty, and the best in the State, and
coal costs nothing but the digging. At the
open sesame of command, mother earth yields
up everything precious, from grain of corn to
the best building stone. Steam can be had by
kindling fire, yet ten water mills are going
up. Mechanical and professional men all do
well, except the doctors, and they are compell
ed to chop cordwood for living. And then,
to fence in these attractions, the editor tells us.
that one fine morning, three weeks ago, fifty
elk and as many deer made their appearance
at break of day, quietly grazing on the edge of
the town. Now we give it up. Eldora takes
the horns.
1t is refreshing to find any place in our ex-
tensivs country where the necessaries and COM
forts of life fall within the means Of limited poe
kets While the cost of most articles of daily
has reached with us dwellcrs on
Red River most prohibitory price, we find in
the Dixon Transcript, paper published in IL
Iinois, dated April "a, the following attractive
price current: Flour, 81 25@7 SO % barrel;
wheat 81 20 y bushel; corn, in the ear, 90
cents d9 bushcl; corn, shelled, 5000 cents p ,
bush; oats, 20@25 % bush; pork 81 " 100;
beef, $500 % 100 lbs. potatoes, 9O@95 cts
p busbel; butter, 1904 cents y H. What
a glorious thing it would be just now, five had
a railroad extending from Shreveport to Dixon
The last number of the New York American
Quarterly Review has an article on post office
improvements in which it is stated that the \
Boston people annually average about thirty
5hree letters each; those in New York, about
wenty- four; in Philadelphia, fourteen; in New ,
Orleans, sixteen; and in Baltimore, only ten. t
In the aggregate of the large cites of the U.
States there is ~ annual average Of about 90
etters to each person. In the country districts
here only about three letters annually to each
nhabitant. 81 i
The Jefferson (Texas) Herald states that :
lever before, within its experience have the ;
lines, in that place, SO fully come up in every t
aspect to fill their now cognomen of tight S
ines The bayou down low, almost dry, no 9
navigation. Corn 80 25 % bushel; bacon, q q
20 cents B 1b.; sugar, coffee, -four, high in like
proportion, and scarcely enough even at these Il
atcs to supply the actual necessary demand