The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-04-11

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J The i ashington correspondent of he Bosto
Advertiser endorses the statement made b b
New Y6rE Herald. il regard e the document
farHalsd biz til sts ezar If russia. nakin.
@eers IN orEaat revelations . the president 9
the intrigues and intentions of France and Eng
, land, and asserts that the communication In It
4 detail vas made known to certain parties b,
one Of the very individuals whom presiden
j Pierce summoned to his councils. The CORES
poEdent goes on to say that Russia dlstlnetl.
offers to prove that a compact exists betWeel
f the allied powers Of Europe to interfere in cas-
i Of any further attempt at territorial extension
on the part of the United States government
This is the main scope ofthe document, It's con
tents do not 60 beyond a voluntary tender Q
evidence to convict the accused parties of al
, intention to set at defiance every principle con
tanned in the Monroe doctrine! After due con
sideration Of the subject, the president and hi
advisers came to the conclusion that the whole
matter should be laid on the table as unfit fol
discussion at this particular j%uncture otpolltlca
affairs. This is, the presidents advisers think,
the wisest decision, under the circumstances,
that could possibly have been arrived at, for Ii
would have been impossible to send a reply &c
the car Of Russia, Mountaineering this coun-
try in departure from the path she is bound
constitutionalIy to pursue. We suppose that
president Pierce has entirely forgotten his lofty
boastings of his intention to carry out the Mon
roe doctrine.
THE VICE PREsIDENcY.-The Delta says we
have been g%rati6ed to find that the new party.
know nothings,) which appears to have as
sumed the control of the next presidential can
yass, of which George Law is so prominent a
chief, and probable candidate for the presiden-
cy, has turned its attention southwark, in the
consideration of the proper person to fill the Sc
cond office in the gift of the people. We are
still more gratiied to find that our own city has
the honor to include, among its patriotic citi-
zens, a gentleman whose claims and merits
have excited special regard and attention in
connexion with this high station. We allude
to that gallant veteran and unfincing patriot,
colonel William Christy, who, though now as
youthful and blithe as most of our young men,
and who has a great deal more physical and
mental vigor than the majority of the presuup-
tuous sons of young America in this preten-
tious age" is a veteran.
Colonel Christy during the assault by the
British and Indians, in 1919, on fort Meigs,
nailed the American flag to the staff, and he,
also, served by the side of general Harrison
throughout his northwestern campaign. He
is, we believe, a nephew to the late Richard NJ.
Johnson, vice president of the United States
Van Buren's administration, and is one
of the Oldest American residents of Louisiana.
The colonel has been at all times and on all
occasions an ardent and enthusiastic advocate
of native American doctrines. In fact, he may
looked upon as one of the fathers of the
great principle that "Americans shall rule
America" for, to our own knowledge, during
the last eighteen years he has been busily en-
ployed in disseminating the creed.
STEAMER R. w. PowELL.--This is the name
of a fine large steamer, built during the past
summer at Louisville, and intended to be run
as a Red River and New Orleans packet. She
is commanded by captain r. H. Martin, and
Matthiesson is clerk, both of them we'll
to our citizens. The cabins and every
thing pertaining to the boat are of the most ex-
quisite description, unsurpassed by any thing
on the river. AS to her tables, the following
Of fare, forwarded to us by a gentleman
who was a passenger on the last trip, speaks
for itself:
BILL OF FARE, March 27~th.-Soup: Green
Fish: Baked red, plain sauce; boiled
sheephead, oyster sauce. Boiled: Chicken, leg
creole mutton, caper sauce; turkey, fresh beef
ham, corned beef, pork and beans
Gelatine poulard, alspice jelly; mag
arine of Writings a la Venetienne; pate cbaud
Of g~odiveau a la Ciboulette; breast of mutton,
braised with green peas; gelatine turkey, with
jelly; stuffed shoulder Of mutton, gar
with oysters; tenderloin steak, with fried
potatoes; gelatine hogs head, alspice Jelly;
hogs head la Florentine; stuffed crabs and
oyster pies. Roast: Beef, mutton, veal, pork,
pig, turkey and chicken. Vegetables: Irish po-
tatoes boiled, mashed potatoes, turnips, sweet
celery, hominy, cabbage, radishes,
lettuce. Game: Wild turkey, mai
re d'h6te sauce; saddle of v%enison, cranberry
sauce and guava jelly. Dessert: currant, ap-
Pile, cranberry and cherry pies, pound, jelly,
sponge and fruit cakes, t~artlets, French pufs,
;urrant pudding, orange, madeira and ~transpa-
vanilla and lemon custards, vanilla
ce cream, cream cakes. Fruits: Pine apples,
bananas, apples, figs, %raisins, prunes,
almonds, pecans, English w~alnuts, flberts, Bra
I'll and cream nuts. Claret, white wine, and
lava coffee.
We do not think that the above dinner has
ever been excelled on board a Red River boat.
Colonel Benton, in a letter to the St. Louis
Democrat, calls attention to the fact that he got
! clause inserted in the general post-road bill
or a direct route between st. Louis and San
Francisco, by the, mouth of the Huerfano and
he Little Salt lake to Stockton, on the San