The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-19

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The manner in which these more Withdraw
$ als'' are manufactured is fully explained IN Il
following communication to the Red River III
!, publican:
"HINEsros, La. AUG. 28, f855-To the &c
itors of the Repubcan-Gentlemen: The ant
American party have circulated report thf
twenty-one members Of the know nothing part
t have withdrew their names from the wlgWar
at this place. Such is not the case. we hay
had one to withdraw, ard the reason why h
withdrew from the party is because his fathe
is foreigner. In the Louisiana Democrat
printed at Alexandra, the 22d of August, Their
is a list of Withdrawals from the know nothln!
party. and in that list are the names OF thre
persons, and which three names propose t.
bet the person who had the list published on
/ hundred dollars that no such persons ever join
ed the X. n party in this parish, and further
more that no such persons as the three names
published in that list ever did live in this pa
rish; and if he will bet me two to one, vii
bet that those three persons named IN the lis
never did lie at aW Ifyou think proper you
can publish this. Yours truly, J. I. HATcH
Up. S. In the list of Withdrawals, also, is the
name of George Hickman. Now will state tc
you the manner in which his name was given
Mr.. -, had a piece of paper in his hand,
walking round the crowd, and as he passed,
asked Hickman if he should take his name
down. Hickman, not knowing for what, repli-
ed yes after while he was asked if he had
withdrawn from the K. N. party by Mr.. Snod-
dy; he replied that he had not. Mr.. Snoddy
said to him that Mr.. -, had his name down
as withdrawn from the party. Then Hickman
and Snoddy went to Mr.. and requested
him to take his name off This have from a
gentleman who was present at the barbecue at
John Smiths mill.
A monster railway along the whole course
of the Mississippi river from New Orleans to
the falls of St. Anthony is spoken of by the
Dubuque Tribune as being in process of con-
struction. From N Orleans to Memphis the road
lies east of the river, and in the hands of three
distinct companies, having been in progress
and being now nearly finished. The distance
is 800 miles At Memphis it crosses to the
Arkansas side of the river and traverses that
State seventy miles, company being organic
ed tor the construction of that link From the
Arkansas to the city of St. Louis it is called the
Iron mountain railroad, and is in charge of a
company which has purchased 5000 tons of
rail, and is making preparations to run an en-
CINE on it this year. From St. Louis to ST.
Charles, Mo-, it is called the North Missouri
railroad, twenty miles of which are finished
From thence to Keokuk, Iowa, it is called the
valley railroad north, and compa-
~ has been organized to build the line 40
niles. From thence to st. Anthony, Mime
'ota, companies are already chartered to build
he road. When finished, as all these various
divisions will be at no distant day, the road
will be the longest in the world, Our country
S fast multiplying such immense chains of iron
Dads, among which we may mention those
rom New Y DIRK to Rock island, from Philadel-
'hia to st. Louis, from Charleston to Memphis,
rom Boston to Buffalo, from Mobile to Chica-
o. and from Boston, by way of New York,
Philadelphia Baltimore, Washington, Peters
urg, Richmond, etc. to Wilmington, North
carolina.
The New York Times, in an article upon the
Ugh rents in that city, says, ''We wouldn't be
ulgar for the world, but, vulgar or not, we
1ust say that our friends the landlords, have .
itten their noses off, and no mistake They ,
lex high prices on their houses to let, and let =
lem go vacant. They ask enormous rents,
nj get them for about three quarters of their l.,
roperty, while the remaining fourth goes IN :
coupled, save by rats, reaches, ghosts and so .
nth. The Real Estate Journal says that there ,
more vacant property to let now than there :
Is been since the great panic in 1887. In y
rooklyn it is about the same; property fetches y
'out half its value when forced to sale, and y
It unwilling holders cannot rent at the rates q
at were current two years ago Sir Isaac, y
hen his boots were burning, rang the bell for
servant TO remove the grate-never dream
1t was cheaper to haul up his foot Our
'dIords are OF the same phiosophic family. v
lat reduction to suit the times would take =,
ELF vacant houses off their hands has not oc- =
rred to them, nor that half loaf is better II
an no bread.' "
Ihe Boston Traveller has An article upon the IL IL
pulatlon of Boston and New York, giving l.
ne interesting statistics. In 1880 the popu- 1e
Ion OF Boston was 900, and of New York, Ii
yoo. Now the population of Boston is So a.
D, OF New York 100000. Brooklyn, ad- I'll
ming New York that was village a little m
lie ago, has 900 people, OF $1,000 more la
N Boston; and there are other towns about ca
W DIRK that will soon be as large as Boston. "
y .iA"'>sSSo " P|oplC III IteH L OK was 700, >,
IN the last five years, which was $4,000 I'd
re than Boston now contains. Relatively I'll
ston has much greater tonnage commerce =
wealth The average valuation to per- u
in New York is $70O;in Boston It's SO, 600. 1t
ston, with but one fifth the population, spends m M
re money for schools than New York. tits :, ~
possible now for anybody to conceive how De De
at city New York may become Its es- u e
ate for 1860 is about one million souls, and Oh
b the trade of the whole continent, it NAV
the whole world, centreing there, it may 90 tic
10 five millions in one century. London and We
is are the only two places of the civilized er
be that exceed it to-day. Paris will soon tr
In the shade, and London cannot keep tin
e with the mistress of the New World It We,
y needs the Pacific railroad, and in fifty mai
rs the largest city that exists would be it's am
rior, and very shortly it would be able to Fl
chase the wealth of the richest of ancient or IS
Tern times, and have surplus left. He
l Pars letter says that crime and suicide n
largely on the increase in France. The DE- De
sse OF late date contained the details of l IL
cases, as follows: A man found hanging An
a tree on an island IN tba So;,,. gal