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

poul and his partners, Messrs. stra-
Sir aehpp otas Who we're for many years leao,ne
ban anu hanLers. failed some time since, ana ais
Opdon oaI .hev had when pressed for money, DIS
- securities placed IN their hands on
posed o. ,sd the money to their own neeesslties-l
I'D appsa rested and tried for the offence, and we
ZTheS lis mail that the sentence pronounced up
esrn " :: fourteen years transportation sir John
n nv, was a baronet, magistrate leading mem
fa .be church, and Of several religious ana cfaf
her ;et;es. his connections, as well as those OF
liable were highly respectable and influential
bs =. have been sentenced to the same punish
e NJ ~ ronld have been allotted to them II they
nen,, - the Lowest criminals There is lesson
ps sentence by which we may profit Such great
I'D iIss as that Of Strahan, Panl d Bates have not
nnknown in this country. But we are not
beeh That any Wall street operator was ever SEN
AVA, - fo,rteen years Imprisonment even four.
tsneea .a,rrespondent of the New York Tribune fur
@ { The following very original suggestion:
psssa ar naper few weeks since made some peril
our in regard to the burial Of the dead the
a;ng of which led me to suggest, in place Of bury
ID Ie.hs bodies that some chemist who has the talent
p a rood Of the community at heart would send you
~ e,bication recipe for chemical caustic COM
nnappd which shall decompose the body and leave it
#& T. a dry powdery state. believe they now have
i = he college dissecting rooms something OF the
snd If such could be chemically accomplished. It
. soad be more natural, easier. cheaper, healthier,
'saner less repulsve to feelings and olfaetory
ores than any other mode, especially that OF con-
81 sm;ng them by fire or burying
@ s'T e have seen private letter from member OF
BY v,Iter's tilibustering force in Nicaragua bearing
latest date from that quarter, wherein the writer
81 the hat though victory has crowned their arms
sa snd the hardest Job conceivable to obtain the
lnnSsrevithal to satisfy their stomachs For some
80 before the letter was written they had been
daeed to the necessity of living wholly pantains,
h;cb are any thing but food suited to keep in the
e
imericans The writer seemed to be Of the impress
ION that plantains. and nothing but plantalns,
onld soon reduce them SO in flesh and spirits, as
hat live yankee would not be more than half a
match for an ordinary native; the latter stand
.he variable diet through habit. Wash Star.
The Louisville Courier some three years ago was
rrosecuted for libel by one VIM Gully, laying his
damages at $4,000 He got up fair for some benev.
dent object, and after pocketing the proceeds sloped
with them. The Courier exposed him. He, 1t ap'
nsars returned and commenced suit against the Cou
Her, as above stated On the trial the facts We're all
moved and the jury returned verdict for the de-
endant. There are two more suits pending against
be same paper for libel both of them in regard tc
III celebrated Matt Ward jury trial. One of the
plains is juryman in that case. and the other al
attorney. Damages laid at $40, 900 in each case
An oyster bed has been accidentally planted in
lake Erie, by the steamer Buckeye State. which OIL
her last trip up the lake, was obliged, in heavy
bsad sea to throw overheard one hundred barrels Of
nvsters in the she'll just fresh from the salt water
Ike Atlantic coast As they were dropped III deer
water, there is danger of their being hshed up,anc
thew will luxuriate there unmoested The question
Is whether such saltwater product can thrive in tht
fresh water lakes of the west.
singular and fatal accident occurred on the Har
lam railroad New York; on the night Of the l3tl
nit train of four cars while rounding curry,
near Boston Corners at arapid rate Of speed. was
blown off the track by the wind, and preciptatee
down an embankment some thirty feet deep, smash
inc the cars to atoms One passenger was killed
one fatally, and seventeen severely injured Onl,
thirty persons were on the train, and their escap
from instantaneous death borders on the miraculous
Gov. Wright Of Indiana, says that our grass is no
properly appreciated. No crop, he says, approache
So near spontaneous YIELD and none yields so larg
profit The hay crop Of the United States in 1856
he estimates at 100000 tons that for 1883 he est
mates at 600 900 tons, which worth 00OO Ot
while the whole cotton crop i valued at only abou
Sl2S 00O,O 900. Of this crop more than half is pre-
duced by the four States, New York (Which yield
one fourth Of the whole,) Ohio Indiana and Illinois
The grass crop which is used for pasture, is at leas
as valuable, 50 that single herb y worth annually
over $500, 900 900 Few people will believe that tn
grass crop Of New York State is worth more than it
Wheat, and yet statistics show such is the fact.
late number of the Philadelphia North Aner
can SAYS we understand that it is almost fixed fac
that we are to have new hotel on a scale OF ul
paraeled magniticence, erected the Butler lot.
Eighth and Chestnut streets The lot is le9 feet j
front on Chestnut street. and lis feet Eighth street
extending to Grape street. The building Will hav
three fronts Tie materials for the exterior vii
probably be marble for the Chestnut street 'front.' an
granite for the front on Eighth street The Who'll
cost is estimated at upwards Of $6oO,OcO.
Although it was no secret that the king OF Der
mark had contracted morganatlc marriage with
former milIoner of the name of Lola Rasmussen
whom he has elevated to the rank of countess Oar
ner yet that step had never been publicly or oicia
" made known. It therefore caused great sensatio
when the king, at the court and eyee he held on h
birth day at the palace Of Christiansborg IN Copel
hagen, caused her to be presented to all the foreg
ambassadors requesting the latter to notify his ma
rage TO their respective courts. On newyear's Ola
she is to be elevated TO the rank OF duchess
At the latest dates they were complaining Of he
Wv snow storms in Canada.
Married
AT Mount Lebanon, on the 4th inst, captain
A. LACY, Of this place, to Miss MARTHA PRoTHKo,