The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-31

WEDNESD AY, .......OCTOBER 81, 1855
AGENTS FOR THE souTH-wEsTERK:
COL T. w. BLEDsoE, Fillmore Bossier parish.
Messrs j. NJ. & j. G. MURPHY, Jefferson IeZds.
Mr.. WARE BESGE, Bonham, Fannin County, Ieras
Mr. JAMES B. LIKENs, Henderson, Rusk Co., Ie1as
Mr. CLARKE ADAMS PIaqueaine, and Iberrate Parish
w. H. MCDONALD, 102 Nassau street, Ne,o York
Tnos McIrYHE, % Camp street, Neo Orleans.
ps5- Those of our town subscribers who do
not receive their papers regularly, will please
send word to the Office.
TO THE PoLLs.-M Monday next the duty vii
devolvc upon the people Of Louisiana Of deciding
who are to be the rulers of the State during the
next two years-in fact, whetheri It's to be gov
erned by Americans, natives Of the soil, or BY
anti-Americans; for there is now no other issue
The subject has been SO thoroughly discussed
thasit would be superfuous to 60 into an elab-
crate dissertation. The nominees put forth by
the Americans are well known for their worth,
talent, integrity, and fitness to adorn the sta
tons to which they aspire. They are Amer
lean by BIRTH are American in principles, and
prefer their country and countrymen to all the
world Let our readers make it a point to at
tend the polls early and vote. Then go away
and attend to their ordinary business.
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Voters should remember that besides electing
state and parish officers, they are to vote on
the question of removing the seat Of govern
ment from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
BEwARE.-We understand that propositions
to swop votes have been made by several de-
mocrats to members of the American party
They proposed that if the Americans would
vote for doctor Flournoy, they in return would
vote for one of the American nominees. Let
Americans remain true to their own ticket, and
beware Of all such maneuyres. They are but
tricks of the enemy. . fla.
Look OoT.-It is reported that the anti
Americans are endeavorng to colonise two OF
three Of the country wards. Let the Ameri-
cans be on their guard, and promptly arrest
and send to prison any person who may illegal
ly vote or attempt to do so.
IcE-Thin ice was to be seen in this town
and its vicinity on Thursday morning. We be-
lieye "the oldest inhabitant" never before wit
messed the like so early in the season.
We enjoyed on Wednesday the pleasure ola
visit from our confrere, Mr.. Hickey, of the JEFF
ferson Herald He has for some months filed
the editorial chair of that paper, and is a fluent
and able writer. We are pleased to learn that
Mr.. Hickey has purchased the Herald, and that
hereafter it will be entirely under his personal
control.
CAUGHr-We learn from the Picayune that
sergeant Kearney and officer Howard, on the
10Th inst, captured Robert JONES' alias John
Briggs, alias Aaron Briggs, on the levee, as a
fugitive from justice. The prisoner, it is al
legged, murdered a man named Buck Clark, at
Shreveport, in the parish Of Caddo, about one
year ago. He was arrested at the time that
the offence was committed but broke out Of !
prison and has ever since been wandering ]
about fugitive from justice. His resistance,
when the officers undertook to arrest him, was {
of a most desperate character.
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The yellow fever has disappeared from near il
y all points on the Mississippi, except Mem a
phis The Wing, published in that place, of il
18Th inst, reports 38 deaths, 10 of yellow fe &
yer, during the week. Ten new cases reported. n
BY referring to the accounts brought by the {
Atlantic, it will be seen that there had been +
further decline in the Liverpool cotton market Q
CHEAP.-The steamers running between n.
Orleans and Memphis, give notice that hereaf-
ter they will charge only one dollar per bale
freight on cotton. So much for uninterrupted /
navigation and fair competition. .a#
Telegraph dispatches, dated Washington, :
i4th inst, assert that president Pierce and Sc
eretary jeff, Davis have ''crawfshed," and now
decide that the back pay of general Scott, as
lieutenant general, shall be allowed; and the
accounting officers are engaged in ascertaining
The amount.
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There has been heavy advance in the pork 5
market, owing to the reported failure of the {
grain crop in Europe. Dispatches from Louis
vile and Cincinnati announce rapid advance
in the price Of hogs and pork. In New York.
on the 18th pork had advanced So, and was
selling at ss24 % Dbl. This will be pinching
on those southern planters who do not make
sufficient pork to supply their hands.
We regret to notice in the Concordia Intel
ligencer the death Of doctor John A. Sander
son, at Etania plantation, of the yellow fever
He was one Of the richest planters of Louisiana,
or the south, being the proprietor of Deer Park,
Pamela, Waverley, and the Briars' plantations,
and was much esteemed.
The Vicksburg Wing records the death of
the hon. Caswell r. Clifton. Judge Clifton has
filed several important Offices in Mississippi |
and was at the time of his demise clerk of the
high court Of errors and appeals.
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Colonel Kinney has resigned the governor