The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-28

We yior of governor Hebert, the greatleader OF IL
lis .syoung America flank Of the democrat
Of forces. The organs Of the party are quarrelln!
A. one portion, among others Marks, of the Bayc
is Sara Ledger, swearing that his exeellency is
i know nothing; while the other division Al
a equally as vehement in their asseverations TIL
ID he is devoted heart and soul to newly arrive
e. Europeans and stforeign influence" in all i
g various bearings. These discussions have a
t. tracted the attention Of the Delta, which is
Ii the habit Of taking on itself the duties of dr
70 nurse to. democratic asprants. and it asser
e that, "we are in search of political information
J. We are students Of the times. One Of our Fl:
is objects at present is to keep the readers of tn
/ Delta fully acquainted with the movements an
d combinations of the day, as tits evident that
e grand crash Of parties is at hand. :" 1tgoes o
e to state that, sthe majority of our fellow-cit
! zens appear anxious to ascertain whether gov
# ernor Hebert is know nothing or not. So ar
: we. The fidelity ofsuch man, holding so i'm
= portant position, to unadulteratea old lin
: democracy, or his desertion to the camp of
S hostile party, must be regarded as an importan
: matter of fact. But how is the truth to be dis
i covered? Know nothingism has but one wore
in its vocabulary, and that is mum. The gov
? ernor himself is non committal, and watche:
: the examinations and determinations OF the coun
: try papers without condescending to define hi:
:, II bo oIp hot mr.
talent comparableto that which the French cal
ga great talent for silence However, we
cheerfully give our readers the benefit of our
investigations in this interesting matter; 'twe
give them all, we can no more" Our infor-
nation extends to the facts that respectable bets
have been offered by prominent citizens of New
Orleans to the effect that Hebert was and is a
know nothing; that parties assert boldly their
knowledge of the very lodge which be joined,
and of which he continues to be member, and
that his friends are equally decisive in their de-
cIarations to the contrary. But why were not
the bets taken up? Wagers are very trihing
things, it is true; SO are sraws; but straws show
how the wind blows One does not usually
stake his money on any given question, without
having some reason for the faith which is in
him, and individuals who were quite sure of the
correctness of their position are not in the habit
of losing chance TO win handsome "pile."-
Will nobody throw light upon the mystery,
Will nobody raise the veil and show our gov
crnor at his purely democratic duties, or moving
through the dark circles of the know nothing
ceremonies? We can only cry, like the poet
Goethe, "more light-more light" Our CO.
temporaries need not addle their brains with
conjectures. Governor Hebert is for-himself,
and is only trying to keep on the strong side.
The Eagle published at Columbus, Missis-
sippl, speaks in dolefu strain of the condition
of things in that section of the Uniou, occasion
ed by the unprecedented drought and conse-
quent suspension of navigation. The Eagle
says, disappointed, disheartened and hopeless,
our citizens and neighbors are turning their at
in getting their cotton to market and supply
ing themselves with goods, groceries and other
necessaries of life. Mr.. Alfred Thatcher re-
ceived by wagons portion of his stock of gro
ceries from Selma, Ala, the other day, and
loaded the returning wagons with cotton. Many
others, in town and country are sending off
wagons loaded with cotton to the finished point
of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, 100 miles be-
low Columbus! And we printers are living
from hand to mouth-with not much in either
in the way of paper. Times are tight-certain
AS ''misery loves company our Columbus
has the satisfaction of knowing
that other communities are in as bad predca-
mant as his own,
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: CHASING A TARTAR.-On the goth ult., sem
ator Taylor, ofthe Wisconsin Legislature, offer
ed in the senate resolution Of inquiry as to
what land so-forth" meant in the state trea-
surer's report, after the governors salary. The
democratic senators, who have majority, took
the motion in high dudgeon and by strictly
party vote appointed Mr.. Taylor committee
OF one to inquire into and report on the matter.
intended as an insult to the scna or,
this committee of one entered upon its duties.
and in the investigations found that the ttand
so-forth" was for six hundred dollars which the
governor had drawn out of the treasury over
and above his salary, and made very able re-
port on the subject. The Piercites by this time
found they had caughta Tartar-that Mr.. Tav
Tor was not the man be trifed with, and since
he has brought the matter to light, they sit very
much chap fallen and uneasy in their seats. A
motion to print 500 copies of his report led to
an acrimonious debate, but the motion finally
prevailed, three democrats ayocatng its publ
cation.
A female slave, belonging to Louisiana
planter, was taken from vessel, bound from
New Orleans to Philadelphia, off New Castle.
Delaware, by the police, and her kidnapper.
one R. Warwick, was arrested and committed
o prison.
The Commercial Bulletin estimates that there