The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-30
General Intelliee,

races, has become involved ovar so@o1ting On ~
hers was member of the last S@9009O0 NM
now seat in the house of common, ministry, ana
son OF the earl of Jersey. He WIG hsis thef
ne was educated at Eaton, entered Io oorn ii lss
pS SaaiheI ms company IN 1913, and left % my ipl
Io41 during the period of his sar,; sit The arm.
de,eamp in Canada and finally mice; iGe he was
! at Madras military so "s al
Baton ROUGE, Nay l2th.-The fe,d.
vegetation is withered and droo-l; elus arep.,..
ponds are eptied or dried up for wans telstera y,
streets and roads are filed with dust u ram a.
with every passing breeze, usurps N H. Which rS
ma,ery clouds so long looked for with w Iase Of Il
s,au theh descending III flakes that won11 ege
grace snow storm, it fills everv mod S'oaid Aot A.
hiding, with its ashy mask, the countoss and crew.
OF the merchant and disfguring the snst and
4 enraged housewife, whose brush and VII iae OIL
longer protection against the insidiorn 'h ale NV
The last Marion (Ala.) CommonWs~sslbl0e
understand that great deslitution prevail sals,Fa
portions OF our county in regard to nr,p III Soma
klhds, corn especially. A gentleman frora %gaad@
ern part OF this county informed us On M tleNrtb
that there We're not provisions enougb ;DI0adayh,
borhood to feed all the inhabitants ono 40 ms ly
that it was impossible to procure them month ia
the money to buy them. He represents Il tieyA@
among the poorer classes as ALARMING on Wy dBte
ilet from some source Is not speedily obtassa Sfh
is large number who will suffer far a. then
food. I'LL @E@ ~ Tile Wait
We learn from the Savannah Republio,.
drought has extended throughout Geora;, That Ia
adjoining States. In some portions Il ga a0dt
Georgia, planters have been compelled to G0tAsa
drinking water five and ten miles. and LOU te
stances to drive their cattle from ten ia soleia
miles, to the nearest river or pond, and tbe.nyS
them! Railway companies have found d f.fsle lea
some places, IN obtaining the necessary w.a
their locomotives, and the rivers have bsensu
especially the Ocmulgee, Flint and Chaabsooo.iss ~
with the upper portion of the Savannah as s.O%Aa
rupt navigation, and thus keep back prodnea y ia
the usual time. This is true of our cotton "y@d
states. Meanwhile, the operations of nIantssttOTAg
been very much retarded. f''s'S Aas
1T is stated in the Cleveland Plain Dp.Io.
scarcity of food or stock III Trumbull, Geans n"s
tabula, Portage and Summit counties, cb;n, ash
been so great that most unparalleled loss 4a
Cured among the stock of cows of tho d.. n&
More than four thousand have died in the rn1, a
lrumbull alone, and from all accounts it i
the number lost the Western Reserve viii l.sSa
short Of sixteen thousand. 's4
Several cases of cholera have occurred in Non
during the past twenty-four hours, everv caSa
ing originated in quarter of the CITY and ~, Jay
houses occupied by Irish and German fam;o' NJ 4'
deaths, up to last evening amounted to ten or i
the disease being very violent. While We anr,
bend no epidemic, we urge every one TO adam ts
tious aud clearly habits, the best preventive s = Gag
ease, and keep "stiff upper lip" We ala r un.
upon our mayor and aldermen the neeessitv y.
more thorough cleaning of our streets and allsrs
~, Eagle and Enquirer, MayR
The Platte (Missouril Argus contains t6a NV y
ceedlngs OF mass meeting at Weston, at WIFI ;, !
solutions were passed declaring that self dee5s.
requires tie expulsion of every person bringna M
feproach negro slavery, and that robbers and rsd.
had no right to protection by law They ratifod%s
at Parkville, and approved the reso
tons IN regard to the methodists and added baraa
all ministers preaching doctrines preiudcial il d.
very. mere was no argument against the aboliio,
papers. but the Missouri River Bonfire and PaS.
company pledged themselves to 60 to Kansas and ba
to eXpel those corrupting the slaves there,
! ne Crockett Printer is opposed to spending tfa
pubic money to improve the navigation Of tLa IN
lty ,a1niess contract can be made with the clart
OF the weather to cause the river to rise at cora
PERIOD and remain navigable for some specified
time, with good "pa@ stock bonus to secure ner.
formance ~
Some parties are moving in favor Of a division If
he State of New York, by forming new State
within It's limits, extending as far north as the para
el OF A. deg and comprising the counties Of SuLi.
IAN, Ulster, Duchess, Orange, Rockland, Putnam.
Vest Queens, Suffolk, with the exception Of mar
ow strip in the north of Ulster. The Legislation at
Albany is deearedto be so hostile to the Interests
# New Y ork city, as to suggest such measure as
PRACTICAL expedient of self defence
At the municipal election in Plaquemine, her
i'll parish, Greand (anti- know nothing was
hosen mayor by majority, but the American party
lected three out of the five selectmen in the board
his is the first time in three wears that the locofo
os have been Debated in. that town.
a woman, aged SO, lately died in Cuba, leaving
tteen sons, one hundred and fifty grandsons, one
undred and fifty three great great sous and great
reat grandson.
George Anderson, esq., of Pettis county, Missouri
tates that he had broke and cleaned 800 pouldsef
emp to the acre, and challenges any body to bea!
hat yield.
Hon VIM. L. Starkey is candidate to represent
Iinds county Mississippi, in the Legislature of tina.
tate He is the American candidate.
Its said that sufficient calico is daily manufactur
in Rhode Island to make each female in the State
dress.
There is said TO be at least 90 per cent wheat
Illinois this season than ever before, and the win
ar has been very favorable.
The collector at New York has been Informed that
large number of pauper immigrants sailed from
-ntwerp on the 18th ult for that port.
A. haul of 50 900 herring was made at the Aiken.
ale landing, on the Potomac, on the 18th instant
sturgeon was caught in the Hudson river, off
ellers point, weighing $50 lbs.
The jews have erected hospital in New York.
II the use of the poor sick among them
nc T. o. aiOiS dS ~ SILL IioH A'S"
ork aboutethe Goth instant for the Mediterranean,
r the purpose ofNbrnging to this country thirty
Lmels for service on the western plains.
The French emperor, during his recent visit 10
ngland, received our minister, Mr. Buchanan, with
arked civility and expressed the hope that AmerI-
and France might. always be at peace.
A. dove-t failing machine has been invented and is
use in Boston, which, it is said enables single
orkman to dovetail with ease from eight hundred to
e thou sand buraau drawers dnv
There has been established ilN Madrid an editorial
urt of honor, composed of six gentlemen ofthe
ess, to take into consideration and arbtrate all DIFF.
nlties arising between members Of the corps The
.mbers of the court are changed mSnthly.
The Boston Transcript says the american ship
eat Republic has been taken up at Liverpool By
e French government, for transport service at lis
month per ton. She measures 500 tons, so that
: charter will yield nearly $4,000 lEonth,%
90 a day,
Michael L. Sullivan, an Illinois farmer, it is said,
S planted ten thousand acres Of corn He was
merly one of the largest farmers i'll the stated
no for many years, and according to cocmpo-
y, he could ride in a direct course fifteen miles
'ough his own cornfelds.
The supreme court of Paris, after a long debera-
n, has decided that milk is not a drink, but an
mentary product. This changes entirely the ma
e of the offence efNadulteration, and gives the
rt the right of Furnishing the simplest addition Of
ter hy years Imprisonment. The decision has
sed much consternation in certain quarters
\ methodist minister in Washington, while read
the discipline to the Congregation, paused TO
'gest that if any of the congregaton will CON
ne to wear jewelry. the number of rings on the
5er-he not more than five, NOR less than three,
the breastpin not larger than . good size turnlp'
here was one hundred letters dropped into the
totfce in Alexandria, Virginia, during the month
April, upon which the postage WAS not pre- PAID;
III tl,1,S, tha
is fact coming to the knowledge of Mr.. 7. Stout
urg. of Alexandria, he went to the\ postmaster