The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-21
6eneral Intellieen

aas IS 81 sad to be 1000 sh n gened
o. S2o each The whole number 1 ~ I,s, Of ii
Of dollars IN aggregate capital u
i The ladies' ball at the New Yo,. @
seems Ems G tsnt there the rl poor
Michigan Legislature. Both b raow nothiSs..
unanimous votes, instructed tbe aAes. recss,aSi
sehtatives IN congress from that 81 nIators aQ5s
chahgel IN the naturalization laws 'ase 70 oppa
An election in Fayetteville. N %
gistfate and municipal comnissionWa.iN of pd,
IN the election Of the whole know nat, has
i majority Of more than four ID az aa0thag ds
Brigham Young, the present IL,
mons, and, as he has it, 'by the ,. .esaer q d.
ernor Of Utah, is said to be dow raee ofGqS
OF Oxford county, Maine easter Al
oranges and lemons are now b.ul,
streets of New York at very low NV NV ssd sS,
the more remarkable from the cont,l prices VII
prices OF almost every thing that i ~ With @
oranges are sold at ten cents doz s,soe
lemons at six cents dozen. u01ea, aud
il there y = at the present time, and ~,
ls47, in the government ward st = mas FeaS
cannon which is the largest in tho 30 south &c.,
not in the world. It was in tba sonlted ST.
Alger in ls46, and weighed q, $50 num- IT,
is - inches pounds hi
Elijah Moore, Virginia farmer wh.
Iowa, took the premium for corn, at f ,s rrenps
I county fair: He raised one hundreds asshp,'
| bushels to the acre and h.
a letter of gen. B. F Stringfellow -
ty, Missouri, in reply toinquirjes fron VI flaeS
ern members of congress, expresses 'e'et ID
dence that Kanzas will become a slsrss teat II
argues that it is not adapted to small ia' : state
count Of the scarcity of timber bnt l lths ,as
who can occupy large tracts of land s sas'e hls
gang OF slaves, will find it very des;rnnl aI
It IS said that an Englishman, named Dc eoalS
invented ball for guns and cannon wliS sne
pand to SIX times It's original diameter sa Fas
charge, and cut, wound, and larcerate t ets5
seloelly 81 the ball is not percePtbly affected l..
counterfeit article Of buckwbeat is,..,,
western papers to be abroad 1t is m ~ ssIa
seed Of broom corn, and meets with Ivy NV lion
sale III the Pittsburg and Ohio markets "a. s1eaS
per pound. ~''' dt 4@
The Philadelphians have contributp3,,.
$4,000 to be distributed among the socist;a.
relief Of the poor ~0>''''ss h&
The mechanics of Washington citv bavo 49,.
ed the city government against the emnloI pas2
the penitentiary convicts upon work COMM!
petition with them. 1t seems the work 4Is nc
yicts is now farlned out at sixty cents y ls
bill has been introduced into the w.
Legislature, comforting upon adopted cbId,sn ~ ~
legal rights, privileges, immunfties, &c a ~
children. Wy asss
The London Times of a late date saws A..
tom house list Of port wines exported from NJ
during the past year has been received srnn s II
IL appears that the total quantity was 3g25qs,s
being decrease Of 1853 pipes from H. .Es
There were exported to the United Stats f = IN
to Great Britain 80, 83l; to France Is: to Brsss
and to Canada 952 pipes. '3'1Ns
The recruiting amongst the Jews and u,
ing Oft flor military schools of Jewish Child, s.
from eight to ten, cause amongst that class o IL
bltants IN Poland indeseribable terror and 4 ,-s
ton. In all the towns and villages near T visls
nothing but weeping and lamentation aratoLo -s'
The English stable keepers are beginning ! A.
that vegetables form cheap and nurionS fsj ~
mix with grain for their horses. 1t is bets,
aWorking horse peck of carrots and fourous1s :
oats or corn meal day than to give him II ags-s
of meal. f4@N
Among the subjects for premium" ns uSi,b.
ed by the institution of civil engineers ii Eres
britain, We find IAN inquiry into the causes vhieS
have hitherto prevented the asserted high speeds
steam navigation on the American rivers fr0mbel,
arrived at in England" Verify, John Bullh7s
king up.
The British admiralty chart of the Arctic sesIss
ly issued, gives TO the land discovered by theGI,
nell expedition, the name of 'sGrinnell's land" i
a former chart it had been called prince arr
land. The correction is handsome acknORad,
ment of Mr.. Grlnnell's benevolent enterprise,
General report gives out that on the 22d Decens
and not far from Odessa, more than $50 foot solrT
persisted IN snow storm. The causes Of Dbl
were the want OF adequate warm clothing, and "
sudden set in of frost; and it is also said thaa
wagons and teams had gone on before the men, VII
were thus left behind, and as the soldiers hadmTs
clothes from the previous rain they froze intosuE
Of ice when the frost began. They looked abotis
a bridge but could not find any The dav aAg
groups of frozen dead bodies were found. anib
.ween twenty and thirty of the allies lay nCs
heap. English paTT
The Washington Star says that the British m1b
Ter has sent orders to the squadron in the Ganibsa
sea, not to allow the Kinney expedition to landoa
portion of Central America
Il he Star says that Guthrie has not made aeon
promise with the committee of WAYS and means Of
he subject of the tariff and that the only effect
aking up the question in congress at Ibis period OIL
he session will be 10 defeat many Other inportau
measures.
A know nothing convention, which assembled
Manchester, New Hampshire, on the goth uItmc
dominated hon. Ralph Metcalf for governor
mere are thirteen newspapers in foreign Ian
IuDiIsItu III NEW L OEh. seven Ill UeTll
hree in Spanish, two in French, and one Italian
n London, with two and a half millions of inhab
ants, there is published but one new spaper in at
eign language
he Baltimore Sun says that over 50, 600 tons
uano, mostly from Peru, arrived at that place Ia
ear, OF which 10000 tons remained in store on Il
st OF January. Farmers are now purchasing f
prIng crops.
A new description of oil, said to be equal toll
est sperm, nonexplosiye, produced from rosu, al
hat can be afforded at so cents gallon has reeel
Y been invented. It has been tested in New YM
nd the editors of that city think much of it.
In Boston, during the last year, there was 81
irths, 3ls marriages, and AL deaths. Them
er Of deaths show an increase of l57 over the p
edlng year. Consumption appears as the primed
he WI ole number of deaths.
1t is stated that Mr.. William Thompson, vhoh
cen confined to his bed by rheumatism for abo
ourteen years, during which time he has rot be-
BILE to walk one STEP nor even to sit up in his be
as married on the 18th instant by rev. P. Wood,
Mss Margaret Morris, Of Smyth county, Va
Maryland has the heaviest debt in proportion
opulaIlon of any State III the Union. 1t excee
t1een millions, in population, including slaves,
We hundred and eighty-two thousand
The Massachusetts house of Representatives b
nstructed its committee on the Judiciary to conad
he expediency of reporting bill ''making CONVEX
nd nunneries, and Roman catholic schools, as o.
nd free to public visitation and inspection, as P
astant Institutions"
Mrs. Rush, millionaire of Philadelphia gave
Entertainment in that city lately, which, it is sa
ost about $50 900. There Were 1000 invited inv
ons.
The Pennsylvania senate has passed to the tn
saulng, a bill fixing the pay of members Of the
lslature at Sooo per annum, and ten cents N
or each mile travelled
r. SWamburg, the owner Of a lot and Two nous
ne Of which he rents TO several families, paya
uarterly, was arrested at Albany, New York, Ia
Z, on the charge of obtaining, under the plea
overly, q supply of fuel from the overseer Of
cor. He was, however, subsequently let off on
lnding the value of the fuel.
Augnste Fry. Of Cincinnati, was engaged u