The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-30
posros, May l2-The house of representatives has
lnissed Mr.. Hiss, the nunnery Investigator, from

posroy. MAY l2-The house of representatives has
dismissed Mr. Hiss, the nunnery investigator, from
Membership.
FINALLY nullities the fugitive slave lew.
NV YORK MAY 10 MIR. Fabens has befn reno
,,od from the office of consul to GreStown for com
niicity with col Kinney in his proposed expedition
pm; Nicaragua Mr. McCerran, Of Ne5F Orleans, will
robaby supercede him. Secretary Guthrie is III at
Pp;e residence in Kentucky.
Ifbe Ericsson experiment is at all end. The in
ention is conceded to be failure, Ind poor Ercs-
son Is ruined man. He has spent all his fortune in
Sildne his caloric ship, and in the experiments he
LIS made on the vessel. He has done more--he has
,ant all his wife's fortune, which was great and
sRe too is beggared. But the worst of all ia that it
lac led to such recrimination and alienation that
~ have separated, never to be united again per
ha1s, Had he been successful, his name would have
i,odn enrolled with that Of Columbus Newton Full
~, and other men of illustrous renownt. But he
has failed-he hasslost his all-he has introduced
ruin into a. once ,s loving and happy home and the
Two ships entered the port of Boston on, the It'll
instant in company with each other that had left
Calcutta together the 29th Of last December They
were the Fleet Wind and the Meteor. What is sin
rIar is the fact that these two vessels separated
Shortly after leaving Calcutta and only came to-
gether again on entering Massachusetts bay.
We are informed on good authority. says the Bal
timore Republican, that the following circumstance
rpay transpred on Saturday night, in a low house
stakes, until one of them, woman, becoming, in
her language, dead broke offered stake her in
FAINT child against dollar, upon theissue Dc another
game The proposition was agreed to by her oppo-
1ent who was cnildless mother and being favored
bv fortune, or misfortune, the conclusitIn of the
came found her the winner Of the baby a bright
healthy male infant The child, we learn, was de-
1ivered without murmur to the winner; and we
indge from the heartless conduct Of the unnatural
parent that her offspring will find with its new Gus
todian better home than the one from which 1t was
ruthessly staked and lost.
It's with deep regret that we announce tle demise
of the hon Walter l. Colquitt, one of the most bril-
liant and gifted Of the citizens Of Georgia He died
Yesterday at the house Of VIM Ross, esE. in this
city, after long and very painful illness He had
for many years occupied most conspicuous station
among our public men and as an eloanert advocate
superors, either in the State or elsewhere. His
death is an occurrence for which thApublie had
been long prepared, but although|i it brings with i
of the shock of surprise, tits impossible Il
contemplate the extinction of Eight SO brllian
without the most mournful emotions. J.
The deceased had held many positions of public
trust and honor. Among others, that of Judge of th
superior court representative in congress- senator o
the United States. A man of ardent temperament
and very brilliant and versatile powers lie attract
ed attention and admiration, whether ir public o
private stations and in his DEATH the Staae of Geor
ga loses one of her ablest sons an the SOUTH one
her most faithful and chivalrousI defenders Gu
limited space must be the apology for tils meagr
account of man, who better deserved columns o
description than most Of those who usually receive
them. Macon Telegraph
A few barrels of liquor on their way tlsough Rut
land, (Vermont) from Troy to Boston, were obsery
ed to be labelled s.Wdow's TearF'
DR.. Tnsley, of Cuba, claims To have discovered
that vaccine virus, after passing through the system
of negro, is valueless for the white race,