The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-03
General Intelligence

49, .",ei thali previously receivaS sothesS
ma aah, continued dull prices Were ss,;
es1;os 81 tpse' az hongh some cireG1as hmS
middling Orleans, 7-l6d. WINS WINS Is quasss.'s
yanced. " neas and Gov, I'd
he news from the seat of war is 49,
aeter us announced that the Rn - .! tneas.
aged by their former failure, wara ians, usd
attack the lines Of the Tchernsrpp Preparing ivy
says the Russians have received w. Zen
were actively bridging the harbore mn
north side of Sebastopol There i; s'a s iortify,s
gard to the siege. Nothing had tr not VOID
Baltic, A Turkish bulletin saws t ihna.s pred ny
nave not the means to attack Kars, and ,he Rus
cent partial attack on that place, the n,aau
81 severely twas reported that the a. 3d.
Of attemnPiu epat,ng aa new programme,
Ject. 1t was rumored that Epelands Ostea(SspSs
commence hostilities against Naples o was sSre
A Washington dispatch saws tb..
back pay as lieutenant general has general ST.
by the war department. osea disslas5
dispatch from Washington savasus,
o. Cato, OF Alabama, has been ap6a;, ~as StttG,
justice of Kansas, 'ppothted asss13
The number Of deaths in Cbicaoo l.
month OF August was four hundred ava tle,a
a dispatch states that at a party pvo toly esh
eeyvllle, In Haywood county, Tenn sn fa- nsa,
1afty -hVe OF the guests We're poisoned ~ " daysa !
dead' and several other persons are No, we nssb
recover The poison was contained in g eS ppeets
ingredients OF the cake used on the occ. sEae
NAsHlNaros, SEPT. 8.-Major Mathew M,
formerly an eminent lawyer of Kentne,I Alaftai I
clerk III the quarter master general y aud an,
city, committed suicide on Sunday l. 0uce A&, /
posed, from letters found to-day in his 81, q ss
Old age and 1nirlnity are the only reaSoS oeeey
His family relations were of the mos. Isssigls
character In letter he left for his faa; a1eeoaa
fMy mind is fully made up, with ali fly hssgs
have for my family, and Yield to mn .ne afssn
pride that entertain; yet for their ma. nah IN ID
choose to depart" His body has not iaiure good
little girl fell into well in Lapsin ,usen found
York, few days since. A man vIo ns' Nea
by was implored by the mother to raso @s' Standing
child but refused on the plea that uaa ler poo
his clothes. The girl was saved tbron sea,a spo
ism of alittle barefooted schoolboy 'Ae heHp
The rev. Mr.. Pardee Butler has heen l..
AtchIson, Kansas for the expression of nsned
tments After painting his face black ana wi Sea-
ing HIM to various insults, he was put uuo suosH
and set afoat upon the river, with fac fuu assa
as follows: Eastern Emigrant Aid Exnras nssf 1
rev Mr. Butler, agent for the underground ,.,. sas
The way they are served in Kansas. F., 'd psoa
Cargo insured, unavoidable danger of the N Dsa
ans and the Missouri river excepted. Lot ~.
from the north beware. Our henn ,-ssa
Is sufficient for all such scoundrels. wy
On Friday, 18th ult., Mr. Alfred Marsh ,o,H.
ABOUT nine miles east of Notasulgee, Mssssin-
had three OF his children killed by lightning Tpi
ages were as follows: l6, 10 and wears ha lIts
iren We're returning to the house when thav yum ua
llled by the lightning The eldest had the yos nss
st on his shoulders when death overlook them
Mr. David Greer, SEN, a native of ireland. diaav
|, rs residence near Honey path, in Anderson dsir
): ., on the 10Th ult., in the one hundretb year,
is age. 'sa 4a.
From Paraguay We learn that the difficulties VII.
'razll had been amicably settled. Urapuay vss
lsqulted by financial disorders. Mr.. Marcy IA
idressed an official letter from Washington to tss
mister OF foreign affairs in Paraguay. disann,n.
ng OF the conduct of consul Hopkins in Assump.
on
The subscription in ireland to raise e3OOO town,
lase the patent by which Donnybrook fair was va,
I'D, from the proprietress, Miss Madden hayio,
zen successful the lord mayor Boyce, of Dublss
IS issued his proclamation supervising this ve,.
IN scene of fun, frolic and riot.
The following from the Green7ille Is. C.l Patrd
the 10th inst, will be interesting to the lads
I'd therefore we copy it:-"The veteran bachelor
illlonaire and gold miner of unknown and meal
liable wealth, William B. Dorm, esq, Of Edpefeld
O., member Of the Legislature, and gentleman d,
the soft influence of love, and on Thursday even.
g led to the altar, amidst bright assemblareof
nth and beauty, grave matrons and aged sires, til,
uhful, blushing, lovely, Miss Martha G, Rutledgs,
Greenville, S. G." fF Y IS
At the general term of the supreme court of tina
ate of New York, held at the capitol on the 9TH
slant, in full bench, on motion of Nicholas Hill.
J., Thomas Francis Meagher was, by special order,
mitted as attorney and counsellor, to practice in
the courts of this State. The court, by the hon,
lef justice Parker, in granting the order, made
ne highly complimentary remarks on Mr.. Mea.
er, and stated the pleasure with which the cour.
ognised his talents and character by this special
Lrk of its consideration. ,...'- b.. -;
The New Haven Register mentions the caseof
ltleman who has acquired a collegiate and fheolo
al education, with the view to qualify himselffor
post OF missionary sea captain Mr. c. Bar.
t, graduate of the class of 81 in ale college
5 just completed his course of study in theology
l is now about to take command of one of our
est vessels having for several years followed the
upation of sailor. He hopes in this capacity to
.ct an equal amount of good among seamen, as II
had gone a clerical missionary to foreign lands
\ late California paper mentions the discovery Of
oring in FL Dorado county, in that State, whose
.ers flow from bed Of arsenic. The mineral de.
it is thirty feet deep and crops out of the surface
he earth Veins in it ABOUND with gold, and
cimens of this auriferous ore have been shown TO
editor of the Placerville American. The name
Death spring." has been given to the stream.
!, existence of it is supposed to account for the
tality among the god miners at the early period
he California epidemic.
he Free American, at orth Adams, Mass, of last
k, announces that boy was devoured in theb
IDS by beast supposed to be bear or panther
Voodford, adjoining Readsboro, Vermont, tho
A III h,7t he ln,l s. ~, Ia.
encased in his boots) were eaten by the animal
! the remains lay fishing rod and line ard
IL string of fish. His name, as we learn, was
presents different moral and religious
act now from what it did in the days of vigilance
mittees and lynch law. There are in the State
ess than forty methodist pastors, nine episcopa.
and nine baptist, all in charge of very prosper.
churches. Under the pressure of public opinion
legislature has passed stringent laws for the
preston of gambling, which have been rigor.
y enforced in the chief cities w. Duo.
r. Charles Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, one of this
ID by the railroad accident at Burlington, would,
stated, have inherited a fortune of $500, 900 had
ived until he arrived at the age of twenty -one
s, which would have been the last OF the past
til. A clause in the will provided that in tho
1t Of his decease before arriving at age the for
would fall TO another branch of the family. 1t.
I'D that an effort viii be made to recover thls
unit from the railroad company. Geo. W. Ridge
of the firm Of Rdgeway q Diehl one OF the
ID, had his life insured for ten thousand dollars.
owards the year 1913, Buffalo was a village ola
hundred houses; it was burnt to the ground BY
English, and the inhabitants fled before the enc
But the little town soon rose again from It's
IS, and in the year 1880, it numbered 500 IN
tants. The completion Of the Erie canal five
5 before, had given new impulse to the bust
of the place, and greatly accelerated the growth
S population Tn 1851 contained IS, Gel souls
$40, the city had II 1893 inhabitants; 1918 in
!; and in 1850, ,25l. The population has in,
sed most rapidly within the last five years, and
amounts to "A ATS. iteas.ss. s-. .r-