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

: Mr.. Claiborne, has been for many years cor
0 sistent and ardent supporter of democratic me
n and measures, and heretofore firm friend {
S the Pierce administration; but under the pre-
0 sent regime and aspect of things he respectful
: " declines paying such service and homage a
: is required Of democratic editor in this regi
: on:" He gives the following, among host G
: others, as his reasons for doffing the Pierc
e collar and harness:
t ''To release ourself from the prima facise ne
cessiy of doing everything, and endorsing, O
coarse everything which might be done by thu
party to which we belonged, whether or not i
commanded the appreciation of our mind, was
one reason why We changed the style of ou1
paper. -. We would rather not be bounc
to ''wig wag'' every time Simon says S'wG
wag," nor s'throw mud whenever the trumpet
of onslaught is sounded. In word, we live
in free country, among a free people, ana
giving them leave to think for themselves, we
intend to exercise our like prerogative. We
shall not consider ourselves bound to trick, traf
fc and assimilation because any man or set OF
men say cit is Democratic We have the au-
thorties, and we shall take the liberty of drawing
q
''thorn in the side" of the party, and don't ex-
pect to be, yet where honesty and candor are
below par, we shall not enter. These are not
changes but premoni,ons. No true democrat
can think otherwlse.' .a..-.
What pity more of the Pierce journals do
not evince a little independence, and instead of
toadying to and lauding the office holders, i'm
itate the Southern Star, and boldly give vent to
their honest convictions. AS affairs now exist,
the democratic organs have no opinion of their
own on any subject whatever. They wait until
Mr.. Pierce and his ofice-holders have spoken,
and then, like children learning to talk, repeat
word for word aftert the government officials
If the president favors any measure, they laud
it to the skies; if he condemns one, they raise
the hue and cry against and use every epithet
language can furnish to traduce and vilify it;
and fhis e1cellency has occasion to yawn, they
must yawn also. Follow our leader is the
The Mississippi papers appear 10 be highly
indignant at the board of health of n Orleans,
because no steps have been taken towards en-
forcing the quarantine law on vessels arriving
from ports infected with yellow fever and 9TH
err dangerous maladies, passed at the late SEES
sion of the Louisiana legislature. We do not
believe that guarantees can prevent the yell
low fever from reaching New Orleans, for, af-
er having spent the greater portion of our life
n the city, we are constrained to think that
yellow jack is one of the "pecuiar institu-
ions'' of the place, and is at liberty to 90 and
:ome as he pleases.
Secretary Guthrie has directed suit to be
brought against 7. Butler King, of the Texas
Pacific railroad company nooriety, for ba-
ance of forty thousand dollars due by him as
x-colector of the port of San Francisco The
nit will be Instituted in New York. If the U.
'tates should happen to gain the suit, we sup
ose the seizure which the marshal may make =
0 satisfy the Judgment, will comprise neither
nore nor less than King subscription of half {
million of dollars to the capital stock of the {
'acific rairoad-on which nothing was paid.
Touch not, handSe not the bills of the State /
'tock bank, Logansport; State Stock bank, Pc
u; State Stock Security bank, and Wabash :
liver bank, Jasper; all in the State of Indiana.
has TRANSFERRED in the course of the liquda- 7
on of these interesting institutions that the q
onds are nearly or entirely exhausted, and
ute large portion of the original litter ofcir-
lation is still outstanding. The bills are but f.
tile better than worthless, and The oreinators G
all such banking machines ought to be sent t
a penitentary, where they would be taught o
re science of breaking stone
The state department, at Washington, has h
'ceived information that a flibusterng expe-
tion was being organised at New York, I'M r
ar the auspices of general Echcnique, to pro- |;
ED to Peru for revolutionary purposes. Pres T
lent Pierce has, therefore, issued a circular b
arning Americans against engaging in the en- II II
rprse, and against taking the bonds issued by q
'c flibustcrng junto, and informing them that S;
le latter would not be recoverable in any of
e courts Or by law. o.
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1t is now conceded, says the Little Rock Ga, st
stte, by the most skeptical, that the Arkansas Ia
yer will not answer the purposes Of naviga- q, a.
e stream. Here we are in the middle of Nav ",
ID the river yet too low for navigation. The tc
anters have not yet shipped their crops of last tt
ear The merchants are in the same condi- u
On. The people, who have to depf ind on the ~
vers, are next door to starvation Those re- 4
ding on the tributaries of Red River are in a la
milar predicament, and there is no tellncl
hen they may reasonably expect an amelio- s. Sc
ton of their embarrassments. a =
Within the first ten days of navigation from u
j.; Louis to St. Paul. the number of emiprants y
Minnesota, for permanent residence, exceed M
| eight thousand. The mayor of st. Paul, Ell
the goth ult., had at his dinner asparagus ne
ID green peas raised in the territory. 81
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Notices have been given in the British par pr
lment of a motion for the establishment of tlt