The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-19

Amounting in the aggregate to- s35 567 81
Thus it appears that our people have thu
enormous sum of thirty-fve millions of dollar
lnvested9h the steamboating interest of til,
south and west, and yet we are told by Pierre,
office holders and ''strict constructionists'' O
the whims of those in power, that southern ane
southwestern commerce being internal, ano
the Mississippi and its tributaries ''ocal' ane
internal streams, the one cannot be protected
nor the other improved. Because, accord
ing to the presidents notion, it would be
"unconstitutlonal' for the general government
to in any way improve the navigation of the
western rivers, or foster its commerce. Oftbe
thirty-fve millions of money invested as above,
two millions, or about one-seventeenth, is an.
nually swamped as sacrifice to snags, sunken
logs, and rocks, which might be saved, if the
president saw fit to allow the Typographical
engineers of the government to remove these
distractions. But the president declares that
it would be Unconstitutional" for them to work
on the southwestern rivers, vetoes river and
harbor improvement bills, sells the government
snag boats for one-fourth what it cost to build
them, leaves our steamboats, to be snagged and
sunk, hundreds of our fellow citizens to be
drowned, and our internal commerce to be bled
to the amount of $2,OOO,O 900 year, while all
the ''constitutional' patronage of the general
government is given, to the tune of seven or
eight millions per annum, TO build light houses
and breakwaters on the Atlantic sea-coast, and
in making surveys of sea coast harbors, all to
foster and benefit our external and foreign esm
merce generally. 1t hard to conceive when,
how and by what process the south and west
were kicked beyond the pale of the constitution
by the ''strct constructonsts.
The Philadelphia correspondent of the Pitts
burg Gazette, (democratic,) in hisletter of the
25th ult, says, tour democratic politicians, who
were hitherto friendly to general Cass, are now
committing themselves to Dallas, and find them
selves stronger than they were; but the bulk of
the party is in favor of Buchanan, as is evidence
ed by the elections of delegates to the state
Mr.. Dallas has very little reliable
strength outside Of Philadelphia, and not much
there. The convention will choose Buchanan
delegates to the national convention, and de-
termined effort will be made to secure him the
national nomination; unless the intrigues oil
president Pierce, through his man Forney,
fo., lo+ &c.
the delegation This but demonstrates how
little faith the democratic writers have in the
leaders of their party. They speak of the Gin
trigues of president PIERCE as a matter of
course, and surely they ought to be good au-
thority. How very harmonious the s.faith-
ful'' organs grind.
CoTToN WoRMs-The Farmersville Union
has the following: We have heard much COM
olaint by the farmers of this parish, that the
worms are destroying the corn both in the field
and crib. 1t appears to be small red worm
about the size of skipper, and when it is full
grown, webs up and comes out small bug, like
into wheat weayel. Our farmers are much
alarmed as to the result of those little yermins.
We have heard OF many persons using rene
lies to destroy those worms. Some are shuck-
ne out the corn, some are opening the tops for
he rain to drown them out, and others are
caldlng, but we have heard of nothing that
las proved effectual. We would be thankful
Q any person for the information Of remedy.
FRIGHTEsED.-The Quebec Gazette seems to
e quite overcome by the recent war panic, and
links there must be war between the United
states and England. 1t says:
cit is the duty of the government of this
ountry TO be prepared with men, to have lines
+ earth batteries planted at important points
long the frontier, and to have depots Of pro-
isions and materials of war wherever they
lay be needed
Mr.. Bull may 60 to work and erect as many
ortl6catIons as he p1eases to protect his Cana
ian subjects. Nobody cares. /;