The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-28

Tho Washington Globe, IN noticing the destructio
If col Beutou's house by fire, says, we asked him
his house was insured, and be replied as nearly a
N, hut care nothing about that; insurance coul
~, have saved all that / considered yaluable-th
bad on which my wife died, on which sleep; he
Iothes which were in trunk setting at the head O
=; the articles which she priced most, around it'll
as, things saw at night and the first in the morn
;ng-and the papers in the adjoining room, man,
+aS be supplied But what shall most feel
are than now do will be the loss of the memorial
= nv wife, whose body. still above ground, it vii
Ia nv first care to remove to ST. Louis when released
tron congress to be buried III the place in which
IA collected the remains Of my dead--my mother
H. 3ren grandchildren, sster--to take the place Il.
heir side which she and had marked out for our
selves"
,o.es and queries, 'What is AmontilIa,lo sherrvg.
correspondent says: "The peculiar flavor il caused
he process OF fermentation, over which the grow.
aIs have no control, and for which they cannot ac
count. Sometimes only one Or two butts i'll a vim.
cara will be Affected and in other wears none Az All
THOSE which some mysterious influence designs 70,
amoutillado, produce kind of vegetable weed af.
- having been put into the cask it is long and very
strncy ike SONS of our freshwater weeds. but with
ry fine fibEcs. and bears very minute white flow
~ Immediately after shedding these flowers tba
Whole plant dies away, and never again appears
Int it leaves that peculiar favor. have had this
SINGULAR description positively stated and verified bv
sbose who have visited the Spanish wine districts
The city council Of Vicksbnrg have been making
come reforms in municipal matters Hereafter neoro
traders are forbidden, under heavy penalties, from
marching their gangs up and down the streets or
stationiIg them upon the sidewalks to the great an.
royance Of passers by-especially to the ladies
The Sunday market has been abolished. The cree
tou of wooden buildings, the leyee where thn ra
cont fire occurred is forbidden
Agriculture has been introduced AZ n subject of
study in the public schools Of the State Of N Hamn
shire Books treating of the elements af that sci
ence have been ordered to be supplied to the pupils
Cochin China fowls have experienced ia the north
of Englaad the worthlessness of fashion The plain
useful dorkng has been taken back to the affections
OF the million; and the imperial bird is now going
at less shillings than he once found pounds
A tailor in London has invented waistcoat on
the principle OF Colts revolyera garment with four
fronts, useful either to the charm of variety
or to conceal shabbiness or grease spots: but part
cuarly convenient as lessenng baggage. by redu
cling four waisicoats to one - II ~
Counterfeit 800 bills on the bank Of Camden. s.
C., are IN circulation in north Mississippi well ex
ecued in every respect The only fact NECESSARY to
be remembered is. that this bank has never issued
bills Of this amount e1a==.....
Nm Lloyd Garrison, at recent anti slavery lee
ture in New York, displayed eleven yards of news
paper paragraphs of crimes at the soutl. in few
months. The same length of infamy': might be
cut from the New FORK papers in any one week.
The bill which has passed congress in aid of forti
fcatons, appropriates 81 64 900, of which s35 600
is for fort St. Philippe, $4,000 for fort jackson
and $500 for fort M.Comb. all in Louisiana
There are loo military posts in the United States
and territories all OF which, except T. are garrison
ed Florida has posts; Louisiana, S; l'exas, 10:
New Mexico, II; California, s; Oregon, q In New
England there is but one garrsoned post, namely
fort Independence, at Boston New York has eight
military posts but only three Of them are garrsoed
young Irish woman died suddenly lately in
Lynn Massachusetts, from the effects of choroform,
which was administered for the purpose Of undergo
ing the operation Of having tooth pulled She died
in the dentists chair.
1t is stated that gold mine recently discovered in
Hart county, Georgia promises to be very productive
A vein of the blue oxide of copper has Just been
discovered in Cass county Georgia, few miles from
Cassville. The ore, it is said yields about 10 per
cent pure copper.
By different nations, every day in the Week is set
part for public worship viz Sunday by the chris
ians, Monday, by the Grecians, Tuesday by the
'etsians, Wednesday by the Assyrans, Thursday
BY the Egyptians, Friday BY the Turks, and satur-
day by the jews.
Paris correspondent of the Baltimore Argus
says that, "among Americans who have been in Eu
ope long enough to understand the matter from the
.esults of their own personal observations of men
md things, there is perfect unity of opinion in ia
'or of the success of Russia in her quarrel with the
allies. American dplomatists travellers, and resi-
ect."
Two democratic papers in Alabama, The State
Rights Democrat and State Sentinel are for COVER