The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-21
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REPORTED DEiTH OF THE CAR CT RrssIa


HALIFAX, MARCH 15-The Cunard steam
ne Africa, arrived here this morning from Liv
we pool which port she left on the Sd inst. I
Of adfces are very important. The emperor
en- Russia, it is stated, died on the morning of t
-, ed March. The event had created the gre
est excitement throughout Europe. No {
}" tails had reached Liverpool previous to t
OF departure of the Africa. It was announc
" however, in the house of lords by the earl
to Clarendon, and in the house of commons
lord Palmerston.
There was a rumor af1oat that the emper
y was assassinated, but the general opinion W
ne that he died of apoplexy, after an attack
ar influenza The illness Of the car was know
70 before the news of his death were receive
4 A slight rise in funds was occasioned. The c
- feet OF the czar's death on political affairs hs
oi not transpired up to the sailing of the Africa
/ Liverpool cotton market according to circ,
IS lars brought by the Africa, had declined 4
d per pound. The decline principally confne
to better qualities. Sales for 10 days since sal
& ing of the Canada, 5000 bales, taken by specu
0 lators, and 1000 bales for expectation.
JURoRs-The:following gentlemen have bee
drawn to serve as grand and petit jurors dur
ing the March term ofthe district court for Cad
do parish, commencing on Monday next:
GRAND JURoRs-W. c. Beck, A. A. Enos
John Gregg, John Parnel, Andrew Scott, P
.. Ragsdale, Angus Carrie, E. S. Fortson, Mi
cajah johnson, A. D. Battle, Noah Tyson, Jas
B. ONeal, John W. Rses, Y. D. Metcalf, R
l.. Hood, W. B. Cook, John W. Barry, Alfrce
Dockery. ...a. 5@ .... ...-z..-
PETIT URoRs.-F1Rsr WEEK-Calvin Bains
L. B, Dockery, B. S. Dickson, w. A. Sterrett
John H. Burns, Newton Hudson, Y. w. H
Gates, G. F. Bozeman, B. F. Logan, H. G. AID
ans, F. G. Thomas, R. H. Davis, VIM. Dan
iels, j. J. River, Warren P Davis, J. A. Jeter,
". L. Smith, John NJ Collins, w. w Bass, j.
}. 4ealock, o. w Beall Louis F. Pugh, Jno.
Mooring, jr., John n. Howell, S. D. Caldwell,
c. J,yordan, Y. H, Jones, Geo Mccain, w. w.
Watson, B. Y. Freeman
! SECOND WEEK-Joshua Evers, Thompson
Williams, J. B. McCain, JAS G. Cox, Jno NJ.
Lewis, }. L. Turner, Thos. E. Adams, J. M.
Carroll, W. W. Smith, Willis Pollard, A. c.
Allen, j. R. Cutlif, W. Afford, G. S. Groom,
r. B. Payne, Chas. S. Gillis B. r. Attaway,
Daniel Mallory, Ezekiel Attaway, F. NJ. Bick-
ham, J. W. Biekham, James Folly H. j. Elan
nagan, Alfred Wilson.
THIRD WEEk-Thomas Duke, Alfred Alta
way, J. A. Willis, W. D. Browning, W. Bick-
ham, George Andrews, Elisha Attawav, ir.,W.
II. Bayliss, James S. Allen, V. P Brown, L.
D. Arick, J. H. Alley, J. w. Markham, R. G.
Boney, JAS. Attaway, Jno. Lowe, E. H. Cros-
by, b. M. Matthews, s. Dupre, D. Waddill,
Wesley johnson, Thos. c. Cole, VIM. Hud-
gins, John 7. Gilmer
FOURTH WERK-T. Robinson, B. Jacobs,
Howell Hes, Ben. Shadowin, E. M. Coleman,
E. Attaway, sen'r, George B. Merrett, L. D. |
Arnett, VIM. Ashland, w N Jeter, Isaac Dill
lard, Adam Byrd, A. Calvert, B. Bridges Jno.
Walpole, jr., J. J. Kline. R. w. Birmingham.
VIM. Studdard, VIM Her, Simeon Butler, c. !
H. Stephens, F. J. Griffin, J. NJ Brack and j. |
J. Miller.
GOOD ADvIcE.-Severalo of our contemporaries
n Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi are in
'oklng the planters to plant a larger quantity
VI corn and other brcadstufs than they have
heretofore been in the habit of doing This is
cal good advice, and will, we hope, be follow
ID IN the Red River parishes and in Texas
The Vlcksburg Wing thinks it certainly the
'est policy to plant full crop of corn, even if
dlmlnishes the quantity of cotton. Every
hing now tends to confirm the opinion that
orn, whether scarce Or plentiful, must neces- I
ary maintain good, if not very high price,
nd there is nothing in the present aspect of af-
airs to justify belief that cotton will 90 up
lgher. At all events corn is a sure crop, and
IN conjunction with a good crop of corn, plan
rs will raise little more meat they will feel r
lat comfortable sense of independence which Q
man feels who raises WHAT'S necessary for him P
eat, and which enables him to put in his t.
ocket the entire proceeds of his cotton. The VI
ugusta (Ga.) Constitutionalst says that, i. is g
be hoped cotton planters will not be betray- tt
by the present low prices of cotton and their Il
ant of money to commit the folly of planting ."
larger crop than usual, in order to make up IL IL
e required sum by increased quantity In Fl
ease of production but aggravates the evils
1der which the planters suffer; for too many
rain all their energies to make cotton, to the IL
glect comparatively of supplies of provisions p,
ID other articles which every plantation needs pl
d of which surplus can always find a ready in
arket. This is essentially true now, for while I'll
ton is unusually low almost every other ar I'd
lie usually made on a cotton plantation is I'M IA
ualIy high, and likely to remain So Corn pr
oecially bears very high price, with no pros OF
ct Of an abatement. The home consumption ca
mot diminish, while the demand for export
all the time increasing. Corn is now a regular so
lcle of shipment to Europe, where it is year ar
coming more into use. This country will .fe'
o continue to have large market abroad abs
all the flour, bacon, beef and other articles oe
food. Let not the prospect of sci
early peace deceive the planter into the be- nu
that prices of cotton will necessarily, in that oi
mt, greatly rise, or prices ofprovisions great -,
FALL Though the war should terminate to- VIII
ROW, it would be a long time before ma in
al change could be effected in the causes wa
' regulating prices. To diminish the pro- as
ton of cotton and raise an increased GUAM e.,
of provisions, would, at all events, be safe of