The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-01

lngs they at least know what they are about
and knowingly move the vast machinery 0
those who know nothing
We may expect next letter from the re
nowned count Nesselrode, whom the democra
tic ofice-holders at Baton Rouge some months
back courtcd, hattered, feasted, endorsed, anc
then recommended to the planters on the coast
setting forth at large his objections to the know
nothings. .-
ANOTHER INvEsrroN-This may be styled
| the era Of wonderful labor saving inventions
and one might think s,at the great aim ofman's
life was to transfer all toll labor and work from
| his own shoulders to steam engines and rotary
machines A few days ago, a number of young
Frenchmen, at Utica, New York, entered into
arrangements to establish at that place 8 man
ufactory for making boots and shoes by ma
chinerL. The manufacturing Of fine shoe, it
is said, will cost not over ten cents; that of a
common boot twenty five cents: and the finest
boot under fifty cents. The Utica Telegraph
has seen the machine at work. and says that
the inventors are now in Washington securing
patent. Speaking of the performance,of the
patent shoemaker, the Telegraph says, the ma
chine is SO perfect that it is only necessary to
place in it two pieces of sole and two of upper
leather, and in an incredibly shortspace of time
it turns out complete boot Or shoe, as is de-
sired. A number Of capitalists Of Cleveland
are negotiating for the purchase of the patent,
who intend, should they succeed in securing it,
to buy the Globe mills, and to convert them
into an extensive boot and shoe mandatory,
EMPLOYING some seven hundred hands A gen
tleman in New York, now extensively interest
ed in manufacturing boots and shoes, is also
negotiating for the purchase of the patent
The machine can be run by women and boys;
no knowledge of the present way of making
boots and shoes being required. . @I
MAIL ROBBERS CAUGHr-The postmaster at
Madison, Orange county, Texas, writes that
James P. Wofford and Stephen Heard, mail
carriers, were arrested at that place on the cath
June, for robbing the mail between Madison
and Burkvle There was forty dollars found
in the hands of Wofford, and identified as'mon-
ey mailed at Salem, for A. G. Swain q Co., |
and which must have been taken out of the
mail bags by Woford and Heard by means of
a false key, between the post-ofices on their
downward trip. There was also found at the
house of Heard, several newspapers and ma
sonic reviews, and on the roadside, parcels of
letters, way-bils from different Offices, ETC.
Wofford confessed his guilt, and there is suf-
fcient proof to convict both parties, and all due
diligence will be used to bring them tojustice.
1t is supposed that they have accomplices in
this and other robberies, and exertions will be
made to find them out.
According to the latest reliable accounts
from the Harvest, there are no indications of
the Indians having any intention of making
war on the whites. On the contrary, tits said
that they are extremely anxious for the contin-
uance of peace.
On the day in which the attack Of the al
lies on Malakof tower was repulsed with such
terrible loss, lord Palmerston made speech
in the British house of commons, wherein he
madethe following confident prediction of sue
cess in any battle in which the allies might en-
gage:
We have got in the Crimea an army which,
having encountered the suferings of long
and severe winter, is now in as fine a condi.
ion as ever British army was that ever en-
.ered the field, and which in point of numbers,
health, equipment, spirit, and, in point of con-
idence IN their officers,is equal to the army of
any country-an army fighting too, side by I
'lde, with an ally on whom this country may
depend, and combined with whom, I.
Ire an equal match to the troops of the whole |
world, and with whom were thew to give bat h
lie, | may safely prophecy victorious result.
ltwasthe anniversary Of Waterloo-but the !
3luchers then came up on the Russian SIDE 50 /
hat if France got a new Waterloo. England /
lid not $