The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-02

closing drafts for large amounts.
ALEXANDRIA, MAY Red River on stand
Arrived on Saturday, steamers Compromls
and St. Charles; on Sunday, Swamp Fox am
P. F. Kimbal; on Monday, R. W. Powell
The Piota came up this morning, with n. Or
leans dates to the 28th ult The Piota towet
I'D a fiatboat loaded with ice The Magnolis
Branner has not succeeded in getting above
the falls as yet.
i Major T. G. Harris has been placed in full
possession of the New Orleans postoffice.
No news of any Importance in the papers
| have a morning and evening edition of AL
the New Orleans papers, but there is nothing
! of interest in them.
| VIM G. Kendall the postmaster at New Or
leans, has been arrested on the affidavit of the
U. S. post Office agent, for embezzling letter
containing 5000, mailed at Memphis, and ad
dressed to Wills IL Rawlins. This is a strange
development, and, although Mr. Kendall has
proven an incompetent and inefficient officer,
no one who knows the man can for moment
believe that he would be guilty of SO petty a
crime, especially as he is wealthy and 5000
could be no inducement TO entiee him from the
path of rectitude. Mr.. K. publishes the fol-
lowing card in the city papers:
n. ORLEANS Posr- OFFICE, April "a, 1856
| deem it due to my friends, and the public gem
orally, to state that the affidavit made against
me on Yesterday is wholly without foundation.
The affiant himself does not set forth single
fact within his own knowledge, but asserts that
L. la- tn No ctr 1sta +
public that not single well founded circum-
stance can be adduced in support of the charges
or insinuations brought against me.
VIM. 6. KENDALL, T. M.
We have repeatedly abused the N. Orleans
postmaster, for the disgraceful manner in which
his Office has been managed, but are disposed
to believe his statement, and will do so until
the charges are substantiated
STEAMER BuRNT.-The steamboat Texana,
captain Whittenbery, with a cargo of 1900
bales of cotton, was destroyed BY fire Oh the
morning ofthe 9Th ult., in the Yazoo river
One person, the chambermaid lost her life
The Texana was formerly named the Franklin
Pierce, but as she was beset by bad luck, and
ever getting her owners into trouble, a special
act was passed by congress authorizing the re-
christened of the boat. But it would not do
nothing could exercise the i'll luck entailed upon
the craft by calling it Franklin Pierce.
''The Missing Bride is the title of new
romance, now in press and to be published on
the 9Th inst, by T. B. Peterson, No 1o2 Ches-
nut street, Philadelphia. It's from the pen of
Mr.. Southworth, author of the Lost Heiress,'
Deserted Wife, DC, one of the most graphic
and powerful writers of the day. This lady
has earned great popularity as writer of fc-t
ton, and it is said that her new romance is
thrilling, deeply interesting, and surpasses any
of her former productions. Copies of the work
will be semitic any person, to any part of the Z.
States, free of postage, their RENTING to the
publisher one dollar, in letter post paid. Ad-
dress, T. B. Peterson, No 10e Chestnut street.
Philadelphia. III
Blackwoods Magazine for March is a-superb
number. The Story Of the Campaign, written
in tent in the Crimea, is continued and in
creases in interest; Civilization, and the Min
isterial Changes, are able articles; whilst the
Beggar's Legacy, Vagabond life in Mexico, a
Peep at Paris, and part ". of Zaidee, new
romance, are charming Leonard Scott d Co.
70 Fulton street, n York, furnish BIackwood
to subscribers at 50 year; Blackwood and any
one of the four British Reviews for So, or the
four Reviews and Blackwood for SO.
A gentleman writing to the Pcayune, under
date of Baton Rouge, april goth, says that rain
is now the great desideratum, and if we be not
favored with copious showers, the crops Of corn,
cane, etc, will be sorry recompense to the
planter next fall. Along thescoast the corn is
not SO severely affected, but the sugar cane is
rotting in the ground. On our highlands it is
still worse. Cornis dropping and decaying.-
A great portion of it had to be replanted. One
of our planters, a man who does not talk for
Buncomhe, informed me that while he made
last year between four and 6ye hundred hoes
heads Of sugar, this year he confidently antici-
pates that one hundred and fifty will cover his
whole crop. The chances of our planters Sc
curing crops ofany kind this season appear 10
be gloomy indeed.
The Ouachita river is falling fast, all the
war from Camden 10 the mouth.