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

Mr. Buchanan says that Tie Rr; aP9n tie Sd
deavor'ng to patch up reply lush cabnssts>
reference to the violation Of tho na our Govern
Inc proposal OF Denmark TO subs a.,aty law u
iu,n ;aaa'a On earsoes for the presea'
IS rejected by our government f'eselit Sa,ll sa 4
aan. 1sn.ssios, nie BIT is not true
dent has ordered the military to K.n. nat tn,
; not until the governor has exha,aas and s /
power 'usted all tn ~ vi /
senators benjamin OF Louisiana. H.
see I9on6s Of Georgia, and Pratt Of Msso Of
yielued adhesion to the democratic n.l yaad l%
WASHINGTON, Dec. G-There W. party.
the senate, to day. In the house Is Thing do,.,
taken 1or speaker, but there was no eeo.; oalots
probably be none this week Some 81 !. and -
are writing home FOR instructions from u, y
sae,' - ~ ~ PRESIDENT message will b. ~
next day, in which case copies viii - read mil
hours IN advance of the reading to ma mailed
Louis, DC. o - New ful 2 1
WASHINGTON, DEC. I'm the sen,.,,
Weller gave notice that he would ;n.s. Today N
praying for right of way for railway ana
to the Pacific aud teep.'I I
Six ballots were had in the house for .
after the second, Campbell, of Ohio hpseakef s
last ballot stood, Richardson, "a. R,,nnareF.
Ter, %; Pensington II. There is No p nru H.
election unless fusion can be effected
northern and southern know nothpps 'esWetasg
In the senate, the nomination Of Io,
as collector at Columbus, Miss of iudaa rpafslaa
chief justice Of the q s. circuit court fas Dunlap,
Of Columbia; and of Judge VIM NJ MAJ. me dishie
sociate judge Of the same court, Were eaaa au
This was the only business DONE onhfned
The house adjourned to Tomorrow A..
Monday. The senao
The patriarch of the Chippewa india.
Gently baptised, with his wife and thraa was h
Eighteen slaves escaped from NorfolL' nlaien
mouth during the week ending the 9th nl ano fot
WASHINGTON, DEC. lC-There was III. W..
Portance done III the senate to-day. In tl,n Of IN
ballots were bad for speaker without ue mouse
following is the result of the last ballot Ras Tie
Richardson, 7G; Fuller, a.. oanks vi;
DEC. ll.-Nothing Of importance done :, -,
ate Six ballots were held in the house 60, sne se
with the same result as yesterday Thor ~, speas
prospects as yet Of an organization. seems %
Among the "A votes steadily cast for R;oh..,
(democrat,) speaker of the house Of rsn.a
tives, are those of Caruthers and Oliver Il W sea
ri, elected as wings; Stephens, of Geor.;. I p
of Maryland and Watkins. of Illinois sl.a DOVE
ant-know nothings; and Evans, Of Texas '. ~,
as know nothing. sscad
Richardson's vote is made Of IS membe,.
States, and IS members from NON ron
holding States. ''i,saFe
The president has informed the district .tt..-
New York that another flibustering expedition !:
foot; the purpose of it's progenitors being to inv,Ja
Nicaragua He also recommends that pfomnt
sures be taken to suppress it, -'ps uiea-
We have nothing later from Kansas, and;t;.,.-
generally believed that the accounts preyiousls
,eived were exaggerated.
Mr.. Secretary Guthrie, in his financial repot ~,
pared Ior presentlon to congress, estimates for ds
'iencies IN the current fiscal year one million ,b,.
hundred and sixty seven thousand seven hnnd as
md fifty seven dollars 367, ISL; besides fvemI
ons nine hundred sixty.five thousand two bmdai
nd twenty eight dollars ($5, 965, 22S), which nav
e required for the last three quarters of this 6ss
ear, under permanent and indefinite appropriai@s
y previous acts of congress. ''
For next fiscal year the estimates are fhv.tro
1llilons seven hundred and fifty -four Thousand adj
irs 52,754O00): besides sixteen and A Mali Mil
'ns ($l6, 000) of unexpended existing appropd,
ons. r.
The statement that the United States attorsv
eneral has decided in favor of American holders
anita Annals drafts on the Mexican INDEFINITE
roves to be erroneous. He has decided only tha,
en-. Salazar's commission continued after the abdi
alton of Santa Anna, and his ratification Of The
ork of the joint boundary commission is valid II
supposed that the question Of the validity Of SAINT,
mas drafts will be referred to the senate.
New YoRK, DEC. 1l.-Cotton quiet; Orleans mid.
ing 93$$c. Flour is lower; sales of Ohio at s8 ST.
ID State at So G219; southern So 62S. ~
LOUISVILLE, Dc 1.-The river is rising WITH o
ct inches in the canal
LOUISVILLE, DEC. 18th Several abolitionists have
en- apprehended at Atchison City, in Kansas. and
ere found to have important documents in their
session. An attack upon the city of Atebison
IS feared, and the inhabitants had called upon those
the city of Weston to reinforce them with fty we'll
med men,
LOUISVILLE, DEC. 7th-We have telegrapbic dis.
tches here from st. Louis to-day, announcing that
rec up river steamboats.-the Parthenia, the Twin
ty, and the Prairie City--haye been DESTROYED at
levee there, by fire.
y IcKsBURG, DEC. 1.-THE steamer Unicorn, bound
aght hire yesterday morning, about twenty miles
low Iazoo City, and was destroyed with her car
No lives were lost.
A bill has been introduced in the South Carolina
late to punish factors and commission merchants
fraudulently converting to their own use any cot
or rice, or any other produce
At sale of the estate of the late Samuel Pointer
Halifax county, Va, the sum of $3.50 was paid for
lad stone, a mineral supposed to have wonderful
lling virtues.
The family of Mr.. Asaph Wales (ten in numberls
d to have been the only one in Norfolk in which
ase OF yellow fever did not occur during the Ia
ntable epidemic there
iov. Minor of Connecticut, has issued his procla
ton, announcing that the amendment to the con-
siuoplcu, voters must be able
q and write, Is now part Of the organic law of
state.
'en Cass has been invited by the Kansas free
e committee to present their State constitution to
United States senate. This will place the gen
in an awkward position
he editor Of the New York Mirror is spoke Of as
ng likely to obtain the printing of the present
se of representatives Of the United States.
he Matagorda Chronicle SAYS the cotton crop Of
yFhau eyinpo1 hala1 nd
exceed half the usual amount
enator McCulloch introduced bill into the Tex.
enate, providing for the raising and organising
! regiment of one thousand rangers for the pro.
ion of the frontier. A similar bill was introdu.
in the house Of representatives by Mr.. King
look upon this as one of the most important
sures likely to be laid before the legislature
IT feeling in the United States is "reciprocated
'rding to law" In that city corps of cavalry,
ntry and artillery, are organising.
, delightful epidemic, the New York Mirror tells
IS just now raging in that city-a matrimonial
r; and those bridal doings have very marked
It upon the family business and social gayetyo Of
times. There are parties every night, and the
quet and jewelry trade were never better.
adge drler, OF the United States supreme court,
legal weight Of ton of coal is 1900 lbs, and that
state law can be enacted altering the quantity
ording to this decision, every coal dealer who
IS but 20OO to the ton can be arrested and convict
n charge Of swindling.
he book publishers Of Philadelphia have sub
bed 5000 toward the fund OF $250,000 asked
he officers of the Steubenville and Indiana rail-
company to enable them to ballast their road,
provide rolling stock for the same. The roads
ldered important as connecting link between
Louis and Philadelphia. saa
resolution has been introduced into the Tennes-