The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-07-11

3 sand lives have been lost, is a new place, an
] not SO old as many towns and villages IN Lou
f isiana. It is of about the same age as Clncln
l natl; but has not grown SO fast as that gres
metropolis pork and lard; and though ADM
rably situated for theFpurposes of commerce.
has been monopolised for those of war. Nea
!, seventy years ago. a rowing Frenchman say
5 and appreciated the excellence of the site, an
it was in consequence Of what he had SAID tina
t the czarina Of Russia had laid there the founda
tons of town, and made OF it great nava
station A Russian fleet, with troops on board
sailed from Sebastopol ffty-six years ago, t.
act against the French in Italy and otherparts
southern Europe. This was during the tlm'
of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, when Rus
STA and Turkey were allies, and acted with Eng
land. The place takes its name from the czar
ma Catharine H., in whose reign it was found
ed. 1t means the stthe City Of Augusta and
is formed ftwo Greek words. Sebaste is the
Greek form Of Augusta. After the title of Au'
gusta had been bestowed upon Octavius Cesar
it became fashionable to name cities from it.
That word was derived from the ''aalgat,aes by
which the divine will was revealed" and cit
was connected with the favor and authority OF
Jove himself" 1t was first applied, as name
or peculiar personal distinction, to the second
Roman emperor, having previously we are told
sbeen applied to things most noble, most ven
cradle, and most divine" Among the cities
named from this word, in the east, was Sama-
ria, SO familiar to us from its frequent mention
in that part of the bible, which treats of the his
tory of the ten tribes that fell away from the rule
of the house of David When Herod the Great
improved and added to Samaria, he gaveit the
name of ''Sebaste,'' in order to fatter Angus
tus, whom he took for sort of patron after the
decision ofthe ssword's debate,' at Actium,
had been against Antonius. Another was Dios
curas, city of Colchis, and lying on or near
to the Euxine sea, the name of which was
changed to Sebastopolis. The Russian SOW
ereigns have been partial to high-sounding
names for the many cities they have founded,
and Catherine II. was especially so. She was
the Augusta of Russia, and gave her title in
that form to the new city in the old Kim Pc
ninsula; and as she was always f1attering and
cajoling the Greeks, and feeding them with the
hope of a restoration of the Byzantine empire,
''with notifications" the name was not badly
chosen. 1t has sonorous sound one that fills
the mouth, and is altogether quite imperial and
imperative in it's character. The letter q, or
B, is proper in spelling the name, the modern
Greeks having substituted the former letter for
The latter. 81. We get most of our knowledge of
Russia and Russian names from the French,
who in writing Sebastopol substitute the of
heir alphabet for the Russian u. tits the same
With the Neva, which in Russian is Newa Alma
S Turkish word, and means apple. The
Turks, in old times, when their thoughts ran
lpon the conquest of western Europe, used to
ay to one another, s'let us meet at Vivil Alma"
" the Red Apple, which was their name for
Jenna, though it was sometimes applied to
}omeitself. Inkermann, means cavern fortress,
icing derived from the Turkish. 1t should be
not Inkerman, but as if spelt Inn
mann, with the accent thrown strongly
pom the second syllable. Balaclava is cor
upton the old Genoese name of Bella Clava,
which the people of the Llgurian republic had
estowed upon the ancient Porus Symbolorum
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The New Orleans Delta, a paper which did
s much to elevate the brIgader to the presi-
ency as any other paper in the whole south,
avs, in publishing the letters of Mr.. Noise and ,,
1r. Soule, president Pierce is realizing the
ate of Actaon, of being devoured by his own {
ounds. He catches it from every side. Ami !
BILE gentleman as he is, every body seems to I
Ike pleasure in pitching into him. Elected {
18th less difficulty and fewer claims than any =,
ody who ever attained that exalted post, he !
as experienced more contumely and abuse =
| two years than all the other Ysssidents in =
heir whole lives.''
But the peculiarly of Pierce's case is, that !
e has had no friends to Justify and sustain a
i'm; no party to back him. Indeed, the only Il
'rbearance which he has enjoyed, has been e
ON his old enemies, the wings AS to those c
no elected him, we believe that no safer offer
ould be made than a reward of $500 for !,
ngle sincere Pierce man in the denssratic Q
AtJ. OUCH dill INDIVIDUAL Wien caught Will
2 eagerly hired as successak to the bear e
oman in the way of human phenomenon" T.
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The Selma Sentinel, one of the leading de- Il
ocratic journals in Alabama, in some re- Il
arks on its position, discourses as follows in c
ference to the present whereabouts" of IL
any of his confreres of the democratic press n
the State: q, - e
"But as to our democracy, we are, and al
avs thought we were, a democrat. because
e looked upon that party as the t1re conss- r.
tional statesright party; but here of late we u
ust confess we have underwent change, or tt
e other presses protesting democracy in Ala G.
anna have. The present position of major
y of the democratic press of the State is in e.
tier hostility to statesright, and therefore we a
lnnot endorse their dangerous course. We 81
,al] have something more to say on this sub o
ct hereafter" a
The legislature of Michigan (says Roches- IL
l. paper, at its last session, passed an act b
'oviding for the new State or territory of Su- Il
srior. This new territory embraces all that a
,St extent Of tarritorv on tho couth cLoro ofI y,