The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-07
General Intelligence

River falling; weather still mod esleo, NjeS
firm at So 25@s IS; whiskey, CSC, Fl lsSI
i CINCINNATI. March 3-River clear IF
ing; Flour, firm, at SIS 25@8 81; whiskn' e oandta
PiTrsBuRe, March 3-River station,.,
I cloudy, with indications of rain. Wsl
New York, March 3-The cotton -,
lower and dull. European letters brn rim het ssss
counts. gloonss@
i WASHINGTON, March president pe,..
the ocean mail steamship bill. 1t has cra las Fs
excitement and indignation - created gSs
I We were yesterday unable to obta;n
ton in regard to the New Orleans lntoa
4 In the Pennsylvania house Of ren as.s.1
resolution of thanks to congress for s,t
president to confer the title of leutensna shsS
/ Winfield Scott, has been passed unan;na sehefss
i Governor Gardner, OF Massachusetts
ed in Boston on the 10th ult, for vioIsf Vas a'
ordinance, in having the sidewalk in ing adj,
dry goods store blocked up with boxes ana J =,
An association for the protection Of how.
has been organised in New York and an IN ldpst,
been established in Broadway, whare II u once III
menof that city are invited to call and s.s ~Olks
to use clothing and other articles of Ans pha
duet only. 'iesap
nthe statistics Of murders for the n,st
lew York Herald says that there Wnra S5eeaf,a
killed by their husbands; husbands kilad u Wa
i
brothers killed by brothers. in the United a. a
1t is stated that it is the intention of tho n.
to appoint Shields brigadier general P.es
amendment to the army bill for raisine f sUa1qt
ments III addition to the present armament ~
ed BY the house. ''' Oe PAN
The question of tobacco smoking having e,...
before the conference of baptist churches :. v
| burg, Germany, it was unanimously resolved 1 1a
this assembly declares the use of tobacco toSa ta
the things specified by the apostle (Rom y oea
| belonging to christian liberty va
" ~ said that gen. Cass and Mr.. Doup)a,r.
among the first senators who went to Mr.. Saw
seat to congratulate him on his reelection. ai
The mayor of New York has determined to mn
the Belgian panpers or convicts. now in the Tnrla
by aid of the Belgian consul, to eirnatiya aa
try, at the expense of their own government > ny
proposition to send them west he rejects rem,,t ~
that II they are not proper subjects to remain a
the west should not be burthened with them +'s
inspector teIegraphs to the New York ror
and Enquirer that dispatch has been reeeiy naH
Washington that the recall of gen. Gaddens w.
quested BY the Mexican government on the grm
OF his interfering in the internal dissensiaSs4
Mexico e'.s'0A'
NJ. Philips, the American who was arrested :,
imprisoned in Switzerland, having been nist,Ia
Tor Mazzlni, claims an indemnity from that poyss
mentof $5,O0O for arbitrary and inhuman treatns,
and his claim has been recognized by the Ane,'
legation.
The Albany New York; Knickerbocker re,a,.,
announced that certain restaurat keeper hal.
celFed the carcases of a moose and two panthr,
which were to be served up in steaks "Nuf esds
Albany can have our stile" w.
1t is said that the crystal palace at syaesb,,
near London, is likely to prove failure in fnsn
cial point of view. Magnificent as are ts ,,,
tions, the number of visitors is limited Tbn"s
not yet finished, it has cost some seven millions 4
dollars
There was special election for stat, senate, II
Philadelphia, on the 18th ult., and Mr. Pratt vs
elected. He was the know nothing candidate
The Partisan jews have introduced organs n,o
their synagogues, and the Greeks have done he yev
same thing This is an innovation upon old ems.
toms.
The French government have presented large gold
medals to doct. T. Williamson chief surgeon d ina
naval hospital, at Norfolk and to doctor Harrison
for services rendered to the of their steamer
Chlmere, while suffering from yellow fever
prompt paying subscriber of Gree, wood, Flor.
d. il sending his annual adyan payment, nas.s
the following postscript to his letter, recording biz
two last years hunting and fishing III the State d
Florida:
In 1853, killed 10 deer, 10 alligators, l6 sand.
hill cranes, Sc wild turkeys; and caught 1852 fsb
with hook and line and 564 lbs of blue cats in tv
bas kets, Ill three months time
In 1854, killed % deer, IA alhgators. sandbN
cranes, bald eagle, 80 wild turkeys, and helpeda
Stay bear; my two partners and | caught with a
seine, at St. Andrews bay, q bills of fish in abu
eight or nine days.
P. ST killed three deer last Friday and brought
them all home on my horse at once, about miles
DAVIS GEa
The Lexington (Missouri} Express publishes an
account of riot between a number of souatlers ii
Kansas, which resulted in severe If not serious Du
'1es beng inflicted upon clergyman named Hum
ner The mob occurred in the town OF Fremont
The premises of the reverend gentleman was com
pletey demolished, his personal effects put I'D aud
sold at auction and himself stoned and carried away
i've miles to an open prairie, and there left to perish
us wife clnglpg to his person the whole time
The .Lowndes county (Alabama) Chronicle learns
from private letter that the hon. ere Clemens ha
olned the Kinney expedition to Central America
The temperance bill was reported to the n York
house OF representatives on the 18th ult, with tho
following amendment: 1t declares drunkenness to
De crime. punishable with fine of S.; but if the
person SO fined comes forward and swears where hs
'otalned the liquor, SO to convict the person SELL
ng it, the fine is to be RENTED. 1t prevents any
person or company from purchasing liqu nor from any
'ther than those authorised to sell
w "a Y. Frearn once a wealthy man and formerly
N alderman Of New York. was, on the It'll u!tmo,
ent to BlackwelPs island on his own request, as
Tagrant-not having any home or visible meansd
support In his caseit may with real truth be said
what great change few DAYS Cor liquor may
oying forth"
a young lady of Bridgeton, New Jersey, wilhelm
heSact OF sneezng, came near dslocaing her neck;
She was lnsensible for some hours, and had inoi
oeenN1or the skill OF the surgeon, no was inmet.
ately sent for. life would soon have been extinct.
The Legislature of North Carolina has passed the
Oil TO incorporate company to construct ashlP
canal connecting the waters of Alternate. Currituck
'ad Plmhco sounds with the Chesapeake bay
A petition is being numerously Signed to super'a
;ede the present system of determining The qualut'
u potatoes DC, by measurement, aud to have sub
tltuted weights in lieu of barrels bushels and peck
" think the, change proposed very proper one
md would like to see it made in this state
q see il stated that the president of the United
states sent to the senate the correspondence in res
Ion TO the imprisonment Of Francis ". Rice, late
onsnl at Acapulco, by the Mexican authorities; and
hat the papers make out perfect case against tho
Mexican government
The New York Journal of Commerce calls atten-
ion to the extent of the decline in the importauot
french goods. The imports in 1853 from Sept lat
o December 1st consisted of 1919 packages dur,
ng the same period in\ 1854, there were but 1871
'ackages, decline Of ssa6 packages This shows
Ealing oil amounting to 80 per cent. or more than
AIT the entire shipments for the correspondence
lod OF the last year, and extending through ever!
description of dry goods. There was an increased
learances during part of theNspring but the large
ecfeaSe IN the latter months OF the year makes tho
ntre clearances of the year 1874, consideIabylesi
han forthe year 1853
The heavy fall of snow with Which the country
bout Chicago has been visited, gives rise to appe'
enslons OF Il flood there in the Stirring. In s4s'
lineage was visited with flood, and Sl2O,0W ID
roperty destroyed. Besides that, many livesve
The water swept away bridges, and tA'