The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-20


l. press makes the singular announcement that
} California merchant is now in New York, wit
% La view to make arrangements for the receipt
J. flour and wheat from San Francisco. Thes
e pies that he exhibits are Of the finest kind, full
5 equal to the best production from Ohio, lllino
1t or Canada. The wheat costs about 80 cen
o per bushel, and the best of -four little less tina
! Sc per barrel in SanFraneisco This gentle
J.. man is confident that both can be landed in i
; York at profit, even admitting thatprices ma
@ materially decline within the next three OF fou
), months. The enterprise and industry of Cali
r fornia puts the old States to the blush. Thin
Of San Francisco exporting flour and wheat t
New York. We may expect next to hear o
California shipping corn to Kentucky, Indian;
and Missouri. "
The newspapers published at Kingston, ia
maica, picture forth the 'sbeautes'' of the abo
lition Of slavery, as demonstrated by the work
ing of the system, by England in her West In
! dia islands, The Royal Gazette says, zone Of
the oft-recurring proofs of the decay of once
valuable properties, produced by the unjust and
impolitic legislation of the British parliament,
was offered on Friday last, when the one I'M
! divided half of the once fine sugar estate called
I Zuydwyk, Berbiee river, was sold for 1884!
The estate contains 1000 acres, a large sugar
cultivation, SO acres ready for cutting, with SUI
gar-houses, steam engines, and all machinery
complete, and is situated not far from New
Amsterdam; and yet we have the anti slavery
worthless arguing for the certainty of West In
dian prosperity if their abstruse IDEAS are acted
upon. The land and improvements alone ofthe
Zuydwyk plantation originally cost 1886, O0O."
The most appropriate answer to the charge
SO often made by abolitionists that slaves are
not protected by law in the southern States, is |
the case of tie State of Louisiana vs. Hunter,
recently tried at Baton Rouge, in which the de-
fendant was charged with selling slave and
the mother from her children, con
trary to the statute in such cases made and pro
vlded. The accused plead guilty, and was SEN
fenced byjudge Robertson to pay a fine of one
thousand dollars, forfeit the slaves, and suffer
SIX months imprisonment We understand that
owing to a number Of mitigating circumstances
brought before governor H6bert, he has sus-
pended execution of the sentence until the lego
stature meets and the senate can act upon the
'ase. In the meantime Hunteris under bonds
# 50, 500.
The ''san Antonio Zeitung," printed in Ger c
nan, is an avowed abolition paper. We are =
stonished that the people of San Antonio !,
hould permit the publication of such an incen- /
ary sheet in their midst. Judginy2from the f
emarks of the Texan we should suppose that f
his paper was very obnoxious to the Germans +
[iexas Republican, Il
The Americans in Texas must feel them ;,
elves under heavy obligations to the editor of b
ne "Zeitung," for having torn himself away c.
'om Germany for the purpose of propagating
bolitionism in Texas and overthrowing the in. =
tutions Of the State. We do not think the f.
ID Texans will long submit to such 'sforeign in re
uence." Of
The Louisville Courier comes to us printed a:
n paper made Of undrcssed flax the result of ju
series ofe1periments of Mr.. J. N. Kellogg of I'll
lat city. The discovery is regarded as most vi
1portant one to printers and publishers 1t he
'ings into use a material which has hereto M
re been regarded Of so little value that it was
armed after the faxseed had been gathered, pr
I'd it can now be obtained for but little more ~ 81
an the cost of carrying it to market. AS flax m
in be raised throughout the west to any eA- sit
Mt there need be no end to the supply, and M
see no reason why the price Of paper, which 81
now SO ruinously high, should not soon be h.
duced to a fair standard
Under the head Of tricks Of the telegraph" it
c Louisville Courier of the Goth, says: an
dispatches passed through this city on yes
rday, destined for New Orleans, giving the go
se news that FIournoy, the know nothing can in
date was elected governor of Virginia. sc:
This dispatch was telegraphed throughout Iii
,uisiana and Mississippi. Of course it was 'e'
ended as means by which the unwary P.
ght be swindIed P.
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The Washington correspondent Of the Plea an
ne, writes that he learns from Washington,
,m parties well informed, that the Cuban diff de
ultv has been all settled, and that the result -
Il, probably, ere long make some curious dis :
,sures. 1t is not stated whether Spain is to
ologise to the United States, or the United Ia
ates to apologize to the Spanards. The same bill
tier tells US that he is credtably informed citi
ssident Pierce declines being candidate for gu
, next presidency, upon the very plausible sal
ounds that there are no possible chances for W.
reelection He thinks one term glory ma,
ough. gu
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A few weeks since three men were arrested w. w.
:, charging with passing counterfeit VIII
new and as the circuit court failed, they ap- dul
ed to the chancellor fora release or discharge Gle
bail The chancellor released one of the VI !,
ties, and held the other two to bail for their D.
at the next session of court The nor