The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-07-04
GENERAL Intelligence

The allied squadron in the 60, Is Va
the Russians from the town Of &c q OF Azofh hal,
stroyed their depots, and MANY Go''chl, aud ~
supplies for Sebastopol Tbev sIis loa5sss
Russian war steamers and forty t @.so dest Wy
The French had sprung two n;',a Sports "@
bastopol, doing considerable dam ,es IN froot.,,
hey had also disco cred in the rss TO The Sg,
ed to explode. ''e loot va ;s%s
Prince GortschakoH says that a. ~Fi
the field 'Aie hussiap ~
Large Russian reinforcesaents had ,.. Tt
kop, on their way to SebastIool a's'Velsp
The Vienna conferences WAare to h. ~
closed. " De lRaa,.
The Liverpool cotton market had exD,. v
advance Of one quarter of penny MA VA Pefleasa
sales during the three days, (Satnrdpps,'' FoG4 -
tuesday, of 10000 bales CLOSING a. Aoota, ~, y
amount sold, spectators took "a 6)o 1b,e s1a7 Q$
HALIFAX JUNE 20.-The Cunard sto "Ies
capt. Lott has arrived here with inte1I;nS1P A.
9th inst, three days later than that raaSstHe MI
York by the St. Louis. Her news con';u@ GE,||
terest awakened by that received b v ~ A,%
steamers from Europe Vic lHg
The circulars represent the Livernoo,
ket to have been very active, firm and bno o.,
the sailing of the St. Louis; but at tho 1IJIaaa H.
departure more quiet feeling prevailed fb,
Prices at the latest moment are repor,.,
any change since the departure of the n y shs
The sales of the week had a,nountad .'a f
bales ~'D'DD'so to l7A
The bombardment of the city of Shin.
been resumed, and was being prosecuted 9;} ta
vigor. 'Aes
Lord Raglan had telegraphed to the R,;,.,
eminent, that after very fierce strugsIa ;sah
the loss on both sides had been very gTea rr
had succeeded in capturing the MameIo,n1 I'D
White towers. %a
The allies, according to the reports now l..
celved, would appear to be every where sn.s.A
but we have not as yet any details of fur5ss..aas
ments of moment. They are reported 70 5s I4at
continuing operations at the latest alrres ,o,;
great energy. w. Fl4
The immensely of the loss on both s;a,.
hight Tor the towers reported to have been cam, n t
is strongly dwelt on. '@PAfs.
The general news by the Asia, beyond hi,
prlses little Of importance 'A'''ae
Lelpha Sham, LADY of color" has hao,
ing IN various primitive methodist chanaIs .P 5a
land, and her discourses are said to ha n ~ "
mired. '' 4uea
The Galveston News has letter from
spondent, dated Brownsville, June 6, givina .t'E;
lowing summary of the recent INTERESTING sro ~@
the other side of the Rio Grande. '''44A
Santa Anna's troops in Monterey, commars.3s
their governor and commanding general dan T..
Iona, after resisting some ten hours snrra1G 9@%
prisoners OF war, and amoneothe badly ,ran+|;;
was the second in command, col. Morlat "''a4's
A writer in the New York Mirror calis n, a.. =.
zeno OF the different wards to form vioilanoo' VIII
nittees for the protection of life and nTona @
numerous gangs of Botany bay convicti vb u :. Da
have found their way via California f. Nav" va s'
and whose depredatiops are becomi~o ala,n luz
They go in the guise of beggars or snrv9ots
tlemen and various other Capacities in ordar " s
tain information by which they ca rob anJ nn oS
Barnums baby show was officially onnnad 1o.ai.
liz New York. One hundred picked Sabes ,- -as s1
tered on the list, besides nine twins sx tr;n1ats AZ
one qaatern Additions are expected bfforo +b,
FAIR" begins. One mother from Danburv C.,nno a'
slcut, brings tive children at two births viz. on,
5:lplet and twins One trpet also comes from
Milford, Conn A mother, from Sing Sing, exbibit,
enid, tour months old, weighing only four pounds
At its birth 1t weighed but one pound eleven onnras
One tat child about twe5e years Old, from western
New York, weighs 300 lbs.
The Washington Union denies that Mr.. Soule VA,
to make an offer for the purchase of en-
ID, Jul lldG IG " dS empowered to
mend the Spanish government to acknowledge the
Independence of Cuba, on the property holders d
he island paying into the treasury of Spain a fai,
quivalent for the pecuniary sacrifice he mother
ountry would make
Welearn (says a late New Orleans paper that e.
ensive fires We're prevailing some sixty mile, from
loble, in the counties of Conecoh and Monroe, each
ide o. the mail road to Montgomery. Itwas de.
troying some valuable pine timber and completely
weeping away the underground. That Section,
owever, is SO spansely settled that there is little
of the fire doing any damage to the
omlcils of the inhabitants
At the democratic district convention, whi,h a.
embed in Newbern, N orth Carolina, the hon. Ila,
.uffin was unanimously re.nominated for congys
The American ticket in Asheville n c., has been
lected almost unanimously.
Rev VIM. W. Wright, Of Covington, was married
t Louisville, Kentucky, lately, while he lay in bed
eriously i'll. The bride was Miss Lucy Moore
The snow on the great ridge of the White noun.
aims in New Hampshire, was 80 feet deep tits sta
ed, on the lst June.
Mr. ". Irving, in his life of Washington, fails to
lenion the year in which his hels born, says
ne of our exchanges.
The proprietors of the Daily Enquirer Cincinnati,
ave been notified by the mayor, that they must not
ssue any papers on Sunday.
Six negroes were captured by stratagem at Nor
DIX, Va, lately, while attempting TO escape to some
orthern port. The captain ofthe brig on when
hey embarked protested to favor their Prgect' but
the meantime he procured the services OF the po'
ce, and the whole party were arrested.
The resignation of R. NJ McLane as u 5 comes
oner to China, has been formally accepted oy lIS
resident. 1t is stated that doct. Parker Will remain
the head of the legation there during the fen41'
lg term of the present administration.
A letter from Bureau county, Illinois, saT' 'aa'
Il the warehouses along the railroad are luLl0igaA
nd many thousands of bushels are piled up !. oas'
long the sides of the track. Long trans Of cas-
roam under the weight of grain with ThIeA Tue!
re filled. The farmers plead with the buyers /"
ore bags, and the buyers with the railroads o'
ore cars. All the farmers have planted from one"
lirty acres more than last year, and all now LOOKS
ell for heavy crop. 49,,
Daniel Whiting, esq.,, a member of the bar, ded II
e residence of his son-in-law, the rev dr. Bran
d, in Philadelphia, lately, aged 81. tie was ao
tilted to the bar sixty years ago, and was the 60
mporary of Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, "
lit Clinton, James Kent, Ambrose Spencer, bisI'
illiams, &C., whose peculiarities he often de'e!'
I'd.
The following States are yet to hold thsE sls IA
ons: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri anu
exas, hold theirs on the first Monday in Aaguos'
ennessee on the first Thursday, and North OS JAW
ma on the second Thursday of the same Nt2-n
II the second Monday in September the election
aine occurs, and that of Vermont on the first 0s'
ay Of the same month. H.
A table has just been published, showing ~
rerage cost of passengers and freight trasP S W.
on upon sixteen of the principal ROADS OF W
ork and Massachusetts. 1t appears that lou, Il.
massachusetts, roads lost 600 by the tFahspo.'
on of freight in 1854, and that the average Cos.
upon eight of the principal ral aaen
the State was ninety -hveper cent. OF the fe'eIP
ON that service. -, r r
Ship George Washington, captain laroou - ~ in
ards, has returned to New Bedford from a Nl'I,,
,yage to the Ochotsk, having taken III lhleS ' ~
'us 1000 barrels of whale OIL and 20 OF >fs'd% n,n
e largest quantity ever taken by any whaIeT qoi'
single cruise The George Washington s''''' =
ovember 1851. ,vL