The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-17

rha New York Day Book says il has been charged
M a.tedly within the last SIX months, that there
VI courtship going on betweenthe Eardshells and
enow nothings. It says that The non Y. ;; Diekn
~ vas in attendance at every meeting Of the dele
MI s.. Mt Binghampton and expressed assent to ths
nh styines of one of the chief speakers.
considerable excitement was created il the yiein-
NJ 10 If the city hail. New York, recently n eonse-
" of the arrest of the officials indicted By the
BN qasad iury Six members of the council were ar
I'd sd and brought up before the magistrates:-al
NJ asrman Herrick, on two indictments, one charging
NJ lin with receiving sums OF money relatiTe to the
VI d;ng Of Eghty-six street. and the other for seek
1@ gabribe Id the Joseph Walker case; alderman Mo-
is IN demanding $1,000 for his Influence In the O.
3 Mnh walker case, and alderman Drake for the like
x@ aTree. councilman Cooper for asking $500 as a
The to procure the release of certain contractor
E8 sn his Street cleaning contract councilman Hea-
@ H. for demanding $1,000 from the farmers and mar
N tpstmen for his influence in procuring them favor
be position at the Washington market for the sale
ii - rroduee, and councilman Wandell, chairman Of
al he finance committee for receiving money as re-
card for getting through the board an appropriation
Il j 100000 for the extension Of Canal street How
this matter will end, one at present pretends to
81 sly. go,
3 stned their seats, and publish cards asking sus-
rension Of public opinion. They declare the whole
y ssfair to be base and malicious conspiracy.
The parties, If convicted, will be forever disqualI
ssd from holding public office, and subject to be
san to the State prison for not ten years. to
nav fine not exceeding $1,000, or both, in the dis
q eretion of the court. 'l5.Ess E 7s&@
j In the British house of commons recently, Mr.
Il HAYWOOD, the member for Lancashire. gave notice
,brt he should al the next session an address
Il - her majesty, praying that her majesty will be
81 rrsciously pleased TO appoint commission to in
Sue into the state OF the authorised version of the
bibe and to prepare plan for the further revision
q Of that translation. g4
6rd in the T4andon f,apnr roy,art &c : 1900
where suit was brought by Mr.. Holder, captain in
the 5th regiment of Lancashire militia aged 80 years
against young lady Of great personal attractions
named Agnes Josllng, who had promised to marry
him. accepted his presents, written him very long
and very afecenate letters worn the ring that pedg
I'd their mutual faith, and afterwards refused to mar
n him, because she had discovered she did not love
lin, but was only grateful 70 him for his attentions
The suit was brought, the plaintiff said not to recoy-
damages for wounded Affections but to cover the
expenses he had incurred in paying visits, making
presents, and getting ready for the wedding His
counsel thought G400O would cover all these, and
had offered to accept Of f350; but the unfair fair
one who had inflicted the injury refused to settle on
such terms. The jury returned verdict for $500
damages.
While other cities in the Turkish empire are fall
Ing to rum and decay being depopulated and barba
rized, Jerusalem IS rapidly springng up into new
life. European manners and European wants are
bringing IN clyllIsatlon and enterprisng industry
Good hotels are found to accommodate most travellers
better than the casa ouya, 50 long the only Shelter
for the Frank pilgrim Of whatever nation OF religion
There shops where all kinds Of European goods
find ready sale; carpenters, watchmaIers, GLACIERS
.umen, dyers, laundresses shoemakers, dc exercise
their various caings. There are three Furnishing
European talors. The daily markets are sur,nlied
abundantly with good mutton; and poultry and eggs
ore cheap. Many hundred goats are kept for the
sole purpose of supplying the city with milk; and of
late cows milk was to be had Fruit and vegetables
are abundant; and good bread is made by several
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A working engineer, by the name of John Ross
residing in Montreal, has addressed letter to the
mayor of Boston upon the subject of a recent inyen
ton OF extraordinary character. He claims to have
discovered new motive power which will watt a
ship across the Atlantic ocean in three days. And
further, If hole were bored in the bottom the yes
SCI would float with equal safety and freedom. In
order to complete working model, which is wholly
independent OF steam, he asksh assistance of if
teen hundred dollars from some gentleman, Is pocket
No progress, says Mr.. Ross, has been made in that
direction the seal to keep pace with the movements
over railroads the land; but this desideratum will
certainly be accomplished and demonstrated in his
great discovery.
TAG PERUVIAN NAvY-This is represented as |
very considerable naval institution It consists of
three captains, eleven boys, two fiat boats and one
piece OF ordinance Of eleven ounce capacity The |
day is fast coming, when, instead Of gourd headed
men blowing one anothers heads off with vllainous
salt petfe, in order to settle the quarrels Of dplo
aatsts they will abandon this species Of barbara
anism and come over to Monaghan civilization-
Their form of fighting, is to knock their enemies
the heads with bamboo sticks and up trip them
When is down, he considers himself dead
and lies where he is, until the noise of the battle is
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few weeks since, NJ Raess, bishop Of Stras-
bourg, preached in the cathedral of Mentz, Paris
In his discourse he invited all good catholics pray
for the prompt conversion Of the English to the true
faith and of submission to the of st. Peter "as
the English" he said, ''now drank from spring
from which life eternal does not flow" Afterwards,
spostophising the queen of England in person, the
preacher called her to restore to the proper own
en- that is to say, to the pope of Rome, the tiara
which she unduly wears on her head This latter
request, at all events has not been complied with
A few days since two rich young sprigs of Gin I
slnnat (O.) fought duel They fired three times
without effect when Of the seconds stepped for
ward and declared that he was engaged to be marri
cd to the young lady about whom the principals
were fighting. This announcement put a new face
upon affairs All parties protested themselves sat
shed, and the 5ellgerents retir ed from bloodess
field. That second" must be nice young man,
and his lady love doubt thinks it very proper that
be should take part in affair creditablet to him
1t Is estimated that there are ten thousand daguer-
rsoype establishments in the United States theseta
king daily twenty pictures each at average Of two
dollars and fifty cents each, giving two hundred
thousand pictures, at an expense OF over half mil
hon OF dollars The amount of money paid annu-
ally for daguereoypes is thoughtto exceed one hun
drsd and fifty millions. Still the business is in
ereasing .5@
The Washington correspondent of the Herald says
the provisional government of Mexico have found
documents relating to negotiations between Santa
Anna and general Gadsden for another Mexican land
treaty. The new government repudiates the whole
matter, and gen. Gadsden declares the Reputation
breach of national faith. syy#
Senator Butler, of South Carolina has accepted an
invitation to give Of the course Of lectures on
slavery in Boston next winter The Atlas announces
that Mrs. Webb the dramatic reader the daughter Of
Of gen. Espartero and Virginia slave are to read
. pew drama, written BY Harriet Beecher Stowe, in
with this course.
The New York Mirror says that the number Of
thieves robbers and ncendaries is increasing very
fast in New York city. A vast number Of Austria
Ian discharged thieves and burglars have reached :
there via California. r @t4z.4@ s4o @9S4
Obituary. :
Died, on the 9Th inst, MAMIE TALLuLAH, aged 5
gears and months yonnoest child af James H and 3