The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-11-14
WEBsrER's EsrATE.-We extract the fol

IN WEBsTER's EsTATE-We extract the 70
/. lowing from the Washington Star:
III eMr. Webster has now been in the gray
s very near three years, and his executors hay
o not thought proper to settle his estate. MOI
r than year ago, and before they had thepov
IS er to plead the act Of limitation which they no
"a have, they informed those persons who ha
!, claims against the estate, that the debts of M
: Webster amounted to $4,000. More than
of year ago they solemn!y promised that in a yer
f few days they would make dividend of tn
Y property in their keeping, which they have nc
!. vet DONE"
:. when they proclaimed that they had sol
~ MarshfeId for the benefit of Mr.. Webster
n creditors, they had done no such thing; bu
if had only sold variety OF lots Of land lying o
t the outskirts Of Marshfeld, leaving the home
> stead and some three hundred acres of Ian
: entirely untouched. and in the possession Of
member of his family"
t s'Itis alleged that Marshfield cannot be soil
5 for the benefit of Mr.. Webster's creditors, be
cause his widow had a lien upon it for none,
loaned to her husband; it is believed, howev
er, that this allegation is wholly set aside ever
by the will of the departed statesman. Blu
allowing this to be true, the debt alluded t
never amounted to more than $4,000, while
| the unsold property would very probably bring
S5O,OoO"
"The library at Marshfeld contains some.
thing like 5000 volumes. and Mr.. Choate gave
the opinion that it was worth $4,000; and
yet this property. instead of being applied to
the payment of debts, remains in the posses
sion of his son.
ga few weeks after Mr.. Webster's death, it
was currently reported in Boston and else
where that his friends had raised the sum of
$4,000 which was to so towards paying his
debts and carrying out the leading items of
his will, and yet this fund has not been recog-
Missed by his executors"
''The promises which have been made can
be counted by the hundred, and yet not one
has ever been kept. They first promised the
creditors forty, then thirty, and now twenty
per cent. on the amount of their claims, which
latter amount is as far off as the first
CONVENTION OF RABB1s This convention
met on the 25th ult., at Cleveland Ohio The
proceedings have not yet come to hand, but its
business was to determine some important ques-
ton touching the welfare of the Hebrews in
the United States, and their diverse modes of
worship. The following, from a New York
paper, will throw light upon the subject:
''Ihe Hebrews now form large population,
who worship according to the rituals established
in Spain and Portugal, Poland and Germany.
These forms are of ancient date, and are
clogged with ceremonies and repetitions which |
are repulsive to many enlightened men of the
present day in Europe and America. There
have have been several synagogues established I
IN different cities in Europe and this country,
which introduced in their forms worship pecu-
lar to each synagogue.
"Ihese reformers, not however, reformers as
o doctrines, >but merely as to manner of wor-
ship, appear to have no fixed rule of action.
This was occasioned by the want of concert
which could not be had in any way except by
Sanhedrim or conference. The proposed con-
erence IN Cleveland, we understand, intends by
is prospectus to establish Mnhug America,
which means form of worship peculiar to the
United States, and differing in material de-
rec from that practised in Europe, but hitherto
y the majority of the Hebrews in this country
We do not hear that the movement is partici-
ated IN by the Hebrew people generally, but S
re are told that the new party has numerous G
dherents, though yet in minority as to num- q
ers. q
In Detroit there is German paper, called =
lichigan Volksblatt, of which Chr Esselde- =
N IS the editor In speaking of the course his Y
aper will pursue, Mr.. Essellen takes occasion :. :.
define what he considers the German senti- -
ent on the subject of slavery. Speaking of -,
avery, he says: -.., Il
s'In order to define at once our course with l"
decision, we declare, that as general thing
e consider this slavery question as the turning B
'lnt to all American politics. and hatespecial- tt
:, tor us Germans, we recognize it as our a,
CHEST duty to resist the extension of slavery r
I'd Its political power, with all the means at il
II command. This we are hidden to do not d,
lily for humanity, which opposes every bar H
rlsm and oppression, not only by the eter- L,
j, unspeakable rights of man, by the strength OF
which we claim our own liberty not only By 81;
T honor, which demands, that here in Ameri- tn
we should show ourselves worthy of the tn
lizatlon of our old home; but our interests al trt
require it, the interests of the immigrated tn
Izens and of free labor, which will not allow wi
very to be extended over the wide territories fla
the west" - -.- bu
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No MANS LAND.-The Russian-or whilom .ns
ssian settlement of Petropaulowski-is in ~
'st singular condition. The Russian COM
'nder evacuated it by order of his govern fro
mt, and the American owners of the best ge
vate property in the place hoisted the Ameri- Pal
! flag over the vacated district When the 4
led squadron arrived, there was no Russian tea
9, fort or soldier to attack 1t gallantlv ket
ne to destroy the property of the defence orc
5 inhabitants; but it fatered in this doughty 8 n
olution when it found it was de facto Amer ma
property, and itleft without pretending to d
e possession. 7 b
fhe next question is, whether the U. States Der
! permanently accept this point as free but
neutral whaling rendezvous. A Califor- | e
correspondent assures US that the Russian smj
GERS here considered the territory as for
lily resigned to the United States.
Ne recommend to the enterprisng whale bot
q of Massachusetts, to look into the affair. frol
there can be scarcely be doubt that with to S
tile energy, they can secure an excellent the
aling station, and almost the monopoly of ger
Sc fisheries at a merely nominal cost, if they lug
capl prop,r, ~ ~, RI - safe