The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-06
General 1ntellieen.

Iear1ul scourge in our parish ~ preValen. y
oost. sullivan, about twelve milcs ~ the pan,.
river, thirteen deaths have onoSi a0ovstp@
many more are down with it. Dr. r'IFed from
joining pace below, has had SOM aekett o,s 8
cases ana tnree or four deaths ,tRenty q. y
nas iiaa lew cases and one deatb sFs 4
~. piaoe we nave heard besides y disc, ~
Ys.o'ns @nols the negroes on sever, y peaos
cases Of diarhna have been ONLY; aor Some +,
and one or two deaths occnrroI ssonno1 ~ n
causing any alarm. On Monday H., IRON W. y
cltizen, Mr.. Lawrence Febrer. Wa tot aNeIl
ed symptoms of cholera soon aftor oxen rbb saA
halt past twelve was a corpse. 81 oIeakfas
nnmlstakabie cholera, naturally croa.1 as~0
With the consent of the bar, and fl Mgcb y
siclans, the business of the court we ad'ee
and it adjourned on Tuesday. Snba was Fos1R n \
three other cases We're reported 70 osa oellffs
ports We're unfounded. They wer@ NJ &tG
rhea, attended with some cramp bn ta8 H.
have proved serious. We believe I tbs h0e d9&
single case IN town yesterday afternoan Fa1s
OF the breaking out of the disease is w. FAens
be absence of good water The cistar"ss Eaaesa
and OF course the mass of the people b.n%1 eaIj,
river water, that naturally, at the nron a@e III;
must be impure and unwholesomp f'N'ea lQe n,
The know nothings of Louisville h.. "
Humphrey Marshall, late COMMISSIONS n@.e 1onias
congress. 10 Cbh, NJ
Locusts have appeared in countIao, ~
Lexington district, s. c., and it is sts'.4 4anq,
and poultry are feasting bountifulv Nnsl laas
AT St. Louis, W G. Carr has boon ppm Ppm thea.
sum of 81 200 damages for allowing "io iii
G. Cline, to cross the Mississippi riv @Iase
boat. III AAks
Kossuth in his last letter to the Now :, II
berates slavery, and advises Americans 9TH 9TH tra
pieces their declaration of independence " Tt&a
1t is said that the imperial goverrm...
plate making Quebec the permanent I ra3 e9:,
quarters of Canada. i4aF Ae3 +
Hon. John G. Spencer, one of the ,,o..
lawyers Of New York, died at Albany, on : Gaa
ult., of consumption. NV" Ae III
The Georgia Herald, published at Hot. b
says that many OF the planters in thar =;
devoting all II cir land to corn instead ~ Ng Ill
President Hitchcock says that the vbnIs'@a
in solid measure, of the coal of the TTn i aaoe
equals at least 800 square miles "'ea w 4
The eyesight of lord Charles WelIos1or.-
ably lost He is brother and heir presu9n + 1 q
Rev. Mr.. Cummings, editor of the ch.:a.
ror Portland, Maine, has fallen heir to ' tl 1
$50, 900 " l0'tg43
Charles W Slack, who is only q Years -
been elected speaker pro tempore Of the T, aSs5a
sets house of representatives. '4aSSass
The city Of Eicksburg is now lighted viii
great improvement. Win esss-s
A salute was fred on Boston common N,
the governors refusal to remove Judge Ior 4.,Ra
protestant lady IN st. Louis, with spvoS !,
has joined the Hebrew congrecatiSn ~
The postmaster general has issued row ''n laee
tons to postmasters in regard TO regista. ss
bic letters. They are to go i2to effect on u. Ft
July. vi the lsa
The national medical convention which
session IN Philadelphia few weeks sncn sas y
no-sly adopted resolution coademning 'E bon naa
lhlc treatment IN Connection with a1lonat5 1fs
A periodical dealer in Albany, N VI,
menced business few years since viii "i.O e.a
dollars capital recently purchased reaI " F
city to the amount of $4,000, '"'e III tEa
A convention between the United s,to,.u,,
ngdom OF hanover for the mutual artr,d G4u 'a
has been duly ratified and fryl y
.he president. '0'li'ned oY
The rev. Mr., Kilgore, methodist m;ois.s, 81
'rihc'Pai OF me academy at AdamsrlIe while bnn,.
~ vi 5a'uFaay last, accidentally shot hmsei,
hfoogh the head with load of buckshot fGa Pa.
a severe thunder storm visited Louisville Ken.
uchV, on the End ult., during which the lobtn;n,
struck Patrick Dunn and John GRAY lrish jshor;nss
men, instantly killing the former and parayznr tha
after. p"''s Nino sAa
a petition is in circulation in Boston, PRAYING for
N amendment of the Maine law, so as tosubstIiute
ne punishment OF death for all violations where 6ns
ma Imprisonment are now ordained
ne new mayor OF Cincinnati is riyallinr mavn,
' oou III the thoronghness with which he i erfp.
ing law, particularly with respect to the obsarv.
nee of the sabbath.
The Boston authorities have Just licensed sn5a
ky boys to sell newspapers lozenges. tootbpicks
hoestrlngs, DC. They are to wear a badge vifbiba
'ord "llcensed' upon it. This is another BoSto,
otion.
A gentleman has purchased three lots of gronpd
keokuk, Iowa, from ex- governor Seymour, Of n.
ork, for the sum of ten thousand d6llarsl This
roperty could have been bough in the year 1850 for
lree handred dollars.
Rev. Mr.. Fifeld, a methodist clergyman, whose
.ife and children reside in Pembroke, Massachu.
atts, has left for parts unknown, with the wife Of
ne of his pari>hioners, in Mansfield, where lie has
cen lately stationed.
A California writer mentions duel which was
night between yankee and Englishman in dark
,ain. The yankee not wishing to have blood on his
ands, fired his pistol up the chimney, and to his
error, down came the Engshnan.
The Hartford Comm Times says that ". P. Ea.
N, highly respectable physician Of Norwich,
has been fined twenty dollars and cost
iAtSi iHN, iNi H,lt-to -
edcal prescription of rum and laudanull, to wash
broken limb.
The editor of the Bardstown (Ky.) American has
scovered that the peach trees are performlngy e!
range tricks in that section. The editor has seen
verai instances of four to six peaches growlnsm
e blossom. The same thing was noticed lntAa
rly part of this spring in orchards about ShraFe'
TT Tan our fruit growers account for the pAeno'
enon2
The Washington correspondent of the Charleston
andard, speaks of a queer application by slave
ex- president Tyler for the benefit of the bounty
nd act-he having served i'll the last war with Eng
ad. bis claim was not allowed, but the commits
'aer, in refusing it. expresses the opinion that such
grant would, doubtless, have a beneficial eaectln
getting patriotism in the negro part Of our poN
ion
Famous old New York Castle Garden whereins0
lch of loneliness has so oft been gathered, where
Isle and the dance have held their bissfaI reisn'
d where politicians have proclaimed Their lLms'
late patriotism, has been converted into an emil
ant depot. Alas, poor Iorickl"
l he building is state property and in cedlng 10
city several years since, the legislature Fesef'
the right of retaining it, whenever 1t was IT,
ired for public use.
English papers mention the suicide of Mr. hoyl,
'ne, who, ten years ago was worth one hunu'eu
q fifty thousand pounds sterling, when lie mas
zee squandered in The qualification OF his aPPe,l'e.
: had agents in China Mexico, Canada ana o'nt5
aces, to supply him with the rarest dcllcac'es' '.a
single dish, sometimes, cost him hfiv PouLu'' az
18th. on the 18th of last April nolhIh5 "aI ~.
N but solitary guinea shirt and battered Hd'
: bought a woodcock with the guinea, when 10
served up in the highest style of the eu,I"a ar:
. He gave himself two hours for an easy VI 95So,
n, and then jumped into the Thames tom " 's''
hster bridge. pr,sb
1t is stated in London paper that the bf a,n,a
ip Bruiser has been converted INTO c21pEhh'
ur mill capable of grinding from ~? 10 L "gJ ~ge
rus and compact, and in moderate weather may %
rked without Suspendng the progress Of the [fs,
notwithstanding it is all driven BY the tn n, na1's
CINE. The Abundance has been fitted u 7, I o90
sc bakery, and is capable of turning o ra,v ,;m,
OF bread per day, with the aid OF ioDI ,n;,cbrd