The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-23
General 1ntelligepoa


terIay, to the depth. Of four mi alennsyg,,;
We are pleased to learn fro omes, a's
patch from Boston that governnr a = teegra0bi
chusetts, has refused to comulv uardher, e sTe
the Legislature to remove hon Crilh the ra,E'
once Of Judge Of probate, for his acta aoFing s
dispatch from Reading penrs..,.
riot among the Irish laborers :, ,Tv "
the burning of several houses b as W oaeldasa
OF cattle The Reading battalion ~ s and nv
the scene Of disturbance nag prespa'
The Star says that London hook,
Gently been in Washington huntino ~ 'eet l,,
ing copies of every thing publisheedI X and pll
on military science. 1t is judged ann IN this ens'
his government. III an oafs,@
The papers by the Asia contain soe,..
pie statements that previously to Louis 'gSg!,a,
leaving England, 1t was agreed at ,nsos pdas,
British cabinet that, although all r n'setlls f,
were to be submitted to council Of military ~
the emperor shall be omnipotent II al al she
tions of the campaign. In other words q. The ny
that he shall be the commander Of tho o ~
MOBILE, MAY l2.-The steamboat Hs a,lletaaS
last night in Mobile bay, with son ba,9 was
which she had on board. The loss sess Of co.,
$3.50, 900, on which there was no insusano ss'9a4s
were lost. 1ee' N0hs
Breadstuffs and provisions Of all kind,
ingly scarce throughout this whole rea;o sfe aas
try, just at the present time. Manv s so 9fcq
already beginning to sufferfrom their ina lbsils
tain corn and bacon at any price Unless alFh5
vored with navigation shortly the want viii, asa
quite general. 1t is rumored, though We ' ca.9
give credit to it, that the people of som ,saa
Joining parishes south of US are ALREADY ns;t ae
roots as substitute for bread. Tight times l +
On Friday, 9th of April last, Mr. Ed i,uoile III
seux, of this parish, put an end to his l sa BIZ
ing himself in his yard. With his life ana GFta
cessity of the law suit which was pendina ~ le
district court, between him and his wifa "sosaa
alton of bed and board 1Laf,ruol'a spe
We learn from the Gazette and Demosossst s
'there is not in Little Rock, barrel of Aon. D.
ell of meal, or pound of coffee or sno.r ). aoass
Flour would go off readily at fifteen doll,!S& a
rel, and corn meah at two dollars a bnsbassbs
and coffee would sell for any price. Tbn s.s ags
greatest scarcity of every article of prov;s ss
family groceries. F''sl0as
At Los Angeles, California, some Cornish
are engaged in digging for coal At various l.as
Of the down trip assures have been enro,s
through which pitch, oil, tar and gas have .'t
however, has not been reached A~a
The rev. S. Lee, a methodist preacher ~ r..
bury, Connecticut, has been suspended from V ~
,rcise of his ministerial functions on accom-, sf
leresy According to Mr.. Lees account, his bos.:
we're, "that man is a progressive BEING and ' 10y
lend cannot instantly be converted into an .ra f.
light" "' sAggaa
Secretary cClalland has issued a cirenl,. J.,
Jerks in the interior department, prohibit, y.
rom dealing in bounty land warrants ons 1a
says he don't see what right tba en1
airy of the department has to prohibit Their dssT
n legitimate articles out of office hours, 4'''s
A proposition has passed the New York s,;1.
ure to amend the State constitution so az 70 sn.
negroes to vote The vote stood yeas &C. mos % s's
At the municipal election at fndianapoIis =" a,
ID instant, the know nothing ticket was defo.a3hE
700 majority, but that party elected majority j
he councilmen ''''''!
Colonel Benton is now fin Washington and j. ~,
jared to renew his labors with the Den with H. ~
ustomed assiduity He is looking remarkahlu ns ~
Arrowroot and ginger, equal to the best jmnoyod
ave been grown in Marion county, Florida w.
Late accounts from Halifax state tbata fr;,bts,,
[rought exists along the coast of Nova Scotia
There is said to be but one Lutheran chnrsh :,
Jew England. The single preacher Of their faib
esides in Boston,
The London Leader says the real motive in nyi.
ng Louis Napoleon to Windsor, was to preyeutbim
ON going, at present at least, to the Crmea
The Columbus, (Ga.) Enquirer learns that ths
on. A. II. Stephens declines being candidate for
s-election to congress. ....1
negotiation is said to be on foot between The
ritish and Argentine governments for the tract &
'untry known as the Grunchaeo, for the supply d
'tton in case of any difficulty with the U States
octrine that mankind is rapidly growing worse AMI
i'll continue to do, until Christ shall come aat
novate the world by miraculous interposition.
Flour is selling at Montreal at $l2 per barrel ami
Quebec it commands twelve and thirteen dollars
Quebec butter is quoted at DO cents, beef at IS
cents per pound, and pork at S25 per barrel L.
n commands IS. currency, or 40 cents per day!
At the know nothing convention, which MET n
aeon, Georgia, last week. it is said there was somt
ven hundred delegates in attendance, represent
G every county in the State, except three II wa:
e most numerously attended convention ever held
Georgia.
AS an emigrant train was passing over the sus
'nsion bridge at Niagara falls, recently the cars
owing very slowly, German woman in the transit
tween the United States and her Britannia males
5 dominions, gave birth to pair of twins. ON
as named Suspension Bridge, and the other Niaga
Falls.
A reason is given in the Sandwich island paper
I the kings hostility to the United States, whc
oks plausible. He was once refused permission
at the supper table with the other guest on boar
one of the boats on Long island sound, while @
S way from New York to Boston.
The latest folly enjoined by the GOODIES of fashio
Jon her subject devotees, the ladies of New YGl
the wearing of bonnet ribbons four feet long. Th
nnets, meanwhile, continue to recede from publ
seryation. They have long been invisible to ID
cked eye Of the wearer, and they now threaten
n entirely to ribbon
The Ripley circuit court lately (says the Indian
ntinel) sentenced Mr.. Muir to the penitentiary 70
o years for forging a note of $40. Mr.. MUIR
obably the richest man in Ripley county, Indiana
is supposed his property is worth near $lUOVg
has been his strife to be rich, and now be vii
We the honor of Dragging of being the richest ma
the penitentiary.
The New York Times states that a flare up occu
lately in Brooklyn, which resulted in col Jacl
awyer, challenging professional brother name
and that the latter declined acceptn
unless the colonel would fatten hin
f up sufficiently to be a mark to shoot at" 10
has not yet indicated his intention to accede
: request.
On the 18th ultimo, the temperance men of Berli
lsconsin, burned governor Barstow in efigy, an
iced the ashes in coffin, and held obsequieS oVt
w hiie the ieai &c pIoCtoSioii
wing through the streets, groans, Misses wells an
GERS frequently drowned the solemn tolling 9th
lage bell All this was done because gOVernsI
rstow put his veto upon law to prohibit thes
spurious liquors.
Two physicians of Paris have published yer
portant memoir, the object of which is to mai
own the immense resources which the healing
y draw from the seed of parsley. This CONNIE
1igenous plant possesses incontestable tebrllaI
operties; the decoction of its seed may be SUBS
ed for that of cinehoua, and the active Prinol
itch has been drawn from it, and which they
mate under the name of apiol, is equivalent
inine in the treatment of the local lntermloe
erS.
AWFUL CAsuALIrY-On Wednesday night, at t
lntation of Mr.. Benjamin Motley, in the ninth d
ct of this county, a negro house caught ire, al
is to rescue them proved unavailing. No one sa
, children even in tie house at the time. It