The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-03
General Intelligence


arrived from New Orleans last n;a Jhl1les Moo,
New Orleans papers Of the Both ulf n, She b. ss
no eastern news later than New Yorl y hey eoat,A
foreign steamer arrived since Americ, zee I'd
| SouTH- HEsT Pass, DEC. 29-steame, n.
ster arrived at the bar half past ocIos I1sae vi
seven and ba1i hours from port Arenas I've V d.
Lucas reports having left in port at Arena ags
CANT, frigate Vestal, brigs Daripe P aa Ten,
bark Nashuba. Com. Newton and a al anes'
board Of the Columbia, were in good hea,, 0lee;
Marting and Wheeler, u g. minister IN ae;as,
to Guatamala and Nicaragua, and NJ VI ecTJ,
consul and commissioner to Greytosn r.o.' aoea
Steamship Star of the West from Ee,. On bal
rived at Port Arenas and left on her W. iGk,G
day, with $50 passengers and $500 lssaia ID
Perfect health prevailing on the route sa .'sap
Isthmus Transit from ocean to ocean e. sstoss
in 36 hours. Nothing in San Francisco ms sasg n,
telegraphng. Russian privateer car TsPsis Vol
and 100 men, which had escaped English 81,
cruisers, arrived at San Francisco from CIV ft&
The revolution in Central America bas
little advance. Costello, on San Juan, Isa mace
ken. @' Oeaa
New ORLEANS. DEo. 30-Cotton, ossn.,
low niddlings ~ @ ~; middling, "a d, 81
middling, 81 @,9s; middling fair, 81 q sNigSa
q l6. Flour, 25 q 9 3715. Corn s1 .ose II
whiskey rectifed, 3S; pork retailing sl3 q ; as
bacon, Shoulders 6@6Ia; sides 61@eg % Sglas
and rope, transactions limited to small 1o,. psss
II for bagging. ''4s
| HALIFAX, DEC 23-The America has 49,
this port, from Liverpool, 9th inst. Her ' va
are nine days later than those by tho p4.N
which arrived at New York on the 18th insss rss
present some features of striking importance y
| stria has, after long and vexatious deIav =. A.
! joined the western powers. and signed ~ ~
alliance, offensive and defensive, with Frsns!f
| England.
| Advices from the seat of war are to the esso,s
no changes of moment had occurred in tho rsssE
of affairs since the departure of the Pacific F'S0a
Steamers news reports a great decline in l...
stufs. Cotton had also declined shade. ov; s'
bad weather.
New ORLEANS, DEC 25-The sales Of co,..
Saturday, 23d, were $500 bales. No cbsn Io 20
price Low n1iddling ~ to 75s; niddlins, 7 "
| 8; good 81 to sac Aa'
Louisville dates of Dec. %, at night say ,s.,2
been nothing done to-day either in hogs o. M
sionse The river is rising slowly Private AL, s'
from Cincinnati, say it is slowly rising there. ''
At Cincinnati, on the 22d ult -four was ouasi.
: 4o to 81 TO- Whisky, 2sc. Hogs 4 asa az,
hight weight. Green hams to Sc Is. Prinsbs
rel lard, SIC. but is generally held higher.
EIcKsBuEe, DEC. 22-The Golden State which n.
ed here this afternoon, for New Orleans, reportss
the steamer Illinois Belle struck snag on Ned
day night, twenty miles above White river, and ,T.
In SIX feet water. No lives were lost.
. NEW IoRK, DEe. 1.-THE sloop of war Alba,
concerning the fate Of which there has been SOM
anxiety, has been heard from as having ariyF
Carthagena, South America. All on board AZ.
ported well.
There has been heavy failure at Provideu,s
l. The amount is rumored to reach three mill
of dollars. The firm is that of Hill CarpansI
Co, wool dealers, and the Arcadia bank, of that
is supposed to be deeply involved in the fair...
The head of the firm, is the president OF the Pa
dence bank
The jury in the case of Tucker, who vas eli,
trial there on the charge of murder, for haFnsEr
ed his own child, could not agree, and Tss%
charged.
The New York Commercial of the 18th Dsg,,
publishes the opinion of judge Ingersoll i'll
cent smuggling cases on board the Steamships
ington and Alps. The Alps is declared as lsgs
to the United States government, but on the gas
that the act was performed entirely by the steEgl
without the cognizance of the other officers dts
vessel, it is thought prudent to remit the pena7
The Washington Globe of the 18th uIt, pubEss
a deed of trust executed by John Withers esqt
the firm of Selden, Withers 4 Co. The trustess
directed to apply the assets of the house, fir,
meet the expenses of the trust ITSELF second fra
redemption of the bonds of the Virginia and Il
nessee railroad, amounting to $4,000 thrdps
redemption of the notes of the Exchange bank;
'ourth TO the payment of all other creditors i'm
ling Virginia) equally.
The deed of trust executed by Messrs &A
Withers l. Co. astonishes the public, and has esaa
decline of thirty per cent in the value Of theng
IF the Exchange bank. More than two-thirdsd
million of the firms reported assets are belieFa
De utterly worthless.
The new house of refuge in Philadelphia Eus
irely destroyed by fire on the morning of theM
1T. The loss is estimated at forty Thousand deGs
The merchants of Wilmington, Del, have eala,
meeting to discuss the propriety of changing
,ystem of long credits -.
The Charlotte Wing says that in the late eo1K
n the Richland district. S. c. Tin which the elyd
Columbia is situated) between Messrs Pressmm
Adams, for a seat in the State senate to Bhieht.
ormer was elected by something over one haata
Totes, Mr.. Preston expended about forty gz41
lollars and Mr.. Adams about thirty thousnddl
ars.
The block Of buildings on the easterlv Sa d
Broadway, New York, was destroyed BY fire. tie
morning of the 18th ult. Among the buildngdt
troyed was the city assembly room, in which sha
vas In progress at the time. One 1laan was kiIa
md several ladies injured
An Irish riot occurred in Worcester on SssqrdF
week, growing out of an attempt on the part d uh
er Kane to arrest an Irishman, warrant for FkH.
lad been placed In his hands. The officer Essa
nost choked to death. Three of the rioters FaFeG
ested, and officers had started in pursuit Of t5,:,
AT Holly Springs difficulty occurred O. Il 9Th
1t. between Mr.. Fielding A. Lucas and u, BqaI
illler, in which the former was severely Feanda
y pistol shot The case will undergo iadHL
Investigation.
Houston Taylor, son of the late Smith Tarlor, Fsa
efore the mayor of jackson, Mississippi a in
avs since, and voluntarily stated that he shot VI
l. D. Shackleford, in the late deplorable tragadyn
hat city. The mayor discharged him, undertH
tatute, as having acted in defence of the lifeafa
ither.
dreadful affray with knives took place nth
ounty of Mecklenburg, N. c. lately between th'a
James and David Sharp, Thetf
Ter was killed and one of the survivors bad
rm broken, and both were badly cut. The! 1ed
he body of the one who was killed is representa-
S having been literally cut to pieces.
Robert Schuyler, the great defaulter, it is STATED,
as bought place on the Rhine, where he noFlr
Ides, and has sent for his family to join him 1s
onfldentlal clerk came passenger to New lGh
lst week, in the Baltic, on his employer busines
The New York Tribune has counted one hunda
nd fifty houses on Broadway, between Union squis
nd the Battery, with the words TO Let, writtenH
lem.
The executors of Mr.. Webster's estate have ssis! ~
ave of the plymouth Mass probate court, to sI
5 much of his real estate as shall raise the suna
los,2ob ~ sor the payment of all debts and lnsap
RANGES thereon.
Judge Mclean, of the q. S. court. recently s'aa
l giving BIS judgment in a maratime case, thu
rum has sink more seamen than all the teuPs'
lat ever blew"
The Columbia Is. c. papers of the 10Th uld7s
~, the hon. a. t. Butler has been reelected
he legislature United States senator for the term
x years from the 4th of March next. o.
The Greytown people have appointed an sgen:a
0 to Washington and prosecute their claims t0IT
emnity- =,