The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-01

LET THE SouTH BE ON HER GuARp.---That
the administration now in power, has all along
been playing into the hands of the abolition
lists, is a fact which no man in his senses, or,
who is not wholly ignorant of the history Of
political events, will for moment deny, ,A
The large share of the spoils, obtained at
the hands Of the executive by the tainted wing
of the army which fought and won the battle
Of '52, is, to unprejudiced minds, proof enough
to establish our assertion But there is other
evidence, aye, damning proof of it. Who
does not remember with shame for his govern
ment, how president Pierce and his mongrel
cabinet busted themselves in the contest be-
tween the s'hards'' and sssofts'' in New York.
And how they threw the whole weight of the
administration on the side of the 'ssofts,' and
thereby crushing the friends of the compro-
mise OF 1850; the constitutional, union-lovlng
democrats of that State; the very men, and
the only men of thatparty, who, in New York,
battled against the prejudices of fanatics, for
that compromise which president Pierce in bis
inaugural address heartily endorsed, and pledg-
ed himself to carry out.
Were these proofs of our assertion not suffi
cient, we might cite the retaining of the infa-
nous Reeder in ofce-an aboiitlonist by the
admission of secretary Davis. And to deepen
the guilt of the administration, and establish
its completely and firm alliance with the aboli-
tionists, it is urged by its friends that Reeder
has turned abotionist since he was appointed.
A fact, which if fact only goes to prove, as
he is still retained in office, that the change is
a pleasing one to the administration.
In view of these facts, is it not well that the
ho ri
this administration and its sympathisers. AL
ready we see that the Washington Sentinel,
(democratic) has taken the alarm, and is now
warning the south against the hidden, as we'll
as exposed Vaccinations of this corrupt ad-
mnistration against her institutions. And in
view of these facts, we could almost bring our
selves to the point of recommending to the
American party, and to all true and open
friends of the south, the forming of 'vigi
lance committees" for the purpose OF arrest
ing and bringing to deserved punishment all
sympathscrs of the administration. Should
we conclude to recommend such course, we
have made out a list of, and have marked some
two or three dozen of the most daring, here
abouts whose heads are to fall first. The mode
of punishment we have not, as yet determined
upon, but will most likely adopt the Spanish
mode-garroting. ~ Port Gibson Her.
From the lower edge of ice near the gulf of
the southern shores our portion Of earth is more
than tropical. Sugar-cane has from six to
eight feet Of stalk, containing saccharne mat
ter. From eight to ten thousand pounds of
sugar has been produced to the acre. AT the
| costof five cents pound to raise the cane and
manufacture sugar, with nine thousand pounds
to the acre, a twenty acre field would yield the
enormous profit Of eighteen hundred dollars.
The cost Of raising cotton is four cents per
pound; one bale of five hundred pounds to the
acre is considered fair crop. A twenty acre
| field yielding twenty bales, or ten thousand
pounds, at eight cents pound, only yields a
profit of four hundred dollars.
The sugar cane is one of the most valuable
and important plants in our country. The cul-
tivation of it is yet in its infancy among us
The undeveoped resources of the cane lands
in our gulf States lie in all their richness be-
meath the shades of the primeval forest.
| Swees cane, as the sugar cane was original
y called was probably first found growing in
it's spontaneous condition on the banks of rivers
! in China. From thence it was brought by in
te]ligent navigators to the shores of Arabia.
More than three hundred years before our era,
sugar cane was transplanted on the banks of
the Euphrates and in the valley Of the Nile.
Reaching the shores of the Mediterranean sea,
it was re-shipped and re-transplanted in ancis
ent Greece, Italy and Spain. After being sue
cessfuly cultivated in the southern provinces
of the Roman empire, itwas carried out west
| to the islands Of Madeira. In it's onward jour
ney it traversed the broad Atlantic ocean, and
at the end Of a long sea voyage was proGtably
grown in congeniul soil and climate among
the islands of the West Indies Finally, in
/ the twenty first century of its known cultiya-
/ ton, we receive it on the soil of America, witt,
a doubt whether it still retains the purity and
value of the original East India plant.
= The lower edge of ice is the di2iding line
/ between the sugar region and the best cotton
growing district in our country. There are
exceptions to this rule. In the valley of the
Mississippi sugar cane may be raised as high
up as Natchez. This thermal line traverses
the gulf States of our Union in the month Of
January, and may be traced across our cont.
nent among the Rocky mountains and over Pa
cifc plains. Nat. Intel
The Constantinople correspondent Of the Bal
timore Sun thus writes to that journal: 1.-THE
EnGllSh, Dy tneIr own m!SmanagemenL. nave
certainly sunk sufficiently low in the estimation
of the Turks, but this change will be a death
blow to their influence. France is playing {
deep game in Turkey, and her intentions are
becoming more apparent every day. She has
quietly got possession of the country, and here
she intends to remain until her expenses fo1
the war be fully paid, both principal and inter
est War with her has ever been a trade, and
she is ignorant of the principle of expending
money in it without an adequate return. Eng
land begins to find her losses so great that she
will be willing to make peace upon any terms
When war was declared by the French empe-
ror in one of his rhetorical fourishes, in which
| he has become weak imtstor of his uncle, he
remarked that s'the day of conquest was past
but as it is said that words are given to con-
ceal our ideas, under this pretty sentiment he
| has endeavored to smother his own. Every
movement, every action here speaks not only
of prolonged war, but of a permanent occu-
patton. Already is Constantinople filled with
French barracks, and the camp of Mashlack,
about six miles from the city, begins to as
| sumo formidable appearance and in short