The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-31
General Intelligence.

- - 1' ia, ~ the Liverpool cots, YIN
CT during the latter part Of the weel oeeone g.
the steamers departure. Ordinary and hat.li
are represented as more heavy. The ono. ..sf
for fair Orleans Sgd. per pound; for mdMois
leans sd. ualleG
The WAR.-The western powers wero
negotiations for peace. The representaisolp ess
land, France and Austria at Vienna had :. b,
protocol defining the sense in which thew iaaae
the four points should be understood and bsae
ed upon prince Gortschakoff, the Russian. Asd a.
to say whether he was prepared to accent l Z, III
that sense. without modification and wthorp n, Aea
III Is understood that the terms so constrneae
be very favorable to Russia Prince Cow, WV vol
however, responded that his instructions d;5
thorize him to go so far, and he therefor ~
a fortnights delay before being required to "
reply, in order to enable him to procure frssse
structions from his government as to the ea' uf1
should pursue. sta
In the meantime hostilities continued q.
ruptedly The allies had re-opened their e., aalts
bastopol on the 25th ult. and it was stated,t.MS
having continued for two days, the assault Wv
made aa
Nothing of any Importance transpired on,1.,.
Omar Pacha is rather obviously reported ~ ei ~
arrived in the Crimea. u
The army continued to suffer terribly
The feeling against lord Raglan had BY mn.
abated, either in force or in numbers by VII
was entertained. Several officers had retr, MY
England, in consequence of the effect il b.S
duced. %
The Russian forces in Asia were threatens.,
bizand. a
Spain still opposes all the efforts of Enel,,a
France to induce her to enlist troops to send -
Crimea to aid them. wy
Switzerland also refuses to take such a stem es
Prussia, it is said, appeared disposed to i III.
the new stipulations proposed to Russia and s,
upon between the three other western powars sss
stria, however, having requested her to pla,sSs
army on war footing, she had declined toll ~
There was rumor at Vienna that Franz !,
agreed to guarantee Austria in the possession ii =
Italian provinces.
Important changes are said to have been ~.
among the Russian officers in the Baltic '~A'
The French Baltic fleet had been ordered +, ;,
assemble at Brest. - &=E+.
Subscriptions to the new French loan were no,.
ing in in the greatest profusion and with uDbaT",s
ed enthusiasm and confidence
In Italy there had been serious riots at Carra,.
The theatres at Brescia and Verona had been elos
In order to prevent an anticipated outbreak.
WASHINGTON, JAN. lit is stated in diploma,
circles that Mr.. Soule was chilled into his resyn
fion. In all his official intercourse he encounters
marked though freezing politeness and in sOejs
both himself and family were entirely isolated.
The partial accession of Mr. E.. Everett to d
principles of the know nothings is announced 4
goes no further than to advocate an extension Oil
period of naturalization, which he regards as i
conservative ground for the whig party to stand
FL Grund, the administration letter wit
says Marcy has been the conservative genius dS
cabinet-opposed to plundering Spain, oppose
the Ostend congress, cautious about annexiDvA
Sandwich, or buying the Galapagos islands u
that he and Guthrie are the fulcrum of the COVE,
mental lever, and can't be ousted from their plscs
The Washington correspondent of the Courier III
Enquirer says that when Mr. sollers, in his kno1
nothing speech, few days ago. declared vitben
phasis, his devotion to the Union and affirmed H,
the know -nothings were pledged to its maintenance
the house resounded with applause, and suup
those most conspicuous in humping his desk aS
testimony Of his feelings, was Mr.. Benton
Philip Roberts, aged ninety years, hero Of The
revolution, and one of "Marions merry men, in
South Carolina, died recently in Harrison coqay
Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 16.-The house to-day debated
the Pacific railroad bill; after which all buhstyo
first sections were stricken ont, In order to admhe
substitute offered by Mr. Dunbar, which vas The
Same as reported by the senate committee. hPn
poses to establish three different routes OF rahal
and telegraph, commencing respectively with ti
western border of Texas, the western border Of Ms
sissippi, and the western border of Wisconsin tho
Minnesota, all of which are practicable ANS
MrLeteher moved to strike out the enacting cla-s
and pending which motion the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, JAN 20.-The government has il
formation that the Spanish cortez has refused tosd
Cuba at any price A decree has been passed
that body, offering an asylum in Spain for all foe
refugees in Europe.
22-The senate committee on military afalrl sI
agreed to present report in favor of the raising
three additional regiments of Unitnd States troop
to be employed in the repression of Indian statE
and outrages on the frontiers,
The president is reported to have prepared ans
sage to congress calling attention to the alarm?
Mr. secretary Davis, it is said, urges the lmntt
ate enrolment of 5000 volunteers for the pufPa
of providing the necessary defence. e
Mr.. Wells has agreed to accept the seat IN the
States senate, to which he has been elected alht
it was pretty confidently expected he would deA1
to do So ....- .
New YoRK, JAN 24-The late Mexican consl
general has been arrested IN this city at helnsga
ton of his government, for deducting per centag
from the moneys received from the United State
government on account of the Mesilla valley Pa
chase He was held for trial, and his security Ike
at 100000 He has appealed for reduction Of u
amount of his bail. .-....-
LOUISVILLE, JAN 24-The river here is still hl
ing, and has receded inches during the last TIVE
tyfour hours. Weather cold and freezing.
CINCINNATI, JAN. 24-The river here has fallen
inches since last evening. Flour is advancing a
superfine is selling at 81 so PSI IS per barrel
Provisions firm. Sales of whiskey al 251 scents
gallon, with a dropping market.
The Charleston papers record the death OF e1'so
ernor B. h. Hennegan, of South Carolina Env
pred at his residence, in Marion district on the ~
instant.
The citizens of Louisville have erected a mon
ment to w. H. G. Butler, the teacher shot BY h'
Ward. 1t is an elegant piece of Workmanship, oa
Of Italian marble. and about ten feet IN helsa':
At recent Presbyterian synod, held IN ~ y, ~
they took up the subject of psalmody geneFalltr "
the view to improvement in its adaptation as q Y
ton of divine service. In a resolution unanImGu
adopted, they determined to have inc uded IN "
Of psalmody to be prepared, 'sthe psalms IN mp
authorised translation, to be adopted for chanuns
A young man named Ryan, entered Morris emu
in Cincinnati, a few nights ago, and stole HON
pulpit, the bible and hymn book, which ne paw
for thirty cents, with which treated his frlenas
boosted of his theft He is now under arrest |,
The city council of Montgomery, Alabama - II,
raised the price of licenses for retailing sPl!"
liquors to $780, and appointed a committee 70
tition the next legislature to amend the city eA@
so as to authorize them to raise it to $4,000.
The gallon law has been adopted in maloE'4
the wards of the parish of Terrebonne In to-.
no license carried the day by three votes MAORI!
Thirteen hundred and ten persons were pau J,
lized in the courts of Baltimore last year, and
ty-two hundred and sixty-eight persons decl'
their intention to become citizens.
The editors of the Wheeling Intelligence
found it necessary to offer reward for the appfsin
sion Of persons stealing their paper from the ~
of subscribers. @4@ :,
Nearly all the business portion of the town u
roy, tennessee county, New York, was burheu 0A
l4th inst. The amount of loss is not stated
The Augusta Mercary - 5aaihoriasa 70 50.
col. A. Pickett declines to be considered as ~
didate for the democratic nomination Of goverH'
Alabama. -,
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