The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-23
- po.n--Tbe Huntsville, Texs Presb,y.

the during the sitting of tie court The
ing o. addressed By Messrs. Allen, Of Houston,
srneesnlIs yaakurn Of Huntsville hese addresses
and hseued to with great attention by the citizens
we're n manifest some interest on the subject OF
who sc5 . u The cars are now running
ne miles Of the track, and il is thought with
oyer ateria aid" from the State, this enterprise
.n succeed The people Ct alker ere mneh IN n
teressroa5 and think it high time they had begun
River their interest BY public demonstration
III their wishes. st;,, r.,;no III Per.
hnco ON the Ist of March. During the Tour pre-
n pam, davs. there were 238 deaths.
vious ~ We learn that about 20 camels Of both
md several dromedaries, have been purchased
acAe &C.,. government and are expected to arrive ~
70 Texas BY the first OF May.
~ r,arers in Alabama, which supportthe Fillmore
and Doneson ticket.
rere surprised to learn few days since OF the
,ter hopeessness Of the sugar crop IN TINS parish
~ coming season The great majority OF planners
absolutely anticipate raising no cane whatever. a
ares. many are ploughing up their cane fields and
5i.rt;np them In corn and some IN cotton a rum,
ina year. no doubt for sugar, while according 10 an
accounts the cotton crop WI, oe gfea.
1raov IN the latter business; also on bayou Maran-
soain. where not particle of sugar will be raised
Arm nj Buffalo, New York, have on hand Ia, 900
bushels of wheat, for which last fail they refused
20 10 ner bushel To sell it at present prices there's
said they will have to take less than they
we're offered last fall
The friends Of Fillmore and Donelson in Virginia,
are to hold State convention at Staunton the 9th
Of May.
North Carolina, have held ratification meetings and
univ endorsed the nomination Of Willard Fillmore
and Andrew Jackson Donelson. The Americans of
the old North State appear to be fully aroused and
enter the present campaign full of hope.
The hon. Garrett Davis, Of Kentucky, has written
alctter in which he most cordially endorses the nom
nation Of Fillmore and Donelson. Mr.. Davis
prominent candidate tor the presidential nomination
himself
son. Texas, to support the American party We ex-
pect soon to hear of the establishment of smother at
Marshall. Texas American papers in that State are
much wanted, for large portion OF her presses are
under the control Of foreigners.
j. a.. Washington, esq, the proprietor of aunt
Vernon, has written letter to Mrs. Maria S. Wof-
ford, Of South Carolina, in which he announces in
brief terms, that the place is not for SALE.
The Austin State Times says that there is an in
Vulnerable host of young grasshoppers In that vicin
ty, and in fact throughout the county.
The New York bible society is meditating the plan
Of publishing the bible in newspaper form, for
general circulation.
The Pensacola Gazette learns that the surveying
of the route of the Pensacola and Montgomery rail-
road from that place to the Alabama State line han
been completed and the work will be commenced in
atantly.
The property Of Cassius NJ Clay, the great Ken.
tucky abolonis advertised to be sold at auction
includes twenty two slaves men, women and chill
dren. An aboItionsts a Shareholder
The New York Evening Post says it is authenti-
eay advised that the princess royal of England now
In the sixteenth year Of her age is betrothed to the
prince Frederick Of Prussia young gentleman nine
years her senior and that they will be married in the
course OF the present wear.
An eminent English physician says: IT have to
the great increase amongst the female part of
my practice of the tic doloreux the forehead loss Of
sight, and great suffering in the ear, induced be-
neck instead Of the head. During the past month
have been in attendance upon two lovely girls with
tic doloreux in the forehead and several others with
similar complaints. 1t is high time the frivolous
bonnet Of the present day should be done away with
The Jersey City Sentinel says that COM Stockton
twill shortly be brought before the American people
as their candidate for the presidency, without geo
graphical or partisan distinctions"
At the municipal election in Columbia s. c., on
the It'll inst, o. J. Arthur, Esq, the candidate Of
the American party was elected mayor. There was
no organized opposition. l
There was frost at Columbus, Ga, on the morning
Of the 9Th inst, sufficiently heavy to destroy por
ton of the fruits. s
At the municipal election in Calais, Me- on the
It'll instant, the American party elected their
didate for mayor William d. Lawrence by about 200
majority They also carried four out Of the five wards
of the city. 4H @i y
The legislature of that State has altered the law
on the subject Of usury astto provide that, in
tracts where usurious interest agreed to be given
the usurous interest shall be void, but the prnci-
pal and legal interest may be recovered.
The indianapolis Sentinel says there will be ten
Or twelve hundred houses erected in that city this
season. "A ss5ai5 s5s
new application Of cork has lately been made,
with good prospect Of its serving very useful pur
pose. The bark of the cork tree is subjected by
chnery to process which cuts it up into very little
grains and in this state it is formed into mattresses,
which very soft and easy, as well as light, and
which, if used on shipboard, would form very con-
venient life preserver. Every pound Of cork in one
of these mattresses, it is estimated, will support
about fourteen pounds above water. All that pas
senger would have to do in of wreck would be
to take his bed with him. 1t is much cheaper than
horse hair, and the air passes freely through it
that it has received the good word of medical
men who have examined it, as more wholesome
material than the compacter substances often used.
They are now beginning to use these mattresses in
the hospitals. The cork prepared ia this way is
sometimes used for the lining of garments, to be
worn by persons subject to the rheumatism, cork be-
ing non-conductor. N. <. Post
A Connecticut paper says that there are twelve
churches in certain county in that State without
the former preachers having gone into
the Kansas-land speculation.
"A violent somewhat personal controversy is going
On between the yeSfry OF Irlnty cRurch, New YORK,
and the rector of St. Georges, DIR. Tying, the
merits Of which turn the immense wealth held by
Trinity, which DIR. Tying and his friends think
ought to be more literally distributed than 1t is,
among the principal churches generally.
The North Carolina American party State conven-
tion to nominate candidate for governor, and to
consider other matters of importance, was held in
on the 10Th inst
It is stated that Russian agent was in Worcester
Mass. few DAYS since, and made contract with
there for several thousand rifles They
ire to be of the Sharp pattern, with some improve
nents. ~
Francis, the inventor of the patent metallic life
ooats is Paris, basking in the sunshine of impe-
-ial favor. Under the auspices of the emperor him
self establishment for the manufacture of Francis
life boats is being built in Paris. 1t is to be entirely
. government affair Mr.. Francis has also been the
recipient Of gold snuff box inlaid with diamonds.
The last invention is plan for cooking without
fre described in the Scientific American. The IN
vention is combination of the cooking dishes,
placed one above another, the bottom Of one vessel
lifting on the top part of the dish below. In the
over dish of all small quantity of quick lime ia
placed, and then, by of tihe cold Wator is
upon the lime Chemical action GERM
ties intense heat, whereby the articles on the dishes
are quickly cooked, ready for the table.
rrAMoNG THE MANY PERILous DISEASES Of child
rood, Worms may be cited as the most common and
dangerous. Perhaps we ought rather to speak in the
,ast tense than the present for since the