The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-11-26

rto Memphis Bulletin records the death OF MAJOR
1he Winchester He was the oldest male In
If that city, and its first postmaster and Sc
"4mavor. He served with bis father, general
a GU in the war Of 1913. Hewas in the pat,
WV Frencbtown, and fought on the disastrous heid
ss river Raisin, at which last place he, with oth
Natcbez Courier Of the 9th inst, learns that
IT.. Sullivan quite aged lady, residing at inc
EE.tchez landing, was burnt to death On hesuay:-
She setting up oy ner nfes,uo 90 severeIv
NC apparel took fire. burning her person 81 severity
hat death ensued in short tlme ,
vs. occe,trc character at Hanover N. h., named
Kimball. died on the 10th ult., at the age OF
ID n Mad allowed his beard to grow for half
ntury in consequence OF a rellglons vow; aho vas
cehtu n, considered an amiable and harmless luna
In I904. he invented the first machine tor ma
w. w. emf nails for which he obtained patent; but
arsfsed to sell the right and his machine was su-
hnsrseded by others. The graduates of Dartmouth
roege for the last half century cannot fail TO recoi
Iect 1.-THE jew"
VIRGINIA. A student from Lexington, named M
pod died from an attack of the disease on thurs
law night. and there are several other cases under
nsdica treatment, as well as 10 or l2in Charottes
lille hichmohd sn4.
Ing good story: day or two since jury Id our
civ sitting on the trial of of the fast sons OF our
western country for violation of one OF the statutes
against gaming, agreed to convict him for playing
monte but could not agree the amount OF the ne.
During the time of their disagreement they conclu-
ded to "whie away the feeting hours at some game
and we are informed that they took seven games OF
monte.
Ex.iudge Halliburton, author Of Sam Slick the
Clock Pedar, has taken final farewell of Nova
Scotia as place of residence Clifton, his beauti-
full seat at Windsor, was sold some weeks SINCE and
the old Judge has taken his passage for Liverpool
to make his home in Great Britain for the remainder
of his days.
Some 1000 bushels of sweet potatoes have been
grown the past season from one and half acres OF
land, by Mr.. Caleb Bates of Kingston, Massachu-
setts He procures the seed directly from the south
every year. and starts the slips in hot beds that
they ready to transplant the ground is
suitable
A dispatch from Boston, states that major Benia
min Perley Poore, the late Fillmore candidate 10,
congress in the sixth district arrived in that city
with his wheelbarrow and barrel of apples, which
he had wheeled all the way from Newburyport, dis
lance of thirty six miles, in two and half days
The job was in fulhlment of bet with colonel Bur
bank the Fremont state senator elect that Fillmore
would get more votes in Massachusetts than Ere
mont. The major, wheeling his apples, was accom-
panied up State street about o'clock by the Fill
more clubs of Boston and Charleston military com
pany, and mounted cavalcade of citizens The
novelty Of the performance attracted many thousands
of the people, and the major was greeted with tire
nendous and tumultuous applause from all sides
He delivered the apples to colonel Burbank on the
steps Of the fremont house, when both gentlemen
delivered congratulatory speeches, mounted on the
barrel. Ten thousand people were present. The
major informed them that although Fillmore hac
been Defeated he would be found in 1860 again rally
ing to the support of Fillmore and the Union.