The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-20

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II ns.rpr1rryE FtREl--On Wednesday night last, a
MIKE ont iii the livery stable of Messrs. Fox
NV a which resulted in great loss OF property
Eparly forty horses were ~ me stape ~ tle li'e
w II these 10 are known to have burnt to death;
.hase which escaped fled into the country, and we
~ hoard Of but one being recovered The groce-
na,t .oros of J. J Lombard and A. Murat, and the
iaeinp house Of n. NJ. Fitzpatrick, were destroyed.
There is very little doubt that the hre was the WORK
piIdine and there was nothing from which 1t could
bsva originated except lamp, which was suspend
h a IN safe position We have not heard an estl-
- NJ the aepreaate loss sustained, but 1t is very
considerable. aiesa,,iaea
calnmban of Saturday last, says, we received the
i;n.eIlioence Yesterday that Jack w oodruff-wel
Eagn in our community for his quiet and peaceful
absractsr and many other vlrtues-while Oh hsh-
mr. excursion at Grand bayou. encountered large
sI;gator. which ercely attacked him, and notwith,
standing Jack made a most gallant resistance and
fonght The enemy with his usual intrepIdity, the
monster succeeded in dragging him beneath the pla-
IA waters of the cypress bound lake. The poor
fellow was seen more. he BODY mas not YET oeeh
fonnd and in all probability Will be seen again
Alas! Door Jack--we regret thy Jonah-lke fate-but
hope that after lifes tu fever thou sleepest we'll
WHOLESALE BoLT.-It is reported, says the Baltl-
more Clipper that the employees inthe custom house
and post office, in New York, numbering about two
20 over neck and heels, body and breeches, to FIRE.
mont The report, should it prove true, Will sur
prise no one twill be no news to state that they
are all freesoers of the Cochrane and Dix school,
nut in office over the heads OF Bronson, national
democrat whom Pierce had made collector Of Gus
toms and then deeaptated, because he would not ap-
noinst these same freesoilers his assistants and
turning over to black republicans, to trust to luck
with Fremont, shows nothing inconsistent in their
soft political course
I,&aI I'll. .
addressed to the Savannah Republican says. dis
ease is beginning to make its appearance. a violent
dysentery, commonly called bloody fux, has made
its appearance, especially among young children in
various neighborhoods. Many deaths have occurred
The attack is sudden and awfully severe-just as
nearly approximating to genuine cholera eli
mate will admit Of. Our physicians are able to do
but little in the way of aVerting controlling its
progress; and death generally closes the in one
to five days from its appearance. If the dry, hot
weather should continue much longer, we may ex-
pect much sickness, and the entire country to be
Frustrated
AMERICAN MEETING Ar NAsHvILLE.--At an American
meeting in Nashville, few days since, SAYS the
Banner general Barrow read letter written by gen
efal Jackson, to Vim. B. Lewis, esq, in which Gold
Hickory" charges James Buchanan with ia want of
moral courage etc. General B. read from the origi-
nal letter, in the well known handwriting Of general
Jackson and held the manuscriptup to the crowd SO
that all might see it. There was no lodging the
question on TINS occaslonno opportunity 10 talk OF
garbled extracts, and the like. The effect was cleo
trica gs.
A party of Italians, who arrived at New Y ork re-
Gently from Leghorn, addressed petition to mayor
Wood to oblige the papal and Tuscany representa-
tves in New York to provide them with the means
of subsistence till they could learn the language of
the country and procure work. They claim to have
been engaged in the revolution of l648 and 40 for
which they suffered Imprisonment and were finally
forcibly expelled from their native country They
say: Owe were escorted by the gems darmes through
the papal and Tuscan territory to Leghorn and that
by the joint action Of those two governments we
shipped for this city on board the Victoria We
further complain that the American consul at Leg
horn Mr. Binde) cooperated with the authorities at
our embarkation, and that he deceived us, by in
forming us that we could procure employment at two
or three dollars each per day. ...
The Washington Star says that charges are again
to be preferred before the house committee against
Judge Wartrous the United States district Judge of
Texas, against whom similar action was taken few
years since On the former occasion a compromise
effected. The conduct of this Judge has excited
loud clamor among the people of Texas, andthe leg
slature of the State formally petioned congress for
his removal. Among the charges formerly and again
alleged against him, that of making illegal and IN
ary interested, and the preparation ef many gross
md papably unjudcial official acts to favor his i'm
mediate personal friends whose cases were before
him. ...r
General Houston has Just published letter to his
constituents defining his political position and de-
'laring for Fillmore and Donelson. The ball keeps