The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-13

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fbe Sah ihroupht upon the State by Mr.. Herberts
1sgrace - sxnress their opinions upon his char
oaduce, aantecedents with much freedom. The San
er ana Bulletin, the late ames King paper says
Fsncisco oui'0'''''
him: 90 Who are not familiar with the antece,
1910 sL Gamblers representative IN the house OF
~ dsats Y ..ves r r. Herbert, who With others OF
ragfe.s; ne are now in a position, Win money oo
se liz dishonest means, y cast - iou slaln II
asu of our people, ve would staEe lhas ms
history s very mac, M aid IN shame BE i
ie caa under the title NJ the "Mariposa Gam
vel khJ y i a gambler by profession, and we are
BET .zza1srly dealt monte somewhere in Marlposa
tdd ad3s without the slightest qualification for
oa rsssponsible position he Inw occupies M Ne aie
nueh y he may be fit sbject for our friends,
Wasnniii1t II Marposa, should he ever disgrace
the y his presence again. We are not sur
mar l - the least to see JohnB Weller the sena-
p.fyom this State the friend aud supporter OF the
her McDuffie volunteer hill services to procure
gHahert,s release even from preliminary examina-
Il account Of his positionas the representative
4 sovereign State =
~. Sacramento Union says tie coffin Of Cora, who
ayactted at San Franciscot y the vigilance COM
mittee. was of solid mahogany and iined with rlch
nbte satin. The sides were co1ered with gilt scroll
WI, and the edges bound with gold lace, studded
VI s;Iver nails. silver plate, bearing his name,
VIZ time Of his death, was placed upon the lid.
j H. cain was furnished by Belle Cora, woman Of
character. such as it IS, to whom the unfortunate
an Vas married few moments before his death.
The Cincinnati papers announce the death of pro-
1 s,.sar Locke in the 9th year Of His age He was
nstiye of New Hampshire, graduated at Yale, and
lien served in the navy as surgeon. Removing to
h west in 1926, he first located at Lexington KY,
vi III afterwards went to Cincinnati To professor
fSockvis the scientific world indebted for the mag
sssc clock for making astronomical observations.
81 chemist geologist and metaiargist, he had few
aruals and his scientific attachments have made his
name we'll known in both the old world and the new
A letter to the ST. Louis Republican, dated Orna-
i. city, Nebraska, June %, says: Eat Florence,
about six miles above this PLACE, thenormon emigra
lion 10 Salt lake has been gathering for some weeks
M this morning the tents were struck, and the
rbole body, TO the number Of between seven and
egbt hundred, proceeded on their journey. Many
Of them are provided with no other means Of con-
yeyance than a small hand cart, intwhich all the
movables, and the young children ofthe family are
carried / am told that another body to the num-
her Of GOD, all Norwegians, are now crossing Iowa
towards Florence
POSTMASTER ABsqUATTERATED- LoSisvilleJour-
nal Of the 18th inst, says, John " Coffee, postmas
fer at Fairplay, Greene county, who has been COM
hitting depredations upon the mails they passed
through his hands. and was about to be arrested be-
came informed OF tbs proceedings against him. and
runaway. 1t is said that his operations continued
for several months. He has not been heard of since
he left
The Buffalo Republic says that young and gen.
tee looking man named CANNED was sent to the
peuitentia-y in that city, for six months, on We'd
nesday, for kissing young lady in the street, on
the night of the 4th, as she was returning from
display of fireworks. She swore that he camerude-
Iy up to her, and forcibly put his around her
neck, drawing her towards him and kissing her re-
peatedly.
The commissioner Of the general land Office has
decided that the term "double minimum price" as
fixing the price at which the alternate sections of
land reserved to the Or States along the lines Of the
several railroads for which grants Of land have re-
Gently been made by congress will held il equiva-
lent to So so, and not to double themasent sgradua
ton price, Of the lands under the late act Of con-
gress on the subject of public lands.
The largest reading room in the world is now
nearly completed in the British museum 1t is cir
cuar, one hundred and forty feet in diameter, and
one. hundred and forty feet in height The tables
will accommodate four hundred and fifty readers.
The wrought iron book cases will contain one hun
bred and two millions of volumes. The cost of the
room will be about 100000
1t is stated that there are twenty-five breweries
devoted to the manufacture of lager beer, in Phia
dephia, and the entire value of their winter brew
which is not removed from the vaults until May is
about 100000, the wholesale price being 81 per bar
rel In this estimate the fall brew is not included
I'll cheaper article than the former being less
dense, and Is made for immediate use.
At recent annual meeting of the British society,
The chairman, sir Cullen B. Bardley mentioned the
fact that railroad is about to be established from
The Mediterranean to Jerusalem, with the sanction Of
the Turkish and British governments and that it is
likely that the material of the line from Balaklava
10 Sebastopol will be transferred for the purpose.
fas ateriailyl aa@Eal pol the war has
ended to- open the east 60 western enterprise.
Mrs Tracy Cutler and Miss E. ]. White, have CALI
ed convention of the women Of Illinois to meet in
Chicago, for the purpose Of organizing state soci
ETY. to turn back the tide Of oppression that is now
sweeping over our land, and to express proper ndig
nation upon the movements Of the border ruffians,
md the attack upon senator Sumner.
Colonel Joseph Mcdowell, late Of Virginia, and
nce 1850 resident of Kentucky, died in Danville
N the Oath June last. Colonel Mcdowell, III his
Iouth, served several campaigns in OHIO and Indi-
ina, against the Indians and was adiutant general
lnder governor Shelby, Of Kentucky, in the war of
Sl2.
Cigar ashes will be found an invaluable remedy
Or the bite of the mosquito and other insects. Wet
re ashes and rub them the part and the singing
stiop II be extracted almost instantly. The
eason of this is that ashes contain alkaii which |
leutralize the acid Of the poison.
An anglo French company is putting up a large
lumber Of model tenant houses in the CHAMPS Ely-
ices, in Paris. popularity of the scheme is that
he tenant, after occupying the same house for PEE
iod Of ten, twenty thirty years. according to the
forth Of IT, and regularly pays his annual rent, will
wn the house in fee.
Ane spun IdppSISy We SEE, are talking ABOUT a.
atenal convention but whether to organise for the
election or not, can't say. If they have
ny vote to give, though, depend upon it, the sism'
longers will be after them instanter to gather into
heir net "table legs" mediums e.toecrackers'
galYanie batteries
prisoners, R. J. Lifford and Samuel FL. Earth
an broke out of Nashville jail on the 5th instant,
nd returned the next evening voluntarily and sur
'ndered themselves. They determined to have a
,ree--had it and were satisfied; so says the Nash
lie Banner.
The New York Home journal observes that anoth-1
bubble has broken up BY the recent development
the fact that the costly display of bridal presents
the numerous weddings for a few years back has
from extensive jewelers. for reasonable
Mount
Somebody flown east has nominated Isaac Stock
y for president, the ground that he wheeled his
leelbarrow, solitary and alone, all the way from
'rmont to California. AS the wheelbarrow candi-
te Il is supposed that he will run astonishingly
The Nashville Gazette says, that one dollar Bills
the City bank of Nashville, ingeniously transform
unto lives by the raising process, in circu-
lon The trick can easily be discovered by hold
, the bill up to the light.
An interesting and important case is pending in
ircnlt court for the district Of Columbia invol-
claim to the-Almandin quicksilver mines in
rnla.. lion. Robert ]. Walker, one of the claim
tss rgely interested.
It ID acall.wil shortly be made in congress
committee 10 inquire into the manage
snt OF the pecuniary affairs Of the Smithsonian In
1nte There are reports current of corruption in a
injection with the institution. I
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